The way we Listen

As long as big concerts will be held, ebay ticket sellers will continue to get their share… During these days, tickets for AC/DC reunion concerts are being sold throughout Europe… The whole set of ticket for each concert is always gone in less than an hour… Minutes later, some of these tickets are back on the net, on Ebay with prices twice or three times higher!

How can we stop this madness? It seems that no one has a bit of a solution. I can’t even imagine what it will be like when they will announce the next U2 tour, probably in 2009. Ticketing websites and managers must find how to counter this phenomenon… and to avoid unscrupulous selles to make profits out of almost half of live tickets.

The news has just been posted on Genesis official website. The DVD capturing the 2007 reunion tour of the band is coming out on May 26th, 2008 !

So watch out and be ready to buy your copy of this treasure.

This time it ain’t no joke!  … The possibility was very high, it is now official: hard rock band Velvet Revolver have parted ways with singer Scott Weiland. The band announced the ousting of the singer on its official website, calling into question its commitment with the fans and his erratic behavior on stage.
Just to remember, Velvet Revolver is a band formed by former members of Guns N ‘Roses Duff McKagan (bass), Matt Sorum (drums) and Slash (lead guitar), along with Dave Kushner on rhythm guitar. The band is being regarded as the real musical continuation of GNR, as only Axl Rose is left in the original band… and the new album is being waited… for ten years now!
Velvet Revolver have released two albums since their creation in 2002. To give you a preview, here are two of their best songs:

Fall to pieces (Live 8, 2005) :

Slither :

Since a few days, just after the end of their European tour, the band is left without lead singer. However, Slash is convinced that the group will continue to move forward. With Sebastian Bach? Skid Row’s former singer was already on the run to become the voice of the band in the first place…
Weiland, in his rather vigorous response to Slash about his firing, even encourage them to engage the canadian rock singer. To be continued …

Well that’s great news ! QueenOnline.com just announced that the new form of the band starring Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers will release a new album September 1st, 2008. This is the first album with brand new material since Made in Heaven in 1995. The title is to be announced in a few weeks.

The other great news is that Queen + Paul Rodgers is heading to a new world tour in support of this new album!

Here are the dates of the European Leg :

EUROPE LEG 1:

RUSSIA
Tuesday 16 September : Moscow - SCO Olympic Arena
Wednesday 17 September : Moscow - SCO Olympic Arena

POLAND
Saturday 20 September : Gdansk - Shipyard

GERMANY (1)
Sunday 21 September : Berlin - Velodrom

BELGIUM
Tuesday 23 September : Antwerp - Sportspaleis

FRANCE
Wednesday 24 September : Paris - Bercy

ITALY
Friday 26 September : Rome - Palalottomatica
Sunday 28 September : Verona - Arena

SWITZERLAND
Monday 29 September : Zurich - Hallenstadion

GERMANY (2)
Wednesday 1 October : Munich - Olympiahalle
Thursday 2 October : Mannheim - SAP Arena
Saturday 4 October : Hannover - TUI Arena
Sunday 5 October : Hamburg - Color Line Arena

NETHERLANDS
Tuesday 7 October : Rotterdam - Ahoy

UK
Friday 10 October : Nottingham - Arena
Saturday 11 October : Glasgow - SE&CC
Monday 13 October : London - 02 
Tuesday 14 October : Cardiff - Arena
Thursday 16 October : Birmingham - NIA
Saturday 18 October : Liverpool - Arena

SPAIN
Wednesday 22 October : Barcelona - Palau Sant Jordi
Friday 24 October : Murcia - Estadio Municipal
Saturday 25 October : Madrid - Palacio de Deportes

HUNGARY
Tuesday 28 October : Budapest - Sportarena,

SERBIA
Wednesday 29 October : Belgrade - Arena

CZECH REPUBLIC
Friday 31 October : Prague - 02 Arena

AUSTRIA
Saturday 1 November : Vienna - Stadthalle

I’m definitely going! What about you?

Here are the rock winners for the 2008 Grammy Awards, that took place Sunday, February 10. Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen is the major rock winner of this evening, with a total of 3 awards.The Foo Fighters, who were nominated in 5 categories, including Song and Album of the Year, only got 2.

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance
Bruce Springsteen - “Radio Nowhere”

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
The White Stripes - “Icky Thump”

Best Hard Rock Performance
Foo Fighters - “The Pretender”

Best Metal Performance
Slayer - “Final Six”

Best Rock Song
Bruce Springsteen - “Radio Nowhere”

Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Bruce Springsteen - “Once Upon A Time In The West” (from We All Love Ennio Morricone)

Best Rock Album
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Best Alternative Music Album
The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
Maroon 5 - “Makes Me Wonder”

In other categories, pop singer Amy Winehouse is the big winner of the night with 5 grammies, including  3 major categories (Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best New Artist). The Album of the Year award goes to a Jazz artist Herbie Hancock. Full winners list here.

The final countdown begins! Bono, in a recent interview for an italian magazine, stated that the album will be ready by the end of the summer. And a possible release date would be October 11th 2008.

Read the full “U2 new album” retrospective here.

More news to come…