U2 biographer Neil McCormick has his review of the new U2 disc at this link. He may be biased, but it's a damn great read. Jeff Giles of Bullz-Eye has an excellent review of the disc as well.
Jamsbio Magazine has a great review of the new Bruce Springsteen record at this link. I don't agree with it and am sticking to my 2 1/2 star review, but this is a good read and well written. It's worth checking out.
Blabbermouth has the stats on the most recent Motley Crue concerts and it's underwhelming. After a dozen shows, not one broke the 10,000 barrier. The full outline is here. In a day and age where Motley's core audience is out of work, one would think they would have every ticket between $10 and $60. Besides, what are they performing on this leg that they've never done before?
The jam band Phish reunited this week and the first two shows appeared to be for the books. Billboard has a report from night one here and the second show with some killer covers. Here's the best part, the first two shows are available for FREE download at this link.
Bob Lefsetz even hops on the Phish bandwagon praising them at his recent blog post.
U2 has officially announced the outlines for their world tour. It appears less than 50 shows will be performed in 2009 with the tour to continue in 2010. The tour hits America shores on September 12th at Chicago's Soldier Field. While the $250 price tag is utterly insane for a stadium, it's good to see the band will have 10,000 tickets per show at $30 each and all field tickets will be $55.
Bob Dylan appears to be shocking everyone with the release of a new record in April.
Bon Jovi announced an official bio this week, the full press release is here. I have one comment on a title, Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful, seriously guys...this was the best you could come up with? It's another um, *another* stellar title in a long line of releases (Lost Highway, Bounce, Have A Nice Day, Crush)...I would have offered up another dozen for a small fee. My email's on the side of this page, seriously guys, contact me in the future before you make these decisions.
Lastly, U2 smoked on David Letterman all week with one inspired performance after another. However, the highlight may have been when they delivered the Top Ten list. Check out the link below
