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Van Halen to get back together
Posten on: 2006-10-29 16:39:26
Van Halen are rumoured to be on the brink of reforming for a world tour. The band are thought to be lining up a series of tour dates in America next year with original singer David Lee Roth.Van Halen last played together with former singer Sammy Hagar two years ago for a massive greatest hits tour of the States.But after the tour ended Hagar returned to his solo group The Waboritas and nothing more was heard from the band.According to MelodicRock, tour dates are likely but there are no plans to release any new material or a compilation album.
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New album in early 2007 to concentrate on faith
Posten on: 2006-10-20 17:06:38
Progressive rockers Rush are working on a collection of new songs based on Neil Peart's reflections on faith, sait the drummer Thursday from his Los Angeles home.Peart added that the band spent much of this year crafting the power trio's first slate of new material since 2004's "Vapor Trails" and expect to begin recording in November for an album release early next year.Peart revealed few details about the record, except to say that reflections on faith emerged as a clear theme from the very beginning."I tried hard to look at it as a subject - what's good about it - and tried to balance that against what I saw as not being a good thing," said Peart, noting his experience as a Canadian living in the United States for the past six years has given him a unique perspective on world events."All we're seeing, especially in the world today, is a very malevolent kind of faith, in fundamentalism of all kinds, on both sides. One of the lines I use in the new songs equates Middle East and Middle West, because this stuff is going on in both localities, although both would probably be insulted by the comparison."Peart said much of the new material was hashed out long distance, with him exchanging lyrics from Los Angeles for the song sketches of Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, who both live in Toronto.His musings on religion emerged during a motorcycle road trip he took across the United States in 2004, the year the band celebrated their 30th anniversary with a tour.He turned the experience into a book of anecdotes and stories, "Roadshow: Landscape With Drums: A Concert Tour By Motorcycle." "I don't need it in my life, is the way I would put it," Peart said of faith. "But I see other people who do and other people for whom it's definitely a positive sort of reinforcement of a kind of solace and those are all good things."Still, he says he's not shy about tackling an issue that is often considered taboo.Peart said a teacher once told him to never judge people by things they can't change. Therefore, religion is fair game, he says."To me, those are things they can change, so I feel entitled to look at them in that light," he says.The band's last album was "Feedback", including eight cover songs released in 2004 to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the first Rush album, "Rush."
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New music from the Beatles
Posten on: 2006-10-17 19:23:18
A "new" album of Beatles music mixed by their legendary producer George Martin and described as a new "way of reliving the whole Beatles musical lifespan", will be released on November 20. It will be released in a CD/DVD format and will contain 78 minutes of 'new' Beatles material. The album was created by Sir George Martin and his son Giles Martin.The pair used master tapes of original Beatles recordings for a collaboration with Cirque Du Soleil.In a statement, Paul McCartney said: "This album puts The Beatles back together again, because suddenly there's John and George with me and Ringo."Ringo Starr added: "George and Giles did such a great job combining these tracks. It's really powerful for me and I even heard things I'd forgotten we'd recorded."Track List'Because''Get Back''Glass Onion''Eleanor Rigby'/'Julia' (Transistion)'I Am The Walrus''I Want To Hold Your Hand''Drive My Car'/' The Word'/'What You're Doing''Gnik Nus''Something'/'Blue Jay Way' (Transition)'Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!'/'I Want You (She's So Heavy)'/ 'Helter Skelter''Help!''Blackbird'/'Yesterday''Strawberry Fields Forever''Within You Without You'/'Tomorrow Never Knows''Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds''Octopus's Garden''Lady Madonna''Here Comes The Sun'/'The Inner Light' (Transition)'Come Together'/'Dear Prudence'/'Cry Baby Cry' (Transition)'Revolution''Back In The USSR''While My Guitar Gently Weeps''A Day In The Life''Hey Jude''Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)''All You Need Is Love'
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Back to the studio for Miss Harvey
Posten on: 2006-10-11 18:00:04
PJ Harvey is to begin work on her 8th studio album next month. The singer has teamed up with Flood and John Parish for the follow up to 2004's 'Uh Huh Her'.According to her official website, the LP will be more piano driven than her previous material. A release date for the as-yet-untitled album is still to be set.Meanwhile, the singer will be releasing PJ Harvey - 'The Peel Sessions 1991-2004' to mark the second anniversary of John Peel's death later this month.The singer joins a host of artists, including Pulp, House of Love and Siouxsie And The Banshees, who are set to release their own Peel Sessions for the first time during a month of commemorative events to mark the anniversary of the inspirational DJ's death.PJ Harvey - 'The Peel Sessions 1991-2004' is out on October 23.
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Orchestral music from the White Stripes
Posten on: 2006-10-06 18:05:48
Recent details of the album 'Aluminium', an orchestral reworking of The White Stripes' music, have been revealed. Music from 'Aluminium' looks set to soundtrack a ballet piece at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden this November, after choreographer Wayne McGregor chose selected tracks to use in his production.Tracks included on 'Aluminium', include versions of 'Astro', 'Little Bird' and 'The Hardest Button To Button'. In keeping with Jack White's fondness for the number three, only 3,333 CDs will be released, along with 999 LPs, plus an unlimited download format, complete with an electronic booklet.'Aluminium''s influence has also spread to the art world. Artist and White Stripes collaborator Rob Jones has created ten images to accompany the album, copies of which will be packaged with the record, while the originals are currently being exhibited at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester.The tracklisting for the album is as follows:'Aluminum''I'm Bound To Pack It Up''Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?''Astro''Never Far Away''Little Bird''Let's Build A Home''Who's A Big Baby?''The Hardest Button To Button''Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)'
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