Seattle marks Jimi Hendrix 60th Birthday
SEATTLE, Washington (Emplive.com/J. Hendrix Official Website) - Sixty years after his birth, one of the most important artists ever to emerge from Seattle is - at least officially - almost invisible here. There's no Jimi Hendrix Boulevard, no Hendrix Arena, no Hendrix Elementary School. The only thing ...
| Jackson Browne Settles Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Eagles Fans Website) - Jackson Browne and two other songwriters settled a lawsuit that claimed they were underpaid for their contributions to one of the Eagles' most popular albums. Browne, Jack Tempchin and J.D. Souther sued Warner-Chappell Music Inc. in February for more than $10 million. ...
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Presley's public housing project getting redone
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Elvis Fans Website) - The former public housing project where Elvis Presley lived as a teenager is undergoing a major renovation. The former Lauderdale Courts will become Uptown Square, a 347-apartment complex with both rent-subsidized and nonsubsidized apartments. The site is several ...
| The Doors Confirm Line-up For 2003 and they are coming back!
NEW YORK (Doors Fans Website) - The Doors are back and the new line-up is in place. 2003 will see an all new line-up featuring original keyboardist Ray Manzarek and lead guitarist Robby Krieger joined by lead vocalist Ian Astbury (The Cult) and drummer Stewart Copeland (The Police). It has now been ...
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Black Flag Reunites?
LOS ANGELES (Henry Rollins Fans Website) - Henry Rollins has sent word out to Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski to help him perform the songs of their former group, Black Flag, at an in-store appearance at Hollywood's Amoeba Music on Dec. 3. "I've got no confirmation on their involvement," Rollins says. ...
| Police Eye Reunion
LONDON, UK (Sting Official Website) - The Police will likely reunite for only the second time in 16 years for a performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in March in New York according to Sting's official Web site. The Police, who broke up in 1986 and haven't played a show together ...
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Ramones Tribute, We're A Happy Family, Back To Dec. 24
NEW YORK (Ramones Fans Website) - After changing release dates several times, DV8/Columbia Records has announced that the Ramones tribute album, We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to the Ramones, is being bumped up by three months to a Dec. 24 release date. The star-studded album, which has been in the ...
| Blondie Firms Up Five 'Greatest Hits' Dates
LOS ANGELES (Blondie Fans Website) - It might only be five dates, but Blondie's going to make sure they're five good ones. Billed as a greatest hits tour, Blondie will play fan favorites in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Boston, and New York. The group - Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, ...
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'Singin' in the Rain' creator dead at 87
NEW YORK (Broadway News Magazine) - Adolph Green, a lyricist whose six-decade collaboration with Betty Comden helped create such joyous stage celebrations of New York as "On the Town" and "Wonderful Town" as well as the classic movie musical "Singin' in the Rain," has died. He was 87. Green died at ...
| Queen honoured with Hollywood star
LONDON, UK (Queen Fans Website) - Rock band Queen have been given the rare honour of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star, being unveiled on Friday, means that the group joins the Beatles in being become one of the few non-US acts honoured this way. Brian May and Roger Taylor are attending ...
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30 Mississippi Musicians to Pay Tribute to Dixon
VICKSBURG, Miss. (Blues News Website) - About 30 Mississippi musicians will pay homage to bluesman Willie Dixon, a Vicksburg native who was called "the poet laureate of the blues.'' The free concert will be held Sunday at the Vicksburg Convention Center. Donations will be accepted for a statue of Dixon, ...
| Lennon killer loses parole bid
NEW YORK (Court News Website) - The man who shot dead former Beatle John Lennon has had his second bid for early release from jail rejected. US officials at the New York State parole board turned down Mark David Chapman's request for release on what would have been Lennon's 62nd birthday. It followed ...
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Vibrations Better Than Good at Wilson Benefit
LOS ANGELES (Beach Boys Fans Website) - There's not much missing from "Good Vibrations," Brian Wilson's 1966 Beach Boys masterpiece that took six months, miles of tape and an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to realize. But it turns out that the song can stand the addition of one more thing: ...
| Paul McCartney lyrics go for a song
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - A hand-written quotation from a Beatles song penned by Paul McCartney has sold at auction for �1,350. The former Beatle included the opening lines to his 1967 hit Penny Lane in a note to an old friend. Valuer Richard Westwood-Brookes of Dominic Winter Book Auctions, in Swindon, ...
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Doors Tribute 'Night Divides The Day' is exciting for Ray Manzarek
LOS ANGELES (Doors Fans Website) - Out Tuesday (October 8) from instrumentalist George Winston is Night Divides The Day - The Music Of The Doors. The 13-song collection features Winston, best known for his best-selling "seasonal" albums (Autumn, December, Winter Into Spring, Summer), playing solo piano ...
| George Harrison tribute concert planned
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to headline a tribute concert in memory of George Harrison, it has been announced. The concert at the Albert Hall in London will take place on the one-year anniversary of the death of the former Beatle in November. It will feature a mix of ...
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Smokey Robinson will receive an award from a Michigan arts organization
DEARBORN, Mich. (Artservemichigan.org Website) - Smokey Robinson, the Motown singer-songwriter behind a string of 1960s pop hits, will receive an award from a Michigan arts organization. The man who performed "The Tracks of My Tears'' and "I Second That Emotion'' will be recognized for his lifetime ...
| Ramones Tribute Rescheduled For December 24
NEW YORK (Ramones Fans Website) - We're A Happy Family, the Ramones tribute album helmed by Johnny Ramone and Rob Zombie, has been pushed back to a December 24 release. It'll give last-minute Christmas shoppers a chance to pick up that "special something" for fans of almost any genre of rock, since ...
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George Harrison's Brainwashed Track Listing Revealed
NEW YORK (George Harrison Fans Website) - The track listing for the final album from the late Beatle George Harrison, who passed away from cancer last November, has been revealed. Brainwashed will hit stores Nov. 19 via Dark Horse/Capitol Records. The 12-track effort will include a cover of "The Devil ...
| Streisand On Stage Again for Democrats
LOS ANGELES (B. Streisand Fans Website) - Barbra Streisand emerged from semi-retirement Sunday night, headlining a Hollywood gala that raised some $6 million toward Democratic efforts to take back control of Congress. The performer delivered a nine-song set on the stage of the Kodak Theatre, home of ...
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