Rockin' News for Week of Dec. 8 ,2008, pt.2
Klaus Meine and Rudolf
Schenker of the Scorpions
have been confirmed for a
special concert on December,
13th at the ISS Dome in
Düsseldorf, Germany
celebrating Doro Pesch's
25-year career as the
reigning queen of German
heavy metal.
Courtesy of the-scorpions.com
Schenker of the Scorpions
have been confirmed for a
special concert on December,
13th at the ISS Dome in
Düsseldorf, Germany
celebrating Doro Pesch's
25-year career as the
reigning queen of German
heavy metal.
Courtesy of the-scorpions.com
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Fla. hospital dedicates room in Brian Johnson's name
Mission targets music education for underserved youth
The new Brian Johnson Music Therapy Room in the pediatrics department at
Sarasota Memorial Hospital is being dedicated on Monday, December 22, 2008. The
musical equipment, memorabilia and room enhancements were donated to Sarasota
Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc. by the John Entwistle Foundation, which is
named for the late bassist of THE WHO. A press conference and panel discussion
will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the auditorium on the first floor of the hospital. Brian
Johnson, along with drummer Steve Luongo, formerly of the JOHN ENTWISTLE
BAND, and currently the head of the John Entwistle Foundation, will be at the
press conference to answer questions and explain the importance of this project. At
2:00 p.m., the ribbon-cutting will take place at the room located on the 5th floor in
the pediatric department. The primary mission of the John Entwistle Foundation is
to provide free music education and instruments to underserved children. This year
the foundation has expanded its mission by including children's hospitals for the
delivery of music and its therapeutic benefits. The room has been named in honor of
Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC/DC. (Courtesy of roadrunnerrecords.com)
Mission targets music education for underserved youth
The new Brian Johnson Music Therapy Room in the pediatrics department at
Sarasota Memorial Hospital is being dedicated on Monday, December 22, 2008. The
musical equipment, memorabilia and room enhancements were donated to Sarasota
Memorial Healthcare Foundation, Inc. by the John Entwistle Foundation, which is
named for the late bassist of THE WHO. A press conference and panel discussion
will be held at 1:00 p.m. in the auditorium on the first floor of the hospital. Brian
Johnson, along with drummer Steve Luongo, formerly of the JOHN ENTWISTLE
BAND, and currently the head of the John Entwistle Foundation, will be at the
press conference to answer questions and explain the importance of this project. At
2:00 p.m., the ribbon-cutting will take place at the room located on the 5th floor in
the pediatric department. The primary mission of the John Entwistle Foundation is
to provide free music education and instruments to underserved children. This year
the foundation has expanded its mission by including children's hospitals for the
delivery of music and its therapeutic benefits. The room has been named in honor of
Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC/DC. (Courtesy of roadrunnerrecords.com)
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Jersey legends are year's top touring act
BON JOVI is 2008’s top touring act in the world,
coming in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Tour chart,
which is based on data reported to Billboard
Boxscore from Nov. 14, 2007 through Nov. 11,
2008. A special editorial section spotlighting Bon Jovi’
s achievements will appear in Billboard’s annual Year
In Music & Touring Issue, on stands Friday,
December 12. Over two million fans attended the
100 sold out dates on the Lost Highway World Tour,
promoted by AEG Live. Globally, they have
performed more than 2,600 concerts in over 50
countries for more than 34 million fans.
(Courtesy of bonjovi.com)
BON JOVI is 2008’s top touring act in the world,
coming in at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Tour chart,
which is based on data reported to Billboard
Boxscore from Nov. 14, 2007 through Nov. 11,
2008. A special editorial section spotlighting Bon Jovi’
s achievements will appear in Billboard’s annual Year
In Music & Touring Issue, on stands Friday,
December 12. Over two million fans attended the
100 sold out dates on the Lost Highway World Tour,
promoted by AEG Live. Globally, they have
performed more than 2,600 concerts in over 50
countries for more than 34 million fans.
(Courtesy of bonjovi.com)
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Chinese Democracy sales drop sharply
By Randy Lewis, L.A. Times (December 13, 2008)
The downfall of Soviet Communism took 70 years, but "Chinese
Democracy" appears to be in jeopardy after just two weeks.
The Guns N' Roses album that was 17 years in the making
climbed only as high as No. 3 when it debuted on the national
sales chart. It has tumbled to No. 18 in its second week of
release.
That's a disturbing sign for the most expensive to produce
album ever in rock, the cost once estimated at $13 million. But
the pop world just might have reached its limit in indulging
frontman Axl Rose's appetite for production, which led to delay
after delay, year after year.
"Fool me once, shame on you -- fool me 20 times, and I'll be
done with you," says Guitar Player magazine Associate Editor
Matt Blackett on the tepid public reaction to the album so far.
By Randy Lewis, L.A. Times (December 13, 2008)
The downfall of Soviet Communism took 70 years, but "Chinese
Democracy" appears to be in jeopardy after just two weeks.
The Guns N' Roses album that was 17 years in the making
climbed only as high as No. 3 when it debuted on the national
sales chart. It has tumbled to No. 18 in its second week of
release.
That's a disturbing sign for the most expensive to produce
album ever in rock, the cost once estimated at $13 million. But
the pop world just might have reached its limit in indulging
frontman Axl Rose's appetite for production, which led to delay
after delay, year after year.
"Fool me once, shame on you -- fool me 20 times, and I'll be
done with you," says Guitar Player magazine Associate Editor
Matt Blackett on the tepid public reaction to the album so far.
"Chinese Democracy" sold 261,000 copies in the U.S. in the first week following its Nov. 23 release as an exclusive at Best Buy stores --
a respectable figure in an age of diminished record industry expectations, but it's just half of what 18-year-old singer-songwriter Taylor
Swift’s second album, "Fearless," sold two weeks earlier.
What's more, the reconstituted GNR tallied one-third of what another veteran hard rock band, AC/DC, sold out of the gate with “Black
Ice” in October. That album, a Wal-Mart exclusive, notched a 784,000 first-week sales figure.
Only two albums have crossed the 2 million sales mark during 2008, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," which had a 1-million-plus first week in
June, and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which came out a week later and posted 721,000 copies in its first week.
As of press time, GNR's management and record company did not respond to requests for comments for this article.
The GNR album was outsold by Kanye West’s “808s and Heartbreak,” which logged sales of 450,000 the same week, and Swift's album,
leaving it at No. 3 for its chart debut. Second-week sales plummeted 78%, to about 57,000 copies, leaving its two-week U.S. total under
320,000 copies.
Read the entire article by Randy Lewis at latimes.com (link to story here).
a respectable figure in an age of diminished record industry expectations, but it's just half of what 18-year-old singer-songwriter Taylor
Swift’s second album, "Fearless," sold two weeks earlier.
What's more, the reconstituted GNR tallied one-third of what another veteran hard rock band, AC/DC, sold out of the gate with “Black
Ice” in October. That album, a Wal-Mart exclusive, notched a 784,000 first-week sales figure.
Only two albums have crossed the 2 million sales mark during 2008, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," which had a 1-million-plus first week in
June, and Coldplay's "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends," which came out a week later and posted 721,000 copies in its first week.
As of press time, GNR's management and record company did not respond to requests for comments for this article.
The GNR album was outsold by Kanye West’s “808s and Heartbreak,” which logged sales of 450,000 the same week, and Swift's album,
leaving it at No. 3 for its chart debut. Second-week sales plummeted 78%, to about 57,000 copies, leaving its two-week U.S. total under
320,000 copies.
Read the entire article by Randy Lewis at latimes.com (link to story here).