LATE NEWS WRAY/GORDON

Rip It Up, Issue 13, 1 July 1978, Page 3

LATE NEWS WRAY/GORDON

Recognise this guy? Naah. you're wrong. In fact it’s the inimitable Graham Parker and. here s the best news of all, Graham Parker and the Rumour will tour NZ in September. Dates are uncertain as yet. Also playing here in September will be the Little River Band and Roberta Flack. Now keep this one under your hat (or wherever you keep such things) but round September or October, Muddy Waters with Johnny Winter could turn up on these shores and War are also a strong possibility. And for those of you who don’t come out in the winter, scheduled for outdoor concerts in the summer are Rod Stewart and the Eagles.

Late, Late News: Following their mostlycompleted movie, The Kids Are Alright, which is set for Christmas release, The Who will begin work on a film based round their 1973 rock-opera Quadrophenia. The group will not appear in this new film though they will contribute the soundtrack which will include the material from the album as well as new songs ... if you’ve got this far through Small Stuff, you might remember we'told you

the Sex Pistols single had been retitled well, it’s been changed again. It will now be known as “No-One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer by Ronald Biggs)”. The song remains the same, only the title has changed . . . Robert Gordon and Link Wray the men who’ve brought rockabilly into the 70s have decided to end their partnership. Disputes over musicians and style have brought on the break. Both will record solo albums ... and last but not least with cliche in hand, we note that Bob Seger is being touted as the producer of the next Frankie Miller album. You all will have noted, of course, that Bob covered Frankie’s “Ain’t Got No Money” on his new LP Stranger in Town ...