More than 50 bands will play the second annual Osheaga Music and Arts Festival in Montreal on September 8. Among confirmed acts are Smashing Pumpkins, Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse, Interpol, and Damien Rice with more to be announced later.
Crooner Michael Buble released his new album at the start of the month, and will be starting his tour in support of it on July 12. Plans are also in place for Buble to tour Europe in October.
Erasure is joining Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry and The Dresden Dolls on the “True Colors” tour next month, but after that will be headlining a tour of their own that starts July 6 in Tampa. Tour dates are as follows:
Fri 7/6 Tampa, FL Carol Morsani Hall @ TBPAC
Sat 7/7 Miami, FL James L. Knight Center
Sun 7/8 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live!
Fri 7/13 San Juan, Puerto Rico Coliseo Roberto Clemente
Sat 7/14 Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic The Amph @ Altos de Chavon
Mon 7/16 Mexico City, Mexico Metropolitan Theater
Thu 7/19 Monterrey, Mexico Arena Monterrey
Sat 7/21 Anaheim, CA Grove of Anaheim
Tue 7/24 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
Fri 7/27 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Sat 7/28 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
Sun 7/29 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
Tue 7/31 Detroit, MI Music Hall
Wed 8/1 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Fri 8/3 Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park Pool
The Detroit Cobras’ new album, Tried and True, is the band’s first album in three years, and they will subsequently hit the road with their own brand of raucous rock and roll. Tour dates so far are:
Fri 5/11 Baltimore, MD Pier Six Concert Pavilion
Sat 5/12 Brooklyn, NY Southpaw
Thu 6/28 Springfield, MA City Block Summer Music Festival
Wed 7/11 Covington, KY The Mad Hatter
Thu 7/12 Columbus, OH Little Brother’s
Fri 7/13 Millvale, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre
Sat 7/14 Cleveland. OH Beachland Ballroom
Sun 7/15 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
Wed 7/25 Knoxville, TN Blue Cats
Fri 7/27 Atlanta, GA Earl
Sat 7/28 New Orleans, LA The Parish @ House of Blues
Thu 8/9 Houston, TX Rudyard’s Beer Bar
Fri 8/10 Dallas, TX The Palladium Showroom
Sat 8/11 Austin, TX Emo’s
Mon 8/13 Tuscon, AZ Plush
Tue 8/14 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
Wed 8/15 San Diego, CA The Casbah
Thu 8/16 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
Fri 8/17 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
Sat 8/18 San Jose, CA Blank Club
Sun 8/20 Portland, OR The Doug Fir
Mon 8/21 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
Tue 8/22 Boise, ID Neurolux
Wed 8/23 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
Thu 8/24 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
Fri 8/25 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
Sun 8/27 St. Louis, MO Creepy Bar
Mon 8/28 Iowa City, IA Picador
Tue 8/29 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
Wed 8/30 Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
Thu 8/31 Chicago, IL Double Door
Fri 9/1 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Already having created a buzz on alternative and modern rock radio, MINK will hit the road in support of their self-titled debut beginning tomorrow in Cleveland. The band’s single, “Talk To Me,” is already being spun on stations nationwide. Here are the confirmed dates:
May 17–8:00P—Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio
May 18–8:00P—Hard Rock Cafe – Atlantic City, New Jersey
May 19–8:00P ***SOLO DATE***The Wave Gathering Festival–The Wonder Bar – Asbury Park, New Jersey
May 20–8:00P—Axis – Boston, Massachusetts
May 24–8:00P—Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, Oklahoma
May 25–8:00P—Scout Bar – Houston, Texas
May 26–8:00P—Cowboys – Abilene, Texas
May 29–8:00P—Sunshine Theatre – Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 30–8:00P—The Roxy Theatre – West Hollywood, California
Jun 1–8:00P—New Oasis – Reno, Nevada
Jun 3–8:00P—Gothic Theater – Denver, Colorado
Jun 5–8:00P—Midnight Rodeo – Amarillo, Texas
Jun 6–8:00P—Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jun 8–8:00P—Lancaster Event Centre – Lincoln, Nebraska
Jun 16–8:00P ***SOLO DATE***Riverfest – Troy, New York
Jun 20–8:00P ***SOLO DATE*** Union Hall Park Slope – Brooklyn, New York
Jun 29–8:00P ***SOLO DATE***Crash Mansion – New York, New York
(with KISS)
Jul 20–8:00P—Kewadin Casino – Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Jul 21–8:00P—Rock Fest 2007 – Cadott, Wisconsin
