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April 14, 2008
Rush’s Geddy Lee Still Battles Nerves
Even after a career that spans decades and many live performances, Rush bass player and lead vocalist Geddy Lee reports that there are 
still certain circumstances that make him nervous about performing live.
Lee revealed recently that he gets a little nervous when he knows the group’s live performance is being recorded for a live album.
Talking with the Winnipeg Sun, Lee says: “There’s always a bit of nerves when you’re recording, even though we played about six million shows and we’ve done so many live recordings that it’s getting ridiculous. When you know that you’re being recorded you want to put your best foot forward.”
Lee also seems a bit baffled about the new Rush documentary that is in the works and seems to find it hard to believe that a filmmaker would find the group interesting enough to base a documentary on.
“A filmmaker thinks that we’re interesting,” Lee says. “We’re doing our best to disappoint.”
March 21, 2008
Yes North American Tour Plans Confirmed
Another big classic rock tour will hit the road this summer when Yes takes their show out in front of fans in 26 venues to celebrate the group’s 40 year history of progressive rock.
Frontman Jon Anderson will be joined on stage by Chris Squire on bass, Steve Howe on guitar, Alan White on drums and Oliver Wakeman on keyboards. Wakeman is the son of Rick Wakeman who was part of the Yes lineup previously but decided to sit this one out due to medical reasons.
In addition to the tour, there is also talk about a live album to commemorate the band’s 40th anniversary. Details are not yet available, but the album could possibly be released this summer.
The tour begins on July 12 at the Quebec City Festival in Canada and ends with a performance at the Gibson Amphitheater in Los Angeles.
The tour dates are as follows:
July 12 – Quebec City – Quebec City Festival
July 13 – Toronto, ON – Molson Amphitheater
July 15 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
July 16 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium & Star Pavilion
July 18 – Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
July 19 – Detroit, MI – Freedom Hill
July 22 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
July 23 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
July 25 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Event Center
July 26 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
July 28 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
July 29 – Baltimore, MD – Pier 6 Pavilion
July 31 – Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheater
August 1 – Miami, FL – Hard Rock Live Arena
August 2 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
August 4 – Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore
August 6 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
August 8 – Houston, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
August 9 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center
August 11 – Denver, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheater
August 14 – Vancouver, BC – General Motors Place
August 15 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theater at Qwest Field Events Center
August 19 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheater at Mtn. View
August 20 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
August 22 – Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheater
For more details visit YesWorld.
March 7, 2008
New Live Stones Album On The Way
According to Sound Generator, The Stones will soon be releasing a new album featuring live recordings from a show they did at the Beacon theater in New York during October, 2006.
The show at the Beacon was the one that was filmed by Martin Scorsese and features numerous special guests. You can read some reviews of that show here.
The new album will include 22 tracks from the Beacon show and is scheduled for release in the U.K. on April 11 to coincide with the release of the Scorsese film which is called Shine-A-Light.
There’s no word from Sound Generator on a U.S. release date.
