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John Lennon biopic coming out

The life and times of John Lennon will soon be brought to epic life on the silver screen. Apparently, visual-artist Sam Taylor-Wood is directing the film (according to this item on Billboard’s Web site) and titling the project Nowhere Boy. The focus is largely on the influences that shaped Lennon—primarily his aunt and mother.

The movie will be pretty revealing, as many people know the public persona of The Beatles far more than they do the actual men themselves. Lennon’s story is one that will be highly compelling, as he struggled through a lonely childhood, using music to connect to others and express his own feelings. His friendship with Paul McCartney is something that also sustained him through those lonely years.

While you can never see the Beatles perform live again, there are plenty of bands that have made careers out of impresonating them—and impersonating them well. 1964 the Tribute is one of these, and fortunately concert tickets are available for them. Get 1964 the Tribute tickets on Stubhub.com.

Michael Phelps appearing with Miley Cyrus, others, at VMA Awards

If Michael Phelps can find time away from polishing the many, many, many gold medals he   has strung up about his house, he’ll be appearing at the MTV Music Video Awards this year, an athletic celebrity among musical celebrities. He’ll be a presenter, actually, along with numerous other major stars, including Lindsay Lohan, Ciara, Miley Cyrus and more.

Cyrus in particular has been a big name these days, being the clean-cut version that Britney Spears never even set out to be. Kudos to her on allowing that wholesomeness to drive her career, and hopefully it lasts. Her record sales show no sign of slowing down, in any case, and her appearance at the VMA Awards is yet another sign that she’ll be appearing on the channel for a long time to come.

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Radiohead webcasts last night’s show live, distracting viewers from watching Obama

Most Democratic eyes were glued to the TV set last night as presidential hopeful Barack Obama delivered his nomination speech before a very packed, very loud audience in Denver. But a few probably had their laptops open at the same time, watching Radiohead perform live in Santa Barbara. This was the last show of Radiohead’s American tour supporting In Rainbows, their most recent release. They announced the webcast the day of, catching quite a few fans off-guard.
With Radiohead, you have to predict the unpredictable. They offered the record for free online initially, and now it seems they’re trying the same thing with their live shows. It was the last show in America, so no one feels ripped off thinking they could have seen them at a later tour date, and by most accounts online, it was a good one.

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Trisha Yearwood’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing

Trisha Yearwood is a bit shaken after her recent flight to Oklahoma when her plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Baltimore because of a cracked windshield.  Yearwood has several tour dates scheduled for next month and on into October.  Some of the cities that she is scheduled to appear in include: Nashville, Tennesse; Peachtree City, Georgia and Friant, California.  many of her fans are anticipating this tour by this prominent country music artist.

Yearwood made her debut in the music industry in 1991 with the number one hit single “She’s in Love with the Boy.”  The album has sold over two million copies, making Yearwood the first female Country singer to have a debut album to be certified Platinum.  She was one of the popular female country singers of the ’90s and on into today.  Be sure to get your own pair of Trisha Yearwood tickets from Stubhub.com.

Blue Oysters On Tour

The Oysters are currently out on tour and they are known as one of the most influential bands of the 1970s and 1980s.  After appearing with Christopher Walken on SNL the Blue Oyster Cult became known as comedians not only as rockers.  Some of he cities they are scheduled to appear in, include: Rockford, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana; Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Danbury, Conneticut. They will likely put on a great show so make sure that you get your own pair of tickets as soon as possible.

Blue Oyster Cult is an American rock band that was formed in New York in 1967.  The group is best known for three hit songs, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” “Burnin’ For You” and “Godzilla.”  They are a pioneer in heavy metal music and they have sold over 14 million albums worldwide since their conception.  Make sure to act now to get a hold of your very own pair of Blue Oyster Cult tickets.

Metallica’s new record the first of the season expected to boost the majors

What with all this new-fangled Internet downloading going on with the kids, the major labels have seen record sales slump in their past two fourth quarters, Rolling Stone notes. But there’s a good chance the upcoming season—that’s fall and probably most of winter—will pick sales back up, as they’re stocked with some pretty big releases. The biggest names include U2, Beyonce, AC/DC, Dr. Dre, various American Idol spawned pop stars and the kinds of metal, Metallica (there might also be a release coming from Guns N’ Roses, who, it’s rumored, have been working on a new album).

But the Metallica release is coming up fast, and is expected to be the first of any of them. Their tenth studio album, Death Magnetic, is due out Sept. 12. Expect to have to muscle past plenty of dedicated metalheads to get a copy of that one.

Of course, you could just try and see them live. Concert tickets may be the way to go. Just look up Metallica tickets, available on Stubhub.com.

An interview with ’Mr. Geeky and Mr. Egghead’

Rolling Stone has a fabulous interview with former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and long-established producer Brian Eno. As we’ve countless times reminded you on this blog, the two have reunited for the first time in three decades to release a new album, composed of “beds,” or backgrounds of electronic texture that Eno had never got around to writing songs for.

Here’s a neat little anecdote to come out of the interview: Apparently, after offering it to Byrne, Eno never heard back from him. So, being the producer of Coldplay’s last record, he let Chris Martin have a go. Martin loved the idea, and sent Eno an mp3 of his work—the same day that Byrne finally got back with his own take of the song. Martin heard it and respectfully stood down. It was simply too good.

Hoping to hear the new record performed live? You’ll need concert tickets to a special tour, sadly sans Eno. David Byrne tickets are available at Stubhub.com.

Score one for the Federal Govn’t and Guns N’ Roses

Chinese Democracy, the long-rumored return to rock by Guns N’ Roses, is a lot like Bigfoot. Few claim to have seen it (or heard it, in this case), and with each waning year, any interest generated by the myth of a new album dies a little more.

But a couple months ago, a blogger named Kevin “Skwerl” Cogill posted nine tracks he claimed were from the new record. People listened to them, and they sounded very authentic. Apparently they were. Skwerl got a visit from Uncle Sam yesterday morning, who appeared in the guise of FBI agents who promptly arrested the blogger.

Pitchfork has a nice round-up of the event, plus links to previous and current stories about it. There’s also a quote from a colleague of Skwerl’s, posted on that individual’s blog: “Skwerl got himself hauled in by the FBI today over this whole GNR/Chinese Democracy leak fiasco, which seems to mean that people take this whole copyright thing pretty seriously.”

Well, really. What a crazy notion.

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