11/18: POLL, TMS, AC/DC, CANCER SCREENINGS, MUCH MORE.
Early results on the year end special poll on the home page at the time I am writing this have Maiden, Rush and VH leading the top 3 for what shows I will do radio specials on in December. Kiss is in 4th just a few votes from VH. Interesting to see and the top 3 bands will get all 3 hours of one of my show for the holiday specials. Voting will close December 1, so whatever are the top 3 get the specials! Be sure to vote for your favorite of the choice there.
Thanks to Nuno Bettencourt, Carmine Appice and Joe Lynn Turner who were my guests last night on my SiriusXM show. As usual you can hear the interviews on the SiriusXM app if you are a subscriber and missed them. Extreme announced a 12 city tour and I will be hosting them in NJ 1/20 at Bergen PAC. Carmine and Joe have a new band together called Rated X. I’ll be seeing both of them Thanksgiving Eve at Dingbatz at the benefit for Karl Cochran.
Please be sure to check the appearances on my home page. Many added and info is always changing. Hope to see you at these gigs if in the area.
Have my first call with VH1 about the new season of TMS this Friday. Taping starts in Feb. Feels good to start the TMS machine rolling again! More info when I have it.
Ran into Brian Johnson of AC/DC last night at SiriusXM. He and Angus (who I saw but didn’t get a chance to speak with) are making the promo rounds through tomorrow in NYC. The scheduling didn’t work for me to get time with them on this run but likely will have some time a little down the line. Both Brian and Angus have been on my radio shows and TMS and I look forward to speaking with them more. Brian is in amazing shape for his age and both seemed in great spirits (Brian was running to have a cigarette before his next interview!). Cool to see the guys and see them looking and sounding so positive when you consider some of the question marks surrounding the band with Malcolm and Phil. They will be on Stern tomorrow. Should be interesting.
I’m getting my every few years colonoscopy tomorrow. I bring that up because it is so important for us as we get older to not be ashamed of such things and get screened. My Dad had colon cancer and caught it early and is thankfully fine now. Ronnie James Dio did not get screened. If he had we may still have him with us today. It was a huge honor for me to host Dio’s memorial five years ago and I will never forget his doctor telling me it’s so important to get the word out about screening. Also congrats to Peter Criss who is getting an award tonight in NYC for his work creating awareness for male breast cancer. Peter was nice enough to ask me to present the award for him but because I am prepping for my screening tomorrow I couldn’t. Peter is doing great work helping to raise awareness and I’m happy he is getting honored for it.
There’s nothing they could have done about “it” (the trouble) until the legal situation played out? Uh, meth addiction predates wanting to kill people or even stealing from Walmart. Howard never asked who was in the AC/DC drum seat? That woulda been TMS question #1.
i love the real paul stanley…….. i was just checked last week , my report was clean! great message Eddie, every one over 50 get checked insurance covers this !
I was scheduled for my first screening this Saturday, but had to push it into the new year as I recently had reconstructive shoulder surgery and can’t lie on my side. Not looking forward to the prep, but want to make sure i’m clean as soon as I can. Please get screened. It is a matter of life and death. Thanks for raising awareness Eddie!
Eddie, have you heard from Wendy on when the RJD autobiography is going to be out?
hey Eddie Turning 50 in March Have my colonoscopy scheduled for January, not a big deal to have done for anyone who is afraid to do it, the worse part is not eating for 24 hours(and of course the cleanse) other than that your in and out in 3 hrs. Its well worth it ,just lost a friend at 46 and another who was diagnosed and is in treatment