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Wednesday July 8th, 2015

Check out the U2 Tribute band that played the “Experience” stage at U2’s show in Toronto Monday Night.

 

 

If you've been to any of the shows on U2's Innocence and Experience tour, you know that the main stage is the Innocence stage and the small round one at the opposite end of the arena is the Experience stage. Well, the Experience stage is more like the Inexperience stage, as Bono has been inviting quite a cast of characters to perform on it -- including an Elvis impersonator and a Bono impersonator. And Mondaynight in Toronto, it was a complete U2 tribute band.

 

 

Acrobat took the stage while Bono, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton stood by and watched them perform "Desire." The Edge played a little guitar and Bono chimed in towards the end with background vocals and harmonica.

 

Also joining U2 at the first of two Toronto shows was Jessica, a belly dancer who gyrated her way through "Mysterious Ways." She actually joined them on stage in Toronto 10 years ago.

The video for "Song for Someone" off of Songs of Innocence, will premiere on Thursday during The Sundance Channel's Rectify at 10 p.m. ET. The video stars Woody Harrelson, who is released from prison after years of incarceration, along with his daughter, Zoe Harrelson. The short film thematically links to Rectify, which follows the story of Daniel Holden and his family as they struggle to move forward after Daniel’s release from 19 years on death row. Ironically, Harrelson's father, Charles Harrelson, was arrested in 1979 for killing a federal judge in San Antonio and he was sentenced to life in prison where he died in 2007.

 

 

 

NOEL GALLAGHER: Vinyl Sales Soar in Britain

 

Vinyl sales for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been soaring at home in Britain during the first half of this year.

 

The former Oasis guitarist and his band not only have their country's top-selling vinyl album over the past six months with Chasing Yesterday, they've got the top three vinyl singles there in "Riverman," "Ballad of the Mighty I" and "The Dying of the Light," plus the number-seven seller with "In the Heat of the Moment."

 

Also charting with vinyl sales are Led Zeppelin, whose expanded vinyl reissues of Physical Graffiti and IV came in second and eighth on the first half of the year's chart; David Bowie, who had three reissued singles, including "Changes" and "Young Americans," in the Top 10; and Gallagher's old Brit-pop nemesis, Blur, whose reunion album and its first single are number-four in each category. (The Guardian)

 

 

 

JONI MITCHELL: Attorney Says She's "Made Remarkable Progress"

 

The saga over the state of Joni Mitchell's health continues with her attorney saying the 71-year-old singer-songwriter "has made remarkable progress" and "is expected to make a full recovery" after suffering a brain aneurysm and stroke in March.

Attorney Rebecca J. Thyne made those comments in papers filed on July 2nd in Los Angeles related to Mitchell's conservatorship.

 

The comments contradict her long-time friend David Crosby's statement last month that Mitchell was "not speaking yet."

 

Thyne painted a different picture when she wrote about a June 26th visit to Mitchell's California home. "When I arrived she was seated at her kitchen table feeding herself lunch," she wrote.

According to Thyne, Mitchell told her she wants her conservatorship to continue, adding, "She also told me that she receives excellent care from caregivers round-the-clock. It was clear that she was happy to be home and that she has made remarkable progress. She has physical therapy each day and is expected to make a full recovery."

 

However, Thyne suggested that Mitchell lacks the ability to give informed consent for medical treatments and her long-time friend, Leslie Morris -- who had been acting in the role of conservator -- be named her official conservator. (People).