Pearl Jam was forced to postpone their concert scheduled for Sunday, September 10 in Noblesville, Indiana, just outside Indianapolis, due to illness.
“The band is deeply sorry and thinking of those who travel to shows, as well as the great crowd in Indy,” read a statement on their website, which did not identify who in the band was sick.
“It’s obviously serious, and we wish there was another way around it,” the added. “Again we apologize, and thanks so much for your understanding. It’s not easy…“
Pearl Jam says the show will be rescheduled “for a future date,” and those who can’t make it will be refunded.
The Seattle rockers’ next shows are scheduled for September 13 and 15 in Ft. Worth, Texas, and as of now, they are scheduled to go on as planned. The tour wraps September 18 and 19 in Austin, Texas.
Whitesnake is sharing another preview of their upcoming reissue of 2015’s The Purple Album, celebrating the 50th anniversary of frontman David Coverdale’s three years in the band Deep Purple.
The band’s just released “Lay Down, Stay Down (2023 Remix),” the second song they’ve shared from the record, following a live recording of the 1974 track “Burn.”
“‘Lay Down, Stay Down’ was one of the first songs I wrote with Ritchie Blackmore at his house in Camberley, Surrey,” Coverdale shares. “It’s a lyric about dealing with bullies … an aspect of the human condition I despise.”
He added, “I can’t tell you the original ‘working’ title I had, as it’s quite disgusting … It’s about fighting back & not taking any s*** from anybody.”
You can listen to “Lay Down, Stay Down (2023 Remix)” now via digital outlets and watch its new video streaming on YouTube.
The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition will be released October 13 as a two-CD/Blu-ray set, which includes concert videos from The Purple Tour, official music videos and more, including commentary from Coverdale. It’s also being released on two-LP gold vinyl.
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Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir is featured on Stephen Marley’s new track, “Winding Roads.” It also features Jack Johnson and Weir’s backing band, Wolf Brothers, made up of Don Was, and Dead & Company members Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane.
The song will be featured on Marley’s new album, Old Soul, which drops Friday, September 15. It also features a guest appearance by Eric Clapton on Stephen’s acoustic cover of dad Bob Marley’s “I Shot The Sheriff,” which Clapton also covered in 1974 for his album 461 Ocean Boulevard.
Other guests on the album include Ziggy Marley, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Buju Banton and Slightly Stoopid.
Old Soul, Marley’s first full-length album since 2016, will be released digitally, on CD and as a limited-edition double vinyl; it’s available for preorder now.
Steve Miller is sharing another track off J50: The Evolution of The Joker, his upcoming box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of his classic album The Joker.
Miller has just released the tune “Mama Church (A Capella),” which is one of eight previously unreleased songs on the set. It’s a song he recorded in a hotel room on April 21, 1972.
J50:The Evolution of The Joker, dropping September 15, will feature not only the original album but 27 previously unreleased recordings, some of which were taken from Miller’s personal songwriting tapes, along with studio outtakes and more. There will also be six audio commentary tracks, with Miller taking fans through the “evolution” of the album.
Meanwhile, the Steve Miller Band is set to kick off the next leg of their North American tour on Saturday, September 9, in Nampa, Idaho. A complete list of dates can be found at stevemillerband.com.
Ringo Starr wants to help folks celebrate their special day. The Beatles legend is on a new song, “Happy Birthday Beautiful,” written by award-winning songwriter Diane Warren and featuring vocals by Pentatonix.
Ringo plays drums on the track, which will be featured on a new American Greetings collection of birthday e-cards. The cards will be available starting Saturday, September 9, and includes options for people turning a year older that day; according to 20 years of real birth data, September 9 is the day more people are born than any other day of the year.
“I wanted to write a song that breathed new life into the classic birthday songs we know and love,” says Warren, who celebrated her 67th birthday on September 7. “Collaborating with such talented artists as Ringo Starr and Pentatonix, as well as the designers at American Greetings, allowed us to blend musical and design elements together to add new excitement to birthday celebrations.”
Ringo adds, “I was happy to play drums on this song when my friend Diane asked, and I think it’s great it is coming out around the time of her birthday – Happy Birthday beautiful! Peace and love, Ringo.”
Jimmy Buffett may be gone, but his music lives on, and he’s helping fans “keep the party going,” which is exactly what he wanted them to do. Buffett passed away on September 1, but a new album, Equal Strain on All Parts, will be released November 3, and now, fans are getting their first preview of the record.
In the legendary Beatle‘s tribute to Buffett following his death, McCartney wrote that he “loved” Bubbles Up,” noting, “I told him that not only was the song great but the vocal was probably the best I’ve heard him sing ever.”
McCartney shared in the post that he plays bass on “My Gummie Just Kicked In,” which was inspired by his wife, Nancy Shevell, who was a bit unsteady on her feet when she entered a dinner party, prompting Buffett to ask if she was okay. She responded, “Oh, no — I’m fine. My gummie just kicked in!”
In addition to McCartney, the album features a host of other special guests, including Emmylou Harris, Angélique Kidjo, the Preservation Hall Jazz band and more.
“University of Bourbon Street” (feat. Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
“Bubbles Up”
“Audience of One”
“My Gummie Just Kicked In”
“Close Calls”
“Equal Strain On All Parts”
“Like My Dog”
“Ti Punch Café” (feat. Angelique Kidjo)
“Portugul or PEI” (feat. Lennie Gallant, Will Kimbrough)
“Nobody Works On Friday”
“Fish Porn”
“Johnny’s Rhum”
“Columbus”
“Mozambique” (feat. Emmylou Harris)
Eagles kicked off their The Long Goodbye final tour at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Thursday, September 7, and they took a moment out of their show to pay tribute to the late Jimmy Buffett, who passed away September 1 at the age of 76.
As seen in fan-shot footage posted to YouTube, Don Henley told the crowd, “Last weekend we lost a deer friend and the world lost a musical icon. Our dear friend Jimmy Buffett is now sailing on that cosmic ocean having that cheeseburger with Glenn and Randy,” referring to the late Eagles members Glenn Frey and Randy Meisner.
He added, “We always laughed and said we survived the ’70s together and the ’80s were pretty rough too, come to think of it.”
Henley called Buffett “one of the hardest working men I ever saw,” but noted, “he made work look like play and he brought joy to everything he did, including the work.”
Finally, he shared, “One of his final wishes was that we keep the party going … responsibly.”
The band then dedicated their next two songs to Buffett. The “Margaritaville” singer’s classic “Come Monday” was sung by Timothy B. Schmit, who was once a member of Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band, while Joe Walsh,who was wearing a parrot hat on his head, sung “Fins” and joked, “Jimmy and I got thrown out of some of the finest hotels in the world.”
Eagles’ The Long Goodbye tour returns to Madison Square Garden on Friday, September 8. A complete list of dates can be found at eagles.com.
Queen continues to highlight their connection to their fans in the latest episode of their weekly YouTube series, Queen The Greatest Live, titled “Vocal Games.”
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers are known for having loads of songs their audience can sing along to, and frontman Freddie Mercury was known for his ability to challenge the crowd to match his vocal prowess. Well, in this episode, we get to see a prime example of that.
It features a clip from the band’s 1982 show at the U.K. Milton Keynes Bowl in England, with Freddie getting the audience to join him for some vocal challenges.
“I’m gonna make you sing like Aretha Franklin!” he tells the crowd as he sits at the end of the stage. They then aptly match him note for note before he finally lets them know, “Alright, you can join the band.”
Next week on Queen The Greatest Live: “Radio Ga Ga.”
Pearl Jam‘s concert at Chicago’s United Center on Thursday, September 7, turned into a surprise ceremony in honor of hockey star Chris Chelios.
During the show, frontman Eddie Vedder invited Chelios onstage to inform him that the Chicago Blackhawks would be retiring his jersey number. In addition to having played for the Blackhawks for many years during his historic Hall of Fame career, Chelios is also originally from the Windy City.
“The band and I are deeply honored to be the ones who get to tell you in front of all these fine people that before [Blackhawks owner] Mr. [Rocky] Wirtz passed, it was one of his last wishes that you would be honored,” Vedder told Chelios.
The Blackhawks posted footage of the moment on social media. Chelios’ jersey will officially be retired during a pregame ceremony held February 25, 2024.
Chelios, by the way, wasn’t the only athlete to get a shoutout during PJ’s Chicago show. In footage posted by the United Center, Vedder told a story about how Chicago Bulls player Dennis Rodman, who’s a well-known Pearl Jam fan, gave Eddie’s grandmother his jersey after Game 1 against the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals.
“[My grandmother] was so inspired, she had this jersey and showed it off to all her friends, and then she ended up getting this massive back tattoo of Dennis,” Vedder joked. Or, at least, we think he was joking.
As for the actual music, the show’s set list included a cover of The Rolling Stones song “Street Fighting Man.”
Pearl Jam’s tour continues Sunday, September 10, in Indianapolis.
Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi landed his first and only solo #1 single with “Blaze of Glory” from the soundtrack to the hit movie Young Guns II, starring Emilio Estevez.
Emilio originally wanted to use the Bon Jovi track “Wanted Dead or Alive” for the movie, but the rocker instead opted to write an original tune with lyrics he felt were more appropriate for a Western about famed outlaw Billy the Kid.
The track, which featured Jeff Beck on guitar, went on to win a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award; it lost to “Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man)” from the movie Dick Tracy.
