ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Ian Hunter's decision to break up Mott the Hoople was apparently sparked by a solo offer from CBS that will "set him up for life," it is said. He will continue to work with Mick Ronson, if contract hassles can be straightened out; Mick's currently all over Lou , Reed's next album, which better be a killer.
ROCK 'n' ROLL news
Ian Hunter's decision to break up Mott the Hoople was apparently sparked by a solo offer from CBS that will "set him up for life," it is said. He will continue to work with Mick Ronson, if contract hassles can be straightened out; Mick's currently all over Lou , Reed's next album, which better be a killer. The remaining ex-Motts are going to lumber on in a band called The Hoople.
Neil Diamond will rake in a million dollars plus expenses for his five-date "tour" of Australia. The bodies on which members of Grand Funk superimposed their mugs for the cover of All The Girls in the World Beware belong to, among others, Arnold Schwarznegger and Franco Colombu, who hold among their titles M*. World, Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe. Says Sports Illustrated, "Arnold Schwarznegger is enough of a legend for his first name to evoke a response wherever a barbell is picked up with a purpose." And they oughta know.