Weekend of 7-31 / 8-1
Star-studded AC/DC tribute cd in the works.
Tracii Guns (founding guitarist of Guns N' Roses and L.A. Guns) and Tarsha, lead vocalist of Adler's Appetite, have joined the artist roster for 'Rock & Roll Train: A Tribute to AC/DC.'
While Guns is teaming with Fuel bassist Rev Jones on an acoustic rendition of the Bon Scott-era classic 'Gimmie a Bullet', Tarsha is joining Richard Kendrick on the Brian Johnson-era "Back in Black"
They join an already star-studded track listing that includes Chris Poland (Megadeth), Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper Band), Chris Slade (AC/DC), Ira Black (Lizzy Borden), Damon Johnson (Brother Cane), Richard Kendrick (Near Life Experience, Straitjacket Smile), Derrick LeFevre (Lillian Axe), Rose Reiter (Skyscreamers), Gregg Analla, Loaded Dice, Bugsy Parker, Robot Lords of Tokyo, and a host of others.
Should be cool!
Weekend of 7-24 / 7-25
Bush confirms new album and tour in 2011
"Everything Always Now" set for October release, tour to be mapped out later.
Bush are extending their reunion - the band has confirmed they will be releasing a new album later this year and will tour in 2011. The group, fronted by Gavin Rossdale, announced plans to reform for a festival gig at the Epicenter Twenty Ten event in Fontana, California in September.
And now the bandmates will extend the reunion - Rossdale and drummer Robin Goodridge are working alongside new members Chris Traynor and Corey Britz on new material for the first time in nine years. Rossdale says, "I'm so pleased because I've got my voice back. To be in Bush, the band you're basically born to be in, it's like a suit of armor. It's very exciting."
Weekend of 7-17 / 7-18
Queensrÿche to Release 20th Anniversary Edition of Empire
Queensrÿche have plans to re-release 1990’s Empire in a special edition to commemorate the album’s 20th anniversary. The group will celebrate their most commercially successful release by adding a bonus disc containing selections from a 1990 concert in London.
Empire – 20th Anniversary Edition, available September 14, also will include the extra material featured on the 2003 re-release of the album. Empire contains Queensrÿche’s biggest hit, the power ballad “Silent Lucidity,” which hit No. 9 on Billboard’s Hot 100 as a single.
Empire – 20th Anniversary Edition track list:
Disc 1 (original CD remastered with bonus tracks from 2003 reissue):
1. “Best I Can”
2. “The Thin Line” 3. “Jet City Woman”
4. “Della Brown”
5. “Another Rainy Night (Without You)”
6. “Empire”
7. “Resistance”
8. “Silent Lucidity”
9. “Hand on Heart”
10. “One and Only”
11. “Anybody Listening?”
12. “Last Time in Paris”
13. “Scarborough Fair”
14. “Dirty Lil Secret”
Disc 2 (live material recorded November 15, 1990 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London):
1. “Resistance”
2. “Walk in the Shadows”
3. “Best I Can”
4. “The Thin Line”
5. “Jet City Woman”
6. “Empire”
7. “Roads to Madness”
8. “Take Hold of the Flame”
9. “Silent Lucidity”
10. “Hand on Heart”
I've seen these guys a million times(each time great) and now a double disc from my favorite band...can't wait!
Weekend of 7-10 / 7-11
Apple Records to open their vaults.
When you think of Apple Records you think of the Beatles naturally but the famed label launched by the Fab Four also gave the world an impressive array of releases from artists ranging from James Taylor to Badfinger to Billy Preston. Now Apple are opening their vaults, here is the official word:
Launched by The Beatles in 1968, as the new outlet for their own recordings as well as the music of an eclectic roster of artists - James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Mary Hopkin, Doris Troy, and Jackie Lomax among them - who were all personally brought to the label by The Beatles (individually and/or collectively), Apple Records made popular music history from the very moment it opened its doors.
Four decades later, Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music raise the curtain on remastered CD and digital download releases of 15 key albums from the Apple Records catalog. All 15 titles will be released on October 26, 2010. Most of the physical CDs will include bonus material. Together, the 15 albums represent the first ever Apple Records releases to be available via digital download.
Good things come to those who wait, bring on the tunes!
Weekend of 7-3 / 7-4
New Johnny Winter DVD coming next month.
Great news for fans of the legendary Johnny Winter, MVD Visual has announced the release of Johnny Winter Live Through the '80s for North American distribution on August 24.
This DVD includes an incredible collection of official archival performance footage from around the world compiled from the original masters. It features 18 performances from various locations such as MTV Rock Influences '84 "Guitar Greats", Massey Hall (Toronto '83), Roskilde DRTV (Roskilde, Denmark '84), New Hampshire ('84), Sonet Studio (Bromma, Sweden '87), Piazza Duomo (Pistoia, Italy '88), and more. Intermixed with the live content is interview footage from various locations.
Very cool!
Weekend of 6-26 / 6-27
Shakedown in Romania...It may really be the Highway to Hell!
AC/DC may have played their hit 'Highway To Hell' thousands of times, but they never expected they would actually get stuck on one - in remote Romania. "The band's caravan was stopped at the border with Hungary by employees of the national roads company who asked them to pay E50 ($A72.65) for each vehicle, or a total of E2,500 ($A3,632.66) before they were allowed to leave the country," the company's manager Doina Tiron told the media last Tuesday.
Highway tolls of almost 3 grand...heck you guys got off easy; after all there's vampires in Romania...right?
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