Jimmy Chamberlin is behind his drum kit again. For this rock veteran, this is far from exotic territory. It was Chamberlin after all who laid the beats down for some of the 90
BROTHERS PAST has their vision focused firmly towards the future, announcing an extremely active 2005 that includes a new full-length studio release entitled This Feeling
Glastonbury, Britain’s biggest open-air rock festival, is to take a year off in 2006 to give a rest to both the long-suffering villagers and organizer Michael Eavis’ cows. The festival renowned for mud and merriment in the genteel countryside of the west country has been held at Eavis’ farm since 1970.
“It’s a good chance for the cows, the farm, the farm workers and the villagers to recover,” Eavis said. “It’s been tough on the cows. This will be like a fallow year in farming terms.”
When Glastonbury was first held on Eavis’ farm near Pilton in Somerset, about 1,500 hippies paid one pound each to hear a handful of bands, including Marc Bolan’s T-Rex.
From small beginnings, the event expanded rapidly, but as the festival grew in popularity, so did the problems. Villagers were soon complaining that their tranquil corner of England had been hit by vandalism, theft, litter and deafening noise.
The festival was cancelled in 2001 after crime and crowd-control problems a year earlier. It was reinstated in 2002 with tightened security, including a giant “super-fence” and relations with the locals have improved markedly.
Eavis had additional good news to offer 150,000 fans that pour into the site every year for three days of rock’n’roll excess — he has found a spring on the farm that will supply enough water to quench thirsts and clean mud-spattered bodies.
But he insisted: “The mud really only arrives once in every five years. We would like to coincide our next year off with a wet year.”
Glastonbury 2004 was headlined by Oasis, Muse and former Beatle Paul McCartney. Eavis declined to say who will headline this year’s festival, to be held June 24-26, although he says the main acts are all confirmed.
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The revival of Brian Wilson’s long dormant “Smile” album will be the subject of an all-star panel discussion at this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. Wilson will be on hand for the March 18 panel in Austin, Texas, alongside longtime lyricist Van Dyke Parks, producer Mark Linette and author David Leaf.
Leading the list of newly confirmed acts is Elvis Costello, who will be making his first appearance at South by Southwest. Also new to the lineup are Ambulance Ltd, Lou Barlow, the Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Bloc Party, Vic Chesnutt, the Dears, the Donnas, Kathleen Edwards, Hot Hot Heat, Isis, Kings Of Convenience, Ulrich Schnauss, Magnolia Electric Co., Sleater Kinney, Nada Surf and Stephen Malkmus.
They join previously confirmed artists such as Robert Plant, Doves, Beth Orton, Fatboy Slim, Mavis Staples and Billy Idol.
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Tennessee-based rock act Kings Of Leon will hit the road in North America later this month in support of its sophomore album, “Aha Shake Heartbreak.” Already out in the United Kingdom, the RCA set is due Feb. 22 in the United States.
As previously reported, the band will be in Park City, Utah, on Friday (Jan. 21) playing an ASCAP-sponsored showcase at the Sundance Film Festival. A handful of other West Coast dates will follow before the band heads to Japan for the Sonicmania Festival, which will also feature Good Charlotte, Marilyn Manson, the Mars Volta and Dogs Die In Hot Cars, among others.
On the day of and the day after the set’s release, Kings Of Leon will be in New York to play the city’s Irving Plaza and Webster Hall, respectively. Eastern and Midwest U.S. dates follow, with a sole Canadian stop March 2 in Toronto.
Here are Kings Of Leon’s tour dates:
Jan. 21: Park City, Utah (Harry O’s)
Jan. 25: Seattle (Neumo’s)
Jan. 26: Portland, Ore. (Aladdin Theater)
Jan. 28: San Francisco (Slim’s)
Feb. 5: Tokyo (Makuhari Messe)
Feb. 6: Osaka, Japan (Intex)
Feb. 17-18: Nashville (Exit/In)
Feb. 22: New York (Irving Plaza)
Feb. 23: New York (Webster Hall)
Feb. 25: Philadelphia (Theatre Of Living Arts)
Feb. 26: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Feb. 27: Boston (Paradise Rock Club)
March 2: Toronto (Opera House)
March 3: Chicago (Metro)
March 5: Minneapolis (Fine Line Music Cafe)
March 8: St. Louis (Mississippi Nights)
March 12: Austin, Texas (La Zona Rosa)
March 13: Dallas (Gypsy Tea Room)
March 17: New Orleans (House Of Blues)
March 18: Atlanta (Coca Cola Roxy Theatre)
March 19: Birmingham, Ala. (Workplay Theatre)
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Many doubted that the potentially combustible combination of Scott Weiland and former members of Guns N’ Roses could last more than one album, but Velvet Revolver are hoping to have the last laugh. Guitarist Slash says that, after a worldwide tour, the supergroup plans to get cracking on its second record in the fall.
“As soon as we get off the road, we want to start getting the next record done and get it out,” he says. “We don’t want to lose momentum.”
The group already has plenty of material to follow up its 2004 chart-topping debut, Contraband. “We’ve got tapes and tapes of stuff that we’ve been writing at soundcheck,” Slash says. “There should be more than an album’s worth of material. And then there’s all the stuff we wrote before we did the first record that we never really touched.”
Slash also thinks that, with the orientation phase of the band over, their sophomore effort should come together more easily. “When we did this first record, it was like a bunch of kids in a sandbox all thrown in at one time,” he says. “Now we’ve managed to play together as a band, grow as a band and get to know each other as a band.”
Velvet Revolver’s U.S. tour dates:
3/24: Centennial Gardens, Bakersfield, CA
3/25: Compaq/Bill Graham Civic Center, San Francisco
3/26: Forum, Los Angeles
3/28: Cox Arena, San Diego
3/29: America West, Phoenix
3/31: TBA, Las Cruces, NM
4/1: American Airlines Arena, Dallas
4/2: Reliant Arena, Houston
4/4: UNO Arena, New Orleans,br> 4/7: American Airlines Arena, Miami
4/8: TD Waterhouse, Tampa
4/9: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville
4/11: Gwinett Center, Atlanta
4/12: Cricket Arena, Charlotte, NC
4/14: Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, VA
4/15: Patriot Center, Washington, D.C.
4/16: TBA, New York City
4/18: Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY
4/19: Cobo/Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit
4/21: Savvis Center, St. Louis
4/22: US Cellular, Milwaukee, WI
4/23: Target, Minneapolis, MN
4/25: Magness/Pepsi Center, Denver
4/26: E Center, Salt Lake City, UT
4/29: Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC
4/30: Key Arena/Everette Arena, Seattle, WA
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The Offspring is the latest act to sign on for the 2005 Vans Warped Tour. Beyond the California rock act, which is making its first Warped appearance, the 11th annual trek will also feature the Transplants, Thrice, My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy. Dates and venues will be unveiled next month.
It is unknown if the Offspring will be touring in support of a new studio album. The group’s most recent was 2003’s “Conspiracy of One,” which debuted at No. 9 on The Billboard 200.
Warped, which claims to be the longest-running music and extreme sports festival in the world, celebrated its most successful year in 2004. Attendance was 652,000, up 26% from 2003.
“We’ve learned not to mess with the brand too much,” tour founder Kevin Lyman said in October at the What Teens Want Conference in Los Angeles. “The formula when we started was to have a backyard party, and that’s what this tour is all about. After 10 years we’ve kept that same atmosphere.”
Lyman said the 2005 tour will include a Samsung-sponsored Adult Day Care area, where kids can drop off parents and have fun on their own. But he notes he has also added a stroller section.
The goal for this year, he said, is to expand the appeal to the third generation. “Live touring and events are in a bad state right now. If we can get 11-year-olds in the trend of going to shows, we’ll be in better shape in the future.”
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A previously uncirculated tape of a pre-fame Bob Dylan performing folk songs in a Minneapolis apartment has been donated to the Minnesota Historical Society Library. The recordings have been in the possession of Minneapolis resident Cleve Pettersen since 1960.
At the time, Pettersen was a teenager who frequented the coffeehouses in Minneapolis’ Dinkytown neighborhood, which brought him into contact with the fledgling Dylan. Dylan later agreed to perform some tunes for posterity after Pettersen purchased a reel-to-reel tape recorder.
Taped in an apartment on Minneapolis’ 15th Ave. S.E., the recordings feature Dylan performing “Blues Yodel No. 8,” “Come See Jerusalem,” “San Francisco Bay Blues,” “I’m a Gambler,” “Talkin’ Merchant Marine,” “Talkin’ Hugh Brown,” “Talkin’ Lobbyist,” “Red Rosey Bush,” “Johnny I Hardly Knew You,” “Jesus Christ,” “Streets of Glory” and “K.C. Moan.”
Interested parties can listen to the recordings at the library but are not permitted to make copies.
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