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November 25 Love and Rockets' Holy Fool is now available at CDNow for $2.49 or on vinyl for $4.99. Also, Peter Murphy's Roll Call - Recall is available on a 12" single as well with Indigo Eyes and Big Love of a Tiny Fool on the b side. Unfortunately, CDNow doesn't have it yet. Love and Rockets were on Loveline last night, but no one seems exactly sure what was said by them! Their appearance at the Virgin Megastore opening in Orange County, CA looks as if it's going to be a ticket giveaway on radio. The same seems to go for the Riverside show as well. Cross your fingers, and keep that phone on redial. There is also a chat transcript of the Love and Rockets chat from some weeks ago on SonicNet now. That's all the news for now and for the rest of the week, as I'm taking an overdue holiday. Be back on Monday with more to report... November 22 The final Undertaker Journals are in! The last two entries are from the final gigs - Lisbon and Oporto. Hopefully we'll see the Undertaker in the near future sometime... Marina has sent in more pictures from Mexico City, including her close encounters of the fab four kind. Fernando also sent in several pictures of the Lisbon show. I'd like to thank all of you for sending in photos of the tour but just because the tour is over doesn't mean that you can't stop sending in pictures. I must also reiterate that I've seen a few photos from this site used without permission on other sites - you MUST get the photographer's permission to use the shots. The few unscrupulous people not taking this to heart will feel not only my wrath, but the band's too. Before I get off my pedestal, a few people have expressed concern that the shows from the tour sounded just too good - they must have used backing tracks or a little help from technology. I hate to ruin the pessimists' fun, but every show was done live, no extras were used (except for the roadies assisting Peter during "Boys"), and nor were any Maxell tapes abused (except by the people in the audience). November 19 Shockingly enough, NME gave the London gig a great review, which is in contrary to their original opinion of Bauhaus. Let me just say that back then their distaste of Bauhaus was intense, to put it mildly. There is also a review øf the Lisbon show on Diario de Noticias by the charming Nuno, whom many of you Portuguese fans are familiar with. Also, a Polish site has a few quite eerie photos of the Prague show... well worth checking out. There is also a review (albeit in Polish) on the site as well. Also, there are two new sites worth mentioning - Elevator - a Love and Rockets chat/message board site on Yahoo! as well as Roll Call - also Peter Murphy a chat/message board site on located conveniently on Yahoo! You'll have to register on Yahoo! to become a member of either site. In addition to all these other goodies, Cristina has sent in 4 pictures of the London gigs. Gilly also sent in some German articles and reviews which I'm trying to find a nice home for on the site. From Miss Misc, Nuno, Krzysztof, Karen, Pamela, Cristina and Gilly November 17 Well, kids, the tour has come to an end. I know that many of you enjoyed meeting other Bauhaus fans, travelling to the shows, queuing up for hours on end as well as enjoying the concert(s). Many people have asked what will happen to this site as the tour finished - you're in for a little surprise...More details on that later. As a great closer to the tour, Franklin sent in his pictures of the Oporto gig - the final "Spirit" shot, I'm sure you'd agree too, captures the feel of the gigs you've all attended. Some great photos of the Paris gig can also be found on this site... really quite beautiful shots. From Franklin and Kelly November 15 The one time I'm unlucky... Bauhaus played Third Uncle as their fourth encore last night in Lisbon! As Pamela had mentioned in her commentary, they practiced it in the rehearsals in England, but not during the actual shows. Reports mention that in the sold out 9,000 person venue the screaming fans lit up cigarette lighters in between encores... just you wait til Oporto tonight - I have the feeling the audience is going to try and outdo themselves there! There are three new Undertaker Journals - we'll be getting one more batch as the tour finishes tonight... Also, the Body and Soul page reports that Holy Fool will be the next Love and Rockets single and will be released November 24. The track listing is: 1.
Holy Fool (keoki's Wholesome Radio Edit) (3:46) I finally put up a few of my shots from the first and second London gigs. Let me warn you that these pictures were taken with a digital camera, so there was nothing I could do about the blurriness! My "normal" pictures will be scanned some time shortly... There are also the tour programme pictures for those of you who were unable to see or buy it. And last but not least - on Friday, David Bowie and his guitarist Reeves Gabrels held a live chat for BowieNet members and an amusing reference was made to Love and Rockets: Dactylus David - Have you heard the new Love & Rockets cd? If so, what do you think of "Bad For You" - Sounds suspiciously like "Jump, They Say" David and Reeves Daniel Ash is wearing my feather boa guitar strap and I want it back. From The Paparazzi, The Undertaker, Body and Soul, Scott and BowieNet November 14 All Star has the latest update so far on what's happening. Unfortunately, they mentioned that the live video won't be out in time for the holidays and probably will be available next year. They do have the list of shows where Love and Rockets will be playing in December which are: December
1: Boston, MA at Avalon Ballroom The full tour will start up February/March in the US. No mention when the tour will be in Europe. Also, as mentioned here before, there will be a best of compilation of Peter Murphy's solo work due out in June/July through Beggars Banquet. We have more Undertaker Journals that will be up over the weekend, as well as more photographs! November 12 Quite a few site updates: The lovely Pamela, winner of the SonicNet "Lift" contest, sent in her descriptive commentary of her weekend bash in London; another review from S. Anzai, this time of the Tokyo show, a review in German from Der Tagesspiegel on the Berlin show (couldn't tell you what it says though). Also, the return of Gilly and her pictures of the Hamburg show, Marina's deliberate run in with the band at the airport and at the show in Mexico City (just gotta love that pic of David 'eating' a rose, Danny's "You talkin' to me?" pose and Kevin's peechee smile with a vampirish Marina!) and last but not least, Michael's photos of the Paris gig. More to come, folks! November 11 It looks like Love and Rockets are starting up again not even a month after Bauhaus finishes their tour. Love and Rockets is scheduled to play December 1 at the WBCN Christmas Rave with a few other bands at Avalon Ballroom in Boston, MA. Tickets went on sale last weekend and they're $17 available at Next tickets at (617) 423-6398. Bauhausmusik has its merchandise section up now - almost all the goodies that were sold during the tour can be had with the exception of the signed Bela Lugosi cd. November 9 Home again; tired, sore and slightly hungover is not a good way to travel 11 hours back home stateside... The London shows were great, especially the second show and a good way to end the tour for me. The rain set the mood for both gigs and the area of town was especially safe and easy to get a taxi (the biggest lie I've told here yet). Celebrity musicians galore - you may have heard that Gary Numan was spotted in the audience on Saturday's show and Debbie Harry of Blondie at Sunday's show. Quite a few people have sent in photographs for various shows - I'll be putting them up in the next few days as soon as the Red Stripe stupor wears off. My pictures of the London gigs will be going up as well, so hold onto your britches! November 8 (Trusty Assistant Reporting) Setlists for the last three shows are now up (Manchester, London (1) and London (2)). Samantha should be back tomorrow with reports and more news from the front. November 4 Sad, I know, but I'll be away for a few days. But my Trusty Assistant will be updating the site, while I'm lounging around here and there in London. See you there! November 3 Quite a few happenings around here... We've got 4, count 'em, 4 Undertaker Journals in. Stinky bus drivers, Rove and Lockets bootlegs and more waiting for you. I've finally got around to putting up more pictures. There's Matthew's pictures of himself and Peter Murphy in New York , Holly Fool's in Orlando , Jose's in Mexico City and Drazen's in Vienna. Now remember people, these pictures can't be reproduced without these folks' permission, so don't be publishing them in your 'zine or attempting to pass off fine art as your own. From The Undertaker, Matthew, Holly Fool, Jose and Drazen November 2 At last night's show in Paris, Boy George was spotted in the audience as well as backstage. No word if he was trying to have Bauhaus open up for Culture Club on their second attempted tour this year. Also, Love and Rockets got a good review of Lift in this week's People Magazine, the magazine you all secretly love to read while in the doctor's waiting room... The official Love and Rockets site has yet another new format, this time much easier to use and navigate. Looking forward to more... Nothing yet on when the official Peter Murphy site is going up though. There is a new link to Amazon UK now to your left for Dark Entries for UK and European fans wishing to order the book. From The Paparazzi and Pamela the winner November 1 The Pulse magazine article can also be found online for those of you too lazy to leave the comforts of your own home. An interesting article which is actually part of Pulse's dance music report. It makes little reference to Bauhaus and mostly to their djing careers "...and what they do best. Mixing heady guitar atmospheres with throbbing electronic rhythms to push the already-shifting parameters of dance music." Whoa. Heavy stuff. |
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