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Big Star Studded Line-Up For JIMMY BUFFETT Tribute In HOLLYWOOD Next Month

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Legendary American singer-songwriter JIMMY BUFFETT passed away
last September at the age of 76. He was known for his tropical rock sound
and flamboyant personality, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as
island escapism and promoted enjoying life and following passions.

He released 32 albums, with Equal Strain on All Parts
as his final one, it came out 2 months after his death.

On April 11, a massive tribute event will be held at the
Hollywood Bowl featuring multiple big pop & rock stars.

R.I.P.

Bio – Discography

New ‘BEST OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’ Album Lands On April 19

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4 March 2024

BEST OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is a collection of songs spanning The Boss‘ 50-year recording career, from 1973’s Greeting from Asbury Park, NJ to 2020’s Letter To You.

It’s slated for release on April 19. More info here.

Tracklist

Growin’ Up
Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
Born To Run
Thunder Road
Badlands
Hungry Heart
Atlantic City
Dancing in the Dark
Born in the U.S.A
Brilliant Disguise
Human Touch
Streets of Philadelphia
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Secret Garden
The Rising
Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Hello Sunshine
Letter To You

Springsteen Website

BEYONCE Is The First Black Woman With a Number 1 Country Single In The US – ‘TEXAS HOLD ‘EM’

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23 February 2024

Last week at the Super Bowl game a Beyoncé commercial was screened announcing
her new album Act II, the sequel to her 2022 album Renaissance. It’s out on March 29.

The following day she released two tracks off it. One of them titled TEXAS HOLD ‘EM
is a tremendously catching country tune, including vintage banjo play, embedded in
a Beyoncé dance sauce.

A couple of days ago the news came that the track (already more than 50 million
streams on Spotify) hit the top of the US Country Singles Chart. The first ever
country No 1 for a black woman artist. Go, go, go, Beyoncé.

Beyoncé: Instagram

RECORD STORE DAY 20 April 2024 – All Special Releases

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16 February 2024

This years RECORD STORE DAY stages its 17th edition (damn, time flies supersonically).
As all music junkies know RSD celebrates independent record stores around the world.

That day you can buy special vinyl releases (most of them have a limited edition) from a loooooong list of artists/bands such as 10000 Maniacs, Tricky, Alex Chilton, The 1975, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Blur, The Beat, The Doors, Billy Bragg, Black Sabbath, Lily Allen, Gorillaz, De La Soul, Def Leppard, Elton John, Paramore and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, also a ton of releases of lesser-known names.

FULL LIST HERE

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE – New Album ‘FU##IN’ UP’ In April And North American Tour

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15 February 2024


Photo by Joey Martinez / Warner Music

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE announced a new LP, named ‘FU##IN’ UP’.
I’ll be out on Record Store Day, April 20, with a limited edition color vinyl
pressing, and a wider release on April 26. More details here.

The longplayer will contain nine songs, different
takes of old ones, from their long collaboration.

Young: “In the spirit it’s offered…made this for the Horse lovers. I can’t stop it.
The horse is runnin’. What a ride we have. I don’t want to mess with the vibe.
I am so happy to have this to share.”

Tracklist and album sleeve follow shortly.

Young and his horses will also take the road for a string of North
American shows in April and May. It’s baptized Love Earth Tour.

Apr 24 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Apr 25 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
Apr 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
May 01 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
May 02 – Dallas, TX – Dos Equis Pavilion
May 05 – Huntsville, AL – Orion Amphitheater
May 07 – Atlanta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
May 08 – Franklin, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater
May 11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
May 12 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
May 14 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
May 17 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
May 18 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater
May 20 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
May 22 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
May 23 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island

ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME 2024 – NOMINEES

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11 February 2024

Only artists can be nominated 25 years after their first musical release.
Five to seven of the nominees will enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The results will be announced in April, with an induction ceremony in
Cleveland in the fall.

15 NOMINEES

– Mary J. Blige
– Mariah Carey
– Cher
– Dave Matthews Band
– Eric B. & Rakim
– Foreigner
– Peter Frampton
– Jane’s Addiction
– Kool & the Gang
– Lenny Kravitz
– Oasis
– Sinéad O’Connor
– Ozzy Osbourne
– Sade
– A Tribe Called Quest

TUTV’s top three to be selected.

OASIS

SINEAD O’CONNOR

OZZY OSBORNE

NICK CAVE And WARREN ELLIS Score Soundtrack For AMY WINEHOUSE Biopic ‘BACK TO BLACK’

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8 February 2024

BACK TO BLACK (named after her 2nd and final album, released in 2006)
chronicles the life and music of the late British songstress with the golden
voice AMY WINEHOUSE, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood
and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.

The biopic will be in the UK cinemas on 12 April and on 10 May in the US.

Trailer

The studios behind the movie now revealed that the super duo of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis composed the soundtrack.

Sam Taylor-Johnson (director of the movie, in the middle of the photo below): “Nick and Warren were the only musicians in my mind to score Back To Black. Over the years I’ve listened to everything they’ve composed and longed to realize the dream of working together.  Their sensibility as well as understanding of this story has led to a profoundly deep and moving film score.”


Photo via StudioCanal

JOHNNY MARR Responds To DONALD TRUMP Playing THE SMITHS Song At Rally

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Former POTUS Trump included The Smiths’ 1984 classic (more than
223 million streams on Spotify) Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
on his playlist at his rally in New Hampshire last Monday.


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Although sources say that he played the song before at rallies, only now former
Smiths‘ guitar hero Johnny Marr got notified for the first time of what happened.

This is his response.

“Ahh …right …OK. I never in a million years would’ve thought this
could come to pass. Consider this shit shut right down, right now.”

Donald Duck Trump should play the old Pointer Sisters hit instead.

NEIL YOUNG And CRAZY HORSE – ‘DUME’ Album Gets A Vinyl Release On Feb 23

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17 January 2024

In the mid-’70s, Neil Young, his band Crazy Horse and producer David Briggs
stayed at the Point Dume area of Malibu to record the album Zuma, named after
the beach they lived near and had wide-open sessions.

Eight songs didn’t end up on the Zuma LP.

As part of Young’s Archives Vol II box set in 2020, a CD was included, titled
DUME featuring 7 Zuma tracks and 9 from those recording sessions and
previously unreleased.

Dume will now be released on vinyl (2 LPs) on February 23.

Pre-order details right here.

Neil Young: Archives