2003

Following the tragic death of band member Jeremy Ward, Mars Volta to returning to the road. They’re now headlining their own tour in support of their just-released debut full-length, De-Loused In The Comatorium. The trek is scheduled to begin July 1 in Los Angeles. The band will skip back and forth a bit, hitting some festivals in the United Kingdom before returning to the Statefor a couple weeks of shows. Thereafter they’ll head to Japan, and in late August they have two more U.K. shows on the books. Spoken word champ/hip-hop artist Saul Williams is scheduled to open in the U.S., along with Rye Coalition on most dates.
For a full list of dates visit Pollstar.com.

At the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, on Thursday (June 26), Pearl Jam was joined by a couple of friends. Kid Rock, ZZ Top singer-guitarist Reverend Billy F. Gibbons, and Steve Earle were among the special guests, and a couple of them even made it on stage. Only one was by design, however–Earle joined Pearl Jam to play guitar on a show-closing rendition of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World.”
Prior to that, however, Gibbons strolled to frontman Eddie Vedder’s microphone between the first and second encores to lead the crowd in cheering for the band’s return, and he was quickly ushered off by security guards. Gibbons had tried to take the stage earlier, but was restrained by Rock, who stayed in the wings all night.
At the show, Vedder dedicated Pearl Jam’s performance of “Better Man” to Detroit Red Wings hockey player Chris Chelios, who used to play for Vedder’s hometown team, the Chicago Blackhawks.
Source launch.com.

It took five sets, but Andre Agassi was overpowered by Mark Philippoussis’ gigantic serves and knocked out of Wimbledon. Philippoussis nailed 46 aces in his 6-3, 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4 victory.