George Michael has a new album coming out this Tuesday, Twenty-Five, and for the first time in almost two decades, he will be coming to the US for a 20-city tour beginning June 17 in San Diego. For more information, please visit www.georgemichael.com.
Pop/rock powerhouses Maroon 5 and Counting Crows will hit the road together this summer beginning July 25 and running through October 4. In addition to the two bands, Sara Bareilles and Augustana will split support duties.
The Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis kicks off May 2, and some of the confirmed acts are Lou Reed, My Chemical Romance, Santana, Disturbed, Seether, Finger Eleven and Fergie. For more information, go to www.thebealestreetmusicfestival.com.
Fall Out Boy was all set to make history by performing in Antarctica, but got stuck in Chile due to nasty weather conditions. Hmmm, nasty weather in Antarctica? Really, what did they expect?
Anyway, Pete Wentz and company are really disappointed, but planning to reschedule their date in the deep, deep south sooner or later.
‘90’s rock icons Pearl Jam will head to the East Coast for a run of summer tour dates beginning June 11 in West Palm Beach. Supporting the tour for various dates will be Kings of Leon and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists. Here is the itinerary so far:
11-Jun West Palm, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
12-Jun Tampa, FL St Pete Times Forum
13-15 Jun Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Festival **
16-Jun Columbia, SC Colonial Center
17-Jun Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
19-Jun Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
22-Jun Washington, DC Verizon Center
24-Jun New York, NY Madison Square Garden
25-Jun New York, NY Madison Square Garden
27-Jun Hartford, CT Dodge Amphitheater
30-Jun Mansfield. MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Nashville indie pop band The Silver Seas had one of the catchiest albums of 2007, High Society, which they are still touring in support of. The band has just announced some shows, and here they are:
April 2nd – The Living Room – Anniversary Party – New York
April 3rd- Union Hall- Brooklyn
May 15th- Hotel Café- Los Angeles
May 17th- Zinfest- Lodi, CA
You know the weather is starting to get warmer everywhere when the Vans Warped Tour begins its marketing campaign. This year’s event, presented by AT&T, has begun pre-sale for the 46-date tour that starts June 20 in Pomona, CA. There is also a kickoff party set for April 11 at the Key Club in Hollywood. For more information and a comprehensive lineup, check out www.warpedtour.com.
Country act Sugarland is still riding high on the wave of success from 2006’s Enjoy the Ride, and are setting off on another tour beginning next week at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. Here are the dates:
4/3/2008 FOX THEATER ATLANTA, GA
4/4/2008 FOX THEATER ATLANTA, GA
4/5/2008 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center Pikeville, KY
4/11/2008 Asheville Civic Center Asheville, NC
4/12/2008 Knoxville Coliseum Knoxville, TN
4/17/2008 Santa Ana Star Center Rio Rancho, NM
4/18/2008 Country Thunder Festival Grounds Florence, AZ
4/24/2008 Nutter Center Dayton, OH
4/25/2008 Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO
4/26/2008 Arkansas State Convocation Center Jonesboro, AR
5/1/2008 Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall Honolulu, HI
5/3/2008 Hilton Waikoloa Village Waikoloa, HI
5/30/2008 5th Street Stage Virginia Beach, VA
5/31/2008 NISSAN PAVILION BRISTOW, VA
6/1/2008 Richmond Raceway Complex Richmond, VA
6/6/2008 St. Leonard Vol. Fire Station St. Leonard, MD
6/7/2008 TWEETER CENTER CAMDEN, NJ
6/8/2008 Watertown Fairground Watertown, NY
6/11/2008 Burlington Steamboat Days Burlington, IA
6/12/2008 Pryor Creek Music Festival Pryor, OK
6/14/2008 Marion County Country Music Fest Marion, SC
6/25/2008 Country USA Oshkosh, WI
6/26/2008 Chippewa Valley Country Festival Cadott, WI
6/27/2008 Country Stampede Manhattan, KS
6/29/2008 Country Jam USA Grand Junction, CO
7/1/2008 San Diego County Fair Del Mar, CA
7/10/2008 Merritt Mountain Music Festival Merritt, BC
7/11/2008 Calgary Stampede Calgary, AB
7/12/2008 Craven Country Jam Craven, SK
7/18/2008 Country Thunder Twin Lakes, WI
7/19/2008 Cedar Point Sportsmans Club Peru, IL
7/20/2008 Jamboree In The Hills St. Clairsville, OH
7/25/2008 Cheyenne Frontier Days Cheyenne, WY
7/26/2008 North Dakota State Fair Minot, ND
7/29/2008 Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds Davenport, IA
8/1/2008 Oregon Jamboree Sweet Home, OR
8/3/2008 BIG VALLEY JAMBOREE CAMROSE, AB
It’s always fun to see what big tours are being put together for the summer. One that is worth keeping an eye on for you classic rockers is Journey along with Heart and Cheap Trick. The tour is set to kick off July 9 in Denver and run through October 4 in Albuquerque. Here is what is confirmed so far:
Wed 7/9 Denver, CO Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Fri 7/11 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sat 7/12 Lake Tahoe, NV Harvey’s Lake Resort
Tue 7/15 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
Wed 7/16 Irvine, CA Verizon Amphitheatre
Fri 7/18 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay Arena
Sat 7/19 Tucson, AZ Casino Anselmo
Tue 7/22 Council Bluffs, IA Mid America Center
Wed 7/23 Oklahoma City, OK Zoo Amphitheatre
Fri 7/25 San Antonio, TX Verizon Amphitheatre
Sat 7/26 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun 7/27 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Amphitheatre
Wed 7/30 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Thu 7/31 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Sat 8/2 Charlotte, NC Verizon Amphitheatre
Sun 8/3 Atlanta, GA Chastain Amphitheatre
Mon 8/4 Atlanta, GA Chastain Amphitheatre
Wed 8/6 Orange Beach, FL The Amphitheatre @ The Wharf
Thu 8/7 Nashville, TN Sommett Center
Sat 8/9 Birmingham, AL Verizon Amphitheatre
Sun 8/10 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Tue 8/12 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Amphitheatre
Thu 8/14 Jones Beach, NY Nikon at Jones Beach
Sat 8/16 Scranton, PA Toyota Amphitheatre
Sun 8/17 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Casino
Tue 8/19 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
Thu 8/21 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sat 8/23 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
Sun 8/24 Saratoga, NY Saratoga PAC
Tue 8/26 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Wed 8/27 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
Sat 8/30 Bethel Woods, NY Center for the Arts
Sun 8/31 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Pavilion
Thu 9/4 Watertown, NY Watertown Baseball Diamond
Sat 9/6 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Sun 9/7 Cleveland, OH Blossom Amphitheatre
Tue 9/9 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Wed 9/10 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Amphitheatre
Fri 9/12 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sat 9/13 St. Louis, MO Verizon Amphitheatre
Mon 9/15 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
Tue 9/16 Minneapolis, MN Target Center/Casino
Fri 9/19 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
Sun 9/21 Portland, OR Clark County Amphitheatre
Wed 9/24 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
Fri 9/26 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Pavilion at Sacramento
Sat 9/27 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Tue 9/30 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre
Fri 10/3 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Sat 10/4 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
Alt-rock band Filter will hit the road for the first time in almost six years in support of their new album, Anthems For the Damned, due out May 13. Here is the run of shows:
Thu 4/24 Austin, TX Stubb’s
Sat 4/26 Houston, TX KTBZ Buzzfest (The Woodlands)
Sun 4/27 Frisco, TX KDGE Edgefest (Pizza Hut Park)
Thur 5/8 Ft. Lauderdale, FL The Culture Room
Fri 5/9 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Park (WPLA Band Camp)
Sat 5/10 Orlando, FL WJRR Early Birthday (Tinker Field)
Sun 5/11 Tampa, FL Rockfest (Raymond James Stadium)
Tue 5/13 New York, NY Mercury Lounge (record release party)
Sat 5/17 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range (Crew Stadium)
Sun 5/18 St. Louis, MO KPNT Pointfest (Verizon Wireless Amp.)
Tue 5/20 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
Wed 5/21 Charlotte, NC Amos’ South End
Thu 5/22 Charleston, SC The Dive
Sat 5/24 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
Sun 5/25 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Tue 5/27 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore at TLA
Thur 5/29 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sun 6/1 Boston, MA WBCN’s River Rave (Tweeter Center)
Mon 6/2 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Fri 6/6 Nurnburg, Germany MTV Rock in Park
Sun 6/8 Nurnburgring, Germany MTV Rock am Ring
Mon 6/9 London, England Islington Academy
Hard rockers Disturbed have a new album, Indestructible, hitting stores June 3. And while a spot on the “Rockstar Mayhem Tour” along with Slipknot, DragonForce and Mastodon is set for this summer, Disturbed is setting off on a spring headlining tour beginning April 26 in Little Rock. Here are the confirmed shows:
April 26th Little Rock, AR – North Shore River Walk
April 27th Wichita, KS – Cotillion Ballroom
April 29th Amarillo, TX – Aztec Music Hall
April 30th Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
May 2nd Springfield, MO – Shrien Mosque
May 3rd Memphis, TN – Tom Lee Park
May 5th Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues
May 8th Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
May 9th Birmingham, AL – Sloss Furnaces
May 11th Richmond, VA – The National
May 14th Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
May 15th Wayne, IN – Piere’s
