Prior News & Reviews
August 2002
Harley-Davidson have offered a reduction in ticket prices for the Los Angeles shows Sept. 6 to Sept. 8. $55. ticket holders can take advantage of the $20. price change. (thanks, Steve C.) Read more here
Ray and George Winston's appearance in NYC on September 26th, will be a "duo piano concert" with George and Ray performing the music of The Doors together on two grand pianos. (thanks, Dave)
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Robby Krieger Band may have some new tour dates coming up. Two dates were posted on Robby's message board today, for shows in Arizona and Florida.
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KLOS and Jim Ladd have announced that The Doors private show will be played back on Jim Ladd's Living Room show on Wednesday night, September 4th starting at 10:00 p.m. Listen to 95.5 KLOS to win tickets. http://www.955klos.com
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John Densmore will perform a live jazz set on September 26th at a City of Hope Cancer Center Rock Photography Auction in Hollywood. Jim Marshall is among the photographers featured, and Jim Morrison is listed as one of the subjects. Read more here, or go to: http://www.955klos.com/viewentry.asp?ID=227125&PT=Jocks If the link doesn't work, just go to http://www.955klos.com and click on EVENTS.
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A.I. (which features Pablo Manzarek, Ray's son) now has a 27-date tour listed on their site. The tour begins on August 23rd in Tempe, AZ and runs through September 29th in Santa Ana, CA. A.I.'s website and tour dates can be found at http://aimusic.com/
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The Toronto leg of the Harley Davidson Road Show was previously listed as Friday, September 27th. I just noticed the Harley site now indicates The Doors headline on Sunday, September 29th. Other bands listed for that date are Colin James and Big Sugar. http://www.harley-davidson.com
The date of the live show from an undisclosed location in L.A. has been changed from Wednesday, August 28th to Tuesday, September 3rd.
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The Jim Ladd Living Room will take place on Wednesday,
August 28th from 1pm to 2pm at an undisclosed location in Hollywood.
8/24/02: I cannot find this listed on the site anymore; it may have been cancelled due to the date change to 9/3. 8/25/02: I had the chance to ask Jim Ladd in person at a concert last night; he indicated that it does NOT appear that the show will be broadcast after all. 8/26/02: The show is back on. See August 26th post above for more.
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A.I. and Money Mark are cooking up a tour, starting Aug. 21 in San Diego and running through late October. The DreamWorks' trio (which features the Doors' Ray Manzarek's son Pablo) will see its debut album, Artificial Intelligence, out on Aug. 27. This is according to today's "allstar Daily News". A.I.'s website is at http://aimusic.com/
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July 2002 issue of Record Collector (UK) cover story is certainly worth the $9.00 (USD) price. Find out why right here
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Ray Manzarek was on LA radio station KRTH 101 on Thursday morning, August 8th, to promote the upcoming The Doors concert on September 6th at CA Speedway. He said that in addition to Ian Astbury of The Cult on vocals, John Doe of X will appear to recite Jim's poetry, and specifically mentioned that John would be reading Awake (from American Prayer). Ray also said that Riders On The Storm would be their final song at the show.
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