Feb 16
Coachella Festival sells out
[source: NME.com] Tickets to the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival have sold out in record time, more than two months in advance.
The event, which takes place between April 27 and 29 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, features headliners Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the newly reunited Rage Against The Machine. Arcade Fire, Jesus & Mary Chain, Arctic Monkeys and Interpol are also on the bill.
Meanwhile, festival booker Paul Tollett cleared up rumours the event would be changing its desert location due to real estate development on its current site.
"There are rumours about that whole area being developed for houses and golf courses," he told Billboard. "We said we'd make this commitment to them, but please don't make houses here, and it worked."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Interpol.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bjork.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Jesus-And-Mary-Chain.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Rage-Against-The-Machine.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers.aspx
Kanye West's mother pens book
[source: NME.com] Kanye West's mother and manager, Dr Donda West, is set to release a book about life with her son.
Raising Kanye will hit stores in the US on Tuesday May 15 and will detail Dr West's struggle to bring up her son as a single mother. It will also include never-before-seen photos of the family.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kanye-West.aspx
TV On The Radio in racism row with Village Voice
[source: NME.com] The Village Voice has published an angry letter from TV On The Radio saxophonist/flutist Martín Perna condemning the paper's cover last week.
The famous New York publication ran a cover last week depicting caricatures of TV On The Radio's Kyp Malone being run over by Bob Dylan on a scooter, in reference to Dylan beating TVOTR in the 34th Annual Pazz & Jop critics poll, prompting Perna to call the image "racist, unfunny, mean-spirited and inaccurate".
"Even in the post-Chappelle era when it's hip and edgy to discuss and portray ideas about race, there are still wrong, tasteless ways and this was one of them," Perna wrote.
"Nowhere in the consciousness of Voice editors or illustrator David O'Keefe can we find memories of James Byrd, a black man who was dragged behind a truck to his death by white racists in Jasper, Texas, in 1998, or Arthur "J.R." Warren, who was run over four times and killed for being black and gay in West Virginia in 2000…
"These events are still fresh in the minds of black people, as well as in the hearts and minds of the rest of us who may not be directly victimised by these particular lynchings but who are nonetheless endangered by racism and committed to social justice and healing America of its sick racist condition."
He also directly accused staff at the paper of being racist.
"That this picture could be drawn and not questioned or vetoed by any of the people who saw it prior to publication shows the level of ignorance and racism that persists in leftist institutions like the Voice, who continue to posture as hip and progressive.
"Intentionally or not, this cover sends the all-too-familiar message to people of colour: make something too unique, make something outside of your assigned place-role, and get run over by a white man."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Tv-On-The-Radio.aspx
Fountains Of Wayne provide material for rom-com
[source: NME.com] Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger has contributed three original songs to Music And Lyrics, the new movie starring Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant.
Schlesinger wrote "Way Back Into Love", the song Grant and Barrymore's characters struggle to "write" throughout the film.
The star also composed two songs performed solo by Grant: "Don't Write Me Off" and "Meaningless Kiss", featuring backing vocals from ABC frontman Martin Fry.
In I996, Schlesinger was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the title track to the Tom Hanks-directed That Thing You Do.
Meanwhile, new Fountains Of Wayne album Traffic And Weather will be released on Tuesday April 3.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Fountains-Of-Wayne.aspx
Elvis Presley statue erected in Hawaii
[source: NME.com] A life-size bronze statue of Elvis Presley will be erected in Hawaii to mark the star's landmark 1973 concert in Honolulu, Aloha.
The show was one of the first concerts to be broadcast globally via satellite.
Speaking about the statue, Mayor Mufi Hannemann said Elvis remained an idol and a hero to many people.
"Hawaii considers him an adopted son," he claimed.
The statue will be unveiled in July at the site of the Honolulu concert.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Elvis-Presley.aspx
Queens Of The Stone Age unveil new LP
Californian desert rockers Queens Of The Stone Age have revealed details of the follow-up to 2005's Lullabies To Paralyse.
The band made an announcement via their MySpace page on Wednesday February 14, revealing that the LP – due out in June – is titled Era Vulgaris and will feature tracks "Misfit Love", "Sick, Sick, Sick", "Battery Acid" and "Into The Hollow"… maybe.
"Could be song titles. Or could not," the post teased. "Go sign up on the mailing list for future insider info then get off the internet and go get laid."
QOTSA frontman Josh Homme is touring Australia next month with side-project Eagles Of Death Metal.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Queens-Of-The-Stone-Age.aspx
New Slim Dusty songs uncovered
The National Archives in Canberra claim they've discovered three "lost" Slim Dusty songs.
Back in 1943, a 15-year-old Slim – real name: David Gordon Kirkpatrick – sent the songs to the Copyright Office, complete with handwritten music and lyrics.
"They're very gentle ballads, very easy to read as a poem as well as sing, but they're just so Australian," National Archives Curator Johanna Parker said.
"They're so full of pride in his country and how much he loves Australia, so when you read it you really get a sense of this as the emergence of his style."
While none of the songs were eventually recorded, the manuscripts will go on display at the Archives later this month.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Slim-Dusty.aspx
Kaiser Chiefs head to Oz
Their last trip Down Under saw them support Foo Fighters at the Opera House. Now UK rockers Kaiser Chiefs are heading back to Australia for a flying visit.
With "Ruby" currently riding the airwaves, the band will play just two shows in March to support their brand new LP, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, which is released next Friday.
The follow-up to 2005's Employment, the new LP has been described by UK music bible Q Magazine as "an album that stretches their creativity while retaining their vim and joie de vivre".
Tickets go on sale Monday February 26.
Tour dates:
Wednesday March 21 – The Forum, Sydney
Friday March 23 – Prince Of Wales, Melbourne
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kaiser-Chiefs.aspx
Al Gore announces climate change concerts
Former US presidential candidate and filmmaker Al Gore has announced a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the effects of climate change.
The event will be part of Save Our Selves – The Campaign For A Climate In Crisis.
Already signed on to play at various shows across six continents are more than 100 performers, including Melissa Etheridge, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
The gigs will take place on Saturday July 7 in Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, England; and cities to be announced in Japan, Brazil and the United States.
There's also a plan for a Sydney gig, although no further details have been revealed.
"In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people," Gore said in a statement. "The climate crisis will only be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement."
Proceeds from the concerts will go to creating a foundation to combat climate change led by The Alliance For Climate Protection.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Melissa-Etheridge.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Lenny-Kravitz.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/John-Mayer.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Duran-Duran.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Black-Eyed-Peas.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Faith-Hill.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Foo-Fighters.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Enrique-Iglesias.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Korn.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sheryl-Crow.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Akon.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Pharrell.aspx
Kenny Chesney: "I'm not gay"
US country star Kenny Chesney has spoken out about his short-lived marriage to Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger and denied he's gay.
The couple were married in May 2005 after a whirlwind romance on the Caribbean island of St. John. Zellweger, however, filed for an annulment just four months later, citing "fraud".
"Maybe I should have come out and said, 'No, I'm not [gay]," Chesney told US TV show 60 Minutes.
"I didn't want to draw any more attention to it; I didn't have to prove to anybody that I wasn't [gay]. I didn't feel like I really did. We thought the least harmful [reason] was fraud because it's kind of broad," Chesney explained.
"And boy, we were wrong. The only fraud that was committed was me thinking that I knew what it was like… that I really understood what it was like to be married, and I really didn't."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kenny-Chesney.aspx
[source: NME.com] Tickets to the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival have sold out in record time, more than two months in advance.
The event, which takes place between April 27 and 29 at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, features headliners Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers and the newly reunited Rage Against The Machine. Arcade Fire, Jesus & Mary Chain, Arctic Monkeys and Interpol are also on the bill.
Meanwhile, festival booker Paul Tollett cleared up rumours the event would be changing its desert location due to real estate development on its current site.
"There are rumours about that whole area being developed for houses and golf courses," he told Billboard. "We said we'd make this commitment to them, but please don't make houses here, and it worked."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Interpol.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bjork.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Jesus-And-Mary-Chain.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Rage-Against-The-Machine.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers.aspx
Kanye West's mother pens book
[source: NME.com] Kanye West's mother and manager, Dr Donda West, is set to release a book about life with her son.
Raising Kanye will hit stores in the US on Tuesday May 15 and will detail Dr West's struggle to bring up her son as a single mother. It will also include never-before-seen photos of the family.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kanye-West.aspx
TV On The Radio in racism row with Village Voice
[source: NME.com] The Village Voice has published an angry letter from TV On The Radio saxophonist/flutist Martín Perna condemning the paper's cover last week.
The famous New York publication ran a cover last week depicting caricatures of TV On The Radio's Kyp Malone being run over by Bob Dylan on a scooter, in reference to Dylan beating TVOTR in the 34th Annual Pazz & Jop critics poll, prompting Perna to call the image "racist, unfunny, mean-spirited and inaccurate".
"Even in the post-Chappelle era when it's hip and edgy to discuss and portray ideas about race, there are still wrong, tasteless ways and this was one of them," Perna wrote.
"Nowhere in the consciousness of Voice editors or illustrator David O'Keefe can we find memories of James Byrd, a black man who was dragged behind a truck to his death by white racists in Jasper, Texas, in 1998, or Arthur "J.R." Warren, who was run over four times and killed for being black and gay in West Virginia in 2000…
"These events are still fresh in the minds of black people, as well as in the hearts and minds of the rest of us who may not be directly victimised by these particular lynchings but who are nonetheless endangered by racism and committed to social justice and healing America of its sick racist condition."
He also directly accused staff at the paper of being racist.
"That this picture could be drawn and not questioned or vetoed by any of the people who saw it prior to publication shows the level of ignorance and racism that persists in leftist institutions like the Voice, who continue to posture as hip and progressive.
"Intentionally or not, this cover sends the all-too-familiar message to people of colour: make something too unique, make something outside of your assigned place-role, and get run over by a white man."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Tv-On-The-Radio.aspx
Fountains Of Wayne provide material for rom-com
[source: NME.com] Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger has contributed three original songs to Music And Lyrics, the new movie starring Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant.
Schlesinger wrote "Way Back Into Love", the song Grant and Barrymore's characters struggle to "write" throughout the film.
The star also composed two songs performed solo by Grant: "Don't Write Me Off" and "Meaningless Kiss", featuring backing vocals from ABC frontman Martin Fry.
In I996, Schlesinger was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the title track to the Tom Hanks-directed That Thing You Do.
Meanwhile, new Fountains Of Wayne album Traffic And Weather will be released on Tuesday April 3.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Fountains-Of-Wayne.aspx
Elvis Presley statue erected in Hawaii
[source: NME.com] A life-size bronze statue of Elvis Presley will be erected in Hawaii to mark the star's landmark 1973 concert in Honolulu, Aloha.
The show was one of the first concerts to be broadcast globally via satellite.
Speaking about the statue, Mayor Mufi Hannemann said Elvis remained an idol and a hero to many people.
"Hawaii considers him an adopted son," he claimed.
The statue will be unveiled in July at the site of the Honolulu concert.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Elvis-Presley.aspx
Queens Of The Stone Age unveil new LP
Californian desert rockers Queens Of The Stone Age have revealed details of the follow-up to 2005's Lullabies To Paralyse.
The band made an announcement via their MySpace page on Wednesday February 14, revealing that the LP – due out in June – is titled Era Vulgaris and will feature tracks "Misfit Love", "Sick, Sick, Sick", "Battery Acid" and "Into The Hollow"… maybe.
"Could be song titles. Or could not," the post teased. "Go sign up on the mailing list for future insider info then get off the internet and go get laid."
QOTSA frontman Josh Homme is touring Australia next month with side-project Eagles Of Death Metal.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Queens-Of-The-Stone-Age.aspx
New Slim Dusty songs uncovered
The National Archives in Canberra claim they've discovered three "lost" Slim Dusty songs.
Back in 1943, a 15-year-old Slim – real name: David Gordon Kirkpatrick – sent the songs to the Copyright Office, complete with handwritten music and lyrics.
"They're very gentle ballads, very easy to read as a poem as well as sing, but they're just so Australian," National Archives Curator Johanna Parker said.
"They're so full of pride in his country and how much he loves Australia, so when you read it you really get a sense of this as the emergence of his style."
While none of the songs were eventually recorded, the manuscripts will go on display at the Archives later this month.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Slim-Dusty.aspx
Kaiser Chiefs head to Oz
Their last trip Down Under saw them support Foo Fighters at the Opera House. Now UK rockers Kaiser Chiefs are heading back to Australia for a flying visit.
With "Ruby" currently riding the airwaves, the band will play just two shows in March to support their brand new LP, Yours Truly, Angry Mob, which is released next Friday.
The follow-up to 2005's Employment, the new LP has been described by UK music bible Q Magazine as "an album that stretches their creativity while retaining their vim and joie de vivre".
Tickets go on sale Monday February 26.
Tour dates:
Wednesday March 21 – The Forum, Sydney
Friday March 23 – Prince Of Wales, Melbourne
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kaiser-Chiefs.aspx
Al Gore announces climate change concerts
Former US presidential candidate and filmmaker Al Gore has announced a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the effects of climate change.
The event will be part of Save Our Selves – The Campaign For A Climate In Crisis.
Already signed on to play at various shows across six continents are more than 100 performers, including Melissa Etheridge, Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.
The gigs will take place on Saturday July 7 in Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, England; and cities to be announced in Japan, Brazil and the United States.
There's also a plan for a Sydney gig, although no further details have been revealed.
"In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people," Gore said in a statement. "The climate crisis will only be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement."
Proceeds from the concerts will go to creating a foundation to combat climate change led by The Alliance For Climate Protection.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Melissa-Etheridge.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Lenny-Kravitz.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/John-Mayer.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Duran-Duran.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Black-Eyed-Peas.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Faith-Hill.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Foo-Fighters.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Enrique-Iglesias.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Korn.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Sheryl-Crow.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Akon.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Pharrell.aspx
Kenny Chesney: "I'm not gay"
US country star Kenny Chesney has spoken out about his short-lived marriage to Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger and denied he's gay.
The couple were married in May 2005 after a whirlwind romance on the Caribbean island of St. John. Zellweger, however, filed for an annulment just four months later, citing "fraud".
"Maybe I should have come out and said, 'No, I'm not [gay]," Chesney told US TV show 60 Minutes.
"I didn't want to draw any more attention to it; I didn't have to prove to anybody that I wasn't [gay]. I didn't feel like I really did. We thought the least harmful [reason] was fraud because it's kind of broad," Chesney explained.
"And boy, we were wrong. The only fraud that was committed was me thinking that I knew what it was like… that I really understood what it was like to be married, and I really didn't."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Kenny-Chesney.aspx
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