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August 3, 2007 /

The inaugural Echo Project Day Green Music & Arts Festival is set to debut in Atlanta October 12-14, and the initial list of performers includes The Killers, Cypress Hill, Polyphonic Spree, and The Roots. The goal of the fest is to revolutionize how music and arts affect our environment. Tickets went on sale July 30 and are available at www.the-echoproject.com.

The Squirrel Nut Zippers are bringing their reunion tour to the East Coast, the first time the band has played there in almost seven years. After playing Philly on August 21, the band plans to tour through Rhode Island and New York City as well. Fans can go to www.snzippers.com for more information.

Country music star Reba McEntire is releasing her new album, Reba Duets, on September 18 and is hitting the road in advance of it. Here are the confirmed dates so far:

08/03/2007 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Bowl
08/04/2007 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Bowl
08/05/2007 Hollywood, CA Hollywood Bowl
08/24/2007 Fresno, CA Chukchansi Park
08/25/2007 Lancaster, CA Antelope Valley Fair
08/26/2007 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor Ampitheatre
08/31/2007 Morton, MN Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel
09/08/2007 Orlando, FL UCF Arena
09/14/2007 Puyallup, WA Puyallup Fair

The Beastie Boys have added dates to their already-sold-out tour, including full-scale shows and Gala Event Exclusive Instrumental shows. The band is also doing its part to help the environment, by donating $1 for every ticket sold to the EcoFund through non-profit organization ARIA (Artists Resources In Action). Here is the full schedule Continue reading »

Alternative, Concerts, Country, Hip Hop, Pop, Rock

Road Warriors 25

July 27, 2007 /

If you don’t think time flies, consider this: Guns N’ Roses’ classic Appetite For Destruction album is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its release this week. To commemorate the event, most of the original lineup is getting together tomorrow night at the Key Club in Los Angeles for a reunion of sorts, and while it’s unlikely that singer Axl Rose will be on hand, it hasn’t been ruled out either.

Tori Amos is hitting the road in support of her American Doll Posse album, beginning October 9 in Albany, New York and running through mid-December. A bunch of the shows will be recorded live for future “bootlegs.”

Garth Brooks was just added to the lineup for the Martin Luther King, Jr. benefit on September 18 at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Others on the bill include Queen Latifah, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana. The purpose of the show is to raise money for the MLK memorial in Washington.

The Arcade Fire has added a New York City tour date to their fall itinerary, Saturday October 6 at Randall Island. LCD Soundsystem will be the support act on the tour, and here are all of the confirmed dates Continue reading »

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Road Warriors 24

July 20, 2007 /

British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse seems to be everywhere lately. She’s going to be at the iTunes Festival in London on July 25 and fans are being given the chance to win tickets on her website at www.amywinehouse.co.uk. Winehouse is also playing Lollapalooza August 3 in Chicago.

Country music superstar Keith Urban had to cancel some upcoming tour dates in Europe due to international commitments. Word has it he’s being pressured by his label to step up writing for his next album, and also he’s been asked to write the “theme song” to his wife Nicole Kidman’s new movie called Australia.

Macy Gray is heading out on tour with Brand New Heavies in support of her latest album, Big. Predictably, the tour is being labeled as the “Big and Heavy” tour. The tour kicks off August 14 in Fort Lauderdale and runs through August 26 in Hollywood.

Pop rockers Lifehouse are out supporting their new album, Who We Are, along with the Goo Goo Dolls, but have already set another short tour for August with pop start Hilary Duff. Here are Continue reading »

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“World Series of Pop Culture” accidentally sums up everything wrong with music industry

July 19, 2007 /

A funny thing happened a couple days ago on VH1’s World Series of Pop Culture, and every record label in the world should be scared to death because of it.

In a match-up between Almost Perfect Strangers 2.0 and Remo-Leen-Teen-Teen, the last two contestants, Almost Perfect Strangers’ Lucien and Remo-Leen’s Warren, faced off to decide which team would advance to the semifinals. The category was “Party Like It’s 2006,” and host Pat Kiernan would read a couple lyrics to a pop song, and Lucien and Warren had to name the artist. The songs were by artists like Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera, Shakira and Paris Hilton, all pretty big names.

They didn’t get a single one right.

Think about that for a second. Those songs are only a year old, and these guys, both very knowledgeable trivia buffs, had already forgotten every single one of them. And to drive the point home further, neither one of them was even embarrassed about it. In fact, after the third or fourth missed answer, Lucien laid it out on the table. “I don’t mean to sound like an old fogey, but today’s songs are terrible!”

The audience erupted with applause.

This, to me, is the most awesome thing that possibly could have happened.

Blame illegal downloading all you want, music industry goons, but the real reason you’re losing so much money has less to do with downloading – after all, sales were never higher than when Napster was at its peak – and more to do with the fact that you’re not releasing music worth owning. A few other questionable business decisions also contributed to the decay, such as:

– Allowing your product to be used as a loss leader in order to lure people into stores that don’t specialize in, and therefore place no real emphasis on, music
– Raising the price of your product to nearly $20 per CD, despite the fact that manufacturing costs have gone down
– Completely forsaking artist development, focusing instead on short-term gains

Record labels survived the tough times in the past by having strong back catalogs that could pull in some extra coin when the current crop doesn’t pan out. If the labels think they’re hurting now, what do they think things will be like five or ten years from now, when the back catalog is Paris Hilton, R. Kelly and Fall Out Boy? By missing every question in that category, Lucien and Warren inadvertently summed up everything that is wrong with music today: simply put, the music industry lost respect for its own product, and eventually, so did everyone else.

Artists, Pop, Rap, Rock, Songs

Road Warriors 23

July 13, 2007 /

The Spice Girls reunion rumors are true….there will be some sort of ticket lottery, and so far over a million fans have signed up for that. The tour kicks on December 7 in Los Angeles.

Australian rock band Silverchair had to cancel four of their US tour dates due to a throat infection caught by singer Daniel Johns. The infection caused laryngitis, making singing impossible. Here are the rescheduled dates:

Anaheim – House Of Blues – Sunday, July 15 Rescheduled for Wednesday,
November 14
San Diego – House Of Blues – Friday, July 13 Rescheduled for Friday,
November 16
San Francisco – The Independent – Tuesday, July 17 Rescheduled for Sunday,
November 18
Los Angeles – The Wiltern – Saturday, July 14 Rescheduled for Tuesday,
November 20

Platinum country recording artist Taylor Swift will perform on Saturday, July 14 at the Chicagoland Speedway, during the break between the two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series practice sessions, as race teams make final preparations for Sunday’s USG Sheetrock 400 race. Following her acoustic performance, Swift is scheduled to sign autographs for fans in attendance.

Canadian songstresses Tegan and Sara are quite prolific, and are about to release their fifth studio album, The Con, on July 24. The twin sisters enlisted the help of folks like Death Cab’s Christopher Walla and Weezer’s Matt Sharp for the album, and they will head out on their summer tour starting tomorrow. Tour dates Continue reading »

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