Classic KFMC Rock News
For July 24-25, 2008
***OZZY OSBOURNE will be honored this fall at the UK's Classic Rock Awards. The BLACK SABBATH singer and reality TV star will be given the prestigious living legend award. The announcement was made yesterday in London by ALICE COOPER, who is a previous living legend recipient himself.
Ozzy says, "I couldn't be happier to know that Classic Rock haven't written me off! Seriously, it's a great honor and I'm looking forward to going to my first Classic Rock Awards in November." The ceremony, which is staged by the UK's Classic Rock magazine, will take place November 3rd at London's Park Lane Hotel.
Among the nominees, DEF LEPPARD, WHITESNAKE and LED ZEPPELIN lead the pack with three nominations each. KISS and newcomers STONE GODS are both up for two awards.
***SHERYL CROW won't be part of it, but FLEETWOOD MAC will launch a tour early next year. That's according to LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, who tells Billboard magazine that the Mac will get together in January to start rehearsing for the tour. It's the group's first one since 2004. A new Fleetwood Mac album will likely follow the tour.
Regarding the rumors that Sheryl would be joining Fleetwood Mac on the road as a replacement for CHRISTINE MCVIE, Lindsey says they did speak with Sheryl about it, bu the idea, quote, "just kind of lost its momentum."
As for why the band is touring first, and then releasing a CD, Lindsey says, "I think maybe there was a sense that we would make a better album if we went out and hung out together first on the road ... maybe even sowing some seeds musically that would get us more prepared to go in the studio rather than just going in cold."
***FOREIGNER leader MICK JONES says the band hopes to release a new studio album in 2009. Despite the fact that Jones is currently the only member of the band's charter lineup, Foreigner is enjoying a bit of a resurgence these days, thanks to their current tour with BRYAN ADAMS and a new double-disc retrospective called No End in Sight.
Jones tells the Associated Press, "We haven't had the time because of the tour to concentrate on a whole album, but we wanted something out that denotes the fact that the band is alive and taking this seriously...I wasn't happy with the way the band drifted into obscurity toward the end of the '90s. So this is a chance to re-establish ourselves and regain some prestige and respect." Foreigner's last studio outing, Mr. Moonlight, came out in 1995.
***The Chicago Sun-Times reports several celebrities will appear in video for a new song written by BONO and DAVE STEWART in support of BARACK OBAMA. The track is called "American Prayer," and Stewart has put together the black and white video, which is expected to hit the Internet within the next two weeks. Stars in the clip reportedly include OPRAH WINFREY, CYNDI LAUPER, MACY GRAY, MARGARET CHO and WHOOPI GOLDBERG.
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