He was shot in the head and survived. Now singer-songwriter Marc Cohn (his hit “Walking in Memphis” won a Grammy in 1991) is planning his first performance in the state where he barely escaped death nearly a year and a half ago. According to his website, Cohn will play in Boulder, Breckenridge and Aspen, Colorado next week. It will be his first time back on a Colorado stage since he was shot in the head during a carjacking attempt in Denver in August 2005.
Cohn made a full recovery and recently his 27-year-old attacker pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder in the shooting and was sentenced to 36 years in prison.
A few days ago, Cohn told local news reporters that he is feeling some anxiety about his return: “The truth of the matter of is, and I’m well aware of it though it’s hard to convince your brain, the chance of anything like that happening again, especially where it’s already happened once, are pretty slim.”
Cohn wouldn’t say if his ABC News anchor wife, Elizabeth Vargas will join him for the concerts. The trip to Colorado is an effort to drum up support for his latest album (his first since 1998) due out next summer.
But, Cohn isn’t the only musician making a comeback. After more than 20 years apart, the legendary rock group Van Halen and its original lead singer, David Lee Roth, are reuniting.
Yesterday the band announced that Roth would serve as frontman during the band’s 40-show summer tour. According to the heavy metal quartet’s spokesperson, this will be the first time Roth has performed with the band since 1984. You’ll recall that Sammy Hagar sang lead after Roth left. In 1996, Roth briefly rejoined the band, but didn’t perform with them on the road.
“I am very excited to get back to the core of what made Van Halen,” lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen, said in a statement.
I’m sure Van Halen is also excited about some other newly released band news—–his 15-year-old son, Wolfgang will be replacing the group’s original bassist Michael Anthony during the summer tour.
By the way, have you seen a recent picture of Roth? He looks so different. He has a lot less hair and quite a few more wrinkles than when I jammed to his music decades ago, but at 52-years-old, I’m sure he still can rock like a teen. Guess we’ll see this summer.
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