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Canadian pop/rock acts Kyle Riabko and Easily Amused and their “Come Together Tour” came to an unfortunate halt yesterday when they woke up to find their van and trailer stolen from a Philadelphia hotel parking lot. As a result, all remaining tour dates have been cancelled, as both bands are busy trying to find a way home.

The trailer was filled with everyone’s equipment, including a custom-made acoustic guitar, 1966 Fender Jaguar, vintage Ludwig drum set and Elrick MJS5 bass guitar. That’s just the beginning of an entire trailer full of gear that has been stolen, so the bands are asking that if you are involved in the Philly music scene, to please keep an eye out for the gear to pop up in stores within the area.

Desmond Dekker, who brought the sound of Jamaican ska music to the world with songs such as “Israelites,” has died, his manager said Friday. He was 64.

Dekker, who lived in England, collapsed from an apparent heart attack at his home on Thursday, manager Delroy Williams said.

“It is such a shock, I don’t think I will ever get over this,” Williams said.

Dekker’s 1969 song “Israelites,” a Top 10 single in both Britain and the United States, was the first international hit produced by Jamaica’s vibrant music scene. With its haunting vocals and irresistible rhythm, it introduced the world to ska, a precursor to reggae.

“Desmond was the first legend, believe it or not,” Williams said. “When he released ‘Israelites’ nobody had heard of Bob Marley

Widespread Panic will toast the release of ‘Earth to America’ (Sanctuary/Widespread Records), their first studio album in three years, with an exclusive free release day party/performance at New York

Eric Clapton last landed stateside for a Cream reunion tour, will return to the U.S. with his own band for a fall tour.
Details are pending but the first leg of his North America tour is expected to begin September 16 in Minneapolis and continue to cities including St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami and New York, where Clapton will play two nights at Madison Square Garden.
Twenty-two dates are expected to be announced, but more shows will likely be added. The Robert Cray Band will open for the U.S. concerts.
The 61-year-old rock legend is on a European tour and wraps a seven-night run at London’s Royal Albert Hall on May 26. The tour ends with a show in Moscow’s Red Square August 3.
Clapton’s current touring band includes guitarist Derek Trucks, and the shows have included both old classics and songs from his 2005 disc, Back Home.

Source pollstar.com.

The 4th Annual 10,000 Lakes Festival (10KLF) will serve as the tour-ending destination for headliners Phil Lesh & Friends and Trey Anastasio, and a springboard for four nights of music, camping, and relaxation with over forty artists scheduled to perform July 19-22 at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN.

Trey will reunite with former Phish band mate Mike Gordon (bass) who will be joined by Marco Benevento (keyboards) and Joe Russo (drums) in the appropriately titled acronym ensemble

Sonic Youth has just announced dates for their summer tour. The Flaming Lips will serve as openers.

August 4 State Theater Detroit, MI
August 24 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair
August 25 Council Bluffs, IA Stir Cove at Harrah’s
August 28 Columbus, OH Promowest Pavilion
August 31 Allentown, PA Allentown Fair
September 1 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
September 3 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion

The good folks at Superfly have announced the schedule for this year

Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett has been named Britain’s designer of the year for his groundbreaking animation for the virtual band.

Hewlett, who first earned fame for co-creating the comic strip Tank Girl, won the award Monday in a ceremony at the Design Museum. He was honored for conceiving the graphics, animation and “live” performances for the band, which is composed of four animated, fictional members.

“Jamie Hewlett has not only created a personal mythology with the virtual band Gorillaz, he has also created designs for the direction in which technology and culture are going

One of the most colorful careers in music came to a close today as pioneering booking agent Ian Copeland died in Los Angeles of melanoma. He was 57.

Ian founded Frontier Booking International (F.B.I.), younger brother Stewart was the founder and drummer of the Police; and older brother Miles was the founder of International Records Syndicate (I.R.S.), a record label whose acts included R.E.M., the Go-Gos, Black Sabbath, Oingo Boingo, Wall of Voodoo and General Public. Older sister Lorraine (Lennie) is a writer and producer. Ian Copeland was surrounded by family at the time of his death.

Next ski season is 178 days away. That

Pearl Jam’s new headquarters could face demolition because of the city’s plans to build a dump. “We hadn’t even finished unpacking and moving into our new space when we heard about the city’s waste management site,” spokeswoman Nicole Vandenberg said Saturday in an e-mail to The Associated Press from Cleveland, where the band was on tour. “We were surprised and saddened by the news on many levels.”

Now, area residents

Capitol Records is proud to announce the release of Sound Team’s debut record ‘Movie Monster’ on June 6th. The album harnesses both the purity of Sound Team’s live exuberance and the sonic maelstrom of their experimental side, all tied together with a limitless cache of hooks. In support of ‘Movie Monster’, Sound Team will embark on a headlining tour beginning June 13th in Tucson, AZ. The band is currently on a 15-date tour with Elefant.

Visual artists as much as they are musicians, Sound Team will offer one short film, the music video for the first single “Your Eyes Are Liars,” photos and seven Sound Team blips with the purchase of ‘Movie Monster’ via itunes. The short film, SURFING, is a 40-minute sensory trip of abstractions shot on a super 8 camera in New York’s Times Square by co-founder Bill Baird. SURFING’s soundtrack is an original score by Baird. In addition, the band created seven stream-of-conscience yet methodical blips to go along with songs on ‘Movie Monster’. Each blip is a short film under one minute embracing cut-out and collage imagery.

SOUND TEAM TOUR DATES:

HEADLINING TOUR (more dates to follow):

June 13th Club Congress Tucson, AZ
June14th Casbah San Diego, CA
June15th Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
June 16th The Independent San Francisco, CA
June 17th Blue Lamp Sacramento, CA
June 20th Crocodile Caf

Akron, Ohio-based rock duo the Black Keys have signed with Nonesuch Records. The group’s label debut, “Magic Potion,” will be released Sept. 12. As previously reported, the 12-track set will feature such songs as “Your Touch,” “The Flame” and “It’s Just Got To Be.”

The band has previously recorded for Alive and Fat Possum, which issued its last two studio albums and a recent EP of Junior Kimbrough covers, “Chulahoma.” The new album is the follow-up to 2004’s “Rubber Factory,” which has sold 81,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The Black Keys are in London for a show tomorrow (May 23) at Scala. A six-date stint opening for Radiohead gets underway June 10 in Montreal; a fall tour is in the planning stages.

Source billboard.com.

.Dr. John will resurrect his Night Tripper persona for the first time in over three decades for his performance at Bonnaroo. Dr. John is universally celebrated as the living embodiment of the rich musical heritage exclusive to New Orleans. In the ’60s, he developed the charismatic persona of Dr. John The Night Tripper. Adorned with voodoo charms and regalia, a legend was born with his breakthrough 1968 album Gris-gris, which established his unique blend of voodoo mysticism, funk, rhythm & blues, psychedelic rock, and Creole roots. The Night Tripper phase of Dr. John’s career, featuring his unique fusion of Mardi Gras jubilation and spiritual mysticism marked, altered and broadened the scope of popular music forever.

This special performance will be part of a New Orleans themed event that will also include Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk which features an all-star cast of some of the city’s finest musicians. The Rebirth Brass Band will also join in, lending their celebratory brass band sound to what will be an unforgettable night.

The Allman Brothers Band will hit the road for 26 summer tour dates that will find them playing everything from amphitheatres and festivals to theaters. As previously reported, the group will also play a handful of shows with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

On various dates, the group will be supported by the Yonder Mountain String Band and a rotating cast of Allman Brothers Band member side projects: guitarist Derek Trucks’ namesake band, guitarist Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule and bassist Oteil Burbridge’s Oteil and the Peacemakers. The group is rounded out by vocalist/keyboardist Gregg Allman, drummers Butch Trucks and Jaimoe and percussionist Marc Quinones.

The first leg of the Allmans’ tour opens June 16 in Cincinnati and closes July 2 in Solomons, Md. The second leg runs from an Aug. 12 Hartford, Conn., show to a Sept. 1 gig at Colorado’s majestic Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

While Gov’t Mule will support the Sept. 1 show, the band will headline Red Rocks the next night. Gregg Allman and Haynes will team up for a special acoustic set at that show.

Despite no news of a new studio album on the near horizon, the ABB has been busy on the road. In addition to the upcoming dates, the band played its annual extended March run at New York’s Beacon Theatre, followed by headlining their own two-night Wanee Festival last month in Florida with Medeski, Martin & Wood, O.A.R., North Mississippi Allstars and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band also on the bill.

Full tour details and ticket information can be found at the band’s official Web site.

Here are the Allman Brothers Band’s confirmed dates:

June 16: Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)
June 17: Chattanooga, Tenn. (Riverbend Festival)
June 18: Birmingham, Ala. (City Stages)
June 20: Indianapolis (White River Park)
June 21: Cleveland (Plain Dealer Pavilion)
June 23-24: Niagara Falls, Ontario (Niagara Fallsview Casino)
June 25: Bristow, Va. (Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge)
June 27: Wantagh, N.Y. (Jones Beach Theater)
June 30: Atlantic City, N.J. (House of Blues)
July 2: Solomons, Md. (Calvert Marine Museum)
Aug. 12: Hartford, Conn. (New England Dodge Music Center; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 13: Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Saratoga Performing Arts Center; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 15: Darien Center, N.Y. (Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 16: Burgettstown, Pa. (Post-Gazette Pavilion; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 18: Philadelphia (Tweeter Center @ Waterfront; w/Tom Petty)
Aug. 19: Raleigh, N.C. (ALLTEL Pavilion)
Aug. 20: Atlanta (Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater)
Aug. 22: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
Aug. 23: Virginia Beach, Va. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Aug. 25: Gilford, N.H. (Meadowbrook Farm)
Aug. 26: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center)
Aug. 27: Scranton, Pa. (Montage Mountain)
Aug. 29: Green Bay, Wis. (Oneida Casino)
Aug. 30: Chicago (Rosemont Theatre)
Sept. 1: Morrison, Col. (Red Rocks Amphitheater)

Source billboard.com.

V2 Records announced today Ray Davies’ 2nd leg of his North American tour to support his highly acclaimed debut solo studio record “Other People’s Lives,” released on February 21st to great fanfare. The first leg was Davies’ first tour of North America with a band other than The Kinks, and it focused on the east coast and Midwest. This next series of dates will take Davies and his excellent new band to California, the Pacific Northwest, Colorado, Arizona and Texas. The dates for the tour are listed below.

Davies is currently on tour in Europe. In March, right as the American tour was beginning, he performed at a sold-out multi-media event that he created for this year’s SXSW. At the event, Davies showed clips from a documentary he is putting together that is as Billboard described in review: “A narrative about the eight-year path he took in making “Other People’s Lives,” including an arduous North American tour shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and a move to New Orleans, where was shot by a mugger in January 2004.” In between clips Davies weaved six live acoustic songs into the story and took questions from the audience afterwards.

“Over My Head” will be the new single from “Other People’s Lives.” It will be sent to radio to coincide with the tour. Also, Davies will be taping an hour-long Austin City Limits show while in Austin for airing on a date soon to be announced.

The dates for the tour are as follows:

JULY
Sat 1st – Detroit, MI – Comerica Festival
Sun 2nd – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
Tues 4th – Chicago, IL – Taste of Chicago, Grant Park
Thurs 6th – Denver, CO – Paramount Theatre
Fri 7th – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Sun 9th – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
Mon 10th – Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
Wed 12th – Saratoga, CA – The Mountain Winery
Thurs 13th – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre
Sat 15th – San Diego, CA – Spreckels Theatre
Sun 16th – Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theatre
Wed 19th – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
Sat 22nd – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre

Phish will release Live in Brooklyn, a brand new 2-DVD set and 3-CD audio soundtrack (available separately) in stores July 11th on JEMP Records/Rhino.

Shot in breathtaking high-definition video, with 5.1 surround sound, the deluxe 2-DVD set features the entire June 17th, 2004 concert (two sets of music) and bonus material including excerpts from soundcheck, backstage footage, and “Taste, “Bug”, and “Tweezer Reprise” from the following night’s show. The concert footage was directed and edited by Eli Tishberg, a veteran of several Phish projects, including the IT DVD, Live In Vegas DVD and Hard Rock Live (5/23/00 Roseland).

The CD soundtrack – which will be sold separately – consists of the entire first night on 3-CDs, remixed and mastered from the band’s digital multitrack tapes.

Preorder details will be listed on Phish.com

After some time off since New Years to revitalize and re-inspire, The String Cheese Incident now announces their tour plans for the summer months ahead. Look for the band on both coasts, and in between, with special musical guests joining them at various stops along the way. Summer tour highlights involve several dates with Bob Weir & RatDog, including Fourth of July weekend at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, where Keller Williams and Taj Mahal will also join the bill. Bob Weir & RatDog and SCI will share the stage for 14 dates total, until SCI catches up again with Keller at the 10,000 Lakes Festival, where they’ll join each other for a rare “Keller Incident.” The band will also stop in Alaska for a couple shows on their way to Japan for the tenth annual Fuji Rock Festival. The summer tour will wrap up with a three night blow out at the beautiful Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene, Oregon. SCI is looking forward to collaborating with PEAK Experience Productions for those shows and special guests are still to be announced.

The complete list of tour dates is as follows:
June 24 Pozo Saloon Santa Margarita CA with Bob Weir & RatDog
June 25 Greek Theatre Los Angeles CA with Bob Weir & RatDog
June 26 Concerts in the Park San Diego CA with Bob Weir & RatDog
June 28 Dodge Theatre Phoenix AZ with Bob Weir & RatDog
June 29 Pine Mountain Amphitheatre Flagstaff AZ
June 30 The Great Salt Air Magna UT with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 01 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison CO with Bob Weir & RatDog and Keller Williams
July 02 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison CO with Bob Weir & RatDog and Taj Mahal Trio
July 06 Summerfest @ Marcus Amphitheatre Milwaukee WI with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 07 Starlight Theatre Kansas City MO with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 08 Fabulous Fox Theatre St. Louis MO with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 09 Promowest Pavilion Columbus OH
July 10 Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center Canandaigua NY with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 11 Penn’s Landing Philadelphia PA with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 13-14 Radio City Music Hall New York NY with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 15 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts Mansfield MA with Bob Weir & RatDog
July 20 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes MN
July 21 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes MN The Keller Williams Incident
July 23 Moose’s Tooth Theatre Anchorage AK
July 24 Bear Tooth Theatre Anchorage AK
July 28-29 Fuji Rock Festival Niigata Japan
August 01-02 Marymoor Amphitheatre Redmond WA
August 04-06 Cuthbert Amphitheater Eugene OR Produced in Association with PEAK Production

Tickets and Information available at stringcheeseincident.com

Having spent the last few months playing to enthusiastic and full house crowds at Irving Plaza in New York, the House of Blues in Los Angeles, and the historic Fillmore in San Francisco, Dead Kennedys are excited to announce several tour dates in Europe, including a headlining slot at Hellfest 2006 in Nantes, France and the Furia Sound Festival in Paris, France.

The tour begins on June 22nd in Zurich, Switzerland and then travels to Bregenz, Austria, and then headlining on Saturday at the Furia Sound Festival in Paris, playing with Fishbone and GBH, and finally to Nantes on June 25, where Dead Kennedys will share the Hellfest main stage with other legendary bands such as Motorhead, Agnostic Front, Alice In Chains, Obituary and, well… Korn.

The band would also like to thank all the people who showed up to the USA shows. With governments seemingly running amok (who have you been calling? the National Security Agency wants to know), the band is glad that the message of questioning Big Brother is being brought to more and more people.

Hellfest 2006

Furia Sound Festival

A worldwide community of super-sensitive, highly emotional music fans have been holding vigil since September 2005 for the announcement of the 2006 ACL Music Festival lineup. Their wait is finally over. With a head-spinning display of diversity and poundage, the 2006 Festival features Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Massive Attack, Ben Harper, The String Cheese Incident, Flaming Lips, The Raconteurs, Los Lonely Boys, The Shins, Ween, and about 100 more acts. Producers offer the lineup announcement as a service to overworked music journalists everywhere, delivering a powerful and newsworthy story that any monkey with a mouse could file.

The super-heavyweights on the lineup are reason enough to put the event in a position to repeat its Pollstar Festival of the Year Award, but the remaining two-thirds of the talent offers an array of shooting stars and blooming fruit. More acts include Thievery Corporation, Matisyahu, Iron & Wine, Son Volt, Guster, Damien Rice, Calexico, the New Pornographers, to name a few.

The full lineup is available at www.austincitylimits.com, along with a colorful, action-packed video version of the lineup coming to life in the park, complete with local critters.

Artists scheduled to appear:
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Wolf Parade
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness…
Van Morrison
Sparklehorse
Centro-matic
Willie Nelson
Paolo Nutini
Marah
Massive Attack
Nada Surf
Sam Roberts
String Cheese Incident
Los Amigos Invisibles
Rocky Votolato
Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Feist
Murder by Death
The Flaming Lips
Phoenix
The Black Angels
John Mayer
KT Tunstall
Anathallo
The Raconteurs
Goldfrapp
The Rocket Summer
Los Lonely Boys
Donavon Frankenreiter
Sara Hickman
The Shins
Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits
Sylvia St. James and The Gospel Stars
Ween
Asleep at the Wheel
Terri Hendrix
Thievery Corporation
Buckwheat Zydeco
Trish Murphy
Ben Kweller
Husky Rescue
Patrice Pike
G. Love & Special Sauce
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Durdens
Matisyahu
The Subdudes
The Jones Family Singers
Gnarls Barkley
BoDeans
Sterling Lands and The Warrior Gospel Band
Damien Rice
The Greencards
Joe McDermott and the Smart Little Creatures
Cat Power and the Memphis Rhythm Band
Guy Clark
The Biscuit Brothers
Ray Lamontagne
Kathleen Edwards
Imagination Movers
Nickel Creek
The Long Winters
Elvis Perkins
Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
The Stills
The New Soul Invaders
The Tragically Hip
Charlie Sexton
South Austin Jug Band
Kings of Leon
Alexi Murdoch
Greyhounds
Iron & Wine
Pierre Guimard
Star Kids Yoga
Kasey Chambers
Matt Costa
Joy Davis
Aimee Mann
Matt Nathanson
Daniella Cotton
Galactic
Okkervil River
Troy Campbell Band
The New Orleans Social Club
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
The Palm Elementary School Choir
Calexico
Benevento Russo Duo
Asheba
The New Pornographers
Randy Rogers Band
The White Ghost Shivers
Son Volt
Federico Aubele
The Gospel Silvertones
Guster
What Made Milwaukee Famous
The Anointed Voicez
Explosions in the Sky
Jose Gonzalez
Ghandaia
deadboy & The Elephantmen
Ian McLagan and The Bump Band
Melissa Reaves
The Secret Machines
New Monsoon
Claire Small
Jack Ingram
Del Castillo
Eli Young Band
Brazilian Girls
Fields
Rodney Hayden
Gomez
Lou Ann Barton
Robyn Ludwick
Stars
Beto y los Fairlanes
Peter Dawson