Approximately 5,000 fans attended the Wanee Music Festival held Friday and Saturday, April 14 and 15, in Live Oak, Florida at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park.
Just who is Gnarls Barkley anyway? The play on the former burly Sixers and Suns forward is actually a collaboration between the acclaimed Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo from Goodie Mob. Whether you knew that or not, you
With their debut album having hit stores on May 16, the Raconteurs have lined up a summer North American tour kicking off July 16 in Denver. The trek in support of the Third Man/V2 set “Broken Boy Soldiers” also includes a previously announced Aug. 4 appearance at Lollapalooza in Chicago.
Beforehand, the Raconteurs will play a one-off June 7 show in Los Angeles and a host of European summer festival dates, beginning June 21 at the Wireless Festival in London. In addition, the group will greet fans Thursday at Tower Records in New York’s East Village.
“Broken Boy Soldiers” is led by the single “Steady, As She Goes,” which rises 5-4 this week on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart.
Here are the Raconteurs’ tour dates:
June 7: Los Angeles (Music Box)
June 21: London (Hyde Park)
June 24: Scheesel, Germany (Hurricane Festival)
July 1: Werchter, Belgium (Rock Werchter Festival)
July 5: Kristiansand, Norway (Quart Festival)
July 16: Denver (Fillmore Auditorium)
July 18: Tempe, Ariz. (Marquee Theatre)
July 19: San Diego (Soma)
July 21: Los Angeles (Wiltern Theatre
July 23: San Francisco (Warfield Theatre)
July 25: Portland, Ore. (Roseland Theatre)
July 26: Vancouver (Malkin Bowl)
July 27: Seattle (Moore Theatre)
Aug. 3: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Aug. 4: Chicago (Lollapalooza)
Aug. 5: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Michigan Theatre)
Aug. 6: Cleveland (House of Blues)
Aug. 26: Reading, England (Reading Festival)
Aug. 27: Leeds, England (Leeds Festival)
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A typically eclectic crew of artists will perform in the coming months as part of the SummerStage series in New York’s Central Park. Among the acts set for free performances are Rhett Miller with Teddy Thompson and Ollabelle, Feist, Antibalas and Seu Jorge with Jose Gonzalez and DJ Cut Chemist.
Other highlights of the free series include a July 16 triple-bill with Amadou & Mariam, Daby Toure and Birdy Nam Nam, a July 19 visit from the Upright Citizens Brigade with appearances by Todd Barry, David Cross and Amy Pohler, a rare live set from Edie Brickell and New Bohemians (July 28) and a star-studded July 30 hip-hop show with Lady Sovereign, Jean Grae and Pete Rock.
SummerStage will also host several high-profile benefits, beginning June 28 with Bonnie Raitt and Keb’ Mo’. Shows will follow from Ani DiFranco (July 13), Galactic and Umphrey’s McGee (July 20), Fiona Apple and Damien Rice (July 26) and Calexico, the New Pornographers and the Frames (Aug. 3).
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Originally due last December, the Pink Floyd live DVD “Pulse” will now hit stores June 27 via Columbia. The project was originally released on home video in 1995 in conjunction with a double-disc CD set of the same name. The film chronicles the band’s 1994 tour in support of the album “The Division Bell,” which turned out to be its last.
The material here was taped during a 14-night run at London’s Earl’s Court and is highlighted by the first complete performance of the 1973 album “Dark Side of the Moon,” which can be found on the second disc. The first disc features a blend of older hits (“Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2,” “Learning To Fly”) and material from “The Division Bell” (“Keep Talking,” “Take It Back”).
Among the bonus features are the back-screen stage projections used during the 1994 and 1987 tours, plus music videos for a host of “Division Bell” tracks, the off-stage documentary “Goodbye To Life As We Know It” and Floyd’s performance of “Wish You Were Here” with Billy Corgan at its 1996 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Meanwhile, Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour will tape a live DVD of his own during his May 29-30 stand at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The project is expected to be out before the end of the year.
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Riverside has set a June 27 release date for a double-disc collection featuring the brief 1957 studio collaboration between Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. “The Complete 1957 Riverside gs” boasts 20 tracks, including previously unreleased alternate takes of “Abide With Me” and “Crepuscle With Nellie.”
Also featured is the first stereo version of “Blues for Tomorrow,” which has previously only been available in mono. There are two versions of “Ruby, My Dear,” one with a solo from Coltrane and the other featuring tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.
The album will come with a sheet of promotional collectable stamps as well as liner notes from original session producer Orin Keepnews.
Monk and Coltrane’s six-month stint together is regarded as one of the most important in jazz history, but the recorded evidence of it is sparse at best. Last year, an oft-bootlegged concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall was released by Blue Note after the master tapes were discovered in the Library of Congress.
Here is the track list for “The Complete 1957 Riverside Recordings”:
Disc one:
“Monk’s Mood” (false start)
“Monk’s Mood”
“Crepuscle With Nellie” (take 1)
“Crepuscle With Nellie” (take 2)
“Crepuscle With Nellie” (breakdown)
“Blues for Tomorrow” (stereo)
“Crepuscle With Nellie” (edited: re-takes 4 and 5)
“Crepuscle With Nellie” (re-take 6)
“Off Minor” (take 4)
“Off Minor” (take 5)
Disc two:
“Abide With Me” (take 1)
“Abide With Me”
“Epistrophy” (short version)
“Epistrophy”
“Well, You Needn’t” (opening)
“Well, You Needn’t”
“Ruby, My Dear” (with Coleman Hawkins)
“Ruby, My Dear” (with John Coltrane)
“Nutty”
“Trinkle, Tinkle”
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According to ET, after almost four years of marriage, Paul McCartney and wife Heather Mills have separated.
The former couple released the following statement Wednesday, “Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways. Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain a normal relationship with constant intrusion into our private lives, and we have actively tried to protect the privacy of our child.
Separation for any couple is difficult enough, but to have to go through this so publicly, especially with a small daughter is immensely stressful. We hope, for the sake of our baby daughter that we will be given some space and time to get through this difficult period.”
Source: et.tv.yahoo.com
