(#2004-311) - Topics this issue: 1) Robins plans, 2) N/A, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:49:31 EDT From: BGSuntil@aol.com Subject: Robins plans -------------------------------1095562171 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en Bee Gee Robin Gibb Returns From A Self Imposed Hiatus=20 =E2=80=9CI have spent almost two years reconciling my personal life and dete= rmining=20 my future. With a terrific team, I am looking forward to the many years to c= ome=20 and the outstanding projects we have in store, beginning almost immediately.= =20 I am very appreciative of the love, support and consideration that fans,=20 business associates, and media have shown since Maurice=E2=80=99s passing.= =E2=80=9D -Robin Gibb FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Los Angeles, September 16, 2004) -- Fortunately for millions of fans=20 worldwide, music legend Robin Gibb has returned from his self-imposed hiatus= after=20 the untimely loss of his twin brother and fellow Bee Gee Maurice. Robin=E2= =80=99s=20 immediate plans include an extraordinary live tribute concert and worldwide=20 television special, compilation and brand new recordings, and concert tours.= The=20 project spans over 5 years, and will re-introduce Robin and the Bee Gees to=20= both=20 past, present, and importantly the future. Robin has just set off on the Magnetic Tour 2004 in Germany with the New=20 Frankfurt Philharmonic, which is being taped by Eagle Vision for an upcoming= DVD.=20 Dr. Ralph Philipp Ziegler, Artistic Leader for the Philharmonic, is quoted a= s=20 saying, =E2=80=9CHaving been chosen to team up with Robin Gibb fills us with= great=20 pride and we are extremely motivated, for Robin, and for our audience, to pr= esent=20 this extraordinary event with the greatest enthusiasm.=E2=80=9D=20 Next month, the ultimate compilation CD of some of the Bee Gees #1 songs wil= l=20 be released worldwide by Polydor. Robin will return to the studio after the German dates to finish recording a= =20 new solo CD, produced by Kenneth =E2=80=9CBabyface=E2=80=9D Edmonds under Ro= bin=E2=80=99s Magnet,=20 Inc. production banner. The album will feature Bee Gees songs personally sel= ected=20 by Robin, and Babyface featuring chart topping contemporary vocalists=20 including Jagged Edge, Black Eyed Peas, and a handful of the roster of Mathe= w Knowles=E2=80=99 new management division of Sanctuary Artist Management, as well as many=20 outstanding surprises.=20 A limited Making Of non-scripted television series is planned to precede the= =20 release of the CD, which is anticipated for Fall =E2=80=9905. An extensive W= orld Tour=20 will follow. Perhaps the biggest project Robin is undertaking is a televised tribute=20 concert for Maurice. Along with Maurice=E2=80=99s family, the Maurice Gibb F= oundation and=20 CG Management, comprised of long-time manager Ken Graydon, who continues to=20 represent Robin in the UK and Europe, and well established British manager a= nd=20 publisher John Campbell, who has re-located to Los Angeles to set up an Amer= ican=20 operation and to represent Robin in the U.S., other international=20 territories, Robin is preparing what promises to be the consummate star-stud= ded, talent=20 packed musical special event, a tribute to Maurice. It will take place in th= e=20 United States in Spring =E2=80=9905, and be broadcast on a U.S. television n= etwork and=20 worldwide. Babyface will be the music director of the show, which is sure to= =20 be a major musical event of 2005, attracting enormous worldwide interest. It= =E2=80=99s=20 worth noting, friends of the top selling trio are all coming out to remember= =20 Maurice. Charity foundation EIF is in talks to become seriously involved in=20= the=20 project.=20 =E2=80=9CMaurice loved life,=E2=80=9D said Robin, =E2=80=9CAnd we want to ce= lebrate his life and=20 talent the best way we know how =E2=80=93 through music.=E2=80=9D Music Industry network -------------------------------1095562171-- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:04:35 -0500 (CDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Evangelina=20Valent=EDn?= Subject: Re: I am going to London on October first weekend. I would like to know where I could buy Bee Gees DVDs, biography books, t-shirts,calendars..... Is there stores with those things? give me their adress. Please, help me. Evangelina ===== _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End words@brothersgibb.com Digest [09/19/2004 03:01] ----------------------------------------------------