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Led Zeppelin in talks for reunion reunion
Posten on: 2007-06-28 15:28:54
Members of 70's hard rock group Led Zeppelin are in talks to reunite for a memorial concert.Vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, and bassist John Paul Jones are apparently in discussions to reform for a one-off gig in London for their late record boss Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.The three founding members will re-group alongside late drummer John Bonham's son Jason for the gig.A source close to the group said: "Page, Plant and Jones spoke and agreed to do the memorial concert. They are waiting for a definite date."And no one can quite believe it, but during discussions about the concert they all gave the green light to a tour if it all does well and they don't all fall out."The band have only performed a handful of concerts since they split in 1980, including Live Aid in 1985."It has been hoped for and denied for years," the source said. "But this is the closest they have ever come to a reunion tour. The feeling is that this is going to happen next year."
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Stooges at Glastonbury
Posten on: 2007-06-24 10:40:28
Iggy Pop & The Stooges took the stage by storm on the night of June 23 at Glastonbury.Iggy Pop invited fans to join them onstage during the song 'Real Cool Time' and the numbers started steadily rising until the whole stage became completely filled with enthusiastic punters. They didn't depart the stage until after 'No Fun', when the star politely asked everyone to go. By then there will still people queueing up to join the party.The band played tracks from new album 'The Weirdness', their first LP in 34 years, including 'My Idea Of Fun' and 'Not Right'.The biggest cheers were reserved for the band's old classics, such as set opener 'Loose', 'No Fun', '1969' and 'I Wanna Be Your Dog', which they played twice.Tracks played:'Loose''Down On The Street''1969''I Wanna Be Your Dog''TV Eye''My Idea Of Fun''Dirt''Real Cool Time''No Fun''1970''LA Blues''ATM''Not Right''I Wanna Be Your Dog'
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New album from Asia says Howe
Posten on: 2007-06-21 10:28:25
According to guitarist and founding member Steve Howe, the reunion of Asia's original lineup that began last year will likely yield a new studio album."We're starting the process of recording, and we feel good about that -- partly because we're getting on well and we think, 'Why not?'," says Howe."We're trying to make an album that isn't terribly predictable for us," Howe adds. "We're not doing retrospective music; we're certainly going to try to show our histories but still have a slightly more diverse range.""We like the chemistry now more than ever," the guitarist says. "This (reunion) is proof there was a great chemistry originally. The fact it got messed up was our fault. We felt we owed it to each other to put it right."Howe also notes that Asia is "not trying to live up to the first album" -- the quartet's self-titled 1982 debut that spent nine weeks at No. 1 on The Billboard 200, launching the hits "Heat of the Moment" and "Only Time Will Tell." This lineup recorded just one more album, 1983's "Alpha," before splintering. Downes has maintained the group over the years with shifting array of members.Howe expects Asia to work in earnest on the new album in early 2008. But he also expects to be busy again with Yes, whose planned two-year hiatus has become three years. Plans are afoot for touring and possibly recording, but Howe is confident both groups can co-exist."There's no issue of moving Asia out of the way so I can do Yes," says Howe, who also plays in the Steve Howe Trio, a jazz group with his son Dylan. "The other guys in Asia feel it is right Yes should come back. But we're certainly utilizing the time when Yes is dormant to our advantage."Drummer Carl Palmer had this to say about going back returning to the band: Ah, Asia will actually do something together again. We'll do something later on this year. End of Aug, September and we will come to Canada. Hopefully in America. It's the 21 Anniversary. It's just something we'd like to do. Who knows how long we'll do it for: 2,3,4,5 weeks. That's where we are. We have no plans to record. I wouldn't mind making a DVD. I think we'll play the whole of the first Asia album. And I think considering the people who are in the band, because the pedigree of each one of us is so long, and having so much time in progressive rock music with Yes, ELP, King Crimson, with the Buggles, whatever. I think we could actually put a great show together by playing something from all of our pasts, in the various bands we've been in and playing, as I said, the whole of the first Asia album. I think it would be, not only nostalgic, but historic sorta type of show, musically.
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Prince's Planet Earth out on June 11
Posten on: 2007-06-14 06:01:27
Prince is set to release his new album 'Planet Earth' on July 16. The first single Guitar will be serviced to all radio formats on June 11. Wendy & Lisa, best known as members of the Revolution, Prince's backing band will also be appearing on 'Planet Earth'.Prince has recently announced the first dates of his upcoming World Tour, beginning August 1 at the O2 Arena in London, where the first of 15 concert dates sold-out in record time. Six additional dates have been added and will go on-sale next week.
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New details on Robert Wyatt album
Posten on: 2007-06-11 14:04:32
The former Soft Machine member and revered musician has finished recording and self-producing the follow-up to his Mercury Music Prize nominated "Cuckooland" and it features several guest artists across it's three 'acts.'The album entitled "Comicopera" is scheduled to be released on October 8.With top colaborators such as The Jam's Paul Weller, Brian Eno and Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera all appear on the new record, and Wyatt says he was aiming to capture the sound of group together."Music isn't just an abstract pleasure, it is a company, when you play a record. Why I like Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus, the Big Bands -is because every character in the band is identifiable as that person - there's this group of humans in a room."The release "Comicopera" has three acts: 'Lost In Noise', 'The Here And The Now', and 'Away With The Fairies'. The full tracklisting is as follows:Act One: Lost In NoiseStay TunesJust As You AreYou YouA.W.O.L.AnachronistAct Two: The Here And The NowA Beautiful PeaceBe SeriousOn The Town SquareMob RuleA Beautiful War11 Out of The BlueAct Three: Away With The FairiesDel MondoCancion de JulietaPastafariFragmentHasta Siempre
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