Pink Flamingos Live 2010

Bon Jovi gave a rare performance of "Let it Rock" live at the O2 in June, including the extended keyboard introduction performed by David, known as "Pink Flamingos".

See the video: Here

Also check out this performance of the same piece from 20 years earlier!:

Pink Flamingos/Let It Rock - Live - 1/28/1990

Recent interview

A recent two-page interview with David:

http://www.examiner.com/x-46636-NY-Japanese-Culture-Examiner~y2010m7d8-Interview-with-David-Bryan-on-Memphis-Japan-Bon-Jovi-Part-1

http://www.examiner.com/x-46636-NY-Japanese-Culture-Examiner~y2010m7d8-Interview-with-David-Bryan-on-Memphis-Japan-Bon-Jovi-Part-2-of-2

David performs Toxic Avenger songs in Calgary

David made a solo appearance in Inglewood last Wednesday to promote his Toxic Avenger musical which is set make its Calgary debut in November. He performed "You Tore My Heart Out" and "Brand New Day in New Jersey" from the show and answered questions from reporters. The musical will play at Inglewood's new venue, The Space Theatre, from November 10 to 27. David had been in town prior to Bon Jovi's concert at the Saddledome that night. Avenue magazine has some videos: http://www.avenuecalgary.com/blogs/post/bon-jovi-keyboadist-david-bryan-discusses-toxic-avenger-musical

David videos

A nice video interview with David from the Meadowlands Stadium from better TV:

http://www.better.tv/videos/m/31995275/david-bryan.htm#q=David+Bryan

Another short interview with David and Joe DiPietro from Playbill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkdmxcfPsUs

Tonys unplugged

Just found this video of David performing Memphis Lives in Me:

Tonys Unplugged: MEMPHIS - David Bryan sings "Memphis Lives in Me"

There are two more videos with David accompanying the singers:

Tonys Unplugged: MEMPHIS - Montego Glover sings "Love Will Stand When All Else Falls"

Tonys Unplugged: MEMPHIS - Chad Kimball sings "Music of My Soul"

David interviews

A couple of interviews with David.

A nice article about Memphis and the Tony awards from NJ.com:

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2010/06/2010_tony_awards_david_bryan_m.html

An in-depth interview with David by Bryan Reesman:

http://www.bryanreesman.com/blog/2010/06/09/david-bryan-from-netherworld-to-memphis-part-one/

http://www.bryanreesman.com/blog/2010/06/10/david-bryan-from-netherworld-to-memphis-part-two/

David wins Tony Awards!

David won Tony awards for Best Original Score (with Joe DiPietro) and Best Orchestration (with Daryl Waters) for his work on Memphis. The show was named Best Musical and David's co-writer Joe DiPietro was awarded Best Book. Bandmate Jon Bon Jovi taped a special good luck message for David from the 02 concert that he missed to attend the Tonys, which was played during the awards presentation.

You can see David's acceptance speeches here:

Acceptance Speech: David Bryan & Joe DiPietro

Acceptance Speech: Daryl Waters & David Bryan

Some videos backstage after winning the awards:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=141137

http://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.php?colid=141138

New David Interview

A nice interview with David about the 02 concerts from Docklands24.

http://www.docklands24.co.uk/content/docklands/news/story.aspx?brand=Docklands&category=news&tBrand=docklands&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED07%20Jun%202010%2015%3A32%3A05%3A717

David on the Today Show

David appeared on the Today Show with singers Chad Kimball and Montego Glover on Thursday, May 27th. He spoke about his work on the musical before introducing a performance of "Someday" by the Memphis cast members.

See the video: HERE

David wins Drama Desk Awards

David won in both his categories at the 2010 Drama desk awards. He attended the awards presentation at LaGuardia Concert Hall in Lincoln Center, to pick up awards for Outstanding Music and for Outstanding Orchestrations alongside Daryl Waters. Memphis also won Outstanding Musical.

Here are some pictures from the event:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_2010_Drama_Desk_Awards_Ceremony_Part_1_20100525

David on Q1043

David appeared on the Jim Kerr show on Q1043 this morning to talk about his Tony nominations, Memphis, Bon Jovi and more. He also performed "Memphis Lives In Me" live in the studio.

For a podcast, pictures and video visit:

http://www.q1043.com/pages/onair/morningshow.html

New David article

David talks about Bon Jovi, touring and Memphis in this article from Lancaster Online.

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/255124

David will miss O2 show to attend Tonys

David will not be performing with Bon Jovi at the O2 on 13th June so that he can attend the Tony Awards, for which he was nominated in 2 categories. “It will be the first show I’ve ever missed since I was 16 years old playing with Jon [Bon Jovi],” David said, “I’ve never missed a show. When my father passed away, I waited two days to bury him ‘cause I had two shows to do. And he would have understood that, ‘cause he was a musician, too.”
The 64th Annual Tony Awards ceremony will be shown live on CBS on June 13th (8-11 p.m. ET).

David talks about Tony nominations

David spoke to Broadwayworld.com about his Tony nominations:

"It's a good morning. It's unbelievable, it was great to watch the TV and on the computer -- I watched the TV and then switched over to the computer. It's amazing that they just show you three categories and then they go back to the rest of the news.

The first call that I got was from Sergio Trujillo congratulating me, and then the first one I called was Joe DiPetro. For us to go from our minds to paper to a small theatre and then from a small theatre to take this thing all the way to Broadway with a full production, great design team -- it's just great man, it's great to get recognized. It's also great to see that we have entertainment that can also teach and that's just great!"


There are lots of pictures from the "Meet the Nominees" press event yesterday at the Millenium Broadway Hotel in NYC:

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_2010_Tony_Nominees_The_Men_20100506

And one more:

http://www.broadway.com/photos/galleries/2010-tony-nominees-get-dolled-meet-press/2010-tony-press-reception-joe-dipietro-david-bryan-christopher-ashley

Memphis earns 8 Tony nominations!

Memphis has picked up 8 nominations for this years Tony Awards including Best Original Score (Joe DiPietro, David Bryan) and Best Orchestrations (Daryl Waters, David Bryan). It was also nominated in the Best Musical category. The winners will be announced at Radio City Music Hall on June 13.

David nominated for Drama Desk awards

David has been nominated for 2 Drama Desk awards for his work on Memphis in the categories of Outstanding Music and Outstanding Orchestration (with Daryl Waters). Memphis also recieved nominations for Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Actor (Chad Kimball, Outstanding Actress (Montego Glover), Outstanding Choreography (Sergio Trujillo) and Outstanding Book (Joe DiPietro). Fingers crossed for the Tony Award nominations!

New video interview

A new video interview with David and Memphis cast members about the release of the cast album from Better TV.


http://www.better.tv/videos/m/30326476/david-bryan-and-memphis.htm

Memphis tour to begin Oct 2011 in Memphis

The producers of Memphis have announced plans for a US tour of the musical to begin October 2011 in the city of Memphis. The production will spend nearly a month at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis, Tennessee before hitting the road. Dates and further venues are yet to be announced. Memphis the musical celebrated its 200th performance at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre this weekend.

David at Barnes and Noble album signing event

David joined co-writer Joe DiPietro at a CD signing event yesterday at Barnes and Noble's Lincoln Center store to celebrate the release of the Memphis Original Cast Recording. The pair introduced performances by Memphis cast members including Chad Kimball and Montego Glover before signing copies of the CD.

Here are some videos from the event:

David and Joe introducing the first song

"Change Don't Come Easy" performed by Cass Morgan

David plays accordian on tour

As well as being a fantastic keyboard player and pianist, David can also play the accordian- and make it look cool! Here are some videos of David playing his accordian from Bon Jovi's current Circle tour.

Miss Fourth of July

Something For The Pain/Saturday Night

Momma's Got A Squeeze Box

Someday I'll Be Saturday Night

Five Questions For David Bryan

A short Q 'n' A from Forward.com

http://www.forward.com/articles/126673/

Memphis album to be released March 30

The Memphis Original Cast Recording will be released in stores nationwide and online on Tuesday 30th March. The 20-track release from Rhino Records includes an acoustic version of "Music Of My Soul" performed by composer David Bryan. The album has previously been available exclusively from the Shubert Theatre and to order from http://www.memphisthemusical.com

Check out this video from the recording session and hear extracts from some of the songs included on the album:
http://www.broadway.com/videos/show/memphis/behind-the-scenes-memphis-recording-session/

Happy Birthday David!

Happy Birthday to David who is 48 today!

Interview with David and Richie

Check out this interview with David and Richie from this year's Grammys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWuJQigr4IE

Toxic Avenger Snowman

We have had quite a bit of snow over the last couple of weeks where I live so I decided to build a Toxic Avenger snowman. I was quite pleased with how it turned out so I thought I'd share some pictures on here.

-Monkee

Memphis celebrates 100th performance

On Thursday January 14th, the Memphis team (including composer David Bryan) celebrated its 100th performance with an aftershow party at Manhattan venue Southern Hospitality.

You can see pictures from the event at: http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo_Coverage_Memphis_Celebrates_100_Performances_20100115