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The Who postpone final two shows of 2014

17/12/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

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The Who have postponed their final two UK tour dates after vocalist Roger Daltrey was ordered to rest his voice.

The shows were due to have taken place tonight (Wednesday 17th Dec) and tomorrow (Thursday 18th Dec) at London’s O2 Arena. They now won’t happen until March 22nd and 23rd of next year.

Said a spokesman in a statement: “On medical advice, Roger has been ordered to rest due to a throat infection. The band and management wish to apologise to all ticket-holders for the inconvenience and disappointment.”

The band are on the road marking The Who’s 50th anniversary. Daltrey recently described the tour as “the beginning of the long goodbye.”

Following the re-scheduled dates The Who will play at the 2015 British Summertime Festival in Hyde Park, bringing their current tour cycle to a close. It is a rumoured that a new album is in the works.

New music releases, 3rd November 2014

03/11/201430/10/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Here are the new and notable music releases for this week, 3rd November 2014:

The Great and Secret Show, Devilement

Storytone, Neil Young
Big Music, Simple Minds
The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11, Bob Dylan
The Who Hits 50, The Who
With A Little Help From My Fwends, The Flaming Lips
Infini, Voivod
Appetite For Democracy 3D: Live At The Hard Rock Casino, Guns N’ Roses
Human Zoo, Electric Six
Watchers Of Rule, Unearth
Between The Stars, Flyleaf
Winger, Winger
Mariachi El Bronx (III), Mariachi El Bronx
Hang, Lagwagon
Unbreakable Hearts, Fearless Vampire Killers
Zombieland, Megahurz
Arms Of Morpheus, Kingfisher Sky
We Rule The Night, Firewölfe
Haze Of Nemesis, Red Circuit
Arise! (Remastered Edition), Amebix
Remission Of Sin, Burning Black
Let Battle Commence, Warrior
Liberator, Divine Ascension

You can buy all of the above – and many more! – via the Skin Back Alley Music Store, powered by Amazon.

Woodstock set for 50th anniversary festival?

07/06/2014 by skinbackalley, posted in News

Woodstock founder Michael Lang has said that he is considering organising a 50th anniversary festival for 2019.

Speaking to Rolling Stone and denying that there will be a 45th anniversary event his year, Lang said: “I think we’re certainly done until the 50th. We’re starting to think about it now.” He also revealed that several sites are currently being considered in North America.

The original festival took place in Bethel, New York in 1969, and featured career defining sets from the likes of The Who and Jimi Hendrix. Several anniversary events have been held since, most recently in 1994 and then 1999. The 1999 festival became infamous as a result of rioting during sets from Limp Bizkit and then Red Hot Chili Peppers, with New York State Troopers having to be called in to quell the violence.

Lang has previously said that he doesn’t think the organisational failures of previous anniversary events will affect any new festival: “When people think [of Woodstock] they don’t think ’99 or ’94. They think [of] the ’69 event. I think [1999] has its ramifications, but I don’t think it did any real damage in that sense.”

The 1994 event saw the site turned into a mudbath due to adverse weather conditions. During Green Day’s set the band famously started a mud fight with the crowd leading to a stage invasion which saw security mistaking the band’s Mike Dirnt for a fan and tackling him onstage, leading him to seek emergency dental treatment.

The Who announce super deluxe box set of Tommy

31/08/2013 by skinbackalley, posted in News

The Who have released details of a Super Deluxe box set of their album, Tommy.

Released on November 11th, it will include a remastered version of the original 1969 album, 20 demos from Pete Townshend’s archive and a full live performance of Tommy recorded at the Capital Theatre, Ottowa on October 15, 1969.

The Super Deluxe box will also feature a 5.1 mix featuring the complete album remixed in surround sound on new Hi Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray format, as well as a hardback 80-page full-colour book featuring rare period photos, memorabilia, a 20,000-word essay by Richard Barnes and a rare facsimile Tommy poster housed in a hard-back deluxe slip-case.

A Deluxe Edition will also be released, including the remastered original album and the 1969 live performance.