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RNR News and Notes Archives for 2022-01

Foo Fighters go full classic rock (and muppet) in new track Fraggle Rock Rock

Leave your worries for another day and pass the radishes - the Fraggiles are back.  

 

Jim Henson's 80's classic series Fraggile Rock is getting a reboot this week on Apple TV.

 

In celebration, Foo Fighters have dropped a ridiculously fun single from the series called “Fraggle Rock Rock.”

 

The raucous, solo-heavy rock tune isn't the Foo's only contribution - the band will reportedly drop in for a guest appearance on the show.  

 

 

So in the words of Dave - let's “flip-flop skippity hop/ back to Fraggle Rock…”

Eddie Vedder shares new single 'Brother the Cloud' and track list for new album

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder has a new solo album on the way for us in 2022.  Earthling, due out February 11, will have some pretty high profile features - including  Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Ringo Starr.

 

This week - Eddie shared another song from the album- the anthemic Brother the Cloud - along with the albums artwork and full track listing (see below).  EV will be touring to support the record- but it is only stopping in 6 cities.  

 

 

 

Tracklist:
Invincible
Power of Right
Long Way
Brother the Cloud
Fallout Today
The Dark
The Haves
Good and Evil
Rose of Jericho
Try
Picture ft. Elton John
Mrs. Mills
On My Way

VIDEO: Jack White shares video for 'Love Is Selfish' - first single from Entering Heaven Alive

Jack White has two albums due out in 2022 - Entering Heaven Alive (due July 22 via Third Man Records) and Fear of the Dawn (due out 4/8).  He will also embark on a massive tour to support the albums that includes shows in DC at The Anthem and in Baltimore at Pier Six Pavilion.  

 

Jack recently previewed the tour with a live video for "Taking Me Back" - the first single from Fear of the Dawn.  And now we have the first single from Entering Heaven Alive - a track called "Love is Selfish".  

 

Jack White – Love Is Selfish (Official Video)

 

Get tickets and info on Jack White's The Supply Chain Issue tour HERE

VIDEO: Jack White shares video for "Love Is Selfish' - first single from Entering Heaven Alive

Jack White has two albums due out in 2022 - Entering Heaven Alive (due July 22 via Third Man Records) and Fear of the Dawn (due out 4/8).  He will also embark on a massive tour to support the albums that includes shows in DC at The Anthem and in Baltimore at Pier Six Pavilion.  

 

Jack recently previewed the tour with a live video for "Taking Me Back" - the first single from Fear of the Dawn.  And now we have the first single from Entering Heaven Alive - a track called "Love is Selfish".  

 

Jack White – Love Is Selfish (Official Video)

 

Get tickets and info on Jack White's The Supply Chain Issue tour HERE

Watch Dave Grohl terrorize his Foo Fighters bandmates in the first trailer for their new film

The first trailer for the new slasher comedy flick STUDIO 666 - starring Foo Fighters is here!  

 

The film features the band (playing themselves) as they move into a California mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.  Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

 

 

 

Grohl commented on the film - “After decades of ridiculous music videos and numerous music documentaries under our collective belts, it was finally time to take it to the next level… A full-length feature horror-comedy film. Like most things Foo, STUDIO 666 began with a far fetched idea that blossomed into something bigger than we ever imagined possible." 

 

Jack White previews his

Jack White will hit the road in 2022  to support the 2 albums he will be releasing - Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive.  

 

Since White's live shows differ from tour to tour - “People keep asking who’s going to be in the band, what’s the band going to be like for the tour dates… We thought it would be good to let people see who it is is ... and as rehearsals start for the tour, to film and record something to see how it’s sounding — I thought let’s do all that at once.”

 

White released the following self-directed video featuring bassist Dominic Davis, keyboardist Quincy McCrary, and drummer Daru Jones who will be by his side when his “Supply Chain Issues Tour” kicks off in April.

 

 

White says the band “can do really hard-hitting stuff, and then also really gentle acoustic numbers.  They’re such improvisational musicians. They really perform differently every time.”

 

What can you expect on the tour?  A lot! Every song from his catalog could end up being performed on any given night: “I’m doing songs from everything I’ve ever done in my life. Not much is off-limit. Everything that I was the main songwriter or main singer, then that’s kind of in our bag of tricks.  I think we ended up having over 80 the last time I went on the road…”

 

Oh yeah - he also revealed he hasn't hasn’t used a setlist at a show in 20 years (!)

Spoon share

David Bowie would have turned 75 on January 8, 2022 - and in honor of The Starman's birthday - Amazon Music has launched the month-long [RE]DISCOVER campaign celebrating his amazing catalog of music. 

 

One of the artists involved in the campaign is Spoon - who have revealed their contribution - a cover of the song “I Can’t Give Everything Away” from Bowie's final album Blackstar.  

 

Spoon frontman Britt Daniel said of the cover - “‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’ is a tune Alex and I have been playing since we learned it for an acoustic and piano show in Mexico City in 2016.  It’s just a fantastic song, and as the last song on Bowie’s final album it doesn’t disappoint. We recorded this version live in December 2021.”

 

 

Watch John Mayer's Tribute to Betty White from CNN's New Year

The world suffered a major loss on December 31, 2021 - when beloved actor, comedian, and all around wonderful human Betty White passed away at the age of 99 - just three weeks short of her 100th birthday. 

 

Tons of tributes have poured in from around the world - including the one below from John Mayer who included an acoustic performance of the 1978 Andrew Gols song “Thank You For Being A Friend,” that would be used as the theme song to The Golden Girls TV show Betty White starred in.  

 

Thank you for being a friend Betty!