Rufus Thomas: Last News

Beyoncé, B.B. King, Ike & Tina Turner and other stars, while the tour will focus on the career of Mavis Staples of the Staple Singers.Pat Mitchell Worley, executive director of the Stax Music Academy, said in a statement: “Even with the ongoing waves of the COVID virus and other events that continue changing the world by the day, our Stax Music Academy students still find a great deal of comfort and happiness in studying, creating, rehearsing, and performing music.”Fans can register for the exhibition here.A statement on the Stax website added: “Join Stax Music Academy (SMA) students as they explore the people, places, politics, economics, and culture that gave birth to Black American Music that continues to be relevant decades later.“After the extraordinary national/international success of SMA’s virtual programming last year, with more than 130,000 viewers in 27 states and 12 foreign countries, our 2022 Black History Month productions will offer even more.

Aerosmith fans can now watch the band’s final ever show as it has now been uploaded to YouTube in 4k quality.The band’s last gig took place on September 9, 2023 at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York and no one – including the band themselves – knew it would be their last. The concert was part of their ‘Peace Out’ tour, which kicked off last year, but the band only played three nights, before rescheduling the rest of the dates after frontman Steven Tyler injured his larynx.Their final show followed on from their tour opening set in Philadelphia on September 2, 2023, and a follow-up show in Pittsburgh on September 6.

Steven Tyler seriously injured his voice at a gig, Aerosmith have confirmed that their days of touring have come to an immediate end. Check out footage and the full setlist from their final show below.The gig took place at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on September 9, 2023, and no one – including the band themselves – knew it would be their last.Held as part of their ‘Peace Out’ tour, the run of live shows kicked off last year, but the band only played three nights, before rescheduling the rest of the dates after Tyler injured his larynx.Their final show, held in Elmont, New York, followed on from their tour opening set in Philadelphia on September 2, 2023, and a follow-up show in Pittsburgh on September 6.Like the others, it began with a video montage of the band throughout the years, before Tyler and co.

Green Day appear to be teasing new music in a cryptic social media post.In the post, the band wrote: “It’s October 1st, WAKE UP.” They then asked fans to hit a ‘snooze’ button on a new website set up here.

Green Day have shared three outtakes set to appear on the upcoming 30th anniversary reissue of ‘Dookie’.Last month, the band announced details of a huge expanded reissue for the 1994 Grammy award-winning album, which will be available on September 29 as a limited-edition six LP vinyl box set, a four-CD box set and it will be available digitally.The collection features previous unreleased ‘Dookie’ demos and outtakes as well as two seminal live recordings, ‘Live At Woodstock (1994)’ – for the first time on DSPs – and the previously unreleased ‘Live In Barcelona (June 5, 1994)’.Ahead of its release, the band have shared three rarities: a cover of Rufus Thomas’ 1963 track ‘Walking The Dog’, and hi-fi studio versions of ‘Christie Road’, which initially appeared on debut album ‘Kerplunk’, and ‘409 In Your Coffeemaker’ (from 1990 EP ‘Slappy’).Listen to all three below.The box set comes with a roll of ‘Dookie’ dog poop bags, five-button set, air freshener, postcard, bumper sticker, kiss-cut large magnet sheet, paper airplane, a black-and-white “Coloring Page” cover litho insert, and a poster of the alternate cover art.The CD box set consists of two stickers, the five-button set, air freshener, and single soft vinyl magnet. Both box set versions feature a heartfelt personal intro penned by Grammy Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo and extensive liner notes from Grammy Award-winner Bob Mehr.‘Dookie (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)‘ is set for release on September 29.