Archive: 2008

After Velvet Revolver wraps a spring tour in support of its second album, "Libertad," frontman Scott Weiland will rejoin his former bandmates in Stone Temple Pilots for a handful of summer reunion shows, guitarist Slash tells Billboard.com. STP broke up in late 2002; the band’s last album was the previous year’s "Shangri-La Dee Da." No […]

The inaugural Vineland Festival, originally scheduled for Aug. 8-10 in Vineland, N.J., has been moved to early summer 2009. Producers C3 Presents and Festival Republic made the change in response to the overall festival traffic in the Northeast and major bands touring through this area at the same time. "We had to get our egos […]

My Morning Jacket has christened its fifth studio album "Evil Urges." The set is due June 10 via ATO and was recorded in New York late last year with co-producer Joe Chiccarelli. Meanwhile, the band’s first career show at Radio City Music Hall in New York, set for June 20, sold out in 22 minutes, […]

Roots rockers from upstate Vermont must have felt quite at home landing a gig in a Flagstaff, Arizona brewery in late January: laid back town, snowy mountains, pony tails and appreciative music fans. After all it was just a little over three years ago Grace Potter and the Nocturnals were regulars at cozy dining/drinking holes like Halvorsons and Nectars in their hometown of Burlington.

 Kaki King has announced a headlining tour for her anticipated fourth album,  "Dreaming Of Revenge." Following several  appearances  at the  SXSW  Festival, the 12-day tour will kick off March 21st at  Seattle’s  Tractor  Tavern, and will wrap  up  April  12th   at  Washington,   D.C.’s    Nightclub 9:30. Due out March 11th and produced  by  Grammy  Award-winning  musician […]

Another year, another new twist in the saga of Neil Young’s long-in-the-works "Archives" series. The multi-disc first volume of the project, which has shifted release dates countless times in the past two years, was most recently scheduled to arrive Feb. 19. But Young told Billboard last week that a new technological twist is responsible for […]

Don’t expect to see Led Zeppelin on the road near you this summer. The current incarnation of the veteran rock act, which reunited for a triumphant Dec. 10 concert at London’s 02 Arena, has no plans to play live — until at least after September, says guitarist Jimmy Page. Speaking in Tokyo today (Jan. 28), […]

Modest Mouse and The National will open for REM on their forthcoming US tour. Although the dates have not yet been announced, Billboard reported and Modest Mouse‘s publicist confirmed that the two bands will join them on their jaunt. REM hand-selected the bands to open for them on the tour to support their forthcoming album […]

Ringo Starr recently kicked off his hometown Liverpool’s year as the European Capital of Culture with a live performance of Liverpool 8 in front of 20,000 people. Coincidentally, this week I booked a nine-day trip to England and Amsterdam for next month that’ll take me to the Capital to see Liverpool host Inter Milan in […]

Widespread Panic will be back home on the road in Spring 2008 with nationwide dates supporting their 10th studio album, Free Somehow. Out February 12 on their own Widespread Records, Free Somehow is the first Widespread Panic album where many of the new songs have yet to be “road-tested,” making this tour the live debut […]