Oct 27 news
Bob Marley gets heritage plaque
[source: NME.com] Bob Marley has been honoured with a heritage plaque at his former home at 34 Ridgmount Gardens, Camden, London.
The event took place as part of Black History Month, a series of events recognising the contribution of African-Caribbean communities in London. Marley lived at Ridgmount Gardens in 1972 when he first arrived in England.
Endorsed by Mayor Ken Livingstone in partnership with the Nubian Jak Community Trust, it is the first heritage plaque to be unveiled since Livingstone came into office in 2000.
Nubian Jak spokesman Jak Buela told the BBC that although Marley lived in several London homes, the Camden address was most significant as it was "where it all started".
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Blur artwork sells for more than £60,000
[source: NME.com] The artwork for Blur's Think Tank album of 2003 was sold yesterday at Bonham's Auction House in London for £62,400.
The painting was created by cult artist Banksy and reached ten times its estimated price.
"I'm delighted to purchase this particular work from the Think Tank group of works by Banksy," the anonymous buyer said. "This work will remain in a private collection of pop art here in England."
Banksy was recently involved in sabotaging copies of Paris Hilton's debut album.
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The Cure prepare live DVD
[source: NME.com] The Cure have announced plans to release a special live DVD shot by the band, fans and the road crew.
Festival 2005, due for release next month, will chart the band's journey to nine festivals throughout Europe and feature up to 30 tracks, including "Fascination Street", "Never Enough", "Just Live Heaven", "In Between Days", A Forest", "Disintegration" and "Faith".
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Keane in gig drama
[source: NME.com] Keane's show at The Brighton Centre yesterday was thrown into chaos when a lighting rig crashed onto the stage.
The band had been onstage for 80 minutes and were about to start an encore when the equipment fell behind the stage. The venue was immediately evacuated.
"They started the encore and they had a big lighting rig on a stand, which was lifted up into the gantry," an audience member told Thisisfakediy. "It got caught on another bit of equipment and it fell over down the back of the stage.
"No one got squashed or anything, but the band left the stage and an announcement was made saying everyone had to leave immediately due to health and safety."
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Go-Between Robert Forster wins award… for music writing
Brisbane musician Robert Forster has won a $15,000 music journalism prize. The former Go-Betweens frontman (the group dissolved earlier this year after Grant McLennan's death) was awarded the Pascall Prize for criticism for his work in The Monthly, a magazine established in 2005.
"Robert Forster is one of those rare critics so possessed of both charm and intellectual clarity that his work can be read with pleasure (and instruction) by people who are not especially interested in his subject," the judges wrote.
"It's obviously good for the soul and the heart," Foster said of the award. "I've never seen this great division between rock journalists or rock critics and musicians."
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Madonna defends adoption
Pop icon Madonna has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to defend her decision to adopt one-year-old David Banda, who she met when travelling to the African country of Malawi.
"As far as I'm concerned, the adoption laws have to be changed to suit that state of emergency," the singer, who often appearing close to tears, said.
"I think if everybody went there, they'd want to bring one of those children home with them and give them a better life."
Madonna said she was shocked at the coverage the media had given the decision and believed the boy's father, Yohane Banda, had been bullied by reporters and had words put into his mouth.
"I sat in that room, I looked into that man's eyes," she said. "I believe… he's been terrorised by the media. They have asked him things, repeatedly, and they have put words in his mouth. They have spun a story that is completely false."
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Sonic Youth leave label
This December, New York art-rock legends Sonic Youth will release one last album on Geffen, the label they've called home since 1990.
The Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities has been assembled by guitarist Lee Ranaldo and contains tracks from vinyl singles, compilations and international releases, as well as previously unheard material.
"I don't really think they [Geffen] want us to stay," bass player Kim Gordon said at the premier of her new film, Perfect Partner, a road movie about the text in car commercials.
"They fired a few key people working on [this year's album, Rather Ripped] a week before it came out, so I don't know."
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Duran Duran lose band member
Stars of the 80s pop scene, UK five-piece Duran Duran, have announced their reunion is over.
Guitarist Andy Taylor is again leaving the band – something he first did 21 years ago.
"The past five years have been an incredible journey for us all," a posting on the band's MySpace page read, "and having the original five back together was something that we had wanted to see happen for some time. As of last weekend, however, the four of us have dissolved our partnership and will be continuing as Duran Duran without Andy, as we have reached a point in our relationship where there is an unworkable gulf between us and we can no longer effectively function together."
There's no word on who Simon Le Bon and co will ask to fill the spot.
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[source: NME.com] Bob Marley has been honoured with a heritage plaque at his former home at 34 Ridgmount Gardens, Camden, London.
The event took place as part of Black History Month, a series of events recognising the contribution of African-Caribbean communities in London. Marley lived at Ridgmount Gardens in 1972 when he first arrived in England.
Endorsed by Mayor Ken Livingstone in partnership with the Nubian Jak Community Trust, it is the first heritage plaque to be unveiled since Livingstone came into office in 2000.
Nubian Jak spokesman Jak Buela told the BBC that although Marley lived in several London homes, the Camden address was most significant as it was "where it all started".
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502565
Blur artwork sells for more than £60,000
[source: NME.com] The artwork for Blur's Think Tank album of 2003 was sold yesterday at Bonham's Auction House in London for £62,400.
The painting was created by cult artist Banksy and reached ten times its estimated price.
"I'm delighted to purchase this particular work from the Think Tank group of works by Banksy," the anonymous buyer said. "This work will remain in a private collection of pop art here in England."
Banksy was recently involved in sabotaging copies of Paris Hilton's debut album.
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501548
The Cure prepare live DVD
[source: NME.com] The Cure have announced plans to release a special live DVD shot by the band, fans and the road crew.
Festival 2005, due for release next month, will chart the band's journey to nine festivals throughout Europe and feature up to 30 tracks, including "Fascination Street", "Never Enough", "Just Live Heaven", "In Between Days", A Forest", "Disintegration" and "Faith".
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502380
Keane in gig drama
[source: NME.com] Keane's show at The Brighton Centre yesterday was thrown into chaos when a lighting rig crashed onto the stage.
The band had been onstage for 80 minutes and were about to start an encore when the equipment fell behind the stage. The venue was immediately evacuated.
"They started the encore and they had a big lighting rig on a stand, which was lifted up into the gantry," an audience member told Thisisfakediy. "It got caught on another bit of equipment and it fell over down the back of the stage.
"No one got squashed or anything, but the band left the stage and an announcement was made saying everyone had to leave immediately due to health and safety."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3503275
Go-Between Robert Forster wins award… for music writing
Brisbane musician Robert Forster has won a $15,000 music journalism prize. The former Go-Betweens frontman (the group dissolved earlier this year after Grant McLennan's death) was awarded the Pascall Prize for criticism for his work in The Monthly, a magazine established in 2005.
"Robert Forster is one of those rare critics so possessed of both charm and intellectual clarity that his work can be read with pleasure (and instruction) by people who are not especially interested in his subject," the judges wrote.
"It's obviously good for the soul and the heart," Foster said of the award. "I've never seen this great division between rock journalists or rock critics and musicians."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502301
Madonna defends adoption
Pop icon Madonna has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to defend her decision to adopt one-year-old David Banda, who she met when travelling to the African country of Malawi.
"As far as I'm concerned, the adoption laws have to be changed to suit that state of emergency," the singer, who often appearing close to tears, said.
"I think if everybody went there, they'd want to bring one of those children home with them and give them a better life."
Madonna said she was shocked at the coverage the media had given the decision and believed the boy's father, Yohane Banda, had been bullied by reporters and had words put into his mouth.
"I sat in that room, I looked into that man's eyes," she said. "I believe… he's been terrorised by the media. They have asked him things, repeatedly, and they have put words in his mouth. They have spun a story that is completely false."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3534378
Sonic Youth leave label
This December, New York art-rock legends Sonic Youth will release one last album on Geffen, the label they've called home since 1990.
The Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities has been assembled by guitarist Lee Ranaldo and contains tracks from vinyl singles, compilations and international releases, as well as previously unheard material.
"I don't really think they [Geffen] want us to stay," bass player Kim Gordon said at the premier of her new film, Perfect Partner, a road movie about the text in car commercials.
"They fired a few key people working on [this year's album, Rather Ripped] a week before it came out, so I don't know."
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3502709
Duran Duran lose band member
Stars of the 80s pop scene, UK five-piece Duran Duran, have announced their reunion is over.
Guitarist Andy Taylor is again leaving the band – something he first did 21 years ago.
"The past five years have been an incredible journey for us all," a posting on the band's MySpace page read, "and having the original five back together was something that we had wanted to see happen for some time. As of last weekend, however, the four of us have dissolved our partnership and will be continuing as Duran Duran without Andy, as we have reached a point in our relationship where there is an unworkable gulf between us and we can no longer effectively function together."
There's no word on who Simon Le Bon and co will ask to fill the spot.
http://bigpondmusic.com/artistDisplay.asp?artistid=3501798
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