John Mellencamp is vowing to make his current tour more about the songs and songwriting than about doing rousing choruses of certain songs. What? Does that mean he’s going to take that horrible “This is Our Country” song out of his set, or at least play a short version of it? How about just a verse and a chorus?
UK Brit Pop band Polytechnics are unsigned but have quite the buzz going, and this month will showcase for labels in both New York and Los Angeles. Here are the dates where you can check them out:
Nov 16 @ Mercury Lounge NEW YORK
Nov 14 @ Spaceland LOS ANGELES
Matchbox Twenty has just announced tour dates and their schedule is posted on the band’s MySpace page at www.myspace.com/matchboxtwenty.
Former Tonic lead singer Emerson Hart is on tour and playing acoustic sets with a stripped down three-piece band. According to Hart, this helps him relate to his own music, and offers a better concert experience for his fans.
The Donnas are on tour in support of their seventh album, Bitchin’. This month they are in Europe after finishing a two-month leg of US dates. Here is the current itinerary:
11/09 Antwerp, BE Petrol Club
11/10 Amsterdam, NL Melkweg Max
11/11 Groningen, NL Vera
11/12 Copenhagen, DK Stengade
11/14 Stockholm, SE Debaser
11/15 Gothenburg, SE Sticky Fingers
11/16 Oslo, NO Rockefeller
11/18 Malmo, SE KB
11/20 Hamburg, DEU Grunspan
11/21 Berlin, DEU Lido
11/23 Munich, DEU 59 – 1
11/24 Cologne, DEU Underground
11/26 Wurzburg, DEU Soundpark Ost
11/27 Saarbrucken, DEU The Garage
11/28 Bielefeld, DEU Ringlokschuppen
11/29 Hannover, DEU Faust
11/30 Erfurt, DEU Centrum
Emily Jane White’s music has been labeled “gothic blues” and if that strikes you as intriguing (how can it not?), then you can check out the California based artist on her West Coast tour, as well as her debut album, Dark Undercoat, that was released this past Tuesday. Here are the dates:
11/07 Oakland, CA @ Mama Buzz Cafe
11/08 San Francisco, CA @ Amnesia: CD Release Show
11/09 Santa Rosa, CA @ Toad in the Hole
11/10 Caspar, CA @ Caspar Inn
11/11 Nevada City, CA @ Cooper’s Saloon
11/12 Sacramento @ Club POW
11/13 Mountain View, CA @Red Rock Coffee
11/15 Reno, NV @ XOXO Bar
11/17 Portland @ Backspace
11/18 Seattle @ The Sunset Tavern
11/23 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/29 Los Angeles, CA @TBA
11/30 Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
Singer/songwriter Kristoffer Ragnstam returns to the US with his own brand of Swedish electro indie-pop, and will support Deborah Harry on a tour that began last night in New York City. Here is the full run of dates so far:
November
09 Glenside, PA – Keswick Theater
10 Ledyard, CT – Foxwoods Casino
12 Magic City Music Hall
13 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
14 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
16 Miami, FL – Jackie Gleason Theatre
17 Tampa, FL – Tampa Theatre
20 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
21 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
23 Toronto, ONT – Phoenix Theater
24 Indianapolis, IN – Vogue
27 Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
28 Dallas, TX – House of Blues
30 Kansas City, MO – Ameristar Casino
December
01 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
02 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
04 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
05 San Diego,CA – Belly Up Tavern
07 Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theater
08 Las Vegas, NV – Santa Fe Station Casino
09 San Francisco, CA – Fillmore
Canadian popster Avril Lavigne will launch a North American tour in the spring, supporting her most recent album, The Best Damn Thing. In addition to her regular band, Lavigne will be backed by dancers on the tour. What, now she’s Janet Jackson? Here are the confirmed shows:
March 5th: Victoria, British Columbia (Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre)
March 7th: Vancouver, British Columbia (General Motors Place)
March 8th: Kamloops, British Columbia (Interior Savings Centre)
March 9th: Kelowna, British Columbia (Prospera Place)
March 11th: Prince George, British Columbia (CN Centre)
March 12th: Edmonton, Alberta (Rexall Place)
March 13th: Calgary, Alberta (Pengrowth Saddledome)
March 15th: Regina, Saskatchewan (Brandt Centre)
March 16th: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Credit Union Centre)
March 18th: Winnipeg, Manitoba (MTS Centre)
March 21st: Chicago, Illinois (Allstate Arena)
March 22nd: Detroit, Michigan (Palace of Auburn Hills)
March 25th: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (A.J. Palumbo Center)
March 26th: Cleveland, Ohio (Wolstein Center)
March 29th: Buffalo, New York (HSBC Arena)
April 3rd: Ottawa, Ontario (Scotia Bank Place)
April 7th: Toronto, Ontario (Air Canada Centre)
April 9th: London, Ontario (John Labatt Centre)
April 12th: Uncasville, Connecticut (Mohegan Sun Arena)
April 13th: Manchester, New Hampshire (Verizon Arena)
April 15th: Fairfax, Virginia (Patriot Center)
April 22nd: Biloxi, Mississippi (Hard Rock Hotel & Casino)
April 24th: Hidalgo, Texas (Dodge Arena)
April 26th: Dallas, Texas (Smirnoff Music Centre)
April 27: San Antonio, Texas (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
April 29th: Las Vegas, Nevada (The Pearl)
April 30th: San Diego, California (Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl)
May 2nd: Phoenix, Arizona (Cricket Wireless Pavilion)
May 3rd: Anaheim, California (Honda Center)
May 4: Los Angeles, California (Gibson Amphitheatre)
May 6th: Santa Barbara, California. (Santa Barbara Bowl)
May 9th: Spokane, Washington (Spokane Arena)
The Bang! Music Festival that was scheduled for this weekend in Miami has been postponed until 2008 at a different location. Fans can obtain full refunds if they wish, and promoter Phillippe Haddad had this to say: “We have decided to relocate and to postpone Bang! in order to capitalize on a much bigger opportunity for next year and we will announce those details soon. We would like to thank all of those who have supported us for your patience and understanding and apologize about the change in our direction. We truly feel this suspension will be well worth the wait.”
