FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT 7:15 AM - September 3, 2004
VAN HALEN TO ROCK IN SASKATCHEWAN
Eddie, Alex, Michael, and Sammy Set Credit Union Centre (Saskatoon) Concert
For Thursday, October 28
Tickets On Sale September 11, 2004 @ 9:30AM
VAN HALEN: Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and Sammy Hagar will be performing in Saskatoon on Thursday, October 28th at the Credit
Union Centre. Tickets are set to go on sale to the public on Saturday,
September 11th at 9:30 AM.
Since Van Halen's seminal debut album in 1978, the band has set the template
for hard rock and heavy metal, continually attracting legions of fervent
fans. Van Halen in concert will be performing songs from their 25-year
career including hits from their current double CD, The Best Of Both Worlds,
Top of the World," "When It's Love," "Why Can't This Be Love," "Right Now,"
"Dreams," "Jump," "Best of Both Worlds," "Panama," and "Love Walks In."
Sammy Hagar was the Van Halen front man from 1985-1996. During that period, all Van Halen studio albums, 5150, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, and Balance, as well as Best of Van Halen Volume I, went straight to #1 on the Billboard charts. Live: Right Here, Right Now peaked at #5. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge won a GRAMMY Award for "Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal" in 1991.
The GRAMMY Award-winning band has sold more than 75 million albums
worldwide. Twelve Van Halen albums have been certified multi-Platinum.
Additionally, the band's eponymous debut album and 1984 have both reached
Diamond status, recognizing sales in excess of 10 million units each. The
band holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the most Number One rock
tracks (11) at album radio.
Van Halen has teamed up with iloveallaccess.com to offer the ultimate fan
experience featuring a variety of premium ticket packages. For more details
go to www.iloveallaccess.com.
General public tickets will be on sale on Saturday, September 11th at 9:30
AM.
Tickets available through all Ticketmaster Outlets,
Charge By Phone at 306-938-7800 or 1-800-970-7328, or order online at
www.ticketmaster.ca
Jolie Dumps Croft
Angelina Jolie is getting out of the Tomb Raiding business, saying she would not be reprising her role as Lara Croft again. Jolie plays aviatrix Franky Cook in this month's SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW.
Terry Gilliam Movie Saskatchewan Bound
TORONTO (CP) -- Writer-director Terry Gilliam is bringing his sense of the fantastic and bizarre to Saskatchewan.
The acclaimed British director, known for such magical and surreal films as Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, will shoot Tideland in Regina and picturesque Qu'Appelle valley for 10 weeks starting Sept. 27.
The script is based on Mitch Cullin's acclaimed southern gothic novel of the same name and is written by Gilliam and Tony Grisoni.
Nine-year-old Vancouver actress Jodelle Ferland stars in the lead role, Jeliza-Rose. The cast also includes Brendan Fletcher of Comox, B.C., Jennifer Tilly and Janet McTeer.
Tideland is described as a fable about an abandoned girl's life and the fantasies that help her escape the harsh reality of her childhood.
The Canada-U.K. co-production involves Toronto-based Capri Films and the U.K.'s Recorded Picture Co.
"Terry and I have been developing this project for many years and I am thrilled with the involvement of (co-producer) Gabriella Martinelli and Capri to realize this film in Canada," Jerry Thomas, chairman of Recorded Picture, said Thursday in a release.
'Generations' DVD lost in space
The Star Trek universe is no longer unfolding as it should: Paramount Home Entertainment yesterday suspended the Sept. 7 release of the Special Collector's Edition of the 1994 hit film Star Trek: Generations.
Due to a technical error that left two promised trailers missing from the set, Tuesday's release has been recalled. It could take weeks to get the set re-packaged, re-marketed and re-issued, Paramount officials said.
Everything else promised on the package is on the set, including three hours of bonus materials. They include a commentary by co-writers Brannon Braga and Ron Moore, production documentaries, visual effects insights, three scene deconstructions, a Picard family album, three deleted scenes, an alternate ending and live premiere footage.
But two measly trailers totalling three or four minutes of running time -- one a teaser, the other the theatrical trailer -- went AWOL and ruined the release. It sounds trivial, but Paramount officials do not want to risk alienating their hard-core Trek fans by promising something on the DVD cover that is not included inside.
When the new sets come out later this fall, the trailers still will not be included, but the packaging will not list them in the contents. Yesterday's decision could end up costing Paramount millions of dollars and frustrate millions of Trekkies, who have eagerly gobbled up the series of Special Collector's Editions of the Star Trek movie catalogue.
Generations is the film that combined key members of the two most famous Star Trek casts, the original one led by Canadian William Shatner as Cpt. James T. Kirk and the Next Generation one led by Englishman Patrick Stewart as Cpt. Jean-Luc Picard. Stewart was supposed to be in Toronto last weekend to meet Trek fans at a convention but cancelled due to illness.