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Monday, May 12, 2008
Music news: The Cure launch tour
The Cure started out their North American tour on May 9 in Fairfax, Va., to promote their latest CD, which is due out this month.
Led Zeppelin is said to be gearing up for a major tour by the end of this year, according to Rolling Stone.com, likely with Jason Bonham playing the drums.
Beck is also in the studio with producer ‘Danger Mouse’ of Gnarls Barkley fame. The CD, titled “Modern Guilt,” is supposed to be a throwback to 60’s Brit Rock.
Metal heads Metallica are giving fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of their new CD, “Mission: Metallica,” on their web site, www.missionmetallica.com.
Rapper Snoop Dogg is supposed to be working on a new LP, “Malice in Wonderland,” and did a video with none other than Willie Nelson.
On the country music front, Grammy winning bluegrass artist Tim O’Brien just released an album, “Chameleon,” on which he plays eight different instruments and sings; and gospel legend Dottie Rambo lost her life after her tour bus crashed outside of Mount Vernon, Mo. Six other people on the bus were injured.
More news on local artists coming soon.
