WHO TOUR WILL GO ON WITH FILL-IN BASS PLAYER.Byline: - Fred Shuster Despite the death of bassist John Entwistle, the Who tour will kick-off Monday at the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the . The two surviving co-founders of the group, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, have decided to carry on in tribute to Entwistle, who died Thursday of an apparent heart attack in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . The Who's first U.S. tour in two years was originally set to start Friday in Vegas with a second show today in Irvine. Some tickets were still available for the trek's new opening night Monday at the Bowl. ``The Entwistle family is in full support of the decision to continue and feel this is what John would have wanted,'' Who manager Bill Curbishley Bill Curbishley is a music producer, best known for his work with English rock group The Who. Curbishley started his career in the music business at Track Records, managing The Who and other artists such as Marc Bolan, Thunderclap Newman and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. said. Entwistle's son Christopher added: ``This is what he would have wished, and our love goes out to the remaining band members and the entourage that makes up the Who family.'' British session bassist Pino Palladino Pino Palladino (born on October 17 1957 in Cardiff, Wales, UK) is a noted rock and rhythm and blues electric bass player of Italian ancestry. Background Palladino began playing bass in 1973, having played the electric guitar for some time before that. , who worked on Townshend's solo projects, will fill-in for the fallen bassist. Entwistle, 57, was reportedly taking medication for a heart condition. An autopsy was scheduled in Las Vegas to determine the exact cause of death, with test results expected to take two to 12 weeks, said Clark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America:
But authorities said there were no signs of trauma, violence or drugs in Entwistle's hotel room. There was also no immediate word of funeral arrangements, and the musician's family issued a call for privacy. Total Guitar magazine named Entwistle bassist of the millennium in 2000 over contemporaries such as Paul McCartney Noun 1. Paul McCartney - English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney of the Beatles, Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin. ``The quietest man in private but the loudest on stage,'' Wyman said of his late friend. ``He was unique and irreplaceable.'' |
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