Shady Pines, ma! Shady Pines. Back when Dorothy was telling her mom that, Menudo was the hugest boy band in the world.
Now, all of those members are the same age as the Golden Girls were then. And that is not stopping them from hitting the road again to celebrate the band’s 50th year of making music.
Former members René Farrait (1979–1982), Roy Rossello (1983–1986), Raymond Acevedo (1985–1988), Sergio Blass (1986–1990), Ralphy Rodríguez (1986-1987), Rubén Gómez (1987–1990), and Robert Avellanet (1988–1991) are reuniting for the first time this century.
As of now, the seven of them are planning to hit six cities in the United States, Mexico, and their home, Puerto Rico, starting in October. Tickets are available for pre-sale now, and will be available to everyone else tomorrow.
Are you going to go see them together again? Is your favorite member part of the reunion? Hopefully, Ricky Martin will join them for a date or two!
And most importantly, they won’t be checking into Shady Pines when it is all over.
Echo and the Bunnymen are in the middle of their More Songs To Learn & Sing Tour. However, they cancelled tonight’s show due to singer Ian McCulloch being taken to the hospital.
The band wrote in a statement explaining the postponement:
While travelling from Washington, D.C. to Philadelphia, Ian McCulloch’s vehicle was involved in a road traffic incident.
As a result, Ian required medical treatment. Thankfully, the injuries sustained are not believed to be serious; however, as you can appreciate, he has been left understandably shaken by the incident. As a precautionary measure, Ian is undergoing further medical assessment, including scans and X-rays.
After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to postpone tonight’s performance in Philadelphia.
Postponing a show is always a last resort. We never want to disappoint our fans, and we know many of you will have made plans to attend this evening’s concert.
We kindly ask ticket holders to retain their tickets while we work through the next steps. A further update regarding the show will be provided as soon as possible.
We sincerely apologise for the disappointment and inconvenience caused, and thank you for your understanding and support.
The band played Washington, D.C. on Friday, and is slated to play Brooklyn tomorrow night. The band did not say if the show will go on.
Hopefully, the 67-year-old musician was not injured too seriously and will be up for that show and their upcoming shows later this week in Boston, Toronto, and Cleveland.
Neil Young was going to tour Europe in June and July, but that is no longer happening.
The singer wrote, “I have decided to take a break and will not be touring Europe this time. Thanks to everyone who bought tickets. I’m sorry to let you down, but this is not the time. I do love playing LIVE and being with you and the Chrome Hearts.”
Young did not say why it is not the time, so we are left to guess. Hopefully, he is OK.
In 2018, Paul Simon revealed that he was retiring from the road due to severe hearing loss in his left ear. However, yesterday, he announced that he will play a few small dates starting on April 4th in New Orleans.
“It was during the recording of Seven Psalms, as revealed in the acclaimed In Restless Dreams documentary, that Simon began to steadily lose the hearing in his left ear which initially made extended live performances impossible,” the press release states. “Together with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss, and his own production team, Simon redesigned his entire stage set up to make performing viable. This included moving monitors to surround him.”
That is why the 83-year-old legendary singer is playing the smaller venues where the acoustics will work for him, and he will be able to set up the stage to accommodate his needs.
He was inspired to perform the songs from Grammy-nominated Seven Psalms live for the first time and has been rehearsing to give the audience the best show with those seven singles and other ones from his past.
I am hoping that he will be able to reunite with Art Garfunkel for a few gigs now that they are getting along again. That would be the greatest gift they could give their fans. Could you imagine?
The timing of Simon’s announcement was brilliant because we are still talking about his duet with Sabrina Carpenter of Homeward Bound to open Saturday Night Live’s 50th celebration on Sunday.
Tickets for A Quiet Celebration Tour go on sale on February 21st.
Valentine’s Day was only four days ago, but Peter Noone’s Herman’s Hermits and The Ludlow Garage want us to be thinking about our Christmas plans 310 days before the holiday.
And that is way too early. At least wait until Easter, Jesus’ death day, before we start thinking about his birthday.
Even Mariah Carey, the Queen of Christmas, waits until Halloween. So, until she is defrosted, we don’t talk about Bruno, I mean Christmas. Deal?
