As one of the world’s most recognized poets, Saul Williams has proven himself deft in the spoken word. With his self titled second album, Williams explores a new sound, one he’s proud to tag as “industrial punk hop.”
The most successful tour of 2003 is coming to CD. The Rolling Stones’ 40 Licks outing will be preserved as a two-disc CD package and will feature recordings of guest appearances by Sheryl Crow and Solomon Burke. “Live Licks,” due Nov. 2 in North America via Virgin, will also include 11 songs never before released on any official Stones live title.
From its start in September 2002, the 40 Licks tour grossed nearly $300 million as it played to more than 3.4 million people across 113 shows, as reported to Billboard Boxscore. The tour, which played stadiums, arenas and small theaters around the world, is the second highest-grossing ever, behind only the band’s Voodoo Lounge stadium tour, which grossed $320 million in 1994-95.
Crow opened for the Stones on several of the tour’s North American dates, and frequently appeared on stage to duet with Mick Jagger on “Honky Tonk Women” (included here) and “Wild Horses.” Burke, meanwhile, joined the band onstage in Los Angeles to perform his own “Everybody Needs Somebody To Love,” which closes out the second “Live Licks” disc.
The rest of the collection is split between favorites and relative obscurities. Among the better known tracks are “Brown Sugar,” “Paint It Black,” “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” “Angie” and “Start Me Up.” A pledge to dig deeper into the band’s vast catalog while on the road turned out such songs as “Rocks Off,” “When The Whip Comes Down” and “Worried About You.” There are also a handful of covers, including a version of Hoagy Carmichael’s “The Nearness of You” led by guitarist Keith Richards.
The 40 Licks tour, which included a January 2003 live HBO concert broadcast from New York’s Madison Square Garden, came in conjunction with the 40-track retrospective, “40 Licks.” The Virgin collection featured four new songs and debuted at No. 1 on The Billboard 200. It has sold 2.35 million copies in the Unites States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Here is the “Live Licks” track list:
Disc one:
“Brown Sugar”
“Street Fighting Man”
“Paint It, Black”
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want”
“Start Me Up”
“It’s Only Rock n’ Roll”
“Angie”
“Honky Tonk Women” featuring Sheryl Crow
“Happy”
“Gimme Shelter”
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
Disc two:
“Neighbours”
“Monkey Man”
“Rocks Off”
“Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”
“That’s How Strong My Love Is”
“The Nearness of You”
“Beast Of Burden”
“When the Whip Comes Down”
“Rock Me, Baby”
“You Don’t Have To Mean It”
“Worried About You”
“Everybody Needs Somebody To Love” featuring Solomon Burke
Source billboard.com.
Unreleased tracks by the late Joe Strummer, Rancid and others fill out the ranks of the latest “cheapo” compilation from the independent Hellcat Records label. “Give ‘Em the Boot IV” boasts 26 tracks, nine of which are previously unissued.
Strummer is represented by a live version of “Junco Partner” recorded with his band, the Mescaleros, at London’s Brixton Academy. Strummer originally covered the classic track with the Clash on the band’s landmark 1980 set “Sandinista!” (Epic).
Rancid adds “Killing Zone” to the set, while other unreleased cuts come from Dropkick Murphys (Woody Guthrie’s “I’m Shipping Up to Boston”), the Slackers (“Propaganda”), F-Minus (“Caught In Between”), Die Hunns (“Marshall Law”) and the Unseen (“Waste of Time”). Additionally, Nekromantix’s cover of Rancid’s “Dead Bodies” and a remix of the Transplants’ “Romper Stomper” round out the previously unheard gems on “Give ‘Em the Boot IV.”
Also included on the set are tracks by Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen and his side project, the Bastards, Mercy Killers, the Aggrolites, HorrorPops, Rezurex, South Central Riot Squad, Tiger Army and more.
In 2002, the third volume of the “Give ‘Em the Boot” series bowed at No. 9 on Billboard’s Top Independent Album chart. The first reached No. 183 on The Billboard 200 in 1997.
Here is the “Give ‘Em the Boot IV” track list:
“Killing Zone,” Rancid
“Dirty Reggae,” the Aggrolites
“Atomic,” Tiger Army
“Propaganda,” the Slackers
“Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill,” Roger Miret and the Disasters
“Lost Paradise,” U.S. Roughnecks
“Caught In Between,” F-Minus
“Marshall Law,” Die Hunns
“I’m Shipping Up To Boston,” Dropkick Murphys
“1%,” Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
“That’s What I Know,” Brain Failure
“Let There Be Peace,” Chris Murray
“Dead Bodies,” Nekromantix
“Romper Stomper” (remix), Transplants
“Junco Partner” (live), Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
“No Rest for the Weekend,” Orange
“Dia De Los Muertos,” Rezurex
“Waste of Time,” the Unseen
“Break Me,” Ducky Boys
“Where They Wander,” HorrorPops
“S.C Drunx,” South Central Riot Squad
“Trauma,” Mercy Killers
“Skinwalkers,” 12 Step Rebels
“Wasted Life,” the Escaped
“Rise Up,” Pressure Point
“Room To Breathe,” Westbound Train
Source billboard.com.
At the October 2nd Vote For Change tour show in Toledo, OH, Pearl Jam was joined by Neil Young and Peter Frampton. Following a set by Pearl Jam, Young
The 30th season of the PBS performance series “Austin City Limits” kicked off on October 2nd with a one-hour episode starring John Fogerty. This season will also boast episodes featuring Robert Randolph & the Family Band (Oct. 9), Damien Rice and Patty Griffin (Oct. 16), Michael McDonald and Joss Stone (Oct. 23) and Lyle Lovett and Jamie Cullum (Oct. 30).
“‘Austin City Limits’ is the source for authentic music on television,” says Terry Lickona, who produces the series for KLRU Austin and Capitol Sports & Entertainment. “This season, we’re enhancing the show by improving sound and lighting and debuting a new opening sequence with highlights from some of our best performances.”
A pair of episodes slated for later this season will stem from the now annual Austin City Limits Music Festival: Sheryl Crow and former Phish guitarist/singer Trey Anastasio. Other shows will boast reunited modern rock act the Pixies, Latin groove group Ozomatli and modern rock acts the Flaming Lips and Bright Eyes.
Source billboard.com.
Twenty years after releasing “Born in the U.S.A.,” Bruce Springsteen returned to the anti-war anthem as he and other artists kicked off a multistate tour aimed at helping oust President Bush.
Springsteen and R.E.M., both vocal critics of Bush and the war in Iraq, are the headliners for the “Vote for Change” tour, a 10-day series of shows in battleground states. Friday night’s performance at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia was one of six across Pennsylvania.
Springsteen and R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe introduced the first band, Bright Eyes, and reminded the crowd of the importance of voting November 2.
“This is a very important moment for every one of us and for our country,” Stipe said.
Springsteen opened his set with a solo version of “The Star Spangled Banner,” followed by “Born in the U.S.A.”
“I hope everybody saw the debate (Thursday) night,” Springsteen said at one point, adding that he thought Democratic candidate John Kerry did well. “We’re on a roll now.”
During R.E.M.’s hourlong set, Stipe occasionally offered political comments. Introducing a song called “Final Straw” that was released the week the United States declared war on Iraq, he said: “Did anyone watch the debates last night?” Thousands in the packed stadium cheered loudly, many raising their hands.
At the other end of the state, the Dixie Chicks and James Taylor performed in Pittsburgh. Other concerts were held in Erie, State College, Reading and Wilkes-Barre.
“I think our guy did really pretty good last night,” Taylor said of Kerry’s debate performance. He advised undecided voters to “take a real close look at both of the candidates and then vote for the smart one.”
Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines, once criticized for saying she was ashamed to share her home state of Texas with Bush, noted that a few people booed Taylor’s assessment of Kerry’s debate performance.
“We don’t feel at home unless we hear some boos, so you’re welcome,” she said.
The tour, also featuring Pearl Jam, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, John Mellencamp and others, includes 37 shows in 30 cities through October 11.
Proceeds will go to America Coming Together, or ACT, a group raising money for Democratic candidates. Organizers said 90 percent of the shows, including the one in Philadelphia, were sold out as of Friday.
The tour will also make stops in Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Washington, Arizona and Washington, D.C.
Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard said he wants to convince voters that the Bush administration has been reckless in its foreign policy since September 11.
“For me, personally, I very much want John Kerry to win,” Gossard said in an interview. “I think that he’s expressed an interest in re-engaging the world community and saying the last administration is not representative of the way America wants to do business with the world.”
Source CNN.com.
Deja Voodoo is a 64 box of crayons filled with only shades of blue, and Warren Haynes delivers them in a fashion no one on the scene matches. You can never go wrong with the blues.
Pearl Jam, Death Cab, Bright Eyes also donate downloads to registered voters
MustVote.com has signed up bands ranging from Radiohead to Death Cab for Cutie to donate free downloads as incentive for young people to register to vote. The non-profit aims to register 100,000 new voters between eighteen and twenty-five in the final weeks before their states’ deadlines.
Visitors are rewarded with a free song — an exclusive studio track, live performance or remix — for every person they convince to register through the Web site, with those under seventeen able to take part as well.
Other bands participating include Bright Eyes, Lisa Loeb, Talib Kweli, Cursive, the Distillers, the Faint, the Fever and Von Bondies.
Source rollingstone.com.
Ozomatli has extended their lengthy tour in support of their recent album Street Signs through December. Tour dates run from October 2nd in Tucson, AZ, hit the east coast and swing back to the west, rapping up with a two night at the Belly Up in Solona Beach, CA
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