A number of new summer dates have been announced by Wilco in support of its upcoming June 22nd release

Tori Amos is planning to release a concert DVD along with a CD of unreleased material this spring.

The DVD, Welcome To Sunny Florida, was filmed last September during a concert Amos did in West Palm Beach during the tour for her most recent album, Scarlet

The Beta Band will release their new single “Out-side” on June 28. The track is the second to be lifted from their latest album Heroes To Zeros and will come out on CD and vinyl.

The video for “Out-Side” is to be written and directed by the band and according to drummer Robin Jones it will be “a remake of ‘The Carnival Of The Animals’ starring humans instead of animals.”

Details of B-sides are yet to be confirmed.

The Beta Band are currently on tour around the UK
Glasgow Barrowlands (May 3)
Aberdeen Beach Ballroom (4)
Newcastle University (5)
Manchester Academy (7)
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (8)
Bristol Carling Academy (10)
Portsmouth Pyramid Centre (11)
Nottingham Rock City (12)
London Coronet (13)

Source NME.com.

A record 50,000 fans turned out on Saturday and Sunday for the fifth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., headlined on respective days by Radiohead and the Cure. The event also featured the first festival appearance by the reunited Pixies and a sensational Saturday-closing set by pioneering German electronic/rock act Kraftwerk.

Despite a throat problem that forced frontman Thom Yorke and his Radiohead bandmates to cancel a show earlier in the week in Australia, the band was in fine form during its 20-song Saturday set. Six songs from its latest album, “Hail to the Thief,” were sandwiched in between such favorites as “Creep,” “Paranoid Android,” “My Iron Lung” and the rarity “Planet Telex.” Coachella is expected to be Radiohead’s only North American gig of 2004.

The Cure unveiled several tracks from its upcoming self-titled release, due June 29 via Geffen, including new single “End of the World” and album opener “Lost.” The group dipped into its extensive back catalog for such tracks as “Fascination Street,” “Just Like Heaven” and “Love Song.”

The Pixies’ early evening set on Saturday lived up to all the hype, as the quartet ripped through tracks like “Gouge Away,” “U-Mass,” “Debaser” and the sing-a-long “Here Comes Your Man.” Kraftwerk conjured a visual bonanza later in the evening, climaxing with its four members decked out in glowing neon suits for “Music Non Stop.”

Other events of note included the first live appearance of Desert Sessions, led by Queens Of The Stone Age’s Josh Homme; a guest appearance by the B-52s’ Fred Schneider during Junior Senior’s Saturday performance; a guest trumpet solo by the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea during the Evens’ set on Saturday; and the finale of Basement Jaxx’s Sunday set, which found three singers and five costumed gorillas leading the crowd through “Where’s Your Head At?”

The larger crowd contributed to performance tents that were more crowded than at any previous Coachella, most noticeably during Beck’s solo acoustic set on Saturday. But organizers deemed the fest a success, proclaiming on Saturday, “Today was truly magical.”

Source billboard.com.

Undermind, Phish’s first studio album since 2002’s Round Room, is due in stores June 15th on Elektra Records. The album was recorded at the Barn in Vermont and mixed at Real World Studios in England by producer Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Los Lobos, Soul Coughing, Peter Gabriel). Of the fourteen new tracks, many have never been performed live, including “A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing”, “The Connection” (the album’s first single), “Nothing”, “Access Me”, and “Tomorrow’s Song”. “Army of One”, a familiar solo number at Vida Blue and Phish shows, gets a full band treatment here, and “Secret Smile” features string arrangements by noted composer/arranger Maria Schneider.

The first pressing of the album will include a special bonus DVD of the 26 minute short film Specimens of Beauty, directed by longtime Phish photographer Danny Clinch, that chronicles the recording of the album in Vermont.

UNDERMIND TRACK LISTING:
1. Scents and Subtle Sounds (Intro)
2. Undermind
3. The Connection
4. A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing
5. Army of One
6. Crowd Control
7. Maggie’s Revenge
8. Nothing
9. Two Versions of Me
10. Access Me
11. Scents and Subtle Sounds
12. Tomorrow’s Song
13. Secret Smile
14. Grind

Source Phish.com.

After five long days of deliberations, a jury of seven women and five men just couldn’t call it, leaving the judge in Beanie Sigel’s murder case with no option but to declare a mistrial.

“He walked in innocent and he walked out an innocent man,” said Defense attorney Fortunato Perri Jr outside of the courthouse on Tuesday evening. Perri believes his case was won because of the overall “quality” of the witnesses and discrepancies in their testimonies. The victim, Terrance Speller, originally told investigators he couldn’t identify the gunman but later fingered Sigel and argued he and another witness lied because they “feared for themselves and their families.”

Prosecutors have declared they will retry the case with the same jury if possible.

Meanwhile, Sigel remains free on $150,000 bail but is facing a sentencing in July on federal gun charges. Sigel can face between three and eleven years in prison on these charges, for which he entered a guilty plea agreement two weeks ago.

Source SOHH.com.

Radiohead has cancelled the final date of their Australian tour due to lead singer Thom Yorke suffering from

The recording industry sued 477 more computer users Wednesday, including dozens of college students at schools in 11 states, accusing them of illegally sharing music across the Internet.

The Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group for the largest labels, praised efforts by colleges and universities to use technology and school policies to crack down on music piracy on their own computer networks. But it said the most egregious offenders on campus deserved to be sued.

Campus officials at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania warned students months ago about requests from the recording industry to crack down on copyright infringement on its computer networks.

It threatened to unplug the Internet connection for each student identified by the recording industry as illegally sharing music, until the student removed all software used to distribute songs online.

“Not everyone agrees that downloading and file-sharing is copyright infringement,” wrote the school’s technology director, Connie L. Beckman. “While this may be debatable, Mansfield University is required to comply with the law.”

The latest filings brings the number of lawsuits filed by the recording industry to 2,454 since last summer. None of the cases has yet gone to trial, and 437 people so far have agreed to pay financial penalties of about $3,000 as settlements.

The trade group said the newest lawsuits targeted students at Mansfield; Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; Emory University in Atlanta; Georgia Institute of Technology; Gonzaga University of Spokane, Washington; Michigan State University; Princeton University in New Jersey; Sacred Heart University of Fairfield, Connecticut; Texas A&M University; Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut; Trinity University of San Antonio; the University of Kansas; University of Minnesota and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Source CNN.com.

Guster is going on tour this summer with Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright, as a triple-headliner. Each band will play an hour a night and the order of the bands will change every show, though the line-ups will be announced ahead of time.

Tour Schedule:

June 19th…. Dayton OH…. Fraze Pavilion
June 20th …. Detroit MI…. Freedom Hill Amphitheater
June 22nd…. Columbus OH…. PromoWest Pavilion
June 23rd …. St Louis MO…. Fox Theater
June 26th…. Indianapolis IN…. White River State Park Amph.
June 27th…. Cleveland OH…. Scene Pavilion
June 29th…. Vienna VA…. Wolf Trap Filene Center
June 30th…. Baltimore MD…. Pier 6 Concert Pavilion
July 3rd…. Rochester NY…. High Falls
July 5th…. Sayreville NJ…. Starland Ballroom
July 7th…. Philadelphia PA… Penn’s Landing
July 8th…. Boston MA…. Fleet Boston Pavilion
July 10th…. Wallingford CT…. Oakdale Theater
July 11th…. Boston MA…. Fleet Boston Pavilion
July 13th…. New York NY…. SummerStage (Central Park)
July 14th…. New York NY…. SummerStage (Central Park)
July 15th…. Pittsburgh PA…. Chevrolet Amphitheater

311 will take to the road next month on a U.S. tour slated to run through the beginning of August. Along on nearly all dates will be the Roots, with Medeski, Martin & Wood on board for about half of the trek. The tour kicks off June 18 in Santa Barbara, Calif., the sole show that will feature the Ataris as the opening act.

Dates are confirmed through an Aug. 1 show in Tampa, Fla., although the band’s official Web site reports that the tour will wrap Aug. 5 at an as yet unconfirmed location. The site also lists pre-sale opportunities for members of the band’s “The Hive” fan club and public on-sale dates.

The itinerary also includes a July 2 stop at the 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, Minn. The Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood will also appear on that day of the July 2-4 event; others slated to perform over the weekend are String Cheese Incident, Galactic, Los Lobos, Maroon5 and John Mayer.

Here are 311’s tour dates:

June 18: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara Bowl; w/the Ataris)
June 20: Berkeley, Calif. (Greek Theatre; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
June 22: Long Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Arena; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
June 23: Las Vegas (Orleans Casino; w/the Roots)
June 25: West Valley City, Utah (USANA Amphitheatre; w/the Roots)
June 26: Morrison, Col. (Red Rocks Amphitheatre; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
June 28: Sioux City, Iowa (Tyson Events Center; w/the Roots)
June 30: Maryland Heights, Mo. (UMB Bank Pavilion; w/the Roots)
July 1: Tinley Park, Ill. (Tweeter Center; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 2: Detroit Lakes, Minn. (Soo Pass Ranch; 10,000 Lakes Festival)
July 3: Milwaukee, Wis. (Summerfest; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 6: Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 7: Clarkston, Mich. (DTE Energy Music Theatre; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 9: Philadelphia (Penn’s Landing; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 12: Pittsburgh (Chevrolet Amphitheatre; w/the Roots)
July 13: Columbus, Ohio (Germain Amphitheater; w/Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 15: Bonner Springs, Kan. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
July 16: Omaha, Neb. (Memorial Park;)
July 17: Indianapolis, Ind. (White River Park; w/the Roots)
July 19: Cleveland, Ohio (Tower City Amphitheatre; w/the Roots)
July 20: Wallingford, Conn. (Oakdale Theatre; w/the Roots)
July 21: Gilford, N.H. (Meadowbrook Farm Musical Arts Center; w/the Roots)
July 23: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 24: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 25: Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach; w/the Roots and Medeski, Martin & Wood)
July 27: Charlotte, N.C. (Paladium@Carowinds; w/the Roots)
July 29: Virginia Beach, Va. (Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheatre; w/the Roots)
July 30: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion; w/the Roots)
July 31: Atlanta (HiFi Buys Amphitheatre; w/the Roots)
Aug. 1: Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Bay Amphitheatre; w/the Roots)

Source billboard.com.