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R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has been recording in Seattle with R.E.M. touring drummer Bill Rieflin and King Crimson leader Robert Fripp for a potential album, according to R.E.M.’s Web site.

The group, which also features multi-instrumentalist Hector Zazou, bassist Fred Chalenor and drummer Matt Chamberlain, tested out the material earlier in the week during a show at Seattle’s Crocodile Cafe.

Buck will also rejoin his on-again, off-again side band the Minus 5 for a five-date tour of Spain beginning Nov. 15 in Valencia.

Source billboard.com.

The Derek Trucks Band has set a Feb. 7 release date for its next studio album, “Songlines.” The Columbia album is the group’s first studio set with singer Mike Mattison, who was already in the group when it recorded last year’s concert album, “Live at the Georgia Theatre.”

A selection of new originals (including “I’ll Find My Way,” “Revolution” and the instrumental “Mahjoun”) are augmented by covers that include Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s “Volunteered Slavery,” Nusrat Fateh Ali Kahn’s “Sahib Teri Bandi/Maki Madni” and Toots Hibbert’s “Sailing On,” as well as the traditional “Crow Jane.”

The group has European dates on its schedule through a Nov. 8 show in Hamburg. A U.S. tour opens Nov. 11 in Glenside, Pa., and will run through late January.

Source billboard.com.

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An Announcement from Phil Lesh & Friends

We are thrilled to announce our plans for 3 very special shows at the end of December and for New Year’s Eve. Phil Lesh & Friends will team up with the John Mayer Trio for 3 magical nights of music, culminating with our first San Francisco New Year’s Eve show in many years.

Phil Lesh & Friends featuring Joan Osborne, Jimmy Herring, Barry Sless, Rob Barraco and Jeff Sipe along with the John Mayer Trio will be performing on December 29 at The Fillmore, December 30 at The Warfield Theater, and on December 31 at the Bill Graham Civic Center. We are planning a New Year’s Eve show that would make Bill Graham proud including a special midnight set featuring Phil and John Mayer.

Public on-sale for the San Francisco shows in December will commence on Sunday, November 6 at 10:00 AM. A special limited pre-sale will take place starting on Monday, October 24. Stay tuned for details.

Chances are you’ve heard of MySpace.
The social networking site has ballooned into a multimedia phenomenon, with new and established bands alike promoting themselves through online word-of-mouth like never before.
Now the site has picked five of its best and brightest up-and-coming acts to travel the country for nearly two months on the MySpace Fall Tour, which kicks off in Dallas October 26 at The Door.
Arizona-based road dogs Greeley Estates and San Diego five-piece My American Heart – both fresh off the Vans Warped Tour – top the bill, along with A Change of Pace, Agent Sparks, and The Confession.
The bands’ youthful energy will be put to the test on the packed itinerary, which includes dates in nearly 45 cities. The tour wraps December 16 in Phoenix.
More info – and, of course, sound clips – can be found at myspace.com/falltour.

Source pollstar.com.

Widely regarded as one of Phish’s finest live performances and named one of the “Greatest Concerts of the ’90s” by Rolling Stone, Phish celebrates the 10th Anniversary of their 12/31/95 performance with the release of “Phish: New Year’s Eve 1995 – Live At Madison Square Garden”, in stores December 20th.

“The years just keep sliding by.” Trey said it best during Fly Famous Mockingbird. Phish stormed Madison Square Garden on their annual holiday tour for a night of music, myth, theater and celebration. The Deluxe 3-CD set includes the complete three-set show (27 tracks and more than three and a half hours of music).

Phish.com will be your official Backstage Pass to New Year’s Eve 1995, so keep checking in for exciting announcements in the coming months.