Apr 17
Guns N' Roses to reunite?
[source: NME.com] Slash has admitted he wants his band Velvet Revolver to stop playing songs by Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, and would instead like the two groups to reunite.
Slash also announced to Chilean magazine Rock & Pop that he intends to drop Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots songs from the setlist later this year.
The former Gunners' guitarist, who left in 1996, said reunions of both bands are a possibility.
"I'm not saying never," he explained. "You know, I was saying it would be a good idea to get, just for a couple of shows, the original STP and the original Guns N' Roses to do a couple of shows for the fun of it."
Meanwhile, Velvet Revolver's US tour begins on Friday May 4, though second album Libertad has had its release pushed back until late June.
The first single from the LP will be called "She Builds Quick Machines".
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Guns-N-Roses.aspx
Radiohead reissue rare EP
[source: NME.com] Radiohead are set to reissue their rare EP Com Lag (2+2=5).
The EP was originally released in Japan and Australia in 2004 but will be reissued in the UK on Monday April 16 and the US on Wednesday May 8.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Radiohead.aspx
Gavin Rossdale announces solo album
[source: NME.com] Former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale is due to begin work on his first solo album.
The star is set to work with Lostprophets producer Bob Rock on the record.
"We"ll do half the record in LA and the other half in Hawaii, where he [Rock] lives on the north shore," the singer wrote on his official website. "So I'm pretty excited about that."
Rossdale also said he had written the theme song for Drive, a TV show on the Fox network.
Bush's last album was 2001's Golden State. Rossdale then formed Institute, who released their sole album Distort Yourself in 2005.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bush.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Institute.aspx
Carl Barat reveals secret behind Pete reunion
[source: NME.com] Carl Barat has revealed how his reunion with former Libertines bandmate Pete Doherty happened last Thursday April 12.
The pair played on the same stage together for the first time since 2004 at Doherty's London Hackney Empire show.
Seaking to NME.COM, Barat explained he and Doherty began plotting the link-up when they met at this year's Shockwaves NME Awards, more than a month before the show.
"We started talking at the NME Awards and we talked and chatted about doing something at some point," Barat explained, adding that they deliberately kept the reunion low-key.
"We didn't want to mouth off and create a circus around it," he said "I missed the songs and Peter's important to me."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Libertines-The.aspx
James Blunt: not a criminal
UK singer-songwriter James Blunt has escaped criminal charges following an incident at a Los Angeles party in February. Blunt allegedly drove over a partygoer's foot while leaving a Bel Air function, although a spokesman for the Los Angeles attorney's office, Frank Mateljan, said the accident did not warrant further investigation at this stage.
"After review of the information provided," Mateljan said, "we've decided not to file charges at this time."
Blunt was attending a party on Saturday February 24 when, according to his publicist, he was "swarmed by paparazzi". He then tried to "navigate his car through all the people", which is when the accident occurred.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/James-Blunt.aspx
Courtney Love denies surgery rumours
Former Hole frontwoman Courtney Love has denied her drastic weight loss is down to gastric bypass surgery.
"I couldn't get that surgery if I begged for it!" Love wrote on her website.
Instead, Love cited Oprah Winfrey as her inspiration, even though the talk-show host has since revealed she used a diet supplement called Optifast to accelerate her weight loss (and then put the weight back on when she stopped taking the formula).
Reports in the New York Post last week attributed Love's weight loss to a dramatic operation, claiming she was overheard boasting to friends about the procedure.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Courtney-Love.aspx
Hilary Duff says Joel's okay
After rewriting numerous album tracks thanks to a sudden break-up with long-time boyfriend Joel Madden (of Californian pop-punkers Good Charlotte), 19-year-old pop singer Hilary Duff says she's still on good terms with her ex.
"People thought we were an unlikely couple, but we really weren't that different," Duff revealed yesterday. "After two months, I didn't even see his tattoos anymore, because that's not who he is. He gave me a sense of confidence and independence I didn't have before."
Madden split with Duff back in November 2006 and is now dating socialite Nicole Richie. Duff admits she speaks to Madden regularly and exchanges emails.
It's unclear if Madden will accompany Ritchie to Australia for next week's MTV Australia Video Music Awards.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Hilary-Duff.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Good-Charlotte.aspx
Tim Rogers hits the road… again
With a new solo album in the works, You Am I frontman Tim Rogers will head across the country on his own for May and June's Gentleman's Agreement tour.
Having just returned from the USA, where YAI supported the likes of Sebadoh and played to hundreds of fans at the South By Southwest festival, Rogers is currently putting the finishing touches to a concept album called The Luxury Of Hysteria.
67 Special's Louis Macklin will join Rogers on the road to provide piano accompaniment to both old and new tracks. Tickets go on sale Friday April April 20.
Tour dates:
Thursday May 17 – The National, Geelong
Friday May 18 – Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
Saturday May 19 – Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
Sunday May 20 – Republic Bar, Hobart
Thursday May 24 – The Basement, Sydney
Thursday May 31 – The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Friday June 1 – Norfolk Basement Lounge, Fremantle
Saturday June 2 – Indie Bar, Scarborough
Sunday June 3 – Gnarabar, Margaret River
Thursday June 7 – Brisbane Jazz Club
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Tim-Rogers.aspx
Beck artwork to sell online
Los Angeles-based music aficionado Beck has teamed with online gallery Product Of God in order to sell 200 limited edition prints, all personally signed by the "Devil's Haircut" singer.
Beck's most recent LP, 2006's The Information, was sold in stores complete with a series of stickers (created by London team Big Active) and a blank piece of paper. The aim was to encourage fans to create their own artwork.
Now, starting Tuesday May 1, limited editions of the makeshift cover artwork – over 100 stickers combined, with each print personally signed by Beck – will go on sale. With a price tag of AU$300, the artworks will increase in price as they sell, so get in fast to secure one cheap!
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Beck.aspx
Eskimo Joe take on America
They've already topped the charts here in Australia and now Fremantle-based trio Eskimo Joe are taking on the USA.
In August, the band's hit album Black Fingernails, Red Wine will be released on the Rykodisc label, home to such diverse artists as Frank Zappa and the Meat Puppets. It's quite an achievement for the band, whose LP is still in the top 30 some 44 weeks since its release. The record has sold more than 200,000 copies and won four ARIA awards.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Eskimo-Joe.aspx
[source: NME.com] Slash has admitted he wants his band Velvet Revolver to stop playing songs by Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots, and would instead like the two groups to reunite.
Slash also announced to Chilean magazine Rock & Pop that he intends to drop Guns N' Roses and Stone Temple Pilots songs from the setlist later this year.
The former Gunners' guitarist, who left in 1996, said reunions of both bands are a possibility.
"I'm not saying never," he explained. "You know, I was saying it would be a good idea to get, just for a couple of shows, the original STP and the original Guns N' Roses to do a couple of shows for the fun of it."
Meanwhile, Velvet Revolver's US tour begins on Friday May 4, though second album Libertad has had its release pushed back until late June.
The first single from the LP will be called "She Builds Quick Machines".
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Guns-N-Roses.aspx
Radiohead reissue rare EP
[source: NME.com] Radiohead are set to reissue their rare EP Com Lag (2+2=5).
The EP was originally released in Japan and Australia in 2004 but will be reissued in the UK on Monday April 16 and the US on Wednesday May 8.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Radiohead.aspx
Gavin Rossdale announces solo album
[source: NME.com] Former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale is due to begin work on his first solo album.
The star is set to work with Lostprophets producer Bob Rock on the record.
"We"ll do half the record in LA and the other half in Hawaii, where he [Rock] lives on the north shore," the singer wrote on his official website. "So I'm pretty excited about that."
Rossdale also said he had written the theme song for Drive, a TV show on the Fox network.
Bush's last album was 2001's Golden State. Rossdale then formed Institute, who released their sole album Distort Yourself in 2005.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Bush.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Institute.aspx
Carl Barat reveals secret behind Pete reunion
[source: NME.com] Carl Barat has revealed how his reunion with former Libertines bandmate Pete Doherty happened last Thursday April 12.
The pair played on the same stage together for the first time since 2004 at Doherty's London Hackney Empire show.
Seaking to NME.COM, Barat explained he and Doherty began plotting the link-up when they met at this year's Shockwaves NME Awards, more than a month before the show.
"We started talking at the NME Awards and we talked and chatted about doing something at some point," Barat explained, adding that they deliberately kept the reunion low-key.
"We didn't want to mouth off and create a circus around it," he said "I missed the songs and Peter's important to me."
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Libertines-The.aspx
James Blunt: not a criminal
UK singer-songwriter James Blunt has escaped criminal charges following an incident at a Los Angeles party in February. Blunt allegedly drove over a partygoer's foot while leaving a Bel Air function, although a spokesman for the Los Angeles attorney's office, Frank Mateljan, said the accident did not warrant further investigation at this stage.
"After review of the information provided," Mateljan said, "we've decided not to file charges at this time."
Blunt was attending a party on Saturday February 24 when, according to his publicist, he was "swarmed by paparazzi". He then tried to "navigate his car through all the people", which is when the accident occurred.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/James-Blunt.aspx
Courtney Love denies surgery rumours
Former Hole frontwoman Courtney Love has denied her drastic weight loss is down to gastric bypass surgery.
"I couldn't get that surgery if I begged for it!" Love wrote on her website.
Instead, Love cited Oprah Winfrey as her inspiration, even though the talk-show host has since revealed she used a diet supplement called Optifast to accelerate her weight loss (and then put the weight back on when she stopped taking the formula).
Reports in the New York Post last week attributed Love's weight loss to a dramatic operation, claiming she was overheard boasting to friends about the procedure.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Courtney-Love.aspx
Hilary Duff says Joel's okay
After rewriting numerous album tracks thanks to a sudden break-up with long-time boyfriend Joel Madden (of Californian pop-punkers Good Charlotte), 19-year-old pop singer Hilary Duff says she's still on good terms with her ex.
"People thought we were an unlikely couple, but we really weren't that different," Duff revealed yesterday. "After two months, I didn't even see his tattoos anymore, because that's not who he is. He gave me a sense of confidence and independence I didn't have before."
Madden split with Duff back in November 2006 and is now dating socialite Nicole Richie. Duff admits she speaks to Madden regularly and exchanges emails.
It's unclear if Madden will accompany Ritchie to Australia for next week's MTV Australia Video Music Awards.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Hilary-Duff.aspx
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Good-Charlotte.aspx
Tim Rogers hits the road… again
With a new solo album in the works, You Am I frontman Tim Rogers will head across the country on his own for May and June's Gentleman's Agreement tour.
Having just returned from the USA, where YAI supported the likes of Sebadoh and played to hundreds of fans at the South By Southwest festival, Rogers is currently putting the finishing touches to a concept album called The Luxury Of Hysteria.
67 Special's Louis Macklin will join Rogers on the road to provide piano accompaniment to both old and new tracks. Tickets go on sale Friday April April 20.
Tour dates:
Thursday May 17 – The National, Geelong
Friday May 18 – Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
Saturday May 19 – Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
Sunday May 20 – Republic Bar, Hobart
Thursday May 24 – The Basement, Sydney
Thursday May 31 – The Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Friday June 1 – Norfolk Basement Lounge, Fremantle
Saturday June 2 – Indie Bar, Scarborough
Sunday June 3 – Gnarabar, Margaret River
Thursday June 7 – Brisbane Jazz Club
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Tim-Rogers.aspx
Beck artwork to sell online
Los Angeles-based music aficionado Beck has teamed with online gallery Product Of God in order to sell 200 limited edition prints, all personally signed by the "Devil's Haircut" singer.
Beck's most recent LP, 2006's The Information, was sold in stores complete with a series of stickers (created by London team Big Active) and a blank piece of paper. The aim was to encourage fans to create their own artwork.
Now, starting Tuesday May 1, limited editions of the makeshift cover artwork – over 100 stickers combined, with each print personally signed by Beck – will go on sale. With a price tag of AU$300, the artworks will increase in price as they sell, so get in fast to secure one cheap!
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Beck.aspx
Eskimo Joe take on America
They've already topped the charts here in Australia and now Fremantle-based trio Eskimo Joe are taking on the USA.
In August, the band's hit album Black Fingernails, Red Wine will be released on the Rykodisc label, home to such diverse artists as Frank Zappa and the Meat Puppets. It's quite an achievement for the band, whose LP is still in the top 30 some 44 weeks since its release. The record has sold more than 200,000 copies and won four ARIA awards.
http://bigpondmusic.com/Artist/Eskimo-Joe.aspx
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