Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Sights and Sounds: Def Leppard, The London Suede, Gary Clark Jr.

Here is the latest collection of notable releases plucked from my inbox...



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“Hysteria 2013”
Released Digitally Tuesday March 19th 2013

Def Leppard Start Their “VIVA Hysteria!” Exclusive Eleven Show Residency at The Joint Inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas on Friday 22nd March 2013

On the August 3rd 1987 British rock band Def Leppard released the album Hysteria. Already a major force in rock music, Hysteria catapulted the band into the stratosphere. The statistics for “Hysteria” are astounding. The album has sold in excess of 20 million copies and counting.  Due to the incredible success of previous albums Pyromania (released in 1983) and Hysteria Def Leppard are one of only five rock groups who can claim two separate original 10 million plus selling albums in the US.  The others are The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Van Halen. The Hysteria album also spawned 7 hit singles! Enormous hits such as “Pour Some Sugar On Me”, “Animal”, “Love Bites”, “Armageddon It” and “Rocket” are rock staples that still enjoy huge popularity today and have helped make Def Leppard Britain’s greatest ever arena rock band. The album remains Def Leppard’s best loved…

2013 sees Def Leppard release “Hysteria 2013” – a contemporary take on their classic album’s title track. Produced by Def Leppard and Ronan McHugh, the single was recorded in Joe’s Studio in Dublin, Eire.

Joe Elliott says “We wanted to do something special to coincide with the Las Vegas Viva! Hysteria residency, so we decided that to re-record the Album's title track would be the perfect way to bring together the live & the studio experience in a 2013 celebration of all things Hysteria.”

Fresh off their 2012 USA “Rock Of Ages” tour, Def Leppard has announced plans for an exclusive eleven show residency at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. The band will be playing songs from across the whole spectrum of their career in addition to their iconic album “Hysteria” being played in full. Entitled VIVA Hysteria!, the spring 2013 residency will kick off on Friday, March 22 and run through Saturday, April 13. Show time is 8 p.m.

Produced exclusively by AEG Live, VIVA Hysteria!, will feature an elaborate set design created only for Def Leppard’s Las Vegas residency and will include an encore performance highlighting other classic material from throughout the band’s career. Known for legendary big-scale arena shows, Def Leppard will bring their over-the-top production to The Joint offering an up-close-and-personal experience like never before. With the furthest seat only 155 feet from the intimate venue’s stage, VIVA Hysteria! is unlike any show the band has ever done or will ever do again.

Having sold over 100 million albums worldwide since their debut release in 1980 and proved themselves one of rock music’s hardest working and consistently powerful live bands (playing to over 50 million fans in the last 15 years alone), Def Leppard’s “Hysteria Re-Recorded” is a single not to miss.

RELEASE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ‘BLOODSPORTS’ ALBUM TODAY IN NORTH AMERICA
 
STREAM THE ALBUM FOR A LIMITED TIME VIA NPR.COM
 
DOWNLOAD ‘BLOODSPORTS’ NOW ON iTUNES OR AMAZON
AVAILABLE IN ALL GOOD STORES ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
 
  
WATCH/SHARE:
 ‘It Starts And Ends With You’ hereThe London Suede BBC Maida Vale Live Music Session here

‘Bloodsports’ Track-listing:
Barriers
Snowblind
It Starts And Ends With You
Sabotage
For The Strangers
Hit Me
Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away
What Are You Not Telling me?
Always
Faultlines
 
Brit-pop legends The London Suede (also known as Suede) released their highly anticipated album ‘Bloodsports’ today in North America. Their sixth studio album and first in over a decade has already received international critical appraise from the media and die-hard Suede fans alike. Front-man and founding member Brett Anderson says of the album “It was possibly the hardest thing we've ever made but certainly the most satisfying. It's ten furious songs, for me, have reclaimed from ourselves what Suede was always about; drama, melody and noise.”
 
‘Bloodsports’ is now available in all good record stores across North America and available for download on iTunes and Amazon.


GARY CLARK JR. SWEEPS ANNUAL AUSTIN MUSIC AWARDS AT SXSW

SINGER-SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST COLLECTS UNPRECEDENTED EIGHT AWARDS, INCLUDING BAND, MUSICIAN, AND ALBUM OF THE YEAR

CLARK LIVE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO MARCH 20th
AND THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN ON APRIL 9th  

Photo Credit: Gary Miller
March 19, 2013 - Burbank, CA - Austin native Gary Clark Jr. swept the 31st annual Austin Music Awards last Wednesday evening, collecting an unprecedented sweep of eight awards, including such top honors as Band of the Year, Musician of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year, as well as Album of the Year for his critically acclaimed Top 10 Warner Bros. Records debut Blak and Blu. The event, held at the Austin Music Hall, symbolizes the start of the SXSW Music Conference and shines a spotlight on the city and the Texas musicians who have influenced music around the world.

2012 - 2013 Austin Music Awards for Gary Clark Jr.:
Band Of The Year
Musician Of The Year
Song Of The Year - "Ain't Messin Round" (from Blak and Blu)
Album Of the Year - Blak and Blu
Electric Guitarist Of The Year
Songwriter Of The Year
Blues/Soul/Funk Artist Of The Year
Male Vocalist Of The Year

Clark will light up TV screens across the nation this Wednesday, March 20th, when he and his band return to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and again on Late Show w/ David Letterman onTuesday April 9th.

Clark has recently returned from a triumphant European and Australian tour and is gearing up to join his good friend Eric Clapton for the latter's annual Crossroads Guitar Festival, which will take place at New York City's fabled Madison Square Garden April 12th and 13th.

Please visit http://www.garyclarkjr.com/ for all of Clark's upcoming tour dates, which include several U.S. festivals in May and June. More news to be revealed soon.



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