Music News: 5 Things That Happened Last Week
The most important happenings… as told by social media:
1. Yes have announced a string of summer tour dates, dubbing it the “Yestival.” Todd Rundgren and Carl Palmer will open for the band.
2. New York’s Mountain Jam festival has released its daily lineup, which features performances by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Peter Frampton, and Steve Miller Band.
Daily lineups are out for @MountainJam . We're playing Sunday. You should probably go all 3 days. https://t.co/CicXnNZg36 pic.twitter.com/624HmF8rio
— TAUK (@TAUKband) April 5, 2017
3. During a tribute to Merle Haggard in Nashville, Keith Richards performed “Reasons to Quit” with Willie Nelson. The event celebrated what would have been Haggard’s 80th birthday, and was part of Nashville’s first official Merle Haggard Day.
4. Details have been announced for the Beatles’ special edition release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which will include remastered tracks and previously unreleased session material.
5. And in honor of the album’s 50th anniversary, the Beatles’ hometown of Liverpool is hosting 13 arts events this summer. Each one dedicated to a different song on the album.
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.