“Yes” … and No …
There is some irony in the sudden cancellation of 11 Yes concert dates.
The band tersely attributes the cancellations to “unforeseen medical reasons” in what is called a “tour update” on the Yes website, leaving us to wonder whether it is Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Oliver Wakeman or Benoit David who is too sick or hurt to perform the shows that have bitten the dust.
Wakeman’s blog makes reference to a “medical emergency” that forced postponement of a February 9 performance in Houston, but without little details like what the emergency was and who its victim was.
The irony? It was lead singer Jon Anderson’s health that forced cancellation of the band’s 40th anniversary tour last summer, and brought about the replacement of Anderson with David when the current tour began in November.
The tour is scheduled to resume February 25 in Phoenix.
And Billboard is reporting that Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne are putting their annual Ozzfest festival on hold for 2009 while Ozzy completes work on a new album… and makes his famous, embarrassing appearances on the Osbourne family’s new ‘variety’ TV show.
The as-yet-untitled followup to Ozzy’s 2007 release Black Rain is due out sometime this autumn and will be co-produced by Osbourne with Kevin Churko.
Ozzfest was a one-off event in Frisco, Texas, last year, with appearances by Ozzy, Metallica, Serj Tankian, Korn’s Jonathan Davis and Sevendust.
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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is continuing to work on his autobiography, to be ghost-written by The Boston Globe’s David Dalton.
Dalton’s previous work includes books on Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison. The as-yet untitled autobiography will be published by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, who allegedly paid close to $2,000,000 for the privilege of printing it!
Okay … runnin’ short on time here due to some contact and scouting work for The Fore, but that’ll be wrapped up shortly. So stay tuned … there’s gonna be more in less than 24!
See ya on the flip side …
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