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To: JakeStraw who wrote (21838)	7/28/2000 11:16:46 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 49844

Thursday July 27 12:01 AM ET Spinal Tap Returns With Web Song dailynews.yahoo.com By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Spinal Tap is back from the dead on the Internet. The spoof British band created for Rob Reiner's cult favorite rockumentary ``This Is Spinal Tap'' from 1984 has recorded a new song that will be available for download starting Thursday from tongue-in-cheek Tapster.com. ``Back From the Dead'' features Michael McKean, who played Spinal Tap's lead singer David St. Hubbins, Christopher Guest, who was lead guitarist Nigel Tufnel, and Harry Shearer, who was bass player Derek Smalls. ``We're putting it on the Internet because we want the people who really care that we're still alive to have it in their hands and their machinery and then in their ears,'' McKean said, copping a British accent for a telephone interview in character as St. Hubbins. ``If you're a Spinal Tap fan, and God knows there aren't many of them, we wanted to lay it on you,'' he said. ``This Is Spinal Tap'' parodied a pretentious hard rock band trying to soldier on despite a dwindling fan base. The movie is being rereleased in theaters and on DVD and videotape in September. McKean, Guest and Shearer have periodically regrouped for recordings, appearances and even a guest spot on ``The Simpsons.'' The new song fits the Spinal Tap theme, dealing with ``this bunch of old dinosaur bones that can still move around,'' McKean said. Spinal Tap's future lies in a ``carefully regulated series of breakups and comebacks,'' McKean said. ``That's what attracts the attention.'' The group is using Tapster.com as a spoof of Napster, a site that allows computer users to download copyrighted songs for free. In a Spinal Tap news release, ``Tufnel'' said Napster simply offers too many songs. A Federal judge on Wednesday barred the real company, Napster, from trading music online pending a trial. ``One of the brilliant things about Tapster is that there's only one song to choose from,'' Tufnel said. - On the Internet: tapster.com

To: JakeStraw who wrote (21838)	7/29/2000 12:30:39 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49844

An evening w/ Branford on a Friday night! It's a little far for me to drive but it's near a friends house who comes to a lot of shows here so it's only fair that I head out his way once in a while too. Also, I love the evening with part. Two sets of Branford will be be intense. I last saw him Sept. 9-10/91, with the Dead at MSG than his own gig the next night. That was just before he got the Jay Leno gig. ticketmaster.com

To: JakeStraw who wrote (21838)	7/30/2000 10:21:27 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49844

The Who, Jimmy Page, Black Crowes To Co-Bill In New York Ticket-holders won't be allowed into Madison Square Garden after the show begins. by Rob Evans LiveDaily Senior Writer The Who will co-headline shows with Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes at New York's Madison Square Garden on Oct. 3 and 4. The Who has been sharing a production crew with the Page-Crowes tour since each band hit the road in late June, but the acts have yet to share the stage. Tickets for the shows will go on sale on Aug. 7. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and the shows will start at 7:30 p.m. Ticket holders will not be allowed into the venue after 7:30 because "these special concerts are conceived by both acts as a complete musical experience from beginning to end," according to the tour's publicist. An onstage collaboration between all of the acts is in the "talking stages," according to the tour announcement. The Who tour and the Page-Crowes tour generally are routed in tandem: The Who performs either the night before or after the Page-Crowes tour at the same venue. Though tickets to each tour can be purchased separately, a $15 discount is offered for those who purchase lawn tickets to both shows.