September 14, 2005

Les Paul : Les Paul & Friends

Les Paul, famous for his jazz guitar stylings, his invention of the solid body Les Paul electric guitar, and his technological advancements in multi-track recording (a technique that today dominates the recording industry), sits down on Les Paul & Friends with a long list of rock n’ roll kings like Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, Sting, Sam Cooke, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Perry, SteveMiller and more. The possibilities here should be promising.

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First Wilco Live Album Due In November

Wilco has set a Nov. 1 release for the Nonesuch concert document “Kicking Television — Live in Chicago.” The double-disc set stitches together 23 tracks from four May performances at the Vic Theatre in the group’s hometown, marking the first official release of live material from Wilco’s latest lineup.

“Kicking Television” focuses on material from the group’s acclaimed 2004 album, “A Ghost Is Born,” including “Company in My Back,” “Muzzle of Bees,” “Spiders (Kidsmoke),” “Handshake Drugs,” “Hell Is Chrome” and “At Least That’s What You Said.”

The Jeff Tweedy-led band also reaches back for such oldies as “Misunderstood” and “Via Chicago,” the “A Ghost Is Born” rarity from which the album takes its name and “One by One” and “Airline to Heaven” from its collaborative albums with Billy Bragg. The set closes with a cover of Charles Wright’s “Comment.”

Wilco has a handful of shows on tap this fall, including a Sunday (Sept. 18) appearance at Farm Aid just outside Chicago and an Oct. 15 support slot in Atlanta with the Rolling Stones.

Here is track list for “Kicking Television”:

Disc one:
“Misunderstood”
“Company in My Back”
“The Late Greats”
“Hell Is Chrome”
“Handshake Drugs”
“I Am Trying To Break Your Heart”
“Shot in the Arm”
“At Least That’s What You Said”
“Wishful Thinking”
“Jesus, Etc.”
“I’m the Man Who Loves You”
“Kicking Television”

Disc two:
“Via Chicago”
“Hummingbird”
“Muzzle of Bees”
“One by One”
“Airline to Heaven”
“Radio Cure”
“Ashes of American Flags”
“Heavy Metal Drummer”
“Poor Places”
“Spiders (Kidsmoke)”
“Comment”

Here are Wilco’s tour dates:

Sept. 18: Tinley Park, Ill. (Farm Aid)
Sept. 21: Columbia, Mo. (Outdoors on 9th St.)
Sept. 22: Tulsa, Okla. (Cain’s Ballroom)
Sept. 24: Austin, Texas (Stubb’s BBQ)
Sept. 25: Austin, Texas (Austin City Limits)
Oct. 13: Indianapolis (Murat Theatre)
Oct. 14: Asheville, N.C. (Thomas Wolfe Auditorium)
Oct. 15: Atlanta (Philips Arena; w/ Rolling Stones)
Oct. 22: Rio de Janeiro (Tim Festival)

Source billboard.com.

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Jazz Fest Hoping To Return To New Orleans In 2006

New Orleans’ premiere music event, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest), will return next year, according to Randy Phillips of AEG Live, co-producers of Jazz Fest with Festival Productions Inc. (FPI).

“We are going to do a Jazz Fest in ’06,” Phillips tells Billboard.com. “Where, how, with what infrastructure, will all be worked out.” Phillips says the event may take place in New Orleans, depending on the progress of recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, or in a nearby market such as Baton Rouge.

Meanwhile, tales of the demise of New Orleans’ 30-year-old Superdome have been exaggerated, according to officials at SMG, the Philadelphia-based management firm that runs the stadium and adjacent New Orleans Arena.

No venue has been more of a focal point during Katrina than the Superdome, which provided refuge for some 24,000 evacuees for six days before they were relocated. But the Superdome suffered so much damage, including losing much of its roof, that some media reports have stated the venue will never re-open.

“Any comment relative to the future of the dome that somebody states with any certainty is not based upon any factual evidence,” SMG senior VP of stadiums and arenas Glenn Mon tells Billboard.com. “First of all, structurally we believe the building is sound.”

Mon saw the Superdome firsthand on Labor Day, and says it will take at least 45-60 days to assess the damage. “The dome is damaged, let there be no doubt about it,” he says. “We’ve got a couple of large holes in the roof where the ventilation system flew off, obviously the skin blew off and was ripped and torn. We’ve taken an awful lot of water infiltration into the facility.”

Source billboard.com.

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Waits, Matthews, Anastasio, Mayer & The Meters To Play MSG For Radio City Benefit

Tom Waits, Dave Matthews, Trey Anastasio, John Mayer Trio, Joss Stone and the Meters have signed on for a Sept. 20 benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. The event will be held simultaneously with a previously announced benefit at the city’s Madison Square Garden.

Also on the bill for the Radio City show are Galactic with the Mardi Gras Indians and Ray Lamontagne. Tickets go on sale Thursday (Sept. 15) via Ticketmaster.

Meanwhile, a host of top acts have joined the bill for the Madison Square Garden event, including Simon & Garfunkel, who will be making their first live appearance since the July 2004 conclusion of their Old Friends reunion tour.

They will be flanked by new additions Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, Kermit Ruffins, Irma Thomas, Clarence “Frogman” Henry, Dave Bartholomew and Troy “Tromboneshorty” Andrews. Among the previously announced acts are Elton John, Jimmy Buffett, John Fogerty, Lenny Kravitz, Ry Cooder, Stevie Nicks, Fats Domino and Bette Midler.

Although organizers say Rod Stewart has dropped off the bill “due to injury,” a spokesperson for the artist says he will be recovering from shoulder surgery and has been advised by doctors not to return to the stage just yet.

Proceeds will be donated to such organizations as the Bush Clinton Katrina Fund, Habitat for Humanity, the MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund and the Children’s Health Fund.

Source billboard.com.

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RAQ Adds Southern Dates To Fall Tour

RAQ, the electrifying rock quartet from Burlington, Vermont who starts their eight week tour tomorrow, September 14th, at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA has added more dates to the southern leg. Highlights added include an after WSP show at the Surf Caf

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Phil Lesh ‘Shadow Of The Moon’ Tour

Phil Lesh has assembled his newest friends for a fall tour entitled “Shadow Of The Moon.” Along with Lesh and Chris Robinson, Jimmy Herring, John Molo, Mookie Seigel and Barry Sless will make up the band for this primarily east coast tour. Strangely absent are New York City and Philadelphia stops, but dates in NYC and Philly are expected for early 2006.

Full tour dates are available at: phillesh.net

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Pearl Jam To Play Rare Club Show For Katrina Benefit

Pearl Jam has tacked on an additiona date to its fall North American tour that will serve as a benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The group will play a rare club show Oct. 5 at Chicago’s House of Blues, tickets for which are $1,000 and go on sale Saturday (Sept. 17). All net proceeds will benefit Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross and the Jazz Foundation of America.

According to a spokesperson, it is not yet known if the show will feature additional acts or be available for download from Pearl Jam’s recently launched digital ailable for download from Pearl Jam’s recently launched digital bootleg store.

Meanwhile, the Roots have rounded up Jill Scott, TV On The Radio and Deerhoof for a Friday concert at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center. The artists will be donating their performance fees to the NAACP’s hurricane relief program on behalf of Moveon.org Civic Action’s HurricaneHousing.org.

The show will also feature the TBC Brass Band, whose members were evacuated to Dallas, Atlanta, Houston and Sacramento, Calif., in the wake of Katrina.

As first reported here, the Roots are being pursued by Def Jam president/CEO Jay-Z to be the first signing to his new Def Jam Left imprint.

Also just announced for a Katrina benefit on Sept. 22 at Los Angeles Wiltern LG are Tenacious D, the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Queens Of The Stone Age leader Josh Homme with Jesse “The Devil” Hughes, Fiona Apple and comedians David Cross and Sarah Silverman. Tickets go on sale Friday at noon local time via Ticketmaster.

Source billboard.com.

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Kanye West Confirms Fall Tour

As first reported here earlier this month, Kanye West will launch a fall tour with Common, Fantasia and Keyshia Cole. The Touch the Sky trek will begin Oct. 11 in Miami and run through Dec. 11 in Vancouver, and includes multiple-night stands at New York’s Theatre at Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre.

“I love performing,” West recently told Billboard. “I love the feeling of these tracks playing, getting the opportunity to hear them really loud and see what’s connecting with people the most.”

West is the hottest artist in the country right now, boasting the No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 with “Late Registration.” The Island/Def Jam set has already sold more than 1.14 million copies in just two weeks. Tomorrow, he will also begin a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Gold Digger” featuring Jamie Foxx.

Here are Kanye West’s tour dates:

Oct. 11: Miami (Convocation Center)
Oct. 12: Tampa, Fla. (Superdome)
Oct. 13: Gainesville, Fla. (O’Connell Center)
Oct. 15: Greenville, S.C. (Bi-Lo Center)
Oct. 16: Knoxville, Tenn. (Thompson-Boling Arena)
Oct. 18: Columbia, Mo. (Mizzou Arena)
Oct. 19: Champaign, Ill. (Assembly Hall)
Oct. 21: Buffalo, N.Y. (Alumni Arena)
Oct. 22: Detroit (Fox Theater)
Oct. 23: city/venue TBA
Oct. 26: Kingston, R.I. (Ryan Center)
Oct. 28: University Park, Pa. (Bryce Jordan Center)
Oct. 29: Cleveland (CSU Convocation Center)
Oct. 30: Fairfax, Va. (Patriot Center)
Oct. 31: Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center)
Nov. 2-3: New York (Theatre at Madison Square Garden)
Nov. 4: Baltimore (First Mariner Arena)
Nov. 5: Hampton, Va. (Coliseum)
Nov. 6: Philadelphia (Liacouris Center)
Nov. 8: Pittsburgh (AJ Palumbo Center)
Nov. 9: Toronto (ACC)
Nov. 11: East Lansing, Mich. (Breslin Center)
Nov. 12: Chicago (Rosemont Theater)
Nov. 13: city/venue TBA
Nov. 14: Evanston, Ill. (Welsh Ryan Arena)
Nov. 15: Carbondale, Ill. (SIU Arena)
Nov. 17: Atlanta (Gwinnett Center)
Nov. 18: Greensboro, N.C. (Coliseum)
Nov. 19: Statesboro, Ga. (GSU)
Nov. 20: Birmingham (BJCC)
Nov. 22: Oklahoma City (Ford Center)
Nov. 23: Memphis (Mid-South Coliseum)
Nov. 25: Houston (Reliant Arena)
Nov. 26: Dallas (Nokia Live)
Nov. 27: Kansas City, Mo. (Kemper Arena)
Nov. 29: Denver (Magness Arena)
Dec. 1: Phoenix (Dodge Theater)
Dec. 2: San Diego (Cox Arena/RIMAC)
Dec. 3-4: Los Angeles (Universal Amphitheatre)
Dec. 6: San Francisco (Bill Graham Civic Auditorium)
Dec. 7: Las Vegas (venue TBA)
Dec. 9: Portland, Ore. (Memorial Coliseum)
Dec. 10: Seattle (Everett Event Center)
Dec. 11: Vancouver (GM Place)

Source billboard.com.

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