Marc Anthony Has Earned His Confidence

by Dean Stattmann

Marc Anthony's

Big Move: Inside His Salsa Return & Future Plans

By Leila Cobo | April 21, 2014 3:26 PM EDT

Marc Anthony is backstage at the American-Airlines Arena in Miami, hopping from one foot to the other, like a boxer. His feet are clad in black patent leather shoes, and his slim frame dons a starched white shirt, black tailored pants and a fitted tuxedo jacket. He stares at the floor, adjusting his Aviator sunglasses, dimly aware of the din — the roar of 15,000 people awaiting the second of two sold-out shows kicking off his Vivir Mi Vida world tour — but focused only on the music and the cue from the 14-piece band already onstage.

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Jack White makes history with world's fastest released record Jack White Tickets

The singer also debuts new material during day of festivities at Third Man Records in Nashville




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Jack White made history yesterday by producing the world's fastest released record during a day of festivities to mark Record Store Day at his Third Man studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

At 10am on Saturday (April 19), the singer took to the stage in the Blue Room of his studio to record a limited edition direct-to-acetate single. The room is the only live venue in the world where artists can record live shows straight to vinyl. The masters were then rushed over to United Record Pressing plant in Nashville, which began pressing the 45s before they were delivered back to hundreds of fans queuing outside Third Man, some of whom had queued all night to be there.

At the morning gig, White walked onto stage flanked by two men in helmets dressed like characters from 1970s cop programme Chip for the intimate studio show, tickets for which had sold out in 23 seconds. He began with the title track and first single from his forthcoming second solo album 'Lazaretto', the A-Side to the Record Store Day single. He then recorded a cover of Elvis Presley's 'The Power Of My Love' for the B-Side.

During the performance, a screen to the right of the stage showed a close up of the acetate template for the record being produced before an announcement declared that "the records have left the building!"

"Originally, we were gonna play these two tracks then go back to sleep," White told the crowd. "But we thought you'd like it if we played a couple more."

He then launched into The White Stripes' 'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground' before heading straight into 'Freedom At 21' and 'Three Women' – two tracks from his 2012 debut solo album 'Blunderbuss'. He then picked up an acoustic guitar for more solo tracks – 'Weep Themselves to Sleep' and 'Love Interruption'. A rendition of The White Stripes' 'Ball And Biscuit' saw the crowd sing all the vocals as White jammed along.

"We're gonna try a new song," he then told the audience, before premiering honky tonk rock track 'Just One Drink'. White Stripes track 'Hotel Yorba' was followed by another new track, 'Would You Fight For My Love' - a brooding number about a relationship breakdown, which culminates in White shrieking "I want you to fight for my love".

After the show, White then rushed off to the United Record Pressing to oversee the pressing process as more fans queued outside to get a copy in the sunshine.

Some 3 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds later, White returned in a black car flanked by the two men on motorbikes dressed as police officers to sell the first copy of the 7" on the specially constructed stall outside the Third Man shop. The first customers were Whirlwind Heat – who then went inside to play their first gig in eight years in the Blue Room for a one-off reunion to mark the re-issue of their 2003 LP 'Do Rabbits Wonder?'

"I woke up at about 4 in the morning last night, and I thought, 'Wow. I think there's about 12 or 13 things that could really go wrong tomorrow,' he told a press conference. "I just thought how difficult it would be to explain to people if we didn't pull it off, so thank God we did."

"When you just go gangbusters and attack something, it just seems to work out. All the molecules line up or something," he added.

Speaking about Record Store Day generally, he said: "It's bigger than ever. Every neighbourhood wants to have one [an independent record store] and the thousands of people you see here at Third Man and Grimeys and record stores all around Nashville even – you can see how popular and important that is to people."

Jack White played:

'Lazaretto'
'The Power Of My Love'
'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground'
'Freedom At 21'
'Three Women'
'Weep Themselves to Sleep' and 'Love Interruption'
'Ball And Biscuit'
'Just One Drink'
'Hotel Yorba'
'Would You Fight For My Love'

Read more at Jack White makes history ... | NME.COM

Piers Morgan interview David Cassidy

Batman TV Series DVD Set To Include New Bonus Material From Adam West & Burt Ward

Earlier this year, it was announced that the Batman TV series, which ran from 1966 to 1968 on ABC, would be released later this year on DVD. In the initial announcement, not many details were revealed beyond that the home video release would include the entire series.

In an appearance at the Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, Batman TV stars Adam West and Burt Ward revealed some additional details about the Batman TV series home video release, along with a release date for the collection.

“Finally, after an innumerable number of years, our series is going to be coming out, all 120 episodes,” said Ward. “I understand it’s right at the end of November this year in time for Christmas.”

Ward added, “I know this last week, both Adam and I at separate times, we went in and we filmed some additional bonus material for Warner Bros. that’s going to be included with the programs. And I also understand that they’ve really done a tremendous job digitally remastering our series so that it’s really going to be just absolutely gorgeous on DVD. So I think you can look forward to a very, very high class product.”

“Warner Bros. had a very fine director/producer they hired,” said West. “And he asked us the most profound questions. And Burt agrees that he asked us things that people have never asked before. And it was tough to answer, but I think we were both very honest and straightforward and told him what he wanted to know.”

“And as a result you folks with the new DVD can see us naked,” joked West.

West added, “We answer questions and tell you things that we’ve never said before. They were so tricky.”

In the meantime, enjoy some beautiful music.

Frank Gorshin's heartfelt rendition of David Gates' "Never Let Her Go."

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Burt Ward's magnificent vocal on "Orange Colored Sky" with Frank Zappa and the Mothers:

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Bonus

Posted April 22, 2014 09:12 AM by Webmaster

[Edited 4/23/14 9:36am]

TMW Exclusive: Micky Dolenz Adds Audience Q&A Solo Show Next Month

When Monkee, Micky Dolenz (and one of our favorite personalities here at TMW) performs his solo show next month at the famed Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois (May 2), he'll feature a new component to it: A Q&A session with the entire audience following the show.

Inspired in part by a lengthy Q&A that Dolenz participated in during last month’s Monkee-Con event in New Jersey (that was received extremely well),Dolenz says he’s added it as a way to say thank you to all the fans.

Added Dolenz, “It was a terrific event at the Monkee-Con as the Q&A session covered questions about my whole career; from the TV-show of course, to my most recent solo album Remember and the Live At B. B. King’s recording. Andrew Sandoval from Rhino moderated it and did just an exemplary job.”

Promoter Ron Onesti added, “I’ve done several shows with Micky previously, but adding this Q&A was a brilliant masterstroke. His stories and anecdotes about the songs and the different personalities he’s come into contact with all are truly special. It definitely gives the audience a peak behind-the-curtain."

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Robert Plant says there is 'zero' chance of Led Zeppelin performing again

The band will reissue their first three albums in July

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Robert Plant has ruled out the chance of Led Zeppelin performing live any time soon, saying there is "zero" chance of another reunion show.

In an interview with the BBC about the forthcoming reissue of the band's first three albums, guitarist Jimmy Page said he was sure fans would be keen for another reunion show, like the one the band did at London's O2 seven years ago.

"I'm sure people would love to hear it," Page said. "I'm not the one to be asking, I don't sing."

When asked about the possibility of a show, however, singer Robert Plant said the chance of it happening was "zero".

The three reissues, which will be released on June 2, will feature dozens of previously unheard recordings. Snippets of two of the tracks – an early version of 'Whole Lotta Love' and blues classic 'Keys To The Highway' were heard on the BBC interview this morning.

Page has spent the last two-and-a-half years working on the reissues. "I don't want to die and have somebody else do it," he said. "I'm authoritative about what was done in the first place."

Page says it was "reassuring" to revisit the band's early recordings. "It's undeniable that we're good," he adds. "The band was the real deal."

However, he said that listening to the tracks years later has given him a different perspective. "My enthusiasm sometimes got in the way of finesse. I listen to it and go, 'Wow, why didn't I shut up a bit?'" he laughs. "I kind of overcooked it."

There will be "lots of surprises" on the reissues, Page promised. The final three will be released in 2015.

"These things aren't to study," he said. "They're to turn up very loud and say, hey, once upon at time, everything was just as easy as this."

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/led-zeppelin/76866#6O5oLKgggD5019OX.99

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Jack White makes history with world's fastest released record Jack White Tickets

The singer also debuts new material during day of festivities at Third Man Records in Nashville




Photo: Getty
Jack White made history yesterday by producing the world's fastest released record during a day of festivities to mark Record Store Day at his Third Man studio in Nashville, Tennessee.

At 10am on Saturday (April 19), the singer took to the stage in the Blue Room of his studio to record a limited edition direct-to-acetate single. The room is the only live venue in the world where artists can record live shows straight to vinyl. The masters were then rushed over to United Record Pressing plant in Nashville, which began pressing the 45s before they were delivered back to hundreds of fans queuing outside Third Man, some of whom had queued all night to be there.

At the morning gig, White walked onto stage flanked by two men in helmets dressed like characters from 1970s cop programme Chip for the intimate studio show, tickets for which had sold out in 23 seconds. He began with the title track and first single from his forthcoming second solo album 'Lazaretto', the A-Side to the Record Store Day single. He then recorded a cover of Elvis Presley's 'The Power Of My Love' for the B-Side.

During the performance, a screen to the right of the stage showed a close up of the acetate template for the record being produced before an announcement declared that "the records have left the building!"

"Originally, we were gonna play these two tracks then go back to sleep," White told the crowd. "But we thought you'd like it if we played a couple more."

He then launched into The White Stripes' 'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground' before heading straight into 'Freedom At 21' and 'Three Women' – two tracks from his 2012 debut solo album 'Blunderbuss'. He then picked up an acoustic guitar for more solo tracks – 'Weep Themselves to Sleep' and 'Love Interruption'. A rendition of The White Stripes' 'Ball And Biscuit' saw the crowd sing all the vocals as White jammed along.

"We're gonna try a new song," he then told the audience, before premiering honky tonk rock track 'Just One Drink'. White Stripes track 'Hotel Yorba' was followed by another new track, 'Would You Fight For My Love' - a brooding number about a relationship breakdown, which culminates in White shrieking "I want you to fight for my love".

After the show, White then rushed off to the United Record Pressing to oversee the pressing process as more fans queued outside to get a copy in the sunshine.

Some 3 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds later, White returned in a black car flanked by the two men on motorbikes dressed as police officers to sell the first copy of the 7" on the specially constructed stall outside the Third Man shop. The first customers were Whirlwind Heat – who then went inside to play their first gig in eight years in the Blue Room for a one-off reunion to mark the re-issue of their 2003 LP 'Do Rabbits Wonder?'

"I woke up at about 4 in the morning last night, and I thought, 'Wow. I think there's about 12 or 13 things that could really go wrong tomorrow,' he told a press conference. "I just thought how difficult it would be to explain to people if we didn't pull it off, so thank God we did."

"When you just go gangbusters and attack something, it just seems to work out. All the molecules line up or something," he added.

Speaking about Record Store Day generally, he said: "It's bigger than ever. Every neighbourhood wants to have one [an independent record store] and the thousands of people you see here at Third Man and Grimeys and record stores all around Nashville even – you can see how popular and important that is to people."

Jack White played:

'Lazaretto'
'The Power Of My Love'
'Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground'
'Freedom At 21'
'Three Women'
'Weep Themselves to Sleep' and 'Love Interruption'
'Ball And Biscuit'
'Just One Drink'
'Hotel Yorba'
'Would You Fight For My Love'

Read more at Jack White makes history ... | NME.COM

^^Can't wait for the new CD!

If you like Brand New Heavies you might like Mad Satta. Free Brooklyn show this Friday! Link below.

Meet Mad Satta

Here at Revive, we’re all about bringing you the hottest and dopest new acts from around the way . Hailing from Boston/New York, is the soul, R&B, and reggae collective Mad Satta. Joanna Teters leads the band up front with her soulful contralto vocals and is joined by Eric Zeiser (trumpet), Collin Wade (alto sax), Jason Fitch (tenor sax), Ted Mocardi (guitar), Kevin Theodore (keys), Ben Carr (bass), and Zane West (drums).

While it’s common for music school kids to huddle up with their buddies from ensembles and theory classes and form uber-groups, Mad Satta’s formation transpired slightly differently.

“The bassist, Ben Carr, and I met in New Paltz, NY during high school,” explains Teters. “[We] started playing together as a bass and vocal duo in 2010, then expanded to a five piece. He (Carr) met the horn players, drummer, and guitarist at Western Connecticut State University then transferred to SUNY Purchase where he met keyboardist Kevin Theodore.”

Perhaps what is most notable about Mad Satta is their ability to keep eight members of a group intact. It’s not uncommon for singers and artists to have rotating members sit in on any given gig. But as Teters explains, things are slightly different for Mad Satta:

“It’s a matter of trust and priority. We all have played and currently play in other settings and groups, ranging from reggae, punk, metal, to jazz, but we all have such a deep connection to one another and a responsibility to the group that it prevails. We have gotten such beautiful and supportive responses to our music that all we feel is the desire to keep bringing it to audiences. We also want to be able to provide what people come to our shows for, which is to see the band that is Mad Satta, not half of Mad Satta.”

With one EP under their name, Mad Satta is poised to take the scene by storm with their forthcoming LP, Comfort. Judging from their newest single, “Reach Out,” their newest album could just be one of your favorite albums of the year. You can watch video after the jump while you’re waiting for their upcoming record. Be sure to catch Mad Satta this Friday, April 25^th at Brooklyn’s BAM Café.

Lenny Kravitz Signs with Kobalt Label Services; New Album Due Out in September

Ellen Von Unwerth

The rocker joins the Pet Shop Boys, Boy George, Martina McBride and David Gray on the Kobalt roster.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/record-store-day-breaks-sales-records-nirvana-tops-vinyl-singles-20140425#ixzz2zv0LIdBg

By Kory Grow

April 24, 2014 4:40 PM ET

Duff McKagan and Axl Rose of Guns N 'Roses perform in Los Angeles, California.

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Guns N' Roses guitarist Richard Fortus reported this week that the group was "working on stuff." "Hopefully very soon we're going to have new stuff out," he told an Associated Press reporter at the Revolver magazine Golden Gods Awards in Los Angeles. "Well, in the next year."

Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction Makes Rolling Stone's Best Debut Albums of All Time

Another one of the band's guitarists, DJ Ashba, said that everyone in the group is a songwriter and that they have been recording ideas in their home studios and passing them to one another. They also were sharing song ideas with one another on their recent tour of South America.

In October 2012, Axl Rose said that the the group's next album "will come out sooner" than the 15 years the group took between "The Spaghetti Incident?" and Chinese Democracy. "I had to deal with so many other things that don't have to do with music but have to do with the industry," he said of the gap between records. "There's such a loss of time."

"We're going to be in Vegas all together, so hopefully during that time we're going to be able to get into the room and start laying down some more stuff," Fortus said, referring to the group's upcoming Sin City residency, which kicks off in late May.

Those shows will see the return of bassist Tommy Stinson, who had to miss the group's South American tour so he could tour with the Replacements. While he was away, founding Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan kept his seat warm, with the Golden Gods acting as his final fill-in gig.

The band performed at the event and Rose accepted the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award, which actor Nicolas Cage presented to him. "There are infinite reasons to love Axl Rose," Cage said. "When I was prepping for my role in Ghost Rider, I took some cues from Axl's cobra-like onstage movement," an act he demonstrated. He then said he was giving the award to Rose with "great respect, awe and reverence."

"It cost me an awful lot to pay him to say all that stuff," Rose said, joking. He thanked the band, including all of its lineups, in his short acceptance speech.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/new-guns-n-roses-music-may-arrive-in-the-next-year-guitarist-says-20140424#ixzz2zv1N3SJM

Gregg Allman Begs 'Midnight Rider' Director Not to Resume Filming (Exclusive)

Gregg Allman

The subject of the controversial biopic doesn't want production to continue after the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones.

Rick Springfield: Rocker, actor and author discusses his debut novel, 'Magnificent Vibration,' and hitching a ride to Nashville with Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus

Rocker, actor and author Rick Springfield brings his high-energy full-band show to Hard Rock Live on Saturday night. (Jay Gilbert)

Rick Springfield is no stranger to wearing many hats.

In the early '80s, the Australia native juggled a successful acting career—most notably playing Dr. Noah Drake on "General Hospital"—while becoming a rock star and heartthrob.

Besides the No. 1 hit "Jessie's Girl," Springfield had a slew of top 40 hits, including "I've Done Everything For You," "Don't Talk To Strangers" and "Love Somebody."

In the ensuing decades, the 64-year-old has continued to record albums—most recently 2012's excellent, rock/power-pop effort "Songs for the End of the World."

He's appeared on Broadway ("Smokey Joe's Café") and made memorable guest appearances on TV ("Californication," "Hot In Cleveland").

And more recently, Springfield added "accomplished author" to his c.v. His self-penned memoir, "Late, Late At Night," was a New York Times best-seller, and his debut novel, "Magnificent Vibration," is due in May.

In advance of his full-band show at Hard Rock Live, Springfield caught up via phone.

The interview took place during a busy week which found him in Atlanta filming the Lifetime TV show "Drop Dead Diva"—and then escaping an ice storm in the city by taking a bus to Nashville with Rascal Flatts' Jay DeMarcus, who also happens to be guest-starring on the show.

Did you know Jay DeMarcus before filming the show?

No, I'd never met him, but I was certainly aware of them and they used to play "Jessie's Girl" onstage for a couple of years, he was telling me.

You guys became fast friends taking the bus to Nashville together.

Yeah, but you know, musicians, we know each other—and even if you don't, musicians already have a mutual understanding [when they meet each other], and that's the love of music. So it's never like meeting a stranger.

What are you doing on "Drop Dead Diva"?

I play a band member who has issues with the band and they start suing each other—or he gets sued—and that's where the whole law [aspect] of the "Drop Dead Diva" theme comes in. But it's a pretty well-written script, and it was fun working on it. I like the character—it was actually a character with some flaws and issues, and so it was something I could actually work with.

You've been doing many solo storytelling shows lately. What's been the most fun doing those?

That I get to play guitar and relax a bit; I actually don't sweat during that show. [With] my live shows, I come off drenched, so it's a nice change.

They're real laid-back, and I get to tell some funny stories—or some serious, sad ones—and try and move an audience in a different manner. So that's always a real challenge, because it's just me and a guitar most of the time. It's a long show -- it's like a two-hour show, so there's quite a bit of stuff involved in it.

Have you brought anything back to your full-band shows from these solo shows?
I miss the camaraderie of the band and being onstage with guys that I like. I do miss that. So getting back to playing [with them] is like, "Oh man, this is great -- I want to do this again!"

But then also, going away and doing the solo things, it's so different and so laid-back that I say, "Well, I like this, too." So it's really a nice mix.

Kirkus Reviews had a really nice, thoughtful review of "Magnificent Vibration" already.

Which is great, because I know they love to ram on guys like me that say, "Hey, I've done this -- I think I'll be a novelist now." So they got the book, which is wonderful. This is a hardcore literary thing, and they got the story. They thought that I more or less pulled it off.

What really stood out to me was the review said that you wrote believable characters. What a compliment—especially for someone who is a songwriter, and you've spent your whole career crafting characters.

Well, I've always read all of my life. That's really what I did when I was staying away from school and why I got kicked out of school. You know, I had emotional problems and hated school and all of that.

But I'd stay home, and instead of doing drugs and playing video games or going out with friends, I'd sit home and read all day long. Unfortunately, I stole the books, but I had a whole box full of these incredible writers.

I loved horror stories and science fiction, but they're all great writers. You know, Ray Bradbury and Robert Heinlein and August Derleth, just brilliant writers that I unconsciously learned a lot about story structure [from], and I think that just stayed with me.

I had a blueprint of what a good novel should be, because I'd read so many of them.

Are there any particular characters in the books you read growing up that really resonated with you?

My favorite is Ahab in "Moby Dick." A lot of the classics, you kind of go, "Okay, it's kind of weird language -- it's not how we talk now. I get it, and I'm moved to a certain degree, but I wish it had been written in modern English."

But "Moby Dick" is the only book that I've ever read a chapter and then was so blown away that I went back and read it again before going on and finishing the book.

And Ahab's soliloquy, to me, is one of the greatest pieces of literature ever written. It's a character that's not all like the movie—I mean, you can't put that kind of depth into a movie, certainly not from the '60s or whenever it was made.

Charles Dickens, he writes incredible characters [too]. It was the same thing when I first picked up "David Copperfield." I started reading it on a set because I was bored and it blew me away. It absolutely blew me away.

How did you get in the mindset of writing your novel?

My publisher at the time shamed me into it. [Laughs.] After I wrote the autobiography, which I wrote by myself, she said, "You've got a great voice -- you should be writing fiction." And I said, "Yeah, I really want to do that, but I go do other things."

She's [also] my editor, and [we have different political beliefs]. I sent [her] something about confirming my political beliefs with the email heading of "This is just a start." She saw that and wrote me back, saying, "Oh, I thought you were sending me the beginnings of your novel." So I was really shamed into it.

I went home for Christmas and started writing there. I had some time off at Christmas, and that's all I [did] is just sit and write. It came pretty quickly.

With the fiction writing, are you finding that it's influencing the songwriting that you're doing?

I've always been really lyric-oriented, song-wise, so I don't expect that it will change it. I work on the lyrics probably more than I do the melody. I want to say the right thing and say it the best way possible, so I do really [put a focus on that].

I'm hyper-focused on the lyrics anyway. But I'll see—as I get into it, maybe I will, I don't know.

The book is coming out, you're touring and you're doing some TV stuff -- what else is on your plate this year?

Well, they're doing a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for me. But I hope to be doing more TV, and I have some scripts that I've written that we're going to start shopping around. So hopefully something [comes out of that].

It's kind of under wraps right now, but they're humor. You know, because the book is very dark humor. [Laughs.]

Do you have any good Cleveland memories?

It's a great town. I love the whole thing by the lake. That kind of blew me away. The first time I was in a hotel [here], we came in at night, and then [I] opened up the curtains and suddenly there was this ocean.

I said, "I didn't know Cleveland was on the coast!" [Laughs.] I'm from Australia -- my geographic awareness of America goes in and out. So that freaked me out.

We've always had great shows, and the crowds are always great rock-and-roll crowds. I guess there was a reason the museum was put there!

Thursday, May 01, 2014

NATALIE MERCHANT GET'S EMOTIONAL WITH KATIE

Natalie Merchant With Katie Couric

On tomorrows all new episode of the nationally syndicated daytime talk show "Katie," catch up with singer Natalie Merchant of the 10,000 Maniacs. Hear about her incredible career, her approach to writing songs and how she was so socially awkward until she was on stage. In the poignant conversation, Natalie gets choked up when she speaks about how meeting people who say her music has affected them is an emotional experience for her. Plus, see her perform live in-studio!

Tune in to see Natalie Merchant perform and discuss her new album on the Katie Couric show Friday! Find out when and where the show airs near you at http://katiecouric.com/

The princes pay homage to the King: William and Harry enjoy a private tour of Graceland ahead of friend's high-society wedding

• Royal group had the general public removed from the site while they took a private tour of the historic landmark where Elvis died

• Royal brothers last night spotted having dinner at a Rendezvous restaurant in Memphis
  

• Were attending a wedding rehearsal dinner held at barbecue-style bar

• Security costs of Royals' vacation is costing the British taxpayer an estimated $84,000
  

By John Stevens In Memphis and Louise Boyle and Rebecca English

Published: 15:03 EST, 2 May 2014 | Updated: 16:42 EST, 2 May 2014

Princes William and Harry today paid homage to the king of rock n' roll Elvis Presley with a private tour of Graceland.

The princes were dressed casually and wearing sunglasses as they wandered around the white-columned mansion in Memphis, Tennessee on Friday afternoon during a visit to the city for the wedding of their longtime friend Guy Pelly and American Holiday Inn heiress Lizzy Smith.

The royal group, which also included Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, had the general public removed from the site while they took a private tour of the historic landmark where Elvis died on August 16, 1977.

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Prince William and Prince Harry attend Elvis' home Graceland in Memphis as part of Guy Pelly's wedding weekend. The group had the general public removed from the site while they took a private tour

Prince Harry, wearing his Elvis glasses and Prince William visited Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion today in Memphis, Tennessee as part of a day out with Guy Pelly's wedding guests

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Prince William and Prince Harry visit the Graceland mansion, the beloved home of Elvis Presley where he died in 1977

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Prince Harry walks around the grounds of Graceland wearing an audio headset, presumably for the official tour of Elvis' home

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Princess Beatrice and Eugenie attend Graceland wearing Elvis sunglasses for Guy Pelly's wedding weekend along with one fun-loving friend who lifted her shirt for the cameras

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The young royals were part of a large group to attend the wedding of close friend Guy Pelly and Lizzy Wilson in Memphis

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Prince Harry (left) and Princess Eugenie (right) got into the spirit of the Elvis tour and donned the King's trademark sunglasses

Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion served as his family home throughout most of his adult life and he is buried there in the Meditation Garden.

During the visit, Harry, casually dressed in a blue polo neck, was spotted with a pair of black headphones and an orange lanyard round his neck as he listened intently to the audio tour guiding him around the 14-acre estate’s mansion.

A staff member at the visitor attraction said: ‘It is pretty special to have a future king take time to come to visit The King.’

All good fun, but questions are already being asked about the price of keeping them safe, put at £50,000 (around $84,000).

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Prince William, in Memphis, Tennessee for the wedding of his best friend Guy Pelly is pictured at the home of Elvis, Graceland during a tour given to the Royals and other wedding guests

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Prince William (far left), in Memphis Tennessee, along with Prince Harry and Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice mingled with other members of the wedding party at Graceland

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Princess Beatrice, pictured in fun Elvis sunglasses and carrying her audio guide with boyfriend Dave Clark at Graceland

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Princess Beatrice also joined in the fun with some Elvis glasses like her sister after jetting into Memphis to attend the wedding of Guy Pelly and American heiress Lizzy Smith

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Princess Beatrice and Eugenie attend Graceland wearing Elvis sunglasses for Guy Pelly's wedding weekend while crowds gathered around the historic home in the hope of getting a glimpse of the young royals

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The general public were barred from Graceland during the visit but despite not being able to visit the home of the king of rock 'n' roll, they hung around hoping for a glimpse of a future King

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Guy Pelly, pictured here, is marrying Holiday Inn heiress Lizzy Smith in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday

Although the cost of the trip itself is being met privately by the princes, they are accompanied round-the-clock by a team of around eight taxpayer-funded officers from Scotland Yard’s Royalty Protection Squad.

Some of those will have traveled to Memphis in advance to ‘recce’ the private residence where they are staying and the wedding venue. Others traveled with the brothers personally.

One senior industry source estimated the cost of guarding the princes during their five-day trip would be in the region of £50,000, including business class flights and hotels for all of the officers.

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Princess Beatrice gets into the spirit by wearing Elvis sunglasses to Graceland on Friday afternoon. Her and sister Eugenie were seen enjoying drinks in a Memphis street the night before

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Guy Pelly, pictured center in sunglasses, looked dapper and relaxed ahead of his wedding on Saturday and enjoyed a trip to Graceland with longtime friends William and Harry

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The gang of wedding guests paid homage to the king of rock 'n' roll Elvis Presley with a trip to the historic Graceland mansion where the singer died in 1977

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Princess Eugenie takes in the sights at Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis along with other members of the high-society wedding party

THE HOME OF AMERICAN MUSICAL ROYALTY: ELVIS' GRACELAND

The brothers dined along with friends and family at popular BBQ restaurant Rendezvous on Thursday evening before heading home for an early night.

Young father William and newly-single Harry headed off at 11pm, leaving cousins Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie to party into the early hours at an outdoor bar.

Clearly in good spirits, Beatrice, 25, danced on a table, and could also be seen with her 24-year-old sister and other members of the wedding party drinking from plastic glasses which read: ‘Kiss Me, I’m Irish.’

It should have been a romantic trip away for Prince Harry with his girlfriend, Cressida Bonas.

But days after the couple split, Prince Harry was looking far from distraught as he was spotted dining with his brother Prince William in Memphis one day after partying at an exclusive Miami club.

Just hours before, newly single Harry, 29, had danced into the early hours of Thursday at a fashionable nightspot known as the ‘flashiest club in Miami’.

Later on Thursday, Harry looked relaxed and carefree as he climbed into an SUV in the 32C Florida sun.

With a backpack slung casually over his shoulder, and wearing sunglasses and a checked shirt, he showed no signs of missing Miss Bonas.

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The royal group left Graceland today in their SUV convoy amid tight security during the royals trip to the Tennessee city

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Local Memphis police were also on hand to offer added security for the Royal group at Graceland

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Members of the media and the public line up along a wall in front of some graffiti at Elvis Presley's Graceland to try to catch a glimpse of British princes William and Harry

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Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, which served as his family home throughout most of his adult life. The house includes a bright yellow TV room, in which Presley used to watch three televisions simultaneously

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The King: Elvis Presley at his beloved Graceland mansion in 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee

SAW HER ON LETTERMAN CHECK HER OUT! VERY FUNNY LADY.

Carmen Lynch is an absolute riot. You won’t be able to find much about her on the Internet, so let us fill you in a bit. When she isn’t busting guts on the stage in English or Spanish (yes, she is a bilingual comedian!) she is displaying her acting and comedic chops on “Apartment C3,” the hilarious short series she produces with fellow female comedian (and roommate) Liz Miele. On October 2^nd, she will be recording her first stand up album in Boston, and if you can’t seem to get enough of her with all of her comedy content, her tweets will keep you on your toes as well! With all of that going on, we are surprised she had time to sit down and answer a few questions for us. Now it’s your turn to fall in love with her!

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Serial Optimist: Hi Carmen! Please, introduce yourself to the Serial Optimist audience!

Carmen Lynch: Hi Serial Optimist audience!

(Was that okay?)

SO: Perfect! What sparked your interest in comedy?

Carmen: It was all such an accident. I moved to NY from Virginia to pursue acting. I’d never really thought of myself as a comedian, although I always acted like a goofball. I went to a comedy club in NY in mid 2000 and watched the comics onstage – they were so funny but I never ever imagined that lifestyle as an option…something you could just do. They seemed more like martians with “a gift”. Any time I was interested in anything growing up my mother’s default response was “take a class.” So I took a stand up class and I fell in love.

SO: What were your dreams and goals at age 18?

Carmen: My entire life I wanted to be a doctor. Looking back, I think I just said that to make my parents proud. But I tried it – I went to The College of William & Mary and was pre-med for a year. I thought I was brilliant because I got A’s in Biology and Chemistry in high school. Then in college I studied and got C’s. I dropped pre-med and changed my major to Psychology…which, looking back, serves me better as a comic anyway.

SO: You have hilarious presence on Twitter. On August 30th, you tweeted: “Twitter followers are like boobies. Some are fake.” What conversation or situation sparked that reaction?

Carmen:Thank you!! Twitter is fun when you’re procrastinating from real work. I’d heard about people “buying fake followers” on twitter to appear like they have a gigantic following –that many celebrities’ “millions of followers” are faux. So I just thought of a tweet based on that. But reading it now again, it sounds like I’m saying “real” people who follow twitter have fake personalities. I guess that could be true as well…

SO: How do you feel social media has helped your career grow?

Carmen: Gosh, has it? Haha. I think posting where you’re performing on Facebook and Twitter helps. You always want people knowing where you’ll be performing although it increases the chances of getting stalked. I just updated my website with a better schedule and more videos which I think helps. But this business is so self-involved it can get nauseating to always be like “me me me, here here here!” but we just have to do it. (By the way my website is www.carmenlynch.com and my twitter handle is @lynchcarmen.)

SO: Perfect chance for a plug! Speaking of Twitter, do explain the background on your feed. Who concocted that incredible art?

Carmen: Awwww. Thanks for noticing. I’ll let my niece know. She was about 5 when she did that. She didn’t know I was using it and one day I checked Twitter in front of her and she was like, “Hey I did that!”

SO: That’s super adorable. You tell jokes in both Spanish and English. Which language do you prefer to do comedy in?

Carmen: I feel like I have multiple personalities now that I’m doing stand up in Spanish. In English I’m better at talking to the audience, because I’ve been doing it for ten years. In Spanish I feel like I’m playing an instrument I haven’t played in a while, because I used to speak in Spanish all the time as a kid and I’m re-working that muscle. I can’t say I prefer one more than the other – I love the ease of doing it in English and the challenge of doing it in Spanish. One day I hope to do it all in Spanglish.

SO: Do you tailor your writing shows you know will be more heavily Spanish based compared to an American base, or do you find your jokes and humor work for both audiences?

Carmen: I absolutely have to tailor it. Sometimes I don’t know what it’s going to be like until I get to that country. I just got back from a comedy festival in Costa Rica and stand up comedy is VERY new there, and after the show someone said, “You talk about yourself on stage? Wow.” They weren’t used to the autobiographical side of comedy yet. Standup is highly evolved in New York, and not so much in other countries where people are just starting to tell jokes on stage. So I have to scale back a little on sarcasm and do the simpler punch lines. It feels a little strange to go back to older material I don’t do anymore, but since it’s in Spanish it all sounds like a new joke.

SO: If you had to make a creative argument for the best coffee shop in New York, which would you choose and why?

Carmen: How did you know I liked coffee so much? I’m going to guess from the picture on my website. In New York, “Joe” has great coffee. So does “Cafe Grumpy”. When I’m lazy I’ll just drink instant…yes!! I do!! But that just makes real coffee taste that much better.

SO: You and Liz Miele create and star in a series called “Apt C3″ online. How long have you known Liz and what made you two begin this venture?

Carmen: Liz stalked me until I’d be her friend. I sometimes have a hard time trusting people, so my standoffishness and her aggressiveness made a great match. We were bored (true story) in our apartments the night of Hurricane Irene (Aug 2011). The subways were down and Liz was making dinner for me and our other roommate Chris. Chris and I were recording something silly in the apartment and then we suddenly said “Liz, get in here!” and that’s how we developed Episode One of Apt C3 (appropriately called “Hurricane Irene”).

APT C3 “Hurricane Irene”

SO: The both of you are also recording a comedy CD on October 2nd in Boston. What made you choose that venue to record at?

Carmen: Liz didn’t want to record in Spain so we had to do it here, in America. We basically wanted to be near a city but not necessarily New York since we’ve both performed here for most of our comedy careers and wanted a fresh batch of comedy viewers. We’d both heard great feedback about the Improv Boston from comedy friends and the size of the venue seemed perfect. But the second CD we’re doing in Spain. In Spanish.

SO: What can your fans look forward to from your CD?

Carmen: Hopefully I’ll say stupid things at the taping that even I’m not aware of yet. And a few dumb pictures. I want this CD to make people laugh while they’re driving. Not like laughing so hard they crash, just laughing at a stoplight. I picture that and it makes me happy.

SO: It makes us smile as well. Thanks Carmen!

The closest latin version of The Carpenters...such a great tone.

Interview with brother-sister duo Jesse & Joy

[Edited 5/4/14 14:25pm]

May 6, 2014 3:35 PM ET

Jack White

Mary Ellen Matthews

"While we were mixing the record, I started to get some ideas on the design of the LP and what we can do differently that hadn’t been done before," Jack White says in the latest promotional video for his upcoming new album Lazaretto.

What Is a Lazaretto? Behind Jack White's New Album Title

Judging by what's included in the album's "Ultra" LP, White's ideas were plentiful. To start, vinyl junkies will be treated to two hidden tracks pressed underneath the center label of both sides. The under-label grooves are the first of their kind, and they'll play at 78 RPM on Side A and 45 RPM on Side B, making the Lazaretto "Ultra" edition possibly the first ever three-speed LP.

As White and his Third Man cohort Ben Blackwell demonstrate in the video, which you can watch below, Side A of the Lazaretto "Ultra" LP will also start on the inside of the record and play until it hits what they believe is the first ever locked groove on the outside edge of the LP (locked grooves themselves are nothing new, as White points out, with the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's containing one of the more famous ones). Side B also contains its own locked groove on the inside edge.

The opening track of Side B, "Just One Drink," was cut with two grooves and, depending on where you drop the needle, will play either the song's electric or acoustic intro before the two ultimately converge to meet the rest of the song.

Even when the Lazaretto "Ultra" LP isn't playing music, it's doing something unique: When you look at the dead wax area of Side A from a certain angle, you'll be able to see a hologram of a spinning angel. The angel illustration, which fits with those on the Lazaretto cover, was hand-etched into the production masters by Tristan Duke and is the first of its kind on a vinyl record.

To top it all off, audiophiles will be pleased to know that the "Ultra" LP was mastered tape-to-tape without any sort of compression. The special edition vinyl will also feature a completely different track sequence from the digital or CD version, as well as alternate mixes of a handful of cuts.

Lazaretto, and all its trimmings, will see release on June 10th on Third Man Records and Columbia (and for those who pre-ordered the album through the Third Man Vault, don't worry, your vinyl will contain all the "Ultra" LP features). White is also set to embark on a massive tour this summer, which starts May 29th in Tulsa, Oklahoma and includes stops Governors Ball, Forecastle and Bonnaroo.

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jack-white-details-hologram-filled-lazaretto-ultra-lp-20140506#ixzz30ymOZR2F

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Wayne Henderson dies at 74; Jazz Crusaders co-founder, trombonist

Wayne Henderson of the Jazz Crusaders in 2001. (Gloria Ellis)

Chris Barton

Wayne Henderson, a trombonist, composer and co-founder of the Jazz Crusaders, who became a powerful force for merging the sound of jazz with elements of funk, soul and R&B, died Friday at a Culver City hospital. He was 74.

His death from heart failure was confirmed by manager Stephanie Pappas.

During a decades-long career, Henderson was best known for his work with the Jazz Crusaders, an enduring presence on the Los Angeles jazz scene since its debut recording in 1961.

Backed by tenor saxophonist Wilton Felder and keyboardist Joe Sample, Henderson wrote one of the band's signature compositions in the zig-zagging "Young Rabbits," a propulsive blast of hard bop that justified the band's early comparisons to Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

The group later earned its greatest success after shortening its name to the Crusaders as Henderson helped forge the groove-heavy sound of contemporary jazz and fusion into the '70s and beyond.

Born on Sept. 24, 1939, in Houston, Texas, Henderson began his musical life while attending Houston's Phyllis Wheatley Jr. High School with classmates Felder, Sample and drummer Nesbert "Stix" Hooper. The childhood friends eventually came together as a band, cycling through names such as the Black Board Jungle Kids, the Modern Jazz Sextet and Nite Hawks before moving to Los Angeles in the late-1950s to eventually perform as the Jazz Crusaders.

Drawing from an early exposure to R&B, blues and gospel music, the Jazz Crusaders honed a unique sound led by the fluid front-line horns of Henderson and Felder. "We were just straight, stand-up beboppers, playing all the fast tunes," Henderson said of those early days in a 1997 interview with The Times. "But we always had a groove and memorable melodies. Then we got to where we were just playing grooves."

The group freely drew from the pop songbook as well, breezily covering the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" as readily as Jackie McLean's "Appointment in Ghana." By the early '70s the group dropped "Jazz" from its name to become the Crusaders with the addition of electric bassist Robert "Pops" Popwell and guitarist Larry Carlton.

The group's dance-ready direction spawned a string of crossover pop hits during the decade, including Henderson's "Keep That Same Old Feeling" and "Scratch."

"We were the co-creators of funk music," Henderson told the Kansas City Star in 2006. "Other guys started the jazz-funk thing, too -- Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock -- and we started selling records just like the pop guys. And we kept the integrity of the music."

In 1974 Henderson stopped performing and left the Crusaders to focus on the production side of the music industry. He worked with a number of high-profile artists across the musical spectrum, including Ronnie Laws, Ramsey Lewis, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers and Joni Mitchell.

More recently, Henderson played in a number of reunions of the Jazz Crusaders. He helped spearhead the reunion in 1995 after listening to the group's old albums.

"He realized we were all at that age where any one of us could possibly go," Sample told the Houston Chronicle before a show in 2011.

Henderson is survived by his wife, Cathy, and two sons, Wayne Jr. and Randy.

Conan O'Brien Launches Comedy Record Label

by Philiana Ng

TBS

Conan O'Brien

Comedian Ian Edwards will release the first album under the Team Coco banner.

Fleetwood Mac Revives Chemistry In Studio: 'We Get Chills,' Says Christine McVie

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Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie talk about collaborating ahead of the band's upcoming tour. "We've been working very closely together, so there is a freshness."

It appears that Christine McVie will be returning to Fleetwood Mac to do more than play some old songs in concert. The group -- sans Stevie Nicks, who was busy with "some other commitments," according to Lindsey Buckingham -- has just finished a nearly two-month run in Studio D at the Village Recorder in Los Angeles, where Fleetwood Mac made 1979's Tusk album, working on a batch of new songs by McVie and Buckingham.

"This has kind of been a project in slow motion, that's the only way I can put it," Buckingham tells Billboard. "We got in the studio not knowing what to expect, and the chemistry was just unbelievable... We got eight tracks very far along, like, 75 percent done. It just played out really organically in a way that seemed appropriate." Buckingham says the new songs came from ideas McVie brought into the band, and coupled with material he worked on previously with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, the group has "about 14 or 15 things, and some other things we want to get to down the line" even before Nicks begins making contributions.

"We're all very excited about it. Knowing me, I'm going to be pushing for a double album," Buckingham says with a laugh.

Describing the new songs -- which include "Carnival Begin," "Red Sun" and "Too Far Gone" -- McVie says, "There's a wide variety, starting from sort of blues-based songs to very commercial songs. It's very, very exciting. We get chills when we hear them. They sound really fresh. There's an element, I guess, that hasn't really existed so much in the past although it has been there in the fact Lindsey and I have been collaborating more. We've been working very closely together, so there is a freshness and obviously there are parts for Stevie to sing on all of these songs, which she will do eventually."

When the rest of the world hears them remains up in the air, however. Fleetwood Mac released a four-song digital EP in April of 2013, and Buckingham and McVie say they don't expect to have a new album ready before the group's upcoming tour starts September 30 in Minneapolis.

"We haven't finished what we've done here," McVie explains. "These are just tracks with some overdubs, and they're certainly not finished. I go back to England now until the beginning of rehearsals, which is the end of July, and then we're rehearsing and then we're touring, so we won't really have time to [finish the songs]. There's some talk about some time next year. Fleetwood Mac always take a long time to make a record -- you know what."

STORY: Fleetwood Mac Launching Reunion Tour With Christine McVie

Buckingham concurs, though he acknowledges that there may be a bit of clamor for the new music once word of the sessions leaks out, which may effect the timetable for the material's release. "We want to plant some seeds of awareness about what we're doing," he says. "We won't want to pretend it doesn't exist. We're very proud of it, and we do want to get the word out. But we'll have to see how much clamor there is by the time we get into rehearsal and we have some time to let these seeds grow and see what kind of interest there is. That may inform our decisions one way or the other."

Buckingham, meanwhile, says he's particularly stoked that making new music is part of McVie's return after a 16-year absence. "It just took on a life of its own for sure," he says. "For years I was telling everybody, 'Y'know, she'll never be in the band again. She's gone.' I really believed that. But right now the whole thing has really got such a circular feel to it. And if you're talking about one more act for this play or whatever you want to call it, I can't think of a better way to do it."

Fleetwood Mac formally announced McVie's return in January after she joined the group on stage in London last September. McVie -- who released one solo album, 2004's In the Meantime, during the interim, but mostly spent her time as "a retired lady of leisure with the Range Rover and the dogs" in rural England -- has gone through therapy to overcome a fear of flying that was one of the reasons he left the group. And she promises that she's back in Fleetwood Mac "for perpetuity, yeah. For as long as I'm around. I'm here. I'm committed." And she adds that returning to the studio with the group was like getting back on the proverbial bike.

"I thought I was going to get nervous coming in the studio, but it's felt very easy and natural," she says. "Before I got to L.A., Lindsey and I had been ping-ponging ideas on computers and that; I'd send him my very, very rough, funky demos and he made some kind of sense out of them and sent them back to me with him playing guitar and they started to turn into really lovely ideas. I really missed playing with them and the chemistry of it all and started to really, really desire to start doing something again, and the only people I could think of that I would have any desire to do anything with would be them, Fleetwood Mac."

Walk of Fame Announces 2014 Honorees

June 20, 2013 | 01:18PM PT

Orlando Bloom, Kaley Cuoco and Katy Perry among those to receive stars

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Members of Blondie, Cars, Romantics and Chesterfield Kings Form Rockin' Supergroup

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With a name hand-picked by Steven Van Zandt, the band of '70s hitmakers will release debut album on Aug. 5.