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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductees 2012...

Axl Rose declines induction into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

The acrimony that helped dissolve Guns N' Roses nearly 20 years ago still lingers.

Axl Rose announced Wednesday that he won't be showing up to see the band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and declined the honor for himself.

In a letter to the hall, band fans and "To Whom It May Concern," Rose listed several reasons for not attending Saturday's ceremony in Cleveland, including a feeling that the hall does not respect him.

In declining his own induction, he added: "I strongly request that I not be inducted in absentia and please know that no one is authorized nor may anyone be permitted to accept any induction for me or speak on my behalf."

The hall said in a statement that it still plans to induct Rose with the rest of the group. "We are sorry he will not be able to accept his induction in person," it said.

According to the rock hall only the Sex Pistols have declined induction before.

Although Rose now fronts a reconstituted version of Guns N' Roses that does not include former members Slash, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan or Steven Adler, some held out hope that the band might reunite at the hall.

Even Slash seemed to leave an opening for the possibility.

"I have no idea what's going to happen on that day," he said in an interview with The Associated Press last month. "It's more like going into it with blinders on and just see what happens."

But Rose apparently was miffed by such talk.

"There's a seemingly endless amount of revisionism and fantasies out there for the sake of self-promotion and business opportunities masking the actual realities," he wrote.

He added: "So let sleeping dogs lie or lying dogs sleep or whatever. Time to move on. People get divorced. Life doesn't owe you your own personal happy ending especially at another's, or in this case several others', expense."

A rep for Slash said he would still attend Saturday but had no further comment. Green Day is scheduled to induct the group.

Rose admitted that when it was first announced that the band would be inducted, he had mixed feelings. But "I was honored, excited and hoped that somehow this would be a good thing. Of course, if Guns N' Roses were to be inducted it'd be somewhat of a complicated or awkward situation."

Rose's announcement cast a cloud over the band's induction but in some ways was fitting, given the dysfunction that marked the group as it became one of the world's most popular acts in the 1980s and 1990s. Its hits included "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "November Rain."

Besides Guns N' Roses, the inductees will include the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the late singer/songwriter Laura Nyro, Donovan, and The Small Faces/The Faces, which included Rod Stewart and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.

-Xfinity.comcast.net

Beastie Boys

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Laura Nyro

The Small Faces/Faces

The Crickets

The Famous Flames

The Midnighters

The Comets

The Blue Caps

The Miracles

Congratulations to the 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees! The 27th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

David Cassidy...

"Happy 62nd Birthday"...

David's Bio

Cassidy made his stage debut in ‘The Pyjama Game’, followed by the Los Angeles Theatre Company’s ‘And So To Bed’, during his senior year at Rexford High School in 1967. His professional debut on Broadway was in the production of ‘The Fig Leaves are Falling’ (1969).

People started to notice him and he moved on to make appearances in various television shows during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These included ‘Marcus Welby, M.D.’, a medical drama; ‘The Mod Squad’, a police drama; ‘Bonanza’, an American Western/cowboy program (the first regularly broadcast television program to be filmed in color); and ‘Ironside’, a police drama series.

His big break came with the hugely successful television series ‘The Partridge Family’, in which he starred from 1970 to 1974. It was the story of a family who travelled the country, playing rock music. Cassidy was the eldest son and singing teen heartthrob, Keith Partridge, alongside his Academy Award winning step-mother, Shirley Jones, who played Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of the five talented children. The show catapulted Cassidy to fame.

He sang the lead vocals for ‘The Partridge Family’ recordings and during the run of the show, ten ‘Partridge Family’ albums and several solo albums were produced. The biggest recorded hit, ‘I Think I Love You’ (1970), helped Cassidy become a teen idol in his own right. He received Grammy nominations, won a Golden Apple Award and had some hit singles outside of the show. His fan club became the largest in music industry history, even outstripping those of Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

With his growing fame and singing success, Cassidy was keen to shake his squeaky-clean teen idol image and to pursue a solo career. He decided to leave the show, and ‘The Partridge Family’ was cancelled in 1974, after 96 episodes.

Concentrating for a while on his singing, Cassidy had many chart-topping singles, including ‘Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted’, ‘I Woke Up In Love This Morning’, ‘Breaking Up Is Hard To Do’, ‘Cherish’, and ‘Rock Me Baby’. In 1974, Cassidy went on a concert tour that began in New Zealand, and took him to Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and ended in England.

He married his first wife, Kay Lenz, in 1977 and they divorced in 1982. The following year, he received an Emmy nomination as Best Dramatic Actor for the television film ‘A Chance to Live’ (1978).

Cassidy continued to act, making many notable television and stage appearances for a number of years. He worked in several Broadway musicals, including ‘Little Johnny Jones’ (1981) and the part of Joseph in the original version of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ (1983).

Moving to England in 1984, Cassidy concentrated on writing new songs, and married his second wife, South African sportswoman Meryl Tanz. He recorded the album ‘Romance’ in 1985 and enjoyed sold-out British concert tours. In 1986, a mere two years after they married, Meryl and David divorced.

Cassidy was gaining considerable credibility as both a dramatic and a musical theatre actor. He took over from Sir Cliff Richard to play the Rock Star in the London West End production of ‘Time’ (1987), with Sir Lawrence Olivier and played opposite his half-brother, Shaun Cassidy, with Petula Clark, in ‘Blood Brothers’ (1994).

He turned his hand to film making, back in America, and the feature film ‘Instant Karma’ (1990) was the result. He married his third wife, singer/songwriter, Sue Shifrin on 30 March 1991 and they had a son, Beau Devin Cassidy (born 8 February 1991).

Next up was big production Las Vegas shows. In 1996, Cassidy took over ‘EFX’, reworking it and turning it into a money-spinning success. The show received many awards and he only retired from it when he injured his foot during a performance. In 1999, Cassidy started up the ‘Rat Pack is Back’, a sell-out success, receiving much critical and popular acclaim. Then he wrote and appeared in ‘At the Copa’ (2000) with Sheena Easton and the largest big-band orchestra in Las Vegas.

Cassidy set off on a world tour in 2001 and secured a record deal in order to release his high-concept stage/music ideas to home audiences.

January 2005 found Cassidy spending a week on a morning radio show at WJMK-FM, in Chicago. He chatted happily to fans and lunched with the winner of a competition the station ran.

A life’s passion for Cassidy has been horses and he breeds and races thoroughbreds. He and his wife are also committed to helping the needy, involving themselves in activities such as the 1994 Rebuild LA campaign, with spin-offs to help the children in Kosovo and the formation of KidsCharities.org.

In a career of great variety, Cassidy has worked prolifically, in virtually all aspects of entertainment, from the late 1960s until the present. From television and film to the stage; from Broadway and the West End to Las Vegas; from directing and producing to writing, starring, and singing; he has done them all, with great panache and to continued praise and recognition.

-Thebiographychannel.co.uk

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Journey Tour 2012...

JOURNEY 2012 TOUR LAUNCHING JULY 21

JOURNEY is returning to the road on July 21 for their 2012 tour kick-off in San Bernardino, California at the San Manuel Amphitheatre with concert dates through December. Special guests Pat Benatar featuring Neil Giraldo and Loverboy will appear on most tour dates.

Scheduled 2012 tour information is listed below.

Tickets for some concerts are already on sale with additional onsales starting Friday, April 13, at all the usual online, phone and physical retail outlets, including select Walmart Ticketmaster locations across the country.

Since its formation in 1973 in San Francisco, JOURNEY has earned 19 Top 40 singles and 25 gold and platinum albums. The band's Greatest Hits album is certified 15 times platinum, bringing Journey into the elite club of Diamond-certified album holders. Journey was awarded the prestigious "Legend Of Live Award" at the 2011 Billboard Touring Awards in honor of the band's significant and lasting contributions to live music and the touring business, and in acknowledgement of their commitment to the fans and the art of performing live.

The 2011 Eclipse World Tour was of the band's most successful tours ever, drawing nearly a million fans and ranked in the Top 15 Tours of the year. 2011 also marked the 30th anniversary of the band's seminal anthem, Don't Stop Believin', which was honored as the top-selling digital classic rock song in history by Nielsen SoundScan. The group received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2005.

PAT BENATAR AND NEIL GIRALDO changed the face of music forever when their debut album, 'In the Heat of the Night,' exploded in 1979. Pat emerged fearless, fighting and forging a path for future female rock stars around the world. With Neil's innovative vision creating the signature "Benatar" sound, hits like Heartbreaker, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Love Is A Battlefield and We Belong led to platinum album after platinum album. Benatar won an unprecedented four consecutive GRAMMY Awards, as well as three American Music Awards, establishing her as one of America's leading female rock vocalists. With over 30 million albums and 19 Top 40 singles to their name, Benatar/Giraldo remain a rock 'n roll powerhouse today, selling out concerts and wowing audiences, after more than three decades of making music together.

With trademark red leather pants and bandanas to match their huge rock sound and high-energy live shows, LOVERBOY has sold more than 10 million albums and earned multi-platinum plaques for albums such as their self-titled debut LP, Get Lucky, Keep It Up and Lovin' Every Minute of It. The string of hits include the band's smash anthem Working For The Weekend, as well as Hot Girls In Love, Turn Me Loose, and Lovin' Every Minute Of It. Loverboy's continued pop culture relevance is alive and well in 2012, with recent references to the band in episodes of NBC's hit show '30 Rock' and Comedy Network's popular 'Regular Show.'

Members of Journey will be attending the premiere of Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey, a new documentary that tells the real life rock-n-roll fairy tale story of Arnel Pineda, who was discovered on YouTube to become the band's new lead singer. Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey, a film by director and producer Ramona S. Diaz, is a rare behind-the-scenes look at Pineda's early life's struggles and the challenges involved in becoming front man for one of America's most beloved rock groups. The documentary premieres April 19 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City and also will be shown at the San Francisco International Film Festival 2012 on May 3.

VIP Packages for the 2012 tour will be available through VIP Nation, including premium seats, exclusive merchandise and more. For more information please visit www.VIPNation.com. Journey is also teaming up with www.Tickets-for-Charity.com to offer fans some of the best seats in the house for this tour to benefit outstanding charities helping to make wishes come true for children with life-threatening illnesses. These exclusive seats will be available only at...
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