May 11, 2005

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock has restaffed his famed Headhunters ensemble with a host of notable names and will take the band on the road for four shows this summer. Anchoring the collective on piano, the artist will be joined by guitarists John Mayer and Lionel Loueke, bassist Marcus Miller, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, trumpeter Roy Hargrove and percussionist Munyungo Jackson.

Headhunters ’05 will play three dates surrounding their June 10 appearance at Tennessee’s Bonnaroo festival: June 8 in St. Louis, June 9 in Dayton, Ohio, and June 11 in Memphis. Hancock will serve as Bonnaroo’s first “artist in residence” and is expected to perform with a host of acts throughout the festival.

Source billboard.com.

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, the International Noise Conspiracy, Ben Kweller, Drive-By Truckers, the Ponys and Mark Farina are some of the latest acts to be added to the Lollapalooza lineup. The bill is headed by the Pixies, the Killers, Widespread Panic, Weezer, the Arcade Fire, Death Cab For Cutie and Dashboard Confessional. Lollapalooza will be held July 23-24 in Chicago’s Grant Park and more information can be found by visiting the festival