Add Bruce Springsteen to the growing list of artists canceling shows this week but, in the case of The Boss, it's due to the passing of his cousin and road crew member Lenny Sullivan. The 36-year-old Sullivan was found dead at his hotel a few hours before the show. Kansas City police say that the death does not look suspicious.
The official Springsteen site posted the following:
Lenny Sullivan, Bruce's cousin and the assistant road manager of the E Street Band for the last ten years, passed away today at the age of 36. A warm and sensitive person, he was beloved by Bruce, the Band, the crew, and the entire Thrill Hill family.
The status of Springsteen's appearance at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concert on Thursday night has not been released.
Robert Plant says that he has been in talks with Michael Eavis, the head of the Glastonbury Festival, about appearing at the 2010 event. He told BBC6 that he doesn't know who he would be playing with if he did perform. "I've just been talking to Michael. There's place for me there, but I have no idea who with. There is a chance yeah, but I don't know with who."
Bob Dylan's album
Together Through Life has made the short list of eight finalists for the British Uncut Music Award 2010. He is up against albums by Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Grizzly Bear, Kings of Leon, The Low Anthem, Tinariwen and Wilco.
Robert Plant received the Outstanding Contribution,
Marianne Faithfull the Q Icon and the
Specials the Q Inspiration awards at London's Q Awards, put on by Q Magazine.
Kenny Jones of the
Faces says that the group is hoping to reunite for a tour next year. He told BBC6,
"Rod wants to do it as well, but it’s just down to getting the schedules right for all of us to do it at the same time, because everyone’s doing different things at different times."
That was certainly true last night as all of the Faces reunited at Royal Albert Hall in London except for Rod Stewart who is promoting his new album. He was replaced by a number of different singers including Mick Hucknall, Mel C and Kiki Dee.
Dee Anthony, who managed careers from
Jerry Vale and
Tony Bennett to
Peter Frampton, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Devo and
Joe Cocker, passed away Sunday at the age of 83.
Paul Anka and his wife seem to be attracting controversy over the last year. First, it was Anka being hit in the head and injured by a piece of ice thrown by his wife, Anna (charges were not filed). Then, there was this month's whole Jackson/Anka composing saga. This time around, it's only his 38-year-old wife, Anna, who was tossed out of the Equinox Gym in New York City after being accused of running an illegal (for the club, anyway) personal training business. Reports say she was working with another woman on exercises when she was not an employee of the club.
Is it the soft economy or too many music game titles at one time? An industry spokesman says the sales estimates for
DJ Hero, the upcoming game where you work a turntable controller to mix music, have been downsized considerably. Quarter 4 sales projections have been changed from 1.6 million to 600,000 copies while first year sales guesstimates have changed from 2.5 million to 950,000.
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