Collaborators:
Juan Cristobal Guzman,
Pancho (Chile) | Marcio Bernardes, Claudio Milan, Suzana, Paula, Lisete
Henriques (Brazil) |
James and Kelly Reed, Sarah Day, Nora Nichols, Keith Handley, Anne Marie,
Mary Evans, Austin Stewart, Alice Erkers, Peter Poole, Sarah Hutchinson,
Paulo Braz (UK) | BeeBee Baby, Vally Val, Susan Caputto, Glenna Marie Helton, Marty
Hogan, Nancy Frazier, SiSi Semple, Jennifer, Genny, Steven Johnson, Megan
Seitz, Luis A Gonzales, Louis Galetto (USA) | Ana (Argentina) | Gordon Peng (Taiwan) |
Sebastian Wanke, Alex Badini (Germany) | Solvar Reiten (Norway) | Marj. L.
(Canada) | Rabeeh Zakaria (Dubai) | Thomas Dirzininkas (Lithuania) | Robert
Kim (Korea) | Marta Wieloch (Poland) | David Wang (Hong Kong) | Cristina
Villacampa, Cote (Spain) | Martin Kluitenberg, Harm Dragt (Netherlands) |
Cristina Pimentel (Portugal) | Bo Mikkelsen (Denmark) | Moti (Israel) |
Dobin (Japan) | Orlando Salazar, Daniel Zarate (Mexico) | Andrea Lettieri
(Uruguay) | Pam Ramacher, Mike Jamieson, James Bennett
January 1, 2006
:: Sales info
Bee Gees catalog is still selling strong in the US market:
o Number Ones ones sold 15,000 copies last week and now has sold
727,900
copies since released in 2004.
o The Record has also been a good seller too
and has shipped 1,232,000 copies since 2001. The Record has been huge also
in many other big markets around the world, specially in the UK, Australia,
Brazil, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Brazil and Chile.
o One Night Only has sold since 1998 1,626,000 copies in the USA,
having sold
also over 1 million in the UK.
(Posted by Juan Cristobal Guzman)
January 1
:: Robin on Hootenanny
Robin Gibb performed two songs on BBC 2' New Year's Eve show last night:
To love somebody and Massachusetts. You can see a photo at Ninneke's
Gibb Site (Posted by Cote)
Robin
also joined in with many other artists on the show and he sang a verse from the old song GOODNIGHT
IRENE. Listen to the short interview -542 Kb- (Posted by Richard O Donoghue)
January 1
:: Bee Gees song in movie
In Korea, on January 19, a movie titled 'Holiday'
will be released. To obtain the right to use 'Holiday' in the
soundtrack, the movie company was reported to pay USD90,000 to the
Brothers Gibb. (Posted by Robert Kim from Bee
Gees Collections)
January 1
:: "Bee Gees return to the newsstands - You requested bis... They are
back"
Those are the titles of today's Zero Hora newspaper (Dec 30th), advancing the reedition of Bee Gees Live By Request
DVD to promote sales of the "Series
Preço Show" in newsstands of the Rio Grande do Sul State (south
Brazil).
Remember: the news paper
sold 15 000 copies on the first day of sale (Dec 16th).
[Posted by Lisete Henriques
(Brazil)]
December 29
:: Polls: Vote for Barry and Robin
There are two polls where you can vote for Barry and Robin
Gibb:
o As you know, Robin will be on Jools Holland's show 'Hootenanny!' (BBC 2)
on New Year's Eve. BBC 2 is carrying on a poll: "Who's
best on the Hootenanny?" You can vote
for Robin.
o There is another poll carried out by
"The Album Chart Show" (BBC Radio 2) where you can vote for your
favourite album this year. You can vote
for Guilty Too
(Posted by Suzana)
December 28
:: Remembering Maurice
"We the members of BGI are hoping that the many fans from around the
world join us again in paying tribute to Maurice on January 12th by lighting
a candle in his honor.... Thanks for everything."
(Posted by Glenna Marie Helton from BGI)
December 28
:: Why did First of May not chart?
"Maybe you're wondering what happened to the G4 cover of First Of May. It
hasn't charted in the Top 40 at all! The reason being Woolworths (the main
force behind singles sales in the UK) have refused to stock it, not to
mention a few other major stores. The reason being is that the record
company have screwed up. They promised a free G4 sticker to everyone who
bought a copy and it turns out that only a fraction of the copies pressed
have included one. So, the chart compilers have also disqualified this
release for inclusion in the charts. There was a midweek prediction before
this mistake was known and it was at no. 6! This is a great shame, as it
could've been the Bee Gees 49th top 10 hit in the UK." (Posted by James and Kelly
Reed)
December 27
:: Maurice Gibb: A Christmas story
You can read a nice story about Maurice Gibb at Rick
Resource.
December 26
:: ShowForMo
That's the name of a new section at BarryGibb.com.
It's not up yet, but announced as coming soon.
December 26
:: Robin Gibb on Five Live
According to RobinGibb.com, Robin
taped an interview last week for BBC Radio 5's programme "A Year In
The Life", which was aired yesterday. You can listen to it at BBC
site (available only for a week)
December 25
:: Next Robin Gibb TV appearance
Robin Gibb will take part on the BBC 2 programme 'Hootenanny!' hosted by
Jools Holland on Saturday 31st December, 11.00 pm. More details at BBC's
website. (Posted by Cote)
December 25
:: Commander Mo's Paintball Shop
Although they don't have
anything with Mo's name on it as of yet, here is the link to the up and
running online shop.... mospaintball.com (Posted by Megan Seitz)
December 21
:: Robin Gibb TV appearance
Robin Gibb took part on the itv1 programme 'Abba's top 20 Greatest Hits'
in Britain on Tuesday 20th December. The show included stars like Daniel
Beddingfield and Girls Aloud listing in order what they thought were
Abba's top 20 best songs. Robin took part in the show with his own top
twenty Abba songs and commented that 'The Winner takes all' was one of his
favourite Abba tracks. (Posted by Austen Stewart, Aberdeen- Scotland)
December 21
:: Barry Gibb Unplugged
Yesterday a new chat room with a webcam was tested at BarryGibbUnplugged.com.
Both Barry Gibb and David English were in the chat room. Barry sang for
fans.
[Note: To access the new chat room, you need to have Java and QuickTime
installed. A DSL connection is needed too]
December 21
:: Support for Robin in Brazil needed
"A very popular brazilian website called IG made a question with a lot of
choices for the vistors: "Which was the best International
concert in Brazil in the year of 2005?" The bad thing is that Robin
Gibb's concert IS NOT among the choices. Immediately we, bee gees fans,
started to send comments (the page allows it) complaining about it. We
need some international support from fans around the world.
This is the question URL: enquete.ig.com.br/
And here is the page URL where people can post comments:
igpop.ig.com.br
Steps:
Scroll down the page and click on "Comentar".
A popup window
will appear. Fill in the blanks with your name (NOME), your e-mail, and
type your coment on the MENSAGENS text box - (u don't need to fill the
SEU BLIG text box).
After u did that, just click on ENVIAR COMENTÁRIO.
Your post will be analysed by the website and then your post will
appear.
Please,
let's try. WE CAN'T LET THIS OMISSION PERSIST. As I said, International
support is always welcome and efficient."
(Posted by Alan Borher de Mattos)
December 21
:: End of the year charts
Number ones is the 107th best selling album of the year in the US
according to Billboard Magazine. The album has sold more than 400.000
copies in the US alone this year.in 2004 it sold 288.000 copies. in the Uk
Guilty too has sold more than 300.000 copies so it should be certified
platinum by the BPI (Posted by Juan Cristobal Guzman)
December 21
:: Ad with Bee Gees music
Was watching a TV show last night and saw
an advertisement for GameTap.com, the background music was Stayin Alive.
You can view it online at GameTap.com
Click on Explore Gametap
On the right under Gametop Original
Programming
Pull down menu click on TV Spots
TV Spots
These spots have been on TV introducing
GameTap but now you can see them here again and again.
View the game Die. (Posted by Dee)
December 19
:: Two releases today...
... of Gibb-related cd singles:
G4's cd single "First of May" featuring Robin Gibb - Amazon.uk.
Barbra
Streisand's cd single "Come Tomorrow" (duet with Barry Gibb) /
"Night of my life" (new remix) - Amazon.uk
December 19
:: Bee Gees & Brazil: DVD
Bee Gees Live by Request sold out in the south of Brazil
Newsstands all over "Rio Grande do Sul" State (south Brazil)
have sold out Bee Gees Live By Request DVD - a promotion of the The
Brazilian newspaper "Zero Hora". A total of
15 000 copies were purchased on the first day of sale (December 16th), and more DVDs will
be sold on January 2, 2006.
According to the news, an explanation for Bee Gees success could be the
renewal of the fans. Marco Flores, Sunset Riders' manager (only cover band
of the Bee Gees in Rio Grande do Sul State) said: "The Bee Gees'
vocal and instrumental technique pleases all audiences. We see people
between the ages of 18 -and 60 enjoying Bee Gees music in our shows."
(Posted by Lisete Henriques / Brazil. Source: Zero
Hora)
December 19
:: Maurice Gibb Memorial Park
Works go on for Maurice Gibb Memorial Park in South Beach, Miami Beach. The
monolith has now Maurice's
name. You can see photos at Ellan
Vannin. (Posted by Ana from Ellan Vannin)
December 19
:: Now Voyager dvd
You can read a press release concerning Now Voyager at Noble
PR website. (Posted by Ana from Ellan Vannin)
December 15
:: Coming soon
Another official site for Barry Gibb will be available before Christmas: Barry
Gibb Unplugged Website. Maybe for webcam concerts??
An official announcement will be made on BarryGibb.com
soon.
December 15
:: Love Songs enters USA charts
Despite the barrage of Bee Gees compilations in the last
few years and virtually no promotion, Love Songs has charted in the USA at 166.
It's their
32th album to chart on Billboard's top 200. (Posted by Juan Cristobal Guzman and Louis Galetto)
December 14
:: Robin Gibb on the radio
Robin stated on his Steve Wright Radio 2 interview today (14 dec) that the
reports of his feud with brother Barry are not true, and that the Entertainment
Today programme edited his and Barry's interviews to make it sound like
they were. Robin also mentioned the Maurice tribute album, moreover he
mentioned that British brit rock act Oasis could be recording a song for
the album. Robin also said that he loves the Sir Paul McCartney version of
'Too much heaven'.
Robin also said that he and Barry have signed a new record contract for
2006 with a new record company for the reissue of the BeeGees back catalogue and as part of that
deal that they will be working together again.
Robin was on good form during the show, very relaxed and joked about the Sgt
Pepper film. (Report by Austen Stewart, Aberdeen, Scotland UK)
December
13
:: Robin Gibb on TV: Reminder
Robin
will perform with G4 on the ITV programme This Morning on the 14th of
December. (Posted by Austin Stewart and Sarah)
December
9
:: Robin Gibb on TV
This afternoon Robin Gibb appeared on ITV's "Today with Des and Mel" show in
the UK. He performed How Deep Is Your Love and was interviewed about Love
Songs. He also talked about Maurice Gibb's tribute album, and said he will
spend Christmas at home in Thame. (Posted by Mary Evans)
December 8
:: Love Songs & G4
Love Songs has entered Canada's charts at #63. In the UK G4's album
featuring "First of May" has debuted at number 6. (Posted by Juan Cristobal Guzman and Cote)
December 8
:: Releases
Two CD singles will be released on December 19 in the UK:
- "Come Tomorrow / Night Of My Life" - Barbra Streisand &
Barry Gibb. - You can pre-order it from Amazon
UK.
- "First of May" - G4 & Robin Gibb. - You can
pre-order it from Amazon
UK.
December 7
:: Barry Gibb's Chat
Barry Gibb chatted with fans yesterday. Read transcript
(Thanks to Ana from Ellan Vannin)
December 7
:: MEG's concert
If you live in Miami, you have the chance to see MEG live today:
"The Samantha Gibb Project: Live
music, featuring Samantha Gibb, daughter of the Bee Gees' late Maurice
Gibb, 10 p.m., Purdy Lounge, 1811 Purdy Ave., Miami Beach. Free. Call
786-564-1561." (Source: Miami
Herald)
MEG performs at Purdy Lounge first Wednesday of every month (Thank you
Ana)
December 4
:: Love Songs
Love Songs enters at 51 in the UK this week. You can order it from Amazon.uk.
Streisand's album
Guilty Too is 33 down from 32 after 11 weeks. It's doing pretty well in
the UK being the best market for the album so far. (Posted by Juan
Cristobal Guzman)
December 3
:: Robin Gibb Magnetic Tour 2006
Though it's not been confirmed yet, Robin Gibb might play in Beijing and
Shangai (China) in April 2006, and in the UK in July 2006. According to Pollstar
these are the dates in the UK:
July 1: Cardiff
July 2: Woodstock
July 7: Derby
July 8: West Sussex
July 9: Maidstone
July 14: Norfolk
July 16 Wiltshire
Visit RobinGibb.com for
confirmation. (Posted by David Wang and Marj L)
December 3
:: Review of Robin's concert in Argentina
"Robin
Gibb gave an outstanding performance last Saturday November 26 at Luna
Park Arena, Buenos Aires, Argentina. With the aid of his touring band plus
an orchestra of 30 highly skilled Argentinean musicians, he delivered a
myriad of the most successful Bee Gees songs plus two of his solo hits
(Saved By the Bell and Juliet). After 20 minutes of the hour and half
show, Robin, who was in top vocal form, got the audience, who had filled
up 3/4 of the place, cheerfully dancing and clapping. The show skilfully
combined breathless disco hits from the 70s with soulful ballads, some of
them played acoustically. Robin received several standing ovations during
the concert and could not leave the place until delivering three encores,
the last one of them a second version of Staying Alive. The atmosphere
during the whole event was of tender communion between artist and
audience." (By Andrea
Lettieri, Montevideo, Uruguay)
December 2
:: More about Robin in Brazil
You can see some photos of Robin's arrival at the airport, and also photos
of Robin performing and of fans rushing onto stage to kiss him during his
concert in Sao Paulo at Ninneke's
Gibb Forum (registration maybe needed) [Posted by Paula]
 December
2
:: Robin Gibb in Mexico
Yesterday Robin Gibb gave the last concert of his Latin American Tour. He
performed at the Arena Monterrey (Mexico) for 9,000 people. He promised to
come back to Mexico with Barry. There is a nice review in Spanish at El
Porvenir. It features two photos taken during the concert.
On the left you can see a photo of Robin with Daniel Zarate and on the right a photo with Orlando Salazar, both taken after Robin's concert in Mexico DF. (Posted by Juan Cristobal Guzman, Daniel Zarate from Bee
Gees Latino, and Orlando Salazar from Bee Gees Mexico)
December 1
:: Robin Gibb in Argentina
You can see photos taken during Robin Gibb's concert in Buenos Aires five days
ago at Ellan
Vannin. (Posted by Ana from Ellan Vannin)
November 30
:: Robin Gibb on TV
According to sonymusic.co.uk Robin
will perform with G4 on the ITV programme This Morning on the 14th of
December. (Posted by Austin Stewart)
November 30
:: Robin Gibb in Brazil and more
See photos taken during
the concert in Sao Paulo (November 24) sent by Suzana.
On November 26 he played in Buenos Aires (same song list as in Brazil) and
last night he performed in Mexico DF. +7,500 people attended the show. You
can read about it at Yahoo.mx,
La
Segunda, Terra
(in Spanish) [Thanks to Juan Cristobal Guzman]
November 30
:: BMI award
"To love somebody" has received the 5 million airs certification
from BMI. This is the second Bee Gees song with 5 million air plays in the
USA. The first one to achieve it was How deep is your love (Posted by
Cote. Source: BMI)
November 29
:: Maurice Gibb Memorial Park
Works go on for Maurice Gibb Memorial Park in South
Beach. The old monolith has been removed and the new one with Maurice's
name is being built. You can see photos at Ellan
Vannin. (Posted by Ana from Ellan Vannin)
November 29
:: New Robin Gibb screensaver
A new free Robin Gibb screensaver, & wallpaper download is now available
from EvoSound
(Posted by Ashley Whitfield from EvoSound)
November 27
:: Certification for Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasures has been certified gold in New Zealand.
November 25
:: Robin Gibb's concert in Brazil
Yesterday Robin Gibb gave the first concert of his Latin American Tour at
the Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The concert lasted about an hour
and a half and the song list was a little different this time, since he
only performed two solo songs, Saved By The Bell and Juliet; the rest of the songs were Bee Gees
hits. The sound was very good (much better than on the dvd recorded in
Germany), and the orchestra did not hide his voice, which sounded better
than ever. You can see photos (more to be posted there soon)
at the BR Gibb Fotolog.
The play list:
Emotion, Words, First Of May, I Started A Joke, Massachusetts, Night Fever, How Deep Is Your Love, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart, New York
Mining Disaster, Saved By The Bell, Holiday, Juliet, Night Fever, You
Should Be Dancing, I've Gotta Get A Message To You, Tragedy, More Than A
Woman, Jive Talkin’, Nigths On Broadway, You Win Again, Stayin' Alive.
(Posted by Claudio from BR Gibb)
November 24
:: Robin Gibb interviewed
The Argentinan newspaper Clarin features an interview with Robin
Gibb. You can read it at Clarin.com
(in Spanish).
When asked if Barry Gibb would participate in Maurice's tribute, his
answer was "Yes, absolutely" (?). He also said: "Musically,
what I miss most is being at the studio, writing songs, the three of us
together." (Posted by Cote)
Read translation
(Thanks to Ana from Ellan Vannin)
November 24
:: Who's Who in Australia
Who's Who in Australia (2006 edition) includes Barry and Robin Gibb
for the first time. (Posted by Marj L. Source: The
Age.com)
November 23
:: Middle Ear
The date for Middle Ear's new owners to take possession of the facilities
has been put off till the end of February 2006 (instead of December this
year) [Posted by Ana from Ellan Vannin]
(Scroll down till September 22
to read an article about it)
November 23
:: Guilty Pleasures in Dubai
Guilty Pleasures has been released in Dubai too and has entered the charts
at number 29. (Posted by Rabeeh Zakaria)
November 23
:: Barry Gibb's Chat
Barry Gibb chatted with fans yesterday. Read transcript
(Thanks to Ana from Ellan Vannin)
November 22
:: Robin Gibb on TV
This morning Robin Gibb was on GMTV to promote Love Songs and performed
'Words'. "He was backed by an acoustic guitar and sang it brilliantly." (Posted by
Richard O Donoghue)
According to RobinGibb.com, next
appearance will be next Saturday on ITV (Movie Music Mania).
November
22
:: Robin Gibb in Mexico
Finally Robin Gibb will give two concerts in Mexico: one in the capital
city on November 29 and another one in Monterrey on December 1 (See
ad). Bee Gees and Robin Gibb's Mexican fans from Bee Gees Latino
and Bee Gees Mexico
want to give Robin a big welcome. If you are attending the concert in
Mexico DF and want to join them, they will gather at the Auditorio
Nacional at 2 p.m. (November 29) to have lunch and attend the concert together. They
have this message for Robin:
"In Mexico, we are counting the days for your arrival.
You are coming here for the first time to a concert to play the music
composed by your brothers and yourself. That makes us have the hope to
meet you and shake your hand.
Mexican fans want to honor your career and the fact that you have made us
happy with your music.
Would it be possible for you to be with us before the concert, and give us
the chance to give you this acknowledgement from your fans?
If so, where could you meet us?
For us, it would be a dream come true, and thank your for the happiness
you've brought to our lives with your music.
Thank you very much. Daniel Zarate (Bee Gees Latinoamerica) and Orlando
Salazar (Bee Gees Mexico). Email"
(Posted by Daniel Zarate from Bee
Gees Latino)
November 22
:: Love Songs
The latest Bee Gees compilation, Love Songs, has already been released in
Honk Kong [Correction: Its release has been finally postponed till
November 28th]. You can buy it at HMV.
Now Voyager is also available there. And if you are interested in getting
Andy Gibb's cds, you can also find them at HMV Hong
Kong. (Posted by David Wang)
November 21
:: Barry Gibb's Chat
Barry Gibb chatted with fans last Thursday. Read transcript
(Thanks to Ana from Ellan Vannin)
November 20
:: Barry Gibb's Birthday Party
Miami
Sun Post (September 15, 2005): "Bowling proved to be a sport
that is very much staying alive on South Beach, as four generations of
Gibbs joined Bee Gees star Barry Gibb last Wednesday night at Lucky
Strike, apparently the hottest birthday party spot on South Beach. The
celebration was threefold: Linda and Barry's 35th
wedding anniversary, Barry's birthday and Barry's son Ashley's birthday.
In between bowling, the group of about 50 munched on burgers and hors
d'oeuvres and sipped sour apple martinis (while some of the adult kids
downed lemon drop shots). There were three separate cakes – one for each
occasion – each differently decorated. The anniversary cake was
two-tiered with lifelike pink roses. Barry's birthday cake, also
two-tiered, had music notes and silver streamers all over it and Ashley's
cake had a basketball and music theme. The party went until 10 p.m., but
some of the younger Gibbs extended the stay until midnight. Of course, the
whole family belted out what sources are saying was the loudest version of
"Happy Birthday" to date at Lucky Strike. The tables were filled
with gifts for the extravaganza and clearly the family left happy, because
sources say they left a very generous tip." (Posted by Marj L)
November 20
:: Barry Gibb's Now Voyager DVD
Originally released on video in 1984, it features Barry Gibb performing
most songs from his Now Voyager album (except She Says), linked by a
storyline. If you don't want to wait till its release
on 23 January 2006, you can already pre-order Now Voyager dvd from HMV
Hong Kong, where it will be released on November 22. (Posted by David Wang)
Now Voyager DVD has already been released in the Netherlands (November 11). You can order it from DVD
Winkel (in Dutch)
November 20
:: Love and Hope
Barry Gibb announced he will be performing at the 2006 Love & Hope
Ball to raise funds for the Diabetes
Research Institute. The concert will take place on Saturday February
18, 2006 at the Westlin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Miami. For more
information, please contact:
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
3440 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 100
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone -- 954-964-4040
Toll -- 800-321-3437
Fax -- 954-964-7036
E-mail -- [email protected]
November
17
:: Barbra and Barry's new single
Come Tomorrow will be released as a single in the UK on December 19th. The
b-side will be a new remix of Night of my life. (Posted by Mary Evans.
Source: Barbra News)
br>November
17
:: Robin Gibb update
If you want to read about Robin's TV appearances in the UK to promote Love
Songs, visit RobinGibb.com
(Posted by Marj L)
G4's cd single "First of May" featuring Robin Gibb, to be
released on December 19, is already available at Amazon.uk. November
16
:: Teri De Sario
There is an interview with Teri de Sario at Inq7.
She recalls Barry Gibb (Posted by Marj L)
November
14
:: Woman In Love by Liz McLarnon
As you probably know, Liz McLarnon has recorded a version of Woman In
Love, co-produced by Robin Gibb, that will be released as a single in
2006. A dance version is already available in the compilation Clubland 8,
released on November 7 in the UK. You can buy it at Amazon
UK. (Posted by James Bennett)
November 13
:: Bill Gates and the Bee Gees
The Sunday Mail (Australia) features an interview with Brisbane
disc jockey Bill Gates, who talks about the Bee Gees. Read interview.
(Posted by Mary Evans)
November 11
:: Robin Gibb on E.T.
Yesterday Robin Gibb was interviewed by Mary Hart. He basically said that
Barry wasn't involved in Maurice's tribute because at first he wasn't
ready for it, and then was busy with Barbra Streisand's album and he
(Robin) felt it was not the right time to talk to Barry about the tribute. Read more
(Posted by Ana from Ellan Vannin)
November
11
:: Love Songs
You can see the rest of the illustrations made by Jason Cook for
"Love Songs" at Flat
Liner. (Posted by Jason Cook)
November 10
:: Robin Gibb on E.T.
Tonight Robin will be on Entertainment Tonight to respond to Barry's
comments about the tribute to Mo. You can view a clip at ET
online (Posted by Pam Ramacher, Nancy Frazier and Marj L)
November 10
:: Night Of My Life
This week Night Of My Life is at number 2 on Billboard's Hot dance
Music Club Play.
November 9
:: Robin Gibb's statement
There is a statement by Robin Gibb about Maurice's tribute at RobinGibb.com.
November 8
:: Barry Gibb on E.T.
Entertainment Tonight aired the first part of an interview with Barry Gibb
yesterday. You can read about it at IOL.
The second part of the interview will be aired today. Watch
videos (Posted by Marj L)
November 7
:: Middle Ear Virtual Tour
Middle Ear studios virtual tour is already available at BarryGibb.com. November
6
:: Robin Gibb - Three concerts in Mexico
As you already know, Robin Gibb will perform at the Auditorio Nacional in
Mexico DF on November 29th. As the tickets are being sold very quickly,
there might be another concert on November 30th.
Robin Gibb will also sing in Monterrey (Arena Monterrey) on December
1st.
This will not be the first time Robin visits Mexico. He was there in
February 2004 to take part in John Travolta's 50th birthday party, and,
back in 1993, he was in Mexico DF promoting Size Isn't Everything with his
brothers. Both Barry and Maurice travelled several times on holiday to
Acapulco in the late 60s.
(Posted by Daniel Zarate from Bee
Gees Latino)
November 3
:: Barry Gibb on TV
According to BarryGibb.com, Entertainment Tonight will air an interview
with Barry Gibb in a few days. If you want to know when, there is more
info available at Barry Gibb.com
(News - Latest News) Pre-view [Posted by Mary Evans]
November 3
:: Number Ones
Bee Gees Number Ones joins the exclusive list of Bee Gees albums that have
spent 50 or more weeks in Billboard's Top 200. The full list: Bee Gees
First -52 weeks, Children of the world -63, Main Course - 75, Here at last
- 90, Saturday night fever - 120, Spirits having flown - 55, Number Ones
-50 (Posted by Juan Cristobal Guzman)
November 2
:: Now Voyager DVD
It was reported that Now Voyager was scheduled to be released in October
2005, but according to Amazon
the release has been put off until January 16, 2006 (Posted by Robert Kim
from BeeGees FanClub
Korea)
November 2
:: Barry Gibb's Chat
Yesterday Barry Gibb was in his chat room and announced he will be
performing at the Love & Hope Ball in mid February 2006 (he added
"Appearing as me not Frank [Sinatra]") and talked about
"lots of gigs next year." About Love Songs, he said he didn't
have much input in the track list and that he'd prefer just pure Bee Gees
songs like Fanny or Love So Right.
On a previous chat session he talked about his plans concerning Maurice
Gibb's tribute (an album with songs written by Maurice) and about the
possibility of doing a concert via Internet (just him and his guitar)
before the end of 2005. (Posted by Mary Evans)
October
29
:: Chatting with Barry Gibb
Last Thursday Barry Gibb was in his chat room. He said:
- Next week there will probably be an announcement about the re-release of
the Bee Gees catalogue.
- In May 2004, Robin and he talked about doing a tribute to Maurice and
agreed on what to do. However, soon
later Robin, Michael Eaton, John Campbell and Ken Graydon created
a company called Magnet productions to control any event related to
Maurice's tribute. He (Barry) was left out. Barry added Robin speaks one
way and acts another, and that money seems more important than music. He
blamed Robin's change of attitude on the people around him. He concluded
saying Maurice deserves something better. (Posted by Cote. Source: Ellan
Vannin)
October 28
:: Bee Gees Love Songs
The USA issue (no bonus tracks) is available at CD
Universe, Amazon,...
The UK edition (two bonus tracks: Heart Like Mine and Lovers and Friends)
is available at HMV
You can see the album cover at RobinGibb.com
(Posted by Mike Jamieson)
October 28
:: Bee Gees Chords
Bee Gees Chords Website is closing down due to the webmaster's priorities
elsewhere. You can still email him at [email protected]
and ask him for chords and he will send them to you. Thanks to all of you
that have supported the site (Posted by Peter Bryant from "Bee Gees
Chords")
October 27
:: Paul McCartney records Too Much Heaven
According to Macca-Central, Paul McCartney has already recorded "Too
Much Heaven" with Robin Gibb for the forthcoming
tribute album to Maurice Gibb. (Posted by Robert Kim from BeeGees FanClub
Korea)
October 27
:: Streisand interviewed
On October 24th, Barbra Streisand was on Ellen Degeneres show to promote
(?) Guilty Pleasures. The interview will be aired again on Oxygen
TV (Monday, October 31st, 11 pm EST)
October 21
:: Robin Gibb and the tribute to Maurice
A Maurice Gibb tribute album is in the works, and it will feature
performances by Paul McCartney, Snoop Dogg, Sheryl Crow, Black Eyed Peas,
Wyclef Jean, Beyonce Knowles, Leann Rimes and Eric Clapton. Babyface will
produce it.
Clear Channel Entertainment Television has also announced its plan to
participate in a multi-platform media project that will pay tribute and
celebrate the life of Maurice Gibb, organized by Robin Gibb. Clear Channel
Entertainment TV's plans include producing a television show from a live
tribute concert featuring top music artists performing some of the Bee
Gees' #1 hit songs, in addition to a behind-the-scenes television series
and DVD releases of both. The "making of" television series is
already being shot as the artists and producers are in the planning,
recording and mixing stages of the tribute album. The episodes will
document the making of the album and live concert, and will include
exclusive interviews with the recording artists. Each show will lead up to
the finale which showcases the actual live concert. In conjunction with
the television series, CCETV will also release a DVD to include all
episodes of the series as well as the broadcast of the concert
performances. "This project brings yet another dimension to the
hugely successful Bee Gees history and is a part of the vision which Robin
has for keeping Maurice's -- and the Bee Gees' -- legacy alive to fans new
and old. We are proud to be playing a part in this grand plan," says
Steve Sterling, Senior Vice President of CCETV.
(Posted by Marj L and Steven Johnson. Source: Businesswire)
October 22
:: Robin Gibb's Latin American Tour
Robin Gibb will play in:
Brazil on November 24 at the Credicard
Hall in Sao Paulo. (Posted by Claudio from BR
Gibb)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Luna Park Arena) on
November 26. (Posted by Suzana and Andrea Lettieri)
Mexico
DF at the Auditorio Nacional on November 29th. (Posted by Orlando Salazar
from Tributo A Los Bee Gees)
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"We the members of BGI
are hoping that the many
fans from around the
world
join us again in paying
tribute to Maurice on
January 12th by lighting
a candle in his honor....
Thanks for everything."
(By Glenna Marie Helton - BGI) |
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