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RiO!B episode – March 24, 2011

admin — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:44:39 +0000

Radiohead releasing free newspaper

Gold Cobra gets a release date

Nirvana releasing EP on Record Store Day

The Kills – “Pots and Pans”

Pete Townshend regrets joining The Who

RiO!B episode – December 7, 2010

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:37:41 +0000

Gorillaz Calling It Quits?

Judas Priest farewell tour

Deftones release “Diamond Eyes” remix

Peter, Bjorn and John releasing new album

Gorillaz – “Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach”

Motörhead – “Get Back In Line”

The Who – “Tattoo”

Daft Punk – “Derezzed”

RiO!B episode – July 6, 2010

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:49:30 +0000

New Strokes album pushed back to March 2011

No new Van Halen record coming out

New Queens of the Stone Age next year

The Who possibly touring in 2011

RiO!B episode – Feb. 8, 2010

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:35:21 +0000

Steven Tyler in Led Zeppelin?

TCV on SNL

The Who at the Super Bowl

30 seconds to Mars bomb scare

Vampire Weekend cover Rancid

The Who rock the Super Bowl

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:21:33 +0000

First and foremost, a big congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for their massive Super Bowl victory over the Indianapolis Colts. The team and the city deserved it and Mardi Gras is kicking off early on Bourbon Street. My guess is no one is going to work anytime soon down there.

But another congratulations goes out to rock n’ roll for the halftime performance by The Who. While it wasn’t the most exciting or energetic halftime show (that honor goes to Bruce Springsteen) it was still a solid performance from Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend.

Their medley consisted of the songs “Pinball Wizard”, “Baba O’Riley”, “Who Are You?”, the closing of “Tommy” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again”.

Check out the video of the full performance up top courtesy of my buddy The Audio Perv. Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Pete Townshend will stalk your kids in Miami

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:24:50 +0000

If the flyer below has any type of impact come Super Bowl weekend then residents will be shuffling their kids into their homes and locking their doors because Pete Townshend is in town and he’s out to do terrible things to the children of South Beach.

The group known as Protect Our Children, Inc. distributed this flyer to residents who live near Sun Life Stadium where the The Who will be performing during the halftime show. Because apparently, according to these people, Townshend is gonna go out and grab himself a few kids right around the first quarter of the game.

Townshend was arrested in 2003 for child pornography and became a registered sex offender in the U.K. The flyer claims that he will be at large in Miami and that he is not expected to establish a residency in this country. Phew! For a minute there I thought this massive rock star was going to buy himself a shitty home in Miami and leave his life of luxury in England behind him all so that he can get a taste of young American kids.

After seeing this flyer I now am absolutely positive that certain people just should not breed at all.

RiO!B episode – Jan. 26, 2010

admin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:35:55 +0000

AC/DC is the Iron Man 2 soundtrack

The Who reveal Super Bowl setlist

The Download Festival lineup

Them Crooked Vultures on SNL

Pete Townshend reveals Super Bowl set list

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:16:03 +0000

If you were wondering what The Who were going to play at this year’s Super Bowl’s halftime show then just ask Pete Townshend.

Billboard recently spoke with the non-secret keeping guitarist and he revealed the band’s set list for their global performance.

“We’re kinda doing a mashup of stuff,” Townshend said. “A bit of ‘Baba O’Riley,’ a bit of ‘Pinball Wizard,’ a bit of the close of ‘Tommy,’ a bit of ‘Who Are You,’ and a bit of ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again.’ It works — it’s quite a saga. A lot of the stuff that we do has that kind of celebratory vibe about it — we’ve always tried to make music that allows the audience to go a bit wild if they want to. Hopefully it will hit the spot.”

Super Bowl XLIV will air on Sunday, February 7th on CBS. We here at the RiO!B would like to voice our support for the New Orleans Saints in this contest. Who Dat?!

RiO!B episode – Nov. 16, 2009

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:32 +0000

The Who playing the Super Bowl?

Slayer reschedules Canada dates

Badly Drawn Boy’s new soundtrack

British Sea Power recording new album

The Who are playing the Super Bowl?

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:04:39 +0000

So it’s just come to my attention from our buds over at TwentyFourBit that a source at Sports Illustrated has released the following information: The Who will play the halftime show at the Super Bowl.

Nothing has been confirmed by the NFL on this matter but they did release a statement. “When we have something to announce, we’ll announce it.” But it makes sense that a band like the Who would play the halftime show. Let’s look at the previous artists of the last few years. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and Prince have all graced our televisions on Super Sunday. So to have The Who fill this year’s slot seems fitting with the trend they’ve gone with ever since Janet Jackson’s boobie made a half second appearance on network TV.

This is cool news but its got me wondering about something. Would there be any band not deemed classic rock that is up to the task of entertaining almost a billion people at the same time? Not to mention a band that the whole family/sports bar can enjoy? Until that super new band comes along, prepare to catch up on the Greatest Hits that these classic bands have to offer while wolfing down hot wings.