February 23, 2006

George Clinton & Parliament / Funkadelic are starting their spring tour on February 27, 2006. The monthlong tour includes stops in Washington D.C., New York City, Providence New Haven, Worcester, Atlantic City, Burlington VT, Baltimore, Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati and Philadelphia.

Mon 02/27/2006 Washington, D.C.: Nightclub 9:30
Tue 02/28/2006 New York City, NY: B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
Wed 03/01/2006 Providence, RI: Lupo’s
Fri 03/03/2006 New Haven, CT: Toad’s Place
Sat 03/04/2006 Worcester, MA: Palladium
Sun 03/05/2006 Atlantic City, NJ: House of Blues
Tue 03/07/2006 Burlington, VT: Higher Ground
Thu 03/09/2006 Allentown, PA: Crocodile Rock Cafe
Fri 03/10/2006 Baltimore, MD: Rams Head
Sat 03/11/2006 Sayerville, NJ: Starland Ballroom
Sun 03/12/2006 Farmingdale, NY: Crazy Donkey
Wed 03/15/2006 Chicago, IL: House of Blues
Fri 03/17/2006 Traverse City, MI: Streeters
Sat 03/18/2006 Columbus, OH: PromoWest Lifestyle Communities Pavilion
Sun 03/19/2006 Cincinnati, OH: Bogart’s
Tue 03/21/2006 Madison, WI: Orpheum
Wed 03/22/2006 Indianapolis, IN: Music Mill

See georgeclinton.com for more info.

From the start, the deeply soulful sounds of the American South helped inspire Morrison to one of the most enduring and consistently impressive careers in music history. For forty-years, he

Seldom seen but often gossiped about Guns N’ Roses is set to play the RDS Arena in Dublin, Ireland, June 9 and at the Download Festival in Donington, England, on June 11.

The Dublin gig also features Motley Crue. Tickets go on sale February 25 through Ticketmaster and the usual outlets. Guns N’ Roses’ last Irish concert was at Slane Castle in May 1992.

Tickets are already on sale for the Download Festival. The three-day event will see Metallica headline on June 12. Other artists confirmed include The Prodigy, Deftones, Korn, Lacuna Coil, Clutch, and Hatebreed.

The GNR touring lineup hasn’t been announced – at least not by Axl Rose. There have been a lot of Internet forum posts about the classic GNR band-mates reuniting to perform but that seems unlikely, even under the most ideal circumstances.

The real questions are: Is the incredibly long-time-coming album ever going to see the light of day, and can a tour happen without the drama and trauma that has surrounded the last several efforts to get the band in front of its fans?

Earlier this year, Rose told Rolling Stone that GNR would finally release the Chinese Democracy album this year. A number of tour dates have been talked about – including a Rock in Rio Lisbon stop and summer festival dates in Italy, Germany and Austria. So far, only the Dublin and Donington concerts have been confirmed.

Source pollstar.com.