Depeche Mode vocalist Dave Gahan, 47, was
overcome
with a sudden feeling of physical discomfort just a few minutes before
going on stage for their May 12th performance in Athens,
Greece. He was immediately transfered to the
hospital. They had hoped the singer would recover the
following day to only postpone the event a day but according to a
doctor on duty, his health condition would not allow it. The
band have been forced to also cancel Sounds Of The Universe tour dates
in Istanbul, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia due to Gahan's
severe bout of gastroenteritis. He is currently undergoing
further tests. The band apologizes to all their fans for the
inconvenience and wish Dave a speedy recovery.
Morrissey was forced to cancel his May 13th performance at Birmingham
Symphony Hall due to illness. He is on continued doctor's
orders to rest, to ensure a complete recuperation. Ticket
holders have been advised to hang on to their tickets as they are
working to reschedule that show as well as his performance at the
London Royal Albert Hall.
Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell was taken by ambulance to
Atlanta Medical Center after tearing a calf muscle during the first
song of the band's performance on Sunday night at the Lakewood
Amphitheatre. Farrell was able to finish the show but has
been told to stay off the leg for several days. He returned
to the stage with the band on Tuesday night to perform in Austin, Texas.
AllGood Entertainment Inc. plans to sue Michael Jackson to block him
from performing his series of 50 shows at London's O2 Arena this
year. The music promoter contends that they signed a deal
with Jackson's manager, Frank DeLeo, in November that committed the
singer to perform in July 2010 with the Jackson Five and his sister
Janet. According to the terms of the agreement, Jackson would
also not give another concert until that show. A cease and
desist letter was reportedly sent in March when they heard about the
upcoming U.K. shows. The planned concert scheduled for July
3, 2010 at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, is expected to be available
as a pay-per-view event over the Internet that could earn Jackson
upwards of $30 million for the show, according to AllGood Entertainment
managing partner Patrick Allocco. AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips
has said that the claims are "completely meritless and have not
impacted rehearsals in any way" for the shows beginning July 8th.
Boy George [George O'Dowd], 47, was released from Edmunds Hill Prison
in Suffolk on Monday morning after serving 4 months of a 15 month
sentence. As a condition of his early release for good
behavior, he has been fitted with an ankle monitoring device and been
given a curfew.
Luiz Heitor Pinto da Luz recently told Brazil's Quem magazine that he
has given his son, Jesus Luz, his approval of his relationship with
Madonna. "I don't know if there will be an actual
wedding. From what I have read there could be a sort of
ritual, but I don't know Kabbalah... to know if it's valid or legal."
Peter Gabriel will receive Sweden's prestigious Polar prize later this
year with Venezualian composer Jose Antonio Abreau.
The 30th Annual Blues Music Awards have named Albert Collins: Live At
Montreux 1992 as Historical Album Of The Year.
Country music songstress Emmylou Harris has joined the 46-member Music
Business Council, which Nashville's mayor says will help protect the
city's brand name as "Music City."
Bob Dylan's Together Through Life fell 4 places to #5 on the Billboard
200 albums chart on sales of 51,000 copies. The Twilight
soundtrack dropped 4 spots to #10 on sales of 32,000.
Prince/Bria Valente's Lotus Flow3r/MPLSoUND/Elix3r climbed 4 places to
#23. The Newsboys' In The Hands Of God debuted at
#28. U2's No Line On The Horizon dropped 2 spots to
#36. Depeche Mode's Sounds Of The Universe fell 20 places to
#38.
Eminem's "Old Time's Sake" featuring Dr. Dre debuted at #25 on the
Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Carrie Underwood's "I Told
You So" featuring Randy Travis fell 6 places to #40. Paula
Abdul's latest single, "I'm Just Here For The Music," bowed at #87.
Bob Dylan's Together Through Life retained the #1 spot on the U.K.
Albums chart. Annie Lennox's The Collection fell 5 places to
#16. Chris De Burgh's Footsteps dropped 4 spots to
#17. U2's No Line On The Horizon climbed 8 places to
#19. Depeche Mode's Sounds Of The Universe dropped 10 spots
to #22.
Ironik's "Tiny Dancer (Hold Me Closer)" featuring Chipmunk and Elton
John retains the #3 spot on the U.K. Singles chart.
Paul Rodgers recently told Billboard.com that his collaboration with
Queen has amicably come to an end after 5 years. "My
arrangement with (Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor) was similar to my
arrangement with Jimmy (Page) in The Firm in that it was never meant to
be a permanent arrangement." He has also said that he sees
the project as a huge success with their two world tours, live albums
and last year's new studio effort, The Cosmos Rocks, and hasn't ruled
out possibly working with them again in the future.
Paula Abdul has claimed that statements recently attributed to her
about the effects she dealt with going through prescription drug
withdrawal were taken out of context.
Gigatone Records has announced the release of Eddie Money's The Covers
EP, Volume One which is now available at Amazon.com. The
4-track collection includes covers of Train's "Drops Of Jupiter," The
Beatles' "She Came In Through The Bathroom Window," AC/DC's "It's A
Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" and the Four Tops'
"Reach Out (I'll Be There)."
Rik Emmett and Dave Dunlop's project the Strung-Out Troubadours will
release their new album, Push & Pull, on May 26th and can be
pre-ordered at MapleMusic.com.
The Stone Roses will see their 1989 self-titled debut reissued in
deluxe version in 3 different packages via Silvertone/Legacy on Aug.
11th to celebrate the celebrated disc's 20th anniversary.
Peter Murphy has recorded a cover of John Lennon's "Instant Karma" for
a current ad campaign for Chase Bank. The song will be
released on iTunes in the next few weeks.
Former Saga singer/songwriter Michael Sadler has teamed up with Dream
Theater's James Labrie in a new supergroup named Roswell Six.
Their debut album, Terra Incognita: Beyond The Horizon, will be
released in June as part of a crossover project with author Kevin J.
Anderson's new novel, Terra Incognita: The Edge Of The World.
Former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman will see his original score
for the upcoming film Terminator Salvation head to stores on May 19th
via Reprise Records.
According to a recent blog post at Journey's official Web site,
Journey's Neal Schon has said that the band have been working on a lot
of Journey "song ideas for sometime now and we will write our next
album while on tour this year. We're scheduled to go into the
studio Oct and Nov 09' with Kevin Shirley again. It promises
to be a rocker." They are also planning a full-length DVD
from Manila due out during the holidays and a new documentary.
Former Pulp vocalist Jarvis Cocker will release his new studio album,
Further Complications, on May 19th and The Guardian are streaming the
disc as we speak.
Reba McEntire will release her new studio album, Keep On Loving You, on
Aug. 18th which features her new single, "Strange." She has
also taped an upcoming CMT TV special, Invitation Only, expected to
debut in August.
Manowar have recorded, "Father," the first track from their upcoming
studio album in 16 different languages. The song is about a
son that witnesses his father's death based on the tale of
Thor. German best-selling fantasy author Wolfgang Hohlbein
has been collaborating with the band on the album and as the band
record the music, he's working on the related book.
Former UB40 frontman Ali Campbell plans to release his new solo studio
album, Flying High, next month. The first singe from the
album will be "Out From Under."
Kylie Minogue has said that she has started work on her 11th studio
album on which she hopes to find a slightly new style in her next step
as an artist.
Axl Rose has signed on as producer for the upcoming film, Almost Home,
which is based on the book by Jessica Blank. Jon Bon Jovi was
originally set to produce the film about 7 homeless teens from the
streets of Los Angeles.
Beastie Boys Ad Rock and Mike D as well as Cyndi Lauper appeared on
Thursday night's episode of NBC's 30 Rock. Might have to
check their site and go to the Watch Video area to catch it if you
missed it. Meanwhile, Lauper has canceled her summer European
tour dates due to it clashing with production dates for the upcoming
film Section B. Lauper recently starred in the film Here And
There which took home two Tribeca Film Festival awards.
B Is For Bob is not a new Bob The Builder collection but it is a
childrens album executive produced by 4-time Grammy winner Ziggy Marley
that will bring his father's music to a new generation. B Is
For Bob will be released by UMe/Island/Tuff Gong on June 23rd.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler's publisher, Primary Wave Music, has signed a
deal with gaming technology company GTECH to launch a band-branded
series of lottery games based on "Dream On" and other songs from the
group's catalog that will give fans a new way to win backstage passes,
front-row seats and extra money to spend on concessions.
Rhode Island and New Hampshire will be the first states launching the
themed lotteries this summer.
Kim Wilde's 1983 album, Catch As Catch Can, will be reissued in the
U.K. this month in an expanded edition including 5 bonus tracks.
Former Vixen drummer Roxy Petrucci and sister Maxine Petrucci (former
guitarist of Madam X) have debuted their new song, "Metal In My Veins,"
on Detroit's WRIF radio.
According to FMQB, Boys Don't Cry's latest single, "Don't Call Me A
Country Singer," was recently the 2nd most added song to A/C radio
stations on Apr. 27th. On May 4th it retained that
distinction and for May 13th the song was tied for most added song with
Rascal Flatts' "Goodbye" and Rob Thomas' "Diamonds."
Bauhaus/Love & Rockets bassist/vocalist David J has helped out
Budapest alternative rock act The Moog on harmonica and backing vocals
on a cover of Bauhaus' 1981 single, "The Passion Of Lovers."
The song was recorded as a B-side to The Moog's new single, "You Raised
A Vampire," due out on July 21st.
Siouxsie Sioux will see the release of a new DVD, Finale, in the U.K.
on May 18th. The disc was recorded during the last date of
her Mantaray And More tour.
Elvis Costello will release his new studio album, Secret, Profane
& Sugarcane, on June 2nd via Hear Music. The
collection includes 4 songs from his unfinished opera about the life of
Danish author Hans Christian Andersen he had been commissioned by the
Royal Danish Opera to create but had remained unfinished.
Lillian Axe will release their new studio album, Sad Day On Planet
Earth, via Blistering Records on June 30th.
Bette Midler recently told E!'s Mark Malkin that her friendship with 50
Cent could lead to a duet. "I'm going to have to check things
out and see what he feels like singing."
Rhino will be releasing the new double-disc 25th Anniversary Edition of
Twisted Sister's Stay Hungry on June 30th. The second disc in
the set contains unreleased studio recordings as well as a new track,
"30," recorded by the original line-up of the band.
Madness' upcoming box set, The Liberty Of Norton Folgate, will be
released in the U.S. for a limited time via Yep Roc Records.
"Dust Devil" has been released in the U.K. as a single from the album.
Juliana Hatfield's previously limited-edition CD, The White Broken
Line: Live Recordings, has now been made available at digital media
outlets.
Daryl Hall will celebrate a year and a half of his monthly Web series,
Live From Daryl's House, with a special episode containing highlights
of his previous 18 episodes later today. You can catch his
show at LiveFromDarylsHouse.com.
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine told TheLiveLine.com that he's been
working on some music for the score to the upcoming Will Ferrell film
Land Of The Lost.
Tanya Tucker will release her new studio album, My Turn, via Saguaro
Road Records on June 2nd. The album sees Tucker cover classic
country songs originally recorded by the all time great male legends of
all time with a woman's point of view.
Frontiers Records has announced that they will release Howard Leese's
new studio album, Secret Weapon, in Europe on July 3rd.
Lionel Richie is scheduled to perform live on ABC's Good Morning
America on May 29th at Central Park in New York City.
The Flaming Lips plan to release the double-disc follow-up to 2006's At
War With The Mystics later this summer. Meanwhile, frontman
Wayne Coyne and Iggy Pop are among artists that contributed to the
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse album, Dark Night Of The Soul, which due
to unspecified legal issues has been put on indefinite
hiatus. The album can be heard streaming exclusively at
NPR.org in the music area.
Columbia Records has announced that they will release Slayer's new
currently-untitled studio album on July 7th.
The Whispers have signed a deal with Kingdom Records to record their
first gospel album expected out this fall.
Queensryche's American Soldier tour will head home on May 19th with
their performance in Clearwater, Florida, which will be broadcast live
digitally in High Definition at CDPulse.tv. Fans will be able
to purchase an e-ticket in advance for the 8PM ET show at the Web site
for $5.95 and will be $7.95 for a ticket on the day of the show.
Doro will release her new studio album, Fear No Evil, via
AFM/Dismanic/Ryko Distribution on June 2nd.
San Francisco-based punk act The Dwarves are currently working on their
new studio album, The Dwarves Are Born Again.
What do you get when an 80s act covers the hits of their
contemporaries? You'd probably get Real Life's new release,
Send Me An Angel: '80s Synth Essentials. Due out next week it
contains covers of songs by Depeche Mode, The Cure, Gary Numan,
Eurythmics, Visage, New Order, Tears For Fears, B-Movie, Modern
English, Soft Cell, Korgis and Kraftwerk as well as 3 versions of their
own biggest hit.
Wynonna Judd's 7-track digital release, Sing: The Remixes, has surfaced
at iTunes.
Guitarist/producer Stephen Bruton, 60, died on May 9th due to
complications from throat cancer. During the 1980s, he had
worked on albums by Peter Case, Marcia Ball, Willie Nelson, T. Bone
Burnett and Kris Kristofferson. Later he would work with
Bruce Cockburn, Mudhoney, Double Trouble, Bonnie Raitt, Alejandro
Escovedo and release 5 solo albums from 1993 to 2005. He also
had acting roles in the films Heaven's Gate, A Star Is Born, Miss
Congeniality and The Alamo. Bruton had been working in Los
Angeles with Burnett on the film, Crazy Heart, where he was serving as
music producer and composer.