At the Shockwave NME Awards on Wednesday night for being a music genius,Foo Fighters frontman and Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl was honored.
Grohl was the first American artist to be given the Godlike Genius award by the music magazine’s awards show, according to Spin.com.
Grohl also joked, “You guys realize they gave this one to a drummer, right? This one's for the drummers!”
Grohl and the Foos celebrated with a big concert at London’s Brixton Academy, which included an appearance by rock legend Roger Daltrey (who had earlier presented Grohl with his award).
“When they asked us to play, I said, ‘Why don't we play a song with an actual godlike genius, Mr. Roger Daltrey?’” Grohl said. Daltrey then joined the band for a run-through of an old Who live favorite, “Young Man Blues.”
Friday, 25 February 2011
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
The Who: Rock Band set for 2010?
The Who lead singer Roger Daltry told Massachusetts paper The Republican that The Who will be receiving its own Rock Band. When an interviewer brought up the newly released The Beatles: Rock Band,
Daltry said, "The game, yeah, yeah, they're going to be doing a Who one next year. There is one planned."It makes some intelligence that The Who would be next in line for the Beatles action.
In adding to being one of the biggest classic rock acts out there, The Who has been tied to the Rock Band permit roughly since day one. When Harmonix initially announced full album downloads, The Who's Who's Next was the first one exposed, even if technological difficulty forced it to be scrapped in favor of a sampler of the band's hits. And in a promotional push for the sequel, the famous British rockers played a shock set at Harmonix and MTV Games' big E3 2008 Rock Band 2 party.
Then again, the report restricted no more details about the game, leaving some question as to whether Daltry spoke of a stand-alone title like The Beatles: Rock Band, a retail-exclusive offering like the AC/DC track pack, or simply another round of downloadable content.
A loyal Who Rock Band game would also raise questions as to which songs would be incorporated in the setlist. Versions of many of the band's biggest hits are already available in existing Rock Band games, including "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Pinball Wizard," "Baba O' Riley," "My Generation," "Who Are You," and "Behind Blue Eyes."
Daltry said, "The game, yeah, yeah, they're going to be doing a Who one next year. There is one planned."It makes some intelligence that The Who would be next in line for the Beatles action.
In adding to being one of the biggest classic rock acts out there, The Who has been tied to the Rock Band permit roughly since day one. When Harmonix initially announced full album downloads, The Who's Who's Next was the first one exposed, even if technological difficulty forced it to be scrapped in favor of a sampler of the band's hits. And in a promotional push for the sequel, the famous British rockers played a shock set at Harmonix and MTV Games' big E3 2008 Rock Band 2 party.
Then again, the report restricted no more details about the game, leaving some question as to whether Daltry spoke of a stand-alone title like The Beatles: Rock Band, a retail-exclusive offering like the AC/DC track pack, or simply another round of downloadable content.
A loyal Who Rock Band game would also raise questions as to which songs would be incorporated in the setlist. Versions of many of the band's biggest hits are already available in existing Rock Band games, including "Won't Get Fooled Again," "Pinball Wizard," "Baba O' Riley," "My Generation," "Who Are You," and "Behind Blue Eyes."
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Daltrey's Delight At Beady Eye 'Triumph'
When LIAM GALLAGHER's new band BEADY EYE signed up to performed at Roger Daltrey's The Who band member annual charity gigs - branding the coup a personal "triumph",he got delighted.
The Who frontman stages a yearly series of shows in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, and this year (11) he's lined up a hotly-anticipated concert by the former Oasis singer's new group.
The gig next month (Mar11), at London's Royal Albert Hall, will be Beady Eye's biggest to date - and Daltrey is overjoyed he managed to secure the in-demand band.
He tells British talk show Loose Women, "On the Friday, of course we have got Liam Gallagher's new band, Beady Eye, which is a big triumph for me."
The Who frontman stages a yearly series of shows in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, and this year (11) he's lined up a hotly-anticipated concert by the former Oasis singer's new group.
The gig next month (Mar11), at London's Royal Albert Hall, will be Beady Eye's biggest to date - and Daltrey is overjoyed he managed to secure the in-demand band.
He tells British talk show Loose Women, "On the Friday, of course we have got Liam Gallagher's new band, Beady Eye, which is a big triumph for me."
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Roger Daltrey unveil cancer scare
To remove a pre-cancerous growth on one of his vocal cords,The Who's band member Roger Daltrey revealed that he had an operation in December 2009.
Shortly after finishing a 30-date tour the singer was able to know about it,"My voice wasn't behaving in the normal way," Daltrey told CBS Los Angeles. "It was becoming hard work to sing. I just got lucky that somebody put me in touch with Steven Zeitels [Director of the Mass General Voice Center in Massachusetts]."
He added: "He told me that he didn't like what he saw. He took off what he could from the problem area on my vocal cord. He said it wasn't cancer but it was a pre-cancerous growth and you have to keep an eye on it."
Following the operation Daltrey reveals that he was well enough to perform with The Who at the Super Bowl,but he since very beginning struggling with the recovery process.
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