Monday’s Hors d’Oeuvres: Boss Strikes Back

Last Sunday, an article in the Star Ledger detailed the distribution of concert tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s recent performances at the Izod Center in New Jersey which gave the impression that The Boss was partially responsible for the ticketing debacle surrounding those shows. Bruce’s manager, Jon Landau, just posted a response blasting Ticketmaster and explaining the Ledger’s numbers over at BruceSpringsteen.net.

God help us if Live Nation and Ticketmaster are allowed to merge.

Here’s six other links of interest to kick off the week…

• Wilco reaches the end of an era of sorts at the Fox
• The quiet allure of Grateful Dead audience tapes
• Fagen & Becker explain Steely Dan Request Nights
• Forty-five ridiculous pictures of Boy Bands [via TDS]
• Pearl Jam to do an Austin City Limits taping on 10/03
• Glastonbury organiser makes way for a new generation

Finally, if the lack of tour dates didn’t give it away, we’ve got confirmation that My Morning Jacket is on hiatus from Spinner’s Benjy Eisen. MMJ drummer Patrick Hallahan explains, “we’ve been touring for eight years straight. We all have other things going on right now.” Hopefully this hiatus doesn’t turn into a breakup any time in the near future.