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Widespread Panic has announced their plans for a lengthy summer tour. Hitting both indoor and outdoor favorites, the band will begin in Kansas City and weave their way through the country. Highlight stops include multiple 3 night runs at Red Rocks, The Wiltern in LA, and a closing stand in Chicago.

6/21/06 Starlight Theatre Kansas City MO

6/23, 24 & 25/06 Red Rocks Morrison CO

6/28/06 Bayside Embarcadero Marina Park South San Diego CA

6/29, 30 & 7/1/06 The Wiltern LG Los Angeles CA

7/3, 4 & 5/06 Mont Bleu Showroom Stateline NV

7/8 & 9/06 The Greek Theatre Berkeley CA

7/11/06 Cuthbert Amphitheatre Eugene OR

7/12/06 Edgefield Troutdale OR

7/14 & 15/06 Marymoor Park Amphitheater Redmond WA

7/18/06 Treasure Valley Speedway Boise ID

7/19/06 Snow King Amphitheater Jackson Hole WY

7/22 & 23/06 Winter Park Ski Area Winter Park CO

7/26/06 Nokia Theatre Grand Prairie TX

7/28 & 29/06 Mid South Coliseum Memphis TN

7/30/06 Fox Theatre St. Louis MO

8/1 & 2/06 The Palace Theatre Louisville, KY

8/4/06 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia MD

8/5 & 6/06 nTelos Portsmouth VA

8/8/06 Lawn at White River Indianapolis IN

8/10/06 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls OH

8/11, 12 & 13/06 Chicago Theatre Chicago IL

Steve Kimock has reunited with drummer Stephen Perkins (Janes Addition/Porno For Pyros/Banyan) to create another powerfully tribal and freshly soulful ensemble including SKB/Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey bassist Reed Mathis and veteran trumpeter Willie Waldman with very special guests!

April 20 The Jammys The Theatre @ MSG- New York, NY

April 21 Canal Room – New York, NY (Green Apple Festival)

April 22 Blue Note – New York, NY (Green Apple Festival)

Visit kimock for more info

April 25th will see the release of Secret Machines second LP, Ten Silver Drops. As always, with a new album comes many new dates all around the globe. The band will also be doing Late Night with Conan O

On the heels of CHRIS and RICH ROBINSON’s three sold-out nights of acoustic performances in New York City to ecstatic fans and lengthy standing ovations, THE BLACK CROWES have announced a major summer headlining tour with their special guests Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Drive-By Truckers. Launching June 10 in Seattle, the nine-week trek will visit mostly sheds–including Jones Beach (New York), PNC Bank (New Jersey), Shoreline (San Francisco), Tweeter Center (Boston) and Cynthia Woods (Houston)–as it criss-crosses the U.S. into mid-August.

Since reuniting and re-connecting with their loyal fans last year, THE BLACK CROWES have been performing what some called “the best shows of their career.” While they achieved a career watermark by headlining their New Year’s Eve show at Madison Square Garden, the band–Chris (vocals), Rich (guitars), Marc Ford (guitars), Eddie Hawrysch (keyboards), Sven Pipien (bass) and Steve Gorman (drums)–also played seven sold-out shows at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom, performed five-nights at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and were headliners at three of the most prestigious festivals in America (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Bonnaroo, and Austin City Limits Festival). Summing up the allure of THE BLACK CROWES’ concert experience, Mikael Wood of The Village Voice (12/28/05) said the band “remain one of rock’s best live acts, as hard-grooving as during their heyday and caked with an extra layer of rambling-man soulfulness.”

Look for Pre-Sale information on www.blackcrowes.com.

THE BLACK CROWES with Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Drive-By Truckers summer tour dates (unless otherwise noted):

The Spam Allstars have booked a busy upcoming schedule, with dates planned in the West Coast in May, the Northeast in June, and NC/VA/GA in July.

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WEST COAST in May…

THURSDAY, MAY 18, LOS ANGELES @ THE CONGA ROOM – 5364 Wilshire Blvd. LA
– http://congaroom.com

FRIDAY, MAY 19, JOSHUA TREE @ THE JOSHUA TREE MUSIC FESTIVAL – Joshua Tree
Lake Campground – http://www.joshuatreemusicfestival.com

SATURDAY, MAY 20, SAN FRANCISCO @ THE ELBO ROOM – 647 Valencia Street, SF
– http://elbo.com/

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NORTHEAST in June…

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7TH – Club Metronome – 1888 Main Street, Burlington, VT
– 10PM – 21+$5 18+ $10 – http://www.clubmetronome.com/

THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH – SOB’s – 204 Varick Street, NYC, NY – 11PM $12 ADV.
$15 DOOR & $10 GUEST LIST – http://sobs.com/

FRIDAY, JUNE 9TH – Mezzanotte – 658 N. Salina St, Syracuse, NY -9PM – 18+
– http://www.hollerbackproductions.com/venues.html

SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH – Iron Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton, MA – 10PM –
$11 ADV. $14 DOOR – http://www.iheg.com

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NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA/GEORGIA in July…

TUESDAY, JULY 25TH – – Eastern Music Festival, Greensboro, NC
– http://www.easternmusicfestival.org

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26TH – Boone Saloon – Boone, NC – 489 West King Street –
http://www.boonesaloon.com/

THURSDAY, JULY 27TH – Camp Barefoot Festival, Gore, VA – Cove
Campground – http://www.heybroproductions.com/campbarefoot.htm

FRIDAY, JULY 28TH – The Neighborhood Theater, Charlotte, NC – 511 E. 36th
Street – http://www.neighborhoodtheatre.com/

SATURDAY, JULY 29TH – Apache Caf

On Neil Young’s website he wrote the following in regads to his new album Living With War, recorded in three days in early April.

I just finished a new record…. a power trio with trumpet and 100 voices … recorded earlier this month…i think it is a metal version of Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan … Metal folk
protest? its called LIVING WITH WAR… the title song is the second of 10 songs
on the record… we will be releasing lyrics on this ticker…I would like to thank Warner Bros/Reprise records for the support…as well as the 100 vocalists and my three musicians,
Chad Cromwell, drums, Rick Rosas, bass, Tommy Brea , trumpet … and Nick Bolas, Larry Johnson, John Hausman, John Nowland, Tim Mulligan,Darrell Brown and Rosemary Butler, Redwood Digital Studios, Capital Studios …

2 Living With War
I’m LIVING WITH WAR everyday
I’m LIVING WITH WAR in my heart everyday
I’m LIVING WITH WAR right now…..

And when the dawn breaks I see my fellow man …
And on the flat-screen we kill and we’re killed again…
and when the night falls, I pray for PEACE…
Try to remember PEACE (visualize)…
I join the multitudes…
I raise my hand in PEACE
I never bow to the laws of the thought police
I take a holy vow…
To never to kill again..
To never kill again…
I’m LIVING WITH WAR in my hear
I’m LIVING WITH WAR in my heart and my mind…
I’m LIVING WITH WAR right now…

Don’t take no tidal wave…
Dont take no mass grave…
Don’t take no smokin’ gun….
To show how the west was won….
But when the curtain falls,
I pray for PEACE….
Try to remember PEACE (visualize)…….

As Son Volt begins early work on its fifth album, group leader Jay Farrar is planning to release a collection of mostly traditional songs he cut with former Varnaline singer Anders Parker in the fall, titled “Gab Iron.”

Featuring at least one Stanley Brothers songs, as well as “Hills of Mexico,” a traditional often associated with Woody Guthrie, “Gab Iron” (British slang for harmonica) coalesced just prior to the recording of Son Volt’s 2005 album “Okemah and the Melody of Riot.”

Source billboard.com.

The Beatles are preparing to sell their songs online after years of refusing to take part in the Internet music boom, according to testimony given by the head of their record company.

Neil Aspinall, a former Beatles road manager and managing director of Apple Corps, was a witness in the company’s trademark lawsuit against Apple Computer. He said that the company was digitally remastering the entire Beatles catalog, which would pave the way for selling the songs online.

“I think it would be wrong to offer downloads of the old masters when I am making new masters,” he said in a written statement submitted to the High Court in London earlier this month.

“It would be better to wait and try to do them both simultaneously so that you then get the publicity of the new masters and the downloading, rather than just doing it ad hoc.”

A spokesperson for Apple Corps confirmed Aspinall’s statement, and said that the company is preparing to make the Beatles catalog available through online music services. “There’s no firm date on any of this at the moment. There are a lot of projects that Apple are working on at the moment,” the spokesperson said.

The Beatles have been high-profile holdouts from the booming online music sector, which saw sales triple to $1.1 billion in 2005.

Apple Corps, owned by Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and the estate of George Harrison, have accused Apple Computer of violating a 1991 agreement by using the Apple name and logo to sell music downloads through its market-leading iTunes Music Store.

The trial ended on April 6, with a decision from the judge due after Easter.

Source billboard.com.

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Just two months after wrapping a winter tour of the States, Imogen Heap has added a month of post-Coachella concerts.

The British singer/songwriter will hit 20 cities on the trek, a step up from her January visit, which comprised less than a dozen shows.

The tour starts three days after her appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with a May 2 gig in Pomona, Calif.

The itinerary includes three Texas shows and gigs throughout the South and Midwest. She’ll finish up in Montreal May 28.

As on Heap’s previous visit, Rasputina cellist Zo

Michael Stipe, Iggy Pop and Bo Diddley lend a hand on the New York Dolls’ first new album in 32 years. Due July 25 via Roadrunner, “One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This” features 13 new tracks and was produced by Jack Douglas, who engineered the Dolls’ self-titled debut before going on to work with Aerosmith and John Lennon.

Stipe appears on “Dancing on the Lip of a Volcano,” while Diddley is heard on “Seventeen” and Pop guests on “Gimme Love and Turn on the Light.” Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel contributes to “Punishing World.”

Surviving original members David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain are backed on the set by guitarist Steve Conte, bassist Sami Yaffa, drummer Brian Delaney and keyboardist Brian Koonin.

“Playing music is the best thing in the world,” Johansen says. “It makes show business almost bearable.”

The New York Dolls will hit the road in North America and internationally this summer, with dates to be announced.

Source billboard.com.

An embarrassed charter school has discovered it booked the wrong Jon Stewart for its annual gala. The DaVinci Academy thought it had made a deal with comedian Jon Stewart, star of “The Daily Show” and host of this year’s Academy Awards, to appear next week.

It sent out 500 invitations to businesses and planned for 900 people.

But last week, it learned that it had booked Jon A. Stewart, a former motivational speaker, businessman and part-time professional wrestler from Chicago.

School leaders said that earlier in the year they had sent out invitations to a number of celebrities, speakers and authors for the school’s annual benefit dinner.

A Stewart had responded, and through months of discussion there was no indication that they had not booked the Stewart they wanted, officials said.

But last week the Standard-Examiner in Ogden called Jon Stewart’s publicist in Beverly Hills, and found that the only place Stewart was scheduled to be the night of the gala was on “The Daily Show.”

DaVinci leaders were informed of that fact Friday.

“It’s been a whirlwind … but the community has really rallied around with support,” said Debbie Legge, president of the school’s board of directors. “It’s not about celebrities. It’s about kids and helping them get a good education.”

After the school canceled Jon A. Stewart this week, performing groups from Weber State University and the Terrace Playhouse offered to be replacement acts at the event, and DaVinci welcomed them with open arms.

The school is offering refunds to those who had purchased tickets expecting to see the comedian. Some already have received refunds.

Legge said she hopes people still will attend the event, but notices will be sent to patrons about the change.

Source yahoo.com.

Roger Miller has a bit of down time from his busy schedule with Mission Of Burma and will be playing with Club d’Elf tonight in the usual d’Elf Cambridge spot, The Lizard Lounge.

Rounding out the other spots in the ever-rotating cast of characters will be:
8 – 9 pm ( soul low ) : mat maneri ( solo viola ).
9:30 – 10:30 : trace buster (adam sturtevant and brian hamilton duo). drums &laptop.
11 pm – 1:30 am : club d’elf (mat maneri – elec viola, roger miller – keyboards, geoff scott – guitar, mike rivard – bass & sintir & adam sturtevant ( drums ).

the lizard lounge, 1667 mass ave, cambridge, ma. 617-547-0759/1228. 21+. lizardloungeclub.com.

In the great tradition of electric guitar-fueled instrumental rock, Bobby Previte’s “super bar-band” Coalition of the Willing strikes the West Coast this May for their first ever U.S. tour in support of their self-titled debut album on Ropeadope. The visionary New York City-based drummer Previte has enlisted Charlie Hunter on guitars, Marco Benevento on keyboards and Skerik on saxophones. They’ll launch the 15-city tour on May 10th in Bellingham, WA and conclude the run with a record release party and performance in New York City at Tonic on May 25th. Having recently wrapped a string of European dates that took them through five countries and earned rave reviews, the Coalition is primed and ready for what are sure to be some of the most rockin’ and musically mind-blowing shows to hit the West Coast this Spring.

Coalition of the Willing appearances are:

May 10 / The Nightlight Lounge / Bellingham, WA
May 11 / Richards on Richards / Vancouver, Canada
May 12 / Tractor Tavern / Seattle, WA
May 13 / Aladdin / Portland, OR
May 14 / Domino Room / Bend, OR
May 15 / WOW Hall / Eugene, OR
May 16 / Mobius / Ashland, OR
May 17 / Crystal Bay Club / Crystal Bay, NV
May 18 / Harlowes / Sacramento, CA
May 19 / The Mystic Theater / Petaluma, CA
May 20 / Independent / San Francisco, CA
May 22 / Kuumbwa / Santa Cruz, CA
May 23 / Soho / Santa Barbara, CA
May 24 / The Mint / Los Angeles, CA
May 25 / Tonic / New York, NY

Mike Gordon and a handful of Vermont’s finest twangers, a/k/a Ramble Dove, will hit the Northeast late this Spring before heading to Bonnaroo later in June. They’ll be taking the cozy confines of Burlington, VT’s Honky Tonk Tuesdays to the road with stops in NY, MA, and CT, in addition to their June 2nd “Honky Tonk The Vote” Benefit concert for Bernie Sanders in Burlington, VT (with guests Jon Fishman and Grace Potter).

Tickets for the newly announced shows are available NOW through a presale via Mike’s online ticketing website at mikegordontickets.rlc.net. Tickets for the June 2nd event are on sale now. Full info can be found on the Phish Tourdates page.

MIKE GORDON & RAMBLE DOVE MAY/JUNE 2006

05/29/2006 – Toad’s Place, New Haven, CT*
05/30/2006 – The Paradise, Boston, MA*
05/31/2006 – Irving Plaza, New York, NY*
06/02/3006 – Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT – Honky Tonk The Vote Benefit
06/03/2006 – Pearl Street, Northampton, MA*
06/04/2006 – Mountain Jam Music Festival, Woodstock, NY
06/17/2006 – Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN

* with special guests Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove will perform, with special guest appearances by Jon Fishman and Grace Potter, on Friday, June 2nd at Higher Ground in South Burlington, VT. This unique concert event entitled, “Honky Tonk The Vote” will benefit Vermont’s Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders in his bid for U.S. Senate.

Tickets for the concert will go on sale online only at www.bernie.org beginning at 12:00 PM on April 12, 2006. Tickets are $40.00 general admission. There is a 4 ticket per person limit. The concert begins at 9:00 pm, doors at 8:00 pm.

In addition, a limited number of tickets are available for a pre-concert catered VIP reception with Congressman Sanders and Mike and Fish and Grace in Higher Ground’s Showcase Lounge. Tickets for the pre-concert reception is $150.00 general admission and also includes admission to the show. The VIP reception begins at 7:30 pm.

This is an all ages event. For more information please visit bernie.org

Four years after the death of singer Layne Staley, the surviving members of Alice In Chains will tour Europe and North America with a new vocalist.
The group – guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney – has a 25-date Euro tour planned this summer, with William DuVall of Los Angeles band Comes With The Fall on vocal duties.
“However, William will not be taking on this key role alone,” the band said in a post on its official Web site. “While we can’t name names, let’s just say that some European fans are in for some very special treats.”
The Euro itinerary comprises mostly festivals, including several with Guns N’ Roses and Metallica.
Dates have not been announced for North America, but a Stateside club trek is to kick off May 18, according to aliceinchains.com. The group hinted that every city on the tour “has its own major league baseball team.”
Alice In Chains played a tsunami benefit show last year with guest vocalists including Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin, and former Damageplan vocalist Patrick Lachman.
In March, Cantrell, Inez and Kinney performed with ex-Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo during a VH1 Decades Rock Live tribute to Heart.
Despite its success in the early ’90s, Alice In Chains toured rarely in the years following 1994’s Jar Of Flies EP. The band’s last road trip was an opening stint for KISS in 1996.
Staley died of a drug overdose in April 2002.

Source pollstar.com.

Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, AFI, Hawthorne Heights and Yellowcard are among the first acts confirmed for the 2006 edition of Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, Billboard.com can reveal. The event will be held Sept. 2-4 throughout the Seattle Center and will also feature performances by Atmosphere, Feist, Shooter Jennings, the English Beat, Deerhoof, Mates Of State and Metric.

To read more visit billboard.com.

In support of ‘Hind Hind Legs’, The Lovely Feathers have confirmed a US tour with The Spinto Band and Dr. Dog, that kicks off June 8th at The Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA. These shows follow Canada’s Pop Montreal Tour, which The Lovely Feathers will headline.

June 8: Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse Music Hall
June 9: New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom
June 10: Boston, MA @ TT The Bear’s Place
June 11: Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
June 14: Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
June 15: Nashville, TN @ The Mercy Lounge
June 16: Chicago. IL: TBA
June 17: Cleveland, OH @ CMJ Rock Hall Musicfest at the Beachland Tavern
June 18: Cincinnati, OH: TB

The search for a permanent bass player is finally over for A Wilhelm Scream. The band announced today through their site awilhelmscream.com that Brian Robinson has become a permanent member of the band. From the band:

THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE WILHELM FAMILY
…and it is… Brian Robinson!!! Formerly of the amazing, and (sadly) recently disbanded The Fullblast of Toronto, Brian has officially joined A Wilhelm Scream. Everyone who knows us knows he has always been our dream bassist (go listen to the Fullblast records now!). He