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Bono Has Surgery, Fate of U2 Tour in Question
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Rock,
UPDATE: All dates from the North American leg have now officially been postponed until 2011.
Bono‘s trip to Salt Lake City has taken an unexpected detour - toward the hospital.
The singer, who is in the middle of a worldwide tour with U2, is currently receiving medical treatment in Germany. “Bono has today undergone emergency back surgery for an injury sustained during tour preparation training,” a statement on the band’s website explains. “He was admitted to a specialist neuro surgery unit in a Munich hospital, and is under the care of neuro surgeon Prof. Dr. Jorg Tonn and Dr Muller Wohlfahrt. Bono will spend the next few days there, before returning home to recuperate.”
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Rolling Stones Discussing Possible New Album
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Rumors, Rock,
Keith Richards will be meeting with Mick Jagger soon to discuss a new Rolling Stones album.
The guitarist has revealed the band - also consisting of guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Charlie Watts - are on the verge of reconvening to record a new LP, as long as singer Mick gives it the green light.
“I don’t know, I’m going to hopefully find out soon. I’m going to be seeing Mick next week or something, so I’m going to try and screw some information out of him,” Richards said about the group’s possible plans.
“You’ve got to have everybody want to do it, so I usually wait for a call from Mick saying, ‘Let’s make something, let’s do something,’ because without his actual ‘want to do it’, then there’s not much point. But I’m always working, I’ve got ideas for stuff, but I haven’t put them together yet with Mick,” he added.
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Embrace yourself for the following, strange revelation: Jack White likes to pretend he’s Lady Gaga.
The singer, guitarist and drummer - who is most famous for his band The White Stripes - tried to think like the flamboyant “Telephone” singer when writing a track for his new album with The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards.
“I was thinking of the type of song a contemporary musician would write, so I started thinking about Lady Gaga. I started thinking of how she would write the music to this song and got quite into being Lady Gaga in an odd way.”
Despite Jack’s foray into Lady Gaga musical territory, the rocker insists the group’s second album builds on the sound established on their debut, Horehound, which was released last year and was recorded quickly in order to capture the band’s energy. Jack - who is joined in the group by Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence - added, “Musically it’s a more powerful, more intense, deeper, bluesier, and heavier at all points. It’s such a fast progression from first to second album, and a totally different sound.”
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Mix Tape: No Junos for Bieber, New Music from the Stones
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Awards, Release Dates, Upcoming Releases, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock,
-A judge has dismissed a lawsuit Carly Simon filed against Starbucks. The singer had accused the company of failing to promote her new album. (Starbucks backed out of the industry days before her CD was released.)
-Can’t a 16-year-old Canadian pop star get any respect? He may know how to get girls screaming, but Justin Bieber doesn’t know how to win a Juno Award. He was just shut out during this weekend’s ceremony.
-“Operation Save Chris Brown’s Image” has just entered its next phase: Raise money for Haiti. Brown is now scheduled to host “Virginia Stand Up! A Call to Action” on May 15 in Richmond.
-May 17’s re-release of Exile on Main Street will feature a number of never-before-heard Rolling Stones tracks including “Plundered My Soul,” “Dancing in the Light,” “Following the River” and “Pass The Wine.” “So Divine (Aladdin Story)” will also be used on the May 2 episode of Cold Case.
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters resurrecting The Wall
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Rock,
Pink Floyd founding member Roger Waters is taking The Wall back on tour.
The former bassist in the psychedelic rock band has previously staged the band’s show - in which the album The Wall is performed in its entirety while a physical wall is built between the band and the audience - 31 times since it was recorded in 1979, but is now about to embark upon a huge North American tour in support of the album’s 30th anniversary.
“30 Years ago when I wrote The Wall I was a frightened young man,” Waters told Spinner. “Well, not that young - I was 36 years old. It took me a long time to get over my fears. Anyway, in the intervening years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with its concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion, whatever! All these issues and ‘isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life.”
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Bret Michaels and Miley Cyrus Have Nothing to Lose in New Duet
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Collaborations, Rock,
In “Nothing to Lose,” Bret Michaels partners with possibly (I’d hope) his youngest girl to date to sing about another woman getting undressed.
We already knew that Miley Cyrus would be covering Poison’s “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” but we had no idea that she would be dueting with Michaels as well.
If this partnership continues, maybe Miley could share some of her pole dancing tips with the ladies of Rock of Love?
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VIDEO: John Mayer Invites 11-Year-Old to Play During Concert
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Gossip, Performances, Videos, Blues, Rock,
If you find yourself emotional after watching this video, it won’t be because John Mayer’s delivering an apology.
Over the weekend, the singer - who’s been uncharacteristically quiet since his Playboy magazine scandal - granted a wish for one of his audience members. During Sunday’s concert in Philadelphia, Mayer brought an 11-year-old holding a sign that read: “Can I play ‘Belief’ with you?”
Austin Christy, who has been playing the guitar for two years now, told a local paper that he had been secretly practicing that song to surprise his mom one day. It’s her favorite. “I believed in him that he would pull me up on stage and he believed in me that I would do a good job,” Christy said about being chosen.
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Mix Tape: American Idol Stars to Bare All, Kenny Rogers Taping Special
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Concerts / Tours, Gossip, Release Dates, Upcoming Releases, Country, Pop, Rock,
-Hole’s new album, Nobody’s Daughter, will finally come out on April 27 after five years in production. Maybe this will keep Courtney Love out of Frances Bean’s trust fund?
-American Idol‘s Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo are both expected to go nude during their stint in Hair. Their Broadway run begins March 9.
-Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, died over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. The group’s most famous tune, “My Sharona,” was one of George W. Bush’s iPod songs.
-Kenny Rogers will celebrate half a century in the music business with a televised special. Kenny Rogers - The First 50 Years will be taped April 10 at the MGM Grand At Foxwoods in Connecticut. A broadcast date has not yet been announced.
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Quote of the Day: Roger Daltry Rates The Who’s Super Bowl Number
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Performances, Videos, Rock,
“I thought it went OK. I understand. It’s a TV show. Cameras were everywhere. I was so blinded that I couldn’t see… And I really wished the crowd would have gotten into singing the songs with us more. That’s how it is in Europe for our soccer matches. I wanted more banter.”
-The Who‘s Roger Daltry offering his opinion of his band’s performance at yesterday’s Super Bowl.
(Make sure to check out our other notable quotes.)
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Steven Tyler: Home Depot’s Latest Act
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Artist News, Gossip, Rock,
Steven Tyler recently shocked hardware store staff and shoppers by serenading them with two of Aerosmith’s biggest hits.
The rock star launched into a cappella versions of “Dude Looks Like a Lady” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” over the loudspeaker system at a Californian Home Depot store this weekend.
“Steven also swallowed a few mouthfuls of gas from a helium machine, for blowing up balloons, and kept singing in a high pitched Bee Gees style. He was very relaxed though, and happily signed autographs for anyone who asked,” a source told TMZ.
The troubled star is currently on hiatus from Aerosmith after a rocky few months with the group. He entered rehab last month to seek treatment for an addiction to painkillers, which comes from years of orthopedic injuries. The other members of the group have said they are looking for a replacement, but have no idea if it will be on a permanent basis or not.
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