Fall Out Boy bottle their friend at Carling Weekend: Reading
Fall Out Boy ripped through a drama-free set this evening at Carling Weekend: Reading, with a covers-heavy set during which they poked fun at the bottling of Panic! At The Disco last year.
Taking to the stage at 5.35pm, the current kings of emo opened with their own song 'Thriller', but later in the set performed a cover of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'.
Bassist Pete Wentz as usual did much of the between-song talking, referring to last year?' bottling and the 'War On Emo' media storm.
"Who was here at Reading last year?" he asked the crowd. "People are always talking about a war on emo so we've decided we're going to do a cover of our favourite song for you guys", before launching into a medley of Akon's 'Don't Matter' and R Kelly.'s 'Ignition'.
"People were asking us if we were nervous about playing Reading," Wentz continued after the song. "We said no, because people here have always been really hospitable to us. But we don't want be hit in the head with a bottle, because that sucks, so we brought our friend here, and he's going to break a real beer bottle over his head."
The band's pal then appeared on stage and smashed a beer bottle into his forehead, resulting in a bloody nose which dripped as he danced up a storm for the remainder of the set.
"We figured when you come to a festival, it sucks when you don't know any of the songs so we figured we'd do a cover. Scream when you know what song it is, but don't scream before then? Wentz ordered as the band tore into a cover of 'Beat It'.
The band went on to cover Huey Lewis And The Newa's 'The Power Of Love' before wrapping up their set with 'Saturday'. |
Hilly Kristal 1932-2007
Hilly Kristal, founder of legendary punk venue CBGB has died at the age of 75.
Born in New Jersey in 1932, Kristal moved across the Hudson River to New York City at age 18 where he worked as a singer, performing at venues around Manhattan including Radio City Music Hall.
Kristal eventually moved into the business side of music and for a time managed West Village jazz club- the Village Vanguard- a venue that remains today. During his time at the club, Kristal was responsible for booking such jazz luminaries as Miles Davis.
In 1970, Kristal opened a bar on the Bowery on Manhattan's Lower East Side which he named 'Hilly's On The Bowery'. He subsequently changed the name to CBGB & OMFUG, standing for 'Country Blue grass and Blues & Other Music For Uplifting Gormandizers'.
As the titled conveyed, Kristal had intended on the venue becoming a country/bluegrass/blues venue but he found it difficult to find acts of this nature to book and instead welcomed punk bands to play.
Legendary acts including Blondie, The Ramones, Talking Heads and Patti Smith all got their start at CBGB, as did Television and Living Color.
In the early 2000s, Kristal became embroiled in a legal battle with his landlords - the Bowery Residents' Committee, an agency that houses homeless people - as they tried to collect over $300,000 in rent from CBGB and eventually won their bid for eviction.
Despite many campaigns and protests to keep CBGB open, the club closed its doors after a 3.5 hour performance from Patti Smith on October 15, 2006.
Kristal was diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2006 and was visibly frail at the closing night of his club. Despite his illness, Kristal was adamant that he would re-open the club in Las Vegas, and had plans to use many of the original fixtures and fittings from the Bowery location, including the bar and urinals.
Kristal is survived by his daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, son, Mark Dana Kristal, son-in-law Ger Burgman and grandchildren Jenny and Adam Burgman. |
Secretly Canadian Preps 100th Album Comp
In honor of its 100th release since forming 11 years ago, the Bloomington, Indiana-based indie Secretly Canadian will release a compilation disc featuring artists from their family covering one another. The album, SC100, will include 18 tracks from the likes of Songs: Ohia, Dave Fischoff and Jens Lekman among others, and is set for an April 24 release. A second collection of songs will also be released exclusively via download. Now a centenarian, the imprint shows no signs of slowing down, as it and sister labels Jagjaguwar and the newly formed Dead Oceans are gearing up for several high profile releases this year, Besnard Lakes, Okkervil River and Bishop Allen among them.
Tracklist For SC100:
01. See(ing) Double (June Panic) - Nikki Sudden
02. The Last Bandit (Nikki Sudden) - Songs: Ohia
03. Structure: Necessity (Songs:Ohia) - Suzanne Langille
04. The Escape (Suzanne Langille and Loren MazzaCane Connors) - Early Day Miners
05. Upstate (Early Day Miners) - Damien Jurado
06. Abeline (Damien Jurado) - Dave Fischoff
07. Propaganda for a Comic (Dave Fischoff) - Danielson
08. Fruitful Weekend (Danielson) - June Panic
09. Soft Evenings (Marmoset) - Ativin
10. Lungs for the Race (Havergal) - Swearing At Motorists
11. Riding and Romaing (Ativin) - Havergal
12. The Real Thing (Swearing At Motorists) - Racebannon
13. Clubber Lang (Racebannon) - Cornelius Boots
14. We're All Gonna Die (Scout Niblett) - Jens Lekman
15. Sky Phenomenon (Jens Lekman) - Marmoset
16. 40 Years of Our Family (Japonize Elephants) - The Impossible Shapes
17. Birds (The Impossible Shapes) - Panoply Academy
18. Highlight and Marginalia (Panoply Academy) - Japonize Elephants |