June 8, 2006

Indie rock acts Wolf Parade and Frog Eyes will team for a host of North American tour dates later this summer, beginning Aug. 4 in Ottawa, Ontario. Wolf Parade vocalist/keyboardist Spencer Krug will be pulling double duty at the shows, having rejoined Frog Eyes earlier this year after an extended break from the group.

Here are Wolf Parade/Frog Eyes

Los Angeles band Particle will give North American audiences a taste of its new sound this summer, with tour dates booked into early October.
The concerts include June and July dates in the Western U.S., with Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland on the map for August. A cross-country run is booked for September, followed by dates in Ohio and North Carolina the following month.
The group will be joined by the U.K.’s Ozric Tentacles for a handful of shows in mid-July. The itinerary also includes gigs with Soulive and Blues Traveler.
The band will be playing Street Scene in San Diego on July 4, and the very next day they’re at Lollapalooza in Chicago. Two more prestigious festival stops – Bumbershoot in Seattle and Summerfest in Milwaukee – are also on the schedule.
Particle – which fuses rock, funk and electronic elements into a jammy style it calls “funktronic” – added vocals for the first time last year with the addition of new members Ben Combe and Scott Metzger, who both play guitar and sing.
Combe and Metzger replaced former guitarist Charlie Hitchcock, who either left or was kicked out in early 2005, depending who you ask.
In July, the band will release a double-disc concert CD and full-length DVD titled Transformations Live, which documents its first shows as a five-piece earlier this year.

Source pollstar.com.

As noted on the John Brown’s Body official website, bassist Scott Palmer has lost his battle to cancer, and passed away Wednesday afternoon.

“Our bass player Scott Palmer passed away today at 12noon. As you may know, Scott was diagnosed with cancer in January of this year. As the bass player for JBB since 2002, Scott was immediately a family member within JBB, blessing us with his great warmth, humor, charm, and of course monstrous bass playing. We are sad beyond words to have lost him today. Condolensces can be sent to Scott’s family:

Mr. and Mrs. Vince Palmer PO Box 148 Pultneyville N.Y. 14538

R.I.P. Scottie – we love you.”

johnbrownsbody.com

Vegoose.com has announced the dates of this year’s event. Moving to a weeklong festival, this year shows will take place starting October 27th and running straight through Halloween.

Details on headliners and a full artist line-up have not yet been revealed.

The debut event last year held at Sam Boyd Stadium included Dave Matthews and Friends, Widespread Panic, Jack Johnson, Beck, Phil Lesh and many others.

Stay tuned to vegoose.com for more info