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Coldplay’s fourth album is due out this summer, and the band’s first planned tour dates are expected to be for the Summer Sonic Festival in Japan on August 9 and 10, in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively. Other acts at the fest will include The Verve, Sex Pistols, Panic at the Disco and Alicia Keys.
The B-52’s are hitting the road in support of their latest, Funplex for a short spring tour beginning April 23 in Boston. The album streets on March 25.
Yaz has apparently re-united for the release of a B-sides and rarities set called In Your Room. The duo, which features Alison Moyet and Erasure’s Vince Clarke, plans on playing a few shows to support the release as well—US dates will be from July 7-17. For more information, check out www.myspace.com/yazooofficial.
Dave Matthews Band is back in the studio with plans to release the follow up to 2005’s Stand Up, but fans won’t have to wait for the release to hear some of the new material. DMB will head out on tour this summer and plans to play some of the new stuff in those sets. The tour will kick off May 30 and run through September.
KT Tunstall released her latest album, Drastic Fantastic, last fall and is finally making it over to the U.S. for a tour. Paddy Casey will open the shows, which kick off May 3 in San Diego. Here is the complete run of shows, billed as the Drastic Fantastic Campfire Tour:
05/03 San Diego, CA, Spreckels Theatre
05/04 Santa Barbara, CA, Marjorie Luke Theatre (on-sale March 11)
05/05 Los Angeles, CA, Wiltern
05/07 San Francisco, CA, Warfield
05/09 Portland, OR, Crystal Ballroom
05/10 Seattle, WA, Moore Theatre
05/11 Vancouver, BC, Commodore Ballroom (on-sale March 14)
05/14 Minneapolis, MN, State Theatre
05/15 Madison, WI, Barrymore
05/16 Chicago, IL, Vic Theatre (on-sale March 
05/17 Ann Arbor, MN, Power Center
05/19 Louisville, KY, Brown Theatre
05/20 Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium
05/21 Indianapolis, IN, Egyptian Room
05/23 Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Music Hall
05/24 Toronto, ON, Music Hall (on-sale March 7)
05/25 Toronto, ON, Music Hall (on-sale March 7)
05/27 Boston, MA, Orpheum Theatre (on-sale March 7)
05/28 New York, NY, Town Hall
05/29 New York, NY, Town Hall (on-sale March 14)
Rockers 3 Doors Down will be releasing a new, self-titled album this summer and will head out on tour in advance of the release beginning March 20. Here is the confirmed itinerary so far:
3/20 Panama City Beach, FL – The Guard Beach at Days Inn Hotel
3/21 Chattanooga, TN – Tivoli Theatre
3/22 Fayetteville, NC – Crown Theatre
3/27 North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Coliseum
3/29 Homestead, FL – Homestead Miami Speedway
3/30 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater
4/2 Poplar Bluff, MO – Black River Coliseum
4/3 Fayetteville, AR – The Tyson Center
4/4 Texarkana, AR – 4 States Fair Entertainment Center
4/6 San Antonio, TX – HemisFair Plaza Park
4/9 Magna, UT – The Great Salt Air
4/10 Boise, ID – Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
4/11 Reno, NV – Silver Legacy Resort Casino
4/13 Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre
4/15 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
4/17 Anaheim, CA – Grove of Anaheim
4/18 Tempe, AZ – Sun Devil Stadium
4/19 Bakersfield, CA – Rabobank Theatre
4/25 Belton, TX – Belton County Expo Center
4/27 Frisco, TX – Pizza Hut Park
5/2 Birmingham, AL – Schaeffer Eye Ctr. Crawfish Boil
5/3 Jackson, MS – Coliseum Festival Fairgrounds
5/10 Orlando, FL – Tinker Field
5/11 Tampa, FL – Raymond James Stadium
5/16 Nashville, TN – Nashville Riverfront Park
5/18 Columbus, OH – Columbus Crew Stadium
7/5 Kaneohe Bay-Oahi, HI – Bayfest Hawaii
Country superstar Brad Paisley has announced plans for his 2008 tour, which is being billed as Hershey’s Presents The Paisley Party. Special guests will be Jewel, Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough and the tour starts June 11 in Albuquerque. Here are the dates so far:
6-11 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
6-12 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
6-13 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
6-14 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
6-19 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
6-20 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
6-21 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
6-26 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
6-27 TBA
6-28 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
6-29 TBA
7-11 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
7-12 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
7-13 TBA
7-17 St. Clairsville, OH Jamboree in the Hills
7-18 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
7-19 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
7-24 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
7-25 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain
7-26 Hershey, PA Giant Center
8-1 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
8-2 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
8-9 Detroit Lakes, MN WE Fest
8-15 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
8-16 Louisville, KY Kentucky State Fair – Freedom Hall
8-17 TBA
8-22 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
8-23 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
8-29 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
8-30 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
8-31 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
9-18 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
9-19 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
9-20 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
9-25 Providence, RI Dunkin Donuts Center
9-26 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
9-27 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena
10-2 Gainesville, FL Stephen C. O’Connell Center
10-3 Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
10-4 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum
10-17 Houston, TX Woodlands Pavilion
10-18 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wind-Up Records’ Jeremy Fisher will hit the road in support of The Proclaimers beginning next month in Buffalo, New York. Fisher’s latest, Goodbye Blue Monday, was released in the fall. Here are the shows:
4/20 The Tralf Buffalo, NY
4/22 The Middle East Cambridge, MA
4/24 B.B. Kings New York, NY
4/25 World Café Live Philadelphia, PA
4/27 Birchmere Alexandria, VA
4/29 Cambridge Room - HOB Cleveland, OH
4/30 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
5/1 Double Door Chicago, IL
5/3 Fine Line Music Café Minneapolis, MN
5/4 - 5/11 Canada
5/12 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
5/13 Aladdin Theatre Portland, OR
5/15 Slim’s San Francisco, CA
5/16 El Ray Theater Los Angeles, CA
5/17 The Canyon Club Las Vegas, NV
5/18 Coach House San Juan, CA
Foo Fighters are REALLY on a world tour, as they have recently sold out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden as well as London’s Wembley Stadium. They will also hit Canada, Japan, Finland and Australia this year, and have just added these U.S. dates this summer:
July 9 - Seattle WA - Key Arena
July 10 - Portland OR - Rose Garden Arena
July 14 & 15 - Morrison CO - Red Rocks
July 17 - Oklahoma City OK - Ford Center (rescheduled from earlier this year)
July 20 - St. Louis MO - Scottrade Center
Allison Sudol, better known as A Fine Frenzy, just began a US Tour with Ferras supporting. Here are the remaining dates:
3/7 Seattle, WA The High Dive
3/11 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
3/12 Chicago, IL Schubas
3/13 Cleveland, OH HOB- Cambridge Room
3/14 Detroit, MI Shelter
3/19 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
3/20 New York, NY Blender Theater at Gramercy
3/22 Northampton, MA Iron Horse Music Hall
3/23 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
3/26 Atlanta, GA Smith’s Olde Bar
3/28 Austin, TX The Parish
3/29 Dallas, TX The Prophet Bar
3/31 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
4/3 West Hollywood, CA The Roxy Theatre
Destroyer’s new album, Trouble in Dreams, will street on March 18 and the band will be touring North America in support of it, including a SXSW Merge Records Showcase appearance. Here is the full run of dates:
03.14.2008 Austin TX - The Parish [Merge SXSW Showcase]
04.16.2008 Minneapolis MN - 400 Bar
04.17.2008 Chicago IL - Logan Square Auditorium
04.18.2008 Detroit MI - Pike Room
04.19.2008 Toronto - Lee’s Palace
04.20.2008 Montreal - Club Lambi
04.21.2008 Cambridge MA - Middle East Downstairs
04.22.2008 Brooklyn NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
04.23.2008 New York NY - Bowery Ballroom
04.24.2008 Philadelphia PA - North Star Bar
04.25.2008 Washington - Black Cat
04.26.2008 Asheville NC - Grey Eagle
04.27.2008 Carrboro NC - Cat’s Cradle
04.28.2008 Atlanta GA - The Earl
04.29.2008 Nashville TN - Mercy Lounge
04.30.2008 St. Louis MO - Blueberry Hill
05.01.2008 Kansas City MO - Record Bar
05.02.2008 Omaha NE - Waiting Room
05.03.2008 Denver CO - Walnut Room
05.13.2008 Edmonton - Starlite Room
05.14.2008 Calgary AB - # 1 Royal Canadian Legion Hall
05.16.2008 Salt Lake City UT - Urban Lounge
05.18.2008 Phoenix AZ - Rhythm Room
05.19.2008 Los Angeles CA - Troubadour
05.20.2008 San Diego CA - Casbah
05.21.2008 San Francisco CA - The Independent
05.23.2008 Portland OR - Aladdin Theater
05.24.2008 George WA - The Gorge [Sasquatch! Music Festival]
05.31.2008 Vancouver BC - Commodore Ballroom
