MY GENERATION HITS THE U.S.
The radio show My Generation started way back in 1996 when the internet was in its infancy. Now the original show airs every Friday evening from 8-10pm on Skyline 102.5FM and now a seperate My Generation show for the U.S. airs every Saturday morning Pacific Time (5-7pm in the UK) on 1260KYA The Boss Of The Bay, out of San Francisco!
Word is that the British Invasion is about to happen again! If you would like to meet other fans of either show, just join our facebook page.
RAY'S KONK OUT
The Kinks' Ray Davies has put his Konk Recording Studio in London up for sale. The asking price is $3.1 million. The sale is not expected to go through until September.
STONES TOUR RUMOUR
The next tour by the Rolling Stones has sparked a bidding war between promoter heavyweights Live Nation and AEG, if rumours are to be believed.
Several rumours emerged over the weekend that the Stones were lining up a farewell 50th Anniversary tour. It turns out this was, according to a reliable source close to the band, nonsense ("No, they are not retiring" was the response).
However, it does seem that there may be some truth to the touring part of the story and according to a report in Music Week there is a potential bidding war emerging between the world’s two biggest tour promoters.
Live Nation have produced the band’s last few tours, but according to Music Week, AEG are looking to bid for the rights to promote the tour worldwide.
The last Stones tour remains the highest grossing tour of all time, with an estimated $558m in tour revenue.
ANDERSON WAKEMAN
Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson will play a very special “One Night Only” show with the Voice In A Million Children’s Choir in October.
Following their performance with at the High Voltage Festival in London’s Victoria Park, the Voice In A Million Children’s Choir are now set to appear in a 'One Night Only' performance with Wakeman and Anderson in an intimate and exclusive pre-tour show at Tulks Hall in Addlestone on the 8 October.
20 of the Voice In A Million Children’s Choir performed the Foreigner classic ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ along with the band on the Main Stage at the High Voltage Festival. Earlier this year the 5200 strong choir played a sell out show at the O2 Arena in London, and since then the choir has grown to 12,500.
Get more info at www.voiceinamillion.com
MY OLD JOANNA!
A piano used on a string of Beatles hits and on Pink Floyd's classic album The Dark Side of the Moon is set to sell for more than $225,000 at auction.
The instrument, played on Fab Four tracks including "Paperback Writer," "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and "Tomorrow Never Knows," was a fixture at London's Abbey Road studios during the 1960s.
It was also utilized by Pink Floyd during recording sessions for their multi-platinum 1973 concept album.
The Challen upright piano was retired in 1980 and is being put up for sale by its current owner at auctioneers Bonhams in West Sussex, England next month.
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