Today, Rock Daily received news that throat attacks have felled both Morrissey (an infection
possibly aggravated by the frigid temperatures inside David Letterman’s studio) and the Used (
frontman Bert McCracken has a vocal cord node), resulting in cancelled tour dates. A similar ailment forced Brandon Flowers to cut a Killers show short in Colorado last month, but as of now nobody’s sued him for it — Rolling Stones fan Rosalie Druyan accused the band of
fraud when Mick Jagger’s pipes required a break last fall. Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler
underwent surgery for an unspecified throat ailment in March 2006, and everyone from Ted Leo and Kelly Clarkson to Usher and Axl Rose has suffered the effects of ill-timed laryngitis. But Spin Doctors frontman Chris Barron’s
1999 throat predicament may be the worst in rock history: He battled a rare vocal cord paralysis that left him nearly unable to speak. Are throat attacks becoming the new “exhaustion”?
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For several days, a skepticism-inducing rumor has been making its way around the Internet, claiming that Led Zeppelin will reunite for a show memorializing late Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegun, then head out on a tour. Mr. Robert Plant himself has now reportedly denied these claims, and even made a joke about the purported reunion: “If there was one, then there wouldn’t be enough doctors to support it!”
After his much-publicized capture in Bali and detainment in Guam, boy band impresario Lou Pearlman was finally indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida yesterday. Pearlman is accused of using fake accounting documents to secure millions of dollars in bank loans. Additionally, Florida investigators claim that Pearlman defrauded at least 1,000 independent investors out of more than $315 million; a handful of banks say he owes them more than $120 million. We’re thinking these developments move Pearlman up the list of baddest Svengalis ever.
