From the BBC:
Missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards has been declared as presumed dead, a spokeswoman for the band has said.The musician from Blackwood, south Wales, disappeared nearly 14 years ago.
Despite alleged sightings all over the world many believe Edwards, whose car was found near the Severn Bridge, took his own life at the age of 27.
- Richey Edwards Wikipedia entry
- Manic Street Preachers official website
- Manic Street Preachers MySpace
of Montreal Pack Up Their Nooses and Shaving Cream Coffins For Overseas Tour
As of Montreal continues to promote Skeletal Lamping (TMT Review) in the U.S. with bizarre, elaborate live shows during the holiday season, the band has announced additional tourdates that will take them overseas in early 2009. This means not only packing up band members and equipment, but also stage performers, costumes, multiple drum sets, set pieces, a stage partition, a noose, body paint, multiple cans of shaving cream, a fanny pack full of condoms, body suits, frilly shirts, toy guns, video footage, and a coffin. Expect long lines at the international airport in January.
For now, the band wraps up the year on the East Coast, hitting their home state at the very end of 2008.
& Fiery Furnaces
RIP: Guy Peellaert, Album Cover Artist
From ARTINFO.com:
Belgian illustrator and cartoonist Guy Peellaert died of heart failure at the age of 74 on November 17. Pellaert had a surrealist, Pop-art style; he mixed painting, drawing, photography, and comics in his work. He designed numerous well-known album covers, including for David Bowie's Diamond Dogs and the Rolling Stones' It's Only Rock 'n' Roll. He designed posters for countless films, such as Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and produced an acclaimed and much-imitated comic, Pravda.
- Guy Peellaert official website
- Guy Peellaert Wikipedia entry
Dan Deacon Does What He Does Best: Adds More Tourdates Bringing Shenanigans to Make Audiences Look Silly to the Masses
Hot off his raging success as a crayon commercial star, (one of) Baltimore’s finest Dan Deacon will be hitting the road for a sporadic tour (not sure he ever left the road actually). Anyone who has ever been witness to the fantastical events that transpire at a Dan Deacon show can assure you it's always worth the price of entry. Not only does Deacon play in the audience, but he also sets up games that make the audience feel like they're in elementary school recess all over again.
Now, at this point, we all know Spiderman of the Rings is a really great record, but the itch for new music by Deacon is becoming insurmountable. Hopefully those who make it to these shows hear something new to keep our anticipation high for the likely awesome next record.
Dan Deacon tourdates:
"I hate cynicism. If you work really hard, and you are kind, amazing things will happen." - Conan O'Brien
