Rock Roundup 829

If you've been to a Rolling Stones concert, you know that Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood smoke quite a number of cigarettes during the show. That was the case over the weekend during a show in Glasgow, Scotland, wich is a city with a very strict smoking ban. The city council was looking into whether to fine Richards, but as it turns out, the stage is not covered by the legislation. The Stones' Bigger Bang tour is in Cardiff, Wales tonight.

The original members of Asia -- drummer Carl Palmer, guitarist Steve Howe, bassist John Wetton and keyboardist Geoff Downes -- begin their first tour together in more than 20 years tonight in Rochester, New York. To mark the band's 25th anniversary, Asia will perform its first album in its entirety as well as selections from the individual members' previous bands -- Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, King Crimson, Roxy Music and The Buggles.
Walter Becker of Steely Dan tells the Boston Globe he's tired with the logistics of touring. "We fly to the town in the little private airplane, and then we have to get in cars and drive to the hotel and then drive to the gig. So, I want to do a tour where the performances will actually be at the small airports. And if possible, I would like to do them at one small airport and have the audiences fly in, which, given the size of the audiences I think I could command, is not really that impractical. That's my dream." Steely Dan and Michael McDonald are in Cincinnati, Ohio tonight.

New DVDs Today: Friends With Money, The Sentinel, Season Two of Desperate Housewives, Season Three of Arrested Development, Season Three of Nip/Tuck, and the new editions of all three Lord Of The Rings films.

New Albums Today: Bob Dytlan "Modern Times", Motorhead "Kiss Of Death", Rockabye Baby: Metallica.