Pop/rock band Augustana will release their new album, Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt, on April 29. And if you missed their performance at SXSW last week, fear not, because you can watch some of the show on www.crackle.com, or get there through the band’s MySpace page at www.myspace.com/augustana.
The Samsung Sound Check series of free private concerts will kick off March 27 with Ne-Yo performing at House of Blues in New Orleans. Other acts in the series are Jimmy Eat World in Charlotte on March 30, Gym Class Heroes in Chicago on April 10, Paramore in Houston on April 29, and Sean Kingston in Las Vegas on May 14. A limited number of tickets will be available through radio promotions, street teams and online registration.
In advance of their new album, Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings, Counting Crows will head out on tour, and this time around will be playing a bunch of college campuses. Those shows begin April 10 at Northwestern University in Chicago. For more information, you can check out www.countingcrows.com
Platinum-selling rock band Red Jumpsuit Apparatus is currently in the studio working on the follow-up to their huge debut, Don’t You Fake It, and meanwhile will head out on an acoustic tour called Unplugged & Unaffected. Here are the confirmed dates:
Apr 3 2008 Fletcher’s Baltimore, Maryland
Apr 4 2008 Valentine’s Albany, New York
Apr 5 2008 The Chance Complex – The Loft Poughkeepsie, New York
Apr 7 2008 Pearl Street Northhampton, Massachusetts
Apr 10 2008 Club Hell Providence, Rhode Island
Apr 14 2008 Headliner’s (Columbia) Columbia, South Carolina
Apr 21 2008 Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida
Apr 23 2008 Orpheum Tampa, Florida
Apr 28 2008 Work Play Theater Birmingham, Alabama
Apr 29 2008 The End Nashville, Tennessee
May 1 2008 North Star Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 3 2008 Bamboozle Festival E. Rutherford, New Jersey
Still touring in support of their debut album, Let Me Introduce My Friends, Swedish pop band I’m From Barcelona will be coming to the US again for a short tour in April and May, including a stop at Coachella on April 27. Here is the full list of shows:
APRIL 24 @ FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH – PHILADELPHIA
APRIL 25 @ MAXWELL’S – HOBOKEN, NJ
APRIL 27 @ COACHELLA – INDIO, CA
APRIL 28 @ EL REY THEATRE – LOS ANGELES
APRIL 29 @ THE INDEPENDENT – SAN FRANCISCO
MAY 1 @ MASONIC TEMPLE – BROOKLYN
KT Tunstall will finally return to the States in support of her Drastic Fantastic album, beginning May 3 in San Diego. Irish singer/songwriter Paddy Casey will support the tour and here are the dates so far:
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 8)
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)
