In 1998, Dave Stewart performed on TFI Friday doing a medley of Eurythmics songs. As backup signers for Stewart’s performance, Natalie Imbruglia, Sinead O’Connor, and Kylie Minogue came in disguise in wigs and evening gowns, and instructed the show’s presenter, Chris Evans, to introduce them as “The Tart, The Drunk, and The Unfit Mother.” Sinead was in red dress with a black wig as the Unfit Mother, with Natalie Imbruglia as the tart, Kylie Minogue, the drunk.
Mac Lethal Raps A Tongue Twister Rap Featuring Every Letter of the Alphabet
I annihilate the alphabet
I’m acting like an alien
Abusive with abilities
Acrobatic agility
An argyle alligator with aluminum axles
Ate all of Amy Adams Adam’s apple like an apple…
My Next Read: “Rememberings: Scenes from My Complicated Life” by Sinead O’Connor
From the acclaimed, controversial singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor comes a revelatory memoir of her fraught childhood, musical triumphs, fearless activism, and of the enduring power of song.
Blessed with a singular voice and a fiery temperament, Sinéad O’Connor rose to massive fame in the late 1980s and 1990s with a string of gold records. By the time she was twenty, she was world famous—living a rock star life out loud. From her trademark shaved head to her 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live when she tore up Pope John Paul II’s photograph, Sinéad has fascinated and outraged millions.
In Rememberings, O’Connor recounts her painful tale of growing up in Dublin in a dysfunctional, abusive household. Inspired by a brother’s Bob Dylan records, she escaped into music. She relates her early forays with local Irish bands; we see Sinéad completing her first album while eight months pregnant, hanging with Rastas in the East Village, and soaring to unimaginable popularity with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2U.”
Intimate, replete with candid anecdotes and told in a singular form true to her unconventional career, Sinéad’s memoir is a remarkable chronicle of an enduring and influential artist.
Frank Zappa’s Final American Show To Be Released For First Time Ever As “Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show”
Nobody knew, not even Frank Zappa, as he led his 11-strong band through a celebratory version of “America The Beautiful” to close out his show at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY on March 25, 1988, that it would be the last time he’d ever play in the United States. Days later, the ’88 band would trek to Europe for a multi-country tour, only to implode on the road before they could make it back to the States for another round of scheduled shows. Despite the growing tensions in the band, the ensemble was considered one of the best Zappa ever put together, a skilled mix of extremely talented musicians made up of both longtime members that had played with The Maestro from the early days alongside exciting new additions, bolstered by his favorite new instrument, the Synclavier. A well-oiled machine armed with an extensive 100-song repertoire, the adroit band were equally as adept at playing Zappa’s complex and challenging, genre-defying songs as they were performing classical compositions by the likes of Bartók, Ravel and Stravinsky.
On June 18, Zappa’s historic, final American show will be released for the first time as the new live album, Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show. The first posthumous archival release from the ’88 touring band, the album features 29 unreleased performances including two additional performances from the same tour: Zappa’s wild interpretations of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Whipping Post” from the March 16 show in Providence, R.I. and Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” from the March 23 Towson, Md. show. The record is also notable for containing the first official release of the much talked about “The Beatles Medley.”
Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show will be released digitally, on 2 CD or as a 4LP 180-gram vinyl box which will be available on both black vinyl or as a limited edition 180-gram purple vinyl variant, exclusively via the official Frank Zappa online store or uDiscover. Fully authorized by the Zappa Trust and produced by Ahmet Zappa and Zappa Vaultmeister Joe Travers, the recordings have been newly mixed by Craig Parker Adams in 2020 from the 48-track digital master tapes. The shows were recorded using two Sony 3324 DASH PCM 24 track tape recorders synced together using a Lynx Time Code Module, thus providing 48 track recording capabilities. The album is rounded out with detailed liner notes by Travers and Zappa ’88 drummer Chad Wackerman, who celebrated his 28th birthday on stage and is serenaded by Zappa and the crowd, as well as photos from the tour by Peder Andersson.
Pre-order for all configurations is available now and will come with a download of the first single, the previously unreleased performance of “I Ain’t Got No Heart,” available to stream now. First appearing in 1966 on Zappa’s Mothers of Invention debut album, Freak Out!, then later in 1981 with an updated faster arrangement on Tinsel Town Rebellion, the ’88 version takes the song to another level with the addition of a 5-piece horn section.
As Travers writes in the liner notes, “Start with the fulcrum of the 1981-1984 touring bands (Robert, Scott & Chad), bring back Ike Willis, add the Synclavier digital workstation, a 5-piece horn section with multi-instrumentalist Mike Keneally and you have what FZ famously described as “The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life.” While saying “never heard” might have been a bit of hyperbole, it wasn’t far off as the short-lived band (four months of rehearsal in 1987/1988, followed by a tour from February through June 1988) only played a few dozen shows on the East Coast and Europe before disbanding. Nonetheless, the shows they did play together were electrifying and a masterclass in musicianship.
With Zappa on lead guitar, vocals, and wielding his new obsession the Synclavier, he led the proceedings through a career-spanning set, backed by a stellar cast of veteran band members and newly added members: Mike Keneally (guitar, synth, vocals), Scott Thunes (electric bass, Minimoog), Ike Willis (rhythm guitar, synth, vocals), Chad Wackerman (drums, electronic percussion), Ed Mann (vibes, marimba, electronic percussion), Robert Martin (keyboards, vocals) and the cracking horn section of Walt Fowler (trumpet, flugel horn, synth), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Paul Carman (alto, soprano and baritone sax), Albert Wing (tenor sax) and Kurt McGettrick (baritone and bass sax, contrabass clarinet). The band prepped nearly 100 songs and the sets were wide ranging, spanning tunes from the first Mothers of Invention albums, but with characteristically updated and often times ever-evolving arrangements (“I Ain’t Got No Heart,” “Love Of My Life,” “Who Needs The Peace Corps?”), to new compositions created for the ’88 tour (“Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk” and “When The Lie’s So Big“) as well as classical compositions (Bartók, Ravel, Stravinsky) that Zappa liked to play to expose his audiences to music he appreciated. In addition to the inclusion of the 5-piece horn section and it being Keneally’s only tour, the concerts also included extensive use of sampling through the then current machine, the Synclavier, which Zappa took on the road for the first time, as well as percussionists Mann and Wackerman’s use of electronic sounds in their set ups.
Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show includes all of this and many more highlights such as fan favorites, “Peaches In Regalia,” “The Black Page” “Inca Roads,” “Sharleena” “Sofa #1” and “Pound For A Brown.” It also includes a horn-laden cover of The Beatles’ “I Am The Walrus,” and the first official release of the highly sought after “The Beatles Medley,” which features the band performing the music of The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood,” “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” with the lyrics completely changed to reflect the then-recent sex scandal of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. The bawdy lyrics poke fun at the hypocritical minister and was part of Zappa’s agenda to demystify televangelists.
Just how Zappa felt it was important to rail against toxically prude self-appointed culture protectors and whatever hypocrisy or hypocrite rankled him that day, he was also a motivator of positive action, passionate about causes, especially voting rights, making it his mission to get his audiences to register to vote. With a presidential election looming, Zappa offered voter registration on the tour, aided by The League of Women Voters. Fans were encouraged to vote before the show or during a special 20-minute intermission in the middle of the two-hour plus concert, which would start with Zappa triggering the Synclavier to play a piece of music. In Uniondale it was “One Man, One Vote.” Notably, the version here is a different mix than the studio version released on Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention. Zappa 88: The Last U.S. Show kicks off with Zappa extolling the importance of voting and encouraging the unregistered to sign up at the show by registering someone live on stage. It was followed by a representative from Governor Mario Cuomo’s office reading a message congratulating “Mr. Zappa for the important work you are doing encouraging your audiences and others to register and vote.”
“Sadly after the European run was over,” as Travers pens in the liners, “Frank Zappa chose to disband the group and cancel the rest of the tour, reportedly forfeiting $400,000.00 in revenue and depriving additional audiences the opportunity to witness how special this group really was. With all of the time and money spent to prepare and promote the tour, not to mention the potential within the talented band and crew, now in 2021, it’s an even more historic loss considering FZ was to never tour again.”
Fortunately, Zappa’s final U.S. show, like so many others of his, was documented and can now be experienced in its glory more than three decades later.
FRANK ZAPPA – ZAPPA ’88: THE LAST U.S. SHOW TRACKLISTING
2CD/DIGITAL
DISC 1
1. “We Are Doing Voter Registration Here”
2. The Black Page (New Age Version)
3. I Ain’t Got No Heart
4. Love Of My Life
5. Inca Roads
6. Sharleena
7. Who Needs The Peace Corps?
8. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
9. Dickie’s Such An Asshole
10. When The Lie’s So Big
11. Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk
12. Sofa #1
13. One Man, One Vote
14. Happy Birthday, Chad!
15. Packard Goose Pt. 1
16. Royal March From “L’Histoire Du Soldat”
17. Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto #3
18. Packard Goose Pt. II
19. The Torture Never Stops Pt. I
20. Theme From “Bonanza”
DISC 2
1. Lonesome Cowboy Burt
2. The Torture Never Stops Pt. II
3. City Of Tiny Lites
4. Pound For A Brown
5. The Beatles Medley
6. Peaches En Regalia
7. Stairway To Heaven
8. I Am The Walrus
9. Whipping Post
10. Bolero
11. America The Beautiful
4LP VINYL
LP1
SIDE 1
1. “We Are Doing Voter Registration Here”
2. The Black Page (New Age Version)
3. I Ain’t Got No Heart
4. Love Of My Life
SIDE 2
1. Inca Roads
2. Sharleena
3. Who Needs The Peace Corps?
4. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
LP2
SIDE 3
1. Dickie’s Such An Asshole
2. When The Lie’s So Big
3. Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk
4. Sofa #1
5. One Man, One Vote
LP2
SIDE 4
1. Happy Birthday, Chad!
2. Packard Goose Pt. I
3. Royal March From “L’Histoire Du Soldat”
4. Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto #3
5. Packard Goose Pt. II
6. The Torture Never Stops Pt. I
7. Theme From “Bonanza”
8. Lonesome Cowboy Burt
LP3
SIDE 5
1. The Torture Never Stops Pt. II
2. City Of Tiny Lites
3. Pound For A Brown PT. I
LP3
SIDE 6
1. Pound For A Brown PT. II
2. The Beatles Medley (Lennon/McCartney)
3. Peaches En Regalia
LP4
SIDE 7
1. Stairway To Heaven
2. I Am The Walrus
LP4
SIDE 8
1. Whipping Post
2. Bolero
3. America The Beautiful
Usher Adds Six Dates To Headlining Las Vegas Residency At The Colosseum At Caesars Palace
As he prepares to launch his headlining residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Friday, July 16, 2021, global megastar and eight-time GRAMMY Award-winner Usher has announced six additional dates from August 4 to 14, 2021 for his Las Vegas residency.
The multi-talented showman will give his fans an extraordinary experience that only Usher, one of the world’s best live performers, can deliver. The exclusive, only-in-Vegas spectacular will be performed in The Colosseum, an intimate 4,300-seat world-class performance venue, allowing Usher’s fans a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see him up close and personal. Promoted by Live Nation and Caesars Entertainment, the show will be packed with an impressive repertoire of smash hits spanning Usher’s 20-year career, including multiple #1 and top 10 singles, early records, more recent songs and new music.
Tickets for the new shows will go on sale to the public Thursday, April 29 at 10 a.m. PT. Fan presale tickets will be available beginning Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m. PT until Wednesday, April 28 at 10 p.m. PT.
Citi is the official presale credit card of Usher’s residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. As such, Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Saturday, April 24 at 10 a.m. PT until Wednesday, April 28 at 10 p.m. PT through Citi Entertainment®. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.
In addition, Caesars Rewards members, Caesars Entertainment’s loyalty program, as well as Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers, will have access to presales running Tuesday, April 27 at 10 a.m. PT through Wednesday, April 28 at 10 p.m. PT.
General ticket prices begin at $59, plus applicable tax and fees, and a limited number of VIP meet & greet packages are also available for each show. All tickets and packages can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com/ushervegas. All shows begin at 9 p.m.
The six new dates going on sale are:
August 2021: 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14
A limited number of tickets are available for the following 12 previously announced performances:
July 2021: 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30, 31
Dec 2021: 28, 29, 31
Jan 2022: 1
Additionally, Usher, Live Nation Las Vegas and Caesars Entertainment are donating $1 of every ticket purchased to Usher’s Las Vegas residency to Usher’s New Look, Inc. (UNL). Founded in 1999 by Usher as a young man barely out of his teens, UNL is on a mission to transform the lives of underserved youth through a comprehensive program that develops passion-driven, global leaders. UNL’s peer-to-peer program model and curriculum provides Access, Awareness and Empowerment to youth in underserved communities, in order to guide them on a pathway to leadership and help them make educational and career choices that match their passions. Over the course of 21 years, the organization has reached more than 50,000 young people.
Challenging himself creatively and testing musical boundaries are characteristics that have defined Usher’s career since he was first discovered 20 years ago on “Star Search.” Usher has been ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 65 million albums worldwide. He has won numerous awards, including eight GRAMMY® Awards, and was named the #1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade. Billboard named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade, with his career-propelling 2004 album “Confessions” being ranked as the top solo album of the 2000s decade. Usher has attained nine Hot 100 #1 hits (all as a lead artist) and 18 Hot 100 top 10 singles.
2021 continues to be a busy year for Usher with the launch of his much anticipated Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace. In the past year, Usher’s two latest singles “Don’t Waste My Time” and “Bad Habit” both hit #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. He also released “I Cry,” a powerful and emotional song about the social and racial injustices of our time. Usher is currently in the studio recording his 9th studio album which will be released in 2021.
Realizing that with success comes responsibility, Usher has also proven to be a major philanthropic force. Founded in 1999, Usher’s New Look, Inc. empowers youth from impoverished communities to become leaders. In recognition of his accomplishments, Usher has been honored by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Trumpet Foundation, Do Something, the NAACP, and as the 2010 Ford Freedom Award Scholar. Usher’s business ventures include a best-selling line of fragrances, and a business venture with RBMG (Raymond Braun Media Group).
For more information on Usher’s New look Foundation, please visit http://ushersnewlook.org. Follow Usher on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
KISS Launch New Archival Live Series With ‘KISS – Off The Soundboard: Tokyo 2001’
On June 11, rock legends KISS will launch their new official live bootleg series, KISS – Off The Soundboard, with Tokyo 2001, recorded by the band at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on March 13, 2001. This marks the first in a series of upcoming live releases through UMe and will be available as a 3-LP standard black vinyl set, a 2-CD set, digital downloads and available to stream. Off The Soundboard: Tokyo 2001 will also be available as an exclusive 3-LP set pressed on crystal clear vinyl with bone swirl via the Official KISS online store. All configurations can be pre-ordered HERE.
Tokyo has always held a special place of importance throughout the KISStory of the band and Off The Soundboard: Tokyo 2001 captures KISS giving the packed 55,000 seat venue the quintessential KISS live experience, direct from the soundboard with such classic anthems as “I Was Made for Lovin’ You,” “Heaven’s On Fire,” “Rock & Roll All Night” and the #7 1976 Billboard hit “Detroit Rock City,” as well as rarities such as “I Still Love You” from 1982’s Creatures Of The Night. The 21-track concert is a celebration of the band’s musical legacy and features co-founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, with Ace Frehley on guitar and Eric Singer on drums.
KISS are globally recognized as one of the greatest live bands of all time and are the creators of what is universally considered the best live album ever, 1975’s gold-certified and No. 9 Billboard charting Alive!. KISS – Off The Soundboard continues their storied legacy of groundbreaking live albums with a document of the spectacular, larger than life extravaganza that is a KISS concert.
Known for their trademark larger-than-life blistering performances, KISS has proven for decades why they are hands down the most iconic live show in rock n roll. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers who have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide have said this tour is devoted to the millions of KISS Army fans.
KISS – Off The Soundboard: Tokyo 2001 (2CD)
Tracklist :
CD1
1. Detroit Rock City
2. Deuce
3. Shout It Out Loud
4. Talk To Me
5. I Love It Loud
6. Firehouse
7. Do You Love Me
8. Calling Dr. Love
9. Heaven’s On Fire
10. Let Me Go Rock & Roll
11. Shock Me / Guitar Solo
12. Psycho Circus
CD2
1. Lick It Up / Bass Solo
2. God Of Thunder / Drum Solo
3. Cold Gin
4. 100,000 Years
5. Love Gun
6. I Still Love You
7. Black Diamond
8. I Was Made For Lovin’ You
9. Rock And Roll All Nite
3LP
LP1, Side A
1. Detroit Rock City
2. Deuce
3. Shout It Out Loud
4. Talk To Me
LP1, Side B
1. I Love It Loud
2. Firehouse
3. Do You Love Me
4. Calling Dr. Love
5. Heaven’s On Fire
LP2, Side A
1. Let Me Go Rock & Roll
2. Shock Me / Guitar Solo
LP2, Side B
1. Psycho Circus
2. Lick It Up / Bass Solo
3. God Of Thunder / Drum Solo
LP3, Side A
1. Cold Gin
2. 100,000 Years
3. Love Gun
LP3, Side B
1. I Still Love You
2. Black Diamond
3. I Was Made For Lovin’ You
4. Rock And Roll All Nite
Digital Tracklisting
1. Detroit Rock City
2. Deuce
3. Shout It Out Loud
4. Talk To Me
5. I Love It Loud
6. Firehouse
7. Do You Love Me
8. Calling Dr. Love
9. Heaven’s On Fire
10. Let Me Go Rock & Roll
11. Shock Me / Guitar Solo
12. Psycho Circus
13. Lick It Up / Bass Solo
14. God Of Thunder / Drum Solo
15. Cold Gin
16. 100,000 Years
17. Love Gun
18. I Still Love You
19. Black Diamond
20. I Was Made For Lovin’ You
21. Rock And Roll All Nite
Def Leppard To Release Limited Edition Box Set ‘Def Leppard – Volume Three’ On June 11, 2021
On June 11, 2021, legendary British rock ‘n’ roll icons and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductees Def Leppard will release Def Leppard – Volume Three, a new limited edition box set UMe/Virgin.
This set marks the third of four volumes of the band’s complete recorded output in both 180gm vinyl and limited-edition CD box sets. They contain all the recordings from the band in the 2000’s and features the original packaging on both formats. To date, X, Yeah! and Songs from the Sparkle Lounge have never been available on vinyl before.
The albums were mastered by Ronan McHugh and Joe Elliott at Joe’s Garage with assistance from Andy Pearce and cut by Greg Moore. Housed in rigid boxes the sets also contain a hard-backed book with rare photos by Ross Halfin and notes by Classic Rock Magazine’s Paul Elliott. Band members Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Rick Allen and Phil Collen have also contributed to the set.
Def Leppard – Volume Three features 2002’s X, which was the groups sixth consecutive Top 20 record on the Billboard 200 chart and features songs such as “Now,” “Four Letter Word” and “Long Long Way to Go”, 2006’s Yeah!, the band’s first covers album featuring a collection of the groups favorite tracks re-recorded with the iconic Leppard sound, this is the first time this album will be available on vinyl. Also Def Leppard’s tenth studio album Songs from the Sparkle Lounge, released in 2008 the record marked the bands return to their signature sound and hitting the Top 10 both sides of the Atlantic, the album included the hit single “Nine Lives” which featured GRAMMY® Award winning country legend Tim McGraw.
Also included are B-Sides, Yeah! Studio Covers and Yeah! Live. These albums have specially been compiled by Joe Elliott for this limited-edition release. B-Sides contains a rare compilation of B-sides that have never appeared on vinyl before. Yeah! Studio Covers includes some never before released on vinyl covers, Yeah! bonus disc exclusive release tracks and a compilation of the various covers recorded by the band over their career. Yeah! Live is a compilation of live recordings of covers by the band which include both tracks from 2006’s Yeah!, as well as previously unreleased live tracks from the past 30 years.
6-CD Box Set
X
- Now
- Unbelievable
- You’re So Beautiful
- Everyday
- Long, Long Way to Go
- Four Letter Word
- Torn to Shreds
- Love Don’t Lie
- Gravity
- Cry
- Girl Like You
- Let Me Be the One
- Scar
YEAH!
- 20TH Century Boy
- Rock On
- Hanging on the Telephone
- Waterloo Sunset
- Hell Raiser
- 10538 Overture
- Street Life
- Drive-In Saturday
- Little Bit of Love
- The Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
- No Matter What
- He’s Gonna Step on You Again
- Don’t Believe A Word
- Stay with Me
SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE
- Go
- Nine Lives
- C’mon C’mon
- Love
- Tomorrow
- Cruise Control
- Hallucinate
- Only the Good Die Young
- Bad Actress
- Come Undone
- Gotta Let it Go
B-SIDES
- Now – (Radio Edit) (B-Side – Now)
- Long Long Way to Go (Radio Edit) (B-Side – Long Way To Go)
- Kiss the Day (X – Japanese Bonus Track)
- 10 X Bigger Than Love (B-Side – Long Way to Go)
- Love Don’t Lie – B-Side – Now (Demo)
- Let Me Be the One – B-Side – Now (Demo)
- Gimmie A Job – B-Side – Long Long Way to Go
- Now – B-Side – Long Long Way to Go (Live Acoustic Version)
- Long Long Way to Go – Limited Edition Bonus Track (Stripped Version)
- Nine Lives – Joe Only Vocal Version
- Perfect Girl – Website Exclusive (Phil Collen Demo)
- Love – Piano Version
YEAH! STUDIO COVERS
- Only After Dark – B-Side – Let’s Get Rocked
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want – B-Side – Have You Needed Someone So Bad
- Little Wing – B-Side – Have You Needed Someone So Bad
- Ziggy Stardust – B-Side – Slang
- Under My Wheels – B-Side – Goodbye
- Who Do You Love? – B-Side – Goodbye
- Rebel Rebel – B-Side – Now
- Led Boots – B-Side – All I Want is Everything
- Cause We Ended as Lovers – B-Side – All I Want is Everything
- Search and Destroy – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- How Does it Feel – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive (iTunes Exclusive)
- Roxanne – Phil’s Demo (Previously Unreleased)
- Dear Friends – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- Winter Song – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- American Girl – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- Heartbeat – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- Space Oddity – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- When I’m Dead and Gone – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- Stay With Me – B-Side Now
YEAH! LIVE
- Elected – B-Side Heaven Is
- Action – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- No Matter What – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
- Rock On – Live 2006
- Travellin’ Band – Radio Edit (Previously Unreleased)
- Now I’m Here – B-Side Tonight
- 20th Century Boy – 2005 VH1 Rock Awards (Previously Unreleased)
- All The Young Dudes – Once Bitten Twice Shy Exclusive Track
9-LP Box Set
DISC ONE – X
SIDE ONE
Now
Unbelievable
You’re So Beautiful
Everyday
Long Long Way to Go
Four Letter Word
Torn to Shreds
SIDE TWO
Love Don’t Lie
Gravity
Cry
Girl Like You
Let Me Be the One
Scar
DISC TWO & THREE – YEAH!
SIDE ONE
20th Century Boy
Rock On
Hanging on The Telephone
Waterloo Sunset
SIDE TWO
Hell Raiser
10538 Overture
Street Life
Drive-In Saturday
SIDE THREE
Little Bit of Love
The Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
No Matter What
SIDE FOUR
He’s Gonna Step on You Again
Don’t Believe A Word
Stay with Me
DISC FOUR – SONGS FROM THE SPARKLE LOUNGE
SIDE ONE
Go
Nine Lives
C’mon C’mon
Love
Tomorrow
SIDE TWO
Cruise Control
Hallucinate
Only the Good Die Young
Bad Actress
Come Undone
Gotta Let It Go
DISC FIVE & SIX – B-SIDES
SIDE ONE
Now – (Radio Edit) (B-Side – Now)
Long Long Way to Go (Radio Edit) (B-Side – Long Way To Go)
Kiss the Day – (X – Japanese Bonus Track)
SIDE TWO
10 X Bigger Than Love (B-Side – Long Way to Go)
Love Don’t Lie – B-Side Now (Demo)
Let Me Be the One – B-Side Now (Demo)
SIDE THREE
Gimme A Job – B-Side – Long Long Way to Go
Now – B-Side – Long Long Way to Go (Live Acoustic Version)
Long Long Way to Go – Limited Edition Bonus Track (Stripped Version)
SIDE FOUR
Nine Lives – Joe Only Vocal Version
Perfect Girl – Website Exclusive (Phil Collen Demo)
Love – Piano Version
DISC SEVEN & EIGHT – YEAH! STUDIO COVERS
SIDE ONE
Only After Dark – B-Side – Let’s Get Rocked
You Can’t Always Get What You Want – B-Side Have You Needed Someone So Bad
Little Wing – B-Side Have You Needed Someone So Bad
Ziggy Stardust – B-Side – Slang
SIDE TWO
Under My Wheels – B-Side – Goodbye
Who Do You Love? – B-Side – Goodbye
Rebel Rebel – B-Side – Now
Led Boots – B-Side – All I Want is Everything
Cause We Ended as Lovers – B-Side – All I Want is Everything
SIDE THREE
Search and Destroy – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
How Does It Feel – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive (iTunes Exclusive)
Roxanne – Phil’s Demo (Previously Unreleased)
Dear Friends – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
Winter Song – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
SIDE FOUR
American Girl – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
Heartbeat – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
Space Oddity – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
When I’m Dead and Gone – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
Stay with Me – B-Side Now
DISC NINE – YEAH! LIVE
SIDE ONE
Elected – B-Side Heaven Is
Action – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
No Matter What – Yeah! Bonus Disc Exclusive
Rock On – Live 2006
SIDE TWO
Travellin’ Band – Radio Edit (Previously Unreleased)
Now I’m Here – B-Side Tonight
20th Century Boy – 2005 VH I Rock Awards (Previously Unreleased)
All the Young Dudes – Once Bitten Twice Shy Exclusive Track
LP BOX SET
LP SET ONE: X
LP SET TWO: Yeah! (2-LP)
LP SET THREE: Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
LP SET FOUR: B-Sides (2-LP)
LP SET FIVE: Yeah! Studio Covers (2-LP)
LP SET SIX: Yeah! Live
CD BOX SET
DISC ONE: X
DISC TWO: Yeah!
DISC THREE: Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
DISC FOUR: B-Sides
DISC FIVE: Yeah! Studio Covers
DISC SIX: Yeah! Live
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band ‘Live’ Bullet Album Newly Remastered, 2LP Vinyl Available On June 11
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band’s ‘Live’ Bullet will be reissued in its original 2LP format celebrating the 45th anniversary of this classic album.
Hailed by critics as one of the best live records of all time, including the June 1976 review from The New York Times, “This music roars on and on until at the very end of the performance, Seger—still raring to go—bellows: ‘I’m going to rock and roll all night long.’ He means it and ‘Live Bullet’ is proof positive that he’s a living dynamo.”
Recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit, MI, in September 1975, the original album Live Bullet brought Seger significant national attention. The recognition Seger had garnered to that point was based on two elements: the emotional power of his songs and the intensity of his live shows. Combining those two elements on Live Bullet, the album was released as a double-vinyl-record set in April 1976 and captured Seger’s riveting performances of “Travelin’ Man,” “Beautiful Loser,” “Heavy Music,” “Katmandu,” “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man,” “Turn the Page” and others. The album started breaking across the country and set the stage for Seger’s meteoric rise.
‘Live’ Bullet will be offered in two versions: a 2LP album in a standard version 150 gram black vinyl with a lithograph, and 2LP translucent orange and red swirl vinyl only available at independent record stores, Bob Seger’s Official store, and Capitol/UMe store. The lithograph is a reproduction of the Live Bullet cover of Seger onstage from the show taken by well-known Detroit photographer Robert Markliwitz. The album has been remastered by GRAMMY-nominated mastering engineer Robert Vosgien.
Seger’s 72 date Roll Me Away Tour was ranked by Pollstar as 2019’s #3 North American Tour, playing to nearly 1 million fans. Seger’s live performances have led to record sales in excess of 53 million albums, and 13 platinum and 7 multi-platinum RIAA Certified sales awards, including such landmark albums Night Moves, Stranger in Town, Against the Wind, Greatest Hits, Nine Tonight, and Live Bullet, all of which have sold more than five million copies in the U.S. “There is a signature richness and power to the music that Bob Seger has been making for five decades. Seger has always stayed true to his legendary sound, effortlessly marrying blues, country, and heartland soul into his trademark brand of Motor City rock ‘n’ roll. Year after year, new fans discover what longtime fans have always known, the GRAMMY Award-winning rocker’s extraordinary catalog is rich with character and passion with Seger’s compelling perspective on the world around him,”- Anthony DeCurtis.
Track Listing:
[Note: this double LP was cut for playback on a stacked turntable spindle, which means that after Side 1 ends, the second LP drops and starts playing, technically making that Side 2. The side numbers below represent the “sequenced” side.]
2LP
LP 1 Side 1
1. Nutbush City Limits
2. Travelin’ Man
3. Beautiful Loser
4. Jody Girl
LP 1 Side 4
1. Lookin’ Back
2. Get Out Of Denver
3. Let It Rock
LP 2 Side 2
1. I’ve Been Working
2. Turn The Page
3. U.M.C. (Upper Middle Class)
4. Bo Diddley
LP 2 Side 3
1. Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man
2. Heavy Music
3. Katmandu
McDonald’s and BTS Partner to Offer the Supergroup’s Favorite Order
Get ready, because the Golden Arches are about to shine even brighter thanks to a new collab with 21st century global pop icons, BTS.
This one-of-a-kind menu “tour” officially kicks off on May 26 in the U.S., when customers can enjoy the BTS Meal at participating restaurants nationwide. The superstar band’s signature order includes a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets, medium World Famous Fries®, medium Cok®, and for the first time ever in the U.S., Sweet Chili and Cajun dipping sauces inspired by popular recipes from McDonald’s South Korea (cue even more ecstatic celebrating!).
“The band has great memories with McDonald’s. We’re excited about this collaboration and can’t wait to share the BTS Meal with the world,” says BIGHIT MUSIC, label of BTS.
Since 2013, BTS has topped charts and brought people together from all over the world through their music and positive messages. Following the successful launch of McDonald’s celebrity signature orders program last year, BTS is the latest icon to have their signature menu items featured at participating restaurants. However, they’ll be the first celebs to share their order with customers worldwide. That’s right… for the first time since McDonald’s launched celebrity signature orders, the BTS Meal will be available globally in nearly 50 markets.
Over the next few months, customers everywhere will find themselves that much closer to their favorite artists. You can find a full list of participating markets as well as dates for meal availability here.
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Coldplay’s brand new single, Higher Power, has today been confirmed for release on Friday, 7 May via Parlophone / Atlantic.
Said Coldplay on Twitter: “Higher Power is a song that arrived on a little keyboard and a bathroom sink at the start of 2020. It was produced by Max Martin who is a true wonder of the universe. It’s out on Friday 7 May. Love c, g, w & j”
The announcement confirms fan rumours that have circulated since last week, when cryptic billboards around the world pointed to a mysterious website called alienradio.fm.
Fans managed to decipher the letter-like symbols to uncover the song title and release date.