| CMU Daily - on the inside 30 Jul 2002 |
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Which (less now than she used to be) famous lady was in the original line-up of Suede? Answer tomorrow
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TRAVIS OUT OF V FEST
V festival promoters have confirmed that, due to Neil Primrose's spinal injury, Travis have had to pull out as headliners at V2002 – the Chemical Brothers will take the main spot on the V stage, leaving the headline slot on the NME stage empty, with a new act expected to be confirmed on 2 Aug. As was well publicised at the time, Neil suffered multiple fractures in his vertebrae after hitting his head and being knocked unconscious in a swimming pool following a festival appearance at Belfort, France. Although Neil is showing a better improvement than expected, his surgeon has told him he can't drum for at least 8 weeks to avoid aggravating the injury. The rest of the band had already said they would not perform without him. The band told reporters: "Whilst we are hugely disappointed not be appearing at this year's V2002 festival, we feel that under the circumstances it would be wholly inappropriate to replace Neil while he continues to recover. After weeks of uncertainty, we are relieved to learn that Neil is expected to make a full recovery. We are sure Travis fans will agree that without Neil Primrose, Travis is incomplete."
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UK AND IRELAND COPYRIGHT BODIES REACH AGREEMENT
Copyright body PPL have signed a reciprocal agreement with their Irish equivalent, PPI, covering record company (ie recording) rights for broadcasting and public performance in the UK and Ireland. Under the deal, PPI will represent UK indies in Ireland for broadcast and public performance and PPL will be able to collect and distribute licence fees to Irish indies. This is the fifth agreement PPL have signed with partner bodies around the world in recent months – similar agreements were made with the Australian society PPCA, Dutch society SENA, German society GVL, and Canadian society AVLA.
Dominic McGonigal, director of strategy and business development at PPL, told us: “I am delighted to have signed this fifth reciprocal agreement – we promised the indies that we would start unlocking this international income and that is exactly what we’ve done. This really is excellent news for our independent record company members”. PPI’s CEO Dick Doyle added, “We are pleased to now be in a position to give practical support to our independent members in securing their UK licensees. We intend to continue this process with other main markets as soon as possible."
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BOWIE STORMS MOBY’S AREA2
The Moby music festival Area2 got critical acclaim this weekend, though intense heat affected overall ticket sales. It was as an eclectic a mix as you’d expect from Moby with Ash, Busta Rhymes, Carl Cox, and John Digweed amongst those performing. But word is that it was David Bowie, appearing directly before Moby himself, who stole the show, as he has a habit of doing these days. He opened with a near-acappela version of ‘Life on Mars’ and followed it up with a good mix of tracks from new album ‘Heathen’ and classics like ‘Ashes to Ashes’ and ‘China Girl’. His encore featured ‘Let's Dance’ and new track ‘Everyone Says Hi’.
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GABRIEL IS BACK
Ten years after his last studio album Peter Gabriel has another eleven track LP ready for release in September. A diverse group of guest artists make appearances, including the Blind Boys Of Alabama, the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green, and bassist Danny Thompson (Talk Talk, David Sylvian). Many of the eleven songs have been previewed over the past few months on Gabriel's website, while some others have their basis on older Gabriel songs songs, in particular ‘I Grieve’, which was included on the1998 soundtrack for "City of Angels" but has been heavily revamped. The album release should be backed up by an Autumn tour.
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BRITNEY STORMS OFF STAGE
Britney caused more rumours to fly when she walked off stage after just five songs at her Mexico City show, the final stop on her Pepsi-sponsored North American tour. Mid-way through song number five she simply said: "I'm sorry, Mexico, I love you. Bye,” Mexico City's Milenio newspaper reported. With that the lights went up and the audience – many a tad annoyed – were asked to leave. It was unclear whether the show would be rescheduled or whether concertgoers would get a refund, and record label Jive hadn’t commented by the end of yesterday. The concert shenanigans followed trouble with the Mexican press on her arrival last week. "I got off the plane and everyone was driving really recklessly around me, all the paparazzi. And they almost hit our vehicle and they kept on getting out,” she said after her outburst at the airport, "But I love my fans here, I embrace them completely. It was the paparazzi that I was mad at.” Rumours are that Britney is suffering from stress and exhaustion and is expected to take time off later this year.
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RYAN DEMOS TO BE RELEASED
Ryan Adams will release an album made up of demo tracks in September. Called ‘Demolition’ the album will take tracks from four different sessions Adams recorded between Dec 2000 and Oct 2001. The tracks will appear as they were recorded in one take with no overdubs. Word is Ryan is currently in the studio working on new material.
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BARD & BPI EXPLAIN GUIDANCE STICKERS
The record retail organisation has sent posters to all of its member stores to explain to customers what the BPI’s parental guidance stickers mean. Many feel that consumers don’t understand what the music industry’s parental guidance stickers say about the albums they are attached to, and some feel acts can actually get more sales when they have a warning sticker on them! The poster and racking artwork can be downloaded from the BPI’s website (www.bpi.co.uk)
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CARTER SOLO RELEASE SCHEDULED
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter's has confirmed his debut solo LP ‘Now or Never’ should get an October release in the US on Jive Records. Word is he is putting the finishing touches to the album and considering a first single release. The songs on the album are expected to be more ‘rocky’ than the Backstreet sound, with guitars, drums and bass the name of the game. Meanwhile the Backstreet Boys are also working on a new album scheduled for a Spring 2003 release.
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Answer to Friday’s pop quiz:
Donna Summer’s birth certificate says ‘Adrian Donna Gaines’.
Answer to Monday’s pop quiz:
Cure’s back catalogue: ‘Three Imaginary Boys’, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, ‘Seventeen Seconds’, ‘Faith’, ‘Pornography’, ‘Japanese Whispers’, ‘The Top’, ‘Concert’, ‘ The Head On The Floor’, ‘Standing On A Beach’, ‘Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me’, ‘Disintegration’, ‘Mixed Up’, ‘Entreat’, ‘Wish’, ‘Show’, ‘Paris’, ‘Wild Mood Swings’, ‘Galore’, ‘Blood Flowers’.