News …
The top 10 classic rock logos … ever? - Houston Press
Is Lady GaGa the "future of pop?" - The Times Online U.K.
Lars Ulrich talks about "Guitar Hero Metallica" - Metro.us
Whoops! Madonna takes a tumble in Rio
Views …
Neil Young in Worcester, Mass. - "You think you know Neil Young by now, and then he plays a show that leaves you slack-jawed by his conviction to shake things up." - The Boston Globe
Ice Cube in Austin - " … the man is still riveting. And has a much deeper catalog than you might remember." - Austin 360
Tracy Chapman in England - "Muted protest ballads such as 'Behind the Wall' and the twinkling escape-fantasy classic 'Fast Car' have lost little of their quietly insistent beauty, earning a rapturous singalong reception in Bristol." - The Times Online U.K.
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones in New England - " … threw a Christmas party on Saturday for a couple thousand music lovers at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton, Mass." - Hartford Courant
Billy Joel in New Zealand - "Joel's many voices have told stories of characters, lives and events that have been bottled and preserved for our pleasure." - Stuff.co.nz
Oasis in Chicago - "With a countenance like an angry gorilla and body language that seemed to suggest: 'I'm better than you and I know it,'singer Liam Gallagher definitely had his egotistic rocker schtick down pat." - The Chicago Tribune
They Say It's Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)
Tony Hicks (The Hollies) is 63
Benny Andersson (ABBA) is 62
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) is 59
Bill Bateman (The Blasters) is 57
Jeff Carson is 45
Michael McCary is 37
Chris Scruggs is 26