Music column tidbits
Half of my music column did not run online last Friday. Here's what was left out:
In case you haven't heard, “Long Road Out of Eden,” The Eagles’ first studio effort in nearly three decades, sold 711,000 copies last week. That makes it the year’s second biggest weekly tally (Kanye West’s “Graduation” moved 960,000). Although the CD was available exclusively through Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and the band’s Web site, Billboard revised its chart rules, so it debuted at No. 1.
Is honesty the best policy? According to Internet researcher ComScore Inc., 40 percent of U.S. Radiohead fans who downloaded the new CD “In Rainbows” last month purchased it and paid an average price of $8.05 (there is an option of how much to spend, if anything). In other countries, 36 percent paid with an average of $4.64.
Third Eye Blind, Psychedelic Furs, Berlin, English Beat and Common Sense head up this year’s Orange County New Year’s Eve lineup. Scheduled for the Oaks Blenheim Events Center in San Juan Capistrano, advance tickets are $55 through Thursday. Then the price jumps to $65 until mid-December. For details, go to www.ocnye.com.
Another New Year’s concert option takes place in downtown L.A. with Justice, Peaches, 2 Live Crew, DJ Steve Aoki and Uberzone. Advance tickets are $60 through www.hardnye.com.
In my 11/2 column item about Dropkick Murphys, I mistakenly said the baseball movie “Fever Pitch” starred Adam Sandler, when it was actually Jimmy Fallon.