News 1998 - 2002

Last Update: 06. november 2003

December 30. 2002:

Setlist and photos from House of Blues December 28. 2002. Thanks to Dan Clark and The New Guy.

From LA WEEKLY's 2nd annual "List" issue:

under: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS OF 2002 (page 41)
"Arthur Lee and LOVE´S impossibly good comeback show at Spaceland"
-Jay Babcock

under: THE RETURN OF LOVE with ARTHUR LEE (page 42)
"The Judicial system coughs up a bittersweet nightengale, poignantly singing
those soap-bubble-delicate ballads. ´Served my time, served it well, made my
soul a cell´."
-Falling James


December 28. 2002

I've updated the links page with a lot of new sites and also many online reviews from the 2002 tour

If you saw one thing in 2002

December 23. 2002:

Review, photos and setlist from Warsaw, New York December 21. 2002. Thanks to Lisa Rosenberg and Christina Crocker.

December 16. 2002:

The radiobroadcast of Roskilde Festival on danish radio was of the usual standard for this station, a lot of talk inbetween and over the songs, wrong running order, songs were not complete - faded in and out. The program lasted for about 55 minuttes including the dj. 
But afterall it was great to hear a well sounding concert including the string and horn ensemble. A shame they didn't broadcast the complete concert.

Review of Four Sail in  The Guardians (after reviews of Bob Dylan and Lee Hazlewood)

The new edition of The Castle is out with a lot of informations about the start of the 2002 tour and other interesting things.
You can subscribe to this at: David Housdon, Big Sky Studio, Stonecross House, Fitton End Road, Gorefield, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE134NQ, England.
Please tell him you saw it here.

December 9. 2002:

Danish national radio will be broadcasting a part of the Roskilde Festival concert on sunday 15th at 00:05 AM on channel P4. Timezone  is GMT +1:00.
It should be possible to catch the program via sattelite. Here is what I could find of informations:
The satellite is called Thor II, it's located on 0.8 degrees west, the frequence is 11292,9 MHz, horizontal polarisation. FEC: 3/4 and symbol rate: 24,5 Msym/s.
It should also be available at the satellite Sirius 3 on 5 degrees east, 11.823 GHz, vertical polarisation. FEC: 3/4, symbolrate: 27.500 Mbaud.

Hope this is of any help for you.

December 3. 2002:

The past 12 months have seen Baby Lemonade re-group with David Chapple and backing Arthur Lee in the reformed LOVE.
They are also working on material with Arthur Lee for a new LOVE album.
Baby Lemonade will release a new album in 2003 and there are talks to release either a retrospective compilation album or re-issue all currently unavailable back catalogue material. A Baby Lemonade UK tour is booked for April 2003. The dates will be available within the next few weeks.
A new web site will be up in a few days.

If you haven't already found out where the Andmoreagains secret show will take place, combine secret link #1 with secret link #2. If it still doesn't make any sence, go to Forever Changes Concerts 2003

December 1. 2002:

Review and more photos from the Jimi Hendrix 60th Birthday Celebration at BB King's. Thanks to Jazmann and The New Guy.

November 28. 2002:

Photos from Jimi Hendrix 60th Birthday Celebration at BB King's. Thanks to The New Guy

VIP-24.com in UK has a competition for free tickets to the concert in Birmingham. You can find details on this by
clicking the competition link on the first page of the site.

November 21. 2002:

Setlists for Edinburgh 3. June 2002 and Southhampton 8. June 2002 Thanks to Ed, The Freedom Man

November 20. 2002:

2 new december dates in the US added to Summer 2002 Tour (and Winter 2002)

Setlists for Chicago 2. August 2002   and New York 11. August 2002 Thanks to Ed, The Freedom Man

November 18. 2002:

Happy Birthday Mike Randle.

Updated Forever Changes Concerts 2003

November 12. 2002:

Information from The Official Newsletter of LOVE with Arthur Lee:

LOVE TO PLAY JIMI HENDRIX BIRTHDAY BASH
Love with Arthur Lee has been invited to headline at the Jimi Hendrix 60th Birthday Celebration in Los Angeles
on November 27th. The event will take place at BB KING'S, Universal City Walk, 2nd level, Universal City, Hollywood, California. Show starts at 8pm, Admission $20. Reservations (818) 622-5464. The show, organized by Jimi's brother, Leon Hendrix, will also feature Leon's new band as well as some special guest appearances. Unlike the recent Summer of Love show in San Francisco, Love will be performing a full set.

FOREVER CHANGES CONCERTS 2003 UPDATES
Seems like everyone wants the Forever Changes Concert in their township. A new show has been scheduled in Oxford, January 16 at Brookes University and another is currently being discussed for Leicester. We will also be announcing an Irish date (or two) later in the week as well as a second show for London, now that the Royal Festival Hall show is just about sold out without one advertisement placed! However, it has now been decided not to travel this particular tour to the continent with the exception of possibly France, for which details for a Paris show are still being worked out.

Got this from Jeff Duncan:
"Last night my band (www.circlethecat.com) played a show in Studio City. Arthur Lee walks in 1/2 way through the first set and sits down front & center-my mind is BLOWN. I have been an avid Lee/Love fan since I was a young teen. I just saw him last month at the Henry Fonda-a killer show.
So I played my heart out-my musical hero 5 feet from me. After the show he comes up and says he digs my band and our sound-what a thrill-I gave him a cd and shook his hand. Wow.
I had to share this with someone who would get it so I found you."

Updated the Tourlist with Mike's latest countdowns.

This might be a bit off topic, but Sam Lapidos, a good friend of Dave Chappel, will be playing in Denmark. Check out the Fan Link page for more informations.

November 6. 2002:

Updated the Forever Changes Concerts 2003 list.

Photos from 35th Anniversary of the Summer of Love can be found at Chet Helms site. Look at page 3 and 26.

Updated the Tourlist with Mike's latest countdowns.

October 30.2002:

Yesterday number 100.000 payed a visit to this site. It's great for me to see that the information I have included is appriciated, but this couldn't have been done without your contribution, so a BIG THANKS to all who has supported me in the past and hopefully will do the same in the future.

Added information to the Tour List - new dates, posters and more links to Mike's Diary. Please check and see if you know of any dates not included or if you have reviews of some of the concerts.

October 28. 2002:

Added photos to 35 years after the famous Summer of Love in San Francisco Thanks to Keith Stodart

October 25. 2002:

Added review to Belly Up, San Francisco September 26. 2002. Thanks to Howard Airhart

The latest edition of Ugly Things Magazine features an interview with Michael Stuart, the drummer with Love from 66-68.

October 24. 2002:

UK dates for the Forever Changes Concert Tour 2003 has been announced

October 21. 2002:

Gary Rowles has been searching for the whereabouts of Frank Fayad for some time now. If you know how to get in contact with him please let me know.

Review of 35 years after the famous Summer of Love in San Francisco Thanks to Keith Stodart

A lot of Love fans has a website, if you want to be on a Love Fan Link page let me know

October 18. 2002:

Added a lot of dates to the Tourlist, including links to Mike's diary at The Freedom Man's site.
If you know of dates missing from the list or if you have any memories about a show please mail me.

October 16. 2002:

Love with Arthur Lee will be part of a concert to celebrate the 35 years after the famous Summer of Love in San Francisco October 20. More info here: http://studioz.tv/summeroflove/

More dates on the way in UK for the FOREVER CHANGES CONCERTS 2003, including these cities: Liverpool, Glasgow, Brighton, Milton Keynes, Cambridge; Manchester, Bristol and Newcastle.
In February there will be shows in a limited number of European dates.
All shows will be with the Forever Changes Orchestra, though we may slip in a few extra dates with just the 5-piece band.
Plans for a possible live album of the Concerts and DVD are in the works.

All news above is from the The Official Tour Newsletter , you can join in at Love with Arthur Lee

Added photos of Arthur Lee and me in Odense, Denmark. No comments on the old man to the left! Thanks to Kurt Andersen

October 9. 2002:

Added photos to  Bowery Ballroom, New York 10. August. Thanks to Lisa Rosenberg

October 8. 2002:

Added another review to Bowery Ballroom, New York 10. August. Thanks to John W. Harding.

Kevin Walsh send me 2 scans from the 1960-61 Dorsey High School yearbook. One with Arthur Lee and the baseball team, another with Johnny Echols and the Dorsey Band.

October 3. 2002:

Liz Barnett came up with a great idea of sharing memories of shows from the past. I think this is a great idea, so if you have been to a shows and would like to share your thought with all of us, please mail it to me and I'll put in a sort of Fan Diary (got a better word?).

A new date for Forever Changes Tour 2003 has been announced at Brighton Dome in Brighton, UK.
Tickets are available from Dome Box Office: 01273 709709.

Added a new page with photos from  Irish Center, Leeds August 27. 2002. Thanks to Dave Pearce

October 1. 2002:

Q magazine in UK are running a top 100 albums of all time poll. Many years ago Forever Changes was close to the top of this.
Votes can be cast at www.q4music.com until 1st November.

Added reviews to Henry Fonda Theater, LA September 27. 2002. Thanks to Chuck Maiden and Matthew Greenwald

September 29. 2002:

Just back from a 2 week holiday on the Greek island Crete. Lost of sun, relaxing and enjoying the Greek hospitality.
Now it's back to updating and after 2 weeks it's really a lot of mails to go through (200+). So in the next days I'll get all the updates up to date.

Ed, The Freedom Man has his site up and running again with a new adress: www.thefreedomman.com so check out Mike Randle's diary.

Setlist and photos to Henry Fonda Theater, LA September 27. 2002 Thanks to The New Guy.
Added more photos to  Liquid Room, Edinburgh August 23. 2002  Thanks to Jane (Isle of Man)
NME review of the Birmingham show
Henry Fonda Theater preview at the LA Weekly Link is dead, you can find the preview at  Henry Fonda Theater, LA September 27. 2002
OCWeekly: Ain't Love Grand?

September 11. 2002:

Ticket scan added to Ellinikos Kosmos, Athens Greece September 5 2002 Thanks to Vagelis Nikitopoylos
Added more photos to  Liquid Room, Edinburgh August 23. 2002  Thanks to Marcel Eijgermans

September 10. 2002:

A new diary from Mike Randle on holiday in Greece.
Ed, The Freedom Man's site will be re-opened soon. Check the message board.

September 9. 2002:

Added new photos Fleece & Firkin, Bristol UK September 3 2002 Thanks to Mike "Dukie" Anderson
Another review of  Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland, May 29. 2002 Thanks to Gregory Gunter

September 8. 2002:

A new diary from Mike Randle on holiday in Greece.
Added new photos and review to Fleece & Firkin, Bristol UK September 3 2002 Thanks to Electric Snowman

September 7. 2002:

Summer 2002 Tour has ended. There's still 3 US dates at the end of September, but the European part is over for now and I'm sure a lot of fans will agree with me that so far this year has been a fantastic one for all of us. 
It's impossible to express my thanks to Arthur Lee and the guys in the band, but I'll do it anyway:

Thank you Arthur Lee, Dave Chapple, Rusty Squeezebox, David Green, Mike Randle and Gene Kraut.

Now I hope you all will get some well deserved rest.

A new diary from Mel Cicero has been added.
Setlist, Review and photo for The Limelight Club, Crewe UK September 2 2002 Thanks to Jeff Trice and David Yates
Setlist, Review and photo for Fleece & Firkin, Bristol UK September 3 2002 Thanks to Jeff Trice and Pete Rosman
Setlist and Review for Ellinikos Kosmos, Athens Greece September 5 2002 Thanks to Vagelis Nikitopoylos

September 6. 2002:

Added another review to Liquid Room, Edinburgh August 23. 2002 Thanks to Alec Stevenson

The british magazine 'Dazed & Confused' # 92 of august features a 4-page article on Arthur Lee. Mainly about the first albums and with a great picture (photography: Lee Powers ) of Arthur in 'Singing Cowboy' clothes.

September 4. 2002:

Added setlist to The Academy, Birmingham September 1. 2002. Thanks to Alan Dawes
Added another review to  Nighttown, Rotterdam August 30. 2002 . Thanks to Cees

September 3. 2002:

Added more photo to  Nighttown, Rotterdam August 30. 2002. Thanks to Ed, The Freedom Man
Review of The Academy, Birmingham September 1. 2002. Thanks to Joe Greaves.
Added photos to Opera House, Newcastle August 28. 2002. Thanks to Keith Stodart
Review of Opera House, Newcastele at BBC

September 2. 2002:

The September issue of Record Collector has 8 pages with Arthur Lee and Love. There's an interview with Arthur Lee and also a feature about collectable records.

Added 2 more  review to Nighttown, Rotterdam August 30. 2002. Thanks to Sjoerd Leenstra and Keith Stodart

September 1. 2002:

Added photo to  Nighttown, Rotterdam August 30. 2002. Thanks to Peter Visser
Added photos to Concorde, Brighton June 6. 2002

August 31. 2002:

Setlist and review for Nighttown, Rotterdam August 30. 2002. Thanks to Peter Visser an Ed, The Freedom Man
A new diary from Mike
Opera House, Newcastle review
Fantastic photos added to Irish Center, Leeds August 27. 2002. Thanks to Chris Jones

August 30. 2002:

Added photos to Irish Center, Leeds August 27. 2002. Thanks to Chris Jones
2 more reviews of Opera House, Newcastle August 28. 2002. Thanks to Liz Barnett and Ian Pippin
Added more photos to Liquid Room, Edinburgh August 23. 2002 Thanks to Keith Stodart
Added photo and corrected the setlist for Canterbury 2002 Festival Thanks to pOoTer and David Johnston-Smith
Added illustration from New Yorker to Bowery Ballroom, New York 11. August. Thanks to Neil Goldstein

Bimbo's concert at NewsReview: All you need is love

August 29. 2002:

Ed, The Freedom Man's site will be offline in the next couple of days. Meanwhile you can read Mike Randle's Diary here.

New dates for California has been added to Summer 2002 Tour

Here's news from The Official Tour Newsletter of LOVE with Arthur Lee:
LOVE "FOREVER CHANGES": A 35th Anniversary Celebration and Tour with ARTHUR LEE
As a recipient of our humble newsletter you are, of course, privy to some exclusive LOVE information. And as mentioned in our last newsletter, a cornerstone London date has now been set for the upcoming "LOVE Forever Changes": A 35th Anniversary Celebration and Tour with Arthur Lee" .... January 15th. This special event will take place at London's Royal Festival Hall as part of the annual "Mojo 100 " festivities. The show will feature a fully arranged performance of Forever Changes in its entirety... as well as the best of the rest; including songs not yet being performed on this current tour (new songs, you ask?...you never know). We are also lining up some special guests to join Arthur on stage and in tribute to what is, according to several British Members of Parlaiment, "the greatest recording of all time". The Royal Festival Hall will announce an on-sale date shortly. Other UK/Europe dates will be scheduled later.

Review of Irish Center, Leeds August 27. 2002. Thanks to Liz Barnett
Review of Opera House, Newcastle August 28. 2002. Thanks to Michael Scullion
Photos from Liquid Room, Edinburgh August 23. 2002. Thanks to Keith Stodart.
A revisited setlist to Robin 2, Wolverhampton June 13. 2002 Thanks to Mike "Dukie" Anderson
Added setlist of  Canterbury 2002 Festival Thanks to pOoTer

Review of the Canterbury 2002 Festival at pOoTer's pSycheDelic shAcK

Ed Perlstein has some photos available at www.musicimages.com.

August 28. 2002:

The Journal, Newcastle: The best known band never to chart

August 27. 2002:

Review of Liquid Room, Edinburgh August 23. 2002. Thanks to Joan Duffin

One more review of Lemon Tree, Aberdeen  Thanks to Fiona Young

Added poster to Nighttown, Rotterdam August 30. 2002. Thanks to Keith Stodart

August 26. 2002:

I have tried to setup a message board - hope it works.

Review of  Lemon Tree, Aberdeen. Thanks to Charles Scott and Ray C.

Added setlist to Milton Keynes 5. June 2002 Thanks to Mike "Dukie" Anderson

August 21. 2002:

More photos added to  Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Thanks to Mike "Dukie" Anderson

August 19. 2002:

If you haven't seen the Love with Arthur Lee newsletter,  here's the part with news about the future:

LOVE IN THE FALL/WINTER
Plans for the rest of the year are still being discussed...but there will definitely be new California dates announced within the week, including September shows in San Diego, San Juan Capistrano and, of course, a homecoming concert in Los Angeles.
After these dates, the band will take a well deserved ... but short ... break and then begin working on what will eventually be a new studio album.
Also during the Fall, various and previously unvisited US cities and universities will be graced by what some fans and musicians are now calling "the best band in the world" .
And, the long-discussed and highly anticipated 35th Anniversary FOREVER CHANGES TOUR with Orchestra will take place later in the year and into 2003, likely winding up with an all-star event in London at the Royal Festival Hall in January.
Look for a live album and DVD later in 2003! What an exciting time to be a LOVE fan.

You can join the mailinglist here: http://www.lovewitharthurlee.com/

Added photos to Queen Elizabeth Hall, London and Robin 2, Wolverhampton. Thanks to Mike "Dukie" Anderson

August 16. 2002:

Added some wonderful photos to  Bowery Ballroom, New York 10. August. Thanks to Gary Brant.

Philadelphia Inquirer: Arthur Lee gives sold-out house a flashback to a storied past

August 14. 2002:

Setlis & Review of North Star, Philadelphia. Thanks to ??

the Village Voice: Andmoreagain

August 13. 2002:

More reviews from Bowery Ballroom, New York 10. August Thanks to Christina Crocker and Thomas Adams.
Review of Bowery Ballroom, New York 11. August Thanks to Thomas Adams

August 12. 2002:

Review and setlist from Bowery Ballroom, New York 10. August. Thanks to Don Cohen and Ed, The Freedom Man

August 11. 2002:

Added setlist and photos to Middle East, Cambridge Thanks to Justin Purington

Scan of setlist from New York. Thanks to Howard Forbes

Rolling Stone: Arthur Lee's New Love

August 9. 2002:

Added setlist and review to Buffalo. Thanks to Erin

August 8. 2002:

MetroTimes: Free Love

August 7. 2002:

Chicago review at Metromix

Detroit Free Press: Arthur Lee's Love affair

Cleveland Free Times: Tough Love
Cleveland.com: Arthur Lee and Love are roaring back, ready to rock
Cleveland Scene: Love, featuring Arthur Lee

August 6. 2002:

A whole lotta love article in Chicago Sun-Times.

Review of the Double Door, Chicago

August 5. 2002:

Added photos to EMP, Seattle. Thanks to jazmaan

More about the Canadian border problem at JamMusic

One more review of Bimbos, SF. Thanks to Richard Sands

August 2. 2002:

Article about the Canadian border problem at Toronto Globe and Mail

August 1. 2002:

New show added in Buffalo at the Continental for Tuesday, August 6th.

Photos added to the Knitting Factory. Thanks to Brad Davis.

July 30. 2002:

Added setlist and review for Sky Church, EMP, Seattle. Thanks jazmaan.

New photos added to Randers, Denmark. Thanks to Hardy Nielsen
Also new photos from Odense, Denmark has been added. One with Mike and his "big" amp.

July 28. 2002:

The concert in Vancouver was cancelled because some customs refused to allow the band into Canada.
Here's what happened at the Canadian border:
Crossing the border, it was a matter of just hitting the wrong immigration agent who began dredging up Arthur's entire past. After sitting for over an hour, suddenly two uniformed and armed agents appeared and pulled Arthur over to the side and, front of the general public, had him place his arms behind his back to be handcuffed. Arthur was then taken in a private room to be searched. Ten minutes later, he reappeared uncuffed and we were told he would not be allowed entry into Canada. All the time and despite the obvious humiliation, Arthur was a gentleman and cooperative. The handcuffing incident was completely unprovoked, as all we and Arthur did was sit and wait for whatever papers were to be processed for our entry. 
I am sorry for the fans that bought tickets and were expecting to see Love perform in Vancouver. I hope some of them will be able to come down to Seattle tonight and see the show. 
We will do everything we can to see the Toronto show goes on as scheduled. But I am even more sorry for the people of Canada, who seem have given the right to their border crossing agents to be allowed the kind of irrational and humiliating actions and judgements that took place yesterday afternoon. 
Gene

See also Mike Randle's Diary

Added reviews and photos to Wow Hall, Eugene Thanks to Bruce Nelson(review)  and John Lake (review and photos)

Added review and photos to Roseland Theater, Portland. Thanks to Brad Davis (review) and Neil Goldstein (photos).

There's a review at Bubba's Monkey Calendar for Portland of the Roseland concert.

July 26. 2002:

Added more reviews to Bimbos, San Francisco

Article in Seattle Weekly

July 25. 2002:

The Summer 2002 Tour has started in San Francisco. Setlist and short review from Kevin Walsh.

Just got the promo of the remastered Four Sail album. And I must say I really enjoy getting this on cd in a great quality. It includes 3 bonus tracks, all alternate mixes, Robert Montgomery (3:35), Talking in my sleep (2:56) & Singing cowboy (5:56) - more then one minute longer. Still no date for the release!?!?

Just found a review of the Spaceland, L.A. april gig at BayArea.com

July 23. 2002:

Feature in the San Francisco Chronicle

July 19. 2002:

New dates added for Europe Summer 2002

July 18. 2002:

Added extra date at the Bowery Ballroom

July 12. 2002:

Added a new date for Bristol, UK 3. September 2002

July 7. 2002:

If you missed out any of the merchandice on the tour, it's possible to buy some Bandmad

I could not figure out the question about Dorsey High School in the contest on The Freedom Man's site, but I can show you a picture of Arthur Lee in the 1960-61 Dorsey High School yearbook, thanks to Kevin Walsh

Added one more review to Roskilde and here's a link to a review in Dagsavisen, Norway and another articel from the same paper telling how Primal Screams bassist Gari "Mani" Mounfield thinks the melodi to Madonnas "Beautiful Stranger"is stolen from Arthur Lee.

July 2. 2002:

Added setlist and more reviews to Roskilde

July 1. 2002:

Michael West sent me this review.
Review from Expressen (In Swedish). Translation here.
Review from Information (In Danish)
Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet gave the Roskilde concert 5 out of 6 stars.

Robert Plant has a new cd single out with live version A House Is Not A Mote as bonus track. Take a look at the picture of Robert in the article in Dagbladet - Norway

June 29. 2002:

Tonight is the date for the Roskilde Festival, unfortunately I won't be there, but this will be a HUGE concert. The festival is totally sold out, more then 70.000 tickets. The area around the Green Stage has a capacity of 15.000 and hopefully it will be packed with Love fans.
The danish radio will be recording the show and broadcasting it at a future date.

Soren Bentin send me some photos taken after the concert in Copenhagen.

June 27. 2002:

Paull Barr send me this great photos from Edinburgh of Arthur Lee with Colin Grainger & Chris Davidson.

Review of the Dublin concert at Sorted magAZine

June 26. 2002:

Added photos to Barcelona and Edinburgh. Thanks to Paul Barr

June 25. 2002:

Added setlist and review to The Ambassador, Dublin 16. June 2002

Mail from Mike Randle:

Hello friends of LOVE and Baby Lemonade and everything else.

I have written a 5 song EP (about 30 min. of music) titled MIKE RANDLE:TRAVEL SONGS

I plan to record it sometime around mid-September, when we finally get a break from the road, in my home studio. The songs are pretty much folkish, comfy tunes, about places and people and other stuff and i plan to keep the production interesting, yet simple. I also plan to ask some friends to play on it, like Arthur Lee, the other guys in LOVE, a few Wondermint guys and, hopefully my friends, Stew & Heidi, the opening act for the UK tour we just completed.

The idea is as follows: I will make the Artwork available from a (as yet to be determined) site and you can download it and print it out free. I will have the CDs in place in Spain, Greece, Italy, Germany, Holland, England, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland and France (as well as the USA). All you have to do, if you are interested, is pay for the shipping of the CD, which should come to about $1.50, or #1 or 1.55 Euros or about 7 or 8 Scandanavian Kronas. Ok you get the point!

Bascially, this is my way of sharing some music with friends and totally side-stepping record companies, so no one can get in the way of the musician, the fan and the music. I am making the shipping points local so that you may send a check or something convenient and hassle free. I don't know if anyone has done it exactly like this, and it may prove to be more work than i bargained for, but i think it's worth a try.

Anyone interested can simply e-mail the address below with your name and address and, come November, everything should be in place. Feel free to pass this on to a friend as well. For the paltry price of "chump change" you can have a bit of new music for the holidays. And, by all means, feel free to burn copies for anyone you think may enjoy such tunes. And you won't have to PAY until the project is completed. And you will be able to sample a several seconds of each song as well. 
travelsongs@yahoo.com

Thanks for you time.

Cheers,

Mike Randle

June 24. 2002:

Added Liverpool review from Jon and another review from Gigwise

June 21. 2002:

Mike Randle is doing a solo gig in London tomorrow at the 12 Bar Club

June 20. 2002:

Here's Peter Bradley's words on the Early Day Motions Web Site
More on Arthur Lee's visit at the Parliament: Freed 1960s star meets MPs

New dates has been added for the North American Tour and also some new ones in Europe.
Shows are also being scheduled for the West Coast of the UK, though specifics are still being worked out. There are also the possibilites of shows in Rotterdam, Brussels and Athens. Expect a secret show, perhaps, in London as well.

June 18. 2002:

From NME: UK MPS Show Love for Arthur Lee
From NME: We Love Arthur!

June 17. 2002:

Spring 2002 Tour is over and a new one is on its way.
Now I would say Love with Arthur Lee deserves a 2 week break before it's Roskilde Festival on the 29. June.
Schedule for the festival is now ready and the band will play at Green Stage saturday at 18.00 (6pm).

Added photos from Malmö, Sweden May 25. 2002 and poster from Paris (I need setlist and review).

2 Arthur Lee songs recorded by two danish bands, Baby Woodrose has just released a  7" with Never Coming back / My Flash On You and On Trial has A House Is Not A Motel" up on MP3.com, their version is called Mr. Lees House

June 16. 2002:

Setlist and review from London
Review from Manchester
Setlist and photos from Wolverhampton.
Setlist and review from Brighton
Review from Sheffield
Setlist added from Liverpool

June 12. 2002:

Tim Cumming did an interview with Arthur Lee in april. Read his article in The Independent
Setlist from Manchester Academy, UK June 10. 2002

June 11. 2002:

Article in Daily Record: Love is all around as Arthur returns 
Article and review of the Edinburgh show in Sunday Herald: Love's labours found &  Old Love rekindled
Added Glasgow and Liverpool photos. Thanks to Keith Stodart and Liz Barnett.

June 9. 2002:

Some dates for the Nort American Tour has been announced. 2 festival shows are also on the list.
Review of the Milton Keynes concert in the Guardian Unlimited . Article in Guardian. You can also find other articles there, search for Arthur Lee.
Added review and photo to the  Utrecht, Holland May 28. 2002 

June 4. 2002:

2 articles about the Edinburgh show at Scotsman.com: Arthur Lee in Love & Pic of the day: Arthur Lee
Review of  The Liquid Room, Edinburgh show at Scotsman.com:  Legend proves all you need is Love & What a night to fall in love
You have to register to read these.

Setlist and photos from Arena, Madrid, Spain, June 1. 2002
Pictures from Asterdam

May 31. 2002:

Review from Valencia. Thanks Will McCarthy - www.24-7valencia.com

May 30. 2002:

Review from Melkweg, Amsterdam, Holland, May 29. 2002 and setlist from Utrecht, Holland May 28. 2002

Dates for the US tour can be found at Pollstar

Another date is on August 6th, Toronto, Canada at Lee's Palace. Tickets go on sale saturday.
This I believe is  Love / Arthur Lee's first ever concert in Canada.

Love Comes To Valencia article at 24-7 Valencia

May 29. 2002:

Review and more photos from Pumpehuset, Copenhagen, Denmark May 17 2002

"What more could you ask for." Newspaper review from Randers, Denmark May 18. 2002

The remastered version of Da Capo is finally out. Including a 16 page booklet with great notes by Andrew Sandowal.

May 25. 2002:

If you haven't bought tickets for this tour you should hurry, because a lot of the shows are sold out. Check the Spring Tour 2002 page.

There will be a European mini-tour in late august, so far only the show at the Canterbury Festival on August 25 has been confirmed, but more dates will be announced. Tickets available at Ticketweb

There's also talk about playing at Roskilde Festival on June 29. According to Gene Kraut in the "The Official Tour Newsletter of LOVE with Arthur Lee" it's 95% sure they will be there and they will perform with the same strings and horns as at the Stockholm show.

Review of the Göteborg show in Göteborg-Posten 

Lots of writing in Norway about Love with Arthur Lee:
NRK: Rusten kjærlighet eller nyforelskelse?
Peace, Love & Lee i Oslopuls
Dagens Nyheter

Review of the Oslo concert:
NRK: Nyforelsket! 
Oslopuls: Gammel kjærlighet ruster en smule

One more review of the Stockholm show in Svenska Dagbladet

Articel in Göteborg-Posten

I have added scan of the tourposter and ticket on the Stockholm page. Thanks Åke Ericsson

May 22. 2002:

Setlist & Pictures from Copenhagen, Denmark May 17 2002
Setlist & Review from Stockholm, Sweden May 21. 2002
Review of the Stockholm concert in Aftonbladet

Articel in norwegien papers:
Dagbladet
Dagsavisen

Guardian Article

May 19. 2002:

Review & Pictures from Randers, Denmark May 18. 2002

Another review of the Spaceland concert at SoundSpike

May 17. 2002:

I'll face this day with a smile

May 10. 2002:

The new remastered version of Da Capo will include both mono and stereo versions of the album. Bonus track is tracking session of Seven And Seven Is.
Cd should be in the shops May 13.

May 8. 2002:

Message from 7&7IS2002...The Official Tour Newsletter of LOVE with Arthur Lee:

Future Plans for Love with Arthur Lee
Shortly, there will be announcements made for the first North American Summer dates...probably beginning around the third week of July through the middle of August and in over 18 cities on both coasts, the midwest and Canada. Of course, when announcements and venues are set and official, you will be the first to know.
Also, there are tentative plans to return to Europe in the late summer, specifically for a couple of festival dates and to visit some of the cities that were missed on the first swing in spring. There is also talk of a London date to satisfy the demand of all of those unable to attend the QEH show on June 14.
Later, most likely, there will be some additional US touring in the Fall...but the main focus will be on preparing for recording new material and rehearsing for this winter's anticipated concerts with full orchestral arrangements and special guests to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of the release of FOREVER CHANGES, taking LOVE with Arthur Lee into the good part of 2003.

Another message in the newsletter is "not to wait to purchase your tickets if you have any intention on seeing what is already being referred to by some as "the show of the year"."
So go out and buy your tickets now if you want to be sure to get one.

Another review of the Knitting Factory has been added to the Spring 2002 Tour page.

May 7. 2002:

"Love On Earth Will Be Again" is the name of an article in Entertainment Today

May 3. 2002:

Added reviews from the Knitting Factory show at Spring 2002 Tour.

Spaceland Reviews:
Epinions
Photos from the show Yahoo

May 1. 2002:

Today is the day. Tonight is the concert at the Knitting Factory. This is the first concert by Love with Arthur Lee in USA an it marks the start of a tour that will bring them to Europe to play 25 dates.
If you are going to the Knitting Factory, please mail me review, setlist, photos ......... Thanks!

Theres a brief article about the show at AOL Local Los Angeles

 See also "In Bloom Again" in the LA Times  

April 12. 2002:

A review in LA Weekly of the Spaceland gig can be found here and another one from Launch

Those going to the show in Stockholm, Sweden on May 21 will be in for a special treat. Arthur and the band will apear with an eight-piece horn and string ensemble. This will be the only show of this kind on this current tour, though Arthur has some plans for celebrating the 35th anniversary of Forever Changes later in the year with concerts including a horn and string section.

April 5. 2002:

Arthur Lee returned to the stage tuesday night at Spaceland under the name of Andmoreagains..
Acording to Darren Grealish it was an amazing night. Darren also send me 2 photos from the show. Thanks!
If you were at the show please send review and setlist!

See Spring 2002 Tour for review, setlist and photos

March 17. 2002:

FIRST USA LOVE WITH ARTHUR LEE DATE IN SIX YEARS ANNOUNCED! 
LOVE with Arthur Lee have announced plans for their very first US show in six years. The concert, which will be the only "official" show prior to the band's embarking on their Spring tour of Europe, will take place at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA on May 1. 
Tickets are already available directly from the Knitting Factory 

NEW DANISH DATE SCHEDULED
Saturday, May 18 Tante Olga, Randers, Denmark. See othe dates at  Spring 2002 Tour.

March 15. 2002:

From 7and7is2002, the official tour newsletter of Love with Arthur Lee:

We're all normal and we want our freedom! 
As most of you have probably heard, Arthur Lee is now truly a free citizen. Arthur appeared in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal in Los Angeles on Tuesday.  The court reversed Arthur's conviction, citing misconduct by the prosecutor and ineffective assistance by his trial attorney. According to Jeffery Anderson, a legal reporter for the LA Daiy Journal, ..."when it was over, Lee walked out a free man, pleading no contest to the shooting charge and having served more than the required time for the possession charge". "[The law] allows a defendant to plead to something he didn't do if it's in his best interests," Hirsch (Arthur's lawyer) said later. "In Arthur's case, the option of going to trial is just too uncertain, particularly with so much going on in his life musically." Also, Arthur was granted the opportunity to return to court in six months and have the original charge reduced to a misdemeanor.
Good news and congratulations! (Now, no-one's got no papers on him!).  

Love Revisited 
Sundazed Records, our favorite vinyl junkies, have just released " Love Revisted" on 180 gram vinyl. "Revisted" was the first Love compilation, originally released in 1970 by Elektra Records. For more information: www.sundazed.com

Updates on  the  Spring 2002 Tour.

March 11. 2002:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARTHUR, MARCH 7

New venues has been added to the  Spring 2002 Tour.
NME and Launch has artickles about the tour.

LOVE IN THE USA:
Shortly, LOVE with Arthur Lee will be announcing some dates on the West Coast.  There will also be a couple of unannounced "warm-up" gigs.  Keep an eye out for ads with dodgy LOVE-related band names, hinting  to where Arthur and the band may be popping up secretly in the Los Angeles area in April.  Plans for more US dates are taking shape for later this Summer/Fall.
If you go to any of these warm-up shows please send me a review.

The remastered version of Da Capo will be released in May.

Check out the band  Furthur and hear their version of A House Is Not A Motel and some of their own songs.

March 4. 2002

So far these are the dates for the Spring 2002 Tour that I know of. If you have any additions please let me know

March 4. 2002

New informations from Gene Kraut about the forthcomming tour:

Hello to all. 

Here is the first of what I am hoping to be many announcements regarding live tour dates and other LOVE with ARTHUR LEE events/happenings.  It's a very exciting time to be a LOVE fan and friend.  I am proud to be working with Arthur and the band again and happy to report that Arthur is in great spirits and fine form...and very eager to get out on the road and share his music again.  Arthur and band are currently in rehearsals for their first performances in almost six years.  Shortly,  initial West Coast dates will be announced, leading up to a Spring 2002 European tour, which commences on May 16 in Denmark.  So far, shows are scheduled for Scandinavia, Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands (the dates will be announced any day now).  After the tour winds up in the UK (see the dates below), there are plans to play several more US cities, then perhaps return to Europe for some festivals before the summer's end.  Then, later in the Fall / Winter  and to celebrate its 35th year in release, plan on Love with Arthur Lee to present special performances of FOREVER CHANGES in its entirety...complete with orchestration and special guests, recreating "live" for the first time ever one of the best pop albums ever made (but you already know that).

You will soon be able to keep informed of all things Love with Arthur Lee by logging onto www.LovewithArthurLee.com; Arthur's official website, in the coming weeks. 

We look forward to seeing all of you.

PS:  Those of you who loved what Mazzy Star did with Arthur's "Five String Serenade" several years ago, should check out the debut single of new RCA band, Trik Turner at  www.trikturner.com

February 13. 2002

An email from Baby Lemonade's Mike Randle tells me that "Mr. Arthur Lee is back and is as vital and fresh as he's ever been! " 
There's a lot of plans for the future, so everything looks good for all Love fans. 
If you want to contact Arthur it can be done at this adress: sevenandsevenis2002@yahoo.com 

Two more remastered Love albums are on the way, Da Capo and Four Sail. Both should include bonus tracks. There's no release dates for the moment, but it should be soon.

There's also talk about a European tour, so if you want to book Arthur for a gig try to contact his sole manager Gene Kraut gene@chello.se

December 13. 2001

Good News about Arthur Lee in Rolling Stone  (The article includes a picture taken by the webmaster - stolen from this web - and without credits)

November 8. 2001

THIS IS GOOD NEWS:

Dear friends, the California Circuit Appeals Court has decided to throw out Arthur Lee's original REDICULOUS 12-year conviction from 1996 (gee, thanks Judge.) for firing a gun (in the air in Sherman Oaks, of all places.).
They have given Los Angeles District Atty., Steven Cooley,  60 days to retry Arthur Lee or set him free. According to Arthur's close friend and former tour manager, David Fairweather (himself, an Asst. Santa Monica Dist. Atty.), Cooley will most likely declare Arthur's sentence "Time Served" and be done with it. So, friends, Arthur may be a free man again very soon. Unfortunately, he's had to spend the last 6 years behind bars instead of creating and performing great music IN BARS. But, such is life in the California Penal System.
Just thought you'd like to know!
 =====
 peace out,
 Mike Randle

October 19. 2001

Finally had time to catch up with a lot of updates. I still need a few additions to the covers section and a few other things, but they will be added in the next days. 

The first Love album is going to be re-released on a new remastered cd which contains both mono and stereo version together with two bonus tracks: Number 14 and Signed DC (alternate version)

A reissue of the Arthur Lee and Love album on New Rose Records from 1992 has been released on Last Call Records under the title : Five String Serenade. More info here http://www.lastcallrecords.com

A new book about Arthur Lee and Love,  Alone Again Or, by Barney Hoskyns has been published.
More info here: http://www.mojo4music.com/ Look for Mojo Heroes

Michael Stuart, the "long-lost" drummer who provided the irresistible rhythms for Da Capo and Forever Changes has written a book. You can order the book -- in CD-Rom format -- directly from the man himself at this adress: http://www.pegasuscarousel.com

If any of you feel like making a review of any of the albums, feel free to mail me and I'll include it here.

August 17. 2001

I just got this mail from Robert Rozelle: