2006

Michael Stipe, Iggy Pop and Bo Diddley lend a hand on the New York Dolls’ first new album in 32 years. Due July 25 via Roadrunner, “One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This” features 13 new tracks and was produced by Jack Douglas, who engineered the Dolls’ self-titled debut before going on to work with Aerosmith and John Lennon.

Stipe appears on “Dancing on the Lip of a Volcano,” while Diddley is heard on “Seventeen” and Pop guests on “Gimme Love and Turn on the Light.” Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel contributes to “Punishing World.”

Surviving original members David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain are backed on the set by guitarist Steve Conte, bassist Sami Yaffa, drummer Brian Delaney and keyboardist Brian Koonin.

“Playing music is the best thing in the world,” Johansen says. “It makes show business almost bearable.”

The New York Dolls will hit the road in North America and internationally this summer, with dates to be announced.

Source billboard.com.

An embarrassed charter school has discovered it booked the wrong Jon Stewart for its annual gala. The DaVinci Academy thought it had made a deal with comedian Jon Stewart, star of “The Daily Show” and host of this year’s Academy Awards, to appear next week.

It sent out 500 invitations to businesses and planned for 900 people.

But last week, it learned that it had booked Jon A. Stewart, a former motivational speaker, businessman and part-time professional wrestler from Chicago.

School leaders said that earlier in the year they had sent out invitations to a number of celebrities, speakers and authors for the school’s annual benefit dinner.

A Stewart had responded, and through months of discussion there was no indication that they had not booked the Stewart they wanted, officials said.

But last week the Standard-Examiner in Ogden called Jon Stewart’s publicist in Beverly Hills, and found that the only place Stewart was scheduled to be the night of the gala was on “The Daily Show.”

DaVinci leaders were informed of that fact Friday.

“It’s been a whirlwind … but the community has really rallied around with support,” said Debbie Legge, president of the school’s board of directors. “It’s not about celebrities. It’s about kids and helping them get a good education.”

After the school canceled Jon A. Stewart this week, performing groups from Weber State University and the Terrace Playhouse offered to be replacement acts at the event, and DaVinci welcomed them with open arms.

The school is offering refunds to those who had purchased tickets expecting to see the comedian. Some already have received refunds.

Legge said she hopes people still will attend the event, but notices will be sent to patrons about the change.

Source yahoo.com.

Roger Miller has a bit of down time from his busy schedule with Mission Of Burma and will be playing with Club d’Elf tonight in the usual d’Elf Cambridge spot, The Lizard Lounge.

Rounding out the other spots in the ever-rotating cast of characters will be:
8 – 9 pm ( soul low ) : mat maneri ( solo viola ).
9:30 – 10:30 : trace buster (adam sturtevant and brian hamilton duo). drums &laptop.
11 pm – 1:30 am : club d’elf (mat maneri – elec viola, roger miller – keyboards, geoff scott – guitar, mike rivard – bass & sintir & adam sturtevant ( drums ).

the lizard lounge, 1667 mass ave, cambridge, ma. 617-547-0759/1228. 21+. lizardloungeclub.com.

In the great tradition of electric guitar-fueled instrumental rock, Bobby Previte’s “super bar-band” Coalition of the Willing strikes the West Coast this May for their first ever U.S. tour in support of their self-titled debut album on Ropeadope. The visionary New York City-based drummer Previte has enlisted Charlie Hunter on guitars, Marco Benevento on keyboards and Skerik on saxophones. They’ll launch the 15-city tour on May 10th in Bellingham, WA and conclude the run with a record release party and performance in New York City at Tonic on May 25th. Having recently wrapped a string of European dates that took them through five countries and earned rave reviews, the Coalition is primed and ready for what are sure to be some of the most rockin’ and musically mind-blowing shows to hit the West Coast this Spring.

Coalition of the Willing appearances are:

May 10 / The Nightlight Lounge / Bellingham, WA
May 11 / Richards on Richards / Vancouver, Canada
May 12 / Tractor Tavern / Seattle, WA
May 13 / Aladdin / Portland, OR
May 14 / Domino Room / Bend, OR
May 15 / WOW Hall / Eugene, OR
May 16 / Mobius / Ashland, OR
May 17 / Crystal Bay Club / Crystal Bay, NV
May 18 / Harlowes / Sacramento, CA
May 19 / The Mystic Theater / Petaluma, CA
May 20 / Independent / San Francisco, CA
May 22 / Kuumbwa / Santa Cruz, CA
May 23 / Soho / Santa Barbara, CA
May 24 / The Mint / Los Angeles, CA
May 25 / Tonic / New York, NY

Mike Gordon and a handful of Vermont’s finest twangers, a/k/a Ramble Dove, will hit the Northeast late this Spring before heading to Bonnaroo later in June. They’ll be taking the cozy confines of Burlington, VT’s Honky Tonk Tuesdays to the road with stops in NY, MA, and CT, in addition to their June 2nd “Honky Tonk The Vote” Benefit concert for Bernie Sanders in Burlington, VT (with guests Jon Fishman and Grace Potter).

Tickets for the newly announced shows are available NOW through a presale via Mike’s online ticketing website at mikegordontickets.rlc.net. Tickets for the June 2nd event are on sale now. Full info can be found on the Phish Tourdates page.

MIKE GORDON & RAMBLE DOVE MAY/JUNE 2006

05/29/2006 – Toad’s Place, New Haven, CT*
05/30/2006 – The Paradise, Boston, MA*
05/31/2006 – Irving Plaza, New York, NY*
06/02/3006 – Higher Ground, South Burlington, VT – Honky Tonk The Vote Benefit
06/03/2006 – Pearl Street, Northampton, MA*
06/04/2006 – Mountain Jam Music Festival, Woodstock, NY
06/17/2006 – Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN

* with special guests Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Mike Gordon & Ramble Dove will perform, with special guest appearances by Jon Fishman and Grace Potter, on Friday, June 2nd at Higher Ground in South Burlington, VT. This unique concert event entitled, “Honky Tonk The Vote” will benefit Vermont’s Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders in his bid for U.S. Senate.

Tickets for the concert will go on sale online only at www.bernie.org beginning at 12:00 PM on April 12, 2006. Tickets are $40.00 general admission. There is a 4 ticket per person limit. The concert begins at 9:00 pm, doors at 8:00 pm.

In addition, a limited number of tickets are available for a pre-concert catered VIP reception with Congressman Sanders and Mike and Fish and Grace in Higher Ground’s Showcase Lounge. Tickets for the pre-concert reception is $150.00 general admission and also includes admission to the show. The VIP reception begins at 7:30 pm.

This is an all ages event. For more information please visit bernie.org

Four years after the death of singer Layne Staley, the surviving members of Alice In Chains will tour Europe and North America with a new vocalist.
The group – guitarist Jerry Cantrell, bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney – has a 25-date Euro tour planned this summer, with William DuVall of Los Angeles band Comes With The Fall on vocal duties.
“However, William will not be taking on this key role alone,” the band said in a post on its official Web site. “While we can’t name names, let’s just say that some European fans are in for some very special treats.”
The Euro itinerary comprises mostly festivals, including several with Guns N’ Roses and Metallica.
Dates have not been announced for North America, but a Stateside club trek is to kick off May 18, according to aliceinchains.com. The group hinted that every city on the tour “has its own major league baseball team.”
Alice In Chains played a tsunami benefit show last year with guest vocalists including Tool’s Maynard James Keenan, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin, and former Damageplan vocalist Patrick Lachman.
In March, Cantrell, Inez and Kinney performed with ex-Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo during a VH1 Decades Rock Live tribute to Heart.
Despite its success in the early ’90s, Alice In Chains toured rarely in the years following 1994’s Jar Of Flies EP. The band’s last road trip was an opening stint for KISS in 1996.
Staley died of a drug overdose in April 2002.

Source pollstar.com.

Kanye West, A Tribe Called Quest, AFI, Hawthorne Heights and Yellowcard are among the first acts confirmed for the 2006 edition of Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, Billboard.com can reveal. The event will be held Sept. 2-4 throughout the Seattle Center and will also feature performances by Atmosphere, Feist, Shooter Jennings, the English Beat, Deerhoof, Mates Of State and Metric.

To read more visit billboard.com.