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Tracy Chapman Webisode #3
3rd Webisode released by Atlantic Records: Tracy talks about her songwriting process, where and when she writes her songs…
Tracy Chapman on ZDF, German TV channel
On ZDF in “Heute Nacht” tomorrow November 19 at 0:05h. Can someone tape this?
Tracy Chapman in Saga on RTL (french radio station)
On November 16 at 11pm (GMT + 1 h) the Georges Lang radio show “Saga” on the french radio station RTL will be dedicated to Tracy Chapman. 2 hours of a biography, songs from albums, and above all interviews from 2002 + 2008 and apparently some live sessions from 2002, maybe 2008.
Tracy Chapman Webisode #2
2nd Webisode released by Atlantic Records: Tracy talks about the musicians who played on the new record.
New tracychapman.de
The new german official website is online, its design is graphically excellent! Check it out on www.tracychapman.de
Audio interview + Acoustic songs for BBC - The Strand
Tracy Chapman has been interviewed by Harriett Gilbert for the radio show “The Strand” on BBC’s international. The interview has been broadcasted on November 11…
#1 on iTunes France
It worths the mention: Our Bright Future is #1 of the Top downloaded albums on iTunes France.
Tracy Chapman Webisode #1
For the release of “Our Bright Future”, Atlantic Records made 4 Webisodes. In the first of them, Tracy Chapman discusses the 20th anniversary of her debut album going back solo on tour.
Our Bright Future on iTunes
Our Bright Future is in the Top Downloads of many countries, big up to France and Spain where the album is ranked 4th of iTunes sales today!
New www.tracychapman.com online
To coincide with the US release of Tracy Chapman’s 8th album, the Tracy team has launched her official website. Very original, the possibility is given to color your world. It features Lyrics, Discography (including official Videos), Tour Dates. It promises some updates and an upcoming US tour for January 2009!
Audio interview + Acoustic songs for BBC 4 - Woman’s hour
Tracy Chapman has been interviewed by Jane Garvey on BBC 4 for the Woman’s Hour show. She talks to Jane about her life, music and politics, and performs Talkin’Bout A Revolution + Sing For You live in solo.
Upcoming “Sing For You” Video
Alicia Warrington (drummer) is publishing some photos of the video shoot of “Sing For You” from November 06, 2008 on her MySpace. Have a look on them and watch for the upcoming video!
**Photos courtesy of Koi Sojer**
New www.tracychapman.it
The new italian official is online: (almost) same basic content but new design with the Our Bright Future photos. Nice and simple lay-out.
Watch Tracy Chapman at the Jay Leno
Tracy Chapman on her Backpacker guitar and band (Joe Gore on the Guitar, Larry Klein on Bass…) sang “Sing For You”.
Listen to Our Bright Future
Listening to Our Bright Future before its realeased is made possible thanks to the exclusive premiere on Canada.com and Deezer.com
Obama wins
Yes it is, Change has come to America, and Tracy Chapman said to BBC America yesterday evening “I am a proud American today.”
Tracy Chapman on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Tracy Chapman is scheduled to perform live at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on November 5 on NBC. Watch out!
Tracy Chapman in concert in Barcelona, Espana / Spain
Tracy Chapman will play in Barcelona at the Palau de la Música on December 21, 2008. Tickets are on sale since today.
Save Us All [song]
MySpace seems to be the exclusive space where the album Our Bright Future is available for listening. Today, “Save Us All” (the third song from the new album) can be listened Tracy Chapman’s official MySpace
Our Bright Future [song]
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Our Bright Future, the song from the album named after it, is available for listening on streaming on Tracy Chapman’s official MySpace since today.
iTunes and other infos
All Tracy Chapman albums are now available on the US iTunes store.
There are no plans at this time to do any reissues or release a greatest hits package.
Tracy Chapman sold 8.1 million in the U.S.
Tracy Chapman singing for Obama in San Francisco
Clean Tech and Green Business for Obama (CT4-O) is pleased to announce that, on Monday, October 20th, singer Tracy Chapman will be performing at the San Francisco fundraiser of the national “Evening to Reenergize America.”…
New version of about-tracy-chapman.net
One month before the release of the upcoming new album “Our Bright Future”, about-tracy-chapman.net offers its new face to the Tracy Chapman fan community and goes one step further with this new web 2.0 oriented platform, offering almost no limits to further developments and add-ons…
Joseph Arthur, opening act on the Our Bright Future Tour
Joseph Arthur is the opening act on the Our Bright Future European Tour…
New Tracy Chapman photo
Check this gorgeous black & white photo from the Our Bright Future photo session…
Radio interview for RTL2
Listen to the Tracy Chapman interview for RTL2 aired in the radio show “Le Grand Morning” on September 16, 2008, sorry but it’s dubbed in French :(
Sing For You and Baby Can I Hold You acoustic videos
RTL2, the french radio station that supports Tracy since several years now, features two acoustic performances in the radio studio, “Baby Can I Hold You” and “Sing For You”…
Official Bio for “Our Bright Future”
Atlantic Records is publishing the new bio for “Our Bright Future”…
MP3 download: Sing For You
Tracy Chapman’s new single “Sing For You” mp3 is now available for download on Amazon.com
Press release: Tracy Chapman to play ‘Small Places Tour’ Concert in Ireland
Official press release for Tracy’s commitment to the Amnesty International’s “Small Places Tour” from SmallPlacesTour.info…
Tracy Chapman @ MySpace.com
Tracy Chapman now has her own profile at myspace.com
Tracy Chapman ads invade the parisian subway
Tracy Chapman ads invade the parisian subway to promote her upcoming concert at Le Palais des Congrès on December 19, 2008.
Sold out concerts but additional shows
6 concerts are already sold out on the European Our Bright Concert Tour but a second show has been added for some cities, check them out…
Amnesty International Small Places Tour
Tracy Chapman is supporting the Amnesty International Small Places Tour which is marking the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Tracy Chapman Masters “Our Bright Future” at Bernie’s
New article to read about the mastering of Our Bright Future
Listen to ‘Sing For You’ online
Canada.com offers the official premiere of “Sing For You”, listen to the brand new single online…
Italian interviews for Our Bright Future
The two first press interviews to promote “Our Bright Future” (in italian) questions & answers about the new songs, Obama, life in America and the upcoming solo tour…
Tickets for the 2nd concert in Paris on sale
Tickets for the second show in Paris just available for purchase…
Paris concert: soon to be sold-out
The Paris concert at The Folies Bergeres is soon to be sold out, only few tickets left…
Our Bright Future album cover (very bad res)
Insight of the cover of “Our Bright Future”
Sing For You, new single and Our Bright Future Tracklisting
The tracklisting of “Our Bright Future” now known, “Sing For You” will be the brand new single…
New european dates on the Our Bright Future Tour
TracyChapman.com has been updated announcing a new version of the site for early november and above all some new concerts added to the European schedule…
Our Bright Future: latest news
Latest news about tickets going on sale and worldwide release date of Our Bright Future
Tickets for Paris, Lyon & Marseille
Tickets for french concerts in Paris, Lyon and Marseille are now available for purchase…
Tickets for Dublin and Stockholm
Tickets for Stockholm and Dublin concerts are soon to be available…
Tickets for Zurich on sale on August 26
Tickets for the concert scheduled in Zurich at the Kongresshaus on December 2 will be on sale on August 26 at 8am on www.ticketcorner.ch
Tickets for Amsterdam on sale on August 23
Tracy Chapman will be playing at the Paradiso in Amsterdam on November 23. Tickets for this show will be on sale on August 23 on Ticketmaster.nl
Tickets for Brussels / Bruxelles (Begium / Belgique)
Tickets for the first concert scheduled on the Our Bright Future tour in Brussels / Bruxelles (Belgium / Belgique) at the Palais des Beaux-Arts on November 12, are on sale on Clic & Com
Tickets for German concerts: Berlin, Hamburg and Munich
Tickets for German concert should be on sale on August 21, this Thursday then… Please check back for links of appropriate websites to book your tickets for Berlin, Hamburg and / or Munich…
Tickets on sale for Oslo concert
Tickets for Oslo are available for purchase on www.billettservice.no
UK concerts: tickets available now!
Tickets for the Our Bright Future tour are available just now for the UK gigs, check it out on TicketMaster.co.uk…
Our Bright Future Tour Schedule: 21 dates in Europe this winter
Our Bright Future Tour Schedule: 21 dates throughout Europe this winter, in november and december 2008…
Our Bright Future, release on November 10 + European solo tour in November & December 2008
The upcoming album will be called “Our Bright Future”, containing 11 songs, recorded in Los Angeles and co-produced by Larry Klein and will release on November 10. To promote the album, a solo tour will be launched in November in Europe for 21 concerts…
Tracy Chapman returns to the studio => New album
Atlantic Records announces new album to come out…
Emmylou Harris, All I Intended To Be
Emmylou Harris covers “All That You Have Is Your Soul” in her upcoming new album to release on June 10, 2008…
The World As I See It by Hazel Chapman
Hazel Chapman, mother of, just release her new book, is a collection of new poems: The World As I See It…
Live at Golden Gate Park for Bill Graham in 1991
Tracy’s performance at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on November 03, 1991 celebrating Bill Graham is now available to listen to online at Wolfgangsvault.com. 2 songs, acoustic (”All That You Have Is Your Soul”) and a cappella (”Where the Soul Never dies”).
Mountains O’ Things, Munchen on July 04, 2006
More than a year ago but it just came out on YouTube: this excellent video of Mountains O’ Things in Munchen on July 04, 2006…
Blood Knot at A.C.T
Tracy wrote and recorded the music for a play, “Blood Knot” to be running at the A.C.T theater in San Francisco from Feb. 9 - March 9 2008. Be sure to buy your tickets if you’re living in the area…
A Very Special Christmas DVD to be released
The first-ever DVD collection from the “A Very Special Christmas” series, proceeds from which benefit the Special Olympics, is going to release on November 20, 2007…
www.tracychapman.com… Coming soon
The homepage www.tracychapman.com has just been updated…
Remembering Pavarotti
who passed away today… Tracy Chapman & Pavarotti performing Baby Can I Hold You in 2000
Sonya Kitchell
“The last few days I met Tracy Chapman…”
Radio 1’s 40th Anniversary
Radio 1 is releasing a new album to celebrate the 40th anniversary: they took the top songs from each of the 40 years in the UK. Fast Car is chosen for the 1988 year, it will be covered by Mutya Buena…
Videos of the Bridge Benefit Concert in Dec 04, 1988
Videos from Tracy Chapman’s performance at the Bridge Benefit Concert in Dec 04, 1988 are published on Youtube, check them out…
Imagine
Tracy Chapman sings “Imagine”, by John Lennon, in 1991…
Dear Tracy,
If your dream is to write a letter to Tracy Chapman then there is an opportunity for you to do so…
Festival de Poupet, one year ago
A best of video from the 2006 edition of the Festival de Poupet is featuring few seconds of “Say Hallelujah” and “Talkin’Bout A Revolution”…
Ask Sesame Street Video
Video and Lyrics of Tracy’s second appearance at Sesame Street singing “Just ask a question”…
2007 Annual “Grow to Be” Fundraiser
Tracy Chapman performed at this year’s annual fundraising event to benefit the Women’s HIV Program at the University of California, San Francisco…
TED 2007
Tracy took part of the TED 2007 event…
UCSF Women’s HIV program announces March 20 benefit
Singer Tracy Chapman will be the featured performer at this year’s annual fundraising event to benefit the Women’s HIV Program at the University of California, San Francisco…
amfAR dinner, January 31, 2007
Last night at the annual amfAR dinner to raise money for AIDS research, Tracy sang a couple of songs including Stand By Me…
TED 2007
Tracy Chapman will speak at the TED2007 “Icons. Geniuses. Mavericks”, on March 9, 2007 in Monterey, California…
Live at A Concert Against AIDS in 1989
Tracy Chapman’s live performance at A Concert Against AIDS on May 27, 1989 is now available as an audio streaming online on Concert Vault…
RFK Memorial Benefit
Tracy Chapman sang Talkin’Bout A Revolution tonight at the RFK Memorial Benefit Kerry Kennedy, hosted at Chelsea Piers…
XM Artist Confidential Vol. 1
XM Satellite Radio and Starbucks Hear Music are releasing a new CD of performances by top artists recorded during XM’s “Artist Confidential”, including Tracy Chapman…
Sporting Summer Festival, Monte Carlo, July 30
A new date has been added to the European Summer Tour, in Monte Carlo at the Sporting Summer Festival. The occasion if you like to have a dinner before attending a Tracy Chapman concert. Tickets are from 67,50 € up to 150 €…
Ben Taylor, Eels & Gage
Ben Taylor, Eels & Gage will open for Tracy Chapman this summer
Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13
Tracy will perform in Russia in St Petersburg on June 13…
North Sea Jazz Festival, July 15
Tracy will play at the North Sea Jazz Festival on July 15…
Couleur Café, Brussels, July 02
Tracy will be back in Brussels this summer for a performance at the very colorful festival Couleur Café. Tickets on sale on Monday May 1rst…
40th Montreux Jazz Festival, July 05
Tracy will play on July 5th in the Miles Davis Hall. Tickets will be on sale on April 27 at 1pm…
5th Spring Gala of Jazz, June 05
Tracy Chapman will perform at the fifth annual Spring Gala of Jazz at Lincoln Center on June 5 in New York City…
Paleo festival de Nyon, Switzerland, July 21
Tracy will line up in one of the largest european summer festival, the Paleo Festival, on July 21. tickets on sale on April 25 on www.paleo.ch
Warsaw, Poland, June 27
Marta is letting us know about Tracy’s coming to Poland in Warsaw! Tickets aren’t on sale yet: June 27, Warsaw, Sala Kongresowa, ebilet.pl
Tracy Chapman, Harvard Square, 1985
Photo of Tracy Chapman performing in Harvard Square in 1985…
Istres + Vienne, France
2 more open-air french concerts added…
Italy…
Rome, Taormina in Sicilia and Pescara will see Tracy Chapman this summer…
Lucerne, Stockholm & Helsinki
More and more dates known and there are still some left to come: after Oslo, Tracy will pay a visit to Stockholm in Sweden (Tickets on sale on March 20) and Helsinki in Finland (Tickets on sale on March 21st). Tracy will also head up at the Blue Balls Festival in Lucerne for 2 nights in late July…
Oslo, Norway, June 18, 2006
A new concert is scheduled on the Summer European tour in Oslo, Norway…
More French concert this summer
New festivals scheduled for Tracy this summer in France! Tickets are not on sale yet…
Bob Marley & Friends
Tracy Chapman is part of the documentary “Bob Marley & Friends”, directed by Paul Swimmer that will be aired on March 09, 2006 at the Miami International Film Festival…
Hampton Court Festival, June 14
Tracy will play at the Hampton Court Palace Festival on June 14, 2006 in East Molesey, Surrey (UK)…
Les Vieilles Charrues, July 23
Tracy is one of the guest of the mythic french festival Le festival des Vieilles Charrues in Carhaix (Bretagne). She’s scheduled to play on Sunday July 23, 2006.
German summer tour
German festivals are listed on the summer Where You Live tour…
Summer Festival in Lucca, July 13
Tracy comes back in Europe this summer!
Black History Month / San Francisco Chronicle
For Black History Month, The Chronicle has interviewed 20 Bay Area African American artists about their creative processes, influences and goals. Tracy Chapman is part of them…
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