Fleetwood Mac To Release New Songs on That Crazy Internet "Venerable rock stalwarts Fleetwood Mac will hit the road again in 2012 for a 34-city trek that will be the 45-year-old band's 16th major tour." I still like their old songs from the seventies, but I don't think it would be worth the bother or the money to see them perform live now.
The Rolling Stones - Too Much Blood - Official Promo The recent shooting in Newton caused me to reminisce just a little. This video has that cheesy 1980s look and feel, but it goes to show that we've celebrated violence in movies and television shows for a long time now. Maybe it's coming back to haunt us now.
Rock stars who won't retire Steven Tyler is 65 and Eric Clapton is 68, but they keep playing concerts. They say that this is "unprecedented" in this news story, but I'm thinking that there are lots of performers who kept performing into their 70s and even 80s. My other question is when was the last time any of these old guys wrote a new song that became a hit?
Red Hot Chili Peppers Showing Cracks At Coachella? Here are the original members and their birthdates: Anthony Kiedis - November 1, 1962 Michael Peter Balzary (aka Flea) - born October 16, 1962 Jack Steven Irons - born July 18, 1962 Hillel Slovak - April 13, 1962 Other members: Chadwick "Chad" Gaylord Smith - born October 25, 1961 Jack Sherman - born January 18, 1956 Cliff Martinez - born February 5, 1954 DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight - born April 17, 1954 D.H. Peligro (unknown) Arik Marshall - February 13, 1967 John Anthony Frusciante - March 5, 1970 Jesse Tobias - April 1, 1972 David Michael "Dave" Navarro - June 7, 1967
Stewart Overcomes Writer's Block for New Album He plugs his autobiography in this video. I don't think his life story would be all that interesting, but a couple of his old songs are pretty good.