On this day in 2008 – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed during the halftime-show of Super Bowl XLII at the University of Phoenix Stadium. They played ‘American Girl’, ‘I Won’t Back Down’, ‘Free Fallin” and ‘Runnin’ Down a Dream’.
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Paul McCartney Documentary ‘Man On The Run’ To Be Released In Cinemas For One Night Only
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An intimate new feature documentary about Paul McCartney will be released in cinemas for one night only by Trafalgar Releasing on February 19.
Tickets to see the film first, in select cinemas worldwide, including over 50 theatres across Canada, are available beginning February 4 at manontherun.film.
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, by Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy Award-winning director Morgan Neville, explores McCartney’s creative rebirth after The Beatles’ breakup.
The film captures Paul’s transformative decade in the wake of The Beatles’ break-up and the rise of his new band Wings. Through stunning archival footage, Linda McCartney’s exceptional photographs, interviews with Paul, Linda, Mary and Stella McCartney, a number of Wings band members, Sean Ono Lennon, Mick Jagger, Chrissie Hynde, and more, the film examines this time through a uniquely vulnerable lens.
In addition to the film, each theatrical screening includes a bonus conversation between Paul McCartney and director Morgan Neville, exclusive to cinemas..
The documentary is produced by Tremolo, in association with MPL Communications and Polygram Entertainment. Following the theatrical release, the film will be available on Prime Video from February 27 worldwide. Paul McCartney is one of the Executive producers.
Source: RTT Music News
On this day in 1976 – Genesis releases ‘A Trick Of The Tail’
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On this day in 1976 – Genesis released ‘A Trick Of The Tail’, their seventh studio album and the first to feature drummer Phil Collins as full-time lead vocalist following the departure of original vocalist Peter Gabriel. After auditioning over 400 vocalists, which saw Collins teaching the potential lead singers the songs, the band decided that Collins should be the new vocalist.
On this day in 2010 – Neil Young named the Musicares person of the year
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On this day in 2010 – Neil Young was named the Musicares person of the year for his “influential artistic accomplishments and philanthropic work”. A string of artists including Elton John, Norah Jones, James Taylor, Elvis Costello, John Fogerty, Dave Matthews and Sheryl Crow performed his songs as he was honoured by the US Recording Academy at the Los Angeles Convention Centre.
Rush Share Live ‘Kid Gloves’ Video From Upcoming ‘Grace Under Pressure’ Reissue
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Canadian rockers Rush recently released a live video for “Kid Gloves” from the upcoming reissue of their 1984 album, Grace Under Pressure.
The video is a recording from the band’s performance at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens on September 21, 1984.
The deluxe edition of Grace Under Pressure, due out on March 13th, will feature the concert film Grace Under Pressure Tour: Live in Toronto 1984.
The edition will be out on CD and Blu-ray and will include 37 minutes of previously unreleased footage.
In addition to the concert film, the set includes a newly remastered version of the original album and a new stereo mix taken from the original analog recordings.
The Blu-ray also includes new mixes of the album, including a Dolby Atmos mix. It features remastered videos for songs like “Distant Early Warning,” “Afterimage,” “The Enemy Within” and “The Body Electric.”
Grace Under Pressure: Super Deluxe Edition will be released as a limited-edition four-CD + Blu-ray set with a 52-page hardcover book. The reissue will also be available digitally and as a five-LP + Blu-ray set.
Source: RTT Music News
MEET THE H & S FEED & COUNTRY STORE PET OF THE WEEK: RINGO
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This week’s H & S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week is “Ringo”, a sweet male 3 year old Pitbull mix. Ringo weighs about 60-70 lbs, walks well on a leash, knows basic commands, and would make a great dog for any family! Ringo is fully vetted, vaccinated, neutered, and ready to go!
And since Ringo is the H&S Feed & Country Store Pet of the Week, his adoption fee is only $100 this week!
If you’d like to set up an appointment to meet Ringo or any of the pets at Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter, visit https://www.stephenmemorial.
Check out our visit about Ringo with Izzy from Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter here:
On this day in 1983 – Men At Work Go Number One Simultaneously with ‘Down Under’ and ‘Business As Usual’
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On this day in 1983 – Australian group Men At Work went to No.1 on the British and American singles and album charts simultaneously with ‘Down Under’ and ‘Business As Usual’. The last artist to achieve this was Rod Stewart in 1971.
Supertramp To Release Three More Albums In Half-speed Remaster Reissue Series
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Following the reissues of Crime Of The Century and Crisis? What Crisis?, Supertramp continue the 50th anniversary celebrations in their half-speed remaster reissue series with Even In The Quietest Moments…, Breakfast In America and Famous Last Words.
All three records have been remastered at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.
Even in the Quietest Moments… was originally released in April 1977 and is the band’s fifth album. It was an instant hit.
Supertramp’s sixth album, Breakfast In America is their biggest commercial success. Released in March 1979, it has sold over 22 million worldwide, generated 2 billion global streams and spent 88 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200.
Famous Last Words… was released in October 1982 and is the final album to feature the band’s classic line-up of Roger Hodgson, Rick Davies, John Helliwell, Dougie Thomson, and Bob Siebenberg.
This Supertramp half-speed remaster reissue series gives this catalog a greater depth of sound that allows reappraisal of some of the most enduring songs of all time. Their albums are some of the most ground breaking in British rock history.
Tracklists:
Even In The Quietest Moments
Side A
1. Give A Little Bit
2. Lover Boy
3. Even In The Quietest Moments
4. Downstream
Side B
1. Babaji
2. From Now On
3. Fool’s Overture
Breakfast In America
Side A
1. Gone Hollywood
2. The Logical Song
3. Goodbye Stranger
4. Breakfast In America
5. Oh Darling
Side B
1. Take The Long Way Home
2. Lord Is It Mine
3. Just Another Nervous Wreck
4. Casual Conversations
5. Child Of Vision
…Famous Last Words…
Side A
1. Crazy
2. Put On Your Old Brown Shoes
3. It’s Raining Again
4. Bonnie
5. Know Who You Are
Side B
1. My Kind Of Lady
2. C’est Le Bon
3. Waiting So Long
4. Don’t Leave Me Now
Source: RTT Music News
On this day in 1978 – Van Halen release their first single
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On this day in 1978 – Van Halen released their first single, a cover of The Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’. The Kinks’ Dave Davies has claimed to dislike Van Halen’s rendition of the song and stated of how a concert-goer once approached him after a live Kinks show and congratulated him on performing a “great cover of the Van Halen song.”
Dave Grohl Confirms New Foo Fighters Album Is Finished
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During Foo Fighters’ show at UTAS Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania, over the weekend, frontman Dave Grohl confirmed that the band have finished a new album.
“We might have a whole new record of songs that we just finished the other day,” he told the crowd.
The show on Saturday (January 24) as part of Foo Fighters’ “Take Cover Tour,” marked the band’s first Tasmanian performance in more than a decade and their debut concert in the state’s second-largest city.
The new record would be a follow-up to Foo Fighters’ 2023 album But Here We Are.
Grohl also hinted strongly that the band will be back in Australia sometime soon. “This won’t be the last time you see us,” he said. “We’ll be back here sooner than you think… and it’s before my next birthday.”
Grohl’s birthday falls on January 14, suggesting Foo Fighters could return to Australia before the end of 2026, though no official tour dates have yet been announced.
Source: RTT Music News
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