Bush, Three Days Grace to play Common Ground Festival
Bush is set to play the Common Ground Festival in Lansing, MI on Monday, July 9
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BUSH: Gavin Rossdale Enjoys Playing Small Venues
Bush are back on the road supporting their new album, ‘The Sea of Memories,’ and the trek is touching down in smaller venues, a marked contrast to the big arenas they’ve played in the past. Some bands might be disappointed by the downgrade, but Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale thinks it gives fans a better experience — and the chance for the band to prove that it deserves an upgrade.“It’s always better for a fan,” Gavin tells WGRD 97.9 in Grand Rapids, Mich. “I prefer to go see a gig by a band I like in [a smaller venue] versus the Staples Center [in Los Angeles]. Those arenas can be cavernous and impersonal. It’s very hard to put on a great show and an intimate show.”
He also sees the small gigs as an opportunity to grow. “I also would like to stress that coming back with Bush, I’m not expecting right away to play huge venues where we are like gorillas pounding our chests in the jungle, like, ‘We’re back, were great and you gotta come see or else you suck.’”
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Gavin Rossdale: MySpace blog – michigan nights
michigan nights
hey
i’m on my bus waiting to play tonight’s show.listening to pj harvey right now and before that it was the waterboys-i found an old video of them on my friend;’s page.
where does everyone go?
we are working full tilt out here,the shows and audiences have been unreal-
it all feels so good.
if you are coming to any of the upcoming shows,be sure to know we play
tons of different stuff.
and the band is on fire=for real.
i have so much respect and gratitude to my band and crew.they are slaying it night after night.it feels like we havew a day off every three weeks.
it is a brutal pace.saved only by the heat and passion of the crowd.
you make it all worth it.
it’s mind-twister to be away so much so i am mindful of the support i’m getting.
the great news for me is that we’ll have a new song at rock/alternative radio any minute.either frontline or this is happiness.
that makes me so happy!
i am always in the debt of love remains the same-
and forever may you run-but imagine how happy i am to unleash those rock tracks for these rock shows.
we are playing a mad venue tonight i swear-our dressing room is a rodeo bar-and this is a big holiday town-and we ‘re gonna fill it out of season,
everything counter-culture-against the grain-into the wind and out of the blue.
gotta play a rock show
all my best and more
g
Gavin Rossdale performs tonight – Traverse City
Traverse City Record-Eagle – Article: Gavin Rossdale performs tonight
By JAMES COOK
jcook@record-eagle.com
TRAVERSE CITY — To answer your first question, don’t expect to see Gwen Stefani at Gavin Rossdale’s show tonight at The Terminal.
Stefani and No Doubt started a tour May 3. The opening New Jersey date on her tour coincided with New York stops on his, giving the celebrity couple a little time together with their two children.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen my wife for two weeks,” Rossdale said. “It’s hard, but it’s what people do. They have kids and they work. It’s just this celebrity culture now, so everyone is interested. Nothing is private anymore. That’s how it works.
“Did anyone ask Bob Marley about his 14 kids? No, but that was in the ’70s. Now, it’s like, ‘So, we saw your son was at a park and he had a yellow bike. Do you think a yellow bike is better than a black bike, because when you have a black bike, you kind of can go faster?’ It’s so weird now, but we go with it.”
Their 3-year-old, Kingston, comes on tour with Rossdale.
Rossdale’s stop in Traverse City is part of his reinvigorated solo effort, touring extensively in support of his album “Wanderlust” that has already spawned one hit — “Love Remains The Same.”
The 13-track CD released last year is a return of sorts for Rossdale, the former lead singer for late-’90s alternative rock band Bush.
Rossdale, a London native, certainly sees it as the start of a comeback.
“Of course, absolutely,” Rossdale said. “Life is nothing but a comeback. Just being alive is a comeback. That’s what I’m doing, staying alive.”
Bush — which struck pay dirt with its very first album “Sixteen Stone” in 1994, producing five top-10 tracks — never duplicated that success in four follow-up albums, and the band split in 2002.
Rossdale said he plays his old Bush songs at his solo shows. Bush is best knows for hits such as “Everything Zen,” “Machine Head,” “Glycerine,” “Come Down,” “Little Things,” “The Chemicals Between Us” and “The People that We Love.”
In between Bush and his solo album, Rossdale released a CD with Institute in 2005 that was only moderately successful. The band lasted only one album.
“I don’t know,” Rossdale said. “I thought it was an incredible record. Such a waste. It didn’t really happen, and it’s a tragedy. But that’s the way it goes.”
Guitarist Chris Traynor has played along with Rossdale with Bush, Institute and on “Wanderlust.”
Through it all, Rossdale’s writing and forced, gravelly voice has been a constant.
“The single, ‘Love Remains The Same’ is quite mellow, and so was ‘Glycerine,’ and some other ballads I had,” Rossdale said. “When you see the show, you get a full range of it. Everything is an extension of Bush.”
Despite paparazzi hounding the celebrity couple from time to time, Rossdale encourages cameras at his concerts.
“They’ve got to make sure the angles are good,” Rossdale joked. “My whole life is on YouTube. You come off stage, and boom, you can check out the performance. It’s amazing. I love it.”
Gavin Rossdale
– When: Today
– Where: The Terminal
– Tickets: $30
– Ages: 18+
– Doors: 8 p.m.
– Opening act: Endless Hallway
– Cameras: Allowed
