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Live Nation and iTunes reach deal

November 24, 2009 /

Live Nation

Perhaps in an effort to challenge audio bootlegs and video taken on camera phones, Live Nation and Apple have teamed to provide concert footage via iTunes.

Apple’s iTunes will have a section featuring the concerts of about 20 artists ranging from Jesse McCartney to Ziggy Marley, when the service begins, the companies said in a statement. They expect hundreds of more shows in the coming months. Prices will start at about $7.99.

Los Angeles-based Live Nation will produce most of the offerings from the more than 20,000 concerts it promotes each year. The company has reached licensing rights deals for live performances with major label owners and artists to enable a smooth launch of the service, it said.

Eh, there’s something enticing about a shaky (and probably illegal) video recorded by the average concert attendee. Plus, I don’t have to pay to watch it on YouTube.

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Where you at, Rod Stewart?

November 18, 2009 /

Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan, and Kenney Jones of the Faces plan on touring next year even if they can’t get Rod Stewart to commit.

The band, who played a Royal Albert Hall show in London last month, did so without their original singer Stewart, with a number of guests taking on vocal duties.

Keyboardist Ian McLagan has now said he will join the other surviving members – guitarist Ronnie Wood and drummer Kenney Jones – for a jaunt without Stewart.

“If we don’t do it very soon, one of us is gonna check out,” he said. “I’m 64, for Christ’s sake! We’ve been waiting and waiting for Rod to say yes; now he’s finally said no. He’s busy doing other shit. So we’re going to do it.”

He said Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall is likely to fill in on vocals again and he would like to recruit Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock on bass.

I recently saw Rod Stewart on “Kimmel” and he expressed interest in making a new Faces album. For some reason, now he doesn’t want to tour with his former band — a band that actually rocked. It doesn’t make sense.

I guess Stewart would rather make record forgettable albums such as Soulbook and appear on “Dancing with the Stars.” Come on, man.

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Tom Waits B-sides collection gets expanded vinyl release

November 17, 2009 /

In 2006, Tom Waits released Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards, a marvelous 56-song collection of B-sides Waits recorded over his expansive career. It’s nearly impossible to absorb over a few listens but trust me, there are some gems.

In bittersweet news, an expanded edition of Orphans is coming to vinyl. I say bittersweet because, come December 8, I will desperately want to buy this but won’t have the money to do so.

On December 8, Anti- will release Orphans as a limited vinyl set. You’ll get all of the tracks contained on the CDs, plus six bonus tracks. That’s 62 songs spread over seven LPs, all of which will be pressed on 180 gram vinyl. You’ll probably want to limber up and do some stretches before you even attempt to lift this thing.

The bonus tracks include covers of Fats Waller’s “Crazy ‘Bout My Baby” and the Brecht/Weill song “Canon Song”, as well as “Diamond in Your Mind”, a track written by Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan for Solomon Burke, and the originals “No One Can Forgive Me” and “Mathie Grove”.

I think I hate re-releases more than anything.

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DJ AM’s mother adds wrongful death claim to lawsuit

November 16, 2009 /

DJ AM

In September 2008, DJ AM (real name Adam Goldstein) and Travis Barker were involved in a terrible plane crash. Although four people died, Goldstein and Barker managed to escape with severe burns. Goldstein, a former drug addict, starting using again after the crash. By August 2009, he was dead at the result of an accidental overdose. Now Goldstein’s mother is adding a wrongful death claim to the one Adam filed against the plane manufacturers and the estates of the pilots responsible for the crash.

“The crash ultimately caused Adam Goldstein’s death at a later date,” the papers state. 



 Friends and associates of the musician have widely blamed his trauma from the September 2008 plane crash as leading to his fatal relapse in August.



 A trial is set for March 2. A number of opposing lawsuits have been filed in the case.



 Learjet has previously denied all responsibility for the crash.

Well, friends and family believe Goldstein’s fragile state after the crash led to his relapse. That may be so, but the plane manufacturers and the pilots didn’t force Goldstein to take drugs years before he boarded one of their planes. I understand that a plane crash must be incredibly traumatic. Nevertheless, Goldstein chose to turn to drugs. The defendants didn’t suggest that Goldstein take drugs following the accident.

The defendants should be held responsible for any injuries, lost earnings, etc. However, they are not responsible for Goldstein’s drug overdose.

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The Who will play at Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show

November 13, 2009 /

The Who

I like The Who. I saw them twice at the Hollywood Bowl when I was in high school and surviving members Roger Daltrey and Pete Towshend were fun to watch both times. But that was at the Hollywood Bowl — not the Super Bowl. As SI.com reports, the band will perform during the big game’s historic halftime show. The Super Bowl Halftime Show usually features relevant acts with mass appeal. While The Who are reportedly writing a new album, the band hardly seems as enticing as Paul McCartney, Prince, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Bruce Springsteen, who have all performed at the show in the past.

Who wants some breaking news? Who wants to know who is performing at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7 in Miami? Who wants me to shut up and just get to it already? Well, if you haven’t figured it out by now, according to a source, The Who will take the stage during the NFL’s championship game. Reached for comment, an NFL spokesperson said, “When we have something to announce, we’ll announce it.”

I don’t doubt that The Who will play their hearts out, but acts like Kanye West, Jay-Z, Weezer, and Neil Young are all better choices.

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