SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 St Vincent leaps ahead, will tour with Black Keys

fter watching a video of St Vincent’s per- formance at a British rock festival this sum- Big mystery Amer, an anonymous music fan posted a “I like a little bit of mischief,” she said. St succinct review. “It’s bonkers,” the viewer wrote. Vincent begins a 14-date US tour Friday in “But fascinating, original and strangely addictive.” Raleigh, North Carolina, then heads overseas for a St Vincent, the stage name for singer-songwriter punishing 33-date schedule that ends in Lisbon Annie Clark, continues a big year with a full before coming back to the United States to open autumn of touring, including a plum slot opening arena gigs for the Black Keys in December. The big for the Black Keys. Her fourth album, “St Vincent,” mystery is how fans of the two-piece blues rockers had her highest Billboard chart debut (No. 12), she will respond to Clark’s act when the two join played on the season finale of “Saturday Night forces. Live” and filled in for Kurt Cobain at Nirvana’s Rock “Devo is one of my favorite bands, and there and Roll Hall of Fame induction. She’s turning are things about her show that remind (me) of heads - not just her own - at concerts. them in the best possible way,” said Black Keys Clark complements her playing with drummer Patrick Carney. “I am sure the crowds simple yet odd stage choreography, often in uni- are going to be very into her show. I know when son with keyboard player Toko Yasuda: head she played ‘SNL’ some people didn’t get it. But swivels, leverlike arm movements and skittering, when Devo played in 1978 I am sure there were birdlike movements across the stage in high plenty of people totally baffled as well.”—AP heels. The sense of whimsy most obviously recalls David Byrne. Clark has recorded and toured with the former frontman, and both work with choreographer Annie-B Parson. People who first saw St Vincent perform on “SNL” were intrigued or bewildered. A small number hated it, In this June 19, 2014 file photo, St Vincent seen at the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival, in Clark said. Chicago. — AP Top Latin rocker dead at 55

ustavo Cerati, who became a megastar in ers including , , Pink with his brand of showy, are- Floyd and . In 1982, he joined band- Gna-friendly rock ‘n’ roll, died on Thursday at mates Hector “Zeta” Bosio and to 55 after four years in a coma. The Argentine singer form , who went on to record songs and guitarist, who led the band Soda Stereo such as “Nada Personal” (“Nothing Personal”) and before a successful solo career, died of respiratory “Persiana Americana” (“American Blinds”) which failure, said a doctor at his clinic near Buenos became hits throughout Latin America. Aires, Gustavo Barbalace. Cerati suffered a stroke With his pouffed-up hair and his mastery of after a concert in in 2010 and fell into a the electric guitar, Cerati packed in arena-sized coma. He never recovered, despite even the best crowds around Latin America, much like his coun- wishes of fellow Argentine Pope Francis who sent terparts from the English-speaking world. After his mother a card last year. success in , Soda Stereo in 1987 played Born in the Argentine capital in 1959, Cerati 22 concerts in 17 cities around Latin America that was influenced from an early age by British rock- drew almost 150,000 people. —AFP

In this image released by The O and M Company, Jessie Mueller as Carole King, center, per- forms in ‘Beautiful: Carol King the Musical,’ in New York. — AP ‘Beautiful’ musical set for London show, US tour ext year will be a big one for Broadway’s Other tour stops include a 12-week engage- “Beautiful - The Carole King Musical” - a ment at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago from Dec NLondon production is due to start and a 1, 2015-Feb 21, 2016, as well as stops in Los national tour across America is planned. Angeles and the North Carolina cities of Durham Producers said yesterday that a West End produc- and Charlotte. Other cities are planned. The musi- tion of the Tony-nominated show begins pre- cal is about the songwriter behind such hits as “It’s views on Feb 10 at the Aldwych Theatre. And by Too Late” and “You’ve Got a Friend.” — AP next September, a US tour kicks off at the Relatives, friends and fans mourn before the coffin bearing the remains of the late Argentine artist Providence Performing Arts Center in Rhode Gustavo Cerati during his funeral at the Legislative building in yesterday. — AFP Island. Garth Brooks feels love from fans in 1st show back arth Brooks wondered if his fans would come back. He got November and fall 2015. he has performed an extended run in Las Vegas and done a few his answer when he returned to the stage Thursday night. He played a portion of that back catalog later in the evening, charity shows, but largely stayed true to his fatherhood plan until GThe 52-year-old country star reunited with thousands of energetically running around the stage like the old days as he his youngest daughter graduated from high school. His come- enthusiastic fans during his official return to the road after more worked through hits like “Rodeo,” “The Thunder Rolls,” “The River” back will continue later this month with multiple shows in Atlanta than a decade largely away from the music industry. “You came and “The Dance.” He also played his new single “People Loving before he moves on to Jacksonville, Florida, next month. back, you came back!” Brooks yelled at the Allstate Arena crowd People.” The crowd let out a huge cheer after Brooks strummed The singer’s been gone from the spotlight for so long, he won- in the Chicago suburbs where he plans 10 more shows. He later just the first four notes of his biggest hit “Friends in Low Places.” dered before the show if his fans might return. He said he’d know told his fans, “I could not ask for a better start than this, people.” Brooks’ wife, country singer Trisha Yearwood, joined him on stage he has something going if the young fans in the crowd sang Brooks began the day by announcing he was releasing his for two songs and sang a set of her own hits, including “XXX’s and along Thursday night. “And to you younger people who knew back catalog bundled with his next two albums of new music OOO’s (An American Girl)” and “She’s in Love With the Boy,” along every single word,” Brooks said at the conclusion of the show, through a digital pay service, ghosttunes.com, which he founded with new song “PrizeFighter.” “thank you so, so much.”— AP and partly owns, making his music available digitally for the first Brooks entered semi-retirement in 2001 near the height of his time. Brooks will continue his comeback by releasing albums in popularity to raise his three daughters in Oklahoma. Since then