Classic Rock 93.9

On This Day, April 17, 1964…

Sixty years ago, The Rolling Stones released their self-titled debut album in the U.K, which shot to #1 on the  charts, where it stayed for 12 weeks.

Although Mick Jagger and Keith Richards would go on to become a superstar songwriting pair, they wrote only one original song for the album, “Tell Me (You’re Coming Back).”

A U.S. version was released a month and a half later, with a slightly different track list. The track “Not Fade Away” replaced “I Need You,” and several other song titles were shortened. Like the U.K. version, the U.S. version was originally self-titled, with the sub-title England’s Newest Hit Makers, with the latter eventually becoming its official title.

The U.S. version peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold by the RIAA.

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Green Day has added a last-minute concert in Los Angeles.

The “American Idiot” outfit will play the 780-capacity Echoplex on Thursday, April 18. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, April 17, at noon PT.

Green Day has played a number of surprise, intimate shows as part of their Hella Tiny underplay series, which has also included performances in Las Vegas, New York City and Paris.

Green Day will be headlining much larger venues on their upcoming world stadium tour, which launches in the U.S. in July. They’ll be supporting their latest album, Saviors, and will also be playing their 1994 and 2004 albums Dookie and American Idiot in full in honor of their respective 30th and 20th anniversaries.

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A lot of music fans will be lining up at independent record stores across the country for Record Store Day on Saturday, April 20, but the day is about more than just landing that special release.

“It’s almost like Record Store Day is two different days in one,” RSD co-founder Carrie Colliton tells ABC Audio. “In the morning, it’s all about, ‘Oh, I got this special treasure.’ … But the second half of the day is a party, and a celebration of stores and what they do in the community all year long.”

RSD started in 2007 and artists like Metallica, Dave Grohl and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy were early supporters, but for RSD co-founder Michael Kurtz, it was when Paul McCartney emailed them after an in-store appearance that he knew they had made it.

Kurtz notes, “That was the moment I think we all were like, ‘Holy crap, one of the Beatles likes us,’” adding it made them realize they “must be doing something right.”

And this year there are several Beatles-related items fans can get their hands on, including Ringo Starr’s new EP, Crooked Boy, and zoetrope picture disc pressings of two George Harrison albums. 

There’s also a collectible mini turntable featuring the songs The Beatles played on The Ed Sullivan Show 60 years ago. “It’s so cute. You just can’t help but smile or laugh when you see it because it’s just adorable,” Kurtz shares. 

Of course there are lots of other records to pick up on Saturday, including a Lou Reed tribute album, Neil Young’s new album, FU##IN’ UP, and two releases from The Rolling Stones. A complete list of releases can be found at recordstoreday.com.

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The legendary Bob Marley will be celebrated with a new immersive experience coming to Las Vegas later this year.

Bob Marley Hope Road, set to open at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, “invites audiences to enter a world where the heartbeat of one man unites all in celebration.” It will give fans a chance to experience Marley’s Jamaica through musical and visual experiences.

Hope Road will be open seven days a week, with guests offered the option of two different experiences. Bob Marley Hope Road by Day is described as “an illuminating, shared, multi-sensory experience” with digital and analog instillations. There will also be Bob Marley Hope Road by Night, which will feature an intimate show with dancers, DJs, musicians and entertainers celebrating Marley’s music.

“Our family is incredibly proud of this project that honors the life of our father,“ said two of Marley’s children, Cedella and Ziggy Marley, who are among the project’s executive producers. “His legacy lives on through his music and life’s work of empowering and uniting the people. We invite all to be a part of this journey through Bob Marley Hope Road.” 

More information and details about tickets are expected to be announced in the fall.

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In March, Pete Townshend suggested The Who should maybe do one final tour before giving up the road, but now he appears to be backtracking on that idea.

Pete’s initial comments came during an interview with The New York Times, with the rocker sharing, “It feels to me like there’s one thing the Who can do, and that’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die.”

But in a new interview on the Sound Up! podcast hosted by Mark Goodman and Alan Light, Townshend suggests fans shouldn’t take him too seriously.

“I was being ironic. I was being British,” he says. “I’m not doing a farewell tour. I think I was being sarcastic about it.” 

Back in March, The Who played two shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer Trust. They have no future dates scheduled, although Roger Daltrey does have some U.S. solo shows planned, starting May 6 in San Diego. A complete list of dates can be found TheWho.com.

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Extreme and Living Colour are hitting the road together once more.

The two bands’ Thicker than Blood tour, which first launched in 2023, will continue with a fall leg kicking off September 4 in Billings, Montana.

Tickets go on sale Friday, April 19. A presale starts Wednesday, April 17, at 10 a.m. local time.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Extreme-Band.com.

Extreme will be touring in continued support of their 2023 album, Six. Living Colour’s most recent record is 2017’s Shade.

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Neil Young is set to kick off his Love Earth tour later this month, and he’s got a big treat in store for fans.

Rolling Stone reports that during a Zoom with subscribers to his Neil Young Archives site, the rocker revealed he’s planning to perform the classic “Cortez The Killer” with previously lost lyrics that he hasn’t performed in 50 years.

“Just a couple of days ago, I found the other verses,” he shared. “Just the lyrics…We may have those lost lyrics in the show, which will be fun for me.”

Those verses were lost during the recording process due to a power outage to the recording console. The band was unaware and kept performing, but that resulted in one verse being missed. 

Young added, “Now that I’ve found the lyrics, I’m trying to find exactly where they come in the song. I need to look at the tape and see where the cut is, where we lost some. I’ll insert them there.”

Also on the Zoom, Young gave fans more info on the Crosby, Stills & Nash Fillmore East 1969 live album, which he previously announced on his site, as well as the planned Archives III and IV box sets, which will cover a period of 30 years each, with IV being the final installment. 

Young’s Love Earth tour is set to kick off with a two-night stand in San Diego, California, on April 24 and 25. A complete list of dates can be found at neilyoungarchives.

Young and his band Crazy Horse are also set to release the new album, FU##IN’ UP, on clear vinyl for Record Store Day, April 20. The black vinyl, CD and digital edition will be released April 26.

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The Osbournes TV show is being rereleased.

The series originally aired on MTV from 2002 to 2005 and followed the home life of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne and their kids Jack and Kelly.

“Since the show has left the air, it hasn’t been readily available to anyone,” Jack says in the latest episode of The Osbournes Podcast. “We’re also doing some new content around the original footage.”

For more info, stay tuned to OsbourneMediaHouse.com.

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Alice Cooper has announced some new summer tour dates.

The rocker has added a new leg of his Too Close For Comfort tour, with 12 shows, kicking off July 30 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, and wrapping August 17 in Tucson, Arizona. 

Presale tickets are on sale now, with tickets going on sale to the general public starting Friday, April 19, at 10 a.m. 

Following the new Too Close For Comfort tour dates, Cooper will hit the road with Rob Zombie on their Freaks on Parade tour, featuring special guests Ministry and Filter. That tour starts August 20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and wraps September 18 in Forth Worth, Texas.

Up next, Cooper is bringing his tour to Australia starting April 20 in Melbourne. She will then launch a European tour with an appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival, taking place June 5-8.

A complete list of tour dates can be found at alicecooper.com.

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The music of the late Jimmy Buffett is being celebrated this summer with a new vinyl reissue series.

The series will kick off June 7 with the release of three albums: 1973’s Living and Dying in 3/4 Time, 1983’s One Particular Harbour and 1994s double LP Fruitcakes.

Each release will stand out with their own unique colored vinyl variant: Living and Dying in 3/4 Time in a sea breeze, One Particular Harbour in lavender daydream and Fruitcakes in sunshine ray and apricot.

All three are available for preorder now. 

The releases will continue throughout the summer, as three more albums — 1973’s A White Sport Coat and Pink Crustacean, 1976’s Havana Daydreamin’ and 1996’s Banana Wind — will be reissued on July 12. Four more — 1977’s Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, 1978’s Son of a Son of a Sailor, 1979’s Volcano and 1995’s Barometer Soup — will come out August 16.

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