Tuesday Rock Roundup
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood lived up to the hype last night at New York's Madison Square Garden as the former Blind Faith bandmates delivered a solid two-and-a-half-hour set before a sold out crowd of 18-thousand. Backed by a three-piece band and playing on a low, open stage, they did a 21-song set of Blind Faith, Cream, Traffic, Derek and the Dominos, covers and solo material -- sharing vocals and playing off one another. Casually dressed in jeans and dark shirts, they opened with "Had to Cry" off the only Blind Faith album. They played guitars for the first two numbers before Winwood switched to his Hammond B-3 organ and grand piano for the bulk of the show. For fans who've waited years to see Clapton jam and do numerous solos, this was the show -- and the smile on his face was proof that he was having fun. Just before the 14th song, a solo acoustic version of "Ramblin' on My Mind," Clapton uttered his first and only words of the show besides "thank you" when he said, "It's a great thrill to play with Steve. I've been looking forward to it for a very long time and I think we're enjoying it. I'm enjoying it and I hope you are."
Who had February in the pool? Is there trouble in paradise for Van Halen? They have now postponed two shows in a row, the latest being last night in Duluth, Georgia -- and with that comes the rumors. One is that the band got into a scrape at a Charlottesville, Virginia bar last Thursday night, although it's not clear if it was among themselves or with fellow patrons. Another rumor says there is tension caused by the publication of Valerie Bertinelli's autobiography in which she dishes the dirt on her marriage to Eddie Van Halen. And at their last show, February 20th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Eddie flung his guitar to the floor and, while walking off stage, knocked over a couple of amplifiers that David Lee Roth had to sidestep. A spokeswoman for the band, who is also Eddie's girlfriend, was unavailable for comment. Their next show is scheduled for Monday in Dallas.
In other "Play With Your Kid" News...John Mellencamp wound up his Canadian tour last week in Victoria, and was joined on stage by his teenage son Speck on guitar. It was Speck's first public performance.
Ringo Starr says his future as an animated superhero might be in jeopardy. In 2005, he announced that he was teaming up with "Spider-Man" co-creator Stan Lee to develop a series in which Ringo would voice a superhero that "battles evil, saves the earth and has a great sense of rhythm." He was also going to contribute original songs and incidental music to the project. But now the project is currently not on Ringo's radar: "If they get it together, I've said I'll do it so I'll do it, you know. But I don't sort of hustle anybody. If they do it, they do it."
The A-B-C show Dancing With the Stars has already had a one-legged dancer in Heather Mills, so why not someone with one arm? Def Leppard and their one-armed drummer, Rick Allen, will appear on the show on April 29th, but they are not expected to dance. It's just another promotional appearance in support of their album, Songs From the Sparkle Lounge, in stores May 6th. On April 30th Def Lep will play an outdoor mini-concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live, also on A-B-C.
The Black Crowes are upset about a Maxim magazine review of their new album, Warpaint -- because the reviewer never actually heard the album. (The reviewer might have heard the single "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution.") Wary of leaks, the band's management did not provide advance copies to media. Nonetheless, Maxim gave the album two-and-a-half stars. Crowes manager Pete Angelus says, "Maxim's actions seem to completely lack journalistic integrity and intentionally mislead their readership. It's a disgrace to the arts, journalism, critics, the publication itself and the public." The magazine has responded by saying, "Of course, we always prefer to [hear] music, but sometimes there are big albums that we don't want to ignore that aren't available to hear, which is what happened with the Crowes. It's either an educated-guess preview or no coverage at all, so in this case we chose the former." Warpaint will be in stores next Tuesday.
Sting says instincts led The Police to decide to part ways after they wrap up their reunion tour on August 4th in Wantagh, New York, just outside Manhattan. He tells London's Sun, "You know, my instincts don't necessary tally with logic... I think it was the right decision [to end the band in the mid-'80s] and it was the right decision now to go back on tour. I also think it's the right time to finish in the summer." And he doesn't think he'll ever record again with Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. "Again, I think my instinct told me that's not the thing to do. Leave it alone. We've created some sort of myth again and another piece of our legacy, and people should appreciate that. Staying too long is the worst thing you can do in this business." The Police will regroup on May 1st in Ottawa, Canada.
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has added more dates to his Rocket Ride tour, his first solo outing in more than 10 years. The dates include an April Fool's Day appearance at Chicago's House Of Blues.
Spinner magazine has come up with a list of the Top 25 artist logos, and The Rolling Stones are number two. Prince is number-one. Other classic rock acts to make the list are Yes at number-three, KISS at number-four, The Who at number-five, A-C/D-C at number-six, Grateful Dead at number-eight, Van Halen at number-10, Queen at number-11, The Beatles at number-17, Aerosmith at number-21 and the Ramones at number-25.
Bryan Adams will do shows this summer with Rod Stewart and Foreigner. Foreigner's upcoming Feels Like the First Time tour will be sponsored not by a car- or beverage-maker, but by A-A-R-P. Members of the adult-advocacy group will have first crack at priority concert seating, as well as opportunities for meet-and-greets, autographs and photo sessions with the band.
When Bill Wyman played Cornwall, England earlier this month he was visited backstage by Jessie Barratt -- his girlfriend when he was 11 years old. (He is 71 now.)
Good news for Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills. FHM magazine has named the former prostitute one of the world's sexiest women. And Sir Paul's appearance last week on the Brit Awards has prompted a 515-percent increase in U-K sales of his latest album, Memory Almost Full, which is a great piece of work each of you should own.
Paula Abdul is working on an album, and desperately wants to be on a stage near you. The 40-something American Idol judge with chronic back problems tells us touring "is what I love to do. I love being able to really create new things. Now I have a chance and I built that microphone stand that falls back, and wouldn't James Brown have loved that? That just shows you that creatively, that I want to do so many different things."
A life-size bronze statue of late A-C/D-C singer Bon Scott was unveiled yesterday in Claremont, Australia. It will go on permanent display at Fisherman's Wharf in Fremantle, Australia, where he grew up. Scott was 33 when he died in 1980 from acute alcohol poisoning.
NEW IN STORES TODAY:
30 Days of Night DVD a Barrow, Alaska Vampire movie with Josh Harnett
Beowulf DVD the animated thing with Angelina Jolie
The Darjeeling Limited DVD, the latest from the team that made The Royal Tennenbaums and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Barbie Mariposa DVD, which you already knew if you have a young daughter...and if not...you're welcome
Newhart - The Complete First Season DVD
Semi-Pro Soundtrack CD featuring the bands War and Sly & The Family Stone among others
Who had February in the pool? Is there trouble in paradise for Van Halen? They have now postponed two shows in a row, the latest being last night in Duluth, Georgia -- and with that comes the rumors. One is that the band got into a scrape at a Charlottesville, Virginia bar last Thursday night, although it's not clear if it was among themselves or with fellow patrons. Another rumor says there is tension caused by the publication of Valerie Bertinelli's autobiography in which she dishes the dirt on her marriage to Eddie Van Halen. And at their last show, February 20th in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Eddie flung his guitar to the floor and, while walking off stage, knocked over a couple of amplifiers that David Lee Roth had to sidestep. A spokeswoman for the band, who is also Eddie's girlfriend, was unavailable for comment. Their next show is scheduled for Monday in Dallas.
In other "Play With Your Kid" News...John Mellencamp wound up his Canadian tour last week in Victoria, and was joined on stage by his teenage son Speck on guitar. It was Speck's first public performance.
Ringo Starr says his future as an animated superhero might be in jeopardy. In 2005, he announced that he was teaming up with "Spider-Man" co-creator Stan Lee to develop a series in which Ringo would voice a superhero that "battles evil, saves the earth and has a great sense of rhythm." He was also going to contribute original songs and incidental music to the project. But now the project is currently not on Ringo's radar: "If they get it together, I've said I'll do it so I'll do it, you know. But I don't sort of hustle anybody. If they do it, they do it."
The A-B-C show Dancing With the Stars has already had a one-legged dancer in Heather Mills, so why not someone with one arm? Def Leppard and their one-armed drummer, Rick Allen, will appear on the show on April 29th, but they are not expected to dance. It's just another promotional appearance in support of their album, Songs From the Sparkle Lounge, in stores May 6th. On April 30th Def Lep will play an outdoor mini-concert on Jimmy Kimmel Live, also on A-B-C.
The Black Crowes are upset about a Maxim magazine review of their new album, Warpaint -- because the reviewer never actually heard the album. (The reviewer might have heard the single "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution.") Wary of leaks, the band's management did not provide advance copies to media. Nonetheless, Maxim gave the album two-and-a-half stars. Crowes manager Pete Angelus says, "Maxim's actions seem to completely lack journalistic integrity and intentionally mislead their readership. It's a disgrace to the arts, journalism, critics, the publication itself and the public." The magazine has responded by saying, "Of course, we always prefer to [hear] music, but sometimes there are big albums that we don't want to ignore that aren't available to hear, which is what happened with the Crowes. It's either an educated-guess preview or no coverage at all, so in this case we chose the former." Warpaint will be in stores next Tuesday.
Sting says instincts led The Police to decide to part ways after they wrap up their reunion tour on August 4th in Wantagh, New York, just outside Manhattan. He tells London's Sun, "You know, my instincts don't necessary tally with logic... I think it was the right decision [to end the band in the mid-'80s] and it was the right decision now to go back on tour. I also think it's the right time to finish in the summer." And he doesn't think he'll ever record again with Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. "Again, I think my instinct told me that's not the thing to do. Leave it alone. We've created some sort of myth again and another piece of our legacy, and people should appreciate that. Staying too long is the worst thing you can do in this business." The Police will regroup on May 1st in Ottawa, Canada.
Former KISS guitarist Ace Frehley has added more dates to his Rocket Ride tour, his first solo outing in more than 10 years. The dates include an April Fool's Day appearance at Chicago's House Of Blues.
Spinner magazine has come up with a list of the Top 25 artist logos, and The Rolling Stones are number two. Prince is number-one. Other classic rock acts to make the list are Yes at number-three, KISS at number-four, The Who at number-five, A-C/D-C at number-six, Grateful Dead at number-eight, Van Halen at number-10, Queen at number-11, The Beatles at number-17, Aerosmith at number-21 and the Ramones at number-25.
Bryan Adams will do shows this summer with Rod Stewart and Foreigner. Foreigner's upcoming Feels Like the First Time tour will be sponsored not by a car- or beverage-maker, but by A-A-R-P. Members of the adult-advocacy group will have first crack at priority concert seating, as well as opportunities for meet-and-greets, autographs and photo sessions with the band.
When Bill Wyman played Cornwall, England earlier this month he was visited backstage by Jessie Barratt -- his girlfriend when he was 11 years old. (He is 71 now.)
Good news for Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills. FHM magazine has named the former prostitute one of the world's sexiest women. And Sir Paul's appearance last week on the Brit Awards has prompted a 515-percent increase in U-K sales of his latest album, Memory Almost Full, which is a great piece of work each of you should own.
Paula Abdul is working on an album, and desperately wants to be on a stage near you. The 40-something American Idol judge with chronic back problems tells us touring "is what I love to do. I love being able to really create new things. Now I have a chance and I built that microphone stand that falls back, and wouldn't James Brown have loved that? That just shows you that creatively, that I want to do so many different things."
A life-size bronze statue of late A-C/D-C singer Bon Scott was unveiled yesterday in Claremont, Australia. It will go on permanent display at Fisherman's Wharf in Fremantle, Australia, where he grew up. Scott was 33 when he died in 1980 from acute alcohol poisoning.
NEW IN STORES TODAY:
30 Days of Night DVD a Barrow, Alaska Vampire movie with Josh Harnett
Beowulf DVD the animated thing with Angelina Jolie
The Darjeeling Limited DVD, the latest from the team that made The Royal Tennenbaums and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
Barbie Mariposa DVD, which you already knew if you have a young daughter...and if not...you're welcome
Newhart - The Complete First Season DVD
Semi-Pro Soundtrack CD featuring the bands War and Sly & The Family Stone among others
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