During interview, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden admits Led Zeppelin tour would be depressing without Robert Plant
November 13, 2008
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Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell has told Canada’s Sun Media that he’s not interested in filling Robert Plant’s shoes should those reports about LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham touring next year with a replacement singer come to fruition.
“I would never do anything like that whether I were approached or not,” Cornell said. “It just doesn’t make any sense to me at all. I would not want to go see me performing LED ZEPPELIN songs with the two other guys that used to be in a band called LED ZEPPELIN while Robert Plant is out somewhere touring.
“That’s not a ticket I would buy. God bless ‘em, but that’s not LED ZEPPELIN. I find it completely depressing. I’d never do anything like that. I mean just out of respect to the legacy of the band.”
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108584
During interview, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden admits Led Zeppelin tour would be depressing without Robert Plant
November 12, 2008
Former SOUNDGARDEN/AUDIOSLAVE singer Chris Cornell has told Canada’s Sun Media that he’s not interested in filling Robert Plant’s shoes should those reports about LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist John Paul Jones and drummer Jason Bonham touring next year with a replacement singer come to fruition.
“I would never do anything like that whether I were approached or not,” Cornell said. “It just doesn’t make any sense to me at all. I would not want to go see me performing LED ZEPPELIN songs with the two other guys that used to be in a band called LED ZEPPELIN while Robert Plant is out somewhere touring.
“That’s not a ticket I would buy. God bless ‘em, but that’s not LED ZEPPELIN. I find it completely depressing. I’d never do anything like that. I mean just out of respect to the legacy of the band.”
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108584
In interview, Chris Cornell says Led Zeppelin reunion tour is depressing
November 10, 2008
Chris Cornell has described the idea of a Led Zeppelin reunion (minus their frontman Robert Plant) as depressing.
The remaining members of the band recently hinted they would be touring in 2009, but with a replacement singer standing in for the absent Plant.
Cornell himself was rumored to be fronting the tour, which he later played down. Now he’s revealed his true feelings on the rockers’ reunion plans:
“I would never do anything like that whether I were approached or not. It just doesn’t make any sense to me at all.”
“I would not want to go see me performing Led Zeppelin songs with the two other guys that used to be in a band called Led Zeppelin while Robert Plant is out somewhere touring.”
“That’s not a ticket I would buy. God bless ‘em, but that’s not Led Zeppelin. I find it completely depressing. I’d never do anything like that. I mean just out of respect to the legacy of the band.”
http://angryape.com/news/2008/11/10/chris-cornell-describes-led-zeppelin-reunion-as-depressing
Iron Maiden continue to finish Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 08
November 10, 2008
Following the huge international success of their spectacular ‘Somewhere Back in Time World Tour 08′ IRON MAIDEN will be taking to the skies once again in 2009 for a fourth and final leg starting in Dubai on February 13th.
Loaded up with a full complement of band, crew and twelve tons of stage set and equipment, the band’s customised Boeing 757, christened Ed Force One by the fans and flown again by Astraeus Airlines Captain and Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, will once again be circumnavigating 80,000km around the planet for concerts in 19 cities in eleven countries, making it a staggering 37 countries in total visited on this tour, playing to almost two million fans.
Taking off in early February Maiden will make their first appearances in New Zealand for 16 years via Dubai and Bangalore followed by the long haul journey for a return to Mexico in some even larger venues and then finishing with an extended run through Central and South America to include countries and cities they have not visited before. The dates are as follows –
February 2009:-
Fri 13th - UAE - Dubai Media City Amphitheatre
Sun 15th - India - Bangalore Royal Challenge Rock In India
Fri 20th - New Zealand - Auckland. Mount Smart Stadium
Sat 21st - New Zealand - Christchurch. AMI Stadium
Wed 25th - Mexico - Monterrey Estadio Technologico.
Thurs 26th - Mexico - Guadalajara Arena VFG Jalisco.
Sat 28th - Mexico - Mexico City Fero Sol Stadium Complex
1st - 29th March 2009 - South and Central America.
Details to be advised soon.
http://www.imperiumi.net/news_2.php?id=8177
Here is some news on one of those band going for Motley Crue tour opening slot
November 10, 2008
Two guys who grew up in Rockford and their Chicago band have a one-in-six chance of opening for Mötley Crüe on the rock icon’s 2009 U.S. tour.
The Last Vegas, formed by brothers Nate Arling, 29, and Adam Arling, 32, will audition Nov. 10 at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Hollywood before Mötley Crüe members. Five other bands also are performing there with the hope of being chosen to go on the tour. It’s the top prize in the Guitar Center On-Stage: Your Chance to Make Rock History contest.
The groups were selected as finalists from 7,930 bands that registered at makerockhistory.com. The top 30 bands were chosen from fan votes and judges, and they performed in regional finals.
Along with opening for Mötley Crüe, the winning band gets prizes including $25,000 cash, $20,000 in Gibson gear and a recording deal. Mötley Crüe’s 1980s hits include “Shout at the
Devil,” “Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room,” “Girls, Girls, Girls” and “Dr. Feelgood.”
Other Last Vegas members are Chad Cherry, vocals; John Wator, guitar; and Anthony Rubino, bass. Nate Arling plays drums; Adam Arling, guitar.
The Last Vegas describes its music as “the return of trashed-up, guitar-driven, leather-clad rock.” The band has sold more than 10,000 records and toured in 17 countries. It leaves next week for a European tour. It last played in Rockford this summer at Bar 3.
Go to makerockhistory.com to hear The Last Vegas play “So Young, So Pretty, So What” off its self-titled, latest CD.
Nate Arling told the Register Star in a telephone interview that opening for Mötley Crüe would be an “amazing experience.”
“We are very hungry to keep moving up the ladder,” he said. “Winning this could really be the springboard.”
http://www.rrstar.com/homepage/x199493751/Rockford-rockers-audition-for-spot-on-M-tley-Cr-e-tour
