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Sunday, November 27, 2022

Bruce Springsteen Prepping Box Set Of Five Previously Unreleased Albums

Rock icon Bruce Springsteen has revealed that he is prepping a box set of five previously unreleased albums, which were mainly recorded during the '90s.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Springsteen said that the collection would feature songs from the post-1988 period.

"I have a box set of five unreleased albums that are basically post-1988. People have always wondered.People look at my work in the Nineties and they go, 'The Nineties wasn't a great decade for Bruce. He was kind of doing this and he wasn't in the E Street Band," he said. "I actually made a lot of music during that period of time. I actually made albums. For one reason or another, the timing wasn't right or whatever, I didn't put them out."

"They've kind of gathered. I spent time over one of the past winters completely cleaning out the vault. I have a series of Tracks albums that eventually we'll release," he added. "Some of it is older stuff that the band plays on, and some of it is newer stuff where I was conceptualizing during that period of time. It'll give people a chance to reassess what I was doing during that time period. Also, a lot of the stuff is really weird. There's going to be people that really.I can't wait to see the response to some of it."

Springsteen also confirmed that one of his unheard albums is entirely based on drum looping.

"That's going to be as weird as people think it's going to be," he said. "But it uses all drum loops and things like that, and it uses synthesizers. I like the record myself. But the first thing we're putting out is a series of albums. It's going to be so interesting to see the fan response because I love them all."

He said that he can't give a release date, but his fans can expect it to drop in "the near future."

(Photo: Danny Clinch)

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Liam Gallagher, Florence + The Machine To Headline 2023 Boardmasters Festival

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and Florence + The Machine have been confirmed as headliners of the Boardmasters Festival in 2023.

The Boardmasters Festival is set to take place at Watergate Bay and Fistral beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on August 9-13, 2023. Other acts announced at the surfing festival include Little Simz, Four Tet, Bob Vylan and Example.

Organizers said "tens of thousands" had already signed up for pre-sale tickets before the general release on Friday. Tickets for Boardmasters 2023 are on sale now.

Meanwhile, last week, Florence + The Machine postponed the remainder of their U.K. tour after Florence Welch broke her foot on stage in London.

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Roger Waters Shares 'Darker' Version Of 'Comfortably Numb'

Roger Waters released a new version of the classic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" last Friday (November 18) via Sony Music.

Roger Waters recently released a new version of the classic Pink Floyd song "Comfortably Numb" via Sony Music.

The darker version, which is called "Comfortably Numb 2022," features a more ominous tone than the original that came out more than four decades ago.

"During lockdown, I made a demo of a new version of 'Comfortably Numb' as an opener for our new show This Is Not a Drill," Waters said in a news release. "I pitched it a whole step down, in A Minor, to make it darker and arranged it with no solos - except over the outro chord sequence, where there is a heartrendingly beautiful female vocal solo from Shanay Johnson, one of our new singers."

"Comfortably Numb 2022," co-produced by Waters and Gus Seyffert, features work from ten musicians and has strings, percussion, bass, guitar and more.

Sean Evans produced and directed the accompanying video for the track. The visual was shot by Kate Izor. Waters recorded the track during his "This Is Not a Drill" North American tour.

"Comfortably Numb" was originally included on 1979's The Wall before being released as a single in 1980. Its lyrics were inspired by an incident in 1977 when Waters, suffering from hepatitis, was injected with tranquilizers before taking the stage to perform.

"That was the longest two hours of my life," he later told Rolling Stone. "Trying to do a show when you can hardly lift your arm."

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Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks Add Kansas City Date To Series Of Co-Headlining Concerts

Iconic musicians Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks have added a Kansas City date to their recently announced co-headlining stadium shows.

The pair will perform at the GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday, August 19, 2023. The show will mark the first time the two have ever performed on the same stage in Missouri.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, December 2 at 10am at ticketmaster.com.

Earlier this month, Joel and Nicks announced that they will be co-headlining several stadium shows in 2023. The shows are titled "Two Icons, One Night."

Nicks shared the news on Instagram. "Excited to hit the road with the amazing @billyjoel in 2023," she captioned her post.

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