Friday’s Leftovers: The Musical Disabled List

This edition of Leftovers reads more like an NFL injury report, but rumors were flying yesterday that Led Zeppelin would cancel their upcoming reunion gig. So we were a bit relieved to see that the show will go on albeit two weeks later than originally planned. Guitarist Jimmy Page fractured his finger last week, leading the band to delay the Ahmet Ertegun tribute until December 10th.

Illness has also befallen an unnamed member of The Decemberists, which have just cancelled their fall tour after only two gigs. Rock bands are gonna start hiring trainers if this keeps up. Alright, so what else is out there today?

You can now pre-order the limited edition book Pearl Jam vs. The Ames Brothers: 13 Years of Tour Posters
Ryan Adams just played the music on Halloween
Darryl from The Office sang Radiohead’s Creep with The Scrantones
Zion Godchaux continues to impress with his jamtronica band Boombox
Sufjan Stevens debuted his BQE epic at BAM last night; and Vulture names the Lamest Pop-Classical Crossovers in Music History
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler gets hit in the face by a bottle in Nottingham
Cream’s Disraeli Gears turns 40 this month
Our buddy Ted Rockwell celebrates The Duo’s return to The Fox
The Ramones former manager was viciously murdered in her apartment
Battles weds sci-fi electro and brutal punk into a new brand of prog rock
IckMusic profiles the zany March Forth Marching Band
This review of Ween’s La Cucharacha could be MTV.com’s best ever post

Finally, I saw The Police on Halloween, and Andy Summers was nowhere near as impressive on guitar as he was when I saw them in August. Summers needs to be on his game for that band to thrive, so perhaps he should put the photography exhibits and documentaries on hold before Sting loses interest.