Collective Soul has finished touring and will be taking some time off. A new tour is supposed to be scheduled for this spring. There has been talk of recording 10 track rock album while on break. Keep checking back for details.
Also on the 7th Collective Soul is teaming up with Mindspring Enterprises and Trans World Entertainment for a limited edition CD-ROM and a party. The CD will include the tracks "Crown" and "Disciplined Breakdown" and a live video of "Heavy" from their performance on Hard Rock Live. For those who can not be at the party you can still get the FREE CD by calling toll-free #1-888-MSPRING or pick up a copy at a number of Trans World Entertainment stores.
Sunday, November 7th Will and Shane will be playing in a celebrity softball game sponsared by 99x for Muscular Dystrophy (MD). The game will be held at Georgia Tech and you can purchase tickets for $10.00 @ Ticketmaster. Check out 99X for more details.
Collective Soul's HBO REVERB date has been changed to Tuesday November 9th so don't forget to set your VCR's for a spectacular performance.
Happy Birthday to Dean who turned 27 on October 10!!! Happy Birthday Dean!!!
Looks like Collective Soul will be on HBO's REVERB on Tuesday November 16th at 12:30 EST.
Tickets for the Collective Soul New Years show in Chicago are $135.00 and you can get more info about the show by going to Ticketmaster's homepage.
Two new GREAT concert reviews up in the Collective Soul Encounters section from Amber who saw them at York College and Gillian who saw them in Maine.
Atlantic was wrong. The band played Tremble For My Beloved on Leno and they did an amazing job!!! Too bad they couldn't give the band a little time to talk at the end. Don't for get the webcast tonight!!!
Collective Soul will be ringing in the new year and the new millennium this year in Chicago at the House of Blues!!! I've heard tickets are $135.00, but I will post more details about the show when they come up. Taken from the Atlantic Records Site:
Collective Soul Live On Leno and Yahoo
Sep 15, 1999
Fans of Collective Soul will want to stay inside this weekend. On Friday (9/17) the Georgia-based quintet will be performing "Needs" off their newest album Dosage on NBC's "Tonight Show With Jay Leno." Don't even go out for dinner, as that same evening VH1 is airing a Collective Soul's performance on "Hard Rock Live" at 6PM.
The next night (Saturday 9/18) Collective Soul wrap up a six week summer tour with The Cranberries at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in San Fransisco. Opening up will be Pound, and each band's performance will be webcast via Yahoo at the start time of 11pm ET / 8pm PT.
My pictures from the St. Paul show are now up in the concert pictures section. Some of them aren't the clearest and that's because I don't have a very good scanner, but you can still see the band onstage doing what they do BEST!!!. Click Here to go see the pictures. Enjoy and let me know what you think!!!
Also coming in the next couple of days some great live shots I took at the St. Paul show on September 7th. A review is coming, but I'm still in the process of finishing it up.
The episode of VH1's Hard Rock Live featuring CS (and Edwin McCain and Shawn Mullins) will air on Saturday, September 11th at midnight Eastern, and then be rerun on September 17th 12:30am EST and 6pm EST and on September 22 at 2:30am EST. The HBO REVERB show is still an unconfirmed date, but is said to air sometime next month.
More Collective Soul on the TV. "Needs" will be featured on the WB TV series "Charmed" in the second week of October." Also "Run" has been the music playing in the background for the previews for the new fall series "Wasteland."
Happy Birthday to Ross who turned 29 on September 8. Happy Birthday Ross!!!
"Tremble For My Beloved" along with "Needs" will be the bands next single so get ready to call your local radio stations and start requesting!!!
Don't forget to set your VCR's for the month of September. We'll be getting a MEGA dose of Collective Soul on the tube throughout that month with a performance on VH1's Hard Rock Live on September 11, another Jay Leno performance September 17, and a performance on HBO's REVERB still an uncomfirmed date.
"Needs" will be the next single off of Dosage and the band will be filming a video for the song!!!
The appearance of Collective Soul on Rockline scheduled for August 16 has been canceled.
New pictures from the Sioux Falls shows on July 6th and 7th have been posted. Click Here to check them out.
Collective Soul's performance on the Rosie O'donnell Show on April 2 will reair on August 9.
Happy Birthday to Ed who turned 36 on August 3!!! Happy Birthday Ed!!!
Tune in to FOX, Tuesday August 3 at 8 PM EST and set your VCR's for a 2 hour special of some of the bands that played at Woodstock '99. Not sure if Collective Soul will be on it, but lets hope they are.
Collective Soul is back on for Woodstock '99!!! Also tune into Regis and Kathie Lee on Monday July 26 to catch Ed Roland doing an acoustic version on "Needs."
Collective Soul has pulled out of the Woodstock '99 line-up scheduled for July 23-25. Don't worry, the band is perfectly fine. Not clear on the reason why they pulled out of it, but will post more details when I get them.
Ed Roland will be doing a live webcast fror Jam TV tonight, July 16th at 8:00 PM EST. Click here to tune into the broadcast. Jam TV
NOTE:You will need Real Player to see the broadcast.
Tune into MTV News 1515 this weekend because they will be doing a segment on Woodstock '99 and also go back to the one in '94. No guarantees that Collective Soul will be featured, but lets hope they are. 1515 airs tonight for the first time at 7:30 PM EST. It will reair throughout the weekend so check your local listings.
MTV will be airing the Atlanta Hard Rockfest from June 5th at these dates and times.
Collective will be the guests on Rockline on August 16. Check your local radio listings to see if it will be broadcast in your area.
Collective Soul are finally coming to the city of Sioux Falls. I am so excited. They are going to be the first rock at act to play in the venue they are scheduled to perform at, the Washington Pavilion. They made front page of he Argus Leader today and they are all over the radio. The band and the fans that attend the show are said to make history in Sioux Falls. Click Here for what the the promoter and Argus Leader had to say.
"No More No Less" is expected to be released on May 25 as the next single. It is already be played in some city's.
Ed Roland has shown his generousity yet again. He, along with other artists such as Marvelous 3,Tony Rich and many more are set to record the song "Together We Can" to help out with the tragedy in Littleton, CO. Recording of the song is set for Thursday and a video will be shot that night. Click Here for more details from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Happy Birthday to Shane who turned 28 on April 26!!! Happy Birthday Shane!!!
There are some new interviews and articles on the band up in Collection of Words. Talking about touring, the Millennium, and much more. More magazine articles coming in the weeks a head.
My review of the Winona St show is up in Concert Stories. Coming soon my review of the Winnipeg and Lincoln shows.
Don't forget to watch the guys on the season finale of Beverly Hills 90210 on May 19. The Reverb Special on HBO is set to air sometime in September.
Another Woodstock performance is in store for Collective Soul. The 30th Anniversary takes place on July 23-25 in Rome, New York. Other rock acts scheduled to perform are The Dave Matthews Band, Alanis Morissette, Aerosmith, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Live, and Metallica. Tickets go on sale on April 25 for $150.00.
Collective Soul are featured in a few issues of different guitar magazines. They are in the April 1999 Issue of Guitar World, May 1999 Issue of Guitar Magazine, and the May 1999 Issue of Guitar One. Also Will was featured in the April 1999 Issue of Bass Player Magazine and is said to be featured in an upcoming issue of the magazine. Keep your eyes open for it.
Collective Soul's performance on the Rosie O'donnell Show aired on April 2 and the band played Run. They also donated a signed guitar to Rosie for her Ebay. com charity.
Dosage has been certified GOLD in the United States, selling 500,000 copies. Meanwhile Dosage is at #67 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and Heavy is at # 1 on the Rock/Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart and #7 on the Modern Rock Tracks Chart.
Collective Soul was scheduled to be on the Rosie O'Donnell show on March 31st, but were unable to because one member was sick. According to someone at the show Collective Soul came out after the show was over and performed a song and that performance was taped and will be aired on a different day.
The Collective Soul Fancast on Wednesday March 31st has been postponed. No new date has been set for the fancast.
Check out the new Tour Dates to see if Collective Soul is coming to a city near you.
Don't forget to set your VCR's for April 2 to catch the band performing live on the Late Night Conan O'brien Show. Collective Soul will also be performing on the HBO show REVERB on April 15.
Collective Soul will be
performing LIVE on the Internet in Atlantic Record's Digital Arena, and
there will be an online chat. This event will take place on March 31, 1999 at 7 PM Eastern. Click here for more details.
The next single from Collective Soul is said to be "No More No Less." No date has been set for the release of the new single.
Congratulations to Collective Soul, whose smash single "Heavy" has set a new record for the number of times a single was played on radio in one week. Collective Soul's eighth #1 rock radio hit, "Heavy" was played 6,057 times last week!! That staggering number beat out the previous record of 6,027 set by Metallica earlier this year. Collective Soul and Metallica are the only artists to ever cross the 6,000 plays threshold in rock radio. Meanwhile, "Run," which is featured on the soundtrack to "Varsity Blues" -- and, like "Heavy," on the Georgia quintet's new album, "DOSAGE" -- remains firmly stationed in the Modern AC, Adult Top 40, Pop Radio charts. Don't miss Collective Soul performing "Heavy" on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" on Friday, April 2nd.
Collective Soul are in the middle of a major North American tour in support of "DOSAGE." The tour currently finds them in Canada, where they'll be playing through March 27th, at which point they will begin an extensive leg of U.S. dates. Check out the tour database on the Atlantic site for a comprehensive listing of stops, and find out when they're coming to a town near you.
Collective Soul will be on the season finale of Beverly Hills 90210. They will be performing "Run" and "Heavy" on the show.
The fan club book is now in the possession of the band. I gave it to Ed after the show and he took it on the bus with him. So we will wait and see what happens. Thanks again everyone for sending in all your letters and emails.
Collective Soul will be on the Late Night Conan O'brien Show on April 2, 1999. According to Rock N World News website Collective Soul may be appearing on this years Lollapalooza. Other artist that might be on the bill are Guns and Roses, Goo Goo Dolls, Offspring, No Doubt and more. Click Here to find out more info.
Dosage marked the highest debut on next weeks Billboard Chart (2/22/99) at #21!!! Way to go Collective Soul!!!
Fan Club News! I'm heading to Winnipeg to see Collective Soul on March 14 and I will be bringing along all the fan club letters I have received over the last year and will hopefully get a chance to talk to the band and give them the letters. If you want to get a letter to the band about the fan club here is you chance. You have less than a month to do it. A BIG thanks to everyone who has submitted a letter, and email, or signed the guestbook and showed their support for a new fan club. A special thanks to Sari Stein for all her support and for putting the fan club form on her webpage.
Happy Birthday to Will Turpin who turned 28 on February 8!!! Happy Birthday Will!!!
Collective Soul will be appearing on Jay Leno on Friday February 12, 1999.
Collective Soul could tie Metallica for the most #1 hits. If "Heavy" makes it to the top of the charts, it will be Collective Soul's 7th #1 single, tying the band with Metallica for the record of #1 hits on the Rock Charts.
Collective Soul have been getting some great reviews on their upcoming album Dosage. Atlantic Records has them posted on their site. Click Here to read them.
Collective Soul will be stopping by Total Request Live next Tuesday 1/19 to talk about their new song on the Varsity Blues soundtrack. Here's our chance to show our fan support and get "Run" on the countdown. Click here to go vote on Total Request Live.
Canadian dates added to the intinerary. Click Here for tour information.
Collective Soul and Darlahood are on tour together again starting in January.
Hollywood Records has a Varsity Blues webpage setup. You can listen to all the songs from the soundtrack in their entirety and Run is in video if you haven't seen it yet. Click Here to go to Hollywood Records.
TheVarsity Blues Premiere Party will be re-airing on Sunday, January 10 at 12:30 PM EST, 9:30 PM EST, Tueday, January 12 at 11:00 PM EST, Wednesday January 13 at 6:30 PM EST, Friday, January 15 at 4:30 PM EST, and Saturday January 16 at 11:00 AM EST.
Collective Soul appeared at the Varsity Blues Premiere Party on MTV. Ed, Dean, and Will were there and as Will said Shane and Ross were there in spirit. They talked about the movie and how Run was picked for the movie. If you weren't able to catch it should be on again very soon.
Atlantic Records has issued a new article about Collective Soul and the new album.
Click Here to read it.
Atlantic Records has issued the cover for Dosage and the complete track listing for the new album. Check it out here. Dosage Info
Looks like February 9th, 1999 is going to be the release date for Dosage. Start counting the days down!!!
After about a year and a half Collective Soul is heading back out onto the road starting at the end of January. Click Here for tour information.
"Run" is the latest single from Collective Soul and is also the first single off the movie soundtrack Varsity Blues starring Dawson's Creek, James Van Der Beek and oscar winner John Voight. The movie is due out in theatres on January 15, 1999 and the soundtrack on January 12. The soundtrack will also include songs from Caroline Spine, Days of the New, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Monster Magnet, Third Eye Blind and more. Click Here for more details.
On December 16 the video for"Run" premiered on MTV's Total Request Live. It is also been on 120 Minutes and VH1. The song has been on some radio stations starting it's debut on Atlanta's 99x. "Run" will be on the new album Dosage and the soundtrack Varsity Blues.
Welcome to the new and improved Precious Declaration. Many changes have taken place on this new page. It's a lot more organized and you will find some new things to. There is still work to be done, but for the most part the whole page is finished. So take a look around and have fun.
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