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| Seeking setlists
and reviews from Australian concerts |
I am seeking concert setlists and fan
reviews from all dates on Live's tour of Australia. Please visit the Setlist & Review Section to submit your setlist and/or review. Thanks in advance!  posted november 30th, 2004 |
| The Live Lounge
Newsletter now boasts more than 1,000 subscribers |
| As of today, there are now over 1,000
subscribers to The Live Lounge Newsletter! Debuting in December of 2001, The Live Lounge Newsletter was started
as a free service to keep Live fans up-to-date with the latest news on Live. 135
issues later, it still remains one of the most popular features that is offered here
on the site. If you haven't subscribed to the newsletter yet, take a moment and sign-up
now! posted november 29th, 2004 |
| Message Board
& Downloads currently unavailable |
| The message board apparently crashed
this morning. I'll try my best to get it back up and running as soon as possible.
(All downloads will be unavailable until I get the message board back online). posted november 29th, 2004 |
| Watch Ed in
an upcoming re-airing of "Fight Club" |
| As you may already know, Ed Kowalczyk had a cameo in
the movie "Fight Club" (from 1999) that featured actors Brad Pitt and Edward
Norton. Ed played the role of the waiter at Clifton's. For those of you who haven't
seen this movie yet, it will be re-aired tomorrow (November 29th) and Tuesday (November
30th) on the FX network. Full details on each airing have been posted to the TV Section. posted november 28th, 2004 |
| New review
of Awake on DVD Talk website |
| A new review of "Awake: The Best of Live"
has been posted to the DVD Talk website. posted november 28th, 2004 |
| MTV Unplugged
concert available for download |
| Live's historic MTV Unplugged performance (held on
February 15th, 1995 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City) is now available
for download. A week after this performance aired on MTV, "Throwing Copper"
(which was released 12 months earlier and hadn't even entered the Billboard 200 chart)
skyrocketed to #1 on the Billboard 200, and catapulted Live into the mainstream.
It was a defining moment in Live's career. This concert (which was never officially
released) still remains one of the most popular and most requested of Live's bootlegs
to date. To download this concert (including album cover art), please hop on over
to the Featured Concert Section.
posted november 22nd, 2004 |
| New review
of Awake on 411 Mania website |
| A new review of "Awake: The Best of Live"
has been posted to the 411 Mania website. (Credit: Nick Sacco of North Bergen, New Jersey). posted november
22nd, 2004 |
| Awake goes
platinum in Australia |
| "Awake: The Best Of Live" has attained Platinum
status this past week in Australia (with sales of over 70,000 units). 3 weeks after
its release, it sits at #10 on Australia's official Top 50 Albums chart. posted november 21st, 2004 |
| New pictures
added to the site |
| I have added 8 new pictures to the Concert Pix Gallery.
All of these pictures are from the September 17th concert at the Los Angeles County
Fairgrounds in Pomona, California. (Credit: Tanya Pustelnik of Huntington Beach,
California). posted november 15th, 2004 |
| Adam to perform
acoustic show in Melbourne |
| Adam Kowalczyk (Ed's brother and touring guitarist
for Live) will be performing a solo acoustic show on December 3rd at The HiFi Bar in Melbourne, Australia. Admission to the show (which is restricted
to those 18 and older) will cost $15 (AUS) at the door. Doors will open at 7:30 pm.
(Source: Adam & The Weight).
posted november 15th, 2004 |
| Seeking Live
covers for Live cover compilation |
| I am currently working on a "Live cover compilation"
(that will eventually be played to the band members). If you wish to submit a cover
of a Live song that you have, please send it to me at webmaster@letmeride.com.
I will be accepting submissions until Sunday, November 21st. All covers must be in
mp3 format, encoded no less than 128 kbps. posted november 11th, 2004 |
| New date/opening
act announced for Australian tour |
| A concert in Newcastle has just been added to Live's
upcoming Australian tour. Live will be performing at the Newcastle Civic Theatre
on December 1st at 8 pm. Tickets for this new date will cost $75 and go on-sale on
November 16th at 9 am AEDST via Ticketek. Also, the opening act has been announced for the Australian tour...
"Iota
& The Lizard Men" will be opening
for Live at all of the shows. posted november 11th, 2004 |
| Awake debuts
at #65 on The Billboard 200 |
| "Awake: The Best Of Live" has debuted at
#65 on the new Billboard 200 chart, with sales just shy of 20,000 copies. posted november 11th, 2004 |
| Dr. Dre to
produce Live's new album? |
| Looks like there is a chance that famed rapper and
producer Dr. Dre may be producing Live's new album, maybe even a "new musical
genre". And this news comes straight from Chad Taylor, himself. Make sure to
check out his latest tour diary entry over on Friends Of Live! posted november 9th, 2004 |
| Transcription
of Ed's chat on MSN.com |
| I have posted a transcription of Ed's chat on MSN.com
(held last evening) to the Recent Live Stuff
section. Ed mentions that a US tour will most likely occur mid to late Spring of
next year (along with a new album), and an international tour is likely early next
year as well. (Credit: Susan Cutillo of Hamden, Connecticut). posted november 9th, 2004 |
| Awake's debut
on Billboard 200 chart |
| According to final estimates on the Hits Daily Double website, "Awake: The Best Of Live" will debut
at #50 on the new Billboard 200 chart. First week sales for Live's new compilation
album (in the United States alone) are estimated at a little over 21,000 units. (Credit:
Nick Sacco of North Bergan, New Jersey). posted november 9th, 2004 |
| Interview segments
with Ed on Triple M radio station |
| Various interview segments with Ed have been airing
on Australia's Triple M radio station
over the past week, in anticipation of Live's upcoming Australian tour. When asked
about Live's new "best of" album, and whether or not it signifies "the
end" for Live, Ed said it (the "best of" album) was a celebration
of what they have achieved so far and not "the end". Ed also mentioned
that Live will beginning work on a new album very soon and hope to have it finished
by the Spring of 2005. (Credit: Paul and Angela of Melbourne, Australia). posted november 7th, 2004 |
| International
chart debuts for "Awake: The Best Of Live" |
| "Awake: The Best Of Live" has debuted at
#4 on Australia's official Top 50 Albums chart. The album attained Gold status within its first week (with
sales of over 35,000 units). To view the complete chart, please visit the ARIA website. Also,
"Awake" is currently at #3 on Holland's Top 100 Albums chart in its second
week (last week it debuted at #57). And "Awake" has debuted at #38 on the
"StuBru 50 van UltraTop" (Top 50 Albums) chart in Begium. [Credit: Jonesy
of Melbourne, Gertjan of Holland, and Lester of Belgium]. posted november 7th, 2004 |
| We Deal In
Dreams debuts on Dutch singles chart |
| "We Deal In Dreams" has debuted on the Dutch
Mega Top 50 chart at #14, and at #47 on the Top 100 chart. Also, it is currently
at #19 on the Top 50 Airplay chart. (Thanks to Gertjan of Holland for this info).
posted november 7th, 2004 |
| Picture of
Ed and Ana Sophia from Halloween |
A new picture of Ed and his daughter Ana Sophia (taken
last week on Halloween) has been posted to Ed's weblog on Integral Naked. Don't laugh too hard! (Thanks to Todd Swartzwelder
of Columbia, Maryland for this link). posted november 4th, 2004
Update: Ed asked that this photo not
be shared, so the link has been removed. posted november 5th, 2004 |
| Chat with Ed
next Monday on MSN.com |
| Ed will be doing a chat on MSN.com next Monday (November
8th) at 8 pm EST. More information is available to MSN's website. (This chat is only open to residents of the United
States). [Thanks to Alex Dombroff of Connecticut for this news]. posted november 4th, 2004 |
| Australian
Television to broadcast Tonight Show performance |
| Australia's Foxtel television provider has announced that next Tuesday's episode of The Tonight
Show with Jay Leno (that will include Live's performance of "Lightning Crashes")
will be broadcast next Wednesday (November 10th) on The Comedy Channel network at
10:30 pm, and again 2 hours later (12:30 am) on The Comedy Channel +2 network. (Thanks to Aaron Zac of Melbourne, Australia
for this info). posted november 4th, 2004 |
| New MTV Unplugged
compilation to contain Live song |
| "I Alone" will appear on the "Very Best
of MTV Unplugged, Volume 3" compilation, which will be released next Tuesday
(October 9th) via the Universal International label. As well as an audio cd, this
new release will also contain a DVD, which will also feature Live's performance of
"I Alone" (from their 1995 MTV Unplugged performance). For more information
on this release, please visit the All Music Guide website. (Thanks to Thora of Iceland for "discovering"
this new release). posted november 2nd, 2004 |
| Live to perform
Lightning Crashes on The Tonight Show |
| I have just received word that Live will be performing
"Lightning Crashes" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno next Tuesday (November 9th). The Tonight Show airs on the
NBC network at 11:35 pm EST.
posted november 2nd, 2004 |
| Chad Gracey
interviewed on Australia's Triple M radio station |
| Chad Gracey was interviewed today on the "Freq
Show with JR & Wilco" on the Triple M radio station in Adelaide, Australia.
In the interview, Chad said that Live will be performing "We Deal In Dreams"
at upcoming concerts, and that they will be re-learning "I Walk The Line".
He also mentioned that Live plan to begin work on a new album in January or February
of 2005. I have posted the complete
interview to the Recent Live Stuff section. (Thanks to Sam Hall of Adelaide who was nice enough to transcribe
this interview for all of us to read!) posted november 1st, 2004 |
| New website
in support of Australian tour |
| A new website has been launched by some Live fans from Australia in support of
Live's upcoming Australian tour. Before the tour occurs, the site will provide such
features as fan meet info, city and venue info, and accomodation info. Once the tour
occurs, there will diary entries, pictures, and reviews posted to the site daily.
For more info on this new site, please read this thread in the
Message Board. posted november 1st, 2004 |
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