REBEAT News Roundup (April 25 – May 1)
Breaking news
A new book, Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop, details the Stooges’ rise to fame from the eyes of their famous frontman. Writers Jeff Gold and Johan Kugelberg spent two days at Pop’s home in Miami conducting interviews and sharing stories. Upon writing the book, Gold said:
It was a rare privilege to sit with Iggy as he downloaded the story of The Stooges. He’s an incredible storyteller with a fantastic memory and a great sense of humor, and he held nothing back. The Stooges were pioneers in sound, look, and live presentation, and along the way invented a genre-punk rock-and influenced countless others that followed. There was no precedent in rock music for what they did. They’re definitely the only group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who started out playing an amplified Waring blender, a vacuum cleaner, spring water bottles and a 200 gallon oil drum.
As of now, Total Chaos is set to be released this winter.
Albums, singles, and tours
- Paul Simon kicked off his summer tour on April 29 at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, with a set that included 18 songs. He has also released a new song, called “Cool Papa Bell,” from his upcoming album Stranger to Stranger.
- Rumors of this fall’s massive classic rock music festival in Indio, California seem to be becoming truer by the day. On April 29, three of the supposed acts — Roger Waters, the Who, and Bob Dylan — posted very similar videos to their Facebook pages, each of them mentioning that they would be playing somewhere in October. Click here to watch all three videos.
- Bob Dylan has released a single from his upcoming album, Fallen Angels, which is due out May 20. The album can be preordered here.
Happy birthday!
- April 25 – Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revival (born in 1945), Michael Brown of the Left Banke (1949)
- April 27 – Pete Ham of Badfinger (born in 1947)
- April 28 – Ann-Margret, singer and actress (born in 1941)
- April 29 – Willie Nelson, musician (born in 1933), Tommy James of Tommy James and the Shondells (1947)
