To me, the idea of being in a  tribute band was much akin to becoming a teacher- essentially passing on the wisdom of others but not bringing much new material to the table.
Having alienated two separate industries with that remark, let’s explore how the other night I was proven wrong.

Carry on…

Statophiles beware. The enclosed image is an astonishingly fascinating graphical representation of the workload distribution of Britain’s most successful popular music group, ‘The Beatles’.

Carry on…

It’s been a few months now since ‘Beatlemania 2009’ dominated TV screens, magazine covers and HMV stores in a nostalgic reminder of the hype four pleasant Liverpudlian musicians can demand, which has given us plenty of time to pensively consider the purpose of their latest and probably last re-releases, as well as actually save the pennies needed to buy them.

Carry on…

No, this isn’t the latest DKNY fragrance for robots, it’s actually the most successful band in the world’s concept of adapting to the modern age. Why bother going to all those lengths to pen deals with those silly new ‘download stores’ when you can meet everyone half way with a £200 metal (at least, I’m friggin’ hoping it is) apple that exquisitely blends the inconvenience of buying music on physical media and the near lack of anything material to justify the cost when going digital.

I’ll take 3.

As is only customary in the run up to the release of literally any ‘new’ Beatles material the media world has once again kicked itself into a frenzy. That the releases in question are simply remasters of previously available LPs does somewhat beggar belief at the level of hysteria surrounding them. “Sure I Wanna Hold Your Hand is great song but I wish those claps were available in Dolby Surround Sound” is a thought that has rarely crossed my mind. Carry on…