2005

New Jersey-based national touring act Railroad Earth has announced it will play a four-night run of shows in December with Honkytonk Homeslice (Bill Nershi of String Cheese Incident and Jilian Nershi). The shows signal a growing kinship with the SCI family; Railroad Earth has teamed up with SCI

NYC’s Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden jointly hosted

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy will spend the bulk of November on a solo tour, which will kick off Nov. 5 in Madison, Wis., and run through Nov. 22 in London. The tour follows a short run of fall Wilco dates, which will finish up Oct. 22 at Brazil’s Tim Festival, as well as the Nov. 1 release of the Wilco live album “Kicking Television.”

A highlight of Tweedy’s itinerary is a Nov. 16-17 stand in New York as part of the first Wall Street Rising concert series. Tickets are free and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Oct. 17 at the Downtown Information Center on Broad Street and Exchange Place.

Nov. 5: Madison, Wis. (Orpheum Theatre)
Nov. 6: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Nov. 8: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan Theater)
Nov. 9: Columbus, Ohio (Southern Theatre)
Nov. 10: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Calvin College Fine Arts Center)
Nov. 12: Grantham, Pa. (Brubaker Auditorium)
Nov. 13: Northampton, Mass. (Calvin Theatre)
Nov. 14: Albany, N.Y. (Empire State Plaza Performing Arts Center)
Nov. 16-17: New York (Tribeca Performing Arts Center)
Nov. 18: Kingston, N.Y. (Ulster Performing Arts Center)
Nov. 22: London (Shepherd’s Bush Empire)

Source: billboard.com

Rock veteran John Mellencamp is among the nominees for a new class of inductees at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, joined by jazz legend Miles Davis, rap pioneers Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five and Blondie.

Cat Stevens is also nominated, along with pioneering punk rock acts the Patti Smith Group, the Sex Pistols and the Stooges.

Southern rock stalwart Lynyrd Skynyrd, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, 1960s beat group Dave Clark Five, Boston-area blues-rockers J. Geils Band, dance masters Chic and Texans Joe Tex, and the Sir Douglas Quintet are also on the ballot.

Source: billboard

Three previously unreleased Nirvana songs will surface November 1st when Geffen/Universal issue Sliver, a compilation of Nirvana rarities and demos. The twenty-two-track CD will be rounded out with material from With the Lights Out, the Nirvana box set released last November.

Sliver marks the first time Frances Bean Cobain, the thirteen-year-old daughter of late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and rocker Courtney Love, has taken an active role in her father’s legacy. “We’re pulling Frances into the family business,” Love told Rolling Stone.

In addition to helping select the title, Frances Bean also played a role in choosing the cover image. “Courtney and I involve Frances in Nirvana/Kurt decisions whenever we can,” says Peter Asher, who manages Love and the Cobain estate. “She’s very perceptive and has cool ideas.”

With the Lights Out was delayed for several years due to legal battles between Love and surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, but there were no such troubles with Sliver.

Source rollingstone.com.