September 15:
♫ The website is within a gnat’s
crotchet of being uploaded now. Yay!!!
Of course, you’ll know that already if you’re reading these words
because presumably the site will be finished by then but, well, never mind,
we’re mildly excited all the same… Anyway enough of this babbling, onwards to
events in the world of AAA groups this week…
♫ The one musician you can
always rely on to liven up an otherwise dull news week is Paul McCartney. And
boy is he having an interesting week this week. Following on from his landmark
gig in Russia, a country that only lifted their ban on Beatles and ex-Beatles’
music and rock concerts in general a few years ago, Macca has agreed to play a
concert for the people of Israel. Alas, politics has yet again got in the way
of good music and a Palestinian group are threatening to have Macca shot if he
agrees to play there (just imagine the outcry in the country that would
cause—Palestine wouldn’t have a hope of quelling the riots that event would
bring about…) Hey, guys, music’s a worldwide language that’s meant to unite
people not divide them—save your problems for when politicians come calling
instead (let’s hope Bush pays a visit very soon. Not that he knows where Israel is of course - Israel
♫ Last
minute news/ Pink Floyd: David Gilmour’s celebratory tour farewell in Gdansk,
Poland, was always due to be broadcast on BBC4 next Friday (26th September) as
a ’trailer’ for Gilmour’s DVD set of the concert currently out. However, this
concert now takes on a quite different light in view of the sad death of fellow
Floyd and Gilmour band member Rick Wright who unfortunately died on Monday.
This ‘farewell’ concert from 2006 is now a ‘farewell’ in quite a different sort
of a way, as it was the last concert Rick ever played, as a member of Dave’s
band. See the (rather lengthy) entry below for a full tribute to the sorely
missed musician.
