Tuesday Rock Roundup
A week after releasing a new best-of collection, Mothership, Led Zeppelin is back in stores again today with the reissue of their 1976 concert film and album The Song Remains the Same soundtrack CD and DVD. Captured in July 1973 at New York's Madison Square Garden, both releases feature bonus material. The soundtrack, from Rhino, has six songs not on the original release, and the DVD adds four unreleased video performances, plus more than 40 minutes of extras.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band wrapped up the first North American leg of their Magic tour last night with the second of two nights in Boston. They'll take a few days off before heading to Europe for 13 shows starting Sunday in Madrid, Spain. They'll be back for a second North American leg in late February.
Now that Roger Daltrey is done with this year's Who tour and his appearance last week at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, he's turning his attention to the Keith Moon movie he's wanted to make for years. "[I'm] desperately trying to get the final script, and it won't go anywhere until that's in place." Mike Myers is reportedly set to play the late Who drummer.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band wrapped up the first North American leg of their Magic tour last night with the second of two nights in Boston. They'll take a few days off before heading to Europe for 13 shows starting Sunday in Madrid, Spain. They'll be back for a second North American leg in late February.
Now that Roger Daltrey is done with this year's Who tour and his appearance last week at the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp, he's turning his attention to the Keith Moon movie he's wanted to make for years. "[I'm] desperately trying to get the final script, and it won't go anywhere until that's in place." Mike Myers is reportedly set to play the late Who drummer.
Gene Simmons wants you to know that an Internet rumor about his sudden demise is not true. On his website, he writes, "Thank you all for the kind words and condolences, but I am alive and well... Our legal team is actively looking into this, and I intend to sue the people off the face of the Earth. Can everyone say, 'Bye, bye,' together?" Simmons is not the first member of KISS to be falsely written off. In February, there was a rumor that former guitarist Ace Frehley had committed suicide.
Ray Davies wants to reunite The Kinks. The singer-guitarist tells Britain's Daily Express, "I really would like to get together if we had new music. Otherwise it's just a nostalgia evening, 'Karaoke Kinks'... I've got a really clever idea for us... I have an instinct inside me of what's right for the next record and I know I can plan a great project -- as long as they'll do as I ask!" He says he gets along well with original members Mick Avory and Pete Quaife, but has been estranged from his brother Dave since February. Dave, who has been recuperating from a stroke suffered in 2004, has chimed in, writing on the message board on his website that he wouldn't mind doing a few shows -- but forget about recording new music. "To sit in a room or studio with him and have my brain and heart slowly sucked out, no friggin' thank you... There is nothing wrong with the old songs or new songs that we have both been writing on our own -- but not more torture please." The last Kinks studio album was Phobia in 1993.
Ray Davies wants to reunite The Kinks. The singer-guitarist tells Britain's Daily Express, "I really would like to get together if we had new music. Otherwise it's just a nostalgia evening, 'Karaoke Kinks'... I've got a really clever idea for us... I have an instinct inside me of what's right for the next record and I know I can plan a great project -- as long as they'll do as I ask!" He says he gets along well with original members Mick Avory and Pete Quaife, but has been estranged from his brother Dave since February. Dave, who has been recuperating from a stroke suffered in 2004, has chimed in, writing on the message board on his website that he wouldn't mind doing a few shows -- but forget about recording new music. "To sit in a room or studio with him and have my brain and heart slowly sucked out, no friggin' thank you... There is nothing wrong with the old songs or new songs that we have both been writing on our own -- but not more torture please." The last Kinks studio album was Phobia in 1993.
In the latest news regarding Paul McCartney's impending divorce from Heather Mills, he has slashed his divorce offer by 83-million dollars to 13-million, according to News of the World. He is reportedly upset about her recent rants on T-V, both in the U-K and in the U-S, and he feels they have weakened her claims against him. A source tells the paper, "The war between them has just gone to a new level.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is fast becoming a sore subject for members of the music community, as well as music fans, for who's been inducted and who's not. A one-time member of the Hall's nominating committee, San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joel Selvin, says his term "unexpectedly expired...because the Hall decided to create a nominating committee whose musical education began in the '80s." He is still eligible to vote, but he will not submit his ballot for the November 26th deadline, or anytime after that. He disagrees with this year's nominations of Afrika Bambaataa, the Beastie Boys, Chic, Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five, Madonna, John Mellencamp and Donna Summer. Selvin says, "As bad as some of the past ballots have been, I've always been able to find two or three names I could bring myself to vote for. Just not this year." John Mellencamp and the Dave Clark Five are the only two rock music candidates on the list, but they don't rate for Selvin. He says Mellencamp is "like a solid shortstop who had a long, productive career without ever winning a batting championship or home run title. Never hit the long ball." And the Dave Clark Five, he says, are "not really in the same league with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, etcetera." Artists not in the Hall include Steve Miller, Rush, KISS, Jeff Beck, Yes, Genesis, Doobie Brothers, Chicago, Todd Rundgren, The Moody Blues, Bad Company, Grand Funk, Humble Pie, Ringo Starr, Heart, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Roxy Music, Small Faces, Faces, T-Rex, Blood Sweat and Tears, Blues Project and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
NEW CD RELEASES TODAY:
Sebastian Bach - Angel Down
Soundtrack - Halo 3
Amy Winehouse - Frank
Led Zeppelin (Remastered & Expanded) - The Song Remains The Same
NEW DVD RELEASES TODAY:
Hairspray DVD
Live Free or Die Hard DVD
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause DVD
Chappelle's Show - The Series Collection DVD
Gene Simmons Family Jewels - The Complete Season Two DVD
Ice Road Truckers - The Complete Season One DVD
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same DVD
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York DVD
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is fast becoming a sore subject for members of the music community, as well as music fans, for who's been inducted and who's not. A one-time member of the Hall's nominating committee, San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joel Selvin, says his term "unexpectedly expired...because the Hall decided to create a nominating committee whose musical education began in the '80s." He is still eligible to vote, but he will not submit his ballot for the November 26th deadline, or anytime after that. He disagrees with this year's nominations of Afrika Bambaataa, the Beastie Boys, Chic, Leonard Cohen, the Dave Clark Five, Madonna, John Mellencamp and Donna Summer. Selvin says, "As bad as some of the past ballots have been, I've always been able to find two or three names I could bring myself to vote for. Just not this year." John Mellencamp and the Dave Clark Five are the only two rock music candidates on the list, but they don't rate for Selvin. He says Mellencamp is "like a solid shortstop who had a long, productive career without ever winning a batting championship or home run title. Never hit the long ball." And the Dave Clark Five, he says, are "not really in the same league with The Beatles, Rolling Stones, etcetera." Artists not in the Hall include Steve Miller, Rush, KISS, Jeff Beck, Yes, Genesis, Doobie Brothers, Chicago, Todd Rundgren, The Moody Blues, Bad Company, Grand Funk, Humble Pie, Ringo Starr, Heart, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Roxy Music, Small Faces, Faces, T-Rex, Blood Sweat and Tears, Blues Project and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
NEW CD RELEASES TODAY:
Sebastian Bach - Angel Down
Soundtrack - Halo 3
Amy Winehouse - Frank
Led Zeppelin (Remastered & Expanded) - The Song Remains The Same
NEW DVD RELEASES TODAY:
Hairspray DVD
Live Free or Die Hard DVD
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause DVD
Chappelle's Show - The Series Collection DVD
Gene Simmons Family Jewels - The Complete Season Two DVD
Ice Road Truckers - The Complete Season One DVD
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same DVD
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York DVD
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