Murdocks sound like any Strokes, Hot Hot Heat, or Kaiser Chiefs already out there, but their brand of chaos trembles with a vital sense of urgency and aggression that demands to at least be heard, obeyed and absorbed.
Two bands that appear to be in their musical prime got together for a few west coast dates recently and I had the opportunity to catch their show at the McDonald Theatre in downtown Eugene, a beautiful 77-year old building owned and operated by the late Ken Kesey
Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson are hitting the road again for a ballpark tour that’s sure to be nostalgic for veteran fans and enlightening for the younger crowd.
This will mark the second time that Dylan – poet-prince of folk and rock – and Nelson – easily one of the most accomplished country-western artists of his time – have done a tour of minor league stadiums. Their last stadium tour was August and September of 2004. That outing received Pollstar’s Concert Industry Award for Most Creative Tour Package.
The tour will begin May 25 at Fort Myers, Fla.’s William H. Hammond Stadium The remainder of month will be spent in Florida, and the beginning of June will be marked by a show in at the BellSouth Park in Chatanooga, Tenn.
More dates in the Southeast follow before the tour finds it way up to New England with shows in Maryland, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
Dylan and Nelson will play at the AutoZone Park in Memphis, Tenn., on July 1. According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, this will be that stadium’s first ever on-field concert. July will be spent playing show in the middle-South and plain states, with the tour wrapping up on July 12 in Saint Paul at Midway Stadium.
The ballpark tour will be supported by Texas band, The Greencards, who were recently named Best New Band at the Austin Music Awards.
Currently, Dylan is on tour with another country legend – Merle Haggard. That trek continues until the end of this month – ending with a five-show run at New York’s Beacon Theatre. The Fourth of July will also bring Dylan and Nelson to the annual Willie Nelson Picnic in Fort Worth, Texas. This year’s picnic also features the Grammy-winning trio Los Lonely Boys.
Source pollstar.com.
In support of their new album, TREE CITY, Robbers on High Street are pleased to announce that they’ll join Hot Hot Heat on the road as their main support act, beginning May 20th in New York City at Webster Hall and wrapping up in Salt Lake City on June 21st.
Currently on the Virgin Mega College tour with Cake and Gomez, and looking forward to a handful of dates with Ivy in early May, this piano-driven quartet has been hypnotizing fans with their live show for the past year, sharing the stage with the likes of Fountains of Wayne, Ambulance Ltd, VHS or Beta, The Dears, Sloan The Robbers on High Street dates with Hot Hot Heat are as follow. More dates TBD:
May 20: New York, NY: Webster Hall
May 21: Northampton, MA: Pearl Street
May 22: Philadelphia, PA: Trocadero
May 23: Boston, MA: Avalon
May 26: Cincinnati, OH: Bogart’s
May 27: Columbus, OH: PromoWest
May 28: Cleveland, OH: Scene Pavilion
May 30: Detroit, MI: 89X Festival
May 31: Milwaukee, WI: The Rave
June 1: Minneapolis, MN: The Quest
June 4: Seattle, WA: Showbox
June 7: Boston, MA: WFNX Festival
June 9: Sacramento, CA: Boardwalk
June 13: Los Angeles, CA: Avalon
June 13: Los Angeles, CA: Avalon
June 15: San Diego, CA: House of Blues
June 17: Phoenix, AZ: Brickhouse
June 18: Las Vegas, NV: House of Blues
June 20: Denver, CO: Ogden Theatre
June 21: Salt Lake City, UT: In The Venue
Singer/songwriter John Hiatt is backed by North Mississippi Allstars sibling duo Cody and Luther Dickinson on his upcoming album, “Master of Disaster.” Due June 21 via New West, the project was produced family patriarch Jim Dickinson and also features longtime Muscle Shoals studio bassist David Hood.
“Master of Disaster” will be released as a Super Audio CD with a standard stereo mix as well as a high-resolution mix playable only on SACD-compatible devices. Raves Jim Dickinson of the latter mix, “It’s like being in the room with first generation audio.”
Hiatt’s tour in support of the album will find him backed by the Allstars, who will also play their own opening set at some shows. The outing begins June 23 in Albany, N.Y.
“Master of Disaster” is the follow-up to 2003’s “Beneath This Gruff Exterior,” which debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart.
Here are John Hiatt’s tour dates:
June 23: Albany, N.Y. (Hart Theatre)
June 24: Northampton, Mass. (Calvin Theatre)
June 25: New York (Webster Hall)
June 27: Hampton Beach, N.J. (Hampton Beach Casino)
June 28: Vienna, Va. (Wolf Trap)
June 29: Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee Theatre)
June 30: Columbus, Ohio (Promowest Pavilion)
July 2: Bloomington, Ind. (Axis)
July 3: Detroit (Comerica TasteFest)
July 4: Chicago (Taste of Chicago)
July 5: Milwaukee (Summerfest)
July 6: Apple Valley, Wis. (Music in the Zoo)
July 8: Boise, Idaho (Eagle Park Pavilion)
July 9: Portland, Ore. (Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre)
July 10: Seattle (South Lake Union Park)
July 11: Vancouver (Commodore Ballroom)
July 13: Medford, Ore. (Britt Festivals)
July 14: San Jose, Calif. (Plaza de Cesar Chavez)
July 16: Los Angeles (House of Blues)
July 17: Phoenix (Celebrity Theatre)
July 18: Tucson, Ariz. (Rialto Theatre)
July 20: Denver (Botantical Gardens)
July 21: Boulder, Col. (Chautauqua Auditorium)
July 23: Austin, Texas (Stubb’s BBQ)
July 24: Dallas (Gypsy Ballroom)
July 27: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Revolution)
July 28: Tampa, Fla. (Jannus Landing)
July 29: Asheville, N.C. (Bele Chere)
July 30: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)
July 31: Atlanta (Botanical Garden)
Aug. 3: Glenside, Pa. (Keswick Theatre)
Aug. 4: Oyster Bay, N.Y. (FOTA Pavilion)
Source billboard.com.
