Tuesday Rock Roundup
The Who's world tour will not run through next fall as planned. On his website [PeteTownshend.co.uk], Pete Townshend writes, "It now looks likely that this tour will end in July 2007 rather than continue until the autumn. That means our proposed return trip to Japan and Australia may be postponed for a while." He also says that he and Roger Daltrey asked drummer Zak Starkey to become a permanent member, but he declined. Starkey, whose father is Ringo Starr, also works with Oasis. Starkey and The Who are in Grand Rapids, Michigan tonight.
Bass player Michael Anthony is apparently just as clueless as his fans when it comes to the future of Van Halen. On his website [MadAnthonyCafe.com], he writes, "I don't know exactly what the next year will bring, but whatever happens, I'll keep all of you posted as to what is happening in my world. Have a safe and rockin' holiday season and don't bash it up too hard. I'll definitely see you in 2007!" Word has it that if Van Halen reunites in 2007, then Eddie Van Halen's 15-year old son, Wolfgang, will play bass. Eddie is upset with Anthony for touring with Sammy Hagar before their 2004 reunion tour, as well as with Hagar as The Other Half this past summer. The only way Anthony was allowed to be part of the 2004 reunion tour with Hagar was if he gave up his rights to the Van Halen name and came on board as a hired hand.
In other Bass player news...Aerosmith was joined at their corporate show Sunday night in New York by bassist Tom Hamilton, who has been sidelined with throat cancer. Still no word if he'll be on hand when the band resumes its tour with Motley Crue tonight in Montreal.
U-2 brought back memories of their "Where the Streets Have No Name" video shoot on Friday when they performed two songs on a Tokyo rooftop for a Japanese T-V show. They played "Vertigo" and their new song, "Window in the Skies." On March 27th, 1987, U-2 brought Friday afternoon traffic to a standstill when they filmed "Where the Streets Have No Name" on a Los Angeles rooftop. U-2 wrap up their Vertigo tour Saturday in Honolulu.
A 1968 Fender Stratocaster that belonged to Hendrix but had been kept at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland for the past decade sold for 168-grand at auction yesterday at Christie's in New York. Items from The Beatles, Jim Morrison, and Bob Marley also did well.
The KISS Alive 1975-2000 collection that is being sold at Best Buy stores contains two bonus tracks -- "2000 Man" and "God of Thunder." But the first shipment of the album did not contain the discs, which has led to Universal Music having to manufacture replacement discs for those customers who purchased the set without the bonus tracks. The discs will begin shipping direct to Best Buy stores on Wednesday.
The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which sits on the site of the original Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, is looking for memorabilia from the three-day festival for a museum that will open next year. Curators are looking for tie-dyed shirts, signs, guitars, snapshots, pieces of the trampled fence and other items from the 1969 concert, as well as other artifacts from the '60s. I wonder if they'll be able to scrape up any of that brown acid.
NEW ON CD TODAY
Yes - Essentially Yes (5-CD box set)
NEW ON DVD TODAY
Don McLean - Starry, Starry Night
The OH in Ohio
Miami Vice: Dir. Cut
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
"Saturday Night Live": 1st Season
"24": 5th Season
Bass player Michael Anthony is apparently just as clueless as his fans when it comes to the future of Van Halen. On his website [MadAnthonyCafe.com], he writes, "I don't know exactly what the next year will bring, but whatever happens, I'll keep all of you posted as to what is happening in my world. Have a safe and rockin' holiday season and don't bash it up too hard. I'll definitely see you in 2007!" Word has it that if Van Halen reunites in 2007, then Eddie Van Halen's 15-year old son, Wolfgang, will play bass. Eddie is upset with Anthony for touring with Sammy Hagar before their 2004 reunion tour, as well as with Hagar as The Other Half this past summer. The only way Anthony was allowed to be part of the 2004 reunion tour with Hagar was if he gave up his rights to the Van Halen name and came on board as a hired hand.
In other Bass player news...Aerosmith was joined at their corporate show Sunday night in New York by bassist Tom Hamilton, who has been sidelined with throat cancer. Still no word if he'll be on hand when the band resumes its tour with Motley Crue tonight in Montreal.
U-2 brought back memories of their "Where the Streets Have No Name" video shoot on Friday when they performed two songs on a Tokyo rooftop for a Japanese T-V show. They played "Vertigo" and their new song, "Window in the Skies." On March 27th, 1987, U-2 brought Friday afternoon traffic to a standstill when they filmed "Where the Streets Have No Name" on a Los Angeles rooftop. U-2 wrap up their Vertigo tour Saturday in Honolulu.
A 1968 Fender Stratocaster that belonged to Hendrix but had been kept at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland for the past decade sold for 168-grand at auction yesterday at Christie's in New York. Items from The Beatles, Jim Morrison, and Bob Marley also did well.
The KISS Alive 1975-2000 collection that is being sold at Best Buy stores contains two bonus tracks -- "2000 Man" and "God of Thunder." But the first shipment of the album did not contain the discs, which has led to Universal Music having to manufacture replacement discs for those customers who purchased the set without the bonus tracks. The discs will begin shipping direct to Best Buy stores on Wednesday.
The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which sits on the site of the original Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York, is looking for memorabilia from the three-day festival for a museum that will open next year. Curators are looking for tie-dyed shirts, signs, guitars, snapshots, pieces of the trampled fence and other items from the 1969 concert, as well as other artifacts from the '60s. I wonder if they'll be able to scrape up any of that brown acid.
NEW ON CD TODAY
Yes - Essentially Yes (5-CD box set)
NEW ON DVD TODAY
Don McLean - Starry, Starry Night
The OH in Ohio
Miami Vice: Dir. Cut
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
"Saturday Night Live": 1st Season
"24": 5th Season
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