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SUPERTRAMP's Roger Hodgson Announces USA Tour Dates

MUSIC NEWS - Roger Hodgson, the voice of Supertramp, will kick off his Breakfast in America Tour next month, leading off with two sold out shows at the Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, CA. Fans the world over have been thrilled with Hodgson's unforgettable songs such as "Breakfast in America," "The Logical Song," "Dreamer," "Give a Little Bit," "Take the Long Way Home," and "School." Hodgson and his band will perform these timeless songs, as they take you on a magical musical journey.

Founding Supertramp in 1969, Hodgson's tones and beautifully crafted lyrics helped the band sell in excess of 60 million albums, transforming them into a worldwide phenomenon. Although he left the band in 1983, he is still regarded by many as the spiritual and creative force behind Supertramp.

 

YES Announces Live CD/DVD Release

MUSIC NEWS- Progressive rock legends, Yes have announced the release of another live album.  Called
“In The Present — Live from Lyon”, it'll be out on November 29 in North America and December 2 in Europe. 

The set was recorded in Lyon, France, on December 1, 2009 with singer Benoit David in the Jon Anderson role.  The release will contain a 55 minute DVD with excerpts from the live show, interviews and behind the scenes footage.

The Bridge School Benefit Concerts on CD / DVD, Special Theatrical Screening

MUSIC NEWS - Reprise Records has announced plans to release The Bridge School Benefit Concerts 25^th Anniversary Edition  on October 24, 2011.  The release will a three-DVD set and a two-CD collection that will feature unique live performances from many of the artists who've performed over the past twenty five years at the annual Bridge School Benefit concerts that are organized by Neil Young and his wife Pegi Young.

To celebrate the release, the concert film from the DVDs will screen in theaters in select cities for one night only on the same day, October 24. Theater listings below.

 

Tegan and Sara Announce DVD / CD Release, "Get Along"

MUSIC NEWS - Canadian pop-rock icons Tegan and Sara will release a DVD/CD set, entitled Get Along, via Warner Bros Records on November 15, 2011.   Get Along is a collection of three films and a live album that offers you a rare and intimate look into the lives of widely celebrated songwriters, performers, and musicians Tegan and Sara Quin.

The first film, States, is a 30-minute documentary that uses American touring footage and interviews with Tegan and Sara as a backdrop to illuminate their early career beginnings and unique connection with their fanbase. The second film, India, is a 25-minute documentary shot during Tegan and Sara's first-ever tour of India, using interview footage with Tegan, Sara, and a cast of family and friends to chronicle diverse reflections on road life. The third film, For The Most Part, is a 70-minute stripped-down studio concert, shot before a live audience of 75 fans, friends, and family over two days at The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, BC.

STEVE HOWE of YES to Release REMEDY LIVE Tour Documentary

MUSIC NEWS - Yes/ ASIA  rocker, and guitar legend  Steve Howe will release a doc of his Remedy European Tour 2004 on October 25. The REMEDY LIVE documentary features exclusive footage of the band in their own studio and rehearsal environment, interviews with band members on the road and backstage footage.

Presented with 5.1 Dolby Digital, 5.1 DTS and Dolby Stereo Sound Options, Steve Howe's Remedy will include a feature length Steve Howe's Remedy "Live" concert, filmed during his 2004 European Tour and the DVD is loaded with the "Acoustic" and "Tour Story" Special Features.

GRATEFUL DEAD MOVIE Gets Blu Ray Release

MUSIC NEWS- The Grateful Dead Movie will finally get a Blu-ray release on November 1, when Shout! Factory releases a deluxe 2-disc version of the classic rock flick, with the feature film on Blu-ray and a DVD loaded with an extensive slate of bonus features.

 The film was co-directed by Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead Movie was originally released in 1977.  It captures performances from five October 1974 shows at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom.

In an essay accompanying the Blu-ray, Dennis McNally, Grateful Dead biographer and the former publicist for the band, writes “when the Dead concluded that their epic achievement in sound design, the Wall of Sound, was a fabulous albatross threatening to destroy them, and that a substantial break would follow five mid-October 1974 shows at Winterland, and Who Knew?—maybe these really were The Last Shows—it was the most logical thing in the world for Jerry to hire a film crew and have a movie to make during the hiatus in Dead touring. Like most Dead projects, The Grateful Dead Movie was substantially improvised and required massive amounts of really peculiar synchronicity to work—and somehow came out great in the end."

 

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER's Reunion Performance Releases on Video

MUSIC NEWS- Classic prog rockers, EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER (ELP) reformed last summer, for the first time since 1998 headline the HIGH VOLTAGE FESTIVAL on Sunday, July 25, 2010 and we now have word that the performance will be out on dvd/blu ray on August 23, 2011.

2010/2011 marks the 40th anniversary of the creation of Emerson Lake and Palmer, who were the predominant force that laid the foundation for all of progressive rock.  Comprised of  Keith Emerson, the explosive keyboard who came from the Nice, the sultry vocals and extraordinary bass of Greg Lake from King Crimson and the theatrical and extraordinary drumming of Carl Palmer (ASIA), who emerged from Atomic Rooster.

ARCADE FIRE Plan Deluxe CD/DVD Releases

MUSIC NEWS - Arcade Fire will release a deluxe CD/DVD version of its Album of the Year Grammy Award-winning third album The Suburbs on August 2nd. The expanded CD version of The Suburbs will have the original album augmented by a longer version of the track “Wasted Hours (A Life That We Can Live),” as well as the previously unreleased “Culture War” and “Speaking In Tongues,” the latter of which features David Byrne on additional vocals.

Jonathan Demme Back at Work With Neil Young

MUSIC NEWS- Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme was back at work filminge the final two shows of Neil Young’s Le Noise concert tour, which took place at Toronto’s Massey Hall. The footage will become part of a film chronicling Young’s 2011 tour in support of his Grammy-and Juno Award winning album Le Noise. The film is planned for release later this year and is the third and final film in a series of Neil Young concert movies shot and directed by Demme. The previous two films are Heart of Gold, released in 2006, and received critical praise followed by the equally applauded Trunk Show, which screened internationally in 2009. Demme’s film credits include the Oscar-winning dramas Philadelphia, Silence of the Lambs, and Rachel Getting Married.

Springsteen's "The Promise : The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town" Announced DVD

MUSIC NEWS - Sony's Columbia Records has announced plans to release Bruce Springsteen's "The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town" documentary on DVD and Blu-Ray on May 3. The award-winning film will be accompanied  on the home entertainment release with bonus features "Songs From the Promise," a five-song concert event filmed in Asbury Park, NJ, and "A Conversation With His Fans," an question-and-answer session.   "The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge of Town" was directed by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny.

CONCERT FOR GEORGE Streaming Live on Harrison's Birthday

MUSIC NEWS - Today, February 25, on what would have been George Harrison’s 68th birthday the Concert For George will stream free for 24 hours at GeorgeHarrison.com. The critically-acclaimed film captures the 2002 tribute concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, which was held one year after his death.  The event was organized by wife Olivia Harrison and close friend Eric Clapton. Performers included Harrison’s son Dhani, Clapton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty,  Jeff Lynne, and Ravi Shankar.

The film's releasing for the first time on Blu-ray and via digital download on March 22. The Blu-ray will be a two disc set, and feature the complete concert, backstage interviews, rehearsals and behind-the-scenes footage.

BILLY JOEL - LIVE at SHEA STADIUM CD/DVD Releasing

MUSIC NEWS -  Billy Joel - Live at Shea Stadium, the full-length music film of Billy Joel's historic shows in July 2008 marking the last-ever concerts at rock's first great arena venue will be released, for the first time, on Tuesday, March 8 via Columbia/Legacy.

Billy Joel - Live At Shea Stadium will be out in a 2 CD/1 DVD set as well as a stand-alone DVD and stand-alone Blu-ray.  The film is the full-concert companion to the acclaimed Lionsgate documentary "The Last Play At Shea," and features more than two hours of Billy and his band offering definitive, and often transcendent versions of hits, rarities, deep catalog, personal favorites and crowd-pleasing surprises including duets with guest artists Paul McCartney ("I Saw Her Standing There," "Let It Be"), Tony Bennett ("New York State of Mind"), Garth Brooks ("Shameless") and John Mayer ("This Is The Time") along with exclusive DVD/Blu-ray bonus performances with Steven Tyler ("Walk This Way"), Roger Daltrey ("My Generation") and John Mellencamp ("Pink Houses").

AC/DC Plan CD/DVD Release in the Spring

MUSIC NEWS - Rockers, AC/DC are ready to release a live CD/DVD package this spring.  The band filmed three shows on their Black Ice Tour at the Buenos Aires' River Plate Stadium back in December of 2009. 

Lead singer, Brian Johnson recently told the motor racing news service OversteerTV about the set.  He said; “We’ve got a new live album which we shot in Argentina at the end of the last tour, which was about September. The live album comes out, with the video of those concerts, in about six weeks or something. So I’m looking forward to that.”

He noted that the the Australian rockers had no definite plans after this project.

LEVON HELM's "Ramble at the Ryman" Releases in May

MUSIC NEWS - On September 17, 2008, the legendary Levon Helm took his beloved Midnight Ramble on the road to one of America’s treasured music venues, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.  Accompanied by such stellar players like Buddy Miller, John Hiatt, Sheryl Crow, George Receli, Sam Bush and Billy Bob Thornton, the Levon Helm Band created an unforgettable night of stage magic.

And now word is out that on May 3, Ramble At The Ryman – Live CD & DVD (each sold separately) will be released by Vanguard Records.  The collections features the Levon Helm Band in a musical tour through the American songbook, performing classics from Helm’s time with The Band, as well as song’s from his Grammy winning release Dirt Farmer and tunes from other artists such as Chuck Berry, the Carter Family and more.

JEFF BECK'S Rock 'N Roll Party Honoring Les Paul; On DVD and On Tour !

MUSIC NEWS- Jeff Beck: Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul will release on DVD and Blu-ray on February 22, 2011 via Eagle Rock Entertainment.  The concert was filmed in high definition at NYC's Iridium Jazz Club in the spring of 2010 and features music of the great Les Paul and other great rock 'n' roll tracks. And, ATCO will offer a CD of this exclusive show, featuring 20 live tracks from the evening. 

On June 9, 2010, which would have been Les Paul’s 95th birthday, Jeff Beck and a host of special music guests paid homage to the musical icon at the very club where he performed every Monday night. Rockabilly songstress Imelda May and her band, led by Darrel Higham, as well as Gary US Bonds, Brian Setzer and Trombone Shorty, join Beck on many of the tracks.  In attendance that night, at this spectacular event was an amalgam of stars, such as David Bowie, Meat Loaf, Steven Van Zandt, Paul Shaffer, Kirk Hammett, and Nils Lofgren.