Damn Yankees Reunite (at NAMM)

Glamtastic! Rumors have been flying for well over a year that Damn Yankees would reunite. You remember Damn Yankees: the supergroup featuring Ted Nugent, Jack Blades and Tommy Shaw. I loved songs like "High Enough" and "Coming of Age" when I was a kid. I always wanted to see the band live, but it never happened for me. Now, I've got hope that it might happen for me -- and you.

Yesterday, the members of Damn Yankees reunited at NAMM to play a couple tunes. If you're not familiar, NAMM is an annual convention of music merchants and educators. Anyway, tons of musicians show up to show-off the latest gear and to play shows. Here's a clip of Damn Yankees at NAMM.

Top 5 Cinderella Videos

Cinderella made some bad ass videos in their day and I know we're all hoping to see at least a couple appearances by the band on the summer festival circuit. While we wait for announcements, my choices for Cinderella's top 5 videos.

Nobody's Fool

Coming Home

Gypsy Road

Heartbreak Station

The Last Mile

Agree? Disagree? Let me know your choices for Cinderella's top 5 videos.

M3 Confirmed Lineup (thus far)

Earlier today, 98 Rock in Baltimore started announcing the M3 lineup. The festival is set for Saturday, June 19. Here it is:

Kix

Clearly, I'm updating this live. Here's hoping there's more announcements but I losing faith. The hairball hour is about half over with no more announcements. It would also be nice to know just when tickets go on sale and how to buy them. I'll make some calls today and try to find out that information for you guys. Le sigh. As always, as bands are added, I'll update this site.

Listen to the M3 Festival Announcement Today

I've been told by multiple people that Baltimore, Maryland Radio Station 98 Rock will make the official M3 festival lineup announcement today at noon (eastern). I don't live in Baltimore, so I can only trust my friends who live in the Charm City. Listen online to the announcement. Once the announcement happens, I'll post the lineup here and I'll open up the chat room for awhile to discuss.

If the announcement doesn't happen, well, we'll talk about something else.

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Musicians Join Forces for Haiti Relief

Music really is the universal language. As soon as news of the massive Haitian earthquake crossed the wires Tuesday evening, many musicians were out in front of the story, gathering troops and rallying the battle cry for relief aid. Perhaps no one is closer to the situation than Wyclef Jean. He's Haitian born and probably best known as a member of The Fugees. He's also done tons of work for Haiti, including establishing the Yele Haiti foundation, which provides scholarships. Jean's been really good about being accessible to the media, doing interviews with many TV outlets about the Haitian disaster and urging people to donate.

Jean isn't the only former Fugee trying to help. Former band mate Pras Michel was also talking to fans and appearing on TV to raise awareness about the crisis. An MTV article mentions the possibility of a Fugee benefit concert.

Slash Tweeted that he wanted to organize a benefit concert for the victims. Coldplay's Chris Martin got in on the act, too, urging fans to donate. I'm pretty sure all this means we can expect to see a massive "Aid for Africa" type sort of project, and I think that's great. If there was some sort of big fund raising concert, I'd be happy to help. I don't know how to do much, but an extra pair of hands always helps.

If you'd like to help the people of Haiti, just about every charitable organization in the world is taking donations. Here's a good list of charities that won't rip you off.

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Talk Glam in the Chat Room Tonight

Join me, regular poster Kari and a few other friends tonight in the Bring Back Glam! chat room to discuss upcoming tours, festivals...and anything else Glam related. The chat will take place at 9:30 p.m. eastern. Just click to join the chat. We'll see how it goes: I'd like to make the chat a weekly, scheduled event and it was Kari's idea to designate a topic to get started. I hope to see you in the room!

An Update! M3 Acts Listed on Warrant's Myspace

The other day I wrote about M3 festival rumors. Warrant has updated their Myspace, basically confirming these bands:

Warrant, LA Guns, Nelson, Kix, Dizzy Reed, Jetboy, Z02.

I was tweeted the band list Sunday but I couldn't get the Myspace page to load, so I wanted to wait to post this until I saw it for my own eyes. I'm careful like that.

Warrant's Myspace lists M3 as happening June 19 at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. That's near Baltimore. I'm sure there will be plenty more bands added. By the way, Warrant is listing themselves as the second stage headliner.

Editor's note: I was just told Danger Danger isn't playing M3. See, the rumor mill is spinning! That's why we love festival season.