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It's My Life Tour
The It's My Life Tour was a concert tour by the Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine. The tour commenced on 5 October 1991 after two warm-up shows, one press show and three trade-industry shows, visiting twelve countries and concluding after seven months and sixty-nine performances, a larger outing than their first tour in 1989. Tour details The band rehearsed and warmed up for the tour in Dublin in August 1991. Joined onstage by guitarist Eric Schermerhorn, Tin Machine presented songs from the ''Tin Machine'' album and the ''Tin Machine II'' album, augmented with cover versions of songs from the Pixies, Neil Young and The Moody Blues. To start the show at some venues, an old TV was placed on stage, playing old sitcoms while the prelude to Wagner's '' Tristan and Isolde'' played over loudspeakers."Bowie, Tin Machine offer what may be rock's new frontier" by Cary Smith, Journal-American, December 1991 The band purposefully booked intimate venues of a few thousand seats or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Machine
Tin Machine were a British–American Rock music, rock band formed in 1988. The band consisted of English singer-songwriter David Bowie on lead vocals, saxophone and guitar; Reeves Gabrels on guitar and vocals; Tony Fox Sales on bass and vocals; and Hunt Sales on drums and vocals. The Sales brothers had previously performed with Bowie and Iggy Pop during the 1977 tour for ''The Idiot (album), The Idiot''. Kevin Armstrong (guitarist), Kevin Armstrong played additional guitar and keyboards on the band's first and second studio albums and Tin Machine Tour, first tour, and American guitarist Eric Schermerhorn played on the It's My Life Tour, second tour and live album ''Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby'' (1992). Hunt Sales said that the band's name "reflects the sound of the band", and Bowie stated that he and his band members joined up "to make the kind of music that we enjoyed listening to", and to rejuvenate himself artistically. The band recorded two studio albums and one live al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC In Concert
''In Concert'' is a late-night television series created by Don Kirshner. Hosted by Don Branker, the series was a showcase for bands of the era to be taped "in concert" and then broadcast on ABC on Friday nights. ''In Concert'' The series premiered on November 24, 1972, preempting ''The Dick Cavett Show''. The first episode was the broadcast of a concert taped at Hofstra University on November 2, 1972, with Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley, Curtis Mayfield, and Seals & Crofts. The second episode, broadcast on December 8, 1972, and again preempting ''Cavett'', featured The Allman Brothers Band and Chuck Berry. David Sontag became the executive producer of ''In Concert'' starting with the 3rd show and for the rest of the first season. Don Kirshner had no direct connection with the show after the second episode except that the production credits listed ''In Concert'' as a "David Sontag Production" and a "Don Kirshner Production". Starting with the 3rd episode there was no host; Joshua Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bessie Banks
Bessie Banks (born February 8, 1938) is an American rhythm and blues and soul singer, best known for her original 1964 recording of "Go Now," successfully covered in the same year by UK band the Moody Blues. Life and career She was born Bessie White in New Bern, North Carolina, and later raised in Brooklyn, New York City. In the mid-1950s, she began singing with a quartet called Three Guys and a Doll. While a member of the group, she met singer Larry Banks; they married on stage at the Royal Theatre in Baltimore around 1955. She performed and recorded as Toni Banks during the mid-1950s, including the 1957 single "You're Still in My Heart", on which she was backed by the Four Fellows. In 1959, she and Larry recorded as members of the Companions, releasing a single "Why Oh Why Baby" on the Federal label. Taking back the name Bessie Banks, she recorded as a solo singer in the first half of the 1960s, starting with "Do It Now" in 1963 on the Spokane Records label. The single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Now
"Go Now" is a song composed by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett and first recorded by Bessie Banks, released as a single in January 1964. The best-known version was recorded by the Moody Blues and released the same year. Bessie Banks version The song was first recorded by Larry Banks's former wife, Bessie Banks. A 1962 demo recording by Bessie of the song was heard by songwriters and record producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who re-recorded it in late 1963, with arrangement by Gary Sherman and backing vocals from Dee Dee Warwick and Cissy Houston. The single was first released in early 1964 on their Tiger label, and later reissued on the Blue Cat label, the R&B/soul imprint of Red Bird. Her version reached No. 40 on the '' Cashbox'' R&B singles chart. Bessie Banks later commented:I remember 1963 Kennedy was assassinated; it was announced over the radio. At the time, I was rehearsing in the office of Leiber and Stoller. We called it a day. Everyone was in tears. "Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can't Read
"I Can't Read" is a song written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for Tin Machine on their Tin Machine (album), debut album in 1989. The song was subsequently re-recorded by Bowie and Gabrels together in 1996, and performed live during Bowie's concerts in the late 1990s. Background Bowie described the song as "full of remorse and agony, I expect, it's when jobs go wrong, and home doesn't really feel warm any more, and you don't need anybody – you don't even pretend you do – and you end up in this kind of state."David Bowie, Bridge School Benefit, Bridge Concert Benefit X, 19 October 1996 Bowie recorded two new versions of the song in 1996, one for the film ''The Ice Storm (film), The Ice Storm'' and a different version for inclusion on his album ''Earthling (David Bowie album), Earthling'' (1997), although this latter version was never released until its inclusion on ''Is It Any Wonder? (David Bowie EP), Is It Any Wonder?'' (2020). The ''Ice Storm'' version was released as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The God
"Under the God" is the first official single released by Anglo-American hard rock band Tin Machine, taken from their Tin Machine (album), eponymous debut album in June 1989. Song information "Under the God", which came from a demo originally called "Night Train", was a song that excoriated Neo-Nazism. Although "Heaven's in Here" was actually the album's first single, it was only released promotionally, which made "Under the God" the first official single, released after the album was already available. Critical reception Jerry Smith, reviewer of British music newspaper ''Music Week'', reviewed the single positively, saying that it reminds him of Bowie's "Panic in Detroit" and expressed the assurance that it "should ignite the charts". Music video The band elected not to create music videos for the album's singles, and instead created a 13-track megamix video for the entire album. The video, directed by Julien Temple, presented edits of each song in vignette form, and included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Zénith
Le Zénith () is the name given to a series of indoor arenas in France. The first arena, the "Zénith Paris" is a rejuvenation of the Pavillon de Paris. In French culture, the word "zénith" has become synonymous with "theater". A zénith is a theater that can accommodate concert tours, variety shows, plays, musicals and dance recitals. All zeniths carry a similar internal design of an indoor amphitheater that can seat at least 3,000 spectators. A venue was planned to open in Saint-Denis, Réunion entitled Zénith du Port. The arena was proposed in 2005 by the city council. Planned to open in 2008 with a capacity of 6,000, the construction of the arena was shut down. It was determined the venue would not be profitable as there was no research done to see which events the arena could house. They also felt the venue would be a hard sell to bring in international talent. Kabardock was built on the proposed site of the zenith. Zénith Paris *Address: Allée du Zénith, 75019 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo
Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapporo
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2023, the city has a population of 1,959,750, making it the largest city in Hokkaido and the largest north of Tokyo. It is the List of cities in Japan, fifth-most populous city in Japan and is Hokkaido's cultural, economic, and political center. Originally a plain sparsely inhabited by the indigenous Ainu people, there were a few trade posts of the Matsumae clan, Matsumae domain in the area during the Edo period. The city began as an administrative centre with the establishment of the Hokkaidō Development Commission, Hokkaido Development Commission headquarters in 1869. Inspired by the ancient cities of Kyoto and Heijō-kyō, it adopted a grid plan and developed around Odo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston, MA
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023, making it the largest metropolitan area in New England and the Metropolitan statistical area, eleventh-largest in the United States. Boston was founded on Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by English Puritans, Puritan settlers, who named the city after the market town of Boston, Lincolnshire in England. During the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War, Boston was home to several seminal events, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oy Vey, Baby
''Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby'' is a live album by Anglo-American rock band Tin Machine, originally released through London Records on 27July 1992. The album includes songs, all from the band's two albums, recorded between 20November 1991 and 11February 1992 from five different venues on the North American and Asian legs of Tin Machine's It's My Life Tour. The maligned album title was intended as a pun on U2's 1991 album ''Achtung Baby''. ''Oy Vey, Baby'' has received negative reviews, with many criticising the performances. It failed to chart in both the UK and the US. It was accompanied by a concert video of the same title, which was filmed at The Docks, Hamburg on 24October 1991. Following its release, Tin Machine disbanded and Bowie quickly resumed his solo career with ''Black Tie White Noise'' (1993). Overview Tin Machine, composed of English singer-songwriter David Bowie, American guitarist Reeves Gabrels and American brothers Tony Fox and Hunt Sales on bass and drums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docks (nightclub)
Docks (formerly Knopf's Music Hall) is a nightclub located at Spielbudenplatz in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, Germany. It has a capacity between 1,250 and 1,500 people. The building opened in 1900 as a Movie theater, cinema. Notable past performers include Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Metallica, Motörhead, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Def Leppard, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio (band), Dio, Iron Maiden, Nine Inch Nails and Liam Gallagher. References Music venues in Germany Nightclubs in Hamburg Music in Hamburg Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte {{Hamburg-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
