Breaking Music News: September 2007 Archives

To kick start their “holiday in the sun,” the SEX PISTOLS---who were last NOT seen at their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2006---again descend on Los Angeles, this time when they play a special private club show for fans Oct. 25 at The Roxy.
This gig by original members John Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock is made possible by Indie 103.1, Guitar Hero® III: Legends Of Rock and Helio and marks the group’s first-ever appearance at the historic rock club--in fact, it’s their first-ever club show in Los Angeles--and comes in advance of three shows at the Brixton Academy in London (Nov. 8, 9 and 10) which sold out in an amazing 15 minutes.
Another show at the Academy on the 12th of November and one in Manchester have been added due to overwhelming demand. Listeners can win tickets to the Roxy show by tuning in to Indie 103.1 or going to www.indie1031.com.

“TOM PETTY’S BURIED TREASURE” KICKS OFF NEW SEASON SEPTEMBER 24 ON XM

It was announced today that Tom Petty will be returning for another season of his celebrated XM show, “Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure.” With the first installment premiering Monday, September 24, “Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure” will continue to blend favorite tracks from Petty’s personal collection, forgotten masterworks from the garages and used record bins of the world, and live-in-concert classics recorded by rock and roll’s most inspired practitioners. At the heart of the hour long show will be Tom Petty himself, providing informed, often hilarious, and always passionate commentary on the music that he loves best.

Among the very first artist-presented XM shows, “Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure” has helped to usher in a new wave of inventive radio programming: shows based on the core idea that even the legends of popular music are, at the end of the day, listeners and fans themselves. Petty’s show reveals the simple but striking truth that the best way to understand a musician is to let them spin some records. The intimacy of the format remains the show’s hallmark.

Petty will treat fans to song such as Lee Dorsey’s “Ride Your Pony,” The Searchers’ “He’s Got No Love,” and The Pyramids’ “Penetration,” among others, when the season premiere of “Buried Treasure” airs Monday, September 24 at 10 a.m. ET on XM’s deep classic rock channel, “Deep Tracks” (XM 40). Beginning in October, “Buried Treasure” will move to Thursdays on XM 40.

New for this season, “Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure” will also be available all day every Thursday on “XMX” (XM 2), a recently launched channel that provides fans with XM’s most popular and critically-acclaimed original music shows all in one place. The XMX schedule is built around a ‘program of the day’ format designed to provide more opportunities to tune in anytime and listen to episode premieres or catch up on episodes from previous weeks or seasons.

Homer Hiccolm and the Rocketboys
Well Dell computers has decided to get into the music scene in a big way with their Delllounge and sponsorship of a stage at Austin City Limits Music Festival.

Also, with by sponsoring two new events this year, the Sound and the Jury and Hot Freaks, they have embraced the Indy scene. Dell reps speak of the intersection of life and technology as the place they want to be, and with this promotion of the music scene they seem pretty serious.

The final five bands competing in the Sound and Fury competed last night at the renown Antone's, and the latest experiment in the "democratization of music" produced the first band to win an opening slot at ACL by what amounts to a popularity contest. That being said, this public AR group picked out Homer Hiccolm and the Rocketboys from Abilene, Texas, an alternative band with a great sound.

Will we see more of this sort of thing where grass roots folks and bloggers determine what we listen to?
Would that be a bad thing? It certainly couldn't be any worse than what Corporate Radio is serving up in today's markets. So along with politics, the power might just be coming back to the people. We shall see.

Next up: the first day of ACL.

Kicking off a global campaign to promote increased literacy among children, Montblanc has announced their continued partnership with international organization UNICEF, as well a new association with singer Plácido Domingo, who will make a personal appearance at the Montblanc boutique in South Coast Plaza on Saturday (Sept. 8).

The brand recognized for its hallmark white star, classic timepieces, jewelry, and writing instruments, will release a special-edition of their Meisterstück 149 pen on September 8 – World Literacy Day – each with an optional celebrity signature engraving and packaged in a sleek black jacket touting the campaign slogan, “The Power to Write.” A portion of the sales will be donated to support UNICEF education programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Placido joins several other personalities across the US in support of the Montblanc and UNICEF campaign, including actress Lucy Liu.

As a brand for which reading and writing are the foundation of its culture, Montblanc signed on with the United Nations Children’s Fund and personalities like Lucy Liu, Robin Leach, and Goran Visnjic to help provide quality basic education for children around the world – a key in the fight to overcome poverty in a single generation.

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“Montblanc is pleased to continue our relationship with UNICEF as we begin this exciting initiative,” said Jan-Patrick Schmitz, President & CEO of Montblanc North America. “As a global organization that embodies the idea of using education as a tool to combat issues like disease and malnutrition, UNICEF is our ideal partner. Both of our groups share a deep desire to help build a better world.”

John Mayer, Metallica, Tom Waits, Neil Young and Eddie Vedder are headlining the 21st annual Bridge School Benefit concerts Oct. 27-28. Also on this year's bill are Tegan and Sara, Regina Spektor and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Tickets for the pair of Bridge concerts, which will take place at the Shoreline Amphitheater near San Francisco, will go onsale Sunday (Sept. 9) via Live Nation.

Waits, who previously played at one of the 1999 Bridge concerts, will perform with the Kronos Quartet. Vedder, who has been in the Bridge lineup eight times before, will be backed by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and ex-Peppers/ex-Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons. Young, who hosts the annual, mostly-acoustic event, has played every year since launching the benefit in 1986. Proceeds from the shows support the Bridge School, the Northern California school for children with physical and speech impediments, co-founded by Young's wife Pegi.
Billboard.com