Photo and Story by Scott Smith Former Pink Floyd singer-bassist Roger Waters thumped pulsating bass lines, sang in that familiar madman howl and even fired noisy machine-gun blanks at fans May 5th in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bringing the 2012 leg of his “The Wall: Live” tour to a crowded BOK Center, Waters performed the 1979 Floyd [...]
Don’t expect any touring activity from Whitesnake in 2012.
The band’s official website has revealed that the band will spend much of the year mixing live recordings, and also editing live footage for a possible DVD. As for a new studio album, that still remains up in the air, although the ‘Snake could well work on new songs.
In addition, various members of the band will be working on other projects.
Alice Cooper is to release a new live album in mid-February.
Called No More Mr Nice Guy Live, it was recorded at his Alexandra Palace show on October 29 last year. The two CD set will have the following track listing:
CD1
The Black Widow
2. Brutal Planet
3. I’m Eighteen
4. Under My Wheels
5. Billion Dollar Babies
6. No More Mr Nice Guy
7. Hey Stoopid
8. Is It My Body?
9. Halo Of Flies
CD2
1. I’ll Bite Your Face Off
2. Muscle Of Love
3. Only Women Bleed
4. Cold Ethyl
5. Feed My Frankenstein
6. Clones (We’re All)
7. Poison
8. Wicked Young Man
9. I Love The Dead
10. Schools Out
11. Elected
12. Fire (with Arthur Brown)
Alter Bridge are to release a live album in March.
It’s called Live At Wembley and was recorded at Wembley Arena on November. This will be a double disc, with a CD and a DVD. The expected track listing for the latter is:
Slip To The Void
2. Find The Real
3. Ghost Of Days Gone By
4. Before Tomorrow Comes
5. Come To Life
6. All Hope Is Gone
7. White Knuckles
8. Brand New Start
9. Metalingus
10. Broken Wings
11. I Know It Hurts
12. One Day Remains
13. Coeur D’Alene
14. Buried Alive
15. Blackbird
16. Wonderful Life (Acoustic Version)
17. Watch Over You (Acoustic Version)
18. Ties That Bind
19. Isolation
20. Open Your Eyes
21. Duelling Guitar Solos
22. Rise Today
Ortsbo.com, the real-time conversational translator, will host a two-part Live & Global event from the red carpet and backstage at this year’s Classic Rock Roll Of Honour. The event is being hosted by Ortsbo spokesman and partner, Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons.
Classic Rock Live & Global will be a combination worldwide chat and webcast, streamed live from the Roundhouse in London, where the awards take place next week.
Fans and press from around the world will be able to ask their questions in up to 53 different languages using Ortsbo.com’s seamless translation technology while watching a live video stream at www.classicrockliveandglobal.com.
Questions will be asked in any one of Ortsbo.com’s 53 native languages, and then instantly translated into English. The question is answered in English, and the questioner gets the answer back in their own language. All viewers can pick any of the 53 languages to view and understand the event.
Part one of this web interactive event will be broadcast from the red carpet at 18:00 London time on November 9 until 19:15. Later that night, as the awards are presented, the winners and presenters will move to the Ortsbo.com Press area which will be active from 21″15 until approximately 23:30.
With over 32 million monthly unique users spending well over 250 million minutes of engagement each month, Ortsbo.com is proud to announce its first live event outside North America.
An ambassador for the Ortsbo brand, Gene Simmons has praised Ortsbo.com translation technology by stating: “Ortsbo takes a sledgehammer to the Tower of Babel that is modern communication. It connects humanity. We are all one people.”
This is a great way to view and join in all the backstage activities surrounding the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour.
Eligh & Amp Live continue to push for their upcoming collaborative album “Therapy at 3″ being released on November 15th. Fans of the Living Legends crew and Zion-I will love this album, as well as folks unfamiliar with their near legendary status on the West Coast.
Today marks the first of many videos where Eligh & Amp Live break down each song of the album, “Therapy at 3,” starting with the “Intro” and the first song “First Contact.” In this video, Eligh discusses how the album ‘concept’ came together, as both members didn’t want a set concept for the album, which entailed Eligh to approach his writing as free-form, which in turn became a source of therapy for Eligh. Eligh continues to talk about maturing over the years and “reconnecting” with one’s self, facing his various addictions, while trying to appreciate life for what it is. Amp Live, who handles production on the entire album, talks about making the beat on his MPC 3000, how the zip disk became corrupted, and how it was all recorded off of just a two-track.
Chris Cornell is to release a live album titled Songbook on November 21.
This features the following track listing:
As Hope And Promise Fade
2. Scar On The Sky
3. Call Me A Dog
4. Ground Zero
5. Can’t Change Me
6. I Am The Highway
7. Thank You (Led Zeppelin cover)
8. Cleaning My Gun
9. Wide Awake
10. Fell On Black Days
11. All Night Thing
12. Doesn’t Remind Me
13. Like A Stone
14. Black Hole Sun
15. Imagine (John Lennon cover)
16. The Keeper
The band currently have the song On The Backs Of Angels available for free download here. This is form new album A Dramatic Turn Of Events, due out in mid-September on Roadrunner Records.