- Jimmy Page has revealed that Led Zeppelin might perform a previously unheard song at the band’s December 10th reunion concert. “There’s one number that we rehearsed, I assume that it will make it to the Dome [O2 Arena], that we never played at any point in time,” Page said. “It’s a really intense number.” Pressed for more details, Page was vague, noting that the song dates from between 1968 and 1980 — which basically encompasses the band’s entire first tenure together.
- Post-punkers Gang of Four have uploaded two new demos, titled “Password” and “Second Life,” on bassist Dave Allen’s personal music blog. Allen promises to post two more new Gang of Four songs, “Faking It” and “American Man,” later this week.
- In what may be proof that that the iTunes/Beatles embargo is finally ending, the first ever Apple-sponsored Beatles podcast has launched on iTunes. The podcast, called “Help! Is on the Way,” is a retrospective of the music from the film Help!.
- After forty years, Neil Diamond has revealed the inspiration behind his classic sing-along “Sweet Caroline”: Caroline Kennedy, JFK’s daughter. Diamond found inspiration in a newspaper photo of the then-nine-year-old Kennedy. “It was such an innocent, wonderful picture,” says the Solitary Man. “I immediately felt there was a song in there.”
- The judge overseeing the wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the Notorious B.I.G.’s estate will allow the family to name a few more defendants in their suit. The added names include members of the LAPD and, not surprisingly, then-Death Row CEO Suge Knight.
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