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February 26, 2006
Hackett Delays U.S. Release of Defector and Spectral
Mornings Remasters
According to the official Steve
Hackett site, the U.S. re-issues of the digitally remastered
versions of Defector and Spectral Mornings have been
delayed until April 4, 2006 "due to a scheduling error." No
further information is available at this time.
February 26, 2006
Chester Thompson Appears on Ellis Hooks' Latest Album
Ellis Hooks' latest album, Godson of Soul (Evidence Music,
catalog #: ECD-26132-2), features an appearance by Chester Thompson on
drums. The album is in stores now and can be purchased by clicking here.
February 26, 2006
Daryl Stuermer To Open For Rick Wakeman In June (Not March!)
Daryl Stuermer was to open for Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman on March 11th at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. According to the official
Rick Wakeman site, this gig has been postponed until June 24, 2006.
This has also been confirmed by the official site for the
Pabst Theater.
February 26, 2006
Steve Hackett Makes An Appearance On New INKY Recording
Producer/Writer INKY has released a new acoustic track called
"Balfour Street" featuring Annabel Lamb and Steve Hackett. All
proceeds of the download will go to the HOPE for the Children Charity.
Click here
to purchase the download or click here
for more information.
February 26, 2006
Limited Knebworth 1978 Box Set Featuring Genesis/Gabriel Released By
Original Promoter
The promoters
of the 1978 Knebworth Genesis and Peter Gabriel festivals have
released a special 1978 Knebworth set in a limited edition of 200. The
cost is £49.99, plus postage, and includes: programs, flyers and
the tickets from 1978 the Genesis and Peter Gabriel
Knebworth festivals, an
original 1978 Gabriel Knebworth pass, a letter of authenticity, 12
photos from both festivals, a copy of There Must Be Some Other Way
a 330-page book on the behind the scenes hassles of promoting the
Knebworth festivals, a DVD of various Knebworth performances between
1974 and 1979 (including Genesis, Led Zeppelin, etc.). As an added
bonus, the box will include free copies of Genesis live at Knebworth
1978 (2 CD-Rs) and Peter Gabriel live at Knebworth (1 CD-R). The
entire contents mentioned is enclosed in a high quality turquoise and
silver presentation box. For more information, you can contact the
Wendy Bannister at info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com.
February 16, 2006
Phil Collins Is Writing A Stage Show Based Upon Music From His Past
According to a recent article in Drowned
In Sound, the inspiration of working on the Broadway version of Walt
Disney's Tarzan has inspired Collins to write a stage show based
upon the music from his own career. Collins is quoted as saying, "I
really like the idea of my music playing in the West End nightly."
More news on this when we get it!
February 16, 2006
Peter Gabriel To Receive The Frankfurt Music Prize
According to the official Peter
Gabriel site, Peter Gabriel will be the recipient of the Frankfurt
Music Prize on March 28, 2006. The Frankfurt
Music Prize was founded in 1980, and it is awarded annually by the
Trustees of the Frankfurt Music Prize Foundation on the occasion of the
international Musikmesse in Frankfurt to personalities from the world of
music for special achievements in the fields of interpretation,
composition, musicology and teaching.
February 16, 2006
Gabriel's cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" Coming To CD?
According to the official
Peter Gabriel site, advance news of Peter's performance of
"Imagine" could not be official leaked in advance for
contractual reasons. The site further reports that the song was actually
recorded in one day and the whole project was put together in just one
week. As for whether this version of "Imagine" will ever
surface on CD, the official site says "maybe one day."
Unfortunately, knowing how long it takes to actually get a Peter Gabriel
record, "one day" may be a very long time from now!
February 16, 2006
Update Announced On Anthony Phillips CD Reissues
According to the official
Anthony Phillips site, work continues on the remasters of The
Geese and The Ghost, 1984 and Wise After The Event.
The first reissue will apparently be The Geese and The Ghost,
which is currently being worked on. The official site posted previously
that these reissues are expected to include a bonus disc with period
demos, b-sides, and/or other rare material. The site now reports that
most of these added tracks will be sourced from the original 4-track
master tapes. More information on these remasters will be posted when
more news is released.
February 16, 2006
Hackett Master Tapes Surface On eBay - Auction Pulled Before Sale Is
Allegedly Completed
Recently,
two of Steve Hackett's original 2 inch multi-track AMPEX master
tape reels surfaced on eBay, the on-line auction site. The reels
featured songs from several of Hackett's early solo albums from
his Virgin Records days, including "The Tower Struck
Down", "Spectral Mornings", Air Conditioned
Nightmare", "Clocks" and more.
Ebay reported that "[the auction] was removed because the
intellectual property rights owner notified eBay that the listing
potentially infringes its copyright, trade mark or other
rights." In other words, the auction must have been found by
either the Legal Department at Virgin/EMI Records, Steve Hackett
himself, or his management company. No further information is
available, but one would assume that the sale has been thwarted,
much in the way the on-line auction was halted for the Genesis
Plays Jackson reel several years ago. Steve Hackett's management
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Two Pictures from The Auction
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February 11, 2006
Peter Gabriel Performs "Imagine" At Opening Ceremony of
20th Olympic Games
In Italy last night, as part of the massive opening ceremony for the
20th Olympic Games, Peter Gabriel performed John Lennon's
"Imagine." The song was preceded by a reading and a call for
peace by the late former Beatles' wife, Yoko Ono. An estimated two
billion viewers saw the event. To read more about Friday's opening
ceremony, check out articles by Stuff
and The
Miami Herald as well as the Torino
2006 website.
February 11, 2006
Hackett Announces Plans To Release Live Archive 83
Back on February 1st, the official
Steve Hackett site announced plans to release Live Archive 83,
which was Hackett's first acoustic tour. Scheduled for release on
February 20th, this latest volume of his archive series largely consists
of an incomplete bootleg recording of the show from November 4, 1983 at
Edinburgh’s Queens Hall in the U.K. The ‘missing’ pieces are
reinstated in the form of recordings from the show later that month at
Swansea University. Among the rarer gems on this 18-track collection are
"Concert For Munich", "A Cradle Of Swans" and the
non-album track, "The Water Wheel." The album album is
available for pre-order now!
February 11, 2006
New Interview With Steve Hackett Now On-Line
Steve recently did a brief interview with Frets Magazine. Click here
to read it!
February 11, 2006
Carrack Reschedules Milton Keynes Gig For March
According to the official Paul
Carrack site, Paul's gig that was cancelled due at The Stables in
Milton Keynes due to illness has been rescheduled for March 3, 2006.
February 11, 2006
New On Daryl Stuermer Progressive Album Revealed
Daryl Stuermer's management revealed that Daryl's new instrumental
progressive rock album will be released by this summer. Stuermer has
secured interest from a European record company in the project, so the
album will most likely have distribution throughout Europe. In North
America, the project will probably be available through his own label,
Urban Island.
For
archived news in the
world of Genesis, click here.
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