Tour Dates: Rodriguez First National Tour

Last year, I was infatuated with Light In The Attic’s reissue of Cold Fact, the rediscovered lost classic of psychedelic-soul and folk-rock from a guy simply known as Rodriguez. The 67 year-old singer-songwriter will embark on his first ever North American tour this spring that kicks off on April 10 in Madison, WI with scattered dates through the end of June including a stop at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom on May 15 that I’m eagerly anticipating.

If the music of Rodriguez isn’t your thing, than maybe you’ll want to hit one of these recently announced tours…

• Michael Jackson will play 50 shows at London’s O2 Arena
• Bat For Lashes crosses the pond for a 10 date NA run
• Diminutive rapper Lady Sovereign will spend May on the road
• 311 team up with Ziggy Marley for the Unity Tour
• Grunge rock legends Dinosaur, Jr. plot a lengthy Spring tour
• The lovely St. Vincent lines up a month long run

Finally, this August will mark the 40th anniverasry of the prototype for the modern American music festie – the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. To celebrate the milestone original fest, founder Michael Lang is looking to honor the event with a pair of free two-day events to be held in New York and Germany. Rumors are currently circulating that event promoters are looking to recruit some of the acts that played the original Woodstock – which include the Grateful Dead, Santana and The Who. The New York concert will take place on the actual anniversary, while the event to be held at an abandoned airport in Berlin will take place a week later. Let’s hope that this one works out better than the disastrous ’99 incarnation.