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5/24/2013
With The Who's Tommy stage revival now in a six-month run at Canada's Stratford Festival, Pete Townshend took time to look back on his first rock opera. Townshend, who wrote nearly all of the music and lyrics to the piece, told TheStar.com that due to the sexual abuse he suffered as a child, he needed to hand some of the more disturbing plot twists in the storyline to bassist John Entwistle to compose. Townshend explained, "(Uncle) Ernie isn't about specific sexual abuse, it's about the threat of it, the inference if it, the fear of it. I actually asked John ...
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5/24/2013
A new documentary chronicling the worldwide love affair between Bruce Springsteen and his legendary die-hard fan base is hitting theaters on July 22nd. Backstreets.com reported that the Ridley Scott-produced Springsteen & I film will play for one night only simultaneously across the globe, with tickets going on sale on June 4th. For more information, log on to BruceSpringsteen.net and the movie's official website, SpringsteenAndI.com.The movie's website posted an introduction to the film, stating, "Forty years ago, Bruce Springsteen burst onto the rock scene and changed it forever. His music defines a generation, but behind the songs were remarkable stories ...
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5/24/2013
This spring marks the 40th anniversary of the Eagles' second album, Desperado. The set, which was released on April 17th, 1973, was the band's only true concept album, based around the old west band of outlaws the Dalton Gang from the late 1800's.Co-founding Eagles guitarist Bernie Leadon recalled that at the time of recording the album, the band actually felt a kinship to the gunslingers of the wild west, telling Uncut, "All of us went out west. People would go to L.A. and fail and the responsible one would move back home and start a family, while the malcontent ...
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5/24/2013
Happy Birthday to Stevie Nicks, who celebrates her 65th birthday on Sunday (May 26th). Although Fleetwood Mac has tonight off (May 24th), tomorrow night (May 25th), they'll play a hometown gig at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl. Nicks will ring in her birthday onstage with the band and over 16,000 fans on Sunday at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena.Nicks' 2011 album, In Your Dreams, entered the Billboard 200 chart at Number Six, selling 52,000 copies during its first week of release, and marked her first Top 10 album in a decade. In April, her new documentary on the album -- ...
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5/24/2013
Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan, who celebrates his 72nd birthday today (May 24th). Dylan, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket will team up as part of the Americanarama Festival of Music tour this summer. Additional acts at select venues include the Richard Thompson Electric Trio and Ryan Bingham. The tour kicks off on June 26th at West Palm Beach's Cruzan Amphitheatre.Bob Dylan, who was born Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, first gained critical acclaim after he moved to New York City in January 1961 and became a mainstay on the Greenwich Village Folk scene. Dylan had barely written his ...
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5/24/2013
So far there's only one show on the books, but it looks as though Billy Joel will be heading back on the road. Following his two April festival appearances at Australia's Stone Music Festival and the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the "Piano Man" has booked a single show for November 1st in Dublin, Ireland at the O2 Dublin. As of now no other concerts have been announced, but it seems unlikely that Billy would travel for only one overseas arena show, as opposed to his one-off festival gigs, which had not only a tremendous budget but numerous acts. Pollstar reported ...
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5/23/2013
Richie Sambora, who is sitting out of Bon Jovi's world tour, has broken his silence regarding his absence -- without actually giving the reasons why he's all but quit the band. Jon Bon Jovi revealed to The Evening Standard that not-discussing the reasons for Sambora playing hooky from the tour is getting tiring, explaining: "It's getting more and more difficult every day to not just sit here and say something. . . Because all I can say is this -- it's for personal reasons. He's been through it before, fortunately for us the same guy who filled in last time ...
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5/23/2013
Bruce Springsteen's longtime manager Jon Landau confirmed that future box sets from "The Boss" can be expected, but stopped short of giving out any details. Landau played a pivotal role in the deluxe reissue of Born To Run and the major overhaul of the Darkness On The Edge Of Town box set -- which including the outtakes collection, The Promise.When asked by Rockol.com about whether fans can expect similar sets for such classic albums as 1980's The River and 1982's Nebraska, Landau said, "Bruce was totally into those projects, especially in The Promise. We were very proud of the ...
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5/23/2013
John Fogerty remains open to working with his surviving Creedence Clearwater Revival bandmates. Fogerty, who'll releases his new star-studded solo album, Wrote A Song For Everyone, on May 28th, told Charlie Rose during an interview with CBS This Morning, that contrary to years past, he would be amenable to working with his high school buddies -- drummer Doug Clifford and bassist Stu Cook -- saying, "I think it's a possibility in the future. It's not something I'm actively seeking, but I'm not totally against the idea either. It just seems like I always hear that's not going to happen."When ...
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5/23/2013
It's safe to say that Fleetwood Mac's 2013 tour carries none of the baggage that plagued so many of the band's previous outings. Over 35 years since splitting as lovers, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are admittedly closer than they've been since their pre-fame Buckingham Nicks days, and are enjoying a personal and creative resurgence.Buckingham, who in the past could barely hide his vitriol in the songs he composed about Nicks following their bitter split, admits that age and time has softened the former couple considerably: "We're sort of finding that, y'know, we're in this kind of a love ...
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