Grateful Dead's Surviving Members Plan August Shows
LOS ANGELES (Greatful Dead Fans Website) - The surviving original members of the Grateful Dead will perform two full shows on Aug. 3-4 in East Troy, Wis., as part of Terrapin Station: A Grateful Dead Family Reunion at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre. Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob ...
| Bo Diddley Debunks Clash Guitar Bunk Story
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley was honored last week, alongside Chuck Berry and Little Richard, with BMI's Icon Award for his "unique and indelible influence on generations of music." Diddley also received an honor earlier this year when former Clash frontman Joe Strummer ...
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Brian Wilson Surprises In Intimate L.A. Warm-Up Show
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - So what if he looked and moved like the Ronald Reagan animatron from Disney's Hall of Presidents? So what if he sang only the low harmonies, even on already-lowered renditions of his famous Beach Boys hits? No one went to see Brian Wilson at L.A.'s Roxy Theater on Saturday ...
| Jimi Hendrix's Kin Sues Record Company
NEW YORK (Daily Star) - The family of Jimi Hendrix is suing a recording company over the rights to recordings the rock guitarist made before he became famous. Experience Hendrix, the family firm that controls the rights to all Hendrix's work except some early recordings, is suing PPX Enterprises over ...
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Jerry Garcia's Guitars Auctioned
NEW YORK (Guernsey's Auctions) - Two guitars belonging to Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia were sold at auction Wednesday for about $1.74 million, the president of Guernsey's auction house said. The auction, held at Studio 54, was put together by Guernsey's, and featured an assortment of items ...
| Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds Live Due June 11 In U.S.
LONDON, UK (Wilson Fans Website) - A live version of the Beach Boys' landmark Pet Sounds album will hit record store shelves on June 11 in the U.S. and June 3 internationally on Sanctuary Records. Brian Wilson Presents Pet Sounds Live was recorded during Wilson's solo tour at his four sold-out shows ...
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Rhino buys Chicago catalog
HOLLYWOOD, Ca (Rhino Official) - Rhino Records has acquired the coveted catalog of Chicago, one of the best selling American rock bands of all time, and will begin rolling out the band's original albums and new compilations beginning in July. Chicago's 26 albums will be released chronologically in blocks ...
| Prince's Former Lover Sues Over Lost Gifts
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Prince and his Paisley Park Enterprises have been sued by the purple one's former girlfriend, Charlene Friend, over some gifts she received while they were dating, which she later tried to sell. The suit, filed Friday (April 19) in Superior Court of the State of California ...
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Duran Duran's John Taylor Follows In Footsteps Of Tiffany On 'That '80s Show'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Duran Duran's John Taylor is the latest '80s musician to land a guest appearance on Fox's That '80s Show. Taylor's episode, which taped on April 15, will air May 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CMT, according to Duran Duran's official Web site. John is said to make a "tongue in ...
| Sex Pistols Bail On Queen's Golden Jubilee Gig
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts) - The Sex Pistols have pulled the plug on a planned gig for the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in London in June, according to Reuters. "They simply did not want to play that weekend and it will not go ahead," said John Giddings, managing director of London-based music ...
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Beatles home movie for sale
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts) - A home movie of The Beatles filmed by a teenager during a holiday in Cornwall is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction. The four-minute film was taken by David Arrowsmith in 1967 but lay hidden in his shed for the past 35 years. He filmed the Fab Four in Newquay ...
| The Mamas & The Papas' John Phillips Speaks From The Grave
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - An upcoming ABC television special will feature a medium who is said to have contacted the Mamas & the Papas' John Phillips from beyond the grave. World-renowned medium George Anderson will be featured in the broadcast special Contact: Talking To The Dead on April 22 at 10 ...
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Rockabilly Legend Perkins Honored
JACKSON, Tenn. (Carl Perkins Fans) - The late rockabilly pioneer Carl Perkins was remembered in his hometown on his 70th birthday Tuesday for his love of music. "If he was alive today, he'd walk right through that door and say, 'How long do you want me to play?' " said Henry Harrison, owner of the ...
| Stevie Wonder revue to debut with Chaka Khan in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (Top40 Charts) - "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," a $2 million concert production celebrating the music of Stevie Wonder, is slated to make its world premiere next month with Chaka Khan at the C2K Showroom of the Venetian Resort here. Producers are planning a London launch of the show, created ...
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James Taylor To Be Honored With ASCAP Founders Award
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts) - Singer-songwriter James Taylor will be the recipient of the American Society Of Composers, Authors, And Publishers' (ASCAP) prestigious Founders Award during the organization's 19th annual Pop Music Awards May 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. ...
| McCartney mainnia hits US
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts) - Paul organised benefit concert for New York Tickets for a series of concerts by Sir Paul McCartney have sold out within 30 minutes. Fans clamoured to get their hands on the 75,000 tickets for the former Beatle's Driving USA tour, his first there for 10 years. He will kick ...
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Yoko Ono Rented London Billboards...
LONDON (London Times) - Yoko Ono has rented a Picadilly Circus billboard to deliver a message of peace to the thousands who pass through the busy London intersection every day. The simple poster bears just one line from her late husband John Lennon's song "Imagine": "Imagine all the people living ...
| Hey Jude lyrics up for auction
LONDON, UK (Radio 1) - The hand-written lyrics to Hey Jude, bought for a few pounds in 1971, are set to fetch �80,000 at a London auction on 30 April. Sir Paul McCartney's original lyrics to the Beatles song - a number one hit in the UK and USA in 1968 - were found by a fan in London's Portobello market ...
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UK women spend week in car to see Cliff Richard
LONDON, UK (London Times) - British pop legend Sir Cliff Richard may be 61, but he still has enough pulling power to convince two middle-aged women to queue for over a week in a car for tickets to his forthcoming UK tour. Judy Lawson, 48, and Shirley Downton, 46, are spending eight nights in a blanket-stuffed ...
| Cobain Diaries On The Way
NEW YORK (NY Post) - According to the New York Post, Kurt Cobain�s highly publicized diaries from his youth and his time in Nirvana are being considered for publication and could hit the shelves later this year. Last year, Courtney Love handed over the diaries to Nirvana biographer Charles R. Cross ...
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