Blondie’s Debbie Harry is to make an apperance at the legendary CBGBs before it closes this weekend.
Patti Smith, as we’ve already told you here at Crossfire, will headline the last ever show at the venue on Sunday, but Debbie Harry and Chris Stein will play an acoustic set ahead of the main group on the Saturday, The Dictators.
Californian punks Rancid will be kicking their way across the UK in a tour which will run alongside the free online release of Tim Armstrong’s debut solo album. The support will be from The Unseen who will also play a few headline dates whilst over here. The dates are:
Rancid Tour – November:
6th – Manchester Academy
7th -Birmingham Academy
8th – Barrowlands, Glasgow
9th -Studio 24, Edinburgh
11th – Leeds University
12th – Rock City, Nottingham
13th – Newcastle Academy
16th – Brixton Academy, London
18th – UEA, Norwich
19th – Bristol Academ
20th – Brighton Dome
The Unseen headliners – November:
5th – Charlotte, Leicester
10th – Adelphi, Hull
14th – Roadkill, Liverpool
15th– Cavern Club, Exeter
17th – The Fighting Cox, Kingston
Panic! At The Disco have taken a swipe at Motley Crue, claiming that they have stolen the P!ATD boys’ ideas. Spencer Smith, the drummer in P!ATD stated that Crue have taken on some of the performers used by P!ATD on a previous tour, and that this happened because one of Crue read a review of a P!ATD performance and saw they were doing everything Crue were trying to pull off. He then had another little dig by saying:
“When you’re like, 50 years old, you can’t come up with any good ideas anyway. You’ve just gotta pay for other people’s ideas.”
Gather round the music playground and start that chanting: FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT.
Jay Z‘s first single after coming out of retirement has been leaked online. His label is trying its hardest to stem the tide of leaking, but Show Me What You Got is already out there, and it’ll spread fast.
The single comes from his upcoming album Kingdom Come which is due out at the end of November, and will feature Dr Dre, The Neptunes, Kanye and Coldplay’s Chris Martin.
Seeing how the world’s largest board sport company just acquired DC Shoes, it’s only normal that they should have a go at branding footwear too.
Well, Quiksilver have already made a few pairs of shoes, but now you can appreciate the high level technology founded by DC Shoes to be stamped with the Wave of a sports mogul.
If ever you’re up for a test of your tranny skills, may I suggest a roll around on Frankenstein?
This wooden bowl/sculpture has currently been re-located to the Belgian town of Mechelen and is considered a work of art.
Honestly, this beast has some of the tightest transitions, pockets and walls deemed skateable, that even dropping in will have you shitting yourself. Some top euro pros are scared of it after suffering broken bones and dislocated joints.
The ramp is open to ride till the 26th November at Juegdcentrum Metteko, Zakstraat, 2800 Mechelen from 12-3pm for free Monday to Friday.
Whilst you’re in town, don’t forget to check out local shutter boy, Jelle Keppens, photo exhibition!
In more international shenanigans, Jérémie Daclin and Colin Kennedy are now the face of Hurley Clothing’s international team.
Hurley is a tentacle of the Nike empire, so this move makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is whereabouts Bob Burnquist’s Hurley Footwear venture went..?
(Source: Skatedaily)
Nothing hurts more than a dislocated elbow- especially if you weren’t tempting death when you did it! Get well soon Vaughan!
Source: Document magazine
It always cracks me up when people try and re-invent the skateboard without actually having ridden one before. I once entered a comp to win some mental contraption with wings on the side, but I preferred to ride proper boards. Anyway, whilst fishing for rations to fill our atomic bunker, we came across these two gems. One good and one very very bad.
Exhibit No.1 is the love child of an Artiste and a bumper pack of Haribo Starmix – the Modern Convenience board. I quote their advert when I say, “They look so cool you won’t even want to ride them.” Hmmm…? Well with the $525 price tag, I guess you might not even want to go near one…
Exhibit No.2 is far more functional and realistic. The Swiss street technicians at 242 Skateboards have brought out the Good Combination Series in association with artist Plus41. Pairing up various Hollywood notables (Prince and MJ, Darth and Luke, Tubbs and Crockett, Arnold and Willy and Monica and Bill) and signing them with their riders signatures, this series taps into an area of Chic that the Swiss know very well.
Minneapolis sultans Atmosphere have been nominated for an MTV Woodie award for Woodie Of The Year.
Now, underground hip hop never gets the credit it deserves [which is why its underground durrr] but Atmosphere are one of the hardest working acts out there, and they’ve been put up in the Woodie Of The Year award alongside Angels & Airwaves, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! At The Disco and The Academy Is… so do our Abjekt a favour and get onto voting for Atmosphere, he’ll love you forever.
Click here for the nominees.