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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Tuesday Rock Roundup

After not speaking for more than six months, brothers Ray and Dave Davies finally spoke last week -- and the subject of a Kinks reunion did come up. Ray wants to reunite the band's original line-up, which also includes Mick Avory on drums and Pete Quaife on bass, for an album and tour. Led Zep Reunion Fever: Catch It!

The Grateful Dead KINDA reunited last night, online. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart of The Grateful Dead came together last night for their first performance together since 2004. Deadheads for Obama was a get-out-the-vote concert in support of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at The Warfield Theater in San Francisco, to celebrate the night before Super Tuesday. The show was streamed online at I-Clips-dot-net last night, and I missed it.

Bruce Springsteen has four nominations at the 50th annual Grammy Awards, Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. His latest disc, Magic, is up for Best Rock Album, and its first single, "Radio Nowhere," received nods for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song (If there was a category for Song Most Similar To "867-5309"....it would be up for that, as well). Springsteen is also up for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "Once Upon a Time in the West" from the We All Love Ennio Morricone tribute album. The Grammys air live on C-B-S at 8:00 pm

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood started rehearsing yesterday in England for their three shows -- February 25th, 26th and 28th -- at Madison Square Garden in New York. The shows come on the heels of the two performing together at Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival last summer in Chicago. If these dates go well, there is the possibility that it can lead to further shows down the road, giving us a Blind Faith reunion of sorts.
Clapton is set to do a few shows in the U-K in June, and Winwood will open the North American summer tour for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Todd Rundgren has just wrapped up a brief swing through the Midwest, but before heading home to Hawaii, he went to New Orleans Sunday where he'll experience his first Mardi Gras, which is today. He tells us, "A friend has a house there and invited me to stay." Rundgren is also working on a new album.

Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry tells the Boston Globe that he found a cool use for one of his old I-Pods. "I put it on permanent random play and connected it to my phone system. So when you call and I put you on hold, you never know what you're going to hear."

Former Journey singer Steve Perry has been watching Extreme record their reunion album in a Los Angeles studio. He is friends with the band's guitarist, Nuno Bettencourt.

Def Leppard's new album, Songs From the Sparkle Lounge, will be released on May 6th, instead of next month. The band's website says this date is also tentative and that the names of the 11 tracks are working titles.

Nearly 40 years after they broke up, The Beatles reached a new audience yesterday. NASA beamed the song "Across the Universe" to Polaris, better known as the North Star, yesterday. The unique broadcast celebrated the 40th anniversary of the song, the 45th anniversary of NASA's Deep Space Network -- which communicates with its distant probes -- and the 50th anniversary of the space agency. Even at the speed of light, the signal will take 431 years to reach its destination -- Polaris is two-point-five-quadrillion miles from Earth. Coincidentally, the D-V-D of the movie Across the Universe -- which is powered by Beatles music -- goes on sale today.

The Beatles-themed Hard Day's Night Hotel has opened for business in Liverpool, England. Located on North John Street, near the original Cavern Club, the four-star-rated inn was in the planning stages for more than a decade. It boasts 110-rooms, two luxury penthouses and even a wedding chapel for those eager to tie the knot in an "All You Need Is Love" setting. If you plan to stay in John Lennon suite ---- the tab is 13-hundred dollars a night.

NEW RELEASES TODAY:

Lenny Kravitz -
It Is Time For A Love Revolution CD
Santana -
Multi-Dimensional Warrior (2 CDs)
They Might Be Giants -
Here Come The 123s [Amazon.com exclusive]
Bob Mould (former Husker Du) -
District Line CD
Sheryl Crow -
Detours CD
Taylor Dayne -
Satisfied CD
Across the Universe DVD
The Brave One DVD with Jodie Foster
Elizabeth: The Golden Age DVD with the ridiculously hot Cate Blanchett
Iron Maiden - Live After Death DVD...we fans have been waiting YEARS for this one on DVD
Third Watch - The Complete First Season DVD