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Road Warriors

February 9, 2007 /

Road Warriors

Welcome to a new weekly column where you can track some of your favorite artists’ tour announcements, as well as artists you want to avoid like the plague…..

It appears all the rumors are true. The Police will reunite for a 30th Anniversary Tour, and their performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday will be their first gig since their 2003 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Speaking of reuniting, Van Halen has brought back original lead vocalist David Lee Roth for a 40-date North American tour this summer. Roth will join Eddie and Alex Van Halen, as well as new bassist Wolfgang Van Halen (Eddie’s son), marking Roth’s first shows with the band since 1984. “I am very excited to get back to the core of what made Van Halen,” beamed Eddie.

There is a huge buzz here in the States about British songstress Amy Winehouse, who will be performing here to coincide with the US street date of her new album. Confirmed dates are in New York, Los Angeles and at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas. And no, admission is not free if you buy this sekf-proclaimed lush a drink or five.

3/13 Bowery Ballroom, NY (and 3/13 performance on Letterman)
3/15 – 3/17 – South by Southwest, Austin TX
She is confirmed to play the Universal Republic Showcase on 3/15 and the Island UK BBQ on 3/16. Other performances may come up, but not confirmed yet.
3/19:Los Angeles, CA Roxy
3/20: Los Angeles, CA Spaceland

Ozzfest will be Freefest this summer. This is no joke – Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have decided that the 12th annual metal band festival, which kicks off 25 dates with a show in San Bernardino on July 7, will be free as their way of giving back to the fans. “Ozzy’s been touring for over 30 years, he’s done well by his audience and now it’s time to give something back,” Sharon said at a press conference.

The Mooney Suzuki has just announced tour dates that kick off on February 15 in New York City. Nine of the March dates will be with the Strokes’ Albert Hammond, Jr.

2/14 Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
2/15 New York, NY, Rebel
2/16 Albany, NY, Valentines
2/19 Philadelphia, PA, North Star Bar
2/21 Asbury Park, NJ, The Saint
2/22 Cambridge, MA, TT the Bears
2/23 Providence, RI, Century Lounge
3/2 Seattle, WA, Crocodile Cafe *
3/3 Portland, OR, Roseland Grill *
3/5 Solana Beach, CA, The Belly Up *
3/6 Los Angeles, CA, El Rey Theatre *
3/10 Denver, CO, Marquis Theatre *
3/13 Dallas, TX, Gypsy Tea Room *
3/14 Houston, TX, Meridian *
3/17 Atlanta, GA, Roxy Theatre *
3/18 Nashville, TN, Exit/In *
(* – supporting Albert Hammond, Jr.)

Is it just me, or does the whole concept of a Honda Civic Tour featuring Fall Out Boy smack of emo smugness? Naturally, this is big business and a lengthy tour that stretches from April into June. Other bands on the tour include +44, Cobra Starship, The Academy Is…, and rapper Paul Wall. Rumors are unconfirmed that special headsets will be given to fans entering each venue so that they can decipher Fall Out Boy’s lyrics.

4/18- Charlotte, NC
4/19- Atlanta, GA
4/20-Tampa, FL
4/21- West Palm Beach, FL
4/23- Houston, TX
4/24- Dallas, TX
4/25- San Antonio, TX
4/27- Phoenix, AZ
4/28- Las Vegas, NV
4/29- San Diego, CA
5/1- Sacramento, CA
5/2- Los Angeles, CA
5/3- Anaheim, CA
5/4- Concord, CA
5/6- Vancouver, BC
5/7- Tacoma, WA
5/8- Portland, WA
5/10- Salt Lake City, UT
5/11- Denver, CO
5/12- Kansas City, MO
5/13- Council Bluffs, IA
5/15- Moline, IL
5/16- Minneapolis, MN
5/17- Milwaukee, WI
5/18- St. Louis, MO
5/20- Cleveland, OH
5/21- Cincinnati, OH
5/22- Pittsburgh, PA
5/23- Virginia Beach, VA
5/25- Montreal, QC
5/26- Toronto, ON
5/27- Detroit, MI
5/28- Buffalo, NY
5/30- Saratoga, NY
5/31- Boston, MA
6/1- Philadelphia, PA
6/2- Hartford, CT
6/4- Columbia, MD
6/5- Wantaugh, NY
6/6- Holmdel, NJ
6/8- Indianapolis, IN
6/10- Chicago, IL
6/11- Chicago, IL

Los Angeles-based four-piece band Minibar are touring in support of their new album, Desert Rain, supporting Columbia recording artist Pete Yorn.

2/6 Boise, ID The Big Easy
2/8 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
2/9 Portland, OR Roseland Ballroom
2/10 Seattle, WA Showbox
2/12 Sacramento, CA Empire
2/13 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
2/15 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
2/16 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
2/17 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
2/19 San Diego, CA House of Blues
2/20 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater
2/22 Park City, UT Suede
2/23 Denver, CO Ogden Theater
2/24 Lincoln, NE Rococo Theater
2/26 Lawrence, KS Granada
2/27 St. Louis, MO Pageant Theater
2/28 Indianapolis, IN Music Mill
3/2 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
3/3 Chicago, IL Riviera
3/4 Madison, WI Barrymore Theater
3/6 Covington, KY Madison Theater
3/7 Columbus, OH The LC Pavillion
3/9 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
3/10 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
3/11 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theater
3/13 Albany, NY The Egg
3/16 New York, NY The Roseland Ballroom
3/17 Philadelphia, PA The Electric Factory
3/19 Boston, MA Avalon
3/20 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club
3/24 Atlanta, GA Earthlink Live
3/25 Charlotte, NC Amos’ Southend
3/27 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theater
3/ 29 Nashville, TN City Hall
3/30 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theater
3/31 New Orleans, LA House of Blues

Blue October is rescheduling some US and UK tour dates, citing “reasons beyond our control.” Could those reasons be that people are catching on to the fact that they suck?

Octone Records’ hard rock darlings Flyleaf are supporting Three Days Grace on a tour that kicked off this week. Then in March, Flyleaf will celebrate the gold status of their self-titled debut with a headlining tour that begins March 25 in Memphis.

Flyleaf with 3 Days Grace
2/07 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater (Headline date)
2/08 Tuscon, AZ @ The Rock (Headline Show)
2/09 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
2/10 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre (Headline Show)
2/12 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
2/13 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues
2/15 Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre
2/16 Reno, NV @ The New Oasis
2/17 Boise, ID @ Big Easy Concert House
2/18 Spokane, WA @ The Big Easy Concert Hall

Flyleaf Headline Tour Dates

3/25 Mmephis, TN Newby’s
3/27 Houston, TX Warehouse Live Studio
3/28 Beaumont, TX Antones
3/30 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
4/01 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
4/02 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
4/04 Columbia, SC Headliners Live
4/05 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
4/06 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
4/10 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Theatre
4/11 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
4/14 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
4/15 Chicago, IL House of Blues
4/17 Madison, WI Barrymore Theatre
4/19 Omaha, NE The Rock
4/20 Minneapolis, MN Trocaderos
4/23 Sauget, IL Pop’s
4/25 Knoxville, TN Blue Cats
4/30 Port St. Lucie, FL Mojo Room

VH1 Classic is presenting the Shaw/Blades tour, which follows the release of the band’s new album, Influence, on March 6. Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades have paid their musical dues as members of Styx, Night Ranger and Damn Yankees.

3/16 Dewey Beach, DE The Rusty Rudder
3/17 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
3/18 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
3/21 New York, NY B.B. King’s Blues Club
3/22 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
3/23 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
3/24 Buffalo, NY Tralf Theatre
3/26 Alexandria, VA The Birchmere
3/29 Annapolis, MD Rams Head Tavern
3/30 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theatre
3/31 Columbus, OH PromoWest Pavilion
4/1 Akron, OH Tangiers
4/4 Indianapolis, IN Music Mill
4/5 Chicago, IL Joe’s
4/6 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
4/7 West Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
4/11 San Jacinto, CA AC’s Lounge
4/12 West Hollywood, CA Key Club
4/13 San Juan Capistrano, CA Coach House
4/14 Agoura Hills, CA Canyon Club

Country music legend George Strait began a month-long tour in Phoenix last week. Strait has been nominated for two 2007 CMT Music Awards in the categories of Video of the Year and Male Video of the Year for “The Seashores of Old Mexico.”

2/2 Phoenix, AZ America West Arena
2/3 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
2/15 Hoffman Estates, IL Sears Center Arena
2/16 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
2/17 Columbustionwide Arena
2/22 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
2/23 Knoxville, TN Thompson Boling Arena
2/24 N. Charleston, SC North Charleston Coliseum
3/2 Kansas City, MO George Strait Kemper Arena
3/3 Denver, CO Pepsi Arena
3/9 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
3/10 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena

Scottish rockers the View are gearing up for their first US headlining tour next month, including stops at South By Southwest and an appearance on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.”

03/03 New York, NY – Luna Lounge
03/05 Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
03/07 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s Tavern
03/09 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Café
03/11 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
03/13 Hollywood, CA – Troubadour
03/15 Austin, TX – SXSW-details TBA
03/16 Austin, TX – SXSW-details TBA
03/17 Austin, TX – SXSW-details TBA
03/20 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
03/22 Cambridge, MA – T.T. The Bears

The Good, the Bad & the Queen, the newest creation of Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, has just announced North American tour dates beginning March 11 in Toronto.

3/11 – Toronto, ON Kool Haus
3/12 – New York, NY Webster Hall
3/14 – Washington, DC – 930 Club
3/16 – Austin, TX – Stubbs (South by Southwest)
3/18 – New Orleans, LA – Republic

Alternative, Concerts, Country, Pop, Rock

NOW that’s what I call a poor excuse for a number one!

July 24, 2006 /

Relating to the Spotlight Kid’s fine posting below, one should also be aware of a highly disturbing article which appeared on the always-fair-and-balanced Fox News website last week about the album. What’s worse is that there’s nothing in it that really surprises me…

Record Biz Crisis: Top 20 Misses 750K
By Roger Friedman

The top 20 pop albums sold fewer than a total of 750,000 CDs last week.

You read that correctly. The actual total was 738,211. The number includes 220,000 copies of a greatest hits singles collection from all the labels, “Now That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 22.” Without “Now 22,” regular releases came in around 500,000 copies.

This is a crisis that no one acknowledges in the record business. But consider that recently dismissed Sony execs Donnie Ienner and Michelle Anthony were making $2 million a year, and that their income is typical of upper echelon management in any record company. If the half million CD sold at full price — $15 — then they didn’t even pay for a small part of one salary.

Consider also the execs at radio conglomerates, who have tightened playlists so that few new records are played unless — as identified by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s findings — stations receive free trips, gadgets and other gifts as inducements. You might wonder how any of the companies on either side can afford to stay in business.

Consider that last Tuesday, “Now 22” was not the only new release. Sony/Epic issued a new CD by writer-producer Butch Walker, a performer whom this column has extolled over and over. Not only did no one from the company bother to send it here, this reporter only learned about it by accident — yesterday. Walker, who should have a following from his extensive touring — he produces and opens for Avril Lavigne. But he’s been ignored by his label and radio. What’s he supposed to do? The CD sold fewer than 15,535 copies — the minimum it would have taken to hit the top 50. And here’s an amazing statistic: four songs from the new album have been played a total of 200,000 times on Walker’s MySpace page. I doubt this is the work of one person who clicked the links that many times. Some group of people is interested in Butch Walker. They’re just not a group that his label or radio stations are interested in, apparently. If they were, there would be more of an investment in Walker’s career — and other countless talented artists like him — by the record companies. Instead, the record stores are empty, and customers are drifting toward other entertainment.

There isn’t a lot to look forward to right away in terms of new releases: Rapper DMX has a new album on Aug. 1, but his last one was three years ago. Rocker Tom Petty’s waited four years to put his new CD, and the last one wasn’t exactly a bestseller with fewer than 350,000 copies sold.

Yesterday’s crop of new releases has only one promising title, by Los Lonely Boys, whose previous album sold 2 million copies. All eyes will be on them to see if they can beat their last first week sales record: 4,000 copies. That shouldn’t be too hard. Or Music, a satellite label from Epic, sticks with their artists the way most labels do not.

Alternative, Artists, Blues, Country, Electronica, External Music, Hip Hop, Jazz, Music Labels, News, Pop, Rap, Rock

Finally, someone understands what music downloaders want…

May 31, 2006 /

…and, unsurprisingly, it’s Rhino Records, who’ve already been catering to the music geek community for years with their Rhino Handmade label.

It hasn’t been publicized nearly enough, but if you visit the label’s website, you’ll see a link to a new section simply called “Digital.” It’s not a particularly glamorous section; in fact, the intro only consists of three sentences.

Sometimes great albums go out of print. It’s just a fact of life. Here are some from the Warner Music Group vaults that we’ve brought back as high-quality digital downloads.

The downloads are 99 cents per track, and they cover various genres, but those who’ve wanted to hunt up certain out-of-print discs but couldn’t afford the eBay pricetag will be giddy to hear things like Guadalcanal Diary’s Jamboree, Marshall Crenshaw’s Downtown and Mary Jean & 9 Others, the Dream Academy’s self-titled debut, or the Dead Boys’ We Have Come For Your Children will now have their chance. Selection is pretty limited at the moment, but here’s hoping the endeavor proves successful enough to cause the Warner vaults to be opened wide…

Now, there’s one thing you should note: as it stands right now, these tracks are available as WMA downloads for Windows users only.

Which sucks.

But, still, it’s a start…

Alternative, Artists, Country, Hip Hop, Jazz, Music Labels, News, Pop, Rap, Rock, Songs

Aw, maaaaaaannnnnnn…now I have to buy the new Dixie Chicks album.

May 24, 2006 /

I don’t really see where I have any choice. According to the Washington Post story on the album, the trio – Emily Robison, Natalie Maines, and Martie McGuire – “collaborated on the album’s 14 songs with more than a half-dozen writers, including Sheryl Crow, Neil Finn, alt-country godhead Gary Louris and Dan Wilson of Semisonic and Trip Shakespeare.”

Okay, you tempted me with Dan Wilson, you had my curiosity legitimately piqued with Gary Louris…but Neil Finn, too? Dammit. I had a really good run going of not owning any Dixie Chicks. Oh, well, at least my wife likes country, so I can make false claims that I really bought it for her…

Country, News, Pop

It’s a good summer for fans of old-school country

May 12, 2006 /

If you’re an aficionado of the outlaws of country, you’re probably already psyched about the two Johnny Cash sets scheduled to come out between now and the 4th of July…but here’s another release to get you going: Atlantic Records is releasing a 3-CD box set of Willie Nelson’s work for the label.

First, there’s Shotgun Willie, which was recorded in Atlantic’s Broadway studio, in New York City and features Nelson’s legendary recording of “Whiskey River,” as well as two Bob Wills songs, “Stay All Night (Stay A Little Bit Longer)” and “Bubbles in My Beer.”

The follow-up, Phases and Stages, was knocked out in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, produced by Jerry Wexler, and it’s a classic Nelson concept album about the end of a marriage…half from the man’s point of view, half from the woman’s.

The third disc is a live album taken from performances recorded at the Texas Opry House; journalist Chet Flippo attended the shows in question, and he declares that “they remain probably the highlights of any Willie concert I have ever seen. The audience was raw and eager for whatever Willie could throw at them, and he did just that. He was at the absolute height of his powers and clearly savored his newfound sense of freedom, and he threw down song after song with defiance and total confidence.”

Man oh man, I can’t wait to hear this stuff…

Artists, Concert CDs, Country

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