’60’s Blues and rock legends Juicy Lucy have suffered from the temporary loss of their vocalist and leading light, Ray Owen, with a collapsed lung and the permanent loss of bass player Fudge for personal reasons.
“A black cloud hangs over the sweeping acres of the Juicy Lucy estate. Someone has cut the heads off of all the roses in the walled garden, the peacocks are dragging their tails in the dirt and I can’t even be bothered to watch my concubines at play. What has happened to bring such gloom and despondency into our beautiful world? Sadly I have to report that Ray is in hospital. Ray? Tall, skinny one, stands in the middle and sings. He has suffered a collapsed lung. Obviously this is not a good thing, especially for Ray. The doctors have advised him that he should not sing for at least a month to allow time for the damage to heal properly. This would be bad news at any time, but especially now. I should be reporting to you of our triumphant performance in front of 10,000 people at the Bulldog Bash, but no! Maybe next year, eh?”
Nonetheless, the band will fulfill all of their gig commitments while Ray is recovering:
“So, what are a bunch of working minstrels supposed to do when their singer takes to lazing around for a month or so? Well, we carry on, that’s what! Baby needs a new diamond studded bracelet. What we intend to do is honour all Juicy Lucy gigs until Ray is back in action with performances by Mr. Fish, Fletch and myself, a bit of fun really. We’ll be playing some Lucy tunes, some covers and maybe some new music too!”
Their bass player, Fudge, will be replaced by the band’s manager James: “However, not to be defeated or set back, Mr. James has been holding down the bass player role while we considered a replacement for Fudge. The situation with Ray means that it looks like this will become a permanent position.”
Sources are saying that things on The Who reunion tour aren’t going well. Front man Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend are supposedly not getting on well. Townshend supposedly wants to try out some new stuff while Daltrey thinks they should stick to the classics. But with the tour expecting to make $100 million, everyone is doing anything to keep it together. The rockers have separate locker rooms on opposite ends of the hallway. There’s no conversation made between the two before and after performances. They even have separate travel arrangements, separate hotel accommodations and separate staffing. That’s some crazy work.
Metallica has a new marketing ploy for the more sombre of you.
It’s a “Death Magnetic” coffin box that will have a copy of the actual album, an additional disc of demos, a “making of the album” DVD, an exclusive T-shirt, a flag, guitar picks and a fold-out poster.
Plus, the box includes a collector’s credit card embossed with a code to redeem a free download of a special European show that’s happening in September.
The Metallica Website tells us that the band is in the process of wrapping up the artwork for the coffin-shaped box and items in it, but it will come out the same day the album does this fall.
It’s only going to be available online through Metallica’s web site.
Pop legends Abba get together in public last night for the first time in 22 years — but keep well apart.
Anni-Frid Reuss-Lyngstad, 62, and Agnetha Faltskog, 58, hugged at the Swedish premiere of the film version of the musical Mamma Mia!
But Anni-Frid’s former hubby Benny Andersson, 61, and Agnetha’s ex Bjorn Ulvaes, 63, stood at either end of a balcony as the four lined up in Stockholm with the movie’s stars Meryl Streep,Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth.
The Dancing Queen supergroup split in 1982. They have always resisted calls from fans to reform.
First of all, I can’t believe that the New Kids on the Block are recording again. I can’t wait to pull out my tight rolled jeans and my hairstpray so I can perfect my mall bangs.
To double the fun, the NKs have decided to record a track with another boy band - New Edition (minus Bobby Brown, of course).
Wow, should be fun. Apparently Donnie Wahlberg posed the idea and they looked for the best song for such a group. Can’t wait for my CD!
Since his brother Donnie reunited with his band the New Kids on the Block, MTV got to wondering whether Mark Wahlberg will be reforming Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch soon. The younger Wahlberg replied “Not a f*cking chance. They asked me if I would partake and I had to decline. Part of me would love to run around and act like a freaking a–hole again but I can’t do that. I’ve got two kids. I saw something on VH1 or something about me in the 90s and I thought, oh my God, how am I going to explain this to my kids? I have a few years to think about how to finesse it but I do think about it on a daily basis.” And of the New Kids reunion, Mark says “Whatever floats your boat. If the Rolling Stones can be wheeled out on wheelchairs then why can’t the New Kids go out there?”
Take That’s surprise comeback is motoring ahead – despite the lads vowing to take an extended break this year. Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Jason Orange and Howard Donald have been making real progress in the studio.
Songwriter Gary has clearly overcome his writers’ block – which was giving him cause for concern at this year’s Ivor Novello awards – and the quartet have been holding fruitful sessions at London’s celebrated Sarm Studios.
A source said: “The lads have been on a roll. They had intended to take the rest of the year off but Gary has been firing on all cylinders and has penned a number of new tracks. Everyone thought they should strike while the iron’s hot.”
It’s been two years since their album Beautiful World marked the band’s return after a ten-year absence.
After 31 years, Toto has finished. Guitarist Steve Lukather has made the announcement via a posting at his official website.
Lukather has confirmed that he has left the band and that Toto is finished. He acknowledges that Toto hasn’t really been Toto for a long time.
In the note, he blames record company President Donnie Ienner for ruining the band.
He also insists that this is not a hiatus, it is a break-up. “I really can’t go out and play ‘Hold the Line’ with a straight face anymore,” he says. “I was 19 when we cut the record. I am 50 now”.
The Aerosmith frontman – who claims to have been sober for 20 years since cleaning up his act in rehab in the mid-80s – is being treated at Las Encinas Hospital’s drug rehabilitation clinic in Pasadena, California, for ’substance abuse’.
Steven, 60, previously credited his film star daughter Liv, 30, and his Aerosmith bandmates for helping him recover from his previous alcohol and drug addictions.
He previously said: “Four rehabilitation centres for drug abuse later, I’ve been able to take a long, hard look at my behaviour.”
Steven and bandmate Joe Perry – whose hits include ‘Love in an Elevator’ and ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ - were nicknamed the ‘Toxic Twins’ in the 80s.
He is currently dating Erin Brady – who has a penchant for the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and was once thrown out of a casino hotel for brawling. The clinic at Las Encinas Hospital has been made famous by hit US TV show ‘Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew’.
2007 was the year of the defunct bands’ reunions and it still continues on in 2008. It was reported last year that Ace of Base was reuniting and it’s finally come to materialize this year. Too bad it’s an incomplete reunion. Everyone saw the sign but it just didn’t look like this. The band may be back but they’re returning one member short as Ace of Base is now a trio. And when it gets like that, you know it’s not going to be the same. In any case, does anyone even still care for Ace of Base – much less the fact that they’re now a trio?
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