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Annie & Aretha: Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Anniversary concerts on DVD on Sep 28

Annie & Aretha: Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Anniversary concerts on DVD on Sep 28

In October 2009, Annie Lennox joined Aretha Franklin on stage in NYC for the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame 25th Anniversary Concert singing "Chain Of Fools". Finally their performance from the concert - one in a series to celebrate the history of rock, pop and soul music - is going to be released as part of a 3 DVD set on September 28, 2010, in the USA. Item description -The complete HBO special, hosted by Tom Hanks. -51 complete performances. … more
New and upcoming albums by Cindy Gomez, Sierra Swan, Anna Vissi

New and upcoming albums by Cindy Gomez, Sierra Swan, Anna Vissi

Finally a date for the debut album by Cindy Gomez (which is untitled so far) has been announced: on March 17th 2010 "Can't Stop The Rain From Falling", "Street Dancing", "I Bring You Love" and many more songs are going to be released. In advance of the album release various promotions including Bono's (Product) RED campaign and "God Wants Me To Be Sexy" shirts from Dave Stewart's Rock Fabulous clothing line are … more
Cindy Gomez and Dave Stewart: God wants me to be sexy - New song previews

Cindy Gomez and Dave Stewart: God wants me to be sexy – New song previews

Here comes a hot preview of the new song "God Wants Me To Be Sexy ", a pumping disco hymn by Cindy Gomez and Dave Stewart - watch Cindy record a take of the vocals in Dave's studio and listen to a snippet of the chorus from the final song! Details about future plans with the single and its video were revealed in the recently posted MacLean's article about Cindy Gomez: "[A] Cindy Gomez-branded product is in the pipeline. … more
The Cindy Gomez story / Name of Dave Stewart's new superband revealed

The Cindy Gomez story / Name of Dave Stewart’s new superband revealed

The Canadian TIME magazine MacLean's published a 4 pages article in their online and print version about Cindy Gomez and her discoverer Dave Stewart in which her remarkable career so far is described including quotes from herself and Dave amonst others. If you read closely, you can even find in the article a name of Dave Stewart's new supergroup featuring himself, Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, A. R. Rahman … more
Videos worth watching: Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Dave Stewart

Videos worth watching: Bruce Springsteen, Bono and Dave Stewart

Today American rocker Bruce Springsteen ("Born In the USA", "Glory Days", "I'm On Fire", "Born To Run") is celebrating his 60th birthday. In the decades of his career he made it 14 times on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine (see all here). On November 23, 2002, Bruce Springsteen was joined by Dave Stewart and Bono (of U2) on the stage to perform "Because The Night" together (written by Springsteen and Patti Smith), a hit … more
Videos Worth Watching: Dave Stewart with Bono, Beyonce, Candy, Sinead

Videos Worth Watching: Dave Stewart with Bono, Beyonce, Candy, Sinead

Today I also recommend three videos by Dave Stewart which give you a look behind the scenes. The first one takes you back to 1989 and shows how Dave and Candy Dulfer are recording a take of "Lily Was Here" live in the studio: The second video shows Dave with Beyonce, Bono and The Edge backstage in Cape Town 2003 arranging and rehearsing "American Prayer" for the first 46664 concert: more
Videos Worth Watching: Dave and Annie

Videos Worth Watching: Dave and Annie

The first of the two video recommended watching today is an audience shot of a surprise appearance by Dave Stewart and Bono at a concert of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Floriday, on November 23, 2002 and a very intense version of the song "Because The Night". … more
Dave Stewart About Rock Band, Bono & Lou Reed

Dave Stewart About Rock Band, Bono & Lou Reed

Songfacts.com released an interview done with Dave Stewart last year about his collaborations, songwriting and future projects. An excerpt: "You've written with a whole bunch of people. Has there ever been somebody who has been completely different from what you expected?" Dave: "Lou Reed was surrounded in this heavy kind of darkness feeling. I'd read about what he'd been through in his life, nearly dying on heroin and all sorts of things, and then when I met him, he was one of the most positive people I ever met. He's just always open to chat … more