Friday, March 28, 2008

Led Zeppelin: more one-off gigs?

Led Zeppelin 2007

Can it happen again? Will it happen again? Some Led Zeppelin answers in Uncut:

Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant has said that there is a chance of more one-off live perfomances from the band, if the reasoning was right.

Speaking in the new (May 2008) edition of UNCUT magazine, the Zep singer, commenting on the huge success of their December reunion show at London's O2 Arena, said: "Hopefully, one day, we could do it again. Our profit is - it's metaphysical."

The group's bassist John Paul Jones added: "We (Jones and Page) spoke afterwards, and we both thought the same - it felt like the first night of a tour. You think, 'Oh, I could do that a bit better, or change something in that song.' And we didn't get a chance to do any more."

Plant also says the Ahmet Ertegun reunion gig was very different to previous gigs in their heyday. He says he: "sang his nuts off" and says it was weird that the "personality of the audience has changed from those days when everybody was in the same condition as the band. Now it was more like the 68th wonder of the world rather than a gig. So I felt a bit embarrassed."

Nope, the fact that you and I want to see them is not enough.

» uncut.co.uk

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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Let's hear it for the The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. Dig their version of Shaft. "Who is the folk song collector who collected all the folk songs?" Shaft!"

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain? What the fuck? Let them explain:

The Ukulele Orchestra is a group of all-singing, all-strumming Ukulele players, who use instruments bought with loose change, and who believe that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the Ukulele.

More? They play The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, you can try to spot all the other songs they inserted during Life on Mars? and they make fun during Smells Like Teen Spirit. And finally: let them jazz up Wuthering Heights (with a snippet of The Beatles thrown in for good measure).

» ukuleleorchestra.com

(Post inspired by Kill Ugly Radio)

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U-Melt: USA tour dates

U-Melt

NY electronic groove jamband U-Melt goes on the road again. In between dates they will be working on their new studio album.

  • 03/28 Sullivan Hall - New York, NY
  • 03/28 Sullivan Hall - New York, NY
  • 04/02 House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC (w/ Umphrey's McGee)
  • 04/03 The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC (w/ Umphrey's McGee)
  • 04/05 Bearsville Theater - Woodstock, NY (w/ Ryan Montbleau Band)
  • 04/11 Calvin Theatre - Northampton, MA (w/ Umphrey's McGee)
  • 04/12 The Wheel House - Narragansett, RI
  • 04/24 The 8x10 - Baltimore, MD (w/ The Pnuma Trio)
  • 04/25 The Mix One6 - Roanoke, VA
  • 04/26 Headliners - Columbia, SC
  • 04/27 Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
  • 04/29 Proud Larry's - Oxford, MS
  • 04/30 Martin's - Jackson, MS
  • 05/01 Zydeco - Birmingham, AL
  • 05/03 The Blue Nile - New Orleans, LA (Late Night show feat. DJ Logic)
  • 05/09 NxNW - Philadelphia, PA
  • 05/23-25 Summer Camp Music Festival - Chillicothe, IL
  • 06/20 River St. Jazz Cafe, Plains, PA
  • 06/21 Stonehenge Music Festival - Kellyburg, PA
  • 07/03 NLQP's Rythmfest - Garrettsville, OH
  • 07/17-19 Camp Bisco - Mariaville, NY

Watch a live video of Crazy, filmed at NYE at The Highline Ballroom, NYC.

MP3: U-Melt - 415
MP3: U-Melt - Air

» u-melt.com

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