REBEAT News Roundup (July 5 – July 11)
Looking for a summary of things you might’ve missed this week? You’ve come to the right place!
Breaking news
Steely Dan has extended their Rockabye Gollie Angel tour with an eight date stint at New York City’s Beacon Theatre. Each show has a unique setlist, featuring full performances of some albums, collections of greatest hits, and one night entitled:
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Roger Waters of Pink Floyd released a trailer for his new concert film Roger Waters The Wall, which will be shown in theaters worldwide on September 29 of this year. According to online advertisements, the film will feature exclusive footage of conversation between Waters and fellow Pink Floyd bandmate Nick Mason, along with Waters’ performance.
Albums, singles, and tours
- Stephen Stills’ tour kicked off on July 6 with a show at The Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia. Check out the rest of Stills’ tour dates here.
- Steely Dan’s tour with Elvis Costello began at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver, Colorado on July 6.
- ZZ Top began their tour in Ballingen, Germany on July 10 and are scheduled to hit the US on August 12, where they will be headlining at Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
- Keith Richards announced that he will be releasing a solo album on September 18, entitled Crosseyed Heart, with the record’s first single coming out on July 19.
Happy birthday!
- July 5 – Robbie Robertston of the Band (born in 1943), Michael Monarch of Steppenwolf (1950)
- July 6 – Merv Griffin, talk show host (born in 1925), Bill Haley of Bill Haley and His Comets (1925), Susan Cabot, actress (1927), Burt Ward, actor in the original Batman television show (1945)
- July 7 – Ringo Starr of the Beatles (born in 1940), Warren Entner of the Grass Roots (1944)
- July 9 – Ed Ames, singer and actor (born in 1927)
- July 10 – Jerry Miller of Moby Grape (born in 1943), Arlo Guthrie, folk singer-songwriter (1947)
Danielle Zabielski (aka “that girl who loves the Bee Gees more than anything else in the whole wide world”) is an artist, freelancer, and radio producer based in Philadelphia. Art and music are the two loves of her life, particularly the art and music of the 1960s through ‘70s.