REBEAT News Roundup (July 27 – August 2)
Here’s what you may have missed last week!
Breaking news
As of July 31, Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese’s HBO movie-turned-series has an official title: Vinyl. Jagger originally intended to make a film entitled History of Music, but opted for a television series after joining forces with Scorsese, who will executive produce the series. The description for the show states:
Set in 1970s New York, the series will explore the drug- and sex-fueled music business as punk and disco were breaking out, all through the eyes of a record executive trying to resurrect his label and find the next new sound.
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A documentary about Janis Joplin is set to be released this September at the Venice Film Festival. Entitled Janis and narrated by singer-songwriter Cat Power, the feature-length documentary has been endorsed by Joplin’s estate and will make use of her recordings and letters from family and friends, in order to paint an intimate portrait of the singer.
Albums, singles, and tours
- Peter Frampton has been touring all summer with Cheap Trick. This fall, however, fans of Frampton will have the chance to see him in a more personal setting, with an acoustic tour made up of smaller venues beginning on October 8. Click here to see the full list of tour dates!
- The first music video for the eponymous single from David Gilmour’s upcoming album, Rattle That Lock, was released on July 31. Check it out here!
- Art Garfunkel has expressed that he feels Simon & Garfunkel should get back together to record a new album, despite the fact that their last recording together was 1970’s Bridge Over Troubled Water. Read a bit of Garfunkel’s interview with Mojo here.
- Paul McCartney is releasing remastered versions of his first two post-Wings albums, Tug of War and Pipes of Peace. The remasters include bonus material and demos, along with DVDs packed with videos and documentary material.
Happy birthday!
July 27 – Bobbie Gentry, singer-songwriter (born in 1944)
July 28 – Richard Wright of Pink Floyd (born in 1943), Simon Kirke of Bad Company and Free (1949)
July 29 – Geddy Lee of Rush (born in 1953)
July 30 – Paul Anka, singer and actor (born in 1941)
July 31 – Bob Welch of Fleetwood Mac (born in 1945), Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis & the Playboys (1946), Karl Green of Herman’s Hermits (1947)
August 1 – Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead (born in 1942), Boz Burrell of Bad Company (1946), Tim Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1951)
