On February 1st, Universal Music/ Tuff Gong will put out a new live album from Bob Marley and the Wailers called Live Forever taped at the reggae legend’s last recorded performance on September 23, 1980 at the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. At the show, Marley and his band rocked a number of songs from his new album at the time, Uprising, as well as plenty of Bob’s greatest hits from throughout his career.
This marks the first time this long-bootlegged show will be released officially, though the version of Redemption Song from this gig was released as the final song on 1992’s Songs of Freedom box set.
Here’s a look at six other stories of note this week…
- Doors singer Jim Morrison finally gets his pardon
- List Time: Best Cover Albums of 2010, Part One
- Madison Square Garden buys The Forum in LA
- Matt Dickey celebrates the release of his new LP, Try This at Home, on December 16th at the Williamsburg Music Center
- Help craft Gov’t Mule’s New Year’s Eve setlist
- Gorillaz to gift fans with a new album on Christmas
Finally, Paul McCartney stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to perform a couple of songs and sit for an interview with the comedian. Not only did Macca play the Lennon tribute, Here Today, he also treated the audience to a version of the Beatles’ classic Yesterday that included the original verse “scrambled eggs/oh my baby how I love your legs” and additional made up lyrics that McCartney came up with in a dream before changing the words to the more familiar version we all know. Take a look…