The Rolling Stones were banned from playing in the town of Blackpool, England, when a riot broke out at their concert at the Empress Ballroom.
A local Blackpool music expert, Terry Regan, who attended the gig said, "There was a lot of heat in the crowd anyway between visitors and locals and then the Stones were heckled. The band ended up being taken off stage by security and there was a lot of trouble and a big police presence."
That Rolling Stones concert was 44 years ago, in 1964. Now, the city of Blackpool says all is forgiven and they'd be happy to roll out the red carpet – if the Stones bring their next tour to Blackpool.
"The question is, would they want to come back?" adds Mr. Regan.
3/28/08 JOE SATRIANI JOINS THE WEEDMAN IN THE STUDIO TODAY
3/27/08 CHINESE MAY GO DEMOCRACY
We were hoping this would just go away. You know....the whole Guns 'N Roses Chinese Democracy thing?
Noted anti-communist Axl Rose has spent over $13 million and ten years on the "long awaited" album, which was last scheduled for release a year ago, but thankfully has not appeared on store shelves.
Now the soda-jerks at Dr. Pepper are throwing gasoline on Axl's fire. In a shameless move of desperation publicity, the Dr. P. people announced they will provide a free can of the soda to everyone in the U.S. if the album drops this year. "It took a little patience for us to perfect Dr Pepper’s special mix of 23 ingredients, so we completely understand and empathize with Axl’s [quest] for the perfect album," said a Dr. Pepper spokesperson.
Co-dependency at it's worst.
On a positive note, we believe that the dubious powerhouse known as China doesn't want to be the butt of an international Axl Rose joke, so if Chinese Democracy is actually (or accidentally) released, then they must change their ways and come over to the democratic side. You know.....saving face and all?
Furthermore, we here at The Seaweed Page are willing to give the (certainly crappy) record a favorable review for all the goodwill its release will accomplish, especially for our brothers and sisters of Tibet.
Go for it, Axl.
3/26/08 McCARTNEY WARS
It's a very sad world we live in when Sir Paul McCartney and his wife are having major problems and all anyone seems to want to do is make jokes about her false leg. Personally, I think it's prosthetic.
News reports have confirmed that Paul Mc Cartney has divorced his wife Heather Mills-McCartney. Mrs Mills-McCartney is said to be distraught over the split. 'He has been my crutch for so long'! She said in an earlier briefing, 'I have no idea why this has happened...I'm really stumped.'
'She's running around in circles,' according to a close friend, 'she will need all the support she can get. It's not like its easy to walk out on a relationship like this.'
After his divorce from Heather, Paul was asked if he would ever consider going down on one knee again. Paul said he would prefer it if we called her Heather.
It is not known whether a pre-nuptial agreement was signed prior to the marriage. Paul McCartney is one of the richest men in the world, and if an agreement has been signed it is believed that she won't have a leg to stand on.
Rumours abound over the split which have suggested that infidelity may have been the cause. 'She's terrible,' a source stated, 'always trying to get her leg over.'
Another source has suggested that her battle with alcoholism was the cause. 'Macca couldn't handle it anymore,' a friend said, 'he would get home at night and find her legless.'
Many have attributed this to a problem which started with the present that Paul bought her prior to the wedding. He gave her a new prosthetic leg for Christmas but that was just a stocking-filler.
A miner in Africa has an accident and loses a leg. He says to his mate 'I'm f---ed, who will want a one legged gold digger?' His mate says, 'Try Paul McCartney.'
3/25/08 THIS IS THE END......MY ONLY FRIEND, THE END
Apparently Velvet Revolver are at the end of their rope, so to speak. At the last show of their European tour the other day, singer Scott Weiland told a sold-out crowd in Glasgow, Scotland, that they were "watching something special… the last tour by Velvet Revolver." The rest of the band looked at each other as if to say, "Oh really?"
Wait....didn't we say just last week here on The Seaweed Page that Velvet Revolver would be the opening band on this fall's Led Zep tour? We did, but we also said that the Zep didn't need an opening act.
Back to the VR situation. The day after Scott Weiland's on-stage comments, drummer Matt Sorum posted online, "Being in a band is a lot like being in a relationship. Sometimes you just don’t get along. It has been frustrating, I am not going to lie."
Weiland again to Matt Sorum, "I’ve made many attempts to remain cordial with the members of VR, but mainly, the likes of you," adding that he has "maintained a level of professionalism regardless of how many drugs I’ve ingested into my system."
Sounds like Scott Weiland is ready to move on with the purported Stone Temple Pilots reunion this summer - if he can stay out of jail over a pending DUI.
3/22/08 EASTER GREETINGS FROM THE SEAWEED PAGE
3/21/08 HERE COMES MY MUDCRUTCH
Playing the Allman Brothers before they were The Allman Brothers today on my Classic Vinyl feature reminded me of an item I spied on TomPetty.com about Tom's pre-Heartbreakers group, Mudcrutch......
"The long awaited debut album from Mudcrutch, recorded in just two weeks last August, will be released on Reprise Records on April 29. Mudcrutch features Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Tom Leadon, and Randall Marsh.
In the early 70's, they were heroes in their hometown of Gainesville, Florida. Mudcrutch seemed poised for more. But the band never cracked the national music scene or made a full album. Now, more than 30 years later and quite unexpectedly, the Mudcrutch story continues.
In addition to the release of the album on April 29, the band will undertake a short tour of intimate California venues."
We got you're Mudcrutch dates right here - April 16th & 17th, The Fillmore, San Francisco.
3/19/08 YES REUNION......HOW CAN YOU SAY NO?
Apparently it's true. According to yesworld.com, The classic Yes lineup from the 70's will reunite for a 40th anniversary tour this summer. Well, mostly the classic lineup - Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White, and......Oliver Wakeman?
That would be Rick Wakeman's son who will fill in for his pops on keyboards. Anderson said that he had sent Oliver the set list, and that he is learning the songs now.
This same bunch with Rick Wakeman got together in 1996 for 3 gigs in San Luis Obispo, Jon Anderson's hometown. Why no Rick this time? We have no idea, but health reasons are a possibility. Wakeman has had a couple of heart attacks over the years.
Presently, Anderson is touring North America, Howe is touring with Asia, and White is touring with new band CIRCA:, so the Yes tour would probably begin in July or August.
We vote yes.
3/18/08 NOBODY OPENS BUT THEM
Last year we reported that Ian Astbury, lead singer for the Cult (Fire Woman), said that his band would be opening on the forthcoming Led Zeppelin reunion tour.
Apparently everybody's grandmother and dog wants the gig. Now Velvet Revolver's Duff McKagan says, "I understand that we have it, although I imagine there will be plenty of bands prepared to kick and punch us out of the way for the privilege!"
Slight problem. Scott Weiland of the Velvets has a pending drunk driving charge in the works and might just find his ass in jail this fall when the Zeppelin mothership sets sail.
We at The Seaweed Page are calling for a moratorium on any further speculation. Matter of fact, we are calling for NO opening act whatsoever! Does the mighty Led Zeppelin NEED an opener?
Of course not. Thank you.
3/17/08 YESTERDAY, ALL MY TROUBLES SEEMED SO FAR AWAY
She wanted $250 million, she settled for $48.7 mil. The gold digger, oops I mean ex-wife, of Paul McCartney has apparently ended her attempt to extort the ex Beatle of his billion dollar fortune.....the divorce has been decreed by a British judge!
Besides the aforementioned $48.7 mil, Heather Mills gets to keep the $15 million she already has raked in, along with a total of seventy thousand dollars per year in child support, nanny day care/babysitting and school fees for their four year old daughter.
Apparently that's not enough for little Beatrice. The ever ungrateful Ms. Mills whined, "Beatrice obviously is meant to travel B class while her father travels A class - but obviously I will pay for that."
Hopefully Sir Paul will be a little more careful the next time he starts singing silly little love songs to some bird on the loose.
3/12/08 THEY TORE DOWN THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR AND......VOILA!
3/11/08 COVERDALE TURNS PAGE
Whitesnake head-dude David Coverdale received a rather tidy sum of money for last years tour with The Scorpions, so naturally his wife encouraged him to pursue further endeavors of that nature.
We’re just getting word that Whitesnake will embark on a European tour with old friends Def Leppard, with the possibility that a visit to the States will happen as well.
What’s more, a new Whitesnake album is due in stores on April 22nd. Good To Be Bad will be the first Snakes’ album of new music in ten years. And what with Mrs. Coverdale’s need for a little extra spending money, Whitesnake fans may also look forward to the release of a newly remastered 3-disk set to celebrate the groups 30-year anniversary. A live Whitesnake DVD is also said to be in the works.
Here I go again -David Coverdale, 1987
3/10/08 RACHAEL RAY LAPS AT THE TROUGH OF GENE SIMMONS
Tomorrow is the day! KISS' Gene Simmons makes an appearance on Rachael Ray's daytime talk show (9am, KPIX). Apparently Gene watches her cooking show at home on TV and Rach has been a KISS fan for years, so they're gonna Lick It Up together!
Actually, those two blabbermouths might just hit it off. In 2003, The perky Rachael posed for FHM magazine, licking chocolate off a big wooden spoon. As you can plainly see, her tongue extension rivals that of the great Gene Simmons' in both elongation and amplitude.
For those of you who think Rachael Ray sucks, click here.
3/6/08 LEIBOVITZ DOES KEEF FOR VUITTON
This new Louis Vuitton ad was shot by Annie Leibovitz. She titled it - Some journeys cannot be put into words. New York. 3am. Blues in C.
3/5/08 A LITTLE U2 NEWS
I saw the new U23D movie the other night and loved it. (I am a shameless U2 fan, you know) U23D is the first live-action movie ever shot, produced and exhibited in digital 3-D.
The problem is, the film just reminds you of how awesome an actual U2 concert in person can be. (Saw them twice on that very same Vertigo tour....beyond spectacular)
And we just received word last night that U2 singer Bono is among the celebrities who will appear on American Idol's fundraiser special Idol Gives Back on April 9 on Fox. Last year's show raised more than $76 million to help disadvantaged children.
Other celebs taking part in the two-hour telethon include former Idol contestant Chris Daughtry, singer Annie Lennox, actor Brad Pitt, and Long Beach, California's favorite hip-hop son, Snoop Dogg,
Snoop by the way, has a new album, Ego Trippin', due out next week
U2 to Snoop....we cover it all.
3/4/08 GOT NO SHELTER
A new BBC radio documentary claims that the Hell's Angels actually plotted to kill Mick Jagger in 1969.
Apparently the whack job was to be in retribution for the Angels' being fired from doing security at the band's concerts following the violence that occurred during the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont Speedway show across the bay from us.
A former FBI employee says hit men had been sent via boat to attack Jagger at his home in Long Island, N.Y., but the plan was aborted when the vessel was nearly sunk by stormy weather.
