It seems rather hard to believe, but 2010 marks the 20th anniversary for venerable jam-act moe. The band will mark the occasion starting with a short Northeast tour that kicks offs with a two shows at New York’s Roseland Ballroom on January 22 & 23. The show on the 22nd will serve as a special guest-laden benefit show for WHY (World Hunger Year).
[Photo by Jeremy Gordon]
In other moe. news, the group will host another installment of their winter sports and music fest snoe.down in Southern Vermont on March 26-28. The busy band also announced the first annual tropical throe.down – which will take place at Paradisus Punta Cana Resort in the Dominican Republic.
If you’re not into a night with the indie-jam-rockers, than maybe you’ll be interested hitting one of these recently announced tours…
- Galactic recruit TLG, ALO & Karl D. to open on their winter run
- Justin Townes Earle takes his honky-tonk country music on the road
- State Radio bring their politically charged rock to a town near you
- John Mayer lines up a massive 41-date, North American tour
- Gov’t Mule reveal the second leg of their By A Thread winter trek
- SXSW unveils its initial list of showcase bands for next year’s fest
Finally, as we previously reported, the recently reunited Iggy & The Stooges are set to perform their punk classic Raw Power at next fall’s installment of All Tomorrow’s Parties New York. Organizers have revealed the rest of the line up for their Friday night Don’t Look Back performances – which feature bands performing full albums sets. Joining the Stooges will be Sleep, Mudhoney and The Scientists, who will perform Holy Mountain
, Superfuzz Bigmuff
and Blood Red River
respectively. Tickets are currently on-sale for the three-day fest which is set to take place from September 3-5, 2010 at Kutcher’s Country Club in Monticello, NY.
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