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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
DAVE
MATTHEWS BAND SAXOPHONIST LEROI MOORE DEAD AT 46
Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore died Tuesday (August
19th) at a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 46, the Associated Press
reports. The exact cause of death is unknown, but was related to complications
from critical injuries Moore sustained in a June 30th all-terrain vehicle crash
on his farm in Charlottesville, Virginia. Moore, who suffered a punctured lung
and broken ribs in the accident, recently returned to his Los Angeles home to
begin physical rehabilitation but complications forced him back into the
hospital.
Moore's accident prevented him from joining Dave Matthews Band on their
current tour, which coincidentally was scheduled to play Los Angeles Tuesday and
Wednesday (August 20th). In a message posted on their website, LeRoi's former
bandmates said they were "deeply saddened" at news of his death.

HAPPY
60th BIRTHDAY, ROBERT PLANT!!!
Happy Birthday to Robert Plant who turns 60 years old today (August
20th).
Although Plant has enjoyed a successful solo career since 1982, he will
always be best known for his years fronting Led Zeppelin and co-writing
the majority of the band's songs with Jimmy Page.
Despite last December's Zeppelin reunion in London featuring himself, Page, John
Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham filling in for his late dad John
Bonham, Plant has been the lone hold-out in committing to any future
performances. Several of the industries' top promoters have essentially offered
the band a blank check should they commit to any number of road dates.
Coincidentally, just as the Zeppelin reunion rumors first began to catch fire
last year, Plant enjoyed the biggest success of his solo career with his
collaboration with Alison Krauss on their joint album Raising Sand,
which hit Number Two on The Billboard 200 album charts. Plant and Krauss'
cover of the Everly Brothers' "Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)"
scored the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.
 | Raising Sand producer T-Bone Burnett was sure that the duo
would click immediately: ["I know Alison's adventurous, and I didn't
know Robert until we started working together. But, I've certainly followed
him and I knew that he was adventurous, and I knew they were both interested
in the history of music. So I suspected we could find common ground pretty
easily."]
 | After 40 years in the business, Plant says that up and coming musicians
should stay as independent as possible: ["Stay away from a major
label. You know, you've got to be able to deal with people who are telling
the truth. You can't be in a position where, if things aren't happening for
you within four weeks, you're history and you're left dangling forever. I
know quite a few artists of my era who are in that position now, who just
can't get away."]
 | Although Led Zeppelin guards its catalogue against use in commercials, in
2004 they allowed their song "Rock And Roll" to be used by
Cadillac, and more recently let NBC use their song "Bring It Home"
to be used in Olympic TV spots. Plant says that he actually doesn't mind the
use of their material on TV, providing it's done with taste: ["I
think that's appropriate. I don't know how people view it, but as far as a
young generation goes, if you hear that music in as many possible places as
you can outside of the normal home for it, then it can only be a good
thing."]
 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss tour dates (subject to change):
September 23 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
September 24 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
September 26 - Houston, TX - Mitchell Pavilion
September 27 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park
September 30 - Portland, OR - Theatre of the Clouds
October 1 - Seattle, WA - WaMu Theatre
October 3 - San Francisco, CA - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival at
Speedway Meadow
October 4 - Kelseyville, CA - Konocti Harbor
October 5 - Saratoga, CA - Mountain Winery |
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PETER
FRAMPTON ADDS EAST COAST FALL DATES
Peter Frampton has extended his current tour into October, adding seven
additional East Coast North American dates. Newly added stops include
Belleville, Ontario; Foxboro, Massachusetts; West Palm Beach, Florida and other
dates.
Frampton's concert set lists still draw heavily on his 1976 multi-platinum
double album Frampton Comes Alive! -- as well as spotlighting
Frampton's most recent album, the Grammy-Award winning instrumental set, Fingerprints.
 | Frampton says that putting together a two-hour show that keeps the crowd
interested and moving is almost an art form: ["Certain numbers just
don't lend themselves to live. And I've always been able to really balance
and build a show. We don't come out and just scream at you from the word
'go' until the end. It's always a build. And it goes up and down in the
middle. Certain numbers just don't lend themselves to stage. And some I
haven't tried."]
 | Peter Frampton tour dates (subject to change):
August 29 - Indianapolis, IN - Rib America Festival at Military Park
August 30 - Milwaukee, WI - Harley Davidson Anniversary at Summerfest
Grounds
August 31 - Nashville, TN - Riverfront Park
September 3 - Dallas, TX - House Of Blues
September 5 - Bossier City, LA - Horseshoe Casino
September 6 - Robinsonville, MS - Bluesville At Horseshoe Casino
September 7 - Elizabeth, IN - Caesars Indiana
September 9 - Easton, PA - State Theatre Center For The Arts
September 11 - Belleville, ON - Empire Theatre
September 12 - Foxboro, MA - Showcase Live!
September 13 - Lakewood, NJ - GPU Energy Park
October 22 - Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre
October 24 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
October 25 - West Palm Beach, FL - Kravis Center
October 26 - Melbourne, FL - King Center For Performing Arts
 | Frampton's recent shows have included a cover of Jr. Walker & The
All Star's "Shotgun," his hit version of Stevie Wonder's
"Signed Sealed Delivered," the Beatles' "While My
Guitar Gently Weeps," which was featured on his 2003 album Now,
his instrumental version of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun"
which was included on his recent instrumental album Fingerprints, and
the longtime Humble Pie closer, Ashford & Simpson's
"I Don't Need No Doctor."
 | Peter Frampton's last album, Fingerprints, won the 2007 Grammy for
Best Pop Instrumental Album. |
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JOHN
LENNON'S MURDERER SAYS THAT HE'S CHANGED SINCE BEING IN PRISON
John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman, says that he's ashamed
of murdering the former Beatle in 1980, and that he's changed over the
past 28 years in prison.
Last week, Chapman was turned down for parole for the fifth time since 2002. The
Associated Press reported that the transcript for last week's parole hearing
was made public, in which Chapman, who's now 53, said in part, "I
recognized that that 25-year-old man -- I don't think he really appreciated the
life that he was taking, that this was a human being. I feel now at 53 I have
grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is. I have changed a
lot."
Chapman shed light on his state of mind during the days he stalked Lennon and
eventually shot him to death. He recalled that he had hoped the murder would
give him a sense of identity and notoriety: "I would be something other
than a nobody, and that was my reasoning at the time."
 | Mark David Chapman, is serving a 25 years-to-life sentence for Lennon's
murder. He is housed in protective custody at Attica Correctional Facility,
which is about 30 miles east of Buffalo, New York. He works as a law clerk
and in the prison's kitchen.
 | Since 1992 Chapman has been receiving conjugal visits with his wife Gloria
Abe, through a state program called "family reunion" which
allows prisoners to spend up to 44 hours at a time in an unsupervised home
setting on prison property. |
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NEIL
YOUNG ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Neil Young has announced a 19-date North American tour to kick off on
October 14th in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center, and wrap up on
December 15th at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Reuters reported that the opening acts for the tour will be Death
Cab For Cutie, who'll play the first portion of the tour from opening night
in Minneapolis until November 29th in Halifax, Nova Scotia, when Wilco
will then replace them as the tour's opener.
 | Neil Young North American tour dates (subject to change):
October 14 - Saint Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
October 16 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
October 18 - Regina, SK - Brandt Centre
October 19 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
October 21 - Everett, WA - Comcast Arena At Everett Events Center
October 22 - Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
October 29 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
October 30 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum
November 1 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
November 4 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
November 5 - Omaha, NE - Qwest Center Omaha
November 29 - Halifax, NS - Halifax Metro Centre
December 1 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
December 2 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
December 4 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
December 7 - Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace Of Auburn Hills
December 9 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena
December 12 - Philadelphia, PA - The Wachovia Spectrum
December 15 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden Arena |
Young wraps up his European tour on Saturday (August 23rd) in Coburg,
Germany. On September 20th, Young will appear with Willie Nelson, John
Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, and others in Mansfield, Massachusetts for
the annual Farm Aid benefit.
 | Neil Young has yet to announce the dates and lineup for his upcoming
Bridge School Benefit show, which is usually held in late October in
Northern, California. |

METALLICA
FRONTMAN'S LAWYER CALLS FENCE FLAP 'ABSURD'
Metallica frontman James Hetfield's attorney has spoken on behalf
of his client about a fence that Hetfield erected on his Marin County,
California property that has angered local bikers, hikers and horse riders, who
claim it blocks access to a fire road that has been open for decades. Lawyer Howard
King told San Francisco's KGO-TV, "There was a fence there for decades.
Hikers breached and broke a smaller gate countless times. For Mr. Hetfield to be
vilified in this borders on the absurd. He has done the county a favor by
agreeing to preserve hundreds of acres of open space, not to walk through, but
to look at."
 | People using the road claim that the previous owners of the property,
which stretches for several hundred yards, had allowed them to pass through
for years. Hetfield's lawyer disputed that claim.
 | Hetfield bought the property in 1999 with plans to construct a house and
studio. So far only the studio has been built.
 | The contractor hired to put up the fence said that the singer and
guitarist was concerned about vandalism and damage on his property.
 | The Deputy Director of Parks told KGO, "Hetfield has the right to
close off his property. We believe he had an issue with people having
parties and making campfires." But he added that negotiations were
underway with Hetfield to come to some sort of compromise arrangement.
 | The land sits on a hilltop high above the town of Terra Linda. Local
horseback rider Connie Berto said she has passed through the property
every day for 40 years until now, adding that the arrival of the
eight-foot-high steel and barbed wire fence was "like slamming the door
on serenity." |
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BRIAN
WILSON STREAMING NEW ALBUM THROUGH USATODAY.COM AND OTHER OUTLETS
Brian Wilson will be previewing his new album, That Lucky Old Sun,
through an exclusive partnership with Gannett Newspapers.
Over 50 Gannett newspaper and TV station websites, including USATODAY.com,
will exclusively offer full streaming audio of That Lucky Old Sun in the
days leading up to its September 2nd release. The album will be streamed from
August 22nd to September 1st. Log on to brianwilson.com to see a full
list of Gannett websites from which the album can be streamed.
 | That Lucky Old Sun is Wilson's eighth studio set apart from the Beach
Boys. The album is being described by the label as a "a musical
love letter from Southern California." Wilson composed the work with
several collaborators, including longtime bandmate Scott Bennett, with
the spoken interludes on the album written by Wilson's Smile lyricist
Van Dyke Parks. Last year Wilson and his band debuted the song cycle
in Britain to rave reviews.
 | Brian Wilson was asked whether he ever dreamed that when the Beach Boys
began, their music would now span generations: ["Actually, looking
back on it now, I thought... I had the feeling we were going to do it, but I
didn't think in my brain that we were going to keep going, going and going
for 40 more years. It would be impossible to conceive of."]
 | In addition to his regular mixture of solo favorites and Beach Boys
classics, most of Wilson's upcoming dates will feature That Lucky Old Sun
performed in its entirety.
 | Brian Wilson tour dates (subject to change):
September 5 - Oakland, CA- Paramount Theatre
September 6 - Reno, NV - Grand Theatre at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
September 7 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
September 9 - Primm, NV - Star of the Desert Arena
September 10 - Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre
September 12, 13, 14 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
 | Brian Wilson's Los Angeles dates will be greatest hits shows, and will
only feature a selection from That Lucky Old Sun. |
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