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March 30, 2003
Phil Collins To Perform On Swedish Television
Phil will perform "Can't Stop Loving You" and "Least You
Can Do" on Söndagsöppet, a TV show on Swedish television tonight!
He will also be interviewed by one of the hosts for the show. The
program starts at 6:15 p.m. on SVT1
(Special thanks to Johan Larsson Löthman for passing this along!).
March 28, 2003
Paul Young's Family To Sell Off Late Musician's Home Studio
Equipment
Here's a chance to own a piece of history! The Young family have decided
to auction off some of the late Mike & The Mechanics/Sad Café
singer's home studio equipment! Click here
for details.
March 28, 2003
Chester Thompson To Perform At Drumming Clinic In April
Chester will be doing a drumming clinic as part of the Missouri Day of
Percussion that will be held at University
of Missouri-Columbia on April 19, 2003. Contact The Percussion
Department at the university for more information.
March 28, 2003
Artwork For New Carrack Single Revealed
Click
here to
see the artwork for the new Paul Carrack single, "She Lived Down
The Street" (catalog #CDPCAR 108) due for release on April 21st!
March 23, 2003
Update On John Caralco/Daryl Stuermer Project
News today from John Caralco himself on his forth coming project with
Daryl Stuermer. Apparently, some of the material from John's previous
project, Vellocet, will be under consideration for his new album.
According to John, "The powers that be suggested that I not release
[the Vellocet] CD due to the possibility of using some of the old material
from that first CD combined with new stuff. Daryl is going over some of
it with me and we're narrowing down the material." More news will
be posted on this project when available.
March 20, 2003
Phil Collins Partners With Swatch For Charity
According to the official Phil
Collins site and the Swatch
site, Phil has sanctioned two limited edition Phil Collins Swatch
watches. Some of the proceeds from the sale of these watches will go to
The Little Dreams Foundation, which is a youth charity established and
lead by Collins' wife.
Swatch
is producing two watches, designed by Collins, that will be launched in
the first quarter of 2003, both to be sold as a set included with a
single from his latest album in a special tour case packaging, and
numbered and limited to 10,000 pieces worldwide. Also in the packaging
are 10 never-before-released photos of Phil Collins. The
watches will also be available separately in a non-limited quantity with
a special sleeve packaging. I contacted Swatch to get an exact release
date, but the person I spoke to did not have that information yet. More
on this when available...
March 20, 2003
The Peter Gabriel Ticket Frenzy Begins In The U.S.A.!
A flurry of tickets have gone on sale for Gabriel's North American shows
this summer. Dates now available (for pre-sale only) include: Camden, NJ
(near Philadelphia, PA); Boston, MA; Washington, DC; and Columbus, OH.
Note: you will need the password to order your tickets in advance. This
password can be obtained by joining Peter Gabriel's Full moon Club on his
official website.
March 20, 2003
New Anthony Phillips Compilation Coming Soon; New Library Music Project
Complete
According to the official
Anthony Phillips site, yet another anthology collection highlighting
Phillips' work is set for a tentative April release. The project,
entitled
Soundscapes (catalog # SMDCD458), will be released by
Snapper Music in Europe. The 19-track, 2-CD budget-priced set will be part of the label's Recall
Series.
Ant's official site also reports that he has completed another Library
Music project. As with his other Library Music projects, no commercial
release is planned.
March 16, 2003
Help Genesis Get Into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
John D. Simpson, a fan obviously disappointed with the fact that Genesis
were passed up as inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet
again this year, decided to create a petition to help the cause. If you
would like to sign the petition click here
(please note: World of Genesis.com is not affiliated in any way with
this petition or in its use).
March 16, 2003
The Blind Boys To Rejoin Gabriel On European Tour
According to the official
Blind Boys of Alabama website, the group will rejoin Peter Gabriel
on tour for several dates in May, including stops in Milan, Ancona, and
Florence, Italy; Paris, France; Zurich, Switzerland; and Manchester,
Birmingham, and London, England. It's fairly safe to say that Gabriel
fans will be treated to "Sky Blue" featuring The Blind Boys on
those nights, which was one of the highlights of the first leg of the
Gabriel tour in North America.
March 16, 2003
Virgin Announces Release of Gabriel's Third Single From Up
Virgin Records in Germany has announced that the third single from Peter
Gabriel's Up album will be "Growing Up," with a
tentative release date for a commercial single on April 22nd in
Europe.
A source from Universal Music Group, Gabriel's U.S. record label's
parent company, stated that there are no plans for a commercial U.S.
single to be released. Another promotional single would likely be
released, however, prior to the start of the summer North American tour.
March 16, 2003
Ticket Announcements for North American Shows With Carrack &
Gabriel!
Launch.com has just revealed the North American tour dates for Ringo
Starr's All-Starr Band, which features Paul Carrack among others. This
will be the first time Paul Carrack will be touring the U.S. (without
the Mechanics) since 1987's One Good Reason Tour! Click
here
to see the tour dates (Special thanks to Pat Hammond for pointing this
out)!
In other U.S. summer tour news, more Peter Gabriel tickets have gone on
sale and yet another show has been announced for pre-sale to Full Moon
Club Members. Click
here to
check out the details!
March 14, 2003
More Gabriel Ticket Sales Announced For Summer U.S. Tour
In addition to the ticket sale dates already posted on this site, I have
now learned that tickets to the Peter Gabriel show in Atlanta, Georgia
on June 16th will go on sale on March 29th. Tickets for the Detroit and
Indianapolis shows have already gone on sale. Please note: The official
Peter Gabriel site is offering pre-sale to Full Moon Club Members, so be
sure to keep checking the official
Gabriel site for more details!
March 14, 2003
Chester Thompson Launches His Official Website
After many years of delays, the official
Chester Thompson site is finally on-line! Check it out when you get
the chance.
March 10, 2003
Phil Collins Donates To Birth Defects Foundation’s – Newlife
Action Charity
Phil Collins has signed a teddy bear t-shirt (teddy bear included) which
is being auctioned
on Ebay for charity. The auction starts at £50.00.
Newlife Action, the charity in question, will set up two special funds.
The Research Fund will aim to improve child health by combating and
treating all birth defects. The Reach Out Fund will directly help
individual affected children and families in the UK. For more
information on the work of the charity and the appeal please visit www.newlifeaction.co.uk
March 10, 2003
Change In Date For Ticket Sales For Peter Gabriel In New Jersey
I just got off the telephone with Ticketmaster
regarding Peter Gabriel's 2003 U.S. Tour. The ticket sale for the show
in Camden, New Jersey, at the Tweeter Center (near Philadelphia, PA) has
been delayed until March 24th at 10 a.m. No further information was
available.
March 9, 2003
Ray Wilson Confirms His Return To Saga European Tour
According to the official Ray
Wilson site, Ray is pleased to say that he will be re-joining the
tour with Saga on March 11th at the Garage, Saarbrucken, Germany. There
had been previous reports that due to unforeseen "business"
circumstances that he would not be doing the tour. This
"business" has apparently been resolved.
March 9, 2003
Peter Gabriel DVD Released In The U.S. (Early!)
The street date for the release of Peter Gabriel's
Secret World Live
DVD might be March 11th in the U.S., but fans might want to run over to Suncoast Video. I visited a couple of stores, and they all had the DVD
out on the shelves this weekend! My review will follow shortly!
March 8, 2003
Carrack Announces New Album Title; Offers Audio Snippets
According to the official Paul
Carrack site, Paul's new album will be called
It Ain't Over.
Also, an audio
snippet of the first single, "She Lived Down the Street,"
is now available for your listening pleasure. As previously
posted, It Ain't Over is still set for a tentative release date
of May 5th.
March 8, 2003
More U.S. Peter Gabriel Tickets To Go On Sale; pre-sale for U.S.
Moon Club Members
Tickets for the Peter Gabriel concert in Dallas, Texas on June 11th will
go on sale on March 22nd at 10 a.m.
Also, the official Peter Gabriel
site has confirmed that pre-sale tickets for the North American
shows will once again be available to those individuals that have joined
the Full Moon Club on Peter's site.
March 5, 2003
Peter Gabriel U.S. Summer Tour Dates Posted On Official Levin &
Gabriel Sites
While still technically unconfirmed, the official
Tony Levin and Peter Gabriel
sites have posted the "to be confirmed" dates for the U.S.
summer Peter Gabriel tour. In addition, I have just learned that tickets
will go on sale this Monday at 10 a.m. for the June 8th show in Irvine, California and for the Philadelphia, PA date at
the Tweeter Center. Stay tune for more information as soon as it becomes
available! As previously posted, the dates are planned for outdoor
venues, so the elaborate stage set up will most likely change. To see
the tour dates click
here.
March 5, 2003
Chester Thompson To Appear At Workshop In Germany
Chester is one of the guests of a
workshop/clinic that take place in Paderborn, Germany at the HNF Heinz
Nixdorf Museum from May 29th through June 1st. Click here
for more details (Special thanks to Bernd from It for passing this
along!).
March 5, 2003
Classic Album Featuring Chester Thompson Reissued
The long out-of-print album by Flora Purim, Every Day, Every Night
(catalog #VICJ-61020), featuring Chester Thompson and
Jaco Pastorius among other great session players, has been reissued in
Japan. The album has been remastered and repackaged with restored
artwork. For more information click here.
March 5, 2003
B-Side Announced For New Phil Collins Single
The B-side to the new European "double A-side single" for
"Wake Up Call"/"The Least You Can Do" is the
non-album cut, "Hey Now Sunshine."
March 4, 2003
Official Genesis Site Reveals That Genesis Archive Club Is
"Dead"
Well, the good news is that it sounds as if Genesis archive releases may
still see the light of day. The webmaster of the
official Genesis site explained
today that the concept of a club-type subscription service will not
be pursued further due to administrative concerns (among other things)
by Hit & Run, the band's management. There are also
"issues" surrounding the possible release of archive
recordings (my guess is that Atlantic Records and Virgin Records want a
piece of the action). Once these "issues" are dealt with, we
might actually see some of this stuff released! Oh, pesky world of
royalties!
March 2, 2003
Ray Wilson's New Album Now Available On-Line!
You can now listen to Ray Wilson's new album,
Change, on his
official website (Special thanks to Ray for passing that along)!
March 2, 2003
Peter Gabriel Tour To Return To North America In 2003?
Well, it appears so! Dates have tentatively been floating around for the
U.S. in June and July. Unlike the last leg of the tour, this leg would
be primarily in outdoor amphitheaters. More information and official
dates will follow when they are confirmed.
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