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Happy Birthday, John!
Thursday 10-09-2008 11:21am ET
Today would have been John Lennon's 68th birthday. In celebration, Yoko's exhibit Come Together: A Look Into John Lennon's Life Through His Artwork opens at the Open House Gallery on Mulberry Street in New York today and runs through Sunday.
Albums by John Lennon and Paul McCartney will be re-released as part of Capitol's From the Vaults vinyl series. Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll and Macca's Band on the Run will be out on October 28th. Band on the Run will also be available as a digital download. Also out on that day as part of the series are The Band's first two albums -- Music From Big Pink and The Band; The Beach Boys' Endless Summer; Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure and Roxy Music; and the Stray Cats' Built for Speed.
The Eagles will continue their Long Road Out of Eden tour in 2009 with dates announced for Florida in late January. The every-other-month tour resumes November 8th in Omaha, Nebraska with dates through December 1st in Houston before they take off for the rest of the year. 11/8 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center | 11/21 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena | 11/9 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center | 11/23 - Hershey, PA - Giant Center | 11/11 - Tulsa, OK - B-O-K Center | 11/25 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center | 11/13 - Springfield, MO - Missouri State Univ. | 11/26 - Worcester, MA - D-C-U Center | 11/15 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center | 12/1 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center | 11/16 - Memphis, TN - Fed Ex Forum | 1/26 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center | 11/18 - Cincinnati, OH - U-S Bank Arena | 1/29 - Tampa, FL - St Pete Times Forum | 11/20 - Washington, D-C - Verizon Center | 1/31 - Orlando, FL - Amway Arena | All dates subject to change |
Van Morrison back to the future!
Tuesday 10-07-2008 3:00pm ET
The special announcement that Van Morrison promises on his website is that he'll be performing his second album, Astral Weeks, in its entirety at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on November 7th and 8th. Some of the musicians who played on the 1968 disc will join Van on such songs as "Cyprus Avenue," "Sweet Thing," "Madame George" and "Beside You." The concerts will be filmed for a D-V-D, and there's talk of taking the show on the road.
Denver says Happy Birthday, John!
Monday 10-06-2008 12:43pm ET
Denver will celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 68th birthday this Thursday by staging a special outdoor event. Named for one his most famous post-Beatles songs, The Imagine Peace Paint-In will be held in Civic Center Park with a variety of activities -- including painting, concerts and guests celebrating John's life and the causes he felt dearest. May Pang, Lennon's personal assistant and companion, will host the Paint-In. Returning to Denver brought back memories of when she and John flew there en route to Caribou Studios in rural Colorado -- where he helped Elton John record his chart-topping cover of "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds." May will also be selling and signing copies of her recently published book of photography Instamatic Karma. Also set to appear are singer Jock Bartley from Firefall, who'll perform several Lennon songs and Denver's mayor, John Hickenlooper. Thanks for making a difference!!
Wednesday 10-01-2008 11:54am ET
I just wanted to let you know that the annual Alzheimers Association Memory Walk went better than expected this past Saturday! With the final tally still to come, the total raised for research to end Alzheimers is 134 thousand dollars! On behalf of my late father and all families dealing with this dreadful affliction-Thank You!!
Elvis is Alive Museum could be yours...
Thursday 09-25-2008 12:16pm ET
The Elvis is Alive Museum is on the sale block again. Andy Key, who recently spent 83-hundred dollars for the contents of the quirky shrine --and another 40-thousand to move it from Wright City, Missouri to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, says National Guard obligations trump his devotion to the King of Rock and Roll. Key has placed the museum's collection of photos, magazine and newspaper clippings, F-B-I files, a replica of a Cadillac owned by Elvis and a bronze casket with a wax head of the American icon, on E-bay.
Will Macca be a tourist?
Wednesday 09-24-2008 1:51pm ET
There are conflicting reports about the length of time Paul McCartney will spend in Israel following his first-ever show there tomorrow night in Tel Aviv. Some reports say he's flying in and out while others have him staying a few days. One report says he will set up shop for three nights at the oceanfront Dan Tel Aviv with his entourage taking over 21 suites. He'll reportedly occupy the fifth-floor presidential suite overlooking the Mediterranean. The suite will be outfitted with a piano and he'll have his own 24-hour-a-day butler. Among the celebs who have stayed in that suite are the Clintons, President Bush, former Russian president Gorbachev, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Richard Gere, Sharon Stone and Roger Waters. As for visiting Israel for the first time, Macca says, "I am very interested to look around and look at the situation, just personally. I am going to be interested as a tourist just to look around and meet the people."
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