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SLASH is always busy with a band, doing interviews, guest appearances
and on and on. It's hard to keep track of what he's up to but here in
the Current Events section we try to keep an eye on him for you. If
you have any SLASH sightings to report, email the SLASH page right here.
Just click on the SLASH picture below:
We've gotten some reports from fans and a schedule from Velvet Revolver management and
we can confirm some of those dates on our calendar. The band will appear on the Jimmy
Kimmel show on December 13 LIVE! We don't have word on tickets yet, but usually you can
get ticket information on Kimmel's web site. Velvet Revolver has just announced another
show. This one will be at East Rutherford, New Jersey on December 3. It's the Krock
"Clausfest IV" at the Continental Airlines Arena. Tickets go on sale at Ticketmaster
tomorrow at noon. There's a presale today until 10pm or till tickets run out. The presale code
is parkway. The
presale link
is here if it's not too late. Another addition...after selling out three nights in a row in London, (1/21-1/23), Velvet Revolver
has added another show on January 9 at the Hammersmith Apollo. Tickets are on sale right now at regular outlets.
Another show Floridians will be happy to see is the one at Orlando, Florida...if that one comes on December 8. We have
not been able to confirm that one which would be held at the Hard Rock. When we have more information, we'll let you
know. The Detroit show has no tickets for sale. You have to win them. Tune in to station 101.1 WRIF for a chance
to win a ticket and even backstage passes. The Miami show is still up in the air, too. They say there will be tickets,
but how this will work, no one seems to know. The venue said to call back in a couple of weeks.
We got a couple more Halloween pictures, and we thank you for these. We hope you had a cool
time at any parties you went to. Chris got this outfit from the "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
live video, and he's the one on the left below. Danny sent in this cool one of him dressed
like Our Guy. He's the one on the right. Thanks, guys!
SLASH played with Camp Freddy last night to celebrate the opening of a new store in Las
Vegas called Chrome Heart. The store sells leather clothing and the kind of jewelry
worn by rock celebs. Steven Tyler and Pam Anderson were also on the scene.
We got our copy of Sing A Song of Six Strings, a 14 track album where guitar
players rock the family. Each song is dedicated to a child in their family. SLASH
played "Sing A Song of Sixpence", and it was just marvelous...every playful and
youthful. We're told his young son just loved it, so SLASH figured he hit his mark.
All the songs are great, and we recommend that you add this one to your collection.
It's from Sony Wonder and is on sale at Amazon as well as other CD stores. Nice
work, SLASH.
Laura says that she was at the Arkansas show which was on Halloween. While some of
you dressed up as SLASH, SLASH dressed up as Buckethead! He wore the Buckethead hat,
mask and yellow jacket. Scott was dressed as Axlin shimmery leather pants, black cropped
shirt, long red hair wig, aviators and one of those wrestler championship belts. Duff
was a pretty pink ballerina with fishnet stockings, black bloomers and a crown. Matt was
a skeleton and Dave was a devil. They wore the costumes for two songs before changing back
to their regular clothes. The audience loved it! Thanks, Laura!
Brandon tells us that he was listening to 101.1 WRIF out of Detroit. Guests were John and
Scott of Anthrax. A caller asked what music they liked now, and the only band they mentioned
was Velvet Revolver. One was wearing a VR shirt for the interview. The other was the one who
mentioned VR. One was at the Roxy show way back when and said there has not been a good
rock album like that since GNR. They had a lot of positive things to say about the album and
the band. Thanks, Brandon!
VH1 announces its third annual show, "VH1 Big in '04" celebration, to be held on Sunday,
December 5. They'll jam the biggest people, political blunders, moments and trends of the
year in one big spectacle. Velvet Revolver will perform as will Maroon 5, Black Eyed Peas,
and Green Day. The show will be taped at L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday, December 1.
VH1 has come up with categories from Big Entertainer of '04 to Big Banned of '04. Tickets
go on sale to the public beginning this Wednesday, November 3. Advance tickets are
for sale only through Ticketmaster.com, VH1.com/BigTickets or your local Ticketmaster outlet.
Tickets are $50 for all seats. For more information, visit
Big in '04.
We told you The Datsuns, a New Zealand band was opening for Velvet Revolver after a short
post-Halloween break. We didn't know anything about them, but some New Zealanders and
Australians have
written in to say that the band is a good one to open for VR. The band has a seventies sound
with "awesome guitar solos and riffs". Our fans call them a pure, true, rock band with a classic
rock sound. Shandor says they were also Metallica's support act for their single shows while
doing the Big Day Festivals. While not good for Metallica, they could support Aerosmith or
VR. And they have two albbums out with a heavy sound and elements of old style punk. Thanks
to all who sent those in.
If you liked The New York Dolls and Izzy Stradlin, there's a good combination of the two.
Morrissey used his considerable pull to stage a reunion of his own childhood heroes. He
was president of The Dolls fan club in his youth. The impressive results are now on CD
for those of us who couldn't make it to the Royal Festival Hall this past June. Two of
the originals couldn't make it...deceased drummer Jerry Nolan and guitar god Johnny
Thunders, but the sound is completely amazing with Izzy Stradlin as Johnny Thunders.
Reviews say that tons of onstage banter was tons of fun, there was an intimate vibe and
"Stradlin did remarkably well with his impossible task of filling Thunders's shoes." Look
for this one to add to your collection. This review from The Edmonton Sun.
How about another blast of Velvet Revolver? The Arkansas Times previewed the Sunday,
October 31 show at the Alltel Arena, marking their first appearance in Arkansas. They call
STP a grunge, glam band and GNR a metal band so that Velvet Revolver is a a blend of glam
and metal from their viewpoint. Matt is quoted as saying that the album is a modern picture
of what rock is all about now. He says they've taken it and moved it forward. It doesn't sound
old school.
We still don't know much more about the Miami show. Mac wrote that he got an email from
camelsmokes.com to rsvp and has access to a free web cast to watch the VR show in
December in Miami. Very Cool! Mac says he'll let us know if he learns more. We went over
and signed up, but so far have not been contacted.
