reunion – Paul Westerberg

How did Riot Fest land the Replacements reunion? | StarTribune.com

Jodi — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:35:44 +0000

“Honestly, I got a little teary when we finally got it done,” Petryshyn said, noting that he and other staffers were up until 4 a.m. today dealing with media inquiries and other to-do’s after last night’s announcement splashed over the web. He wasn’t surprised by the crazed response, though, given the pent-up hope for a ‘Mats reunion someday. “It’s just been way too long for them not to finally do this,” he said.

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Replacements reunion in Chicago? What a Riot | StarTribune.com

Jodi — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:59:20 +0000

There are currently strong hints of a ‘Mats reunion blowing out of the Windy City centered around Riot Fest, and they’re blowing harder following this cryptic tweet sent out this afternoon — but deleted a couple hours later — via the @RiotFest account:

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Mats reunion? Maybe. Mats box set? Most certainly…

blasty — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:27:01 +0000

At least, according to this Rolling Stone article.

While a reunion may be unlikely in the near future, Westerberg has spent a lot of time recently combing through his past for a planned box set. “On a whim I got to dig through some old tapes,” he says. “I found one song I never put on anything for people to hear. Then I dug deeper and found the original ‘Good Day’ [from his 1996 solo LP Eventually]. That pretty much stunned me. I have to close this box set pretty soon because this could take the rest of my life just going through all these things and going, ‘God, why was that there.'”