Today's headlines...
U2's The Edge donates guitar to auction (AP)
The Money Shot: He's logged thousands of hours of stage and studio time on the 1975 Gibson Les Paul. The 45-year-old musician has used the guitar throughout his years with U2. "I wanted to give something really significant that would really mean a lot for me to give. It deserved something that I would miss," The Edge told The Associated Press by phone from France.
Pete Townshend to launch live and internet festival (The Rock Radio)
MS: Pete Townshend says that his ultimate interest in the Internet is in linking people together though live music: "In a way, live events on the Internet do allow you to say, 'This is up for a limited amount of time. You can't steal it, you can copy it and watch it later, but if you want to watch it when it's happening, you have to be on line.' You have to be in the loop in order to be able to experience in that. So in a sense, live music is what this is about for me and where it may eventually go."
Guster's Green Agenda (Pollstar)
MS: "We attached it to a merch item like a bumper sticker. For Guster, for example, we have a bumper sticker that says, 'Kiss Me, I'm Carbon Neutral,'" Gardner told Pollstar. "The biggest impact of a show from a global warming standpoint is actually the power. Every show since last year on the first Campus Consciousness Tour has been carbon neutral. We figured out how much carbon gets into the air as a result of putting on a concert.
"With the offset sticker program, the fans have offset 8.5 million miles of driving so it's been a super-effective tool for us on tour."
Rough Trade opens massive record store to fight internet (Independent)
MS: It was the label that launched The Smiths and, in the 1980s, became synonymous with gritty musical authenticity. Now Rough Trade, which had its origins in a pokey music store on Kensington Park Road in London, is to open Britain's biggest music-only shop in a direct challenge to the all-conquering power of the internet.
Arcade Fire Cancel European Dates (Spin)
MS: "I am backstage at the venue in Oslo and I just had to make the very sad decision to cancel the rest of the European tour. I have been suffering from a sinus and bronchial infection for the last 3 months, and last night in Stockholm I finally pushed my voice and body farther than they are able to go," Butler said via a band website post. "I didn't recognize the sound that was coming out of the monitor as my own voice, and it took me until the second song to realize that the sound was coming from me. Today I can barely speak…finishing the shows is no longer possible."
Damien Rice Splits From Long-Term Vocalist (NME)
MS: "After much thought and discussion Damien has decided that his professional relationship with Lisa Hannigan has run its creative course. As a result Lisa will not be appearing at any of the upcoming live shows. Lisa is embarking on her own artistic endeavours and there are no plans for them to work together in the foreseeable future."
Stylus Magazine's Top 50 One-Hit Wonders (Stylus Magazine)
MS: For too long, the One-Hit Wonder has been the property of VH1-sponsored, eye-rolling “So Bad It’s Good!” irony and condescension. That’s a part of it, sure, but there’s so much more to the one-hitter than Los Del Rio. The OHW encompasses cultural anachronisms, paradigmatic oddities, inexplicable left-field successes, and give-it-all stunners, hits where the artist couldn’t possibly follow them up and some hits where they didn’t even try. Some of them deserve and embrace their One-Hit Wonder status, others would spend their entire careers trying to shed it.
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