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NewsZZ Top Anxious To Return To The StudioMore sooner than later is the word from ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill regarding a new album from the Texas-based rock act, which is currently between labels. "As soon as we can write it, put it down and make a deal, but I don't really know how long that takes," Hill tells Billboard.com. "It's always important for us to record, so if we're not performing live, that's what we're doing. We're ready to get something new out." Hill says there are plenty of ideas for the follow-up to 2003's "Mescalero," but no finished songs and timeframe for their release. "We've come up with about 50 of them so I hesitate to even bring them up," Hill says. "We have 50 different titles, 50 different song ideas. Through the years we've had hundreds of ideas. We've been writing one song for about 25 years and if we ever did finish it, it would scare me." There's also talk of a concert DVD, which would be the first for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act. The band will have plenty of opportunities to record a performance this year, with its concert calendar showing a few European gigs next month followed by a handful of stateside dates. This week, the band is part of the Rock on the Range festival, which takes Saturday (May 19) in Columbus. Hill says fans can expect a cross-section from ZZ Top's career, including obscure tracks such as "Brown Sugar" and "Francine" as well as the newer song "Mescalero." This past weekend, the threesome took part in the Las Vegas taping of the second annual VH1 Rock Honors, which is due to air May 24. The band was saluted alongside Genesis, Ozzy Osbourne and Heart. But considering ZZ Top has been together nearly 40 years, what else is there to accomplish? "There's quite a bit," Hill says. "It's just onward and upward. [We] just [want to] keep on making the best music we can, every night we can." Mark Ronson plays debut US live show Producer du jour Mark Ronson played his debut US show to a packed crowd at the Highline Ballroom in Manhattan last night (July 11). Although a renowned local DJ for the past ten years, the New York native admitted he was "shitting himself" at the prospect of playing his home town with a full band. Playing guitar for most of the set, Ronson also utilised the talents of a seven-piece backing group to reproduce the tracks on his album 'Version', released this week in the US. A string of special guests reprised their roles on the album including Daniel Merriweather, Kenna, Tiggers and Santo Gold. Rappers Saigon and Wale also joined Ronson, the latter of whom provided vocals to 'Toxic' and an impressive interpretation of the hip-hop staple 'Apache'. Alex Greenwald guested on the cover of Radiohead's 'Just' during which the Phantom Planet singer crowd-surfed across the front section of the audience. Ronson told the audience that Phantom Planet's 'California' is his favourite song about Los Angeles before the pair proceeded to duet on a slow-burning version of the 'The OC'-anthem. |
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