The Who full tour dates

Okay so being a member of the Who.com website, I have received an email with the FULL US tour dates. They are as follows:
Oct. 21 Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
Oct. 22 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario
Oct. 24 TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
Oct. 26 Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
Oct. 28 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
Oct. 29 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
Oct. 31 The Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ
Nov. 3 Verizon Center, Washington, DC
Nov. 8 Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 9 Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Be sure to join thewho.com if you like, they have special packages and VIP stuff. It's $50, a bit steep but I'll be joining and you get a free t-shirt and will be known as an offical "Wholigan."
You can pre-order tickets and I'm so glad that I'll get to go to my family concert after all.
Don't forget that Rock honors are on vh1 today honoring the Who in less than an hour and 40 minutes! It's on at 9 depending on where you live!
I'm SO excited!
You can go to vh1.com and they have a facebook page and it's funny to put your picture in "Baba O'Riley." Lol. I was Roger and my boyfriend was Pete.
My favorite thing was the pinball wizard game.
Today they played the "Amazing Journey:The story of the Who" rock doc this morning on vh1 and it was fun to watch again.
It's available in stores and I recommend buying it.
If you are a casual fan, you should start out with the Who's rock opera "Tommy" and their great album "Who's next." Video-wishe "The kids are alright" is a starting point.
Long live rock!

THE WHO ARE TOURING!

I'm very excited about the Who touring. I thought that there was not going to be a tour for a while after all the stuff Pete Townshend said. He felt like he didn't want to tour w/ the old material and him and Roger were working on a new album w/ T Bone Burnett.
Two dates have only been given for the U.S. Tour.
The dates are: Nov. 8 Nokia theater, Los Angeles, CA. and Nov. 9 as well at the Nokia theater.
More dates and times haven't been announced but will and I will keep you posted.
This makes me really happy because every year my family goes to a concert and we haven't picked anyone yet so I'm hoping they come to the Palace in Detroit so we can go.
A small other reminder is that vh1 is honoring the Who at the rock honors.
That is July 17th 9/8 C. on vh1.
The Who will be performing as well as the Foo fighters, the flaming lips, Pearl Jam, Incubus, and Tenacious D. This will be interesting but I think it will be an awesome show!
Random fact about the Who:They are the loudest rock band.
Here's the link to the website all about it: http://www.vh1.com/shows/events/rock_honors/_2008/

The end of Aerosmith?

So being in broadcasting school, I frequently check news now and to my surprise ran over a story that put me in complete and utter shock.
My jaw dropped and I could only mutter a "What the f***!"
Steven Tyler got laid off from Aerosmith! I have no idea how they could just fire their lead singer like that. He had a great voice, good showmanship, and he knew how to control a crowd.
I don't know how they are going to replace him or with whom. They decided to keep more "energetic" members in the band which is a bunch of bull.
I have never seen Aerosmith live but my brother has and I actually really like them a lot. They were what was right about the 70's and even the 80's.
They were great in the 90's w/ those videos w/ Liv Tyler and Alicia Silverstone and I loved when they did Armageddeon.
I think their decline hit when they played the superbowl halftime show which I remember vividly was horrible because of Britney.
It's just weird that they would do such a thing after the release of the Aerosmith guitar hero game! HELLO!
Steven Tyler has been in the band for 38 years and got told 45 minutes before a gig that he was fired.
I understand that he just went to rehab but that's no reason to fire a guy.
I think that this is a HUGE mistake because Steven Tyler IS Aerosmith. I hate to break that but he's the only guy in the band's name that I can actually remember w/ the exception of Joe Perry.
I am hopeful that he will probably get asked to rejoin or if not he and Don Henley from the "Eagles" can get together. Poor Don just got replaced by a drum machine which might be worse.

Ringo Starr and Ben Harper

Here's an interview that I found that came up on Myspace when I checked in today. It's been a while since a post and I'm sorry about that. I started broadcasting school which takes up a ton of time but I promise to try to update this as much as possible.
Anyways, I love this interview! Ringo is so open and I love when he says, "I'm a drummer, not a plumber!" It just made me laugh and I also thought it was interesting that he had played on "Imagine" which I didn't know about but he also mentioned "Come Together" and "Rain" as the song where his playing seemed to change.
Enjoy this because it put a smile on my face!
Artist on Artist Ringo Starr - Ben Harper

Gonna write a little letter.

Okay, so I have decided that this is the year I will finally write to a lot of my favorite artists and others.
I found this great database. All you have to do is just search for whoever you want and it should come up.
This database has not only muscians(groups) but has actors/actresses, directors, singers,tv presenters, models, authors, and sports(athletes/teams.
Once I write my letters and stuff, I'll let you know their wherabouts and what happens. I would like to get some autographs as well.
Here's the link to the site:http://www.fanmail.biz/music_group/b/1.html

Happy Birthday Paul!

I'm excited tody because it is Sir Paul McCartney's birthday! Paul was born on this day and is 66 years YOUNG. I swear the man doesn't look a day over 40. He could pass for his 40's and even young 50's.
Paul is like the coolest person on the planet. He is well becomming my favorite Beatle as of late. First it was John and then it was George and now....it's Paul! I love them all though, even though I never went through a Ringo period but never say never.
Paul and I have something in common and that is we are both Gemini's. Even last year, his new album came out on my b-day. I had the pleasure of seeing this man a few years ago and I can't wait to go again. Recently, he did a show in Kiev which is in the Ukraine. I'm Ukrainian and I want to learn more about where my ancestors came from and my heritage. In a way, I think it's cool that he played for my people in a spot where they declared their independence. I thought it was sweet that he still played his show even under bad weather conditions battling storms.
He also is a wonderful guy because he's so funny and warm with his humor. He also gives to charities (no landmines) and he's all about not eating meat and being vegan. That's not my thing but I think it's cool that he does that stuff.
I hope that he had a fun day w/ his family and probably his new girlfriend (supposedly), Nancy Cheville.
I think Paul really got me to be a bigger fan because I loved him in the Beatles but he was so awesome with his solo career. Wings is a favorite band of mine! There used to be a joke in the 70's about what was the band Paul was in before wings.
I'm not going to make any playlist but I highly recommend starting out with either "Ram" which was Paul's solo album after he left the Beatles or get "Wingspan hits and history."
Cheers! HAPPY BRITHDAY PAUL!

Cheesy song but I love it! "Silly love songs."

This is one of my favorite Wings songs, if not number one! This music video is actually from the "McCartney years" dvd set and I highly recommend getting it. It has tons of great footage and all of Paul's music videos. This man is a genious. I know he still has years of rocking ahead of him!
This is my gift to Paul since he loved Elvis so much and they once said that the Beatles wouldn't exist if not for Elvis. Here Elvis sings "Yesterday" at a rehearsal and I think that is Paul's most well-known song and it's the most covered.

New artist Adele

I got up this morning extra early since I had orientation at my broadcasting school. There was nothing on as usual since it was before 9 so I turned on vh1 and started watching some music video's.
I really like this new artist from the UK named Adele. She's got an old-school soul sound but it's a nice mix of smokey blues and jazz. She said that she was influenced very much by Etta James and Etta Fitzgerelad. You can definately hear those influences and it was like that type of music but for our generation Y.
The song is called "Chasing Pavement." She said that she got dumped by a stupid loser boyfriend and was all dramatic and ran down the street and was just chasing the ground in front of her.
I thought the music video was a cool concept and if you like Amy Winehouse and Duffy, then you'll really like Adele!