The Canadian Football League team the Winnipeg
Blue
Bombers have filed a lawsuit against Keystone Entertainment Group
claiming that it lost $97,000 when Aerosmith canceled their Aug. 7th
performance at their Canad Inns Stadium. Vocalist Steven
Tyler injured his head and neck during a concert two days
earlier. Meanwhile, there may be some light at the end of the
tunnel for Aerosmith fans as a U.K. spokesperson for the band (with
Tyler) has announced that they have booked appearances at the Download
Festival and Sweden Rock Festival in June with more European dates to
be announced. No announcements have been made as to whether
this will lead the band to return to the studio to complete their new
album. Tyler has been in rehab since late December to conquer
an addiction to painkillers. Despite the announcement, their
Web site has yet to confirm the shows.
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that several thousand Bruce
Springsteen fans will be receiving refunds for what are being called
deceptive sales practices by TicketsNow, a ticket reselling arm of
Ticketmaster. The company will repay fans "upward of a
million dollars" in refunds as it used "deceptive bait-and-switch
tactics" to sell tickets to 14 of Springsteen's concerts last year.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled on Friday that
Joe Jackson can receive his son's medical records from the hospital
where he died. The judge plans to review the records first
before releasing them to Jackson's attorney Brian Oxman.
Oxman reportedly sought the files in an effort to secure a $15,000
monthly stipend for Michael's father but has also said that he needs
the records to decide whether to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit.
The Super Bowl half-time performance by The Who could be one of the
last ones you see. Rock Radio reports that Pete Townshend
says they are "finished" unless the test of a new in-ear monitoring
system goes well in London as doctors have been unable to find a
treatment for his tinnitus. The guitarist says that he is
ready for their upcoming Teenage Cancer Trust performance on Mar. 30th
to be their last.
According to New York Post's Page Six, Sebastian Bach and Mickey Rourke
prevented a party crasher wielding a knife from attacking Axl Rose
while Guns N' Roses performed at a small club show in New York's Rose
Bar. Meanwhile, Rose has changed management and is now
managed by Doc McGhee (who currently work with Kiss.)
Leonard Cohen, members of Earth, Wind & Fire (Maurice White,
Philip Bailey and Verdine White) and David Foster will be inducted into
the Songwriters Hall of Fame during a ceremony on June 17th in New York
City.
Bonnie Raitt will be inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on May 5th in
Memphis, Tennessee.
Sade's Soldier Of Love debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart
on sales of 502,000 copies. The Alvin And The Chipmunks: The
Squeakquel soundtrack climbed 8 places to #18. The 2010
Grammy Nominees compilation dropped 16 spots to #21. Michael
Jackson's This Is It soundtrack fell 11 places to #22. Rob
Zombie's Hellbilly Deluxe 2 dropped 29 spots to #37. The
Crazy Heart soundtrack climbed 12 places to #38.
Artists For Haiti's "We Are The World: For Haiti" debuted at #2 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Sade's Soldier Of Love debuted at #4 on the U.K. Albums
chart. Journey's Greatest Hits retains the #12
spot. George Benson's Classic Love Songs climbed 17 places to
#13. The Alvin And The Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel soundtrack
dropped 7 spots to #14. Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of
Fleetwood Mac climbed 6 places to #16. UB40's Labour Of Love
4 debuted at #24. Barry Manilow's The Greatest Love Songs Of
All Time debuted at #26. Marvin Gaye's Love Marvin: The
Greatest Love Songs Of Marvin Gaye climbed 11 spots to #27.
Celine Dion's My Love: The Essential Collection fell 2 places to
#30. Gil Scott-Heron's I'm New Here debuted at #39.
Helping Haiti's "Everybody Hurts" debuted at #1 on the U.K. Singles
chart. Glee Cast's "Don't Stop Believin'" dropped a spot to
#5. Glee Cast's "Halo/Walking On Sunshine" debuted at
#9. Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" fell 2 places to
#11. John & Edward's "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)"
featuring Vanilla Ice dropped 10 spots to #12. Glee Cast's
"It's My Life/Confessions Part II" debuted at #14. Glee
Cast's "Somebody To Love" fell 7 places to #33.
Madonna's "Revolver" featuring Lil Wayne climbed a spot to #4 on the
Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs chart. Tony Moran's "You Are"
featuring Frenchie Davis climbed a place to #5.
Motley Crue vocalist Vince Neil has released a video for his new
single, "Tattoos N' Tequila," from his upcoming solo album due out in
March. Meanwhile, bandmate Nikki Sixx is in the studio
writing and recording material for the second Sixx: A.M. album due out
later this year.
Social Distortion recently talked with AOL's Spinner about their
heading back into the studio to work on a follow-up to 2004's Sex, Love
and Rock 'n' Roll. "We've just tracked 12 songs this week,
and we're going to probably track another five in the next couple of
days," said frontman Mike Ness. Ness also said that the sound
of the record is almost "like the Dead Boys meets the Black Crowes or
something."
Thrash metal act Overkill have made their new video for "Bring Me The
Night" available on YouTube. The song comes off their latest
album, Ironbound.
Robert Plant has announced a tentative title for his next solo album,
It's Rude To Say No, according to LedZeppelinNews.com. The
new album, expected later this year, is being produced by Buddy Miller,
who joined him and Alison Krauss on tour for Raising Sand.
Iron Maiden have wrapped up the recording of their new studio album in
the Bahamas according to producer Kevin Shirley. "There's
still work to do, but the band portion is complete and in the can, so
to speak."
Former keyboardist Alan Wilder rejoined Depeche Mode on stage for the
first time in nearly 16 years to play piano, as Martin Gore belted out
their hit "Somebody," during the encore of their performance at
London's Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity.
Axel Rudi Pell has announced that his new 10-track studio album, The
Crest, will be released via SPV on Apr. 26th.
The Offspring have headed back into the studio to work on their new
album and they are inviting you to join them... via their
StudioCam. You can check in on them at
http://studiocam.offspring.com/
Bad Religion will head into the recording studio with producer Joe
Barresi on May 1st, after playing a few concerts in California and
Nevada, to work on their 15th studio album due out this fall.
Journey's Neal Schon recently talked to Classic Rock Magazine about
work on their upcoming album. "I'm going for a conceptual
record because I really feel we have the musicality to pull it
off. We have everybody's attention. And the days of
writing songs that are three-and-a-half minutes long for radio are
over."
German thrash metal act Kreator has signed a new long-term deal with
Nuclear Blast! Records. Their album debut will be the
follow-up to 2009's Hordes Of Chaos.
The Superions, a side-project of Fred Schneider of the B-52's, have
released their official video for their new single, "Who Threw That Ham
At Me," on YouTube. The song comes from their recently
released self-titled EP available at iTunes.
Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale has revealed that interest is out
there for a reissue of his 1993 Coverdale/Page album. "EMI
have recently been making overtures to me about putting a 'special
edition' together after they heard there were several unreleased
tracks... but, time & resource is the problem..."
Debt-ridden EMI owners Terra Firma have made the decision to sell the
iconic Abbey Road studios in London in a desperate move to raise $120
million. During the 1980s, Kate Bush's Never For Ever, The
Shadows' Change Of Address, Camel's Nude, The Shadows' Live At Abbey
Road and Duran Duran's Notorious were recorded there (Pink Floyd's
Delicate Sound Of Thunder was only mixed there.)
Alan Parsons has signed with Frontiers Records for the release of Eye 2
Eye: Live In Madrid on Apr. 6th. He heads to Europe on tour
in March.
Buggles will see the reissue of their 1980 album, Adventures In Modern
Recording, in an expanded edition in the U.K. on Apr. 19th via
Salvo/ZTT. The album is appended with demos, B-sides and
remixes. One rare track being included is a demo of the song
"Videotheque" which would later be given to Dollar.
Def Leppard will see their 1980 album, On Through The Night, and 1981's
High N' Dry released in remastered versions in Japan in May.
Geisha's Chris Doheny and Joe Matera have made a video for a song,
"Mystery Writer," off their new album, Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow.
Madonna is reportedly co-writing and planning to direct a new film
telling the love story of King Edward VII and Wallis Simpson.
She will also appear as a celebrity judge on Jerry Seinfeld's new
reality show, The Marriage Ref.
Director Oren Moverman is in negotiations to rework the screenplay for
Universal Pictures' currently untitled Kurt Cobain film and is set to
direct the film about the late Nirvana frontman.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood will see their classic album, Welcome To The
Pleasuredome, will be reissued in a deluxe double-CD edition on Apr.
26th in the U.K. The second disc will include bonus material
including the unreleased song "Watusi Love Juicy," an unabridged
version of "The Ballad Of 32," studio demo tracks and more.
Former Christian Death vocalist Rozz Williams left a lot of unreleased
material on tapes after his 1998 death. Many of those songs
have been remastered from their original cassettes and are being
collected as part of a series of CDs called Premature Ejaculation to be
released by Malaise Music.
Judas Priest's seminal 1980 album, British Steel, will be released in a
limited deluxe expanded edition on May 11th.
Dinosuar Jr.'s J. Mascis has formed a new band named Sweet Apple with
Cobra Verde's Tim Parnin and John Petkovic and Witch's Dave
Sweetapple. Their debut album, Love & Desperation
will be released in April.
U2's Bono recently told the Irish Independent that their next studio
album, Songs Of Ascent, may be out in June. He also said that
the album can be considered a sister album or bookend to No Line On The
Horizon just like Zooropa was to Achtung Baby.
Krokus will release their new CD, Hoodoo, in Europe in two
weeks. The album reunites the original line-up of the band.
A new BBC drama about Boy George's life entitled Worried About The Boy
is on the way. Actor Douglas Booth will play George.
A collection of recordings by In The Nursery made during their early
years between 1983 and 1985 will be released under the title Aubade via
ITN Corporation on Apr. 5th. The disc also includes a live
bonus track that was recorded during their concert debut in Sheffield
in 1981.
The Grateful Dead's performance at the John F. Kennedy Stadium in
Philadelphia on July 7th, 1989 will be heading to stores on Apr. 20th
in a 3-CD, 1-DVD set entitled Crimson, White & Indigo.
Girlschool's 1980 hit single, "Emergency," has been covered by the
Cornish youth music charity Livewire and will be released to benefit
Haitian earthquake relief.
Singer/songwriter Douglas Lars Fieger, 57, of The Knack lost his 6-year
long battle with cancer in his Woodland Hills, California home on
Valentine's Day. The band released 6 studio albums (two
during the 1980s) and spent 6 weeks at #1 in 1979 in the U.S. with the
song "My Sharona." Fieger would write for several other
artists (including the song "Soul Food To Go" which won a Grammy Award
for the Manhattan Transfer), record guest appearances, produce albums
for other acts and even appeared regularly on the television
series Roseanne as one of John Goodman's poker buddies.