Today in 1965, The Rolling Stones were at No.1 with ‘Satisfaction’ resulting in the band’s 4th UK No.1 single. Keith Richards ran through a rough version of the riff he recorded in Florida, before falling asleep. When he listened to it again in the morning, the artist said, there was about two minutes of acoustic guitar before hearing him drop the pick and “then me snoring for the next forty minutes”. The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldam.
David Grohl recently announced his new solo project ‘Play’, a 23-minute song and mini-documentary in which the Foo Fighters frontman plays seven different instruments. The artist is known for never lacking big, high concept ideas and on this one, Grohl pays tribute to the romantic and obsessive relationship musicians to have with their instruments. As a musician, “you’re always chasing the next challenge,” the rocker says. The project consists of Grohl playing everything from drums, bass and guitar. With uninterrupted takes, ‘Play’ moves fluidly from heavy-headed grooves to jazzy interludes. Grohl’s passion for musical instruments is further evident when he was recently quoted saying: “Watching my kids start to play music and learn to sing or play the drums, it brings me back to the time when I was their age listening to albums, learning from listening… and when I take my kids to the place where they take their lessons, I see these rooms full of children that are really pushing themselves to figure this out.”
Fall Out Boy released their latest album, ‘MANIA’, earlier this year. Since the emo band’s Warped Tour days in the mid-’00s, the musical landscape has changed, and so have they. Pete Wentz recently spoke with Rock Sound where he stated that there was one thing he would change about this album’s campaign. He was quoted saying: “The thing that I think was a big learning experience for us [was] there was a massive shift from terrestrial radio, and radio getting to decide ‘this is the single, and this is how it’s going to be worked’ into kids curating, and getting to decide the single themselves.“Because when we went in to this, we were like ‘I’m not really sure what the single is…’ and these radio programmers kept saying ‘Hold Me Tight [Or Don’t]’, but the kids were telling us ”Last Of The Real Ones’- this is the song we like. This is the song we love.” He emphasised that the band would “listen to the kids” in the future as “they just drive that anyway”. Wentz mentioned the fact that the release of this single was a big learning experience for the band and that it led to a successful transition. He also stated that the band is super interested in collaborating with hip-hop artists, Migos, in the future.
Today, 48 years ago, Jimi Hendrix made his final live appearance in Germany when he appears at the Isle Of Fehmarn. 12 days later, on September 18th, the guitarist died in Kensington, London. Hendrix is one of the most influential guitarists of the 60’s and described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.” Hendrix struggled with poor health due to overworking, extreme lack of sleep and illness for some days before his death and also experienced frustration about his personal relationships and disillusionment with the music industry. Hendrix spent much of his last day with German figure skater and painter, Monika Dannemann.
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Former Beatle, Paul McCartney will be back on the road next year in support of his upcoming album ‘Egypt Station’. As the December UK dates are selling out, the artist has now announced five new shows across the US. Tickets are available online. See tour dates below.
09-17 Québec City, Québec – Centre Videotron
09-20 Montreal, Québec
09-28 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Bell MTS Place
09-30 Edmonton, Alberta – Rogers Place
10-05 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10-12 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10-31-11-01 Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome
11-08 Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Dome
11-30 Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
12-03 Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena
12-05-06 Vienna, Austria – Stadthalle
12-12 Liverpool, England – Echo Arena
12-14 Glasgow, Scotland – SSE Hydro
12-16 London, England – 02 Arena
05-27 Raliegh, NC – PNC Arena
05-30 Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
06-01 Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
06-06 Madison, WI – Kohl Center
06-11 Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center
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