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Electronic group Underworld will write the score for a musical theater performance ‘Frankenstein’ directed by Danny Boyle.  The show will open in London in 2011.

Underworld had their song ‘Born Slippy’ in the 1996 movie Trainspotting.

My favorite song from them is ‘Cowgirl’.  Check it out.

She’s one of a kind. After 20 years, she released an album in 2008 (Hurricane) that was just amazing. Here she is at the Sydney Festival in 2009.

There is two kinds of music, the good and bad. I play the good kind.

Louis Armstrong

Island Records was founded in Jamaica in 1959 by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall. The label was named after 1955 Alec Waugh novel, Island In The Sun (later a hit song for Harry Belafonte). The company moved to the UK in May 1962 and, until Blackwell sold the label to PolyGram in 1989, was the largest indie record label in history.

After random sightings of her performing, Lauryn Hill has announced that she will begin a small tour throughout the US. Check the dates:

Dec. 27 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
Dec. 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Jan. 1 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Jan. 3 – New York, NY – The Blue Note
Jan. 4 – New York, NY – The Blue Note
Jan. 5 – New York, NY – The Blue Note
Jan. 8 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
Jan. 9 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
Jan. 12 – Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
Jan. 14 – Atlanta, GA – Centerstage
Jan. 16 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
Jan. 18 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Jan. 20 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Jan. 22 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
Jan. 23 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis
Jan. 29 – Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues
Feb. 4 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theatre

Zack de la Rocha recently spoke about a new album with Rage Against the Machine saying “We are working on a new album due out next year, perhaps for the northern hemisphere summer.”

They’ve done various shows over the last couple years but never spoke about actually getting in the studio and making another album.

A couple days ago at the Hot 106 Holiday Hot Night 2010, BowWow said he had an album coming out in 2011 on Cash Money Records. The album is called ‘Underrated’ and the first single is produced by Boi-1da.

So the people who own Michael Jacksons Neverland Ranch (Colony Capital) want to turn it into a teen music school. Yep, they want young adults to study about writing and performing. The last people who have to approve is Santa Barbara County and Jackson’s Estate. Sounds like an interesting idea!

Beginning on February 25th, the Drive-By Truckers will head out on their “Go-Go Boots Tour” for their ‘Go-Go Boots’ record that will be released on February 15, 2011. They’ll also be releasing a documentary called ‘The Secret to a Happy Ending’. Here’s the dates so far:

Wed Feb 16 York, PA PULLO CENTER @ PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
Thu Feb 17 Peekskill, NY PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Fri Feb 18 Washington, DC 9:30 CLUB
Sat Feb 19 Washington, DC 9:30 CLUB
Fri Feb 25 Chicago, IL VIC THEATER w/Heartless Bastards
Sat Feb 26 Chicago, IL VIC THEATER w/Heartless Bastards
Sun Feb 27 Omaha, NE SLOW DOWN w/Heartless Bastards
Wed Mar 02 Reno, NV KNITTING FACTORY w/Heartless Bastards
Thu Mar 03 Las Vegas, NV SILVERTON CASINO w/Heartless Bastards
Fri Mar 04 San Francisco, CA FILLMORE AUDITORIUM w/Heartless Bastards
Sat Mar 05 San Francisco, CA FILLMORE AUDITORIUM w/Heartless Bastards
Wed Mar 09 Eugene, OR MCDONALD THEATER w/Heartless Bastards
Thu Mar 10 Portland, OR WONDER BALLROOM w/Heartless Bastards
Fri Mar 11 Vancouver, BC COMMODORE BALLROOM w/Heartless Bastards
Sat Mar 12 Seattle, WA SHOWBOX AT THE MARKET w/Heartless Bastards
Tue Mar 15 Missoula, MO WILMA THEATER w/Heartless Bastards
Wed Mar 16 Boise, ID KNITTING FACTORY w/Heartless Bastards
Fri Mar 18 Denver, CO OGDEN THEATER w/Heartless Bastards
Sat Mar 19 Denver, CO OGDEN THEATER w/TBA

David Coverdale is coming back ya’ll. Whitesnake is BACK for the 2011 Whitesnake World Tour with new members drummer Brian Tichy and bass player Michael Devin. They will be heading out to support their new album that is due sometime in March 2011. Coverdale stated:

“We’ve had an incredibly creative & productive year off writing & recording & also mixing several projects we plan to release over the next few years. We’re particularly excited about the new album & we look forward to presenting a mix of new & more familiar songs when we tour. We have all missed the excitement of performing live & are very excited to introduce the new chaps to the Whitesnake Choir.”

Trent Reznor has been nominated for a Golden Globe award for the score for The Social Network. It won’t be easy to win this though with people like Danny Elfman also being nominated (Alice in Wonderland) and many other experienced composers. Let’s see if he can bring it home when the awards are presented on January 16th.

Bob Marley’s final live performance was September 13, 1980 in Pittsburgh, PA and it will be released for all of us to enjoy on February 1st. It will be a 2CD/3LP set called ‘Bob Marley & the Wailers – Live Forever: The Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, September 23, 1980′. Wow what a title.

Here’s the tracklisting:

Disc one:
1. “Greetings”
2. “Natural Mystic”
3. “Positive Vibration”
4. “Burnin’ and Lootin’”
5. “Them Belly Full”
6. “The Heathen”
7. “Running Away”
8. “Crazy Baldhead”
9. “War/No More Trouble”
10. “Zimbabwe”
11. “Zion Train”
12. “No Woman, No Cry”

Disc two:
1. “Jamming”
2. “Exodus”
3. “Redemption Song”
4. “Coming in from the Cold”
5. “Could You Be Loved”
6. “Is This Love”
7. “Work”
8. “Get Up Stand Up”

Due out in March 2011, Nikki Sixx is releasing his follow up book to ‘The Heroin Diaries’ called ‘This is Gonna Hurt’. It will also include a documentary and a soundtrack album by his band ‘Sixx:AM’. It was described by his publisher as “part photo, part journal, but all Nikki Sixx.

Sometime in 2011, Van Halen is actually releasing a new album AND it’s with David Lee Roth. The little Wolfgang Van Halen has joined with his dad and will be on the album. Funny thing is that they have been sending the music to David Lee Roth so he can add the lyrics. I guess they don’t want to hang with him during the recording. I’m kinda excited about this.

So earlier this year they posted a pic of them in the studio asking if anyone was in the mood for a reunion. Over the last couple of months, they have put out these little snippets of songs that they have been working on. I guess something will be coming out soon. I think these are pretty damn good. Here are the little snippets they have been putting out: