Friday, August 04, 2006
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from melodicrock.com
SINGER OF THE KNACK HAS BRAIN SURGERY. TOUR DATES CANCELLED:Doug Fieger, singer of THE KNACK, underwent brain surgery on August 3rd in Los Angeles. The band, which currently includes former MR. BIG drummer Pat Torpey, has called off all remaining tour dates on the band's schedule.
The following is the official press release from Luck Media & Marketing, Inc.
Doug Fieger, lead singer of The Knack, underwent surgery today at Cedars Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles for removal of two brain tumors. According to Dr. John Yu, the surgery was successful and Fieger is expected to have a full recovery.
EAGLES INCHING TOWARD FIRST NEW ALBUM SINCE 1979:From Billboard.com: Gary Graff, Detroit / The Eagles hope to take flight with a new album -- sooner rather than later, according to guitarist Joe Walsh. "I would say the first half of next year we should be able to put out a new Eagles album," he tells Billboard.com, adding with a laugh that "it'll be nice to have some new songs to play, 'cause we're sick of the old ones!"
The Eagles have been talking about a new studio album, their first since 1979's The Long Run, since launching the tongue-in-cheek series of Farewell tours in 2003. The recording sessions so far, according to Walsh, have yielded "pretty much basic tracks for people to take and write words to. We've got a bunch of stuff floating around." But after touring Europe earlier in the summer, Walsh says there's a new resolve to start turning those ideas into finished songs. "We decided we better get some new product out, some new songs," he says. "We could rest on our laurels and play our catalog forever, but we're not a nostalgia band. We've got another record in us. We don't have a mean ol' record company to tell us we're done anymore, so we're taking too long. We really need to just police ourselves and get in there and get it finished and put it out." Two new songs, Walsh's "One Day at a Time" and Glenn Frey's "No More Cloudy Days," appeared on last year's live DVD Farewell 1 Tour -- Live From Melbourne, which the band released via its own Eagles Recording Co. imprint.
First up for Walsh, however, is his first tour with the James Gang in 35 years. As previously reported, the outing begins Aug. 10 in Sturgis, N.D. Walsh won't rule out the possibility of recording new music with the trio too, but he quickly adds, "I really don't know what to expect. I just don't see a whole lot of improvising rock'n'roll bands out there now, so I think maybe there's a little window here for a spontaneous group like us. I'm excited to see where it goes."
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