News Round Up: Week Ending 9th September 2005
Gorillaz World Tour
Gorillaz are reportedly launching a world tour in 2007, with the band appearing onstage as holograms. Damon Albarn fuelled speculation by telling MTV Europe, “We intend to do a massive world tour with Demon Days, but I won't be involved with it. It'll be all animation and big sound systems and stuff”. The last time the band performed live they were hidden behind a screen while animated images of their characters were projected upon it. In other Gorillaz news, the band have confirmed “Dirty Harry” will be their third single.
Live 8 Concert Set For DVD
A four-disc DVD of July’s Live 8 event will be released on November 6. The set will contain three discs of live footage taken from the Live 8 shows staged in London and Philadelphia, as well as key highlights from the seven other events staged across the world. Every artist who performed at London's Hyde Park and Philadelphia's Museum Of Art appear on the DVD, many of them with their full sets. Artists who perform on the DVD include Paul McCartney with U2, Pink Floyd, Robbie Williams, Madonna, The Killers Joss Stone, Stevie Wonder, Brian Wilson, Neil Young and Australia’s only contributor, Jet. "I hope this will be the biggest selling DVD of all time”, says Live 8 organiser Bob Geldof. "It will help us achieve our goal of changing the lives of the extreme poor for the better and making our generation the one that helped end the disgrace of poverty”.
Rocket Head Back To The Crypt
San Diego garage rock veterans Rocket From The Crypt are calling it a day after 16 years with a farewell performance at the Westin Horton Plaza Grand Ballroom, San Diego on Halloween. "After 16 years of scars and ear damage all in the name of spreading goodwill and the Rock N Roll doctrine, we will take the stage for the last time on our favorite day of the year," reads a statement on the band's website. "We know that it is very difficult for those around the world to be with us for this celebration, but we invite all that have been a part of this awesome ride to come out one more time and give it up for the band."
Pet Shop Boys Score Movie Classic
The Pet Shop Boys new album, set for release this month, is an updated soundtrack to Sergei Eisenstein's classic 1925 silent film The Battleship Potemkin. The film documents a crew uprising that occurred on a Russian naval ship in 1905. The Pet Shop Boys are currently touring the album in Germany with the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, where they perform the soundtrack against a backdrop of the film. The PSB’s decision to compose the soundtrack honours the last wishes of the film’s director, who requested the soundtrack be updated for each new generation.
Thin skinned Coldplay
Coldplay, who've announced they are to tour Australia next year, have revealed to the New York Post that they take criticism personally. Although their current album X&Y is the band’s most commercially successful album – and has been generally well reviewed – it seems that’s not enough to insulate them from the sting of the critic’s poison pen. A scathing review by the New York Times Jon Pareles, in particular, seems to have riled singer-songwriter Chris Martin. In the review, Pareles labelled Coldplay “the most insufferable band of the decade”, a critique Martin described as “f###ing devastating… The truth is [a bad review] really does affect us”, adding it “knocked us sideways”. At least there’s a sturdy column of cash they can lean against.
Elton John’s Sitcom!
Elton John – who currently has his co-written musical Billy Elliot playing in London’s West End – is one busy man. He’s reportedly developing a sitcom with Sex & The City writer Cindy Chupak based around his youthful adventures with Mick Jagger, Rod Stewart and David Bowie, and has begun work on a new studio album with long time writing partner, Bernie Taupin. The album, set for release in 2007, will be a sequel to 1975’s Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. The album will document the events of the album’s characters over the last 30 years. Speaking with Billboard, John said of his enduring partnership with Taupin, " One of the things I'm most proud of in my life is the relationship I've had with Bernie."
Roger Daltrey’s Boy Band Duet
The Who’s Roger Daltrey has some words for critics who’ve attacked his re-recording of the band’s 1965 anthem “My Generation” with UK Mc-Boy band McFly. "I'm just fed up of the snobbishness in the music business,” said Daltrey, who went on to label his own band as a one-time teen act. “We were a boyband. A rough boyband, but nevertheless a teeny-bop boyband. Music takes all sorts. I'm not a snob about it."
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