Former Bee Gees Robin and Barry Gibb have a whole series of events and releases planned to keep alive the memory of their brother Maurice, who died back in 2003, of course. Manager John Campbell told Billboard that a Maurice Gibb tribute album is planned as well as a summer concert in New York's Central Park, a prime-time US TV special, a film, a book, and a Broadway musical. Crikey.
The tribute album is to feature contributions from a variety of musical talent said Robin: "We've asked artists of every generation to express our songs in their own way." Reports suggest that Paul McCartney, Wyclef Jean, Jagged Edge, Rascal Flatts, Snoop Dogg and Sheryl Crow are all working on tracks. Of the album, a percentage of the proceeds of which will go to charity, producer Kenneth Edmonds says "I'm a major Bee Gees fan. They are great songs; we just re-did them and flipped them a little bit." Robin Gibb is currently working on finding a label to release the album next year, but recording has in fact already begun. The free Central Park concert is scheduled for Jul 2007, whilst a Bee Gees stage musical, 'You Win Again' is expected to debut on Broadway and in London at the end of 2006.