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I'm hyperfixating on a production of Jesus Christ Superstar I saw live last week. In case anyone was wondering

#there is no content for it #obviously #its the 50th anniversary north american tour #same as the 50th anniversary broadway tour production but some actors are different #please ask me questions about it #i know no one cares #but i care #jesus chris superstar

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Top Travel Destinations in the South

In January 2023, Travel + Leisure and CNN Travel compiled their annual list of top travel destinations for the year. Unsurprisingly, a number of US cities made the list of top destinations. Of the chosen cities, six were in the American South.

Two of the cities named were in the Carolinas. The January 2023 issue of CNN Travel reported that one vacation destination well worth visiting was Charleston, South Carolina. Noteworthy destinations include the Spoleto Festival and the International African American Museum, expected to open in June 2023.

Held in March, the Spoleto Festival hosts theatrical, dance, opera, and musical acts at a range of venues. The International African American Museum offers visitors the chance to tour places where Africans arrived during the slave trade. Visitors can also tour exhibitions that describe the lives of enslaved people and their descendants.

Charleston also has something for those who enjoy dining out. Food lovers can hang out at the Charles Wine and Food Festival in March. Alternatively, visitors can experience the upscale establishment Magnolia's. For a less formal night out there is Bertha's Kitchen, where visitors can try its famous red rice with sausage, fried chicken, and lima beans.

Asheville, North Carolina, is the other city that made the top destination list in the Carolinas. Travel + Leisure reports the town offers a well-rounded vacation destination. Here, tourists can partake in year-round outdoor activities, explore the city's historic sites, and enjoy sophisticated dining spots.

For example, those who like white water rafting can visit Wrong Way River Lodge, where they can stay in A-frame cabins sitting along the French Broad River. Those who want to camp comfortably can stay at AutoCamp Asheville, which will open in mid-2023. The Glamping Collective is another newly opened establishment on a 160-acre site, where visitors can stay in glass cabins and domed pods.

Essential dining establishments include the S&W Market, a food hall offering a wide array of cuisines. French Broad Chocolates and Battery Park Book Exchange are old favorites, the former offering confections and the latter a chance to sip Champagne while enjoying a good read.

Just north of these two states, Alexandria, Virginia, provides tourists with easy access to vineyards in the northern part of the state and the chance to learn more about its history. The city was home to the country's largest domestic slave trade during much of the 1800s.

Sites such as the Freedom House Museum tell the narrative of Africans forced to work as enslaved people. Furthermore, the African American Heritage Trail, which opened in 2020, features 11 historical sites narrating 200 years of African American experiences, including stops at the Torpedo Factory, where Black people worked during WWII, and Waterfront Park, a point known for it slave trafficking. Jones Park is another significant landmark where visitors can learn about Benjamin Banneker, a notable mathematician, inventor, and free man who was instrumental in surveying the new U.S. capital.

Another American favorite, Nashville, Tennessee, is in the middle of a renaissance. The Conrad, 1 Hotel, Soho House, and redesigned Hermitage House are a few of the hotels fueling this rebirth. Regarding good places to dine, visitors can head to Fifth + Broadway Complex, where they can enjoy Southern staples such as fried chicken at Hattie B's or the Assembly Food Hall, which offers varied eating establishments and bars.

In terms of nightlife, travelers can get their fill of honky-tonk bars until the wee hours of the morning. They can also head to Justin Timberlake's Twelve Thirty Club or live events, such as CMA Fest (Country Music Association Festival), which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

For travelers looking to entertain the entire family, Central Florida offers various theme parks, such as Disney World, Epcot, and Universal City Walk, the latter offering adults a sampling of Orlando nightlife. Travelers to Disney this year can eat, breathe, and sleep Star Wars at its newly opened Star Wars: Galactic Star Cruiser, a two-night adventure. Another option is to travel southeast to Tampa and spend the day at Busch Gardens, an amusement park experience with a tropical theme.

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Facing Back Surgery, Tom Johnston to Miss at Least Some of Doobie Brothers’ 50th-anniversary Tour

- Guitarist, co-founder “should not be performing at this time,” band says

Facing surgery to address “severe back pain,” Tom Johnston has opted out of at least part of the Doobie Brothers’ 50th-anniversary tour, the “heartbroken” band said in a statement.

“Per advisement of his physician, Johnston should not be performing at this time and is looking forward to returning to the road as soon as possible,” the statement read.

Johnston will not be replaced and there is no timetable for his return. The North American tour, which begins May 25 and stretches into October, will instead feature Johnston’s fellow co-founder Pat Simmons; Michael McDonald, who replaced Johnston in the 1970s; and John McFee, who joined the band toward the end of its original run.

“I would like to thank Pat, Michael, John and the entire Doobie Brothers band for covering for me while I recover …,” Johnston said in a news release.

5/22/23

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Time for your Rock Report

Nita Strauss is returning to Alice Cooper's band for his 2023 tour, Cooper's management has disclosed. The Alice Cooper North American tour, with an all-new show dubbed "Too Close For Comfort," kicks off in late April in Michigan and continues through late September. The trek includes a handful of August stadium shows with Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, followed by a co-headlining late summer "Freaks On Parade" tour with Rob Zombie. "She's Back!" Cooper said. "Nita asked for a leave of absence to work with someone else, something I always encourage my band members to do. I like them to challenge themselves and try new things. I'm thankful to my old friend Kane Roberts for stepping up and filling in for her, but she'll be back with us for the new tour that starts up in late April. It's going to be great to have her back. The top-rated guitarist had been with Cooper for several years until she departed to do a Fall 2022 tour with Demi Lovato.

Peter Gabriel has announced details of the long-awaited North American leg of "i/o - The Tour," a 2023 run across Europe and North America this spring and fall. Gabriel will perform in Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Fans should also stay tuned for future tour date announcements in Washington, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Denver, Austin, Dallas and Houston. "i/o - The Tour" will see Gabriel playing new material from his forthcoming album i/o, as well as delving into his catalogue of music.

Roger Waters recently shared a snippet of music from his re-recorded version of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, which celebrated its 50th anniversary on March 1. Waters shared a 52-second clip on YouTube, showing him listening to the first verse of a reworked "Us and Them" in the studio. He also posted a lengthy description of the project, which does not feature his former bandmates. "We are now in the process of finishing the final mix. It's turned out really great and I'm excited for everyone to hear it. It's not a replacement for the original which, obviously, is irreplaceable," Waters said. "But it is a way for the 79-year-old man to look back across the intervening 50 years into the eyes of the 29-year-old and say, to quote a poem of mine about my father, 'We did our best, we kept his trust, our Dad would have been proud of us.'"

He added, "And also it is a way for me to honour a recording that Nick and Rick and Dave and I have every right to be very proud of."

[rickchung]

Jesus Christ Superstar x Queen Elizabeth Theatre x Downtown. (via Evan Zimmerman)

Broadway Across Canada’s revival touring production of the mesmerizing sung-through rock opera musical celebrating its 50th anniversary is another rousing experience from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. This staging has a strong emphasis on the dancing element and choreography to tell its emotional Christian story of the Passion of Jesus during his last days.

North American Tour cast: Aaron LaVigne, Omar Lopez-Cepero, and the company.

Running live on stage until Nov. 20.

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Paul mccartney tour 2021

I organised the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Beatles crossing Abbey Road, and was on the committee that erected a blue plaque to commemorate the Beatles famous ‘Rooftop concert’ at 3 Savile Row. I was the President of the London Beatles Fan Club for 10 years and was a former winner of the ‘Beatles Brain of Britain’ competition. I am Richard Porter, author of the book Guide to the Beatles London writer and presenter of The Beatles’ London’ DVD and a guide of 30 years experience. Hear stories of Paul recording some of his most iconic solo records at a central London Studio – outside of which tour guide Richard Porter met Paul many times. Where To Get Paul McCartney Tickets For The Upcoming Tour Or Concert You should be able to find Paul McCartney concert tickets to the tours in Tacoma, Boston.Clubs and art galleries he used to frequent in the 60s and how Paul was really the ‘avant garde Beatle’. Wake Forest University is honored to host the legendary Paul McCartney inside Truist Field on.where Paul lived with the family of his girlfriend Jane Asher,.Paul McCartney’s offices where he can be seen occasionally.In 2021, before his 2022 tour announcement, Paul McCartney helped produce Peter Jacksons Beatles documentary. Visit many locations associated with his life and work here, including Buy Paul McCartney tickets at Vivid Seats. Paul McCartney is the Beatle who is most connected with London, from the 1960s when he started living here, until this day. Paul McCartney will release his seventeenth () solo album, Egypt Station, on September 7th. Paul McCartney knew just what to do to get the crowd at Met Life Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., up on its feet during the gig - the last North American leg of his Got Back tour. Join Paul McCartney in London – the unique interactive experience, from the the comfort of your own homeįor more information and tickets CLICK HERE

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Roxy Music’s 50th Anniversary : 2022 Reunion Tour

In order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their 1972 debut album, Roxy Music announced a North American and European tour earlier this year. St. Vincent will serve as the opening act for that trip, which is scheduled to stop at numerous arenas. At Toronto's Scotiabank Arena, the group's most recent tour began. Glam rock royalty Roxy Music was founded in 1970, and the band's first breakup occurred in 1983. The group has since reformed on a few occasions, with their most recent tour taking place in 2011. Roxy Music hadn't performed live for ten years prior to Friday night, with the exception of a brief reunion at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2019. Longtime leader Bryan Ferry, guitarist Phil Manzanera, multi-instrumentalist Andy Mackay, and drummer Paul Thompson, who didn't play with the group during the Hall of Fame reunion, are all part of the current tour. Another former leader of Roxy Music, Brian Eno, is not now participating because he has other things going on. Roxy Music doesn't sound like a band that has been off the road for more than ten years in the footage from the recent Toronto performance. The band will be commemorating the 50th anniversary of its debut album throughout 2022 with a vinyl reissue series that will see reissues of all eight of its studio albums. The tour also coincides with the anniversary. Recently (September 19), when the pop-rock band Roxy Music performed at Chicago's United Center with a large touring band backing them, they still had a lush, layered sound. Watch some of the show's footage down below also check out the music list they performed as well. https://youtu.be/inlfeTuthMM SETLIST: 01 “Re-Make/Re-Model” 02 “Out Of The Blue” 03 “The Bogus Man” 04 “Ladytron” 05 “While My Heart Is Still Beating” 06 “Oh Yeah” 07 “To Turn You On” 08 “If There Is Something” 09 “In Every Dream Home A Heartache” 10 “Tara” 11 “The Main Thing” 12 “Dance Away” 13 “My Only Love” 14 “More Than This” 15 “Avalon” 16 “Same Old Scene” 17 “Love Is the Drug” 18 “Do The Strand” 19 “Editions Of You” 20 “Jealous Guy” (John Lennon cover) https://youtu.be/f9s-k3jGKKU Before arriving in the UK in October, the band will play a hit-filled performance of some of the most iconic songs in rock'n'roll history over the course of 10 arena shows across North America. ROXY MUSIC TOUR 2022 21 Sep> Moody Center, Austin 23 Sep> American Airlines Center, Dallas 26 Sep> Chase Center, San Francisco 28 Sep> The Kia Forum, Los Angeles 10 Oct> OVO Hydro, Glasgow 12 Oct> AO Arena, Manchester 14 Oct> The O2, London Read the full article

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Jimmy Cobb obituary

By John Fordham

Jazz drummer who continued to perform for half a century after recording Kind of Blue with Miles Davis

There are sublime moments in music that only the cognoscenti notice, plenty that millions love, and some that many sense without quite knowing why. Kind of Blue, the 1959 recording led by Miles Davis, had enough of all of them to become the bestselling jazz album ever.

Jimmy Cobb, the drummer and last surviving member of that landmark session, who has died aged 91, was not just a crucial contributor to a jazz revolution unleashed by it, but the instigator of a split-second playing choice on one of its best known themes that seems to define the here-and-gone magic of the best of jazz.

Cobb’s magic moment on So What, Kind of Blue’s opening track, was the quintessence of perfect timing and the definition of his receptive musical character. The tune’s setup seems to suggest at first that the music has nowhere to go, with the pianist, Bill Evans, apparently lost in preoccupied reflections around a slowly shifting three-chord motif with the bassist, Paul Chambers.

Evans then implies he has found a route out, thickening the chord harmonies before Chambers brings in the tune’s famously catchy bass hook, while Cobb ticks off a quiet pulse with a cymbal sound like someone idly shaking a bag of loose change, and Davis and the saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian “Cannonball” Adderley repeat a minimally simple rising and falling two-note hook.

Then Davis hangs out a single sustained note as if dangling it over a long drop, resolves it with an answer an octave beneath and Cobb breaks into a disruptive drum hustle and a cymbal smash as the trumpeter’s solo eases into swing, and such a captivating improvised trumpet solo that composers have since transcribed it for performance as if it had been laboured over note by note.

Cobb was to react instinctively to situations like that all his working life. That moment was not fortuitous for him, but the obvious option at the time for the astute 30 year-old percussion accompanist who had already partnered the vocal-toned R&B saxophonist Earl Bostic, the gospel-rooted and pop-savvy singer Dinah Washington , and Davis partners including pianist Wynton Kelly and Adderley. Those connections taught Cobb the patience to wait for the turning moment – in jazz, usually unscripted – of a soloist’s entry, the drive to power a blues, and much more.

Born in Washington, Jimmy was the son of Wilbur Cobb, a security guard and taxi driver, and his wife Katherine (nee Bivens), a domestic worker. As a teenager in the mid-1940s he became obsessed with jazz, staying up at night to listen to the American wartime DJ Symphony Sid’s broadcasts and washing dishes in diners to save money for a drumkit – on which he aimed to learn the polyrhythmic innovations of the bebop drum gurus Max Roach and Kenny Clarke. Largely self-taught, though he briefly studied with the National Symphony Orchestra percussionist Jack Dennett, Cobb had accompanied Billie Holiday in Washington and partnered Charlie Parker and Davis on Symphony Sid’s roadshow before he was 20.

By 1950, he was on the road with Bostic, whose hit-making R&B band of the period included such jazz-sax luminaries as Coltrane, Benny Golson, and Stanley Turrentine. Cobb and Kelly then accompanied Washington for some years, a period in which Cobb was having a relationship with her, and a young Quincy Jones was writing some of the singer’s arrangements.

The drummer’s antennae were retuned by the musical differences between his own Catholic background and Washington’s Baptist one. “When I heard that Baptist sound, it took me over,” Cobb later told the jazzwax.com’s blogger Marc Myers. “I wasn’t used to hearing that. It would make the hairs stand up on my arms and neck, where people are singing and shouting in church. That struck me right away. She taught me to put the passion into what I was doing.”

In 1956, Adderley hired Cobb to play on his Verve Records sessions Sophisticated Swing, Quintet In Chicago and Takes Charge, with the latter two staffed by the Miles Davis band without the trumpeter. Those connections led via brief stints with Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie to Kind of Blue, though Davis’s work in the period following ran on different tracks, with Coltrane and subsequently Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock exploring more modally stripped-down, scale-based music rather than the songlike forms Cobb had experienced with Bostic and Washington.

Cobb and Kelly played with the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery between 1962 and 1965, formed a trio with Kind of Blue bassist Paul Chambers that recorded with guitarist Kenny Burrell, and from 1970 to 1978 the drummer partnered the operatically eloquent vocalist Sarah Vaughan. He worked thereafter with many leading younger musicians of the postbop generation including sometime Miles Davis saxophonist David Liebman, trumpeter Art Farmer, and pianists Kenny Drew and John Hicks.

Cobb taught in summer schools in Europe organised by Duke University, North Carolina, and for the New School for Social Research. New York, in the 1980s, worked regularly with Adderley’s cornetist brother Nat, and toured and recorded regularly in the US and Europe in the following decade.

Drawing from his New School student connections among others, Cobb formed the quartets and quintets he called Cobb’s Mob in 1998, performing and recording with them into the 21st century in lively postbop lineups including a young Brad Mehldau, the composer-guitarist Peter Bernstein, tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, and the Marsalis family patriarch, the pianist Ellis Marsalis.

On the 50th anniversary of Kind of Blue, an 80 year-old Cobb memorably went to the UK with a group including the uncannily Miles-like trumpeter Wallace Roney and the saxophonists Javon Jackson and Vincent Herring – spurring those timeless themes with his old lazily springy dynamism, even if the renditions might have been a little lighter and funkier for some.

In June 2008, he received the Don Redman Heritage award from Michigan State University, and the following year a National Endowment for the Arts NEA Jazz Masters award. Cobb continued to perform and teach, aided by his wife, Eleana Tee (nee Steinberg), and daughters Serena and Jaime, all of whom survive him. He had previously been married to Ann Porter, who died in 1987.

He was often asked for the secrets of his light and buoyant drum sound and hair-trigger reflexes, but he had no magic formula. “The first thing is they have to love it” was his advice.

• Jimmy (James Wilbur) Cobb, drummer, born 20 January 1929; died 24 May 2020

*  John Fordham is the Guardian's main jazz critic. He has written several books on the subject, reported on it for publications including Time Out, Sounds, Wire and Word, and contributed to documentaries for radio and TV. He is a former editor of Time Out, City Limits and Jazz UK, and regularly contributes to BBC Radio 3's Jazz on 3

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HERE’S WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEK (3.18-3.24.20):

NEW MUSIC:

After its live debut at Slam Dunk Festival last year, All Time Low released the third single off of their upcoming album Wake Up, Sunshine, “Getaway Green,” as well as a live music video. They are also planning online events as a result of the delay on the album’s release.

Machine Gun Kelly dropped a corresponding music video for his new track, “Bullets With Names.” The musician later performed a live stream on social media, where he also performed a new track.

Alkaline Trio surprised fans with a new three-track EP, simply titled E.P. The unexpected release features the songs “Minds Like Minefields,” “Radio Violence” and “Smokestack,” with the artwork being a snapshot of lead singer Matt Skiba’s neighbor’s house.

On Wednesday night, Hayley Williams teased that a collab would be arriving soon with a studio pic featuring boygenius, composed of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus. The new song is titled “Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris.”

Waterparks collaborated with production duo MC4D for a remix of their hit song “Dream Boy.” The new track is now available for streaming on Spotify, following a previous remix of the same song by JVNA.

Ville Valo, frontman for acclaimed goth-metal outfit HIM, has dropped a new EP. Gothica Fennica Vol. 1 was released last Friday under the name “VV,” featuring the songs “Salute the Sanguine,” “Run Away From the Sun” and “Saturnine Saturnalia.”

Mod Sun further teased a new collab with Machine Gun Kelly and Goody Grace, after first teasing the track back in December. On March 20th, the artist took to Instagram to post a video of him in a face mask.

Poppy returned with another music video for her track “Sit / Stay.” The unsettling video features her as a nude, bald figure trapped in a cushioned room interlaced with shots of her regular self.

During their isolation, Bring Me the Horizon announced they want to take fans inside the creation process of their new album. The band is planning to capture the process in a new project they are titling BMTH8.

Broadside announced that the band has signed with SharpTone Records, as well as released a new single “Foolish Believer.” Prior to departing their former label Victory Records, the band issued a two-song single, “King of Nothing” and “Empty.”

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard is spending his time working on new material and shared a new track. Taking a break from his “Live From Home” series, the new acoustic song is a tribute to Seattle, “Life in Quarantine.”

Fall Out Boy fans can now easily check out some of the band’s earliest material as a number of their demos from 2001 have surfaced on YouTube. Three songs from their self-titled demo, ripped from a cassette version of the release, have popped up.

Highly Suspect’s new video for their track “These Days” shows a family dinner from hell. The video also features the everyman hero, played by Tony Cavalero from the HBO show The Righteous Gemstones.

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We Came as Romans kicked off their To Plant a Seed 10-Year Anniversary Tour in Chicago on March 5th with support from the Devil Wears Prada, Gideon and Dayseeker. Less than a week in, they have now postponed the remaining dates. 

After postponing their 20th-anniversary tour due to coronavirus, Silverstein have announced newly rescheduled dates, which will take place this summer. They will be performing three sets: the album Discovering the Waterfall in full, some greatest hits and an acoustic set.

On March 18th, Glastonbury Festival announced it would be cancelling this year’s event, which would’ve been its 50th anniversary. The festival was originally set to take place from June 24th-28th.

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has been officially rescheduled due to coronavirus. Originally planned to take place on June 11th-14th, it will now take place on September 24th-27th.

The 1975’s North American tour, which was set to take place near the end of April and continue through June, has been postponed. The band stated that they are currently working to reschedule the dates as we speak and will provide as many updates as possible.

The first Mexican man passed away due to coronavirus, which he believed to have contracted while attending a Ghost concert earlier this month. Not only was it their only scheduled show of 2020, but it also saw Cardinal Copia anointed to Papa Emeritus IV.

Ice Nine Kills, along with I Prevail, Papa Roach and Five Finger Death Punch, are rescheduling their North American tour dates after the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The new tour dates will kick off this fall at the end of September in Florida.

Slam Dunk Festival has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Festival organizers have announced that the rescheduled dates will now be Saturday, September 5th and Sunday, September 6th

OTHER NEWS:

The Recording Academy and MusiCares announced a relief fund to assist everyone working in the music industry currently being affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 relief fund is aiming at providing financial assistance to those in the industry.

Dark Horse is giving My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way a special hardcover for the comic The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, inspired by the band’s hit album. The comic will be released in Dark Horse’s hardcover library edition format, subtitled “California.”

Bandcamp is helping out musicians affected by the coronavirus by waiving their cut of sales since last Friday. The news comes in conjunction with a number of labels, who will similarly be giving all proceeds to artists, and so far have raised $4.3 million for artists.

In response to the coronavirus, Ice Nine Kills released a special t-shirt in support of Sweet Relief and Music Cares. A portion of the profits goes toward organizations that are supporting musicians during this outbreak.

Avenged Sevenfold announced on Twitter that they will be offering free band merchandise to select fans. All that is required is to pledge to stay at home, self-quarantined, for a week and post a selfie with a “phrase of the day” as proof.

Hope for the Day checked in on people’s mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic through a livestreaming chat about mental health and stigmas along with Neck Deep’s Ben Barlow. The chat took place on Sunday morning over YouTube.

Jeffree Star announced he is giving away cash to people feeling the economic pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. The beauty guru took to Twitter over the weekend letting fans know he was giving away money to fans in need.

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Silver Silver STAR! or, the 25th Anniversary of the 25th Anniversary!

Twenty five years ago this week, the 1968 Julie Andrews musical Star! made its long overdue return to the screens of the world –– at least, the small screens –– when the film was finally released to home video on 17 November 1993. Billed as “the return of a lost classic,” the heavily-promoted 25th Anniversary release was the first time in decades that the complete version of Star! had been widely available and it marked a watershed in the film’s latter-day recuperation (Edwards, 1993). 

Director Robert Wise long remained haunted by the commercial and critical failure of Star!. "I’ve had films that haven’t paid off,” he lamented, “but Star! was my biggest disappointment because I think it’s a better film and more of an achievement than was acknowledged by the mass audience” (Leeman: 195). The film had cultivated a small but devoted band of fans over the years, many of whom sent appreciative letters to the director, but Wise continued to hope that Star! might yet find broader vindication and shake off its unjust reputation as “the H-bomb of musicals” (Kanfer: 78).

In 1984, amidst a growth in popularity of classic film revivals, Twentieth Century-Fox struck a new print of Star! for release to the repertory house circuit (Edwards 1990). It was the first time the full roadshow version of Star! had been seen in North America since 1968 and, while it mainly screened in niche metropolitan revival houses, it played to hugely enthusiastic audiences. Attending a New York screening in August 1990, Robert Wise recalled that Star! “went over like gangbusters...The audience applauded after every number and gave me and the film such a hand” (Thompson: 96). Meanwhile, general interest in Star! continued to grow. In 1990, an article on the history of the film appeared in Movie Collector’s World (Edwards 1990). And in May 1992, Premiere magazine nominated Star! as its “most wanted” title on home video (”Widescreen”: 85). 

Emboldened by the groundswell of support, Robert Wise approached Fox about remastering a version of Star! for home video and all agreed the time was ripe. The director personally supervised a new transfer from the original 65mm negative and six-track magnetic soundtrack source materials which had happily remained intact in the Fox vaults. The remastered version of Star! screened for the first time on the respected cable network, American Movie Classics in early-1993 (Edwards 1993). Reviewing the AMC broadcast for the Los Angeles Times, Kevin Thomas called Star! “one of the most under appreciated of all Hollywood major productions,” praising the film as "engrossing...and played stunningly by Julie Andrews” (6).

Throughout 1993, Wise and Fox continued to finalise preparations for the film’s video release. The deluxe two-tape set was officially launched on 16 November 1993 (’street date’: 17 November) with a special Silver Anniversary screening of Star! at the DGA Theatre in Hollywood. Attended by many of the original cast and crew –– including Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Robert Wise, Saul Chaplin, and Michael Kidd –– the screening was a happy reunion cum symbolic homecoming for the film. Star! is “finally back where it belongs” said Julie in a warm interview at the event (“Silver Star!”).

The film’s soundtrack, which had also been long out of print, was given a companion release to CD and cassette by Fox Records on 23 November. With the inclusion of two previously unreleased tracks –– the extended version of the title song  by Julie and Daniel Massey’s “Forbidden Fruit” –– and featuring a handsome booklet with liner notes by T.J. Edwards –– a veritable one-man cheer squad for Star! during these years –– the CD soundtrack re-release further cemented the aura of rediscovery around the film and the sense that, after decades of neglect, Star! could finally be seen and heard in its original splendour (Sanello: D5; Thomas, B: 14). 

And this time round US critics were much more receptive than most had been back in 1968. Reviewing the video release for the Los Angeles Times, Sue Martin called it “a handsome period production [that] holds up with Andrews in a tour de force portrayal as the earthy, tenacious Lawrence” (44). Martie Zad of The Washington Post dubbed it “one of filmdom’s grandest musicals”, saying “[i]t is a treat to watch and listen to Andrews whose voice at this point in her career was simply pure and magical” (N5). Dave Staten of the Daily News enthused:

“Star! is bouncy and fast-paced and much better that I expected. You see, I was one of this people who was scared away in 1968 by the bad notices. This grand movie deserves a new life on video” (26).

In response to the fulsome reception, Fox green-lighted an even more ambitious ‘special edition’ release of Star! on laserdisc, a kind of top-end precursor to DVD and the home cinephile’s medium of choice in the 90s. An impressively weighty package –– literally, as those big old discs were heavy as rocks –– the laserdisc edition was spread over two discs presented in a lavish gatefold album. It was jam-packed with special features, including a detailed production history, rare behind-the scenes images, a lively audio commentary by Wise and other members of the production team, and a charming featurette about the film’s 25th anniversary screening at the DGA. Indeed, the compilation of supplementals was so dense and involved that it delayed the disc’s release by many months. The Star! laserdisc finally hit the shelves on August 16, 1995 with a USD$80.00 price tag, not exactly cheap today let alone 25 years ago, and it quickly established a new benchmark for special edition film releases to the home video market (“Be Glad”: 2; “Widescreen Special Edition”: 85)

Now, if only we could get Fox to play ball again 25 years later and authorise that long-awaited BluRay release of Star! for the 50th anniversary! 

Sources:

“Be Glad They Still Make Discs Like This.” The Laser Disc Newsletter. 133, September 1995: 2.

Edwards, T.J. “The Saga of ‘Star!’”. Movie Collector’s World. 357, 7 December 1990: 60-75.

Edwards, T.J. “Rare Julie: After 25 Years, A Lost Classic Returns.” American Movie Classics, 6: 7, July 1993: 4-5.

Kanfer, Stefan. “Cinema: Quarter Chance.” Time. 96: 4. 27 July 1970: 78.

Leeman, Sergio. Robert Wise on His Films: From Editing Room to Director’s Chair. Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1995.

Martin, Sue. “New on Video.” Los Angeles Times Calendar. 3 November 1993: 44.

Saltzmann, Barbara. “‘Star!’ Gets Back Original Luster on Laser.” Los Angeles Times. 16 January 1994: F25.

Sanello, Frank. “The Hills are Alive Again with the Songs of Julie Andrews.” The Sun. 15 December 1993: D5.

Thompson, Frank T. Robert Wise: A Bio-bibliography. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1995.

Silver Star 25th Anniversary Featurette. Film produced by T.J. Edwards. Los Angeles: FoxVideo, 1994.

Staten, Vince. “Hollywood Rolls Out Its ‘Classics’”. Daily News. 21 November 1993: 26.

Thomas, Bob. “1968 Flop ‘Star!’ Reborn on Video.” News Press. 17 December 1993: 14.

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Copyright © Brett Farmer 2018

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DMB SUMMER IS BACK & so is LABOR DAVE WEEKEND!!! ✌️❤️🎶... Dave Matthews Band is excited to announce 2019 North American summer tour dates. The headline run will kick off on April 30th in Pensacola, FL and includes two-night stands in Camden, NJ; Noblesville, IN; Elkhorn, WI; Saratoga Springs, NY; West Palm Beach, FL; and Denver, CO. The band will return to the Gorge Amphitheatre for its traditional three-night Labor Day run August 30-September 1, pushing its total number of performances at the scenic venue above 60. Dave Matthews Band will also perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4 as part of the festival’s 50th anniversary celebration. The band will conclude its North American tour on September 22 at the 2nd annual Sea Hear Now Festival in Asbury Park, NJ. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs8I-kkgcso/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n0qr5r9kzbcy

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Harry + 2017:

Released his debut single, Sign of the Times, which went platinum in the U.S. and broke the record for fastest time to hit #1 on U.S. iTunes at 19 minutes

Was featured in and was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, where he was interviewed by Cameron Crowe and talked about the importance of his largely female fanbase

Performed on the Today Show, where he requested that the stage be lowered so he could create an intimate show for the fans

Was the musical guest on the first episode of SNL that was broadcast live from coast-to-coast in the U.S.

Sold out his first solo worldwide tour in a record-breaking 29 seconds

Released a documentary, ‘Behind the Album’ on Apple Music, which shows him playing some of his songs at Abbey Road Studios. Full-length performances of all his songs would later be released on ‘Behind the Album: The Performances’ 

Released his debut self-titled album, which was well received by critics and was #1 in 87 counties. It is the highest first week sales for a British male’s debut album since 1991 and has been certified gold in six countries.

Did a week-long stint on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden,’ where he participated in Carpool Karaoke and other skits, delivered one of the opening monologues, and performed a different song every night 

Covered The Sunday Times Magazine, where he personally reached out to the writer to arrange the interview

Announced a second tour in arena venues for 2018

Held secret shows in London, LA, and Mexico and donated all the proceeds to charity

During the LA show at the Troubadour, he performed with Stevie Nicks and they sang Two Ghosts, Landslide, and Leather and Lace together

Dedicated his show in Mexico to the victims of the Manchester attacks by doing an intimate acoustic set

Performed ‘Two Ghosts’ on ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden in London’ on a rooftop overlooking the city

Made his acting debut in the Christopher Nolan-directed film Dunkirk in a role for which he auditioned. With its success, he became the first person to have a #1 debut single, #1 debut album, and #1 debut movie

Performed in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge during its 50th anniversary special, where he covered ‘The Chain’ by Fleetwood Mac and ‘Wild Thoughts’ by Rihanna, DJ Khaled, and Bryson Tiller

Performed at the Grammy Museum, where he was also interviewed on his songwriting process

Began his debut tour in September in front of a sold-out San Francisco crowd 

Recorded acoustic versions of ‘Two Ghosts’ and a cover of ‘Girl Crush’ by Little Big Town for the first ever U.K. version of Spotify Sessions

Released a music video for Kiwi, which features young kids, a food fight, and puppies (lol). He was reportedly heavily involved in the creative process of the video

Had his own hour-long special, ‘Harry Styles at the BBC,’ where he sang his songs and had fun roaming his hometown with his good friend

Performed ‘Two Ghosts’ at the Industry Trust Awards honoring Sony CEO Rob Stringer  

Returned to his roots, the X-Factor stage, to perform Kiwi

Opened the Victoria Secret Fashion Show and performed twice

Was nominated for two MTV VMAs 

Was announced as a performer at the 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute where Fleetwood Mac will be honored

Was in conversation for multiple Grammy Awards (among other music awards), while Dunkirk was nominated for 3 Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture - Drama

Announced that he is scheduled to perform at Madison Square Garden twice in 2018, with the second show being added due to high demand 

Added more seats to his 2018 North American tour dates to create a 360 setup and added an extra show at Hersheypark Stadium in Pennsylvania

Won the ARIA for Best International Artist, his first award as a solo artist, and performed at the award show     

Performed his first arena show at Auckland’s Spark Arena in New Zealand

Hosted an entire episode of ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’ with just three hours’ notice after Corden’s wife went into labor

End of year accolades:

#2 on Spotify’s Biggest Breakthrough Artists

#1 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 50 Best Songs of 2017 - Sign of the Times

#87 on Pitchfork’s 100 Best Songs of 2017 - Sign of the Times

#8 on Billboard’s 100 Best Songs of 2017 - Sign of the Times

#27 on NPR’s 100 Best Songs of 2017 - Sign of the Times

#10 on Billboard’s 50 Best Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#5 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 20 Best Pop Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#13 on Fuse’s 20 Best Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#4 on GQ’s Best-Dressed Men 2018

#1 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s Reader’s Poll: 10 Best Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#33 on Complex’s 50 Best Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#21 on Consequence of Sound’s Top 50 Songs of 2017 - Sign of the Times

#6 on TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#8 on The Most Shazamed 2017 Songs - Sign of the Times

#17 on Rolling Stone Magazine’s 50 Best Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#11 on The Genius Community’s 50 Best Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#3 on Rob Sheffield’s Top 20 Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#13 on Rob Sheffield’s Top 25 Songs of 2017 - Two Ghosts

#10 on Billboard’s 25 Best Rock Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#1 on Billboard’s 25 Best Rock Songs of 2017 - Sign of the Times

#9 on Interview Magazine’s 10 Best Songs of 2017 - Woman

#4 on Affinity Staff’s Top Albums of 2017 - Harry Styles

#6 on Billboard’s Best and Worst Album Covers of 2017 (BEST) - Harry Styles

#20 on Yahoo!Sports’ Best Music Videos of 2017 - Kiwi

#2 on FashionBeans’ Best Dressed Men of the Year 2017

Variety’s Best Albums of 2017 (no ranking included) 

Most importantly, he achieved all of this while promoting kindness (and being kind himself), embracing love in all forms, encouraging originality, being authentic and unapologetic with his music and stage presence, pushing the boundaries of pop music, never ceasing to show love to his fans, working extremely hard and making no excuses, and having a bit of fun. 

You’ve got a bright future ahead, kid, and I can’t wait to see what you accomplish next 

#sorryyyyyyyy this is long lol #i really made this post for myself #so i could document everything that happened this year #also holiday szn gets me in a mood so that's where this stems from #harry styles #mine #2017 moments

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Roxy Music Reassembling for First Tour In 11 Years

Roxy Music Reassembling for First Tour In 11 Years

Roxy Music is reuniting for their first tour since 2011 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its self-titled debut album, the legendary British group announced this morning. Vocalist Bryan Ferry, saxophonist Andy Mackay, guitarist Phil Manzanera and drummer Paul Thompson will return to the road in September for 10 North American arena shows, followed by three gigs in the United Kingdom. St.…

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WFS 303 - Umpqua Feather Merchants with Russ Miller + Euro Nymphing Bonus

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/303

Presented By: Anglers Coffee, LakeLady Rods, Fly Fishing Film Tour, Trxstle

Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors

Russ Miller is here to share the story of how Umpqua Feather Merchants came to be - what the problem was with fly shops and what they did to solve it. Find out who were the first anglers to get signed with Umpqua and what was the business like back when they were getting started. We also hear about the biggest game-changers for Umpqua - who they partnered with to make things happen. 

Russ also shares his most humbling experiences in fly fishing throughout his career and how he's constantly learning and wanting to be new at something.

Umpqua Feather Merchants Show Notes with Russ Miller

06:15 - There are super athletes living in Boulder Colorado town

11:24 - Russ tells the story of how he got started with Umpqua Feather Merchants

13:55 - Umpqua is a native American word for "tumbling waters" and describes the Umpqua River - Russ gives us a little background of Umpqua and its founding

17:35 - Dennis Black offered to produce David Whitlock's flies in 1972 - after a year, David signed as the first royalty tier for UFM

19:32 - Umpqua used to pay 10% royalty to signed tiers. Now it's 8%

20:20 - Russ mentions some fly fishing legends that were also signed with UFM

25:06 - In the mid-90s, the Gold Bead was introduced by Umpqua

25:25 - Russ talks about Mike Lawson - Mike was on the podcast at WFS 190

28:45 - CDC fly was another introduction in the 90s

32:15 - People were using dry fly hackles before CDC

32:56 - Umpqua is celebrating their 50th anniversary this year

35:01 - In the late 90s, an investment capital group bought UFM from Dennis

37:05 - The business moved to Colorado

38:38 - One of the biggest game-changer for UFM is Tiemco hooks - Umpqua is Tiemco's North America distributor

45:31 - Early 80s, Umpqua alongside Orvis and Dan Bailey, were the first to release fluorocarbon and tapered leader - all of their original tapered leaders are Dave Whitlock's design

48:38 - The fax machine was a huge help for quality control back in the 80s to relay information - they used fax to send drawings of tying instructions

50:30 - Russ Miller is still in the USA Fly Fishing Team

52:05 - Erlend Vivelid Nilssen, from team Norway competitive fly fishing was on the podcast at WFS 286

57:40 - Russ shares some advice for anglers who are interested in going pro and being on the competitive team

Russ Miller shared the story of how Umpqua Feather Merchants came to be - what the problem was with fly shops and what they did to solve it. We found out who were the first anglers to get signed with Umpqua and what was the business like back when they were getting started. We also heard about the biggest game-changers for Umpqua - who they partnered with to make things happen.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/303

Check out this episode!

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Time for your Rock Report

The Beatles recently released a new animated video for their 1966 classic "Taxman." The video drops ahead of the expanded special edition release of the band's classic Revolver album, which hits the shelves on October 28. The animated video was directed by Danny Sangra, who previously worked with the band on a series of animated birthday messages from "Taxman" writer George Harrison to John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. The Beatles announced the expanded edition of Revolver in July and released a demo version of "Taxman." In the special edition, the album's 14 tracks have been newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell in stereo and Dolby Atmos, and the album's original mono mix is sourced from its 1966 mono master tape.

Ringo Starr has canceled the rest of his North American tour after he was diagnosed with COVID-19 for a second time. "I'm sure you'll be as surprised as I was I tested positive again for Covid the rest of the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo," the Beatles legend tweeted. The latest update comes as a surprise to Starr's fans, as the musician and his band got back on the road just earlier this month after his first COVID diagnosis. He was forced to cancel several shows in Canada, as well as in the Midwest, after initially testing positive.

"Ringo hopes to resume as soon as possible and is recovering at home," an announcement on Starr's website said at that time. "As always, he and the All Starrs send peace and love to their fans and hope to see them back out on the road soon."

Rock legend Neil Young has announced plans to release a 50th anniversary edition of his popular 1972 album, Harvest, on December 2 via Reprise.The 50th anniversary edition will feature a previously unreleased documentary and concert film, three outtakes from the sessions, and more. The reissue will be available on 3xLP and 3xCD sets, with including hardbound photo book, posters, and liner notes by photographer Joel Bernstein. Harvest was Young's fourth studio album and was released on February 1, 1972 by Reprise Records. It topped the Billboard 200 album chart for two weeks and spawned two hit singles, "Old Man," which peaked at No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Heart of Gold," which reached No. 1. It was the best-selling album of 1972 in the United States. In 2015, Harvest was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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"#加速主义#DR. MARK SHRIME URGES A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF ‘PURPOSE’ IN LIFE The singer-songwriter has just kicked off a new world tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ""American Pie."" The tour will include more than 30 North American stops and an additional 35 shows in Europe in the fall. Read on for more highlights of his in-depth interview with Fox News Digital, which touched on everything from his music, to lessons learned, to the homeless in America — to why some people are successful and others are not. On ‘American Pie’ and its staying power ""I was young, I was the right guy at the right time, the audience was receptive, I knew my audience, and I knew what they wanted,"" McLean told Fox News Digital about why he thinks ""American Pie"" had such resonance then — and still does."