Wednesday Intermezzo: Led Zep Spoiler
One of the interesting side effects of the upcoming Led Zeppelin reunion gig is that any time Jimmy Page gives an interview people analyze every single detail for clues about what will go down on December 10th. Page yesterday let it slide that the band has been rehearsing a song written between 1968 and 1980 that has never been played before. Jimmy played it cool when pushed for further details, but apparently he mentions they plan to play For Your Life in memory of Ahmet Ertegun in an interview that will run in the next issue of Guitar World.
Speaking of people that can’t keep a secret, Ian Astbury told a stunned crowd in Cincinnati that The Cult will be opening for Led Zeppelin during what’s shaping up to be the biggest tour of 2008. Be sure to save those holiday bonuses, because tickets won’t be cheap. Alright, what else is out there?
- Bruce Springsteen ends one tour and announces another
- Wolfmother is working hard on a new “cinematic, epic” album
- Dweezil Zappa pwns Project Object
- Silversun Pickups book holiday dates across the country
- Japan just says no to Velvet Revolver
- Looking into Skynryd’s motivation behind writing Sweet Home Alabama
- Concert photographers now get much less time to take their shots
- Chris Michetti explains RAQ’s hard driving sound to the Diamondback Online
- Vince Iwinski talks about the business behind Umphrey’s McGee
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sued Showtime over the use of the name Californication
Finally congrats to Queen’s Brian May for being named Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University, paving the way for Rock Star Astrophysicists everywhere.
Sesame Street — but not for kids:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/magazine/18wwln-medium-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2
Awesome.
it’s soooo bullshit what some artists/management are doing to photogs now. They want/need the press, but are the image gustapo when it comes to allowing time/freedom to shoot a unique shot.
it sucks. plain and simple. (see ny times link above)
even going as far as attempting to control photo rights and editing after the event….
pfffft….
I like the fact that photogs only got like five minutes to shoot Stevie Wonder…I doubt the flash would’ve affected him much. I know, he has a band, but that’s just comedy.
ace - i could see 5 mins to shoot stevie, because the dude is sittin down and all that. but where are all the prince shots? right?
it’d be nice to have some great shots of purple rain.
what about other bands? 5 mins? really?
3 songs work for me for big pop/rock acts.
one more reason I love the jam/indie circuit. no flashbulbs, but shots all night a lot of times.
“one more reason I love the jam/indie circuit. no flashbulbs, but shots all night a lot of times.”
The more shows we’ve sent photogs to, the less I find this is true.
It’s a sad day on E Street:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/11/21/sad-day-on-e-street-danny-federici-to-leave-bruce-springsteen-tour-for-health-reasons/
we have already notified our children that their college funds will be liquidated so we can pay for led zep tickets.