Meg White of the White Stripes is suffering from “acute anxiety,” prompting the band to cancel its upcoming US tour that was set to begin this week. Refunds are available at points of purchase. So far, the Stripes are still planning to tour the UK beginning October 24.
Word is that this year’s American Idol tour of the top 10 finalists didn’t do so well. Maybe it was the cost of concert tickets, or maybe it was the declining interest in the show as a whole. But the fact is, this show keeps pumping new pop artists into the system like no other medium. A few of the more popular alumni from the show are now in the early stages of planning a spring 2008 tour: Season 2 champ Ruben Studdard, as well as Clay Aiken and Kimberley Locke.
After winning the VMA for Best Group, Fall Out Boy is planning some intimate shows to give back to their fans. Since the shows are unannounced, we have no information to announce, but that’s the beauty of events like this. Bassist Pete Wentz says that the shows will be in some small venues, and will be primarily acoustic versions of FOB songs as well as some covers.
After being on the road for two years, The Fray are taking a break and recharging their batteries. Plans are in place to tour Europe in the fall, and the band is also working on their next album.
After postponing a bunch of tour dates this fall because they wanted to finish recording, The Cure has announced it will head back to the US in the spring of 2008 beginning May 9 in Washington DC. Tickets for the postponed dates will be honored for the newly scheduled shows. In addition, shows were added to the tour including stops in Kansas City, Phoenix, Austin, Fort Lauderdale and Cleveland.
The concert to raise funs for a Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial at the National Mall in Washington DC this coming Tuesday has added a few more high profile artists: Ludacris, Talib Kweli, and Wyclef Jean. Among the other acts already confirmed are John Legend, Robin Thicke, Stevie Wonder and Joss Stone.
Another band foregoing a US tour to work on new material is the Kaiser Chiefs, who will still be playing their New York and Austin shows but canceling the dates in between. Here is the updated itinerary:
September
14 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
29 New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
Canceled shows:
September
18 Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
19 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
21 Nashville, TN – City Hall
22 Atlanta, GA – The Roxy
24 Chicago, IL – Cabaret Metro
25 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre
26 Toronto, ONT – Carlu Theatre
Boston based singer/songwriter Chris Trapper, front man for pop/rock band The Push Stars, has announced a fall solo tour that kicks off October 12 in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Trapper has been busy writing music for TV shows, and now he gets to show off some of that material, as well as acoustic versions of his band’s music. Here is the complete list of confirmed shows:
Date City/State Venue
Fri-Oct-12 Londonderry, NH Tupelo Music Hall
Sat-Oct-13 Syracuse, NY The Redhouse
Wed-Oct-17 Pittsburgh, PA Club Cafe
Thu-Oct-18 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
Sat-Oct-20 Rochester, NY High Fidelity
Wed-Oct-24 New York, NY The Bitter End
Thu-Oct-25 Vienna, VA Jammin’ Java
Fri-Oct-26 Rockaway, NJ Acoustic Cafe
Sat-Oct-27 Philadelphia, PA The Tin Angel
Mon-Oct-29 Mt Pleasant, SC Village Tavern
Tue-Oct-30 Decatur, GA Eddie’s Attic
Wed-Oct-31 Athens, GA Melting Point
Thu-Nov-01 Charlotte, NC Evening Muse
Wed-Nov-14 Omaha, NE Mick’s
Fri-Nov-16 Duluth, MN Beaners Central
Fri-Nov-17 Chicago, IL Schuba’s
Sat-Dec-01 Cambridge, MA Brattle Theater
Apples in Stereo are heading out on tour in support of their latest album, New Magnetic Wonder, beginning October 13 in Lexington, Kentucky. Barsuk recording artists Aqueduct have been added to the tour as support. Dates are as follows:
9/13 Lexington, KY The Dame
9/14 Athens, OH The Union
9/15 Cranford, NJ Union County Music Fest
9/16 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Wililamsburg
9/17 Boston, MA Middle East
9/19 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
9/20 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell’s
9/21 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
Against Me! Is heading out on a US tour in support of their latest, New Wave, and the band’s first single, “Thrash Unreal,” has been charting on Modern Rock radio. Here is the current run of shows:
Nov 3 Asbury Park Convention Hall – Asbury Park, NJ
Nov 4 Waterloo Park – Austin, TX
Nov 5 Canal Club – Richmond, VA
Nov 6 Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
Nov 8 Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nov 9 House of Blues – Orlando, FL
Nov 10 Metropolitan Park – Jacksonville, FL
Nov 12 Norva Theater – Norfolk, VA
Nov 13 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
Nov 15 Lupo’s – Providence, RI
Nov 16 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Nov 17 Terminal 5 – New York, NY
Nov 19 House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
Nov 20 Clutch Cargos – Pontiac, MI
Nov 21 House of Blues – Chicago, IL
Nov 22 Metro – Chicago, IL
Nov 23 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
Israeli rock band Rockfour will be heading to the US to tour in support of their upcoming Cooking Vinyl release, Memories Of The Never Happened, due out on October 9. The band is being touted as “Israeli’s hottest export,” so if you want to see what the fuss is about, check them out on these dates:
Date City/ State Venue
Oct 6th Monterey, CA Monterey Live
Oct 7th San Francisco, CA Cafe du Nord
Oct 9th Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
Oct 10th Costa Mesa, CA Detroit Bar
Oct 11th Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Hattiette
Oct 19th Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
Oct 24th Boston, MA The Middle East
