Sounds like The Boss was a little bit sicker than we were first led to believe ...
His entire tour has been postponed until 2024 in order take the time to get healthy again.
Diagnosed with a peptic ulcer, Bruce Springsteen issued this official statement …
Bruce Springsteen has continued to recover steadily from peptic ulcer disease over the past few weeks and will continue treatment through the rest of the year on doctor’s advice. With this in mind, and out of an abundance of caution, all remaining 2023 tour dates for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be postponed until 2024. Rescheduled dates for each of the 2023 shows, including those postponed earlier this month, will be announced next week, all taking place at their originally scheduled venues. When the new 2024 dates are announced, those unable to attend on the new date who purchased their tickets through official ticketing companies have 30 days to request a refund. All tickets for postponed performances will remain valid for the newly announced dates.
Said Springsteen: “Thanks to all my friends and fans for your good wishes, encouragement, and support. I’m on the mend and can’t wait to see you all next year.”
In all, 22 dates will have to be rescheduled for after the first of the year. (kk)
Paul Rodgers, the iconic voice behind so many hits that made up the soundtrack of our lives, has come forward with the news that he had suffered a series of strokes (two major and eleven minor!) that left him unable to speak for a period of time. (Even more remarkable is the fact that he has recovered from all of these setbacks and now has a brand new album to promote!)
Rodgers was the lead singer of Free (“All Right Now”), Bad Company (“Can’t Get Enough” and a series of other hits) and The Firm (“Radioactive.”)
He revealed this information during an interview on CBS Morning yesterday (9/27).
Ken Voss sent us an incredible piece on The Flock, which also includes a ton of very cool memorabilia …
Unfortunately, it's way too long to run here (especially after our own very detailed accounting yesterday with links to our 2010 week-long Tribute to The Flock) …
But if you’d like a copy, just shoot me an email and I’ll get it off to you right away.
Very well done. (kk)
Another cool David McCallum shot from Timmy …
(Actually Joanna Lumley and David McCallum, from 1979’s “Sapphire And Steel”)
How weird to think that while McCallum was making the movie “The Great Escape” with Charles Bronson, he introduced his wife Jill Ireland to him … and then proceeded to see his new-found friend steal her way from him! (Show business is a very incestuous business!) kk
DJ Phil Nee, who grew up listening to Chuck Buell on WLS Radio just like we did, sent in this vintage album cover released as a promotional tie-in to KIMN, where a very YOUNG looking CB adorned the back cover …
Phil tells us …
I found this classic album in our local Goodwill. The guy in the upper right hand corner looks familiar.
The record contains a song by The Boenzee Cryque which I was not familiar with. Rusty Young (later of Poco) was a member of the Colorado-based group.
Phil
Kent,To be honest with you, I had somewhat forgotten about THE BIG T.N.T. SHOW being produced. I got it out today and watched it. I have looked at T.A.M.I once or twice through the years. In watching THE BIG T.N.T. SHOW, I couldn't help but notice the teens sitting in the audience enjoying the acts. I noticed that Petula Clark's version of DOWNTOWN was a little bit slower than the version that came out on 45.
Larry Neal
Been a LONG time since I’ve seen this too …
Maybe there’ll be time to check it out this weekend.
(As I recall, the T.A.M.I Show blows it away talent and performance-wise …
But it will still be cool to see all these acts perform again during their prime.) kk
I’m always on the lookout for a new Christmas album to buy each year …
And this sounds like a good one …
Out this Friday (9/29), “Stax Christmas” features holiday offerings from some of the label’s biggest recording artists, including Otis Redding, Booker T. and the MG’s, The Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, Rufus and Carla Thomas and more. (A couple of these tracks have never been released before.)
Started my Day with a Big OLL!*
* Out Loud Laff!
Thanx, Timmy!
CB
WORST BAND EVER
Timmy sent us another goodie …
Labeled as the “Thrift Shop Find Of The Day” …
