Eddie Vedder entertained the crowd at Obama’s Farewell Address with a four song set before Obama took the podium. Vedder started out with an acoustic performance of “Rise,” a song from his Into the Wild soundtrack. Both Obama and Vedder are fellow Chicagoans.
After nearly coming to fists with Boy George over wine, Vince Neil, of Motley Crew fame, almost lost his cool with Saturday Night Love alum, Jon Luvitz, over a commercial project on the Celebrity Apprentice show. Despite the conflict Luvitz and Neil’s team won the round but it remains to be seen how the pair will work together going forward.
The Three-Day weekend Rocklahoma Festival will kick off May 26-28 in Pryor, Okla. Clssic and contempoprary bands like Ratt and Buckcherry will also be making appearances at the event.
While on the Nerdist Podcast, with host Chris Hardwick, James Hetfield mentioned that they have tour dates scheduled for the whole year but are limiting performances to 50 a year. That sounds like a lot to me.
Loudwire.com has more details and an audio clip from the show below.
A tribute tour in honor of David Bowie has launched and features a bevy of super star talent that started on Jan. 8 (Bowie’s Birthday) at the Brixton Academy in London. Bowie would have been 70 this year.
Diffuser.fm has more details below.
