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MUSIC NEWS - Drive All Night, the latest recording from acclaimed singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, will be released December 3 via Anti-Records. Following the release of his first solo album, Rhythm and Repose, the four-song recording includes three original tracks and a cover of Bruce Springsteen’s classic song “Drive All Night” featuring Hansard’s friends and fellow musicians Eddie Vedder, Jake Clemons and Joe Henry.
While the bones of the release date back to sessions for Rhythm and Repose, the recording of “Drive All Night” was largely inspired by Hansard’s relationship with Jake Clemons, nephew of Clarence Clemons aka “The Big Man,” who was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band playing the tenor saxophone.
MUSIC NEWS - Brian May says Queen may release some old, pieced-together Freddie Mercury recordings he recently discovered, perhaps enough music to make a full album. The release would be similar to the 1995 ‘Made In Heaven’ set, which was made after Mercury’s death and incorporated vocals he’d laid to tape in his last days.
Referring to finding those previously reported ‘lost’ duets between Mercury and Michael Jackson, which he’s seemingly still working on finishing, May told Mojo: “There’s more in there than we thought, in the Queen source archive. We’ve found some Freddie vocals, some demos. If we find an analogue 24-track of Freddie singing something that never got finished, the first thing we do is transfer it into the digital domain”.
MUSIC NEWS - Phil Collins says he's thinking about coming out of retirement, and that a Genesis reunion is possibility. The singer and drummer left the music performance biz in 2011, saying at the time: “I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.” Other reports suggested he was unable to perform due to back problems caused by years of bad posture on behind the drum kit, meaning that he would to have his drumsticks taped to his hands in order to play.
But now, speaking to German press and reported by the UK's Guardian, Collins says: “I have started thinking about doing new stuff. Some shows again, even with Genesis. Everything is possible." He went on to say; “We could tour in Australia and South America. We haven’t been there yet.”
MUSIC NEWS- Rock band, Barenaked Ladies' upcoming show at Orlando's SeaWorld has been cancelled after the groups' drummer Tyler Stewart's tweeted that he and his bandmates were looking at "options" after viewing a hard-hitting new documentary exposing the park staff's treatment of killer whales.
Stewart told fans that the group's Bands, Brews & BBQ gig at SeaWorld, booked for February 15, was up in the air after fans launched a petition urging the musicians to watch Blackfish , a behind-the-scenes documentary about life at the park, and they agreed to check it out.
MUSIC NEWS- After a successful, critically acclaimed 2013 festival (which sold-out in a record 90 minutes) Sasquatch! is set for event more in 2014. The festival will return to The Gorge; the internationally lauded and Billboard “Top Amphitheater” award-winning concert venue carved in the basalt cliffs high above the Columbia River Gorge in Quincy, WA, not for one, but two weekends.
Each weekend; May 23-25 (Memorial Day) and July 4 thru 6, will feature completely separate lineups, which will be announced in full in February. In the meantime, a limited number of discounted 3-day festival passes will be available in time for the holiday gift season on Friday, November 29 at 9:00 am (PST) via sasquatchfestival.com and will remain available through 11:45 pm on December 31 (or while supplies last). Discounted passes are available if purchasing both weekends.
MUSIC NEWS - AEG Live CEO, Randy Phillips, who was sued in connection with Michael Jackson's death, has gotten the boot after a decade as chief executive officer of AEG Live under a restructuring plan by its parent compnay AEG, the sports and entertainment giant announced Monday. Anschutz Entertainment Group has ended its relationship with Mr Phillips, a company statement said giving no reason for the move.
The statement didn't say Phillips was fired, and did not mention that he had resigned or retired. Last year Phillips had signed a five-year contract to remain as president and CEO of the world's second-largest concert company.
MUSIC NEWS - Neil Finn is prepping to embark on a spring tour in support of his new album Dizzy Heights, out on February 10, 2014 on Lester Records via Kobalt Label Services (KLS). Finn’s Dizzy Heights Tour will open in Vancouver on March 29, ahead of a string of dates across North America including stops in San Francisco, Washington and New York before finishing up at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington DC on April 12.
The follow up to the ex-Crowded House leader's last solo outing One All, Dizzy Heights was announced during a live webcast. The album was lead by a short film created by Finn for the song “Divebomber” which is now streaming on his official YouTube channel, check it out below.
MUSIC NEWS- The Lumineers' recent cover of Talking Heads' tune, "This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody)" at VH-1's You Oughta Know In Concert is currently available for viewing (check it out below). The song is available on a recently released deluxe version of the band's platinum-certified self-titled debut album.The Lumineers' cover was the #1 viral song on Spotify for the week ending November 17 and is beginning to gain major traction at commercial radio.
The song's themes have a powerful context for the band who have been touring nonstop since the release of their debut album nineteen months ago. "As a band that has been on the road for the better part of three straight years, we know what it means to miss home. We know what it means to be away from friends and family," said lead singer Wesley Schultz.
MUSIC NEWS- Back on October 15th, Chris Cornell began his second North American “Songbook” acoustic tour in San Diego, CA at a sold-out performance that was lauded by the San Diego Union Tribune as “a two-and-a-half-hour master class in solo performance”. The tour will continue throughout the month of November, and due to overwhelming demand, four additional December dates have been added (see details below).
The “Songbook” tour is a series of intimate shows highlighting songs that Chris has written throughout his illustrious career, including a few surprise covers. This will also be the first time USA fans will hear a handful of acoustic arrangements of songs from 2012's critically-acclaimed King Animal, Soundgarden’s first new studio album in over 16 years. American/Sri Lankan folk artist, Bhi Bhiman, has joined Cornell on the tour as the opener.
MUSIC NEWS- Classic rockers, Sting and Paul Simon plan to launch a 2014 concert tour on Febrary 8th (thru March 16) with plans to play NYC's Madison Square Garden on March 4, launching on the west coast before moving east with be more dates to be announced. The former Police bassist, Sting told The New York Times: "We don't really know where this is going . We don't really have a clue how this is going to pan out."
Unoffical word is that the pair will play their own hits and perform a number of duets ala the previous Billy Joel / Elton John tour. They previously performed together in May for the Robin Hood Foundation, playing acoustic versions of Simon & Garfunkel song 'The Boxer' and Sting's 'Fieldsof Gold.' Paul Simon also appearing unannounced in June at a Sting concert in Atlantic City, NJ.
MUSIC NEWS - This Saturday's telecast of the Breeders Cup will, for the first time ever, feature the "Call to the Post" performed not by the traditional bugle, but by American rock icon Richie Sambora on electric guitar.
And, Grammy Award winner Toni Braxton will perform the National Anthem, while acclaimed actress and Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will perform the Breeders’ Cup adopted anthem, “The Best is Yet to Come.” Viewers will be able to watch all of these performances on NBC and NBC Sports Network as part of the Breeders’ Cup race coverage. The National Anthem and Call to The Post will air on NBC Sports Network at 6:35pm ET and 7:20pm ET respectively. Kristin Chenoweth’s performance of “The Best is Yet to Come” will air as part of the Breeders’ Cup Classic coverage on NBC at 8:00pm ET.
MUSIC NEWS- Guitarist, actor and producer Steven Van Zandt along with Maureen Van Zandt, Marc Brickman and BASE Entertainment have announced the Broadway return of the critically acclaimed show ONCE UPON A DREAM STARRING THE RASCALS. The show will light up the Great White Way with a limited engagement from December 16 through January 5, 2014 at the Marquis Theatre. Tickets for this special holiday run can be purchased at the Marquis Theatre Box Office, online at Ticketmaster.com.
Following its sold-out run at the Richard Rodgers Theater this past spring in New York City, ONCE UPON A DREAM STARRING THE RASCALS has become a nationwide phenomenon and is currently touring to packed-house crowds across North America.
MUSIC NEWS- Tom Waits played his first show in five years as part of Neil & Pegi Young's Bridge School Benefit last night in CA.
On a bill which also included Queens Of The Stone Age, CSNY and My Morning Jacket, Waits played a ten song set, marking his first onstage performance since he sang 'Little Red Rooster' alongside The Rolling Stones at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA in May of this year. Before, Waits' last headline show was at Dublin's Phoenix Park back in August 2008.
MUSIC NEWS - Legendary rock musician and songwriter Lou Reed has died at 71 at his home in Amangansett, NY. The perennial New Yorker, Reed is best known for his work as guitarist, singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground, and for his solo career.
Reed has had a profound impact on American culture, having introduced avant garde rock and pop art to mainstream music. His work with Andy Warhol is noted as one of the most important collaborations in contemporary culture. His cause of death was not immediately announced.
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