Country mega-stars Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood will hit the road together as co-headliners beginning January 31 for 24 shows. The tour is being billed as Love, Pain, & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride Tour (really now, why do these concert promoters think they have to try and be clever?). Tickets go on sale December 1.
Southern California based indie label Hopeless/Sub City Records is organizing the Take Action Tour, which focuses on raising funds and awareness for non-profit organizations. The seventh annual tour will begin in February and features bands such as Every Time I Die and Escape The Fate. Previous artists on the tour include Avenged Sevenfold, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Jimmy Eat World. For a complete list of dates, please visit www.takeactiontour.com
Matchbox Twenty is touring for the first time in four years, heading out with special guests Alanis Morissette and MuteMath beginning January 25 in Hollywood, Florida in support of their new album, Exile on Mainstream. The stops include a Valentine’s Day engagement at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Here is the complete list of confirmed shows:
January
25 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live
26 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
28 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
29 Charlotte, NC Cricket Arena
February
1 Chicago, IL Sears Centre
2 Detroit, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
4 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
5 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
7 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
8 Fairfax, VA Patriot Center
12 Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort & Casino*
14 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
15 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Hotel Event Center**
16 Niagara Falls, NY Seneca Niagara Casino Theatre
18 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
19 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
21 Albany, NY Times Union Center
22 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
25 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
26 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
28 Houston, TX Toyota Center
29 Dallas , TX Nokia Theatre
March
2 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
4 Colorado Springs, CO World Arena
5 Denver, CO Broomfield Events Center
6 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
8 Seattle, WA Key Arena
9 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
14 Reno, NV Reno Events Center
16 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center Arena
17 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
18 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Concert Theater
*Alanis Morissette not performing on this show (to be confirmed)
**MUTEMATH not performing on this show
Co-headlining the upcoming VH-1 You Oughta Know Tour will be James Blunt and Sara Bareilles. The run starts February 4 in Seattle and here are the rest of the dates:
February 4th: Seattle, Washington
February 6th: San Francisco, California
February 7th: Los Angeles, California
February 8th: Las Vegas, Nevada
February 12th: Denver, Colorado
February 22nd: Chicago, Illinois
February 23rd: Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 27th: Boston, Massachusetts
February 29th: New York, New York
March 1st: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 4th : Atlanta, Georgia
Foo Fighers are wrapping up their UK tour and have announced a run of dates in the States, for their first full American tour in support of their latest album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Here are the confirmed shows so far:
1/23/08 – Dallas TX – American Airlines Center
1/25/08 – Memphis TN – FedEx Forum
1/26/08 – Nashville TN – Nashville Municipal Auditorium
2/18/08 – Worcester MA – DCU Center
2/21/08 – Philadelphia PA – Wachovia Spectrum
2/24/08 – Detroit MI – Joe Louis Arena
UK band The Kooks will support their album, Inside In/Inside Out, with a US tour beginning December 6 in Seattle and wrapping up December 16 in San Francisco. Check out www.thekooks.co.uk for more information.
Southern California rock band National Product are not slowing down any time soon, and continue to tear up the road in support of their full-length debut, Luna. Alternative Press calls the album “half aggressive, half melodic, all catchy…solid rock.” To see what the fuss is about, you can check out the band at one of these shows:
National Product on the Life & Lies Tour w/ So They Say:
11/16 – Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
11/17 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
11/18 – Lewisville, TX @ Fat Daddy’s
12/01 – Canoga Park, CA Cobalt Cafe
National Product on the “Cover Your Eyes” Tour:
12/05 – San Marcos, CA @ Jumping Turtle
12/07 – Westlake Village, CA @ Kung Foo Corner
12/09 – Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory
12/10 – Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry’s
12/11 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
12/12 – Orangevale, CA @ Club Retro
12/13 – Antioch, CA @ The Naz
12/14- Las Vegas, NV @ The Alley
12/15 – Logan, UT @ Club NVO
12/16 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
Three-time Grammy Award winning country artist Trisha Yearwood is celebrating the release of her first indie release, Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love, on Nashville-based Big Machine Records with a limited number of shows beginning February 8 in Austin, Texas. Here are the confirmed dates so far:
Feb. 9 Austin, TX Palmer Event Center
Feb. 13 Ft. Myers, FL Barbara Mann Performance Hall
Feb. 14 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
Feb. 15 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
Feb. 16 Orlando, FL Bayside Stadium
Feb. 28 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
Feb. 29 Easton, PA State Theatre
Mar. 1 Atlantic City, NJ Atlantic City Hilton
Mar. 6 Verona, NY Turning Stone Resort
Mar. 7 Torrington, CT The Warner Theatre
Mar. 8 West Point, NY Eisenhower Hall Theatre
Mar. 9 Lowell, MA Lowell Memorial Aud.
Mar. 13 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino
Mar. 14 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino
Mar. 16 Jackson, MI Jackson Community College
