The ESPY Awards, which will air July 15 on ESPN, intends to feature musical performances by Common, Macy Gray and Rocco Deluca. The show will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and LeBron James.
Rumors are rampant about a Spice Girls reunion, and E! Online Planet Gossip is now reporting that a reunion could turn into a six-month run in Las Vegas. Stay tuned….
Christina Aguilera’s tour kicked off this past week in Japan, and she will continue touring in support of the Back To Basics album throughout Korea, China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, with the tour wrapping up August 3.
The annual Street Scene Festival is set for September 22 in San Diego, and the lineup includes many buzz bands such as The Killers, Panic! At the Disco, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Social Distortion, and The Academy Is. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
Kelly Clarkson’s tour was postponed last week, the same week she fired her manager. While no replacement dates have been scheduled, word is that American Idol has offered Clarkson a guest spot on their summer tour featuring Season 6 finalists.
Amy Winehouse has announced her fall North American tour dates, kicking off August 4 in Washington DC. The dates so far are as follows:
Sat-Aug-04-07 - Washington - DC - V Festival - 1:05pm
Sun-Aug-05-07 - Chicago - IL - Lollapalooza Festival - 2:15pm
Sat-Sep-08-07 - Toronto - ONT - V Festival - TBD
Sun-Sep-09-07 - Montreal - QUE - Osheaga Festival - TBD
Wed-Sep-12-07 - New York - NY - Summerstage - Paolo Nutini - 8:45pm / 10:00pm
Thu-Sep-13-07 - Upper Darby - PA - Tower Theatre - Paolo Nutini - TBD
Sat-Sep-15-07 - Austin - TX - Austin City Limits Festival - - 5:30pm
Tue-Sep-18-07 - Los Angeles - CA - The Wiltern LG - Paolo Nutini - 10:15pm
Wed-Sep-19-07 - Los Angeles - CA - The Wiltern LG - Paolo Nutini -
Fri-Sep-21-07 - San Francisco - CA - Warfield Theatre - Paolo Nutini - 10:15pm
Sat-Sep-22-07 - San Francisco - CA - Warfield Theatre - Paolo Nutini -
Mon-Sep-24-07 - Vancouver - BC - Orpheum Theater - Paolo Nutini - TBD
Tue-Sep-25-07 - Seattle - WA - Paramount Theatre - Paolo Nutini - 9:45pm / 11:00pm
Fri-Sep-28-07 - Minneapolis - MN - State Theater - Paolo Nutini - TBD
Sat-Sep-29-07 - Chicago - IL - Aragon - Paolo Nutini – TBD
British rock trio The Cribs are also returning to North America in support of their upcoming release, Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever. One of the dates is an appearance on the main stage at Lollapalooza on August 5. Here is the full slate of tour dates:
07/23 - The Casbah - San Diego, CA *
07/24 - The Troubadour - West Hollywood, CA *
07/25 - Slim’s - San Francisco, CA *
07/27 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR *
07/28 - Capitol Hill Block Party - Seattle, WA *
07/29 - Richard’s on Richard - Vancouver, BC *
08/01 - 7th Street Entry - Minneapolis, MN **
08/02 - Pabst Theatre - Milwaukee, WI **
08/04 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL **
08/05 - Lollapalooza (Main Stage) - Chicago, IL
08/06 - Magic Stick - Detroit, MI **
08/07 - Lee’s Palace - Toronto, ON **
08/09 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY **
08/10 - Johnny Brendas - Philadelphia, PA **
* w/ Sean Na Na
** w/ White Rabbits
Pop/rock band The Last Goodnight is set to release their new album, Poison Kiss, on August 28 on Capitol Records, and is hitting the road in advance of that along with Rocco DeLuca & The Burden. Here are the tour dates so far:
7/3 Orlando, FL Crane’s Roost Lake Park (Red Hot & Boom)
7/6 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda Theatre
7/8 San Diego, CA House of Blues
7/9 San Francisco, CA The Independent
7/13 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
7/14 Seattle, WA The Showbox
7/20 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
7/21 Chicago, IL House of Blues
7/22 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
7/24 St. Louis, MO Duck Room
7/25 Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre
7/27 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
7/28 Naperville, IL Naperville Summer Nights
7/29 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
7/31 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
8/1 Philadelphia, PA Theater of Living Arts
8/3 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
8/5 Portland, ME The Station, ME
8/7 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
8/8 Falls Church, VA State Theatre
8/10 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy’s
8/11 Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre
8/13 Greenville, SC The Handlebar
8/14 Knoxville, TN Blue Cat’s
8/15 Nashville, TN Exit/In
8/17 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre
8/18 Atlanta, GA Roxy Theatre
8/19 Charleston, SC Music Farm
8/21 Jacksonville, Fl Jack Rabbits
8/22 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
8/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
8/25 Orlando, FL The Social
8/26 Tallahassee, FL Floyd’s Music Store
8/28 New Orleans, LA The Parish
8/29 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
8/31 Austin, TX Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
9/1 Dallas, TX House of Blues
Another buzz band from the other side of the pond, Scotland’s The Twilight Sad, returns to the US for a summer tour in support of their debut album, Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters. The tour includes a stop in Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Here are the dates:
07-13 Madison, Wisconsin - Terrace
07-14 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival)
07-17 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
07-18 Allston, MA - Great Scott
07-19 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
07-20 New London, CT - The Oasis
07-21 New York, NY - Coney Island (Siren Festival)
One more buzz band to write about….The Arcade Fire will be touring the US this fall, with LCD Soundsystem as the support act. The full tour has not been announced yet, but the first two shows will be September 17 at Red Rocks in Denver and September 20 at the Hollywood Bowl.
