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February 27, 2003
Second Single From Phil Collins' Testify Album Announced For
The U.S.
According to the official Phil
Collins site, "Come
With Me", is the next single for airplay release in the U.S.
The track is #2 in the AC Most Added List this week.
February 27, 2003
Gabriel Loses To Springsteen At The Grammy Awards
Peter Gabriel lost to Bruce Springsteen this past week at the 45th
annual Grammy Awards for the category of Best Male Rock Vocal
Performance. As previously reported, Gabriel did appear at the end of
the broadcast to present one of the final awards of the evening to the
night's big winner, Nora Jones. On a positive note, Gabriel's Real World
Records scored that night as The Blind Boys of Alabama won a Grammy
Award for their album (The Blind Boys are also featured on Gabriel's
latest album, Up).
February 23, 2003
New Phil Collins DVD Confirmed For North American Release; TV
Appearance Announced
According to the official Phil
Collins site, the Sanctuary DVD for Phil Collins new BBC
documentary,
A Life Less Ordinary, will see a U.S. release
shortly after the European release. More information will follow when
available. June does appear to be the month of the U.S. release.
The official website also revealed that Phil will
be appearing on the National Lottery TV show in the U.K. on March 15th
performing "The Least You Can Do" from his latest release,
Testify.
February 23, 2003
Paul Carrack Announces Release of New Album and Single
According to the official Paul
Carrack site, Paul is hard at work, trying to
complete his new album by mid-March to secure a May 5th release. He also
hopes to release a new single on April 14th. This will not be
"Where Did I Go Wrong", as previously announced both here and
on his official website. The single will be "She Lived Down the
Street" which was co-written with Chris Difford (of Squeeze). The
extra track on the CD single will be a live version of "Walk In The
Room" recorded at Royal Albert Hall in London, England in 2002.
At this point, this is no indication that the originally scheduled
single "Where Did I Go Wrong" will be released. For those
collectors out there, keep checking Ebay.
I have seen quite a few promo copies circulating, and if it is never
commercially released, the value should go up significantly since it has
a b-side not included on the currently planned single!
February 22, 2003
Peter Gabriel Television Appearances Announced
According to Page
Six, Peter Gabriel will be presenting an award at the Grammy Awards
on Sunday, February 23rd. The exact award that Mr. Gabriel will be
presenting is unknown at this time. Peter Gabriel will also be appearing
on an Italian TV show, RAI1 - San Remo, on March 4th.
February 22, 2003
Wilson Launches Major Update To His Official Website; Hopes of A U.S.
Tour Discussed
To coincide with the release of his forthcoming album, Change,
Ray Wilson has completely revamped his
official website. The site now includes audio clips from songs off
his new album as well as a bulletin board, album lyrics, and other
goodies. On the bulletin board, Wilson revealed that he hopes to plan a
U.S. tour. stay tuned for more details as they become available!
February 16, 2003
Additional Peter Gabriel Tour Dates Added In Europe
According to the official Peter
Gabriel site, a few additional tour dates have been added in Europe.
The confirmed dates are: Stuttgart on May 24th, Cologne on May 25th, and
Lyon on May 27th. Some additional dates that have yet to be confirmed
are: Toulouse or Nice for May 28th, Poznan on May 30th, and Barcelona on
June 1st. Once these additional dates have been confirmed by the
official site or a major ticketing agency (such as Ticketmaster), I will
post it here. For more on the European leg of Gabriel's 'Growing Up'
Tour click here.
February 16, 2003
New Trailer For Disney/Collins Movie On-Line
As previously reported, Phil lended his voice to one of the characters
in Walt Disney's Jungle Book 2 animated feature which is now in
theaters in the U.S. If you would like to see the movie trailer to the
film click here.
February 16, 2003
Collins Raises £760
For
Wildlife Charity
As previously reported back in January, Phil Collins donated a sketch to
a charity auction. According to the official
Genesis site, Phil's
sketch raised £760 for the Dorset Wildlife Trust in their charity
auction.
February 14, 2003
Collins and Gabriel Speak Out On The Possibility Of War With Iraq
According to The
New York Times, Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel, among other
celebrities, have signed a petition against the potential war on Iraq.
The article states, "...In Britain, a similar petition appeared
today in The Guardian, signed by, among others, the musicians Peter
Gabriel and Phil Collins, the playwright David Hare and the
actors Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. In Spain, where the film
establishment turned a recent film awards ceremony into a virtual
anti-war demonstration several weeks ago, the Director Pedro Almodóvar
plans to present an anti-war manifesto at a rally in Madrid on
Saturday" (Thanks to Jonathan Mannering for passing that along!).
February 14, 2003
Phil Collins Documentary Set For Video Release in April
According to Amazon, the BBC Phil Collins documentary, A Life Less
Ordinary, will be released on DVD and VHS in Europe on April 14th
(catalog # SVE3031) on Sanctuary Digital Entertainment with a running
time of one-hour. As you know, WoG originally reported that the
documentary was coming to DVD over a month ago. There is no U.S. release
announced as yet. I do have it on good authority from a reliable source
that it may surface in the U.S. in June.
February 14, 2003
Track Listing For Ray Wilson Album And Single Announced
As previously reported here, Ray's forthcoming album, Change,
will be released on April 22nd.
The track listing from Change is:
Intro
Goodbye Baby Blue
Change
Along The Way
Yesterday
Beach
Cry If You Want To
Beautiful Child
She Fades Away
I Look For You There
Believe
Another Day
The Last Horizon
The first single will be the title
track, which is set for release on March 17th.
The track listing for the single is:
Change (Radio Edit)
Change (Album Version)
Change (Radio Remix)
Gouranga (Single Bonus Track)
Not About Us (taken from Live & Acoustic)
(Special thanks to Inside Out Music for passing this information along!)
February 14, 2003
Phil Collins Set To Perform At Charity Concert In England In March
Phil Collins will be performing at the Royal Albert Hall in London,
England, on March 25th for a charity show with Mark Knopfler, Eric
Clapton and other rock superstars in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.
For more information on the event click here.
February 7, 2003
Genesis/Gabriel Honored In VH-1 Programs
On February 15th, VH-1 will air
"The 100 Greatest Videos." Among the list are
Genesis' "Land of Confusion" at #62 and Peter Gabriel's
"Sledgehammer" at #3. Gabriel is also acknowledged on VH-1's
"100 Greatest Love Songs" which is scheduled to air on
Valentine's Day, February 14th. On the latter list, Gabriel's "In
Your Eyes" comes in at #18. For more information on these programs,
check out the VH-1 website.
February 6, 2003
Phil Collins Tribute Finally Getting A U.S. Release On Atlantic
Records
According to Amazon and CDNow, the R&B/Rap Phil Collins tribute
album, Urban Renewal, will finally see a U.S. release on Atlantic
Records on February 25th. The tribute album was released over a year ago
in Europe and Asia and included artists such as Brandy, Ol' Dirty
Bastard, Brian McKnight, Montell Jordan, Chico DeBarge, and Lil Kim
covering classic Collins tunes. Unlike previous versions in other
countries, the U.S. version will be an enhanced CD.
February 5, 2003
New Paul Carrack Tour Dates Announced
On the official Paul Carrack site,
new tour dates for Germany have been added for May. Click here
to see them.
February 5, 2003
Peter Gabriel DVD Delayed
According to several retail and on-line music chains in the U.S., Peter
Gabriel's Secret World Live DVD, which was due for release this
month, has been delayed until March 11th. No news is available as to why
this release was postponed.
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