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VAN HALEN DRUMS
ENTER HALL OF FAME
MusicWire Magazine - Alex Van Halen’s historic drum kit is the latest acquisition of Cleveland’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum.
The set, which was used on more than 100 shows during Van Halen’s 1980 World Invasion Tour in support of the “Women and Children First” album, is now on display at the Cleveland site.
JOE WALSH ANNOUNCES
NEW SOLO ALBUM DETAILS
MusicWire Magazine - Joe Walsh of The Eagles is gearing up to release his first solo album in 18 years.
Walsh tells Ultimate Classic Rock that he has completed work on the record, which will be called “Analog Man,” and should be released sometime in the winter of 2012.
“I know in the past, I’ve had screwy album titles, but I decided to call it ‘Analog Man’," Joe explains. “Because, you know, my generation of musicians, we grew up analog, and now it’s a digital wor ld. We had to learn it, you know? Everything’s totally different. There’s no record companies — who knew that would happen? They were so powerful when I was young!”
“This is my first real experience doing my music digitally,” Walsh continues. “In the old days, there was more of a tendency to set up the band, mic everything, record the whole band together and when you got a good take, that was it. You couldn’t go in and make everything perfect. Nowadays, music is constructed. Musicians come in and play their part, and you put them on one at a time.”
Fans can expect to hear a song or two, including the title track (sample lyrics: “I’m an analog man in a digital world / I’m gonna get me an analog girl / Who loves me for what I am”) from "Analog Man" when Walsh sets out on a 3-week solo tour, beginning October 11 in Austin, Texas.
This will be Joe’s first solo effort since 1992’s “Songs for a Dying Planet.”
HAGAR: VAN HALEN USED
ANTHONY TAPES ON TOUR
OCT. 2011 - MusicWire Magazine - There’s no love lost between Sammy Hagar and the Van Halen brothers, which is evident pretty much every time the Red Rocker speaks.
Hagar’s latest rant about his former bandmates may be as much about them as it is Sammy standing up for his pal, ex-VH and now Chickenfoot bassist Michael Anthony.
By all appearances, and by the words of both Anthony and Hagar in recent years, Michael was kicked out of VH for being friends with Sammy at a time when the brothers weren’t working and he was, eventually inviting the bassist to join him on the road, earning the ire of both Eddie and Alex.
That move led to a serious pay cut for Anthony on the 2004 VH reunion tour with Hagar, who wouldn’t do the trip if Michael wasn’t involved (Eddie reportedly didn’t want him along). Further, Anthony says he was forced by the VH brothers to sign over his rights to future earnings from the band as…what…retribution for wanting to play live music with someone they deemed as the ‘enemy’?
Anthony was replaced by Eddie’s son, Wolfgang, who toured with VH in 2007/08 on the band’s reunion trek with David Lee Roth…and is reportedly on the forthcoming VH album.
Now, in a new interview with Attention Deficit Delirium, Hagar accuses VH of using Anthony’s talents on the road, even after they unceremoniously dismissed him and his contributions to the group and its legacy.
“Those vocal harmonies on the last tour were Mike on tape,” asserted Hagar. “Mike should’ve reamed them for it. Wolfie don’t sing like that, and Ed sure as hell don’t. Go on the Internet and listen to Ed’s voice live from the reunion with me. Hear him sing on ‘When It’s Love’ and some of those songs. Ed can’t sing, and his voice is shot if he can, from cigarettes and booze anyway.”
Sammy didn’t stop there.
“I just don’t see Van Halen getting together again,” said the Red Rocker. “I don’t know what would have to happen for it to happen. I don’t think they’re ever going to get together with Dave. They’ve been working on that record for a year and a half or whatever, and they keep postponing and postponing it. I just know that Wolfie, Dave and Ed are not the Van Halen that the world wants to see. To do it with David without Mike was a horrible decision, but those guys haven’t made a good decision since I left the band. I don’t think so. It’s not about me, I just think that they really burned Mikey and burned the fans by throwing him out before Dave came back finally.”
SCOTTY McCREERY, BLAKE SHELTON OCCUPY COUNTRY CHARTS FOR ANOTHER WEEK
Montgomery Gentry, Keith Urban
Have Highest Album, Song Debuts
10.29.11-MusicWire Magazine - For the third week in a row, Scott McCreery's Clear as Day ranks as Billboard's top country album. Also, two straight weeks at No. 1 for Shelton's "God Gave Me You."
The No. 2 through No. 5 songs are the Eli Young Band's "Crazy Girl," Strait's "Here for a Good Time," Miranda Lambert's "Baggage Claim" (leapfrogging from No. 9) and Taylor Swift's "Sparks Fly."
Bunching up directly behind Clear as Day in this week's Top 5 country albums parade are Lady Antebellum's Own the Night, Lauren Alaina's Wildflower, the multi-artist soundtrack to the film Footloose and Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party.
GEORGE JONES
ANNOUNCES TOUR DATES THROUGH NOVEMBER 2012
MusicWire Magazine - At age 80, George Jones is continuing to tour with concerts scheduled this weekend and more than 30 additional dates planned in the U.S. and Canada through November 2012. His tour dates include shows Friday (Oct. 28) in Elkhart, Ind., Saturday (Oct. 29) in Waukegan, Ill., and Sunday (Oct. 30) in Green Bay, Wis. His roadwork for the year concludes Dec. 17 in Tulsa, Okla. He returns to the road in February and will head to Canada for a 10-day tour in May. "I'm always excited to get back out on the road, and we're working up new shows and new songs," Jones said. "I'm feelin' great and givin' the road hell!" Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992.
VAN HALEN REUNION TOUR, NO SAMMY HAGAR OR MIKE ANTHONY
MusicWire Magazine - Van Halen reunion won’t include Sammy Hagar
In Sammy Hagar’s mind, Van Halen is stuck in 2004.
Or maybe it’s Sammy Hagar that’s stuck in Van Halen’s 2004.
Either way, that was the last time Hagar toured with VH, on a reunion tour that, in hindsight, was created only to sell an ill-planned greatest hits collection (“Best Of Both Worlds”), following the public relations disaster that was "VHIII."
There seems to have been no communication between Sammy and the VH camp since the ’04 tour ended with a thud in Tuscon, with Eddie smashing a guitar on stage, to the shock of many.
There was, of course, the hugely successful 2007/08 reunion tour with David Lee Roth, and now a new album with the Diamond one is on the horizon…more than 25 years after the smash “1984” release.
Rolling Stone caught up with Hagar at Chickenfoot’s recent New York show to get his take on the Grammy Awards’ announcement that their November 30 Nominations Concert special will include "a special, live announcement from an iconic group regarding their historic band reunion set to take place" on the Grammy stage on February 12, 2012” – which was followed by the tweet, "Who do u predict the reuniting band will be @ #GRAMMYnoms? Does this hint make u wanna 'Jump' & 'Dance the Night Away'?"
Hagar tells RS that any VH reunion won't include him.
"If Van Halen plays, it will be Dave, Eddie, Alex, and Wolfie [Wolfgang Van Halen], his kid – it wouldn't be Mike [Anthony] and I. First of all, we wouldn't be invited and second of all, if we were invited, we probably wouldn't do it. If Eddie is in the same condition he was the last time I saw him, I don't want to step onstage with him."
Ok, so did Hagar actually make the pending VH reunion news about him - or did Rolling Stone need a hook and a headline for a non-story?
CHEAP TRICK PLANS CHICAGO
MUSEUM & LIVE VENUE
NOV., 2011-MusicWire Magazine -
Cheap Trick are planning on opening a multi-purpose complex in downtown Chicago.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports CT band manager David Frey said in a statement that Cheap Trick Chicago will be “a one-of-a-kind eatery, unique musical instrument museum, radio station, and performance space as well as rooftop and outdoor and event space in the future Music Row in Chicago.”
Alderman Bob Fioretti has been pushing a plan to revitalize an area of downtown that will link famed music sites, like Chess Records and Vee-Jay & Brunswick Records, with vacant auto dealerships along South Michigan Avenue to create a new entertainment district.
Frey says the complex may feature some of Cheap Trick’s personal archives of music artifacts, including items from Rick Neilsen’s guitar and Bun E. Carlos’ drum collections.
The onsite radio station will be Cheaptrickradio.com.
STONES, JAMES DURBIN LEAD
THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
MusicWire Magazine - Rock heavyweights are starting to bring out the big guns with new releases for the holiday season.
Topping the list this week is the major “Some Girls” reissue by The Rolling Stones; the 1978 album now comes with a bonus disc featuring tracks from the original sessions…and then there’s the “Some Girls Live In Texas” concert DVD for fans to take in, as well.
The debut from James Durbin should get a lot of attention from music buyers, along with the Chris Cornell live set, "Songbook," recorded on his spring tour. There’s new Nickelback and Daughtry, the massive Rush box set, “Sectors,” and more on this week’ list of rock releases.
MUSIC
Here’s a look at some of the new music in stores this week - to check out all the new releases available, click here.
• Chris Cornell – Songbook [mp3] iTunes / Amazon
• Chris Cornell – Songbook [CD] Amazon
• Daughtry – Break The Spell [mp3] iTunes / Amazon
• Daughtry – Break The Spell [CD] Amazon
• James Durbin – Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster [mp3] iTunes / Amazon
• James Durbin – Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster [CD] Amazon
• Halford – Live At Saitama Super Arena [mp3] iTunes / Amazon
• Halford – Live At Saitama Super Arena [CD] Amazon
• Nickelback – Here And Now [mp3] iTunes / Amazon
• Nickelback – Here And Now [CD] Amazon
• The Rolling Stones – Some Girls [mp3] iTunes
• The Rolling Stones – Some Girls [CD] Amazon
• The Rolling Stones – Some Girls [CD Box Set] Amazon
• Rush – Sector 1 [5CD+DVD] Amazon
• Rush – Sector 2 [5CD+DVD] Amazon
• Rush – Sector 3 [5CD+DVD] Amazon
MUSIC DVD
Here’s some of the new music DVD releases in stores this week - to check out all the new DVD releases available, click here (Amazon).
• Talking Heads – Chronology Deluxe [DVD] Amazon
• The Rolling Stones – Some Girls Live In Texas [DVD] Amazon
• The Rolling Stones – Some Girls Live In Texas [Blu-ray] Amazon
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
& THE E STREET BAND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM & TOUR IN 2012
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will be back in 2012.
The Boss’ official website confirms that a new album and tour are on the schedule for next year.
Springsteen’s site says the European dates run from the middle of May until end of July and are being announced this week; info on the US dates and the World tour dates will be coming up shortly.
As for a new album, the site also announces that “we want you to know that the music is almost done (but still untitled), we have almost settled on the release date (but not quite yet), and that we are all incredibly excited about everything that we're planning for 2012. That's all the info we have for right now, but we'll get back to you - real soon.”
The material and tour will be the first E Street Band projects following the passing of saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who died on June 18 in Florida of complications from a stroke he had a week earlier; Clarence was 69.
EAGLES TO LAUNCH 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR IN 2012
MusicWire Magazine - The Eagles will celebrate their upcoming 40th anniversary with a retrospective tour next year, guitarist Joe Walsh tells Rolling Stone.
The band is going to freshen up their live show from past tours to give fans something they haven’t quite seen before.
"Everybody's seen our show, so we have to put together something new," says Walsh. "We've been archiving so much stuff from the band's early days, concert footage and interviews and stuff. Those will be the visuals to go along with the songs. We'll also revisit some old songs and some new stuff."
Joe says The Eagles plan to tour for four or five months in the second half of 2012.
Walsh just finished work on “Analog Man,” his first solo album since 1992, which he hopes to release in February or March; the guitarist is also talking about trying to get a James Gang tour in before The Eagles hit the road.
PAUL RODGERS GETS SONGWRITING AWARD
The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) proudly presented the 2010 Songwriting Award in recognition of the hit track "Bad Company" to Paul Rodgers.
The award was given out in London recently and was accepted by Rodgers' son, musician Steve Rodgers. Paul was unable to attend the event as he was in New York where he was performing two nights at the Beacon Theatre as Joe Bonamassa's special guest.
"Bad Company" hit the top of the chart in the U.S. last year when Las Vegas-based metallers Five Finger Death Punch recorded and released their version.
The original track was released as the third single from the 1974 Bad Company self-titled debut album. Co-written by Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, the song's meaning comes from the movie of the same name featuring Jeff Bridges and Barry Brown.
It is also a rare instance of the artist, album and song names being the same; other examples include "Black Sabbath" (1970) and "Iron Maiden" (1980).
RIHANNA SAMPLES
METALLICA ON NEW ALBUM
MusicWire Magazine - Pop superstar Rihanna is getting a little heavy on at least one track on her new album, “Talk That Talk,” and she went to the right place to do that – Metallica.
Advance previews of the record, due November 21, say the track "Red Lipstick" features a sample of Metallica’s “Wherever I May Roam,” with the tune’s heavy guitar riff featured at the beginning of the Rihanna song.
“Red Lipstick” is reportedly credited as being written/produced by The-Dream, Rihanna, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, William Kennard, and Saul Milton. The song features the Metallica riffage plus samples “Saxon” by Chase and Status.
Audio leaks on the song, so far, don’t feature the opening section with the Metallica heaviness….so we’ll wait for something to surface.
“Wherever I May Roam” was on Metallica’s 1991 self-titled record, commonly referred to as the “Black Album,” based on its cover. Metallica have just announced that they will play the album in its entirety during their headlining set at Download 2012, to mark the disc’s 20th anniversary.
THE WHO LAUNCH TEEN
CANCER PROGRAM AT UCLA
Rock legends Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who have always said they owe much of their musical success to teenagers.
In a heartfelt repayment, Roger Daltrey announced the launch of the UCLA Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program, which will serve teens and young adult cancer patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
The vision of the program is to ensure that every young person receives the best possible care and professional support to help them meet the physical and emotional challenges of a cancer diagnosis. The belief is that teenagers and young adults shouldn't stop enjoying their youth just because they have cancer.
"At a time when your body is changing, your social life is everything and you're still trying to figure out who you are, getting cancer can seem like an impossible blow to take," Daltrey said. "We believe that teenagers have a much better chance in their fight against cancer if they are treated by experts specializing in their care in a compassionate environment tailored to their needs."
"I hope that our fans will really get behind Who Cares and do their bit to make a difference to young people living with cancer," Daltrey added. "We are grateful to UCLA for helping bring the treatment successes we've made with young people in the U.K. to teens in America."
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, who has been closely involved with the program in the U.K., also lend his support to the program at UCLA.
"We hope to bring the success of the Teenage Cancer Trust program in the U.K. to this inaugural program at UCLA," Plant said. "The caring and support the program provides have made a huge difference in the lives of many teens and young adults who are battling cancer."
The new program — the first of its kind in the United States — will build on the previous successful efforts of the Teenage Cancer Trust, which has helped fund 19 special teen cancer units in the United Kingdom.
One of the goals of the program is to create rooms built around a common lounge area where young cancer patients can hang out with one another.
LED ZEPPELIN IV RE-ENTERS BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM CHART AFTER 25 YEARS
MusicWire Magazine- Led Zeppelin are back on the US charts.
Billboard./biz reports that “Led Zeppelin IV” has re-entered the Billboard 200 charts for the first time since 1987.
With sales last week of around 3,600 copies, Zep IV is sitting at #166 on the list, having previously spent 260 weeks on the chart.
The classic 1971 album is up 273% in overall sales and 654% in downloads.
The resurgence may be attributed to the album’s 40th Anniversary on November 8, which received widespread media attention…and then there’s the price: it’s only $5.99 at AmazonMP3 and $6.99 at iTunes.
"Led Zeppelin IV" is the third best-selling album of all time in the U.S., with cumulative sales of more than 23 million.
2012 ROCK N' ROLL
HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE'S
MusicWire Magazine - The 2012 Rock N' Roll list of inductee's has just been released.
The list of inductee's that will join the long list of Rock Royalty covers a wide variety of Rock Hall individual's and groups.
They include Guns N' Roses, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Donovan, Laura Nyro, The Small Faces/The Faces, Beastie Boys, Freddie King, Don Kirshner, Cosimo Matassa, Tom Dowd, and Glyn Johns.
The 27th Annual Rock and Roll Hall Fame Induction Ceremony will return to Cleveland for a week of events beginning April 5, 2012 and will culminate with the Induction Ceremony on April 14, 2012.
2012 HALL OF FAME
CROWD A DIVERSE GROUP
MusicWire Magazine - Guns N' Roses is an American Rock band, formed in Hollywood in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EP's and one live album. The band has sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers was formed in LA in 1983. They have sold over 70 million albums worldwide and have won 7 Grammy Awards charting 9 singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 including 3 Top 10's. They currently hold the record for the most number one singles Alternative Song chart at 13.
Donovan is a Scottish singer songwriter and guitarist who emerged from the British Folk Music scene of the 1960's. He was one of the leading folk artists of his day.
Laura Nyro was an American songwriter, singer and pianist. She achieved considerable critical acclaim with her own recordings.
The Small Faces were an English Rock and Roll band from East London. The group was founded in 1965. The band is remembered as one of the most acclaimed mod groups of the 1960's. Small Faces are also acknowledged as being one of the biggest original influences on the Britpop movement of the 1990's.
The Beastie Boys are a HipHop group from Brooklyn, New York. They began as a hardcore punk group in 1979. Their debut album in 1986 received critical acclaim and commercial success. They have sold 22 million albums in America and 40 million worldwide.
Freddie King, nicknamed the Texas Cannonball, was an influential African-American Blues guitarist and singer. He is often mentioned as one of the three kings of electric blues guitar along with Albert King and B.B. King. Freddie had a 20-year recording career and became established as an influential guitarist.
Don Kirshner was known as the Man With The Golden Ear. He was an American song publisher and rock producer who is best known as managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups. Kirshner had three record labels. In the 1970's he was executive producer for ABC televisions new "In Concert" series. He eventually left ABC to produce his own concert series called "Don Kirshners Rock Concert."
Cosimo Matassa is an Italian American recording engineer and studio owner responsible for many R&B and early Rock and Roll recordings. As engineer and proprietor, he was crucial to the development of the R&B, rock and soul sound of the 1950's and 60's. He was responsible for developing what became known as the "New Orleans sound".
Tom Dowd was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multi-track recording method. Dowd worked on a virtual who's who of recordings that encompassed blues, jazz, pop, rock and soul records.
Glyn Johns is a musician, recording engineer and record producer. Johns work on the first three albums by the Eagles was fundamental in establishing the groups sound and style. In 1971, he recorded and mixed the The Who's Who's Next, one of the most celebrated rock albums of all time.
Johns has worked with the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt and many others over the years.
STEVE AOKI APPEARS
IN PHOENIX TOUR
Steve Hiroyuki Aoki, also known as Kid Millionaire is an American electro house musician, record producer and the founder of Dim Mak Records<<<MORE>>>
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