Thursday, January 24, 2013

Guns N Roses to release 3D concert film

Guns N' Roses have followed fellow rockers U2 and Metallica and popstar Katy Perry by announcing a 3D concert film of a show from their 12-night residency in Las Vegas last year. A release has been promised in theatres, on TV and DVD later this year, via an official Facebook page. Appetite for Democracy is being captured by 3D company Rock Fuel Media, the BBC reported. "It doesn't quite feel like being at the concert but it does feel like the next best thing," Screen Daily editor Wendy Mitchell said of the 3D format. She said that it brings so much more to a concert film to have that third dimension. It goes from being something we've all seen and experienced a lot, to an event, an experience, especially when you're going to the cinema to see it, she said. Mitchell said it seems like a natural progression for Axl Rose and his bandmates to put out a 3D film, after 27 years.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Tennessee Waltz singer Patti Page dies at 85

American singer Patti Page, whose 1950 hit 'Tennessee Waltz' topped the US charts for months, has died after suffering a congestive heart failure in a nursing home in Southern California on Tuesday. She was 85. Nicknamed 'The Singing' Rage', she sold more than 100 million albums in her 67-year career, which also included 1950s chart toppers (How Much Is That) 'Doggie in the Window,' 'I Went to Your Wedding,' and 'All My Love' (Bolero). Her manager Michael Glynn said that she had been having some health issues for the past couple of years, ABC News reported. Page won a Grammy for her 1998 album 'Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert' and was to be honoured with a lifetime achievement Grammy in February. She had expected to attend the ceremony, Glynn said. Page was born in Oklahoma as Clara Ann Fowler in 1927and her first big hit was 'With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming,' which peaked at No. 11 on the charts in 1950. Eight years later, she scored her penultimate top-10 song, 'Left Right Out of Your Heart.' She got married thrice, most recently in 1990. She is survived by her two children, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.