I was talking to a music journalist friend of mine recently about fandom and how sometimes we - as jaded journalists that get to speak to rock stars all the time - can conduct an interview with a big-name celebrity and remain unphased, then turn around and get excited about an interview with a personal favorite [...]
FROM WWW.SPINNER.COM:
More than 2.5m people are thought to have watched the U2’s Sunday show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. — the first concert to be streamed in its entirety live on the video sharing website YouTube.
The gig, part of the band’s 360° tour which wraps up for 2009 this week, was free to [...]
FROM WWW.ROLLINGSTONE.COM:
The 23rd Bridge School Benefit, the annual concert organized by Neil Young and his wife, Pegi, to raise money for the Northern California school for kids with severe speech and physical impairments cofounded by the latter, demonstrated how beautifully old can blend with the new this weekend. In addition to long-toothed fans and young [...]
FROM WWW.BILLBOARD.COM:
Eric Clapton has pulled out of this week’s Rock and Roll Hall concert extravaganza in New York to have gallstones removed, organizers said on Monday.
Bruce Springsteen’s participation was up in the air, meanwhile, after the rocker abruptly cancelled a concert in Kansas City on Monday due to a bereavement.
Clapton, 64, “will spend time recuperating [...]
FROM WWW.BILLBOARD.COM:
Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City on Monday after the death of his cousin who was the assistant road manager of the E Street Band.
The death of Lenny Sullivan, 36, who had been with the band for 10 years, was announced in a statement on the U.S. rock star’s website.
“A warm and [...]
FROM WWW.CLASSICROCKMAGAZINE.COM:
Ratt are to call their new album Infestation.
The band’s first studio album in a decade, it was produced by Michael ‘Elvis’ Baskette and will be released next March by Loud & Proud/Roadrunner.
The celebrated Los Angeles band will headline two shows in the UK shortly. These happen at London’s Islington O2 Academy on December 1 [...]
FROM WWW.CLASSICROCKMAGAZINE.COM:
It’s Christmas time. You can tell, because Slade have got their party hats on.
The mighty Midlands mudlarks will be taking us all back ‘ome to the 70s with the album Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade Party Hits, released by Universal on November 23.
The full tracklisting is:
Merry Xmas Everybody
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Mama Weer [...]
FROM WWW.CLASSICROCKMAGAZINE.COM:
Robert Plant is in talks to play at next year’s Glastonbury Festival.
Talking to BBC 6 Music, the iconic Zep singer said: “I’ve just been talking to Michael [Eavis, the festival's promoter]. There’s place for me there, but I have no idea who with.”
A somewhat cryptic comment from Percy. If he does appear at Glasto, [...]
