August 24, 2006

Modern rock outfit Modest Mouse will return Dec. 19 with its highly anticipated new Epic album, “We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.”

It’s the follow-up to the band’s 2004 mainstream breakthrough, “Good News for People Who Love Bad News,” which has sold 1.5 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The new album was recorded at Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, Miss., and, as previously tipped here, features the contributions of former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Marr has since become an official member of Modest Mouse and will tour with the band in the future.

For now, the lone confirmed date on Modest Mouse’s schedule is a Nov. 11 appearance at the Bang! Festival in Miami, alongside Duran Duran, Daft Punk, Gnarls Barkley and Tiesto.

Source billboard.com.

Vegoose at Night is a series of nighttime concerts presenting a variety of artists at marquee venues throughout the city starting on Friday, October 27th and running through Halloween night, Tuesday, October 31st. An initial listing of the Vegoose at Night Concert Series is below. Check vegoose.com for updates in the coming weeks.

Ticket availability for these shows will be limited. Those who have purchased tickets to VEGOOSE will be given the first opportunity to purchase tickets to late-night shows in a special pre-sale. The first round of VIP ticket holder pre-sales will start on Wednesday, September 6th. The first round of regular ticket holder pre-sales will start on Saturday, September 9th. Visit vegoose.com for more ticketing info.

Friday Oct. 27th, 2006
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds MGM Grand Garden

Damian “Jr. Gong” MarleyThe Joint – Hard Rock

Keller WilliamsHouse of Blues

Trey Anastasio w/ Robert Randolph & The Family BandOrleans Arena

Saturday Oct. 28th, 2006
Maceo Parker House of Blues

STS9The Joint – Hard Rock

Phil & Trey…Orleans Arena

Sunday Oct. 29th, 2006

The String Cheese IncidentOrleans Arena

Monday Oct. 30th, 2006

Widespread Panic MGM Grand Garden

More shows to be announced

“Everyone Stare: The Police Inside Out,” the directorial debut of five-time Grammy Award-winning composer and drummer Stewart Copeland, will be released on DVD exclusively by Universal Music Enterprises in September 12, 2006.

The film is a first-person account of The Police

Celebrating the release of his new studio album “Bar 17,” Trey Anastasio will embark on a fourteen date fall tour across the U.S. The Trey Anastasio Band line up will include Tony Hall, Raymond Weber, Ray Paczkowski, Christina Durfee and Jennifer Hartswick.

The tour will include three two-nighters in some very intimate rooms including The Vic in Chicago, Boulder’s Fox Theater and New York City’s Webster Hall. The Webster Hall shows, on October 8th and 9th, will mark the release of “Bar 17” and the launch of Trey’s new arts initiative as part of his Seven Below Fund. The fund’s purpose is to further arts education in Vermont and will include an artists-in-residence component using The Barn and will also feature outreach to support arts education for children. Trey will end the tour on Halloween at the venerable Stubb’s in Austin.

Tickets for all of these shows will be available through a real time preorder beginning Thursday, August 24th at 5PM EST at treytickets.rlc.net Public ticket on-sales start Wednesday, September 6th. Please be sure to check the Tourdates Page at Trey.com for specific pre-sale and public on-sale information.

A limited number of VIP tickets will be made available for the Webster Hall shows, proceeds from the sale of the VIP tickets will benefit the Seven Below Arts Initiative. The VIP package will include access to a special balcony viewing area, copies of “Bar 17” and the bonus album “18 Steps,” show poster and an invitation to a special Seven Below Fund post-show reception with Trey in attendance.

For a full list of dates, complete ticketing and show information, visit the official Tourdates Page.

Universal Republic Records will release new music from the legendary rock band The Who, it was announced today by Mel Lewinter, Chairman and CEO of the Universal Motown Records Group, and Monte Lipman, President of Universal Republic Records. The historic signing with Universal Republic will include the first studio album by the band in 25 years, Endless Wire, scheduled to hit stores October 31, 2006.

“We are thrilled beyond words to welcome The Who to Universal Republic,” stated Mr. Lewinter. “They are truly one of the quintessential rock bands of all time. Larger than life, never compromising – The Who’s profound insight and willingness to push the musical envelope embodies everything vital about the indispensable music culture they helped spawn.”

Universal Republic will inaugurate the new pact with the release of the first new Who studio album since 1982. The disc will include all new songs, as well as music culled from a 29 minute operatic work, described by The Who’s co-founder Pete Townshend as “A Mini-Opera inspired by his Novella The Boy Who Heard Music.” Townshend has made the book available online at petetownshend.co.uk/projects/tbwhim.