Performance of “Love Changes Everything” from Aspects of Love at the Royal Albert Hall Concert Celebrating Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 50th Birthday.
Michael Ball is joined Antonio Banderas, Sarah Brightman, Glenn Close, Julian Lloyd Webber, Marcus Lovett, Donny Osmond, Elaine Paige, Bonnie Tyler, Dennis O’Neill and Boyzone (Keith Duffy, Stephen Gately, Mikey Graham, Ronan Keating, and Shane Lynch).
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Lyle Lovett and Leo Kottke at Midland Theatre, Newark, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2023
Dressed casually in jeans, Leo Kottke was talkative, gut-bustingly funny and similarly loquacious on guitar.
Donning dark formal wear sans tie, Lyle Lovett was more reserved - musically and otherwise - in joining Kottke in Conversation and Song, as their joint tour is dubbed, Oct. 28 at Newark’s Midland Theatre.
Talking about supermarkets, the laconic Lovett, speaking in his smooth Texas drawl, said his wife won’t say Piggly Wiggy; she calls it “that store.”
“I don’t like Come and Go,” Kottke shot back in his gravely baritone.
On it went for two hours, 10 minutes as the friends, colleagues and veritable opposites attracted a large crowd that ended the evening on its collective feet after Lovett and Kottke encored with the former’s “Church,” one of two songs the pair played together (Lovett’s “She’s No Lady” was the other) with Kottke’s low voice and fast-fingered fretting paired beautifully with Lovett’s higher, raspier, croon and simpler guitar style.
This is no knock. Virtually every guitarist plays with less complexity than Kottke.
He’s a band of one who transformed his six-string into an aural six-piece as he played “Twice,” from his partnership with Phish’s Mike Gordon; sung of love almost consummated on “Julie’s House;” and nodded to his heroes - Derek Trucks and Michael Hedges were among the names Kottke dropped throughout the evening - on John Fahey’s “The Last Stream Engine Train.” All told, Kottke offered seven majority instrumental songs that saw him employing slide, fingerpicking, harmonics, feedback and other devices to create the sounds Lovett accurately described as “perfect.”
“What came immediately after the steam engine?” Lovett asked his on-stage compatriot following Fahey’s number.
“A Plymouth,” Kottke replied.
For his part, Lovett played nine tunes, mixing such far-flung covers as Tammy Wynette’s “Stand by Your Man” and Guy Clark’s “Texas - 1947” with self-written fan favorites including “12th of June” and “Pony on My Boat.” And when Lovett performed “Ain’t it Something” after a particularly long-winded, circuitous and hilarious monologue from Kottke, during which he declared nothing is more frightening than happiness and freedom, Lovett explained the selection by saying: “That was the only song I could think of to support your story.”
Kottke couldn’t have been surprised.
“Non-sequiturs don’t faze me,” he said later in the evening.
Grade card: Lyle Lovett and Leo Kottke at Midland Theatre - 10/28/23 - A
10/29/23
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The 10's haven't really caused that many casualties among these veteran musicians. Some settled in we-are-still-here phase. I mean, Bryan Adams continues to release many records, but they don't achieve the number of his 90's. Then again, he was also not really a part of them despite being highly successful then. He seemed to belong in spirit to a much different generation, which might the reason he followed the protocols of many older superstar peers in spite of his ge difference from them. He always felt like a 70's rocker that somehow travelled through time to the 80's. Thus, we should look at his current choices through that prism. For instance, I get why he did Tracks Of My Tears, an LP of covers, many at this stage do them. Still, should he do that as well, though?
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List of Pro-Palestinian Celebrities That I Have Been Working On
pro🍉 (❌ = problematic for unrelated reason, 🕊️= passed away)
reneé rapp
pedro pascal
bella ramsey
bella hadid
gigi hadid
dua lipa
melanie martinez❌(sa - “she didn’t say no” was response)
the weekend❌(misogyny - lesbian fetish)
towa bird
phoebe bridgers
lucy dacus
julien baker
beabadoobee
kehlani
hozier
melissa barreram
macklemore
cate blanchett
hari nef
julia fox❌(connections with kanye and drake)
mitski
SZA
nina lu
zendaya
victoria monét
rachel zegler
jenna ortega
clairo
chloe forero
miss rachel (toddler learning)
ariana grande❌(said her dream dinner date is jeffery dahmer)
ricky montgomery
angelina jolie
maisie peters
chani nicholas
nemahsis
chappell roan
frank ocean
ramy youssef
cardi b
halsey
eddy mack
saul williams
arooj aftab
michelle wolf
carice van houten
matt mcgorry
michael stipe
Jasmin Savoy Brown
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Neemz
amira jazeera
MUNA
Hedy Epstein
Hunter Schafer
Chance the Rapper
ishowspeed ❌ (treated his ex-girlfriend terribly)
Noname (rapper, poet, and producer)
shannon berry
nicola coughlan
bambie thug
zara larsson
AURORA
jonathan glazer
joaquin phoenix❌
lizzy mcalpine
coldplay (will champion, phil harvey, guy berryman, chris martin)
tyler the creator
björk
pink floyd (at least roger waters)
lauryn hill
chuck d
david bowie (loving the alien)🕊️
Malcom X🕊️
the strokes (Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr., Fabrizio Moretti, Nick Valensi, and Nikolai Fraiture)
earl sweatshirt
michael jackson (palestine, don't cry)🕊️
kid cudi
rage against the machine (zack de la rocha, tom morello, tim commerford, brad wilk)
lorde
FKA twigs
joji
ethel cain
Michael Jordan Bonema
lil peep🕊️
sean beam
liam cunningham
dianne guerrero
sean bean
tobias menzies
charles dance
carice van houten
emma d’arcy
madison pettis
lena heady
mxmtoon
joe alwyn
momona tamada
patrick spicer
mark ruffalo
halle bailey
chloe bailey
nicola coughlan
tom welling
kristen kreuk
rob delaney
kali uchis
louise xin (fashion designer)
isabela merced
joseph quinn
grace van dien
helana christensen
josh hutcherson
charli xcx
megan thee stallion (called for ceasefire at her concert 8/1/24, not sure if she talked about it before that because i only went to one concert)
hozier
not pro🍉 (“neutrality” = not pro 🍉, red text = signed letter for "israel")
taylor swift (no statement)
kanye west
oprah
dwayne johnson
lana del rey
selena gomez
rihanna (no statement)
adam sandler
lady gaga (performed in "israel")
beyoncé (no statement)
justin timberlake (performed in "israel")
noah schnapp
bon jovi (performed in "israel")
robbie williams (performed in "israel")
Brett Gelman
entirety of paramore (no statement)
chris pratt
justin bieber
hailey bieber
haley baylee (no statement)
natalie portman
madonna (performed in "israel")
kardashian family
Jenner family
jennifer lawrence
amy schumer
neil druckmann (admitted to "The Last of Us Part 2" being based on Israel's genocide against Gaza, except from a zionist's point of view)
bruno mars (performed in isnotreal)
mayim bialik
gal gadot
Jerry Seinfeld
Debra Messing
Bryan Lourd
Richard Lovett
Ryan Murphy
Zachery Levi
Sharon Osbourne
Tracey-Ann Oberman
George Lopez
Phil Rosenthal
Mekhi Phifer
Diane Warren
Haim Saban
Irving Azoff
Ynon Kreiz
Jody Gerson
Mark Hamill
Rick Yorn
Howie Mandel
Sherry Lansing
Rick Yorn
Tom Rothman
Julian Edelman
Antoine Fuqua
Jack Black
Aubrey Plaza
Tahj Mowry
Josh Peck
Ziggy Marley
Howie Mandel
Chris Pine
Billy Porter
Ben Savage
Jeremy Seinfeld
Bella Thorne
uncertain
billie eilish (wore ceasefire pin but doesn’t boycott - made videos for mtv israel)
laufey (connections to mitski- no statement)
hank green (historically hasn’t been pro🍉 but has donated recently)
olivia rodrigo (connections to Chappell roan - no statement)
dylan mulvaney (posted in support of palestine but has a few pro-israel friends & has partnered with pro-israel brands)
If you spot any typos, mistakes regarding celebrities listed, or have information about celebrities not listed, please either DM me or leave a comment on this post!!
As always, this blog stands with Palestine, Congo, and Sudan. PLEASE make sure to email your state representatives (if you live in the United States). If you do not know your representative (or how to contact them), you can use this website (which is the official U.S. House of Representatives website). My reposts on Tumblr are all about Isnotreal's genocide on Palestine (at least as of 6/16/2024). Make sure to amplify Palestinian voices and journalists as well (a list will be included below of some Palestinian journalists and groups/people supporting Palestine on Instagram).
@/wizard_bisan1
@/hindkhoudary
@/m.z.gaza
@/anat.international
@/palestine.academy
@/eye.on.palestine
@/ampalestine
@/byplestia
@/wael_eldahdouh
@/jenan.matari
@/thepcrt
@/blackforpalestine
@/jewishvoiceforpeace
@/palestinianyouthmovement
@/eid_yara
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