REBEAT News Roundup (November 2 – November 8)
It’s Sunday, and you know what that means: time for the news, courtesy of REBEAT!
Breaking news
It was reported on November 4 that Glenn Frey of the Eagles will be soon facing major stomach surgery. The Eagles were to be honored at the Kennedy Center; however, due to Frey’s persistent issues, they will be postponing their attendance to the ceremony. In a statement, the band said:
“[Frey] has had a recurrence of previous intestinal issues, which will require major surgery and a lengthy recovery period.”
The original ceremony will still be held on December 6, and broadcast on December 29 on CBS; the Eagles will now be recognized in 2016.
Albums, singles, and tours
- A lost Roy Orbison album is being released to the public for the first time as part of the MGM Years box set. The first 500 copies of this box set will include One of the Lonely Ones, an LP recorded in 1969.
- Fleetwood Mac will release a remastered version of their album Tusk on December 4, which will also include previously unreleased material. You can listen to a demo version of “Sara” here.
- Them, the band that later launched the solo career of Van Morrison, will be releasing a box set to chronicle the three years that Morrison spent in the band. The box set will be released on December 4 from Legacy Recordings.
- The Moody Blues are set to tour the United States, beginning on March 3, 2016 in Hollywood, Florida. As of right now, the Fly Me High tour will last the duration of the month of March.
- The Rolling Stones will be touring Latin America in 2016, beginning February 3 in Santiago, Chile.
- The latest album from Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Alone in the Universe, is now streaming on NPRmusic.
Happy birthday!
- November 2 – Jay Black of Jay and the Americans (born in 1938), Brian Poole of the Tremeloes (1941), Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1944)
- November 3 – Lulu, singer and actress (born in 1948)
- November 4 – Loretta Swit, actress on M*A*S*H (born in 1937)
- November 5 – Ike Turner of Ike & Tina Turner (born in 1931), Art Garfunkel of Simon & Garfunkel (1941), Gram Parsons of the Byrds (1946)
- November 6 – Glenn Frey of the Eagles (born in 1948)
- November 7 – Johnny Rivers, musician (born in 1942), Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter (1943)
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.