Fresh off a summer tour, where they played to sell-out crowds across the nation., including their 11th year as the headliner of the 4th of July show at Red Rocks in Colorado, Blues Traveler will head back on the road for a 40-city U. S. tour this fall. Touring in support of their eighth studio album and Vanguard Records debut,
Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was shot in the leg early Sunday during a party hosted by Grammy-winning hip hop artist Kanye West. Knight, 40, was hospitalized in good condition, police said. He was shot during a celebrity-studded party at the Shore Club, one of the many celebrations in Miami Beach ahead of the MTV Video Music Awards scheduled Sunday night, said Miami Beach Police Officer Bobby Hernandez.
Sonja Mauro, a guest at the club, said a shot in the party’s VIP section rang out shortly before 1 a.m.
“I was in there and I heard a pop and I ran out and got trampled,” she said. People attending the party began screaming and running for the doors.
Celebrities who attended included West, actress Jessica Alba and comedian Eddie Murphy, but it was unclear whether they were still there when the shooting took place.
Knight co-founded the pioneering rap label Death Row Records and hit the charts in the 1990s with West Coast stars including Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur.
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Spoon is going worldwide this fall with shows on three continents, including a recently announced North American tour.
Starting October 27 in Louisville, Ky., Britt Daniel & Co. will travel the continent for three weeks, making room for the Vegoose Music Festival in Las Vegas October 30 and a date with Bright Eyes in the latter’s hometown of Omaha, Neb., November 11.
The tour closes in San Diego at Canes November 18.
Spoon has been touring steadily since Gimme Fiction was released in May. Their June tour with The Clientele opening was almost completely sold out.
In September, Spoon plays Arthur magazine’s ArthurFest in Los Angeles before heading downunder for an eight-date Australian run.
They’ll head home to Texas for the Austin City Limits Music Festival September 23 before their three-week tour of Europe. Shows in the U.K., Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France and Spain are included on the Euro run, which wraps less than two weeks before the U.S. trek begins.
Source pollstar.com.
Rock was resplendent at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, as the veteran punk group Green Day took home seven moonmen and newcomers The Killers and Fall Out Boy won one each.
Green Day, who arrived at the venue in the vintage green convertible from their gritty “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” video, won best rock video and video of the year for the clip — two of their leading eight nominations. They also won the viewer’s choice award, best group and several technical categories, losing only to Gwen Stefani’s “What You Waiting For?” for art direction.
In recent years, hip-hop and pop have dominated the show, especially in the major categories. Not this year: My Chemical Romance and Coldplay were among the showcase performances, and Kanye West was the only rapper to win an “all-genre” award, with his “Jesus Walks” taking best male video.
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After recently releasing her first concert album, “Live @ The Fillmore,” Lucinda Williams says the double-disc set opens more doors than it closes.
“There’s a pretty good selection of stuff but I would have had to put out a box set in order to really get everything,” Williams tells Billboard.com. “So, we we’re talking [about how] we’ll just have to put out another live album at some point and try to keep it going, like have Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.” One of the songs she feels is egregiously missing from the release is the title track to her 1998 disc “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.”‘
As far as the decision to release the live Lost Highway record, which was recorded in San Francisco over three nights in early 2004, the singer/songwriter says her current backing band — Doug Pettibone (guitars), Taras Prodaniuk (bass), Jim Christie (drums) — was just too good not to capture on tape.
Oddly enough, Williams didn’t want the pressure associated with making a live album so she asked her management not to tell her which shows were being recorded with a mobile unit. While this means there won’t be any video accompanying “Fillmore,” Williams’ 1998 Austin City Limits performance was recently released as a DVD by New West Records.
Notorious for taking her time between album releases, Williams says she has two dozen songs already written and recorded in a rough mix state for her next studio project, which is tentatively titled “Knowing” and may be released in early 2006.
Source billboard.com.
Although Broken Social Scene was mulling the bare minimum of fall touring in support of its upcoming self-titled Arts & Crafts album, the Canadian collective has opted to hit the road after all. Shows will begin Oct. 19 in Kingston, Ont., and are on tap through Nov. 18 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
BSS contributor Leslie Feist will open most shows, performing material from her recent Cherry Tree album “Let It Die” (on which she was billed simply as Feist). The artist can be heard vocalizing on the new Broken Social Scene album track “7/4 (Shoreline),” which was recently made available for free download via Arts & Craft’s Gallery AC download site.
As previously reported, the band is already working on the follow-up to “Broken Social Scene,” which will be released Oct. 4. “We are not going to over-think it too much,” group member Brendan Canning recently told Billboard.com about the work-in-progress. “It’s not going to be as great of a deconstruction process. The songs are bit more laid-back.”
Here are Broken Social Scene’s tour dates:
Oct. 19: Kingston, Ontario (Grant Hall)
Oct. 20: Ottawa, Ontario (Capitol Music Theatre)
Oct. 22: Boston (Avalon Ballroom)
Oct. 24: Philadelphia (TLA)
Oct. 26: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Oct. 27: Detroit (Majestic Theatre)
Oct. 28: Chicago (Metro)
Oct. 29: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Oct. 31: Lawrence, Kan. (Granada)
Nov. 1: Boulder, Colo. (Boulder Theatre)
Nov. 3: Austin, Texas (Stubb’s BBQ)
Nov. 4: Dallas (Gypsy Ballroom)
Nov. 8: Los Angeles (Fonda Theatre)
Nov. 9: San Francisco (Grand Ballroom)
Nov. 11: Portland, Ore. (Roseland Ballroom)
Nov. 12: Seattle (Showbox)
Nov. 13: Vancouver (Commodore Ballroom)
Nov. 15: Calgary, Alberta (MacEwan Hall)
Nov. 16: Edmonton, Alberta (Red’s)
Nov. 18: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Rendezvous)
Source billboard.com.
The Black Crowes have often seemed more comfortable on stage than anywhere else, so it makes sense that the first fruit of the band’s successful reunion tour will be four concert albums via Instant Live.
All the shows were taped during a stint earlier this month at San Francisco’s Fillmore and feature a total of 85 songs. They are expected to begin shipping early next week and can be ordered via Instant Live’s Web site.
Beyond nuggets from their sizable back catalog, the Crowes have been sprinkling in such covers as the Otis Redding-popularized “You Don’t Miss You Water,” the Beatles’ “Yer Blues,” Ry Cooder’s “Boomer’s Story” and Neil Young’s “Pardon My Heart” into their sets.
The group is winding down its stint of support dates with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, and will begin a fall headlining tour Sept. 4 in George, Wash. Dates are on tap through an Oct. 30-31 stint at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre.
And although Kate Hudson (wife of Crowes vocalist Chris Robinson) recently told a Dutch magazine that the band is planning to return to the studio in the near future, no details have been confirmed. The Crowes have been absent from the studio since 2001’s “Lions,” their lone set for V2.
Source billboard.com.
Kicking off Aug 23rd, mtvU ‘s “The Leak” will be streaming the new Death Cab For Cutie album online for a full week prior to album release! Be first to hear “Plans” in it’s entirety before it hits stores on Aug 30th on Atlantic Records – only on mtvU.com.
Also every day this week you can watch a special sneak preview of the band’s “Unveil” session – an intimate in-studio live performance of six of their new songs, plus “A Movie Script Ending” and “Lightness” – filmed in LA exclusively for mtvU. Just what the Death Cab doctor ordered – a video a day, every day until release!
Then on Aug 29th we’ll all be tuning into mtvU.com for the feature premiere of “mtvU Unveil” Death Cab For Cutie’s live performance, starting noon (EDT). So set the dates in your calendar and be first to catch DCFC and their new album “Plans”, exclusively on mtvU.com
plus… Virgin Mobile Phone users can also access the wireless “The Leak” audio clips via “MTV on your Virgin Mobile”.
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On the heels of a live solo disc last year, pianist Brad Mehldau returns to a group setting on “Day Is Done,” due Sept. 27 via Nonesuch. The 10-track set finds the artist backed by bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard and features interpretations of Radiohead’s “Knives Out,” Nick Drake’s “Day Is Done” and the Beatles chestnuts “She’s Leaving Home” and “Martha My Dear.”
Rounding out the album is the Nat King Cole-popularized “No Moon at All,” a cover of Paul Simon’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” and the Mehldau originals “Turtle Town” and “Artis.”
“Day Is Done” follows the pianist’s Nonesuch debut, “Live in Tokyo,” which debuted at No. 11 on Billboard’s Top Jazz Albums chart. Look for the trio on tour this fall, highlighted by a Nov. 22-27 stand at New York’s Village Vanguard.
Source billboard.com.
The latest release from New Monsoon is entitled, The Sound. The album will be released Spetember 6, 2005 on the label Harmonzied Records, just as the band finishes one of their busiest summers ever. As part of the Big Summer Classic Tour and numerous established festivals such as the High Sierra Music Festival, Smilefest, All Good, and Wakarusa, New Monsoon played to their largest audiences ever. Now those same eager ears will be treated to an entirely new side of the band.
To create The Sound, New Monsoon enlisted the help of producers Michael Shrieve (original drummer for Santana who has worked with Steve Winwood, Pete Townsend, Jaco Pastorious, John McLaughlin, and others) and Paul Kimble (Grant Lee Buffalo, Venus In Furs, Luna), who guided the band to find themselves creatively in the studio. As a result, The Sound is a tangible evolution for New Monsoon, showcasing their formidable songwriting skills, artful arrangements, and textural studio explorations.
Guitarist/vocalist Jeff Miller elaborates, “The Sound is a breakthrough for us in terms of studio recording. Working with Michael and Paul, we were able to get to the core of our songs and arrangements. The Sound is a sonic journey, from harder edged cuts like the title track to more ethereal cuts like “Hold On For Now.” The album is designed to chronicle subjects ranging from life on the road to socio-political perspectives about our world and experiences. We were able to use the studio in such a way as to create layers and textures we couldn’t capture live, thus showing a facet of the band that is more cohesive and succinct.”
With two guitars, piano, bass, vocal harmonies, and an army of percussion that includes drumset, Tabla, congas, and more, New Monsoon have conquered stages across the country with their freewheeling improvisations. Now, with The Sound, listeners will experience the focused power of the band’s imagination.
Thursday, September 15 The Independent San Francisco, CA – CD Release party, discounted CDs for sale
Thursday, September 22 Winston’s San Diego, CA
Friday, September 23 Baja Bash Mexico
Saturday, September 24 Soho’s Santa Barbara, CA
Thursday, September 29 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO – OPENING FOR DARK STAR ORCHESTRA
Friday, September 30 Cervantes Masterpiece Denver, CO
Saturday, October 01 Aggie Theatre Ft Collins, CO
Wednesday, October 05 Belly Up Aspen, CO
Thursday, October 06 The Summit Durango, CO
Friday, October 07 Mesa Theatre Grand Junction, CO
Tuesday, October 11 Annex Madison, WI
Wednesday, October 12 Martyr’s Chicago, ILL
Friday, October 14 Harper’s Ferry Alston, MA
Saturday, October 15 The Knitting Factory NY, NY
Sunday, October 16 Mexicali Blues Teaneck, NJ Co -bill with Hot Buttered Rum String Band
Tuesday, October 18 State Theatre Falls Church, VA -with Hot Buttered Rum String Band to open
Wednesday, October 19 Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, NC -Late Nite After SCI
Thursday, October 20 Orange Peel Asheville, NC
Friday, October 21 Magnolia Fest Live Oak, FL
Saturday, October 22 Magnolia Fest Live Oak, FL
Monday, October 24 Gerogia Theatre Athens, GA
Tuesday, October 25 Newby’s Memphis, TV
Wednesday, October 26 George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, AR
Friday, October 28 Last Concert Caf
