A so-called summit of music festival minds has gotten together and will be bringing a new event to the U.S. this summer. The people behind Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits have teamed up with British officials behind the Reading, Leeds and Glastonbury Festivals to head up a new festival called Vineland Music Festival. The event will take place August 8-10 in Vineland, New Jersey, but no acts have been announced yet.
Pop artist Kylie Minogue has apparently put her health problems behind her, and will head out on tour beginning in May 2008 in support of her tenth and latest album, X. The album has been released in the UK, but will not be available in the States until early 2008.
Mr. Prolific, otherwise known as Ryan Adams, has announced West Coast tour dates along with his band The Cardinals, in support of their new EP, Follow The Lights. Earlier in 2007, Adams and his band released Easy Tiger, which Time Magazine called a “career breakthrough.” This guy just doesn’t slow down. Here are the upcoming tour dates:
1/16 - Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom
1/18 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater
1/19 - San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre
1/21 - Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theater
1/22 - Claremont, CA - Bridges Auditorium
1/23 - San Rafael, CA - Marin Center
1/25 - Salem, OR - Elsinore Theater
1/26 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theater
1/28 - Berkeley, CA - Zellerbach Hall
1/30 - Los Angeles, CA - UCLA Royce Hall
Environmental solutions provider BidForGreen announced this past week that it will be fueling the famed rock band Styx and Tommy Shaw’s side project Shaw/Blades in 2007-2008, providing biodiesel and logistics for their upcoming tour. Here are the remaining dates on the current tour:
Fri 11/30 Albany, NY Northern Lights
Sat 12/1 Collingswood, NJ Scottish Rite Auditorium
Sun 12/2 Baltimore, MD Sonar
Thu 12/6 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
Fri 12/7 South Bend, IN Club Fever
Sat 12/8 Nashville, TN Wildhorse Saloon
Sun 12/9 Tunica, MS Horseshoe Casino
Linkin Park will hit the road in February for a month-long US tour, with prog rock band Coheed & Cambria supporting. Here are the confirmed dates:
February 12th: Omaha, Nebraska (Qwest Center)
February 13th: St. Paul, Minnesota (Xcel Energy Center)
February 15th: Columbus, Ohio (Nationwide Arena)
February 16th: Detroit, Michigan (Joe Louis Arena)
February 18th: Manchester, New Hampshire (Verizon Wireless Arena)
February 19th: Baltimore, Maryland (1st Mariner Arena)
February 21st: New York, New York (Madison Square Garden)
February 22nd: Montreal, Canada (Bell Centre)
February 23rd: London, Ontario (LaBatt Centre)
February 25th: Lexington, Kentucky (Rupp Arena)
February 26th: Nashville, Tennessee (Sommet Center)
February 29th: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Ford Center)
March 1st: Albuquerque, New Mexico (Tingley Coliseum)
March 2nd: El Paso, Texas (Don Haskins Center)
March 8th: West Valley, Utah (E Center)
Garage-blues-rock band Grande Ole Party, featuring drummer and front woman Kristin Gundred, recently toured with Rilo Kiley and is playing some December shows with New York City band Vampire Weekend to support their latest album, Humaninmals. Here are the dates:
December
02 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
03 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo *
05 San Francisco, CA - Independent *
07 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
08 Denver, CO - Bluebird *
09 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
11 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
12 Iowa City, IA - The Picador
13 Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge
14 Norman, OK - Opolis
15 Austin, TX - Emo’s
31 Solona Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
· w/ Vampire Weekend
Editors will be kicking off a US tour in January in support of their platinum-selling sophomore album, An End Has A Start. Supporting will be Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV. Here are the confirmed shows:
1/8 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
1/9 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
1/10 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
1/11 - Atlanta, GA - Roxy
1/12 - Nashville, TN - Wildhorse
1/14 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva
1/15 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
1/17 - NYC - Terminal 5
1/18 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
1/19 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
1/20 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda
1/22 - Toronto, ON - Koolhaus
1/23 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
1/25 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
1/26 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
1/27 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
1/29 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
1/30 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
2/1 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
2/4 - Seattle, WA - Showbox At The Market
2/5 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
2/6 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
2/8 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
2/9 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
2/10 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
2/13 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
2/14 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
