Tuesday, June 10, 2008

News bites: Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Beck

* Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin hopped on stage with the Foo Fighters earlier this week in London in front of more than 80,000 at Wembley Stadium. Dave Grohl has long voiced his interest in drumming for a Zep reunion, and he got his wish, only with Taylor Hawkins singing instead of Robert Plant.

* Radiohead's old record company has released a new "best of" CD, with little to no input from the band. Don't look for detailed liner notes, but you can try to win a copy here.

* That new Beck album hasn't shown up yet (see this post for more on that), but he has announced a few tour dates in August and September, with Cold War Kids, Spoon, MGMT, and Band of Horses opening select shows. See the complete list here. And as previously noted in our comments section, you can listen to "Chemtrails," a leaked track from the new album, here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Beck album confirmation: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/51243-beck-reveals-full-imodern-guilti-details-at-last
It comes out in the US on July 8.