June 2006

Black Keys Serve Up Fall Tour Dates

Akron, Ohio-based rock duo the Black Keys will kick off a fall tour Sept. 6 in Seattle. A European run is sandwiched between two North American legs, which will find the group headlining its biggest venues in such cities as New York (the 2,100-capacity Nokia Theatre) and Philadelphia (the similarly sized Electric Factory).

Having just completed a six-date swing opening for Radiohead, the Black Keys will be touring in support of their fourth studio album, “Magic Potion,” due Sept. 12 as the first in a new deal with Nonesuch.

Whereas 2004’s “Rubber Factory” was named after the converted facility in downtown Akron where it was recorded, the new album was put to tape in drummer Patrick Carney’s home studio. There are plenty of showcases for the duo’s punchy riff-driven interplay, including “Your Touch,” “Give Your Heart Away” and “Modern Times.” But the group also delves into the slower side of the blues on “You’re the One” and the simmering “The Flame,” where frontman Dan Auerbach pleads, “This time I can’t go back / When a heart gets broken as many times / It’s easy to lose track.”

Here are the Black Keys’ tour dates:

Sept. 6: Seattle (Showbox)
Sept. 7: Portland, Ore. (Roseland Theatre)

Sept. 9: San Francisco (Fillmore)
Sept. 13: Los Angeles (Troubadour)
Sept. 14: Hollywood, Calif. (Avalon)
Sept. 15: San Diego (House of Blues)
Sept. 16: Tempe, Ariz. (Marquee Theatre)
Sept. 23: Berlin (Wuhlheide)
Sept. 25: Dublin (Ireland Music Centre)
Sept. 26: Glasgow (ABC)
Sept. 27: Newcastle, England (Northumbria University)
Sept. 28: Leeds, England (Cockpit)
Sept. 30: Birmingham, England (Academy)
Oct. 1: Bristol, England (Bristol University)
Oct. 2: Manchester, England (Manchester University)
Oct. 4: London (Forum)
Oct. 5: Paris (Trabendo)
Oct. 6: Amsterdam (Melkweg)
Oct. 7: Utrecht, Holland (Doornrsje)
Oct. 9: Brussels (AB Box)
Oct. 10: Cologne, Germany (Prime Club)
Oct. 11: Hamburg (Knust)
Nov. 2: Boston (Avalon Ballroom)
Nov. 3: New York (Nokia Theatre)
Nov. 4: Philadelphia (Electric Factory)
Nov. 5-6: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)

Source billboard.com.

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The Who To Webcast Concert For Charity

The Who’s Sunday (July 2) concert at London’s Hyde Park will be broadcast live via the Web and at Hard Rock Cafes in New York, Chicago, Orlando, Hollywood, Fla., Hollywood Ca., Rome, Barcelona and Paris. The Webcast will also be available for a 99 cent download at Thewholive.tv, with all proceeds going toward Pete Townshend’s Double O charity.

The band, which is currently on the European leg of its tour, has made several tracks from each show available on the Web, but the Hyde Park date will mark the first time an entire live set has been offered.

As previously reported, the Who’s new mini-opera, “xx,” is set for release July 10, and a new studio album is currently in the works.

Source billboard.com.

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Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman, Page McConnell Side Projects To Play moe.down

moe. has announced a list of additional artists set to perform at their end of summer festival, moe.down – to be held September 1-3 in Turin, NY. Fresh off a mini tour and Bonnaroo appearance, Mike Gordon will bring Ramble Dove along, and Banyan featuring Stephen Perkins will also play the event. But the debut of a new five-piece, including Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Adam Zimmon, Bob O’Dea and Jared Slomoff is raising the most eyebrows. With 3/4 of the now defunct Phish performing, attendance is sure to increase over past years.

Other bands scheduled to appear are:
Umphrey’s Mcgee
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
The Avett Brothers
U-Melt
Toubab Krewe
Pat McClimans Group
Before Cowboys
Mike Rocklin
with more bands to be announced.

Tickets are on sale now at moe.ticketing

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Creedence Clearwater Revisited Plans Summer And Fall Tours

Creedence Clearwater Revival founding members and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford have announced summer and fall concerts to be performed by their band Creedence Clearwater Revisited. The two former members of the legendary group Creedence Clearwater Revival launched the Creedence Clearwater Revisited project to once again perform live Creedence Clearwater Revival hits – the touchstones of a generation. The 2006 summer and fall tour will take the group around the United States and Canada, highlighted by appearances at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, two nights at Detroit’s DTE Energy Music Amphitheater, both the Ventura and Los Angeles County Fairs and Woodstock, New Brunswick’s Classic Rock Festival.

Creedence Clearwater Revisited also includes lead singer/rhythm guitar player John Tristao (who initially rose to prominence as lead singer for the band People when their hit “I Love You” bulleted into the Top Ten), lead guitarist Tal Morris (whom Huey Lewis describes as “the quintessential Bay Area guitar prodigy”) and multi instrumentalist Steve Gunner. As Cook puts it, “Steve Gunner provides live all the overdubs that were on the records – keyboard, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica and he sings the high harmonies.”

Creedence Clearwater Revisited’s album “Recollection” (Hip-O/Universal Records) is on track for Platinum RIAA certification this fall.

Hollywood Reporter critic John Lappen described a Creedence Clearwater Revisited concert as “. an amazing list of hit after hit that was done serious justice by the players involved. The cheering crowd had big smiles and whoops of joy at hearing live some of the best American rock ever written and recorded.”

Creedence Clearwater Revisited’s tour stops are:

06/29/06 Harrah’s N. Kansas City, MO
06/30/06 Riverboat Days – Riverview Park Clinton, IA
07/01/06 Montana State Fairgrounds Billings, MT
07/02/06 Parlee Beach Shediac, New Brunswick, CAN
07/04/06 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
07/06/06 Penn’s Peak Jim Thorpe, PA
07/07/06 Dover Down Dover, DE
07/08/06 St. George Theatre Staten Island, NY
07/09/06 North Folk Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY
07/10/06 Mohegan Sun Uncasville, CT
07/12/06 Chesaning Showboat Chesaning, MI
07/13/06 DTE Energy Music Amphitheater Clarkston, MI
07/14/06 DTE Energy Music Amphitheater Clarkston, MI
07/15/06 Jacques Cartier Park Sherbrooke, Quebec, CAN
07/21/06 Halfway Jam Festival Royalton, MN
07/22/06 Horny Toad Lake Ozark, MO
07/23/06 Jesse Auditorium Columbia, MO
07/24/06 Northlands Park Edmonton, Alberta, CAN
08/03/06 The Oregon Garden Silverton, OR
08/04/06 River Rock Richmond, British Columbia, CAN
08/05/06 River Rock Richmond, British Columbia, CAN
08/10/06 Ventura County Fairgrounds Ventura, CA
08/11/06 Hutchins Street Square Theatre Lodi, CA
08/12/06 Viejas Concerts In The Park Alpine, CA
08/18/06 Havelock Country Jamboree Havelock, Ontario, CAN
08/19/06 Woodstock Raceway Woodstock, New Brunswick, CAN
09/01/06 Sam’s Town Robinsonville, MS
09/15/06 Riverwind Goldsby, OK
09/16/06 State Capitol Grounds Pierre, SD
09/17/06 Welk Resort Theatre Branson, MO
09/20/06 Western Washington Fairgrounds Puyallup, WA
09/22/06 Los Angeles County Fairgrounds Pomona, CA
09/23/06 Konocti Harbor Kelseyville, CA
09/24/06 Historic Mountain Winery Saratoga, CA
10/7/06 Dixie Bowl St. George, UT
10/27/06 Colusa Indian Bingo & Casino Colusa, CA
10/28/06 Flamingo Hilton Laughlin, NV

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Sleater-Kinney Going On Indefinite Hiatus

Esteemed indie rock trio Sleater-Kinney is going on an indefinite hiatus and has no plans for “future tours or recordings,” according to a statement released by its label, Sub Pop. The group will play five final shows this summer, culminating Aug. 4 at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.

“We feel lucky to have had the support of many wonderful people over the years,” the band said. “We want to thank everyone who has worked with us, written kind words about us, performed with us, and inspired us.”

But mostly we want to extend our gratitude to our amazing fans,” the statement continued. “You have been a part of our story from the beginning. We could not have made our music without your enthusiasm, passion, and loyalty. It is you who have made the entire journey worthwhile.”

After spending its entire career on Kill Rock Stars, the band’s lone release for Sub Pop, 2005’s “The Woods,” was regarded by many as the best of its career. The set debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Independent Albums chart and has sold 73,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Guitarist/vocalist Corin Tucker previously told Billboard.com the group nearly split before it recorded “The Woods.” “It was very frustrating,” she said. “It was like, ‘Ugh, I don’t know if we’re going to make another record.’ It was definitely a weird, tenuous journey for this record. I think [album track] ‘Entertain’ is definitely the song that was great. We kind of clung to that song like, ‘Okay, we’ve written this one really great song and there’s got to be more in there somewhere’ but we all had to get there.”

Here are Sleater-Kinney’s tour dates:

July 29: Louisville (Mellwood Arts Center)
July 31: Philadelphia (Starlight Ballroom)
Aug. 1: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Aug. 2: New York (Webster Hall)
Aug. 4: Chicago (Grant Park; Lollapalooza)

Source billboard.com.

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Arcade Fire Working On New Sounds

Canadian rock outfit the Arcade Fire has 15 songs recorded for the follow-up to its 2004 breakthrough, “Funeral,” according to a post from Win Butler on the band’s Web site. “We have maybe 15 songs with little bits left to record and a few more we want to get to tape,” he wrote. “We are going to try and record a couple of songs in me and Regine [Chassagne]’s living room, because the drums sound so great in there.”

The group is also incorporating new instrumentation in the mix, including “a huge f*cking pipe organ” that will appear on two songs. In early July, violinist Owen Pallet, who records under the name Final Fantasy, will join the band at its Montreal studio.

Butler adds, “There is talk of recording a few songs with a full orchestra in Budapest. The next couple of weeks we will be pulling our hair out.” The group recently took time out from recording to attend one of Radiohead’s shows in Montreal and hit the town with bassist Colin Greenwood and guitarist Ed O’Brien.

Source billboard.com.

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Kaki King To Begin NYC Residency

In support of her upcoming third album, …Until We Felt Red, New York guitarist Kaki King is excited to announce a residency at The Living Room, where she will be performing new material every Wednesday night in July.

Over the last few years, Kaki has enjoyed the well-earned status as the zeit-girl of instrumental acoustic guitar; a gifted young ing

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