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Frank Zappa bust installed in Baltimore, Zappa Plays Zappa dates ahead
A bust of Frank Zappa was installed Saturday (9/19) in Baltimore, the city of his birth, on the 25th anniversary of his famous Congressional testimony against the efforts of the PMRC to require labeling of albums containing "explicit lyrics or content."
It also is the start of a birthday celebration for Zappa -- he would have been 70 on Dec. 21 -- that will include the tribute band Zappa Plays Zappa. That group, which is headed up by Frank's son Dweezil, will perform the album "Apostrophe(')" in its entirety while on tour this fall and winter.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake declared Sept. 19 as Frank Zappa Day in Baltimore at the ceremony attended by his widow, Gail, and sons Dweezil and Ahmet. The bust is on display at the Southeast Anchor Library.
The bust is a replica of one created by artist Konstantinas Bogdanas that is on display in Vilnius, Lithuania. Three Lithuanians -- Saulius Paukstys, Saulius Pilinkus and Arturas Baublys -- hatched the idea of honoring Zappa in Maryland. They attended the unveiling along with Vilnius Mayor Vilius Navickas.
The dedication was followed by a performance by Zappa Plays Zappa, which will launches the "70th birthday" tour Nov. 6 in London. The U.S. leg runs Dec. 1-19.
Zappa Plays Zappa will be performing the legendary "Apostrophe(')" in its running order as part of the shows along with Frank Zappa material that has not been played on previous Zappa Plays Zappa tours. Dweezil, in announcing the tour, wrote that the band "will be performing with [Frank] once again via the technological wonderment of enhanced video."
Frank Zappa, who died of prostate cancer in 1993 at his home in Los Angeles, addressed Congress on the dangers of placing warning labels on CDs, saying they would lead to censorship in the arts.
ZPZ Tour Dates:
November 2010
6 - London, United Kingdom - London Roundhouse
7 - Brussels, Belgium - Leuven Het Depot
8 - Paris, France - Olympia
9 - Hengelo, Netherlands - Hengelo Metropool
11 - Oslo, Norway - Sentrum Scene
12 - Stockholm, Sweden - Filadelpia Church
13 - Gothenburg, Sweden - The Concert House
14 - Malmo, Sweden - The Concert House
December 2010
1 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield
2 - Reno, NV - The Knitting Factory
3, 4 - Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box
5 - San Diego, CA - 4th & B
6 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
8 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
9 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue
10 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
11 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
13 - Quebec City, Quebec - Grand Theatre
14 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
15 - Toronto, Ontario - Queen E Theatre
17 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
18 - Philadelphia, PA - Keswick
19 - Boston, MA - House of Blues