Heartbeat Newsletter Tuesday June 12, 2001 Welcome to another edition of the Heartbeat Newsletter, sent to over 4,200 reggae fans around the world. To leave or join the list, send e-mail to info@rounder.com. For all other correspondence, e-mail joshuab@rounder.com. -- BURNING SPEAR ON CBS TELEVISION THIS SATURDAY! Burning Spear will be performing songs from the Grammy-winning Calling Rastafari album (HB 244) this Saturday June 16 at approximately 9:20 AM Eastern Standard Time on The Saturday Early Show on CBS. Free tickets are available for the taping, which will happen this Friday June 15 in New York City. The taping starts at 3:30 PM and lasts until 5 PM. To reserve your free tickets, call 212-975-2227. The address is 530 West 57th Street. Burning Spear will be going on tour this summer and fall. Check the latest confirmed dates at www.burningspear.net. -- EVERTON BLENDER, SPANNER BANNER, RICHIE SPICE ON TOUR Everton Blender kicks off his European tour tonight in Stockholm, Sweden. Heartbeat just got off the phone with him and he's there and ready. Frankie Paul is the opener in Europe, while Spanner Banner and Richie Spice are the openers for the U.S. portions of the tour. Jun 12 Tanto Club Stockholm, Sweden Jun 13 Henriksberg Jazz Club Goteborg, Sweden Jun 14 John D Club Oslo, Norway Jun 15 Inkonst Club Malmo, Sweden Jun 16 Pumpehuset Copenhagen, Denmark Jun 23 Bercy Festival Paris, France Jun 28 Rome Sun Jam Rome, Italy Jun 29 Marcon Club Marcon, Italy Jun 30 Rototom Fest Udine, Italy Jul 7 Bristol Carnival Bristol, England Jul 8 Summerjam Fest Koln, Germany Jul 14 Multicultural Center Aylesbury, England Jul 15 Essential Fest London, England Jul 19 Bohemian Backstage Seattle, WA Jul 20 Mount Tabor Theatre Portland, OR Jul 21 Roots Mountain Reggae Fest Tonasket, WA Jul 26 Mother's Tavern San Luis Obispo, CA Jul 27 Velvet Jones Santa Barbara, CA Jul 28 Maritime Hall San Francisco, CA Aug 1 House of Blues Los Angeles, CA Aug 2 Belly Up Tavern Solona Beach, CA Aug 5 Reggae on the River Piercy, CA Aug 7 Twelve Tribes Tuscon, AZ Aug 9 Fitzgeralds Houston, TX Aug 10 Flamingo Cantina Austin, TX Aug 11 The Caribbean Grill Farmer's Branch, TX Aug 18 Sundance Festival Eindhoven, Holland Aug 19 Bilbao Fest Bilbao, Spain Aug 23 Hirch Club Nurenberg, Germany Aug 24 Chemsee Fest Chimsee, Germany Aug 29 Juanita's Little Rock, AR Aug 31 Cabooze Minneapolis, MN Sep 1 TBA St. Louis, MO Sep 2 Spiritual Lake Asheboro, NC Sep 5 The Factory South Bend, IN Sep 6 Peabody's Down Under Cleveland, OH Everton Blender's up-coming release, Visionary (HB 254) hits the streets July 10. Spanner Banner's new CD, Real Love (HB 249), is out now. Richie Spice's debut CD, Universal (HB 103) is also in stores now. -- MICHEAL ROSE ON WRTN 93.5 FM TONIGHT IN NYC Michael Rose will be talking about his new CD, Never Give It Up (HB 184) tonight when he is interviewed on the Culture Jam show at 11:15 PM on 93.5 FM. -- The Heartbeat Newsletter is distributed from Heartbeat Records, 1 Camp St., Cambridge, MA. To be added or removed from this list, send an e-mail request to info@rounder.com. For other Heartbeat related correspondence, e-mail joshuab@rounder.com. Our web site is www.rounder.com/heartbeat.