2005

Muse have confirmed the details of their forthcoming ‘Absolution Tour’ DVD.

Shot during their 2004 jaunt, the film features re-edited and re-mastered footage from the band’s headlining Glastonbury performance.

Additionally there is new, previously unseen footage from the London’s Earls Court, Wembley Arena and the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

The ‘Absolution Tour’ DVD is released on December 12.

Source NME.com.

Musicians from across the country are teaming up on a new album. The CD project is dedicated to assisting hurricane disaster efforts.

Capitol recording group Supergrass has unveiled plans for their next North American tour. The much-beloved Britpop pioneers – whose acclaimed fifth album, “ROAD TO ROUEN,” arrived in September – are set to land on these shores early next year for a 15-date trek, kicking off on February 6th in Toronto.

While Supergrass recently heralded the release of the surprising and subtle “ROAD TO ROUEN” with an international acoustic tour, the upcoming itinerary will see the band performing in all their electric splendor. The recent series of low-key dates drew high praise for their inventiveness and stagecraft. “Wherever they go, Supergrass bring a little sunshine with them,” raved Mojo’s Pat Gilbert of the band’s performance at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. “(Supergrass is) one of the glorious little pop bands on this planet, whichever city their sun is shining on.”

For full dates see: supergrass.com

After finishing up a lengthy European tour, the creatures of Animal Collective are marching out of the forest and into the big cities of North America. They will play a few U.S. shows later this month, before spending December and January in hibernation. Hopefully re-establishing Groundhog Day, the collective will emerge from its lair in February for several scattered performances, many more of which are to be announced soon.

11-10 Berlin, Germany – Volksbuhne *
11-12 Utrecht, Netherlands – SJU Jazz Podium *
11-13 Arhus, Denmark – Voxhall *
11-14 Goteberg, Sweden – Nefertiti *
11-15 Stockholm, Sweden – Sodra Teatern *
11-16 Malmo, Sweden – Chokladfabriken *
11-20 New York, NY – Webster Hall $
11-21 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall %
11-22 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre @
02-21 Boston, MA – Paradise
02-22 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa
02-23 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Place
02-24 Lansing, MI – Temple Club
02-25 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium
03-01 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
03-02 Vancouver, British Columbia – Richard’s on Richards
03-20 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel

Source pitchforkmedia.com.

Nellie McKay will return Jan. 3 with her sophomore Columbia album, “Pretty Little Head.” As previously reported, the 16-track set features collaborations with k.d. lang (“we had it right”) and Cyndi Lauper (“Beecharmer”), as well as first single “Real Life.”

“Pretty Little Head” is the follow-up to McKay’s 2003 double-disc debut album, “Get Away From Me.” That set peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and has sold 104,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

On the same day as the new album’s release, Columbia will issue the DVD “Live at the Independent,” recorded in November 2004 in San Francisco. The 24-song performance boasts two songs from “Pretty Little Head”: “GLADD” and “Columbia’s Bleeding.”

Meanwhile, McKay is gearing up star as Polly Peachum in a new Broadway version of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s “The Threepenny Opera,” which will open in April. The translation was provided by Wallace Shawn; Alan Cumming and Edie Falco will also star.

Beforehand, six of her songs will be heard in the Rob Reiner film “Rumor Has It,” which opens Christmas Day in U.S. theaters. McKay will also return to concert duty for shows Nov. 29-30 at Los Angeles’ Troubadour and Largo and Dec. 5-6 at New York’s Makor and Mercury Lounge.

Here is the track list for “Pretty Little Head”:

“Cupcake”
“Pink Chandelier”
“Big One”
“GES”
“Beecharmer” featuring Cyndi Lauper
“Columbia’s Bleeding”
“Tipperary”
“Real Life”
“we had it right” featuring k.d. lang
“I Will Be There”
“I Am Nothing”
“Long and Lazy River”
“Down Low”
“There You Are in Me”
“GLADD”
“Happy Flower”

Source billboard.om.

Singer/songwriter Ryan Adams is following through on his pledge to release three separate albums this year. On the heels of May’s “Cold Roses” and September’s “Jacksonville City Nights,” the series will conclude with “29,” due Dec. 20 via Lost Highway.

While the first two projects were credited to Adams and his new band, the Cardinals, “29” is billed as a solo album. The set was produced by longtime collaborator Ethan Johns and features contributions from the Cardinals’ J.P. Bowersock as well as bassist Jennifer Condos, who previously played on Adams’ “Gold.”

The ambitious 2005 release slate has generated significant sales for the artist. “Cold Roses” has moved more than 123,000 units, while “Jacksonville City Nights” has shifted more than 57,000. Adams’ best-selling release to date is 2001’s “Gold,” which has moved nearly 350,000 copies.

Adams will play a two-night stand beginning tomorrow (Nov. 16) with Willie Nelson at New York’s Beacon Theatre, and will then headline his own gig Friday at the city’s new Tribeca Performing Arts Center as part of the Wall Street Rising concert series.

Here is the track list for “29”:

“29”
“Strawberry Wine”
“Night Birds”
“Blue Sky Blues”
“Carolina Rain”
“Starlite Diner”
“The Sadness”
“Elizabeth, You Were Born To Play That Part”
“Voices”

Source .

Originally planned for release earlier this year and then bumped to December, the soundtrack to the OutKast film “Idlewild” has now been removed from LaFace/Jive’s 2005 schedule. Group member Big Boi said over the weekend at the Vibe Awards that it would appear sometime during the first quarter of 2006, but a label spokesperson says there is no confirmed date.

“We’re trying to pick the single right now. It’s all about a gut instinct,” Big Boi said at the Vibe Awards.

The change in the soundtrack’s release date has apparently had a corresponding affect on the roll-out of the movie, which HBO Films was eyeing for early January. A company spokesperson says a new date has yet to be nailed down.

“Idlewild” is set in the 1930s, and Big Boi says that period in history has rubbed off on some of the music. “In our own little way,” he told Billboard.com earlier this summer. “Just with the Ragtime feel. It’s hip-hop. It’s OutKast. It is what we’ve been doing for years. Some songs have a little more piano or whatever, but the whole project was a natural progression from a double CD. It was like, where do we go from here?”

Big Boi stressed, “This is an OutKast album. It isn’t like a soundtrack where we go get this person or that person.”

Source billboard.com.