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Shifty Shellshock

In 1999, the nu-metal band Crazytown put out an album called “The Gift of Game,” which contained the hit single “Butterfly,” the song the band would become known for. Sadly, the singer, Shifty Shellshock, was found dead in his residenceon Monday, June 24^th. Also the cause of death was not disclosed, Shellshock had a long and open history with substance abuse and addiction, even appearing on the show Celebrity Rehab.

He had gone on from Crazytown and pursued a solo career, but his problems with addiction plagued not only him personally, but his career professionally, causing he and Crazyytown to miss out of festivals and large concerts.

Shellshock, whose real name was Seth Binzer, was survived by his three children, Halo, Gage, and Phoenix.

Robyn Hitchcock

Famed English singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock is releasing a new memoir called “1967: How I got There and Why I Never Left” with Akshik and Little Brown, in the U.S. and U.K. respectively. The memoir will be supported by book events in both the U.K. and the U.S.

1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left” chronicles a time in Hitchcock’s life when he went off to boarding school; more to the point, a time when Bob Dylan was blowing up with Highway 61 Revisited and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the Beatles latest offering. It’s a coming of age during a cultural explosion that finds Hitchcock discovering the music that would course through his veins for the rest of his life.

The book events are listed below.

ROBYN HITCHCOCK – 2024 TOUR DATES

JUN 26 WED – Dead Wax Social @ 5:30pm – The City Of Brighton And Hove, United Kingdom

JUN 27 THU – Rough Trade East @ 7:00pm – London, United Kingdom

JUL 2 TUE – Foyles Charing Cross @ 7:00pm – London, United Kingdom

JUL 12 FRI – Industrie Fluviali @ 9:00pm – Rome, Italy

JUL 18 THU – Parnassus Books @ 6:30pm – Nashville, TN, United States (book event)

JUL 31 WED – Little City Books @ 7:00pm – Hoboken, NJ, United States (book event)

AUG 1 THU – Rough Trade NYC @ 6:00pm – New York, NY, United States (book event)

AUG 5 MON – Porter Square Books @ 7:00pm – Cambridge, MA, United States (book event)

AUG 30 FRI – West Malvern Social Club @ 8:00pm – Malvern, United Kingdom

AUG 31 SAT – Trades Club @ 8:00pm – Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom

SEP 1 SUN – The Crescent Community Venue @ 7:30pm – York, United Kingdom

SEP 3 TUE – The Common Room Of The Great North @ 7:00pm – Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

SEP 5 THU – Komedia Bath @ 7:30pm – Bath, United Kingdom

SEP 6 FRI – The Portland Arms @ 7:00pm – Cambridge, United Kingdom

SEP 7 SAT – The Portland Arms @ 7:00pm – Cambridge, United Kingdom

SEP 8 SUN – United Reformed Church @ 7:30pm – Oxted, United Kingdom

SEP 10 TUE – The Jericho Tavern @ 7:30pm – Oxford, United Kingdom

SEP 11 WED – Komedia @ 7:00pm – Brighton, United Kingdom

SEP 12 THU – Ramsgate Music Hall @ 8:00pm – Ramsgate, United Kingdom

SEP 13 FRI – St Mary’s Church, Twyford @ 8:00pm – Twyford, United Kingdom

SEP 14 SAT – EartH @ 6:00pm – London, United Kingdom

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

If you were young in the 90s, you heard Bone – Thugs-N-Harmony. You had to. And 2024 happens to be the 30^th anniversary of 1994’s “Thuggish Ruggish Bone.” So to celebrate the anniversary, the group is launching a tour.

Details at this point are sketchty, a little hazy, in particulat exactly what cities they’re going to be hitting. But there are a few that are known, and they are listed below.

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony — 2024 Tour Dates

6/28-30 Laketown Shakedown Lake Cowichan, BC, Canada

7/13 Mechanics Bank Arena Bakersfield, CA

7/19 Garden Amphitheatre Garden Grove, CA

8/3 Frost Bank Center San Antonio, TX*

8/10 Vogue Theatre Indianapolis, IN

8/16 The Fillmore Silver Spring, MD

8/24 Fourth Street Live! Louisville, KY^

9/6 Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races Charles Town, WV

9/13 The Piazza Aurora, IL

9/14 Oxnard Performing Arts Center Oxnard, CA

10/19 Footpring Center Phoenix, AZ*

10/25 Kings Theatre Brooklyn, NY^

11/16 The Canyon-Montclair Montclair, CA

11/16 How the West Was Won at Acrisure Arena at Grater Palm Springs Palma Desert, CA

Steve Wynn

Speaking of memoirs, The Dream Syndicate’s Steve Wynn is releasing “I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True.” This will be accompanied by a new solo album, “Make It Right.” Both will be released on August 30^th. “Make It Right” is his first solo release in fourteen years. Wynn had this to say about the memoir, “With each chapter, I would get ideas for songs inspired by the deep dive into my past and vice versa. The reflections became intertwined after a while, a mutual commentary between literal and metaphorical ruminating. It was a dialogue between the memoirist and the musician, a one-man Q&A, a gentle volley in the tennis court of my mind. 40-love, game, set and match.”

There will be a tour for the memoir and the solo album beginning at City Winery in New York City on October 8^th. The track list for “Make it Right” is below.

Make It Right:
1. Santa Monica
2. Make It Right
3. What Were You Expecting
4. You’re Halfway There
5. Making Good On My Promises
6. Cherry Avenue
7. Then Again
8. Madly
9. Simpler Than The Rain
10. Roosevelt Avenue