March 8, 2005

Weezer is eyeing a May release for its fifth studio album, “Make Believe.” As previously reported, the Geffen set will be preceded in the coming weeks by the single “Beverly Hills,” a video for which was shot two weekends ago at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles.

According to the band’s official Web site, the Marcos Siega-directed clip should “start shaping up” by “the end of the weekend.”

“The song speculates about living the life of movers and shakers, but concludes that there’s no way to cross over from the ‘real world’ to the ‘fantasy world’ (even if one who is ‘normal’ has indeed become ‘famous’),” the site says. “But for a few minutes the idea is tossed about, taken to the level of longing for a life of extreme celebrity.”

At deadline, Weezer’s only confirmed U.S. show is April 30 at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Seven European dates are on tap in June.

Here are Weezer’s tour dates:

April 30: Indio, Calif. (Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival)
June 3: Nurburgring, Germany (Rock am Ring Festival)
June 4: Nuremberg, Germany (Rock im Park Festival)
June 5: Hamburg (Grosse Freheit)
June 10: Nickelsdorf, Austria (Nova Rock Festival)
June 13: Birmingham, England (Academy)
June 14: London (Brixton Academy)
June 17: Glasgow (Carling Academy)

Source billboard.com.

Regina Spektor will celebrate the release of her new album, SOVIET
KITSCH with her national television debut on “Late Night With Conan
O’Brien” on Thursday, March 10th and a national tour starting March
22nd in Philadelphia, PA. Ending the tour at The Roxy Theatre in Los
Angeles on April 21st, Spektor will be the musical guest on “The
Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on April 20th.

Below are the following tour dates :

March 22nd North Star Bar Philadelphia, PA
March 25th Black Cat Washington, DC
March 30th Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
April 1st Paradise Lounge Boston, MA
April 7th Magic Stick Detroit, MI
April 11th Schubas Chicago, IL
April 13th Lola’s Portland, WA
April 14th Crocodile Caf

For its ninth Campus Invasion tour, MTV has tapped U.K. rock trio Muse as the headliner and moved the franchise over to its mtvU-branded college network. Opening April 8 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., the 20-date tour will also feature fellow U.K. rock act Razorlight.

At deadline, a dozen stops were confirmed through an April 28 show at Ohio’s Kent State University. Full details will be posted on mtvU.com.

Beginning April 25, mtvU will air a Campus Invasion special with performances and artist interviews. The network is seen on more than 700 U.S. college campuses.

Beyond performances, each stop on the tour will feature an interactive village open for students to visit during the day. Activities include video game competitions, physical challenges and makeovers. The network will also interview students and showcase the local music scene.

Here are mtvU

The Mars Volta has announced North American tour dates in support of the band’s latest release Frances the Mute. Tickets for most shows go on sale either March 11th or 12th. Check out themarsvolta.com for on-sale dates.

4/22 San Diego, CA RIMAC
4/25 Austin, TX Austin Music Hall
4/26 Houston, TX Version Wireless Arena
4/28 New Orleans, LA Orpheum Theater
4/29 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
5/01 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
5/05-5/06 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
5/07 Providence, RI Lupos
5/09 Worcester, MA Palladium
5/10 Boston, MA Avalon
5/12 Montreal, Canada Metropolis
5/13 Toronto, Canada Kool Haus
5/15 Detroit, MI State House
5/16-5/17 Chicago, IL Riviera
5/19 Minneapolis, MN Wilkins

New York’s legendary rock club CBGB, which helped launch such seminal acts as Blondie to the Ramones, faces closure if it does not resolve a dispute over unpaid rent with the homeless charity that owns the building.

Club owner Hilly Kristal said the dispute dated from 2001, when the landlord presented a $300,000 bill for unpaid rent.

Though most of that has now been repaid, the club was handed another bill earlier this year for $76,000 which it has not paid. The club’s lease comes to an end in August and talks on renewal are stalled.

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