REBEAT News Roundup (December 7 – December 13)
Breaking news
Nominees for the 58th annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and they include the likes of Roger Waters, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, and Joni Mitchell. To see the full list of nominees and their categories, check out the official Grammy website.
Albums, singles, and tours
- A tribute to George Harrison, entitled George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison, will be released in both audio and video formats on February 26, 2016. The show was filmed and recorded at Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on September 28, 2014.
- Elton John has released North American tour dates for 2016. For a full list, check out his website.
- Bruce Springsteen has officially confirmed that he is working on a solo album, set to be released in 2016.
- In a recent interview with Classic Rock magazine, Jimmy Page has stated that he will be back on the road in 2016, and that he will be releasing solo material that will be “totally different” than what he did with Led Zeppelin.
Happy birthday!
- December 7 – Tom Waits, musician (born in 1949)
- December 8 – Bobby Elliot of the Hollies (born in 1942), Jim Morrison of the Doors (1943)
- December 9 – Rick Danko of the Band (born in 1943)
- December 10 – Chad Stuart of Chad & Jeremy (born in 1943), Walter “Clyde” Orange of the Commodores (1948)
- December 12 – Frank Sinatra, singer (born in 1915), Dionne Warwick, musician (1940), Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues (1942), Paul Rodgers of Bad Company (1949)
- December 13 – Ted Nugent, musician (born in 1948), Jeff Baxter of Steely Dan (1948)
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.