May 2005

Sam Beam’s Iron And Wine alter ego will hit the road this June with dates throughout the East Coast and South.

The trek will start off, conveniently enough, in Beam’s home state of Florida with a performance at Tallahassee’s Beta Bar June 8. Then it’s up through Louisiana and ol’ Miss. on the way to Bonnaroo. Iron And Wine will do a June 11 set at the three-day Manchester, Tenn., festival.

After taking a day off to recover – or perhaps just to enjoy Bonnaroo – Beam will head up to Ohio and back across the East Coast. He’ll play two nights in a row at New York City’s Webster Hall before making his way down the seaboard, winding up in Florida once again by the end of the month and closing the tour with a June 24 show in Jacksonville.

Horses will open on all dates.

Iron & Wine’s latest release, the Woman King EP, dropped in February.
Last year, Beam went into the studio with members of Calexico to record a collaboration EP called Lays In The Reigns. The disc is scheduled for a fall release on Overcoat, and tour dates are expected to follow.

Tour Dates

Wed 06/08/05

Nas, Redman, the Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon and Ghostface (performing material from their 1995 album “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx”) and Gang Starr MC Guru lead the lineup for the Rock the Bells festival, to be held July 30 at the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernadino, Calif.

The show will be hosted by Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA, Cypress Hill’s B-Real and the Beat Junkies’ Mr. Choc. Pre-sale tickets go on sale Friday (May 27) and will gradually increase in price as the show date approaches.

The Rock the Bells lineup will also boast performances by Sage Francis, Q-Bert, Cut Chemist, Living Legends, Heiroglyphics, Supernatural, DJ Muggs and Nonphixion.

At last year’s show, the Wu-Tang Clan reunited with all of its principal members, including the now deceased Ol’ Dirty Bastard, for the first time in years. That performance will form the basis of the film “Rock the Bells (The Documentary),” which will hit theaters and DVD later this year.

Source billboard.com.

The movie critics for Time magazine, Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, have compiled an unranked list of the 100 greatest films. It was posted Sunday on www.Time.com. Included are traditionally acclaimed flicks like “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Casablanca” and “Citizen Kane,” as well as more atypical choices like “Finding Nemo,” “Star Wars” and the 2002 Brazilian gang story, “City of God.” Other rnotable picks include: Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, A Hard Days Night, The Lord Of The Rings and Blade Runner.

To read more about Time Magazine’s list, please visit time.com.

Nine Inch Nails is the first headlining act set for the seventh Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, Billboard.com can exclusively reveal. Festival executive producer Steve Rehage says the Oct. 29-30 event will feature upward of 80 bands spread across seven stages. The full lineup will be announced June 24.

Nine Inch Nails leader Trent Reznor owns a home and studio in the Big Easy, which has long made him a target of Voodoo organizers. “With Trent’s history with New Orleans, we’re looking for a big homecoming,” Rehage says. “He’s been to the festival for years, and we’ve always approached him about performing. We’re very excited about it.”

This year, Voodoo will be held on a golf course within City Park, and the previous festival grounds will be converted into space for tent and RV camping. Rehage also says ticket prices will be reduced. “The weekend pass will be $60, and $35 for camping,” he says. “So for under $100, you can be in the midst of New Orleans during Halloween. It’s absolutely insane.”

The 2004 edition of the festival featured performances by Beastie Boys, Green Day, Velvet Revolver and the Pixies, and drew 55,000 fans over the course of two days.

Rehage says “every second” of past festivals has been filmed, and that some kind of commercial release is “something we’re definitely looking into.” For more information on the festival, visit its official Web site.

Source billboard.com.

Jerry Garcia’s artwork has been compiled in a book and traveling exhibition to debut this fall. Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork — featuring texts by GRATEFUL DEAD drummer MICKEY HART, BOB DYLAN, CARLOS SANTANA, PATTI SMITH and GRACE SLICK — hits stores September 9th. The show will tour museums in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta .

Source rollingstone.com.