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Concert Reports - Rainforest Benefit, Camp Freddy II
2008-05-10 08:00:00
Two concerts on two coasts brought together a wide variety of stars on Thursday night.At Carnegie Hall in New York, Sting and Trudie Styler presented another of their Rainforest Benefit s with the help of artists like Billy Joel, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Feist and Clarence Clemons. It was a true family affair for most of them, as Sting had his daughter Coco Sumner, Taylor had kids Ben and Sally and Joel had daughter Alexa Ray.The following is the set list as gathered from a number of sources. Song order may have been different:Turn! Turn! Turn! - Sting, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Coco Sumner, Alexa Ray Joel, Ben Taylor, Sally TaylorAn Englishman in New York - StingCarolina in My Mind - James TaylorAn Innocent Man - Billy JoelBohemian Love - Coco SumnerAmerica - Ben Taylor? - Sally TaylorYou Can Close Your Eyes - James, Ben & Sally TaylorBaby Grand - Billy & Alexa Ray JoelStrawberry Fields Forever - Sting & Billy Joel1234 - FeistWhat'd I Say - Billy JoelSome Kind of W...
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Evening Update - Marie Osmond, Madonna, Paul McCartney, more
2008-05-10 05:45:00
Marie Osmond has weighed in on the whole Miley Cyrus photo fiasco. Her criticism is not for Miley, but for her father Billy Ray for leaving the shoot before it was over. Osmond told AOL Television, "My parents never, never left us alone. We always had some form of a guardian or something with us, a guardian that would represent what they would have done."There is an active rumor in the U.K. that Madonna may expand her schedule at London's Wembley Arena from her current single show to a full residency. The reports say that it could challenge Michael Jackson's twenty-year-old record of seven nights at the venue.It's probably just a lot of fan speculation, but English chat boards are overrun with the idea that Ringo Starr will play with Paul Mc Cartney at Liverpool's Sound City music festival from May 27 to 30. A source tells the Daily Star "There's been a lot of chat in Beatles fan chatrooms on the internet and the feeling is that it could happen."A new on-line poll in Englan...
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2008 Blues Music Awards Go To Sumlin, LaVette, Thomas
2008-05-10 00:27:00
The Blues Foundation has announced the winners of the 2008 Blues Music Awards . Members of the foundation make up the voting panel.Veteran artists faired well with Bobby Rush and Koko Taylor each taking three and Watermelon Slim taking two.Traditional Blues Male Artist - Hubert SumlinTraditional Blues Female Artist - Koko TaylorAcoustic Artist - Bobby RushAcoustic Album - Bobby Rush - RawPinetop Perkins Piano Player - Honey PiazzaInstrumentalist-Guitar - Bob MargolinSoul Blues Male Artist - Bobby RushSoul Blues Female Artist - Irma Thomas Soul Blues Album - The Holmes Brothers ? State of GraceHistorical Album - Epic/Legacy ? Breakin? It UP, Breakin? it DOWNContemporary Blues Album - Tommy Castro - PainkillerContemporary Blues Female Artist - Bettye LaVetteContemporary Blues Male Artist - Tab BenoitInstrumentalist - Harmonica - Kim WilsonInstrumentalist - Bass - Bob StrogerInstrumentalist - Drums - Sam LayInstrumentalist - Horn - Deanna BogartInstrumentalist - Pedal Steel- Robert Ran...
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Mellencamp Follows Young With Release in New Technology
2008-05-10 00:11:00
Just a couple days after Neil Young 's announcement that his Archives will be released on Blu-Ray DVD, John Mellencamp announces that he, too, will embrace a new technology for his next album.Life, Death, Love and Freedom will be released via Hear Music on July 15 in a two-disc set at a one-disc price. The first disc will be the album in a standard CD format. The second will be on a DVD and will be mastered using the new CODE audio format. The format, developed by album producer T-Bone Burnett and a group of audio engineers, is said to indistinguishable from the original masters. At this point, there is no further information on the CODE format.Burnett told Billboard about his involvement on the new album. "I didn't offer much direction, really, but he was certainly open. He encouraged me to play guitar a lot on the record, which I enjoyed."The track list for Life, Death, Love and Freedom:Longest DaysMy Sweet LoveIf I Die SuddenTroubled LandYoung Without LoversJohn CockersDon...
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Evening Update - Annie Lennox, Foreigner, Iron Maiden, more
2008-05-09 07:51:00
Annie Lennox ' Official Website one the Webby Award for Best Celebrity/Fan Site. The Webbys are the Academy Awards of the Internet.Foreigner will be releasing a new hits set on July 15. No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner will include two-discs of all the hits plus live versions of Starrider and Juke Box Hero/Whole Lotta Love, an accoustic version of Say You Will, and the new song Too Late.Iron Maiden is being honored with a special supplement in the May 17 Billboard Magazine. The 40-pages will cover the history of the band, its current lineup and other key people, and a look at the world tour. In addition, for the first time in Billboard's history, the magazine name will not appear on the front cover in the normal style. It will be changed to use the Iron Maiden "font."Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced that they will be touring with Kid Rock starting August 8 in Oklahoma City through the end of August. David Gilmour will release Live in Gdansk this coming September on Co...
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Touring - Madonna, Tina Turner, Blondie, more
2008-05-09 05:08:00
Madonna5/10 - Maidstone, UK - Mote Park 8/23 - Cardiff, UK - Millennium Stadium 8/26 - Nice, France - Stade Charles Ehrmann 8/28 - Berlin, Germany - Olympiastadion 9/02 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam Arena 9/04 - Dusseldorf, Germany - LTU Arena 9/06 - Rome, Italy - Olympic Stadium 9/09 - Frankfurt, Germany - Commerzbank Arena 9/11 - London, UK - Wembley Stadium 9/20 - Paris, France - Stade de France 10/03 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center 10/06 & 07 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena10/15 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden 10/18 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre 10/22 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 10/26 - Chicago, IL - United Center 10/30 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place Stadium 11/01 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena 11/04 - San Diego, CA - PETCO Park 11/06 - Los Angeles, CA - Dodger Stadium 11/08 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena 11/11 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center 11/16 - Houston, TX - Minute Maid Park 11/19 - Philadelphia, PA - The Wachovia Ce...
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Afternoon Update - Bruce Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Frank Zappa, Brian May
2008-05-09 01:20:00
What do you get when you see Bruce Springsteen in a small theater? Last night he and the E-Street Band played a fund raiser at and for the Count Basie Theater in New Jersey and the lucky few who made it got to hear an all-70's show, including complete playings, in order, of both the Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town albums. They even got the Max Weinberg 7 horn section on a few songs in addition to the regular E-Street Band horns. Neil Diamond's "surprise" show at the Bitter End in New York last night was an obvious sellout with speakers being put in the windows so the unlucky fans could hear the show. The seven song set included three songs from his mid-60's days at Bang Records, three from the new album Home Before Dark and the classic Sweet Caroline. Diamond revealed to the crowd that he had played one of his selections, Kentucky Woman, on that very stage forty years ago.The set list:Solitary ManDon?t Go ThereHome Before DarkPretty Amazing GraceKentucky WomanCh...
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Trailer for Neil Young's Archives
2008-05-09 01:11:00
For those that are questioning Neil Young's decision to put out his Archives series only on Blu-Ray disc, here's a short trailer to show some of the many features of the format.
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Eddy Arnold (1918 to 2008)
2008-05-08 22:36:00
Country music lost one of its all-time greats earlier today with the death of Eddy Arnold at the age of 89. Arnold had been in an assisted-living center near Nashville and had lost his wife of 66 years, Sally Gayhart Arnold, back in March.Eddy Arnold is considered to have had the greatest chart run in country music history. Between June 1945 and January 1982, he placed 128 records in the country top 40, including 28 that went to number one and 92 that hit the top ten. He holds the record for most consecutive top ten hits with 67. He so dominated the charts that, from November 1, 1947 to January 22, 1949, he had six number ones that topped the charts for a total of 61 weeks. Only one other record, Jimmy Wakely's One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart) managed to make its way to the top during those fourteen-plus months.Arnold's appeal was in the way he took a music that was best known for its hillbilly sound and updated it to a style that could be accepted by people of all m...
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Touring - Santana, REO Speedwagon, Ten Years After, more
2008-05-08 08:38:00
Santana5/20 & 21 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore6/20 - Birmingham, UK - The NEC Arena 6/21 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Evening News Arena 6/22 - London, UK - O2 Arena 6/24 - Paris, France - Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 6/26 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Football Stadium 6/27 - Warsaw, Poland - Gwardia Stadium6/28 - Budapest, Huingary - Hero Square (Connection Day) 6/30 - Verona, Italy - Arena 7/01 - Salzburg, Austria - Salzburg Arena 7/02 - Salem, Germany - Castle Of Salem 7/04 - Leipzig, Germany - Volkerschlacht Denkmal 7/05 - Bad Mergentheim, Germany - Schlosshof 7/06 - Iffezheim, Germany - Rennplatz 7/08 & 09 - Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo - Sporting Club7/10 - Locarno, Switzerland - Piazza Grande (Moon & Stars Locarno) 7/12 - Weert, Netherlands - Sportpark Boshoven (Bospop) 7/13 - Werchter, Belgium - Festival Grounds (Werchter Boutique) 7/14 - Dusseldorf, Germany - Philipshalle 7/16 - Malmo, Sweden - Christinehof Castle 7/18 - Pori, Finland - TBA 7...
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Evening Update - Frank Zappa, LTD, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
2008-05-08 08:06:00
The city of Baltimore has accepted a gift of a bronze bust of native son Frank Zappa .The sculpture is a copy of a bust produced by Lithuanian artist Konstantinas Bogdanas and erected in the city of Vilnius.James Davis, keyboardist and musical director for LTD (Back in Love Again), passed away back on May 1. Along with LTD, he was also was a backing musician for Sam and Dave.Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. have released a new album through their own private label. The Many Faces of Love, available on their website, includes meaningful love songs from the 60's and 70's for the couple who have been married for 38 years.Also included on the disc are a number of interactive features, including videos, interviews, bonus songs, photos and more.The company releasing the alleged Jimi Hendrix sex tape have offered Experience Hendrix, Inc. $100,000 if they can come up with verifiable proof that it is not Hendrix on the tape.Gene Simmons returns to ABC's Ugly Betty on May 15 as himself...
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Academy of Country Music Announces First Award Winners
2008-05-08 07:21:00
The Academy of Country Music has announced the first winners for their 43rd ACM Awards . These awards are for categories that are not scheduled to be presented during the May 18 show on CBS.Jim Reeves International Award (Presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to the acceptance of country music throughout the world) - Dick ClarkPoet's Award (Honors songwriters for outstanding musical and/or lyrical contributions throughout their careers in the field of country music) - Bill Anderson and Fred RoseCliffie Stone Pioneer Award (Honoring individuals who are pioneers in the country music genre):Brenda LeeOak Ridge BoysConway TwittyPorter WagonerGuitarist - Dann HuffPiano/Keyboard Player - Matt RollingsBass Player - Michael RhodesPercussionist/Drummer - Shannon ForrestSteel Guitar - Paul FranklinFiddle Player - Stuart DuncanSpecialty Instrument(s) - Jerry DouglasAudio Engineer - Justin NiebankProducer - Mark Wright
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Jerry Wallace (1933 - 2008)
2008-05-08 05:29:00
Pop turned country singer Jerry Wallace, who took his song Primrose Lane to the top ten in 1959, has died of congestive heart failure at his home in Corona, California. He was 79.Wallace began his recording career in 1951 with Allied. Seven years later, after switching to Challenge Records, he broke onto the charts with How the Time Flies, which reached number eleven. A year later, he released the biggest hit of his career with Primrose Lane, which went to number eight. Interestingly, while both were very pop oriented, they crossed over onto the R&B charts and peaked at numbers eleven and twelve respectively.In 1964, at the end of his time with Challenge, he once again challenged the upper parts of the charts with In the Misty Moonlight. While the single stopped at number nineteen on the pop charts, it ascended to number two on the Adult Contemporary. In total, Wallace placed thirteen singles in the top 100 between 1951 and 1972.The following year, after signing a short ...
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Diamond MAY Be Heading For His First Number One Album
2008-05-08 02:12:00
Only one day of sales have been tallied so far but, if things keep selling at the current pace, Neil Diamond may have the first number one album of his career.First day sales from the Nielsen SoundScan Building chart have sales of Home Before Dark at 30,000. That would project out to a possible 125,000 copy opening week. Madonna's Hot Candy is looking to slip to two or three depending on sales of other new albums from artists like Gavin DeGraw, Clay Aiken and Josh Groban. If, in the end, Diamond does achieve number one in the opening week, it will be something he has never managed to do with the previous 45 albums that have hit the charts. He has previously reached the top ten fourteen times with the soundtrack to Jonathan Livingston Seagull doing best with a number two peak. His last Rick Ruben produced album, 12 Songs, peaked at number four. For the record, Neil Diamonds top ten albums:Gold (1970, peak at number 10)Moods (1972, 5)Hot August Night (1973, 5)Jonathan Livingston ...
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Afternoon Update - Charts, Neil Diamond, Traveling Wilburys, Jimi Hendrix
2008-05-07 21:08:00
Madonna will top the U.S. album charts when they are released later this week as Hard Candy moves 280,000 copies in its first week.Def Leppard's Welcome to the Sparkle Lounge debuts at number five, moving 55,000 copies. This is the groups eleventh consecutive top 20 album, dating back to 1983's Pyromania.Mudcrutch, the first album from Tom Petty's original group, debuts at number eight with 38,000 copies sold. Steve Winwood's Nine Lives starts at twelve (26,000 copies) and Carly Simon's This Kind of Love at fifteen (23,000).Overall, album sales were down 10.4% from the same week last year.Neil Diamond will be playing a MySpace "Secret Show" tonight at the Bitter End in New York.The two Traveling Wilburys albums are being remastered and re-released by Rhino on June 3. Volume 1 will contain the bonus tracks Maxine and Like a Ship. Volume 3 will have Nobody's Child and Runaway.Jimi Hendrix ' younger brother, Leon, has issued a statement confirming that the man in the recently...
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Evening Update - Nelson Mendala Concert, Melissa Manchester, Bob Dylan
2008-05-07 07:14:00
The lineup for the Nelson Mendala 90th Birthday concert in London have been unveiled. Among the acts for the June 27 show are Queen + Paul Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Leona Lewis, Shirley Bassey, Razorlight, Simple Minds, Sugarbabes, Andrea and Sharon Coor and Eddy Grant. The promoters have also said that there will be some special, big acts that are being kept a secret to surprise Mr. Mandela.For those in the U.K. who never bought a copy, Paul McCartney's last album, Memory Almost Full, will be given away free with the May 18 Mail on Sunday newspaper. Billy Idol will be supporting Def Leppard during seven stops on their upcoming tour. Melissa Manchester has written a new song meant to be a cancer survivor's anthem. Power of Ribbons was inspired by a friend who was undergoing cancer treatment. She will premier the song on Saturday at the Revlon Run/Walk for Women at the Colosseum in Los Angeles and sing it again before the Dodger's game the next day (along with singing the Nationa...
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Capitol/EMI to Release 30th Anniversary Edition of Blondie's Parallel Lines
2008-05-07 01:11:00
Capitol/EMI will release an expanded version of Blondie 's Parallel Lines to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The June 24 CD/DVD release will add four new audio tracks along with the promo videos for three of the album singles and a performance from the BBC's Top of the Pops.Parallel Lines was originally released in 1978 as the group's third album after Blondie and Plastic Letters. Produced by Mike Chapman, the album is considered to be their finest hour with not only their first big hits (Heart of Glass and One Way or Another) but also finely honed deep tracks from all of the band members. The album peaked at number six while Heart of Glass went to number one in both the U.S. and the U.K.The track list for Parallel Lines: 30th Anniversary Edition :CDHanging On The TelephoneOne Way Or AnotherPicture ThisFade Away And RadiatePretty BabyI Know But I Don't Know11:59Will Anything Happen?Sunday GirlHeart Of GlassI'm Gonna Love You TooJust Go AwayHeart Of Glass (7" single version)S...
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Library of Congress Adds 24 to National Recording Registry
2008-05-07 00:35:00
The Library of Congress has announced twenty four new recordings that will be placed into the National Recording Registry .The Registry was established as a result of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000 to recognize and preserve recordings that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." Records must be at least ten years old to be considered and are nominated by members of the public. The final decision is made by the Librarian of Congress, who is currently James H. Billington.This year's group covers the entire spectrum of genres from jazz and big band to folk and blues to rock and R&B. Also included are historical spoken word recordings of note.This years inductees:The first Trans-Atlantic Broadcast, March14, 1925Allons a Lafayette - Joseph FalconCasta Diva (from Bellini?s Norma) If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again - Thomas A. Dorsey Sweet Lorraine - Art TatumFibber McGee and MollyWings Over Jordan Fiorello LaGuardia reading the comics Call it...

Afternoon Update - Martha Reeves, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, John Mellencamp
2008-05-07 00:07:00
Martha Reeves has reported that thieves broke into her childhood home Sunday night and stole over $1 million in uninsured musical equipment, including speakers and microphones. Reeves is currently a member of the Detroit City Council.The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will honor Alan and Marilyn Bergman with their ASCAP Foudners Award at the 23rd Annual Film and Television Music Awards.The Bergmans have been nominated for sixteen Academy Awards and wrote the best sellers The Windmills of Your Mind, The Way We Were, Nice 'n' Easy, You Don't Bring Me Flowers (with Neil Diamond), Brian's Song, The Summer Knows (Theme From Summer of '42), It Might Be You (from Tootsie) and What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?, among many others.Gone Country is a competition on CMT to see who can be the best country singer with contestants from other entertainment fields. The second edition will begin soon with the contestants including Sebastian Bach from Skid ...
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The Big Neil Young Announcement Boosts Blu-Ray's Future
2008-05-06 23:57:00
Neil Young announced at Tuesday's Sun Microsystems conference that he plans to release his entire archives on Blu-Ray DVD. He selected the medium because of the increased capacity, the quality and the ability to update the discs over the Internet (courtesy of Sun's Java).The first release is expected to be this fall and include ten-discs of archival material from 1963 to 1972. Included will be unreleased material, videos and various materials such as manuscripts. Owners will be able to add content over the net as it becomes available.Young said in a statement, "Previously, there was no way to browse archival material on a Disc and listen to a song in high resolution at the same time. The technology had not yet evolved to that capability. It is important for me that the user experience the high resolution music along with the archival visual material. Previous technology required unacceptable quality compromises. I am glad we waited and got ...
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Police Announce Final Show
2008-05-06 23:43:00
Although a date is yet to be set, the Police and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomburg announced today that the group will play their final show (as in ever) sometime in August.The show will be a fund raiser for Thirteen/WNET and WLIW, New York Public Broadcasting stations.The group will also contribute $1 million to Bloomburg's MillionTreesNYC which is a fund to plant new trees throughout the city. The New York City government will match the contribution with the total funds expected to purchase and plant 10,000 trees. The goal is to plant one million by 2017.In making the donation, Sting said "Some people may be surprised to know that the greatest single contribution to greenhouse gases is deforestation. We all want cleaner and cooler air, and planting trees is the best way to achieve that. "We have a long history in New York. We came here first in 1978. We want to leave a gift that will last for decades."
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Bootsy Collins to Organized James Brown Tribute Tour
2008-05-06 23:09:00
Bootsy Collins is set to go on the road for the A Tribute to James Brown tour. Collins played in Brown's backup band, the J.B.'s in 1970 and 1971.The band will include:Phelps "Catfish" Collins (who is also Bootsy?s brother)John "Jabo" StarksClyde Stubblefield (aka the Funky Drummer)Bart Byrd (son of late J.B.'s keyboardist Bobby Byrd)Tony WilsonVenisha Brown (daughter of James)Collins told Billboard.com that "It's Bootsy Collins? tribute to James Brown. It's about James Brown's music, his legacy, what his music meant to me. Not only me but a lot of people, a lot of musicians and fans. So it's pretty much me paying [my] respect."The tour was originally scheduled for now, but was pushed back to a September 25 start due to mount a better publicity campaign.Ron Bembry, Collins' tour manager, said, "For a major artist on this level to go out and do a tribute tour where they're not going to hear any of the songs he's famous for, that's kind of a challenge. As soon as people...
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Touring - Tom Waits, Squeeze, Chuck Berry, more
2008-05-06 08:05:00
Tom Waits6/17 & 18 - Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theatre 6/20 - El Paso, TX - The Plaza Theatre 6/22 - Houston, TX - Jones Hall For The Performing Arts 6/23 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom 6/25 - Tulsa, OK - The Brady Theater 6/26 - Saint Louis, MO - Fabulous Fox Theatre 6/28 - Columbus, OH - Ohio Theatre 6/29 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Aud. & Coliseum 7/01 - Jacksonville, FL - Moran Theater 7/02 - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre 7/03 - Birmingham, AL - Alabama Theatre 7/05 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre Squeeze 7/12 - Chichester, UK - TBA 7/26 - London, UK - London Excel Arena (British International Motor Show)7/27 - Malmesbury, UK - Charlton Park (WOMAD)8/15 - Devon, UK - Beautiful Days Festival Grounds 8/16 - Staffordshire, UK - Weston Park (V Festival) 8/17 - Chelmsford, UK - Hylands Park (V Festival)8/21 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 8/22 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre 8/25 - Torrington, CT - Warner Theatre 8/26 - Foxborough, MA - Showcase Live! 8/29 - Royal ...
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Evening Update - Neville Brothers, Billy Lee Riley, more
2008-05-06 07:53:00
The Neville Brothers , Aaron, Art, Cyril and Charles, returned to the stage for the first time since Hurricane Katrina to close out this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The brothers had moved to different parts of the country when their New Orleans homes were damaged during the storm. Rockabilly pioneer Billy Lee Riley is back, even after three hip replacements and an emergency quintuple bypass in February. He played the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival on Sunday.Collectors, do not fear. You may have missed an album by a favorite artist that is now out-of-print, but the opportunity to buy the CD may be coming back. Amazon, Sony and EMI have signed a pact to make hundreds of out-of-print CDs available again via the CreateSpace Disc on Demand program. Titles will range from Earthquake Weather by Joe Strummer and Carryin' On by Grant Green to the Hatari soundtrack by Henry Mancini.In addition, the program will allow music from the labels that have only bee...
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Listomania: Prince Songs, Concept Albums
2008-05-06 05:45:00
Rolling Stone polls have been a bit strange over the last few weeks, so we've chosen not to cover them as they've been along the lines of best songs with a color in the title; however, this week, in salute to his set at Coachella, they asked their readers to name their favorite Prince songs.The list isn't bad, with When Doves Cry being the most popular. Still, I would have expected 1999 to place higher than songs like Kiss and Raspberry Beret.Rollings Stones list of Favorite Prince Songs :When Doves CryLittle Red CorvettePurple RainKissRaspberry Beret1999Sign ?O? The TimesI Could Never Take the Place of Your ManGett OffLet?s Go CrazyErotic CityDarling Nikki7The Beautiful OnesU Got the LookThe revived WNEW has also joined the list business with writer Paul Rhodes naming the thirty best concept albums of all time. His top 10:Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - FacesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - BeatlesAqualung - Jethro TullAnimals - Pink FloydPet Sounds - Beach BoysWhat's Going...
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Afternoon Update - Prince, Tom Waits, Madonna, Dixie Cups
2008-05-06 01:29:00
Get ready for Prince the author. He will be publishing the book 21 Nights this fall with Atria Books (part of Simon & Schuster). The book will contain 124 color photographs from his residence at the O2 Arena in London last year by Randee St. Nicholas along with poetry and lyrics to new songs. Also included will be a CD, Indigo Nights, with music from after-hour jams.Tom Waits announced his upcoming tour with the acronym PEHDTSCKJMBA. Other than it appears to be the first letter from each city he will play, Waits says it stands for the "pretty profound" "People Envy Happiness, Dogs Though, Sense Courage Knowing Jubilation Means Better Assets.?We don't know either, but the tour kicks off on June 17 in Phoenix and will play 13 shows.Madonna 's Hard Candy premiers at number one in the U.K. to match the single 4 Minutes which is at it's third week at the top. This is the fourth time she has topped both charts at the same time, something that has only been done by any other f...
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Forty Years After, Word Comes of Fixed Eurovision Song Contest
2008-05-05 23:10:00
Back in 1968, Cliff Richard was the favorite to win the annual Eurovision Song Contest for his composition Congratulations. When the final vote was announced, Spain's Massiel beat him out by just one vote for his song La La La. According to a new documentary from producer Montse Fernandez Vila, the win was fixed by then Spanish leader Francisco Franco.In the documentary, TV host Jose Maria Inigo says "It was a fix. Massiel won Eurovision with bought votes."Franco saw a victory in the contest as vital in boosting Spain's image abroad. To accomplish the task, he had Spanish TV executives make deals across the continent for programming in return for votes.Bjorn Erichsen, head of Eurovision TV, was not aware of the controversy, although he did know that there had been back room deals in the past to swap votes. It is one of the reasons that the contest did away with national juries.Erichson said, "Franco was really so keen for Spain to win it? We're not talking about NATO here or...
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Touring - John Fogerty, Richie Havens, Janis Ian, more
2008-05-05 05:28:00
John Fogerty5/09 - Sparks, NV - John Ascuaga's Nugget Hotel/Casino 5/10 - Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa - Amphitheatre 5/21 - Reykjavik, Iceland - Laugardalsholl 5/23 - Stockholm, Sweden - Hovet 5/24 - Karlstad, Sweden - Lofbergs Lila Arena 5/26 - Helsinki, Finland - Hartwall Arena 5/28 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene 5/30 - Ystad, Sweden - Oja Slott 5/31 - Jelling, Denmark - Jelling Festival 6/01 - Berlin, Germany - Spaudau Zitadelle 6/03 - Leipzig, Germany - Leipzig Arena 6/04 - Erfurt, Germany - Messehalle 6/06 - Stuttgart, Germany - Freilichtbuhne Killesberg 6/07 - Bonn, Germany - Museumsplatz 6/08 - Paris, France - Olympia 6/10 - Frankfurt, Germany - Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt 6/11 - Munich, Germany - Zenith 6/12 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz 6/14 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Tivoli 6/15 - Linz, Austria - Intersport Arena Linz 6/17 - Vienna, Austria - Wiener Stadthalle 6/19 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National 6/20 - Rotterdam, Netherlands - A...
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Weekend Update - Bruce Springsteen, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross & the Supreme
2008-05-05 01:24:00
The brand new New Jersey Hall of fame inducted its first fifteen members and among those chosen are Bruce Springsteen and Frank Sinatra . They are joining the likes of Albert Einstein, Toni Morrison, Clara Barton, Vince Lombardi and Yogi Berra.Chuck Leavell, keyboard player for the Rolling Stones, was given an honorary Doctorate of Music by the Central Michigan University on Saturday. He told the students that "The pursuit of excellence can take you to the Super Bowl or the Hollywood Bowl, if you're committed. If you keep these principles in life, no matter what you've chosen to do, you will be successful."Leavell also offered up the gem, "What's the difference between a musician and a municipal bond? A municipal bond matures and makes money."The Victoria and Albert Museum in London will be mounting an exhibit with over fifty costumes worn during performances by Diana Ross and the Supremes. The collection comes from ex-member Mary Wilson and includes a gown worn when the gro...
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Chart Watch - May 2, 2008
2008-05-04 04:23:00
Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current music charts. Chart highlights:George Strait has the highest placing disc on the comprehensive albums chart for the fourth week in a row with Troubadour. The album also returns to number one on the country album chart while I Saw Got Today retains the top spot on the country singles.The highest debuting album this week is Whitesnake's Good to Be Bad which kicks it off at number 62. It did much better in other countries, including the U.K. where it premiers at number seven and is the highest charting album by a veteran artist.History was made on the top fifty singles singles this week as modern artist Leona Lewis returns to the number one spot for the third time with Bleeding Love. The last time this happened was in 1979 when Chic's Le Freak hit number one three separate times.After a number 18 premier for Rush's Snakes and Arrows Live last week, it drops straight out of the top 100.Previous week position noted in parenthesis....
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