US snowboarding is back on the East coast and hitting up Jersey, as Mountain Creek, located in Vernon, New Jersey prepares to host the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix finals, February 5
Legendary for their relentless touring, Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons will play a two-night stand in Ensenada, Mexico on December 30th & 31st. Before that, they will play San Diego for two nights. They are scheduled to perform December 27 at Blind Melons and on December 28 at Winston’s.
The countdown to 2004 will commence in Mexico with Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons playing a sure to be epic set into the New Year’s Eve twilight.
Dextor Grove will be opening all shows
For more details please visit: http://www.jerryjoseph.com.
Phish rhythm guitarist Jeff Holdsworth, who left the band in 1986, rejoined the band once again last night at the Pepsi Arena in Albany, NY. In the second set, he took the stage to perform his own songs, “Camel Walk” and “Possum,” the Phish classic, “Run Like An Antelope” and longtime covers of The Hollies “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress,” and an encore of Hendrix’s “Fire.”
Twenty years ago (12/2/83), Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman, Trey Anastasio and Holdsworth peformed under the moniker, “Blackwood Convention.” Celebrating the 20th anniversary as a touring band and their first Boston show in 7 years, Phish plays tonight at the Fleetcenter.
Source Phish.com.
Stephen King was expected to remain in a Maine hospital on Thanksgiving as he recovers from pneumonia, a spokesman said.
Bangor Daily News reports there appears to be a connection between the pneumonia and a 1999 accident in which King was struck by a van and nearly killed while walking near his summer home. He suffered a punctured lung and a broken leg, hip and ribs in the accident.
The puncture resulted in a “fair amount” of scar tissue in King’s lungs, creating what doctors see as a vulnerability to ailments such as pneumonia, Silver said.
The best-selling author had been diagnosed with pneumonia in his right lung before a recent trip to New York to receive an honorary National Book Award for lifetime achievement. His condition worsened when he returned to Maine and the pneumonia spread to the other lung, Silver said.
King checked into the hospital Sunday. He underwent a procedure on Tuesday to remove fluid and scar tissue from the right lung, Silver said.
Source yahoo.com.
Fans of the late Johnny Cash have a lot to keep them occupied: A box set being released Tuesday contains a staggering 64 never-heard-before recordings.
The five-disc box, “Unearthed,” is all material recorded during the last decade, during Cash’s fruitful partnership with Rick Rubin, who had been known best as a rap and rock producer.
Cash died September 12 at age 71 of complications from diabetes.
“It seems like a nice punctuation,” Rubin said. “It seems like a bookend with the beginning of his career and the Sun [Records] work. It’s a beautiful way to sum things up.”
The set includes a duet with the late Joe Strummer on Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song,” and collaborations with Fiona Apple, Nick Cave, Carl Perkins and Glen Campbell. Cash tackles two Neil Young songs, “Heart of Gold” and “Pocahontas,” as well as material by Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Steve Earle, Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry and Willie Nelson.
Source cnn.com.
The Rolling Stones’ 2002-03 Licks world tour posted the second-highest gross ever, Billboard Bulletin reports. The tour grossed nearly $300 million and played to more than 3.4 million people, putting it behind only their own marathon Voodoo Lounge stadium tour, which grossed $320 million in 1994-95.
For Licks, the Stones played stadiums, arenas and theaters — sometimes all three in the same market — and filled venues to 99% capacity over 116 dates. Billed as the band’s 40th-anniversary tour, Licks began Sept. 3, 2002, in Boston, and ended Oct. 2 in Zurich.
Source Billboard.com.
Rock duo Ween will release a new live disc exclusively through its official Web site, via its own Chocodog Records. The site will begin accepting pre-orders for the release — documenting an “All Request” concert the band played in July — on Dec. 1, marking the third straight year the band has made a live album available to fans during the holiday season.
The show, performed live on Weenradio.com, featured a set list entirely chosen by fans through voting on the band’s Web site. It includes such rare cuts as “Pollo Asado,” “Demon Sweat” and all five installments of the group’s “The Stallion” song cycle.
As previously reported, Ween kicks off a European tour Thursday (Nov. 27) in Stockholm. Fresh off the August release of its seventh studio album, “Quebec” (Sanctuary), which debuted at a career-best No. 81 on The Billboard 200, the band is also hoping to turn a recording of a recent three-night stand at Chicago’s Vic Theatre into a live DVD.
Source Billboard.com.
Releasing their fourth film in only two years, The String Cheese Incident finally decided to put the shtick aside and simply issue their first uninterrupted, full-length live concert. Recorded during their annual Winter Carnival tour – consistently known for first set sit-ins and second set monsters – this particular selection is the final night of a three-show run at Denver
Quite possibly the best three Phish shows since their return to the stage are now officially available on CD. Although already available as downloads on www.LivePhish.com, these new releases are packaged in a jewel case. There is no standard ShowCase sleeve accompanying the release. All customers who purchase all three new Live Phish 2003 releases are automatically entered into the Live Phish Preorder Contest.
LIVE PHISH 02.28.03 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
LIVE PHISH 07.15.03 USANA Ampitheatre, West Valley City, Utah LIVE PHISH 07.29.03 Post Gazette Pavilion, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
Source Phish.com.
X2 is one of those sequels that truly outdoes the original. With the addition of prolific new characters, a fast-paced plot that focuses on action without detracting from the characters and some of the most impressive special effects to date, X2 makes the original look like a mere introduction. Look out Spiderman, the X-Men are taking over.
