As with their previous joint concerts, John and Joel start the evening by performing duets with twin pianos and trading vocals. They then perform seperate sets before joining up again for a grand finale. release. The shows are said to include many of their greatest hits and a selection of rock-and-roll classics.

UPDATE 10/24/09 - Sir Elton John cancelled a second concert at short notice in the UK after doctors advised he was too ill to perform. John, 62, called off Saturday's show at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena as he continues to recover from the flu.  This one follows the cancellation of Friday's gig at Sheffield Arena.  "Elton is bitterly disappointed at missing tonight's Red Piano concert in Newcastle... one of his favourite areas to perform,", his spokesperson said.

BILLY JOEL / ELTON JOHN Face2Face Tour Itinerary-

November 2009
4 & 7 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
10 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
14 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
17 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
20 - Salt Lake City, UT - EnergySoultions Arena
22 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
25 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
28 - Little Rock, AR - Verizon Arena

December 2009
1 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
4 - Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena
7 - Albany, NY - Times-Union Center

 

MUSIC NEWS - Kinks frontman RAY DAVIES has announced the release of a new album, the imaginative "Kinks Choral Collection" (November 10 release via Decca; re-released in the UK with extra bonus track November 23) and that he will briefly tour the USA to promote the release.  The tour will start up on November 12 in San Francisco at the Warfield, while ending on November 24 in Montclair, NJ.

The new album from the legendary singer/songwrite features classic Kinks & Ray Davies tunes arranged and performed by his band (Bill Shanley -guitar , Milton McDonald - guitar ,Toby Baron - drums, Dick Nolan - Bass, Ian Gibbons - Keyboards, Gunnar Frick - Keyboards ) and the Crouch End Festival Chorus (watch clip below of Ray and the choir) and has been out in the UK since the summer.  Davies said the idea for the album came to him in 2007 when he worked with alongside choirmaster David Temple and an 80-piece choir for his "Flatlands" piece, a commission from the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

"With a song like 'Waterloo Sunset,' I feel as if the people I wrote it for are singing it," Davies said in a statement posted on his website. "I know some of the singers in the choir, though not all, but as a group I imagine them all living in north London, and they are my subject matter as well as the people singing it. There's some sort of symmetry there.

RAY DAVIES, Kinks Choral USA Tour Itinerary-

More @ RayDavies.info

KINKS CHORAL COLLECTION Track Listing-
1. Days
2. Waterloo Sunset
3. You Really Got Me
4. Victoria
5. See My Friends
6. Celluloid Heroes
7. Shangri-La
8. Working Man's Café

Tracks 9-14 Village Green Medley:
9. Village Green
10. Picture Book
11. Big Sky
12. Do You Remember Walter?
13. Johnny Thunder
14. Village Green Preservation Society
15. All Day and All Of The Night

MUSIC NEWS- Rachael Ray was so outraged at a recent taping of her tv show (for a November 6 airing) with guests Daryl Hall and John Oates when she was informed that the duo (the biggest selling pop duo of all time) have not yet been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In her noble effort to correct this egregious wrong, Rachel said "Hall and Oates has my vote!", and in a call to action posted on her blog, urged fans to leave comments advocating Daryl and John's induction. In less than 48 hours, the quicky petition had amassed 400 testimonials, plus a groundswell of support on Twitter and Facebook. Check out Rachael's petition and fan comments here.

The reason behind the visit, and controversy, is apparent by the success of the duo's new 'Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates' (out via RCA/Legacy), the duo's first ever box set, which has been a music chart hit and is the third best selling CD box set debut of 2009, only behind the two Beatles boxed sets.

 

You can also catch Daryl and John performing on A&E's 'Private Sessions' this Sunday morning, October 25.

MUSIC NEWS-  If you unfortunately missed it,  The Sounds played Jimmy Kimmel live on Tuesday night and performed "Beatbox", from their latest album Crossing The Rubicon, and "Painted By Numbers" from their second album Dying to Say This to You. (pick up copies, here)

The Sounds are now in the midst of their World headline tour, and are currently making the rounds with special guests Shiny Toy Guns.  Go see them live !!! (itinerary below)

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The Sounds North America Tour Itineray ( with Foxy Shazam)-

10/22 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
10/23 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *
10/24 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield *
10/26 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ball
10/27 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
10/28 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
10/30 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
10/31 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater
11/02 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
11/03 - Cincinnati, OH @ Madison Theatre
11/05 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
11/06 - Madison, WI @ TBA
11/07 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre

*with Shiny Toy Guns

Europe - with Matt & Kim
11/17 - Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
11/18 - Munster, DE @ Sputnikhalle
11/19 - Gronningen, NL @ Vera
11/20 - Brussels, BGR @ VK
11/21 - Birmingham, UK @ AC2
11/22 - Glasgow, UK @ Oron Mor
11/23 - Manchester, UK @ AC2
11/24 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
11/25 - Paris, FR @ Casino Noveau
11/27 - Madrid, ES @ Joy Eslava
11/28 - Barcelona, ES @ Apolo
11/30 - Zurich, CH @ Alte Bors
12/01 - Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks
12/02 - Salzburn, AT @ Rockhouse
12/03 - Wien, AT @ Arena
12/04 - Munchen, DE @ Backstage Werk
12/05 - Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall
12/06 - Dresden, DE @ Reithalle
12/08 - Warsaw, PL @ Proxima
12/09 - Poznan, PL @ Eskulap
12/10 - Berlin, DE @ Postbahnhof
12/11 - Hamburn, DE @ Uebel&Gefearlich
12/12 - Malmo, DE @ KB
12/13 - Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
12/15 - Turka, FI @ Klubi
12/16 - Tempere, FI @ Pakkahoune
12/17 - Oulu, FI @ Teatria
12/18 - Seinajoki, FI @ Rytmikorjaamo
12/19 - Helsinki, FI @ Cable Factory

  MUSIC NEWS - Having spent on a summer USA tour, Paul McCartney has now announced a brief pre- Christmas European tour that will start in Hamburg, the north German city that introduced the Fab Four to the world nearly 50 years ago. "Starting in Hamburg, ending in London and rocking everywhere in between. I'm very much looking forward to ending the year on a high," Sir Paul, 67, said on his website Thursday.

The Good Evening Europe brings the former Beatle to in Hamburg on December 2, then Berlin on December 3 and Cologne on December 16. Paris, Dublin and the Dutch town of Arnhem are also on the tour schedule. Tickets go on sale starting Monday.

He's also revealed that a"festive spectacular" will end the concert tour at London's O2 Arena,  on December 22.

More @ PaulMcCartney.com

MUSIC NEWS-  After a considerable wait, finally, on November 3, 2009, classic 70's prog rockers, Gentle Giant (Kerry Minnear, brothers Ray & Derek Shulman, Gary Green and John Weathers) will be digitally releasing seven of their best-known albums and tracks in a digital form for   the very first time via their own Alucard label (distributed by EMI Music's Label Services).

The progressive rock band, which was on the music scene from 1970 through 1980, was made up of multi-instrumentalists and ably expanded the frontiers of contemporary popular music "at the risk of becoming very unpopular".  The group's dozen albums combine a range of musical styles-jazz, pop, classical, British soul, rock, blues, medieval, pop, blues, Gentle Giant's legacy has become influential to a range of artists from the arena rock, jam band, virtuoso players, and chamber pop genres. In a Glass House, The Power & The Glory, Freehand, Interview, Playing The Fool-The Official Live Album, The Missing Piece and Giant For a Day will be available through all digital shoppes, including thru MNN.  

These digital releases will also include previously unheard bonus tracks and artwork.  The band has chosen favorite live versions of songs from each album and some obscure radio sessions. Two of the bonus tracks “Intro 74” and “Intro 76” have been partially re-recorded, embellished and remixed by the group's Kerry Minnear (full tracklistings below). 

More Gentle Giant music will be available in a variety of formats in 2010, starting with the January release of the seven CDs Re-Mastered from the original 1⁄4 inch tapes through Hi-Resolution (24bit 96k) transfer.  Early 2010 will also bring us GG  box sets and Limited Edition Vinyl LPs !!



GENTLE GIANT Digital Releases

TRACK LISTINGS

IN A GLASS HOUSE - 1973
1.The Runaway
2. An Inmates Lullaby
3. Way Of Life
4. Experience
5. A Reunion
6. In A Glass House

Digital Bonus Tracks:
The Runaway/Experience Live 1975
Way Of Life - Radio Session 1973

THE POWER AND THE GLORY - 1974
1. Proclamation
2. So Sincere
3. Aspirations
4. Playing the Game
5. Cogs in Cogs
6. No God's A Man
7. Valedictory
8. (The Power And The Glory)

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Intro '74
Proclamation - Live 1975
Aspirations - Radio Session 1974
Cogs In Cogs - Live 1975

FREE HAND - 1975
1. Just The Same
2. On Reflection
3. Free Hand
4. Time To Kill
5. His Last Voyage
6. Talybont
7. Mobile

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Just The Same - Live 1975
On Reflection - Radio Session 1975
Free Hand - Live 1975



INTERVIEW - 1976
1. Interview
2. Give it Back
3. Design
4. Another Show
5. Empty City
6. Timing
7. I Lost My Head

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Intro '76
Interview - Live 1976
Give It Back - Live 1976

PLAYING THE FOOL - THE OFFICIAL LIVE - 1977
1. Just the Same
2. Proclamation
3. On Reflection
4. Excerpts from Octopus
5. Funny Ways
6. The Runaway
7. Experience
8. So Sincere
9. Free Hand
10. Sweet Georgia Brown (Breakdown in Brussels)
11. Peel the Paint / I Lost My Head

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Just The Same - Radio Session 1975
Excerpts From Octopus - Radio Session 1973

THE MISSING PIECE - 1977
1. Two Weeks In Spain
2. I'm Turning Around
3. Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It
4. Who Do You Think You Are?
5. Mountain Time
6. As Old As You're Young
7. Memories of Old Days
8. Winning
9. For Nobody

Digital Bonus Tracks:
Two Weeks In Spain - Live 1978
I'm Turning Around - Live 1978
For Nobody - Live 1978

GIANT FOR A DAY - 1978
1. Words from the Wise
2. Thank You
3. Giant For A Day
4. Spooky Boogie
5. Take Me
6. Little Brown Bag
7. Friends
8. No Stranger
9. It's Only Goodbye
10. Rock Climber

Digital Bonus Track:
Giant For A Day - Live 1980

MUSIC NEWS - The writer of the classic 'Addams Family'  and "Green Acres" theme songs, Vic Mizzy, died at home in L.A. on Saturday night at the age of 93, his representative, Jonathan Wolfson informs us.

Vic was born in New York and began writing music for TV in the late 1950s, starting with the music for 'Shirley Temple's Storybook", but had been writing songs for the stars of the period, including Doris Day, Dean Martin, Billie Holiday and Perry Como for more than fifteen years, with many of his biggest hits becoming popular while he was serving in the US Navy during the Second World War.

Vic learned how to play from a player piano his family bought for $200, becoming a professional at the age of 14, when he won a pair of radio contests and toured the vaudeville circuit on the East Coast. In the early ‘40s into the ‘50s, he penned songs that were recorded by some of the biggest stars in show business. After the war, NBC head of programming David Levy had Mizzy write scores for several dramatic TV shows, including the Richard Boone Anthology, Dennis Weaver’s Kentucky Jones and Hank, then did his famed theme songs for Green Acres, as well as contributing to the scores of Mr. Ed, F Troop and Petticoat Junction.   The studio decided not to pay for singers on The Addams Family theme, so Mizzy sang it jimself while overdubbing his voice three times to give the impression of multiple vocalists.

“They had no theme,” remembered Mizzy. “So I wrote the music, told them it was going to start with ‘da-da-da-dum, snap, snap’ and that I visualized each character would have a separate take. I laid the music down, and then ended up directing the title sequence. The first thing I said to the actors was, ‘When you snap your fingers, do it in a bored way.’”

He also helped direct the title sequence for Green Acres, with Eddie Albert pitching hay, then Eva Gabor opening up packages to the song. “I also suggested a helicopter to pan in on the roof, synchronized to when they start singing.”   Vic went on to score several Universal Pictures, including William Castle’s 1965 thriller The Night Walker, which led to his composing the music for the Don Knotts vehicles, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun in the West, The Love God and How to Frame a Figg.    Longtime fans, film director Sam Raimi and Columbia Pictures President of Worldwide Music Lia Vollack asked Vic to contribute a theme song for Sony's Spiderman 2, which was used on the DVD release of the film.

Vic is survived by his brother Sol, daughter Lynn Mizzy Jonas, husband Phil, grandson David and granddaughter Rachel. A memorial was held at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, CA, followed by a nosh at Vic’s home, catered by Junior's Deli, his favorite!

More @ VicMizzy.com

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MUSIC NEWS - MARY FORSBERG WEILAND has confirmed two book signings for her new book FALL TO PIECES: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Mental Illness, due out November 10 (via William Morrow/HarperCollins Publishers).  On Wednesday, November 11 at 7pm, Mary will be at Borders (10 Columbus Circle) in NYC and on Monday, November 16 at 7pm, she’ll be at Book Soup (8813 W. Sunset Blvd.) in West Hollywood.  At the appearances, Mary will also read passages from her book and take questions.  

In her memoir written with Larkin Warren, Mary,  mother, model, bipolar disorder survivor and recovering drug addict, tells the story of her life and her longtime relationship with Stone Temple Pilots / former Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland.  She reveals the extreme highs and lows of her life with refreshing candor and unflinching detail and offers a window into her world of modeling and rock ‘n’ roll, while at the same time providing insights into the drug and alcohol addictions that could have killed her, and her serious, recently diagnosed and misunderstood mental illness.  “I'm hoping that someone who may be wrestling with similar demons to mine can find even an ounce of hope in Fall to Pieces,” says Mary.

Mary elaborates on how she was affected by books from other public figures documenting their own struggles: “Brooke Shields' journey through postpartum depression in Down Came the Rain was enormously inspiring. Her honesty created a forum for other women to share their struggles openly.”  She continues: “I also loved Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking. Laughter really is the best solution to many problems, and the best gift to give to others too.”

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MUSIC NEWS  -  With the final leg of the Allman Brothers Band year-long 40th Anniversary USA tour finished and ABB on a well deserved break, founding band member,  GREGG ALLMAN announced he will head back out on the road for series of solo shows this winter. The singer, songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist begins his fall tour November 11 in Salamanca, NY, followed by a group of shows that includes a NYC benefit for the Michael J Fox Foundation and a New Year’s Eve show in Rhode Island.

Joining Gregg on the tour will be BRUCE KATZ (keyboard), JERRY JEMMOTT (bass), STEVE POTTS (drums), SCOTT SHARRARD (guitar), JAY COLLINS (sax) and FLOYD MILES (percussion).  “The Brothers had a great run this summer.  I’m gonna stretch these solo shows out a bit, try some new material and just do what I do,” says Gregg

In other news, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Allman will join country star Tim McGraw for a performance on The Jay Leno Show on Tuesday, October 27. They'll perform McGraw’s new single “Southern Voice” (from his new album of the same title) in which he name-checks the Allman Brothers Band in the lyrics.

More on GREGG @  greggallman.com. 

GREGG ALLMAN Fall/Winter 2009 Tour Itinerary-

Date:     City:    Venue:

Wed	11/11	Salamanca, NY	Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel
Thu	11/12	Verona, NY	Turning Stone Casino
Sat	11/14	Peekskill, NY	Paramount Center for the Arts
Thu	11/19	Englewood, NJ	Bergen Performing Arts Center
Sat	11/21	New York, NY	Michael J. Fox Foundation Benefit
Wed	12/30	Jim Thorpe, PA	Penn's Peak
Thu	12/31	Lincoln, RI	Twin River Casino
Sat	1/2	Westhampton Beach, NY	Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center
Sun	1/3	Albany, NY	Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center
Tue	1/5	Montclair, NJ	Wellmont Theatre
Wed	1/6	Annapolis, MD	Rams Head On Stage
Fri	1/8	Richmond, VA	The National
Sat	1/9	Atlantic City, NJ	Harrah's Atlantic City
Tue	1/12	Fairfield, CT	Ridgefields Playhouse
Wed	1/13	Fairfield, CT	Ridgefields Playhouse

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