REBEAT News Roundup (January 4 – January 10)
New year, new news! Find everything you need to know here.
Breaking news
After the passing of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister on December 28, a petition was created to rename the Jack and Coke — his favorite drink — in his honor. The petition calls for the drink to be renamed the Lemmy. Currently, it has 40, 351 supporters.
Albums, singles, and tours
- Deep Purple are planning on recording a new album, with sessions beginning in January.
- Heart hope to record and release new material for the first time since 2012’s Fanatic. Ann Wilson said in an interview that she will likely still tour in support of her side project, The Ann Wilson Thing, but a great deal of 2016 will be spent working with Heart.
- Phil Collins announced that he will be releasing remastered versions of 1982’s Hello, I Must Be Going! and 1996’s Dance Into the Light on February 26.
- Steven Tyler is reportedly releasing a new country single, “Red White & You,” for radio airplay on January 25.
- David Bowie released his latest album, Blackstar, on January 8. It is available for download and on streaming services.
Happy birthday!
- January 6 – Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd (born in 1946), Malcolm Young of AC/DC (1953)
- January 7 – Paul Revere of Paul Revere & the Raiders (born in 1938)
- January 8 – Elvis Presley, musician (born in 1935), Shirley Bassey, singer (1937), Anthony Gourdine of Little Anthony and The Imperials (1941), David Bowie, musician (1947)
- January 9 – Joan Baez, singer/songwriter (born in 1941), Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin (1944), Bill Cowsill of the Cowsills (1948)
- January 10 – Jim Croce, singer/songwriter (born in 1943), Rod Stewart, musician (1945)
Rest in peace
- Robert Stigwood, manager to Cream and the Bee Gees, passed away at the age of 81 on January 4, 2016. Along with managing these groups, Stigwood also played an instrumental role in releasing many musical films, such as Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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.