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Gov’t Mule will usher in 2006 with MULE A-GO-GO. For the 4th consecutive year, Gov’t Mule will celebrate New Year’s Eve at The Beacon Theatre in New York City. This year, the band will be playing three shows 12/29 through 12/31, with the 31st, once again, being three sets of Mule. Keep an eye at mule.net for ticket info as it becomes available shortly.

Following U2’s recent weeklong takeover of “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” Neil Young has signed on to appear four nights in a row (Nov. 1-4) on the NBC talk show. Young will head to New York to tape the shows immediately after the 19th Bridge School Benefit concerts in Mountain View, Calif., at which he will perform with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

The artist’s latest Reprise album, “Prairie Wind,” debuted earlier this month at No. 11 on The Billboard 200. A previously announced documentary recently shot by director Jonathan Demme during two shows in Nashville is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters in February.

Source billboard.com.

Police arrested four Scranton locals and out-of-state men Thursday night on charges ranging from drug possession to disorderly conduct in separate incidents during a String Cheese Incident concert at the Scranton Cultural Center. According to Scranton Police Lt. Jeff Mackie, arrested were: Mark Loughney, 28, after police said he jumped on stage and grabbed the crotch area of one of the band members. Mr. Loughney was charged with disorderly conduct and drug possession.

Anthony Biondollo, 19, at about 9:45 p.m. as he was stumbling along the street coming back from the concert, police said. Mr. Biondollo was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and underage drinking.

Gregory Paul Ibscher, 35, on charges of drug possession. Mr. Ibscher was wanted on a felony warrant out of Philadelphia. He was arrested at 7:45 p.m. just before he entered the show.

Michael James Watson, 31, at about 8 p.m. after he allegedly tried to sell drugs to undercover officers in the parking lot outside of the center.

Six officers were stationed at the show, Lt. Mackie said.

Source: The TImes Tribune

Bright Eyes will hit the road on October 22. Following separate 2005 tours for both new records, Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, this tour will return to the more traditional style of show with songs from the entire catalog.

Also on the horizon for Bright Eyes is their first live record, Bright Eyes: Motion Sickness to be Released November 15th via indie stores and Team Love records.

Bright Eyes Fall 2005
Sat-Oct-22 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
Mon-Oct-24 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Civic
Wed-Oct-26 Reno, NV Reno Hilton
Thu-Oct-27 Davis, CA Freeborn Hall
Sat-Oct-29 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre – Bridge School Benefit
Sun-Oct-30 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre – Bridge School Benefit
Mon-Oct-31 Arcata, CA Humboldt State University
Wed-Nov-02 Eugene, OR McDonald Theatre
Thu-Nov-03 Bellingham, WA Mt. Baker Theatre
Fri-Nov-04 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre –
Sat-Nov-05 Missoula, MT University Theatre
Sun-Nov-06 Salt Lake City, UT Kingsbury Hall
Mon-Nov-07 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre
Tue-Nov-08 Boulder, CO Boulder Theatre (E Town Live)
Wed-Nov-09 Fargo, ND Playmakers Pavilion
Thu-Nov-10 Iowa City, IA University of Iowa – Memorial Union
Fri-Nov-11 Omaha, NE Orpheum Theatre
Sat-Nov-12 Columbia, MO Jesse Auditorium
Sun-Nov-13 Bloomington, IN IU Auditorium
Mon-Nov-14 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Tue-Nov-15 Louisville, KY W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre
Wed-Nov-16 Athens, GA Georgia Theatre
Thu-Nov-17 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolf Auditorium
Fri-Nov-18 Washington, DC Constitution Hall
Sat-Nov-19 Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music
Sun-Nov-20 Portland, ME Merrill Auditorium
Mon-Nov-21 Buffalo, NY Center for Arts – University of Buffalo
Tue-Nov-22 Worcester, MA Palladium
Wed-Nov-23 Concord, NH Capital Center for the Arts
Fri-Nov-25 Jersey City, NJ Loews Theatre
Sat-Nov-26 Jersey City, NJ Loews Theatre

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Wilco has put the finishing touches on a benefit concert at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago on Tuesday, November 1. Proceeds from this show will benefit the New Orleans Musician Relief and Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans

Pre-sale via wilcoworld will take place on Thursday, October 13 at 10 am CDT, and the remaining tickets go on sale Saturday, October 15 at 11 am at the Auditorium Theatre Box Office and via Ticketmaster. Tickets are $50 and $35 and both Ticketmaster and Musictoday have agreed to reduce their processing fees for this show.In addition, the band has reserved 36 of the Auditorium Theatre’s private opera boxes, which will be sold exclusively via wilcoworld. Boxes include an equal number of passes to the soundcheck party on the day of the show.

Former Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard has signed a new deal with Merge Records, which will on Jan. 26 issue a double-disc album, “From a Compound Eye.” Billboard.com understands Pollard will continue to release projects on his own Fading Captain imprint but that future solo releases under his name will go through Merge.

Pollard previously told Billboard.com that “From a Compound Eye” has “all four P’s: pop, punk, prog and psychedelic.” The 26-track project was recorded at frequent GBV outpost Waterloo Sound in Kent, Ohio.

Although the itinerary is not yet finalized, Pollard will mount his first post-GBV tour around the release of “From a Compound Eye” with a band of notable musicians to be determined. Sources also say the artist has Fading Captain projects with three different groups in the works for 2006.

To read more visit billboard.com.

Mid-winter conditions arrived early in Colorado allowing Loveland Ski Area, situated atop the Continental Divide in central Colorado, to announce they will open for the 2005-06 ski season on Friday, Oct. 14 at 9 a.m. Loveland will be the first resort in North America to open for the sixth year in a row.

Percy Hill singer/songwriter/drummer/producer Aaron Katz is bringing Geminatrix to The Stone Church in Newmarket NH this Friday Oct 14th. One dollar from each ticket sold is going to the New Hampshire Red Cross Hurricane Katrina benefit fund.

For more information please visit one of the links below:

geminatrix.com
stonechurch.com
myspace.com
percyhill.com

Rock legend Eric Clapton, now sixty, is set to write his autobiography for Doubleday, due for publication in spring of 2007.

The as-yet-untitled book, which will also be issued in audio format by Random House, will be written in collaboration with Christopher Simon Sykes, a close friend of Clapton’s since 1967. The book will also coincide with a North American tour and a Warner Brothers release of a complete retrospective box set of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s recordings.

The announcement finds Clapton following in the footsteps of two other high-profile rock autobiographies: Sting’s Broken Music: A Memoir (2003) and Bob Dylan’s Chronicles: Volume One (2004). Both were strong sellers.

Meanwhile, Clapton will join his original Cream bandmates — bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker — for three nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden from October 24th through the 26th. The performances come on the heels of their triumphant four-night stand in London last May. Those shows were released on a two-CD live album and DVD earlier this month.

Clapton released a new studio album, Back Home, featuring guests John Mayer, Steve Winwood and Robert Randolph, in August. The set debuted at Number Thirteen.

Source rollingstone.com.