The recent acquisition by Warners of "Festival Mushroom Records" does raise a few questions for Australian AC/DC fans and fans and music lovers of
the rich musical heritage that the Festival label was very much part of. As AC/DC are signed to Epic Records a division of Sony in USA, and Warners and Sony
are competitors in the music industry, what label will oversee the distribution of AC/DC's back catalogue in Australia. Also for serious collectors of AC/DC's back catalogue, will recent events result in AC/DC's back
catalogue being released again on a different label in Australia.
For people that love and enjoy the rich musical heritage of artists that recorded on the Festival label in the vinyl age, will these recordings ever see the light of day
in the modern compact disc age.
- http://www.epicrecords.com/
- http://www.fmrecords.com.au/
- http://www.albertmusic.com/
- http://www.fmrecords.co.nz/
Tuesday 28th March 2006
Legendary Australian guitarist Pete Wells from the rock band Rose Tattoo has died after a long illness.
Wells had been suffering from prostate cancer.
R.I.P. (Rock In Peace)
www.rosetattoo.com.au
Tuesday 21st March 2006
At the recent "Sunday for Sammy" concert Brian Johnson sang the song "Gimmie Some Lovin" a track which is more well known from the Blues Brothers film.
Brian also appeared in sketches acting dressed up as an angel.
Friday 17th March 2006
Further details of the letters and photographs that are being put on auction by Bon's former wife Irene are online on the
Leonard Joel web site.
Pictures of the letters and the photographs
further details of the auction
Thanks to Enrique for the links
see also Press release
News reports
AC/DC's DVD "Family Jewels" was voted the best DVD at the annual Echo awards ceremony in Germany.
Scottish AC/DC tribute band Volts are going to be playing in Kirriemuir on the 6th May, as part of the celebrations of the unveiling of the Bon Scott memorial stone.
More details of Volts availble on their web site www.acdc-volts.com
Sunday 12th March 2006
Kirriemuir memorial stone for Bon Scott
Latest information regarding the unveiling of the memorial stone to Bon Scott which is to take place in Kirriemuir
on Saturday 6th May.
The following information was kindly provided by Kirriemuir museum on behalf of one of the organisers, Mr Dave Milne.
The stone, which is a 3' x 2' Caithness slab, will be unveiled at 1pm in Cumberland Close (across the road from the museum). Open to all.
12 - 1pm, Bellie's Bar, band, "Sonnet 65" will perform.(beside Cumberland Close).
2 - 5pm, Town Hall, Kirriemuir, young bands from Kirriemuir will perform.
7 - 11.30pm, Town Hall, Kirriemuir, local Angus bands will perform.
Dave Milne has explained that arrangements for these events have still to be finalised, so it is possible that some changes will be made. Unfortunately, I don't think AB/CD or any other tribute band will be playing at the concerts, although the organisers hope to have some catering during the evening concert.
There are to be no tickets for the concerts held in the Town Hall - people have just to pay at the door.
To coincide with the unveiling of the stone, Kirriemuir museum have a very small display, using only items
which belong to the museum this time. As we already had other exhibitions planned for this year before we were aware of the stone etc., it just wouldn't have been possible to do another "Bon" exhibition on the scale of last year's. However, for anyone wishing to pop in and see some Bon related memorabilia, I think it will be interesting, especially as the museum is situated directly opposite Cumberland Close, where the stone will be situated. The display will run from Sat 6th - Sat 13th May.
More details
Thanks to Fiona and Laura at Kirriemuir museum for the information
The official merchadise shop for Lindisfarne http://www.lindeshop.co.uk/
is currently taking pre-orders for the 2006 Sunday for Sammy concert..
Sunday for Sammy 2006 - Preorder the DVD
A concert of music and sketches which took place Sunday 26th Feb 2006
at The Sage, Gateshead.
Starring...
Brian Johnson / Jimmy Nail / Tim Healy / John Miles / Billy Mitchell /
Ray Laidlaw / Alan Clarke / Jill Halfpenny / Brendan Healy / Peter
Tickell
...and many more!
PAL DVD - ADVANCE ORDER: Delivery expected at the end of March
http://www.lindeshop.co.uk/
Sunday for Sammy
Sunday for Sammy IV, which was staged at the first time at the Sage Gateshead,
was a sell out success.
The show raises money for the Sammy Johnson Memorial Fund
(SJM) at the Community Foundation,
which supports talented
young performers. Sammy Johnson, known as Ronny to his friends and family, was a North East actor who died suddenly
in 1998. He was best known for his role as "Stick" in the TV series Spender in the nineties.
Performers and organisers, Jimmy Nail, Tin Healy and Ray Laidlaw were joined by Kevin Whately, Brian Johnson, Brendan Healy, Denise Welsh, Billy Mitchell and others.
Although the final figures are still being finalised, early indications are that about £ 50,000 will be made for the fund.
For more information on the fund go to the Fund Page.
(Photo of Jimmy Nail, Kevin Whately and Tim Healy with Brendan Healy and Brian Johnson)
Angel - Brian Johnson !!
Goal - the film that features a cameo appearance of Brian Johnson, has been realeased on DVD in the UK.
Available at
Amazon UK
Amazon USA
Amazon Germany
According to information on their official web site "Jaggedy Ann" an all female Las Vegas based band
are working on their debut album in New Zealand with the producer being AC/DC's drummer Phil Rudd.
The album is due to be released on Intergalatic records in Australia and New Zealand in March/April.
www.jaggedyann.com
Press Release
30 years on, the cameraman and director of the video for the AC/DC song "It's a long way to the top (If you wanna Rock n Roll)" remember the
shooting of the promo film in an Australian newspaper article.
More details
The Dave Evans album "Sinner" has now been released on CDBaby
http://cdbaby.com/cd/daveevans
The Croation group "Rivers" (publisher Aquarius records) has recently
released a cd featuring a rearranged blues version of Ac/DC's
Thunderstruck.
If you can speak Croation here is www.aquarius-records.com
Sarasota, FL (PRWEB) February 23, 2006 -- On March 17th AC/DC tribute band Highway to
Hell will anchor an all day St. Patrick's Day Celebration in Sarasota
sponsored by Guinness Draft and the Paddywagon Irish Pub. There will
be music from Released, Last Great Hope, with a special guest
appearance by Big Machine, who will be playing songs co-wrote by Brian
Johnson.
Their show is a re-creation of the raw power and energy of an AC/DC
concert. The set list is a one to two hour rock show that includes all
the hits songs and classics spanning 30 years of material. Since its
inception, the band has put together a successful track record of
performances.
www.highwaytohell.info
The AC/DC tribute band AC/DShee are doing a few gigs in Europe.
MARCH 22 - Effenaar - Eindhoven, Netherlands
MARCH 23 - Royal Dutch Army Base - Private show for the Soldiers
MARCH 24 - Biebob - Vosselaar, Belgium
MARCH 25 - De Lantaarn - Hellendoorn, Netherlands
MARCH 26 - De Comm - Groesbeek, Netherlands
Former AC/DC member Mark Evans has helped compile an album to help Australian producer Peter Dawkins, who is suffering from Parkinson’s Disease
The compilation album titled "For Pete's Sake" features contributions by various Australian artists.
In a recent news article Mark said "Peter as the man who gave him a start in his first band Finch. “I first met Peter via Finch/Contraband. He produced two albums for us."
HMV Australia
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