2005

The Rolling Stones have dropped a double whammy of concert news, announcing plans to perform at Super Bowl XL as well as a mammoth European summer tour.

The group will perform at halftime during the 40th anniversary of the NFL championship, which will take place at Detroit’s Ford Field February 5. The game, watched by 133 million in the U.S. last year, is being broadcast to more than 225 countries and territories.
The Super Bowl performance will take place in the midst of the band’s ongoing tour of North and South America.

The Stones’ Euro tour will kick off May 27 at Barcelona, Spain’s Olympic Stadium, continuing through Western and Eastern Europe for more than three months. More than 30 concerts are confirmed across nearly 20 countries, finishing in the U.K. at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium August 29.

Source: pollstar

The first-ever Burton Progression Parks, developed by Burton and Snow Park Technologies, open at Loon Mountain, NH and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort, CA in December. Featuring smaller versions of pro-size terrain, the groundbreaking parks provide a comfortable, laid-back environment for riders who want to develop terrain park skills.

moe. has announced dates for their winter tour. Scheduled to kickoff in late-January at Boston

The long-awaited return of The New Riders of the Purple Sage has fans in a psychedelic head spin. Original members David Nelson (guitar and vocals) and Buddy Cage (pedal Steel) along with Michael Falzarano (guitar, mandolin and vocals), Johnny Markowski (drums and vocals)and Ronnie Penque (bass and vocals) will treat their fans with their 2nd tour since the reformation of the group. Once called the greatest cosmic, psychedelic-country folk rock & roll band in the universe, the new lineup of NRPS will continue to revive its legendary reputation in early December.

Veterans David Nelson and Buddy Cage have put together a smokin’ band to perform its timeless music to fans both old and new. “David and I will be playing our NRPS catalog,” says Buddy Cage who replaced Jerry Garcia on pedal steel in the band’s earliest lineup in 1971. Original bass player Dave Torbert and drummer Spencer Dryden have passed away and are now a part of the ethereal band. They will undoubtedly be smiling down as their music lives on. Co-founder John Dawson cannot lend his considerable talents due to ongoing health problems although he will be there in spirit.

December Tour:
Wed 7 – Wilberts – Cleveland, OH
Thurs 8 – 123 Pleasant St – Morgantown, WV
Fri 9 – The Pub – Harrisonburg, VA
Sat 10- Station II – Norfolk, VA
Mon 12 – Cary St. Cafe’ – Richmond, VA
Wed 14 – The 8×10 – Baltimore, MD
Thurs 15 – The State Theatre – Falls Church, VA
Fri+Sat 16+17 – Mexicali Blues – Teaneck, NJ

Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols lead the 2006 class of inductees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They will be joined by jazz legend Miles Davis, Southern rock mainstays Lynyrd Skynyrd and New York new wave outfit Blondie for the induction, which will be held March 13 at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

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Electric Six has firmed up a tour for February and March, with much of the U.S. and Canada in the disco-garage-punk band’s crosshairs.

The tour begins February 9 in Toronto and spans the length of the continent, finishing in Milwaukee March 25.

Rock Kills Kid will open on all dates, with Fred Durst proteges She Wants Revenge also appearing through March 6 and Nightmare Of You on the tour’s latter half.

Electric Six visited Australia and New Zealand earlier this year, in addition to North America, and is planning to finish a new album before the new tour starts.

The Detroit natives – who “use stage names because we had a stupid idea one night and now we have to live with it” – have been through approximately four guitar players, four bass players, five keyboard players, and three drummers.

The group is currently a five-piece, comprising Dick Valentine, Tait Nucleus, John R. Dequindre, Johnny Na$hinal and The Colonel.

Source pollstar.com.