Jukebox – Music News Cuts – 10/18
Written by Staff on October 18, 2024
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The Cure
Robert Smith of The Cure has ideas about the end. Not in any macabre sense, but the end of The Cure. He has his eye on two dates; the 50th anniversary of the band in 2028, and the 50th anniversary of their first album, “Three Imaginary Boys.” He noted that preparing for an anniversary of the magnitude of what is coming up is more than he had imagined in 2024. This coming anniversary will see the release of a documentary.
On the subject, Smith was interviewed by Matt Everitt for the group’s official website.
“Seriously, I have to finish the second album,” Smith said. “We were going to play festivals next year, but a couple weeks ago, I decided that we weren’t going to play anything next summer. The next time we go out on stage will be autumn next year.”
He continued, “But then we’ll probably be playing quite regularly through until the next anniversary — the 2028 anniversary that’s just looming on the horizon. The 2018 one, I started to think about in late 2016, thinking, ‘I’ve got a year and a half, it’s easy!’ And I still didn’t manage to get there in time. Now, I’m starting to think, ‘2028, I must get things in order;’ so [that’s] the documentary film and various other things like that.”
“I’m 70 in 2029, and that’s the 50th anniversary of the first Cure album [Three Imaginary Boys],” Smith said. “If I make it that far, that’s it. In the intervening time, I’d like to include playing concerts as part of the overall plan of what we’re going to do. I’ve loved it; the last 10 years of playing shows have been the best 10 years of being in the band. It pisses all over the other 30-odd years! It’s been great.”
Read the full story here.
Ozzy
Jake E. Lee got shot. If you don’t know who that is, he’s a former guitar player for Ozzy Osbourne. He was shot walking his dog in what seems to be a purely random street shooting. Police are investigating, but as of current, they got nothing.
Lee backed Ozzy from ’82 to ’87, was on the song “Bark at the Moon.” He appeared on 1986’s “The Ultimate Sin,” and was fired by Sharon Osbourne.
He is currently recuperating in a Las Vegas Hospital.
Read the full story here.
Claypool/Keenan
The podcast “Kyle Meredith With…” celebrated it’s 1,000th episode with two special guests, Primus’s Les Claypool, and Tool/Puscifer’s Maynard James Keenan. The two iconic performers shared their musical relationship and some of the hijinks that occurred on tours. One moment in particular was an electrical problem at Red Rocks that caused them to have to vamp for much longer than either of them cared to.
Watch the episode here.
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