New York-based 33Hz quartet openly embraces the years, somewhere between 1979 and 1982, when disco shed its cheese and began its transformation into a full-bodied, danceable pop.
The Allman Brothers Band are set to release American University 12/13/70, on Sanctuary Records, July 12th, 2005. Recorded live at American University, the performances features the band’s original line up of Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Jaimoe and Butch Trucks.
Tracklisting:
1. Statesboro Blues
2. Trouble No More
3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
4. Leave My Blues At Home
5. Stormy Monday
6. You Don’t Love Me
7. Whippin’ Post
Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled dates for their previously announced fall tour. The outing will begin Sept. 16 in San Diego and has shows on tap through Nov. 3 at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Additional dates are expected to be added.
Nine Inch Nails recently wrapped a North American tour with Dresden Dolls and is now immersed in international festival and headlining dates through August. Queens Of The Stone Age is touring Europe through July 10 in Dublin and will resume Aug. 17 in Portugal.
Here are NIN/QOTSA’s tour dates:
Sept. 16: San Diego (Cox Arena)
Sept. 17: Tucson, Ariz. (TCC Arena)
Sept. 19: Phoenix (America West Arena)
Sept. 20: Fresno, Calif. (Selland Arena)
Sept. 23: Seattle (Key Arena)
Sept. 24: Portland, Ore. (Rose Garden)
Sept. 26: Vancouver (Pacific Coliseum)
Sept. 28: Sacramento, Calif. (Arco Arena)
Sept. 30: Oakland, Calif. (Oakland Coliseum)
Oct. 1: Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl)
Oct. 4: Salt Lake City (E Center)
Oct. 5: Denver (Pepsi Arena)
Oct. 7: Chicago (Allstate Arena)
Oct. 8: Detroit (Joe Louis Arena)
Oct. 9: Cleveland (Gund Arena)
Oct. 11: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
Oct. 13: Madison, Wis. (Alliant Energy Center)
Oct. 14: St. Louis (Savvis Center)
Oct. 16: San Antonio (SBC Center)
Oct. 17: Dallas (American Airlines Arena)
Oct. 19: Houston (Toyota Center)
Oct. 21: Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville Arena)
Oct. 22: Tampa, Fla. (St. Pete Times Forum)
Oct. 24: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (Office Depot Center)
Oct. 25: Orlando, Fla. (TD Waterhouse Centre)
Oct. 27: Atlanta (Philips Arena)
Oct. 29: New Orleans (Voodoo Music Experience)
Oct. 31: Nashville (Gaylord Entertainment Center)
Nov. 2: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center)
Nov. 3: New York (Madison Square Garden)
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Source billboard.com.
Pop superstar Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all counts of his child molestation trial today (June 13) in Santa Maria, Calif. Jackson, 46, had been charged with molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor in 2003, serving him wine and conspiring to hold the boy and his family hostage at his Neverland estate in order to get them to rebut a television documentary.
The jury listened to 14 weeks of testimony and deliberated for parts of seven days before settling on a verdict today.
In the documentary, “Living With Michael Jackson,” Jackson was shown holding hands with the accuser. He also said he allowed children to sleep in his bed but that it was non-sexual.
The accusations hammered home how far Jackson’s career has fallen since the mid-1980s, when he became the most adored pop star in the world via such iconic albums as “Thriller” and “Bad.” The prosecution, led by District Attorney Thomas Sneddon, portrayed him as a serial pedophile that utilized Neverland to lure young boys into acts of molestation.
The defense’s case centered on discrepancies in the testimony of the accuser and his mother, who was made out to be a con artist that cooked up the accusations in retaliation for being cut off from Jackson’s good graces.
Source billboard.com.
The Supreme Court refused to hear a copyright-infringement lawsuit brought by a jazz flutist against the New York-based rap-rock trio, claiming the Beasties failed to obtain proper permission to sample a piece of his music for their tune “Pass the Mic.”
The decision by the nation’s highest judicial authority to pass on the case means a ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will stand as the last word on the case–and that leaves the Beasties victorious.
Per the appellate court ruling, the flute-toting James W. Newton didn’t have any legal ground to sue the Beastie Boys. Newton had claimed that though the group paid a fee to license a six-second, three-note stretch of a Newton composition from his music publisher and record company, the trio did not pay him specifically for the underlying rights to the work.
The appeals panel concluded that the jazzy clip used in “Pass the Mic,” a tune off the rappers’ 1992 album, Check Your Head, was not unique enough to warrant an infringement. The court ruled against Newton, despite friend-of-the-court briefs filed on his behalf by the American Composers Forum, the Electronic Music Foundation and Meet the Composer, among other jazz and artists-rights organizations.
Source: yahoo
Coldplay’s third studio album, “X&Y,” opened with the second-highest first week sales tally in British chart history. The Parlophone album, released June 6, debuted at No. 1 on the British album chart with 464,471 over-the-counter sales, according to charts compiler the Official U.K. Charts Company.
Only Oasis’ August 1997 album “Be Here Now” (Big Brother/Sony BMG) — with 695,761 copies — sold more units in its first week of release. ‘X&Y’ accounted for more than one out of every six albums sold in Britain last week and has already earned triple platinum status there; EMI has shipped more than 900,000 units to retailers.
The set’s debut pushed Oasis’ “Don’t Believe the Truth” (Big Brother) to No. 2, followed by a No. 3 entry for the White Stripes’ “Get Behind Me Satan” (XL Recordings). The new compilation “All Over the World — The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra” (Epic) came in at No. 11 and John Legend’s “Get Lifted” (Columbia) reached a new peak with a 24-12 climb.
Source: Billboard
The Who will perform at the London edition of Live 8, to be held July 2nd in Hyde Park. They join a star-studded lineup that already includes U2, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Elton John, Sting, Coldplay and a one-off reunion of Pink Floyd.
The Who, who haven’t performed in nearly a year, now consist of founding members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, with drummer Zack Starkey, bassist Pino Paladino and keyboardist John “Rabbit” Bundrick.
Townshend is currently juggling a number of projects, including an autobiography entitled Who He?, as well as a long-planned solo project, The Boy Who Heard Music. This activity, unfortunately, has once again delayed a new Who album, provisionally entitled Who2.
Source: RollingStone
My Morning Jacket will release its highly anticipated new album Sept. 20 via ATO/RCA.
The album will feature “10 or 11” songs, although “a couple others are teetering,” drummer Patrick Hallahan says. Three tracks have been unveiled on audiences during recent live shows: “Don Dante,” “What a Wonderful Man” and “Off the Record.”
Hallahan credits the studio debuts of new members Carl Broemel (guitar) and Bo Koster (keyboards), as well as recording outside the group’s usual Kentucky/Indiana homebase, with pushing MMJ in new directions.
“There are a lot of new elements involved,” he says. “You can’t help but have made some changes. It definitely has some cool sounds on it, but it’s a different monster than [2003’s ‘It Still Moves’].” That album debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and has sold more than 127,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Source: Billboard
The surf movie is a hallowed tradition among enthusiasts. Not unlike the ski flick, it is used to get the juices flowing while exciting our inner cravings for liquid. It preys upon our ability to float, glide, slide and ride the substance that sustains life.
Thrill Jockey has signed Television singer/guitarist Tom Verlaine, whose label debut is expected in early 2006. In the meantime, Thrill Jockey is planning a fall reissue of Verlaine’s 1992 instrumental album, “Warm and Cool,” originally released by Rykodisc.
“Warm and Cool” finds the artist backed by Television bassist Fred Smith and drummer Billy Ficca, as well as Patti Smith Band drummer Jay Dee Daugherty and bassist Patrick A. Derivaz. It was released a few months before Television’s self-titled comeback album for Capitol.
The original 14-track album will be expanded with eight bonus tracks that comprise improvised “pieces that could have been much longer but for me had a charm being brief,” Verlaine says in the liner notes.
Television has a handful of European dates on calendar this summer, including appearances next week at the Patti Smith-curated Meltdown Festival in London.
Here are Television’s tour dates:
June 20-21: London (Meltdown Festival)
June 22: Bristol, England (Academy)
June 23: Manchester, England (Academy 2)
July 15: Utrecht, Holland (Tivoli)
July 16: Mons, Belgium (Dour Festival)
July 17: Paris (Bataclan)
Source billboard.com.
