2006

British buzz band Forward Russia! has added a three-week North American tour to its fall schedule, which means the group will visit the U.S. twice in the coming months.
The Leeds-bred quartet is currently making its way through Europe and will embark on its first headlining U.S. tour October 25 in Seattle.
The band will play four dates on the West Coast, plus one at New York City’s Mercury Lounge, before heading back to the U.K. for the 10-day MTV2 Spanking New Music Tour with Wolfmother and Fields.
Then it’s back to the U.S. for a 17-date run through the East Coast and South. In New York, they’ll move up to the Bowery Ballroom, and other venues on the itinerary include the Magic Stick in Detroit, Stubb’s Barbecue in Austin, Texas, and The EARL in Atlanta. The band will stay in the U.S. through December 16, finishing at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C.
Forward Russia! released its self-produced debut album, Give Me A Wall, in the U.K. in May. The disc was released Stateside in September.
The group toured the U.S. with We Are Scientists earlier this year and headlined a sold-out Mercury Lounge show in June.

Source pollstar.com.

Trey Anastasio will perform five shows as part of his New Year’s Eve run, returning to some favorite venues and ringing in the new year with Trey’s first visit to Atlantic City. Beginning at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, the tour will then stop at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston and the Palace Theatre in Albany, NY before closing out 2006 with a two-night stand at the House of Blues in Atlantic City.

In addition to the current 6-piece lineup, Trey’s band for this run will also include Dave Grippo (sax), Peter Apfelbaum (tenor/bari sax) and Russell Remington (tenor sax and flute). Tickets pre-sale for the NYE run begin this Friday, October 13, with public on-sales starting as early as October 19.

To pre-order tickets, visit treytickets.rlc.net

For specific show information, please visit trey.com/tours

Liberal talk network Air America Radio (AAR), announced today (Oct. 13) that it has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The company says the action became necessary when good faith efforts to resolve outstanding debt with a creditor from the company’s earliest days broke down.

AAR says the bankruptcy filing will allow the company to continue offering its complete line-up of programming while it deals with its creditors in the reorganization proceeding.

Source: RadioandRecords.com

Singer/songwriter Lou Reed will fill in a gap in his work schedule in November with a few US dates as he gets ready for the December world premiere of his “Lou Reed’s Berlin” stage production in Australia.

Reed will kick off his brief tour of college campuses with a Nov. 1 show at UC Santa Barbara’s Campbell Hall. He’ll also visit Northern California’s Humboldt State University on the trek, which also includes stops in San Luis Obispo, Chico, and Redwood City, all in California.

In December, Reed will jet to Australia to help premiere the stage version of his landmark 1973 album, “Berlin.” The live production, which is slated to run seven times through mid-January of next year in Sydney, is being directed by Bob Ezrin, who produced the original album, as well as Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.”

Reed will be joined on stage by a number of fellow musicians, including singer/ongwriter Antony of Antony and the Johnsons, bassist/multi-instrumentalists Fernando Saunders and Rob Wasserman, singer Sharon Jones, and others.

Full details on the production’s dates and ticketing information are available on Reed’s website.

November 2006
1 – Isla Vista, CA – Campbell Hall @ UC Santa Barbara
2 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Performing Arts Center
4 – Arcata, CA – Van Duzer Hall @ Humboldt State University
5 – Chico, CA – Laxson Auditorium
7 – Redwood City, CA – Fox Theatre