The Sex Pistols: England’s prime bad boys. The band that brought us punk rock, dethroned British TV legend, Bill Grundy, and sung God Save The Queen on the day of the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations on a boat passing Parliament.
The Sex Pistols reunite to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their ‘Never Mind The Bollocks, Here Come The Sex Pistols’ album!
The original line-up, featuring Johnny ‘Rotten’ Lydon, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock will play a short tour this fall through the UK with a 4-nights-stint at London’s Brixton Academy. The tour is backed by an NME campaign to bring album and the single ‘God Save The Queen’ to Number 1 in the charts – the position they got refused back in 1977 when panic-stricken authorities decided that ‘God Save The Queen’ was an unsuitable song to have in the charts, let alone topping it and thus pulled their weight and Sex Pistols were robbed of their victory.
We all should support the ‘Pistols. Go to the gig, buy the album - let's get them the recognition they deserve … What? All concerts have sold-out?
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2007 might go down in British history as one of the worst summers, as well as the year of the reunions. From Led Zeppelin, The Police to the Spice Girls, Squeeze, House of Love or Take That … some interesting ones, some we might be able to have lived without.
The news of The Verve getting back together on the other hand seems a great move. Considering their sudden and acrimonious split in 1997, the Verve definitely have some unfinished business to take of.
They were one of the more interesting bands to emerge during the 90s, when most British bands were merely a 60’s tribute band. They emerged alongside bands such as Suede, Radiohead or The Manic Street Preachers and brought a combination of spaced rock-, glam- and punk with a soulful pop aesthetic that seemed totally out of step with what’s going on elsewhere.
Personally I favour The Verve’s first two albums, especially their second album ‘A Northern Soul’ is an all-time classic, but it wasn’t until album #3 that they hit the big time. ‘Urban Hymns’ was released in 1997 and was an instant world-wide success. The first single ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ became an anthem for a generation; the accompanying video is probably responsible for more street bust-ups than anything else.
After a successful tour and further hit singles including ‘Lucky Man’ or ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’, Verve guitarist, Nick McCabe announced his sudden, but not completely unexpected departure.
Richard Ashcroft embarked on a successful solo career but never matched the same success he enjoyed with The Verve. It wasn’t until Richard Ashcroft’s unexpected appearance during Coldplay’s set at Live8, performing ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ that all of a sudden fans the world over woke up and realised how much we all missed The Verve. Maybe this was the moment The Verve realised they had to return.
The sudden announcement for a string of UK gigs seems like the perfect early Xmas present no-one should miss. I missed the pre-sale but got my tickets from GetMeIn.com. Who else is going?
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I’m sure you all have heard the news by now: Led Zeppelin are about to return.
The last time the mighty Led Zeppelin played together was a gig in July 1980 in Berlin, Germany, two month prior to the untimely death of their drummer, John ‘Bonzo’ Bonham.
Almost 30 years after his death and only a handful of short re-union gigs, including 1985 Live Aid with Phil Collins behind the drum kit, in 1988 at the 40th birthday celebrations of Atlantic Records with John Bonham’s son, Jason taking over the drum duties of his father and at the private wedding of Jason Bonham.
Led Zeppelin’s loyalty to Atlantic Records is what gets Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John-Paul Jones once again back together.
In 2007, the Led Zeppelin will fly for one-time only in tribute to Atlantic Records founder, supporter and close friend of the band, Ahmet Ertegun. Once again, Jason Bonham will take the seat behind the drum kit. It’s family business, as usual.
I hope I’ll be lucky to snap-up a ticket for their reunion gig at London’s O2 Arena but it will be tough. Apparently no less than 20m fans signed-up for the 20.000 available tickets. Madness!!!!!!!! The Spice Girls “only” had 1m fans signing-up for priority bookings.
But the Led Zeppelin frenzy shouldn’t come as no surprise to me. Of course, everyone wants to see Led Zeppelin. They are the ultimate Rockband. Their infamous hedonistic lifestyle on tour has created more myths than The Beatles and The Rolling Stones put together. It’s rare that a band makes wild backstage headlines, while also being highly regarded for their musicianship. And what musicians they are! Jimmy Page is remains one of the most influential guitarists of all time, while Robert Plant, John-Paul Jones and John Bonham are equally regarded on their respective instruments. John Bonham’s drum beats spring to mind. Just think of his huge beat on their cover of ‘When the Levee Breaks’. That beat has been sampled by countless rap and hip-hop artists, including the Beastie Boys’ ‘Rhymin' & Stealin’ on their 1986 debut ‘Liscence To Ill’.
So, yes – looking forward to this gig but I realise my chances are slim. Sadly, the Robert Plant dismissed rumours about a possible full tour. Hence the London gig at the O2 Arena will be a one-off occasion. The O2 Arena is big, but far from being big enough to cater for every Led Zeppelin fans the world over. In order to get a ticket, fans had to pre-register and were chosen randomly by ballot, similar to the ticket system used for 2005’s Live8 concert in London.
Anybody reading this, have you registered? Any luck? I’m not going to ask you to donate your ticket, but if you feel like giving a fan (aka me…;) a Led Zeppelin ticket, I won’t hold you back.
In an interview with the BBC today, Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, revealed how much even he is looking forward to see the Led Zeppelin gig. Mick said, “It’s been a long time in the making. (…) And then I heard this awful rumour that they would only do half an hour. If I remember correct, the drum solo was about half an hour long - and I’m not exaggerating. They were really that long! But I’m sure they’re going to play longer. Surely they’ll play two hours. (…) If I’m here in London I’ll definitely go. (…) It’s a fantastic band.”
So there’s hope. Maybe Mick knows something we all don’t. Maybe, maybe a tour? Fingers crossed!
BBC’s The Blue Planet goes on UK tour. The Blue Planet is one hell of a TV series, mesmerising its viewers with one beautiful film sequence after another, never seen like this before.
Blue Planet tickets are selling fast but again, the GET ME IN! website has still some for sale. It’s a pretty cool site with loads of concert tickets on offer and every order is guaranteed. Pretty neat! Check it out: www.getmein.com.
