2006

Vegooe organizers have announced additional artists to the line-up, including a performance by Phil Lesh & Trey Anastasio. The two recently paired up this summer for a co-bill in which Anastasio frequently sat in with Lesh’s band.

Other notable additions include Ben Folds, Mike Patton’s Peeping Tom, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Yard Dogs Road Show.

More artists announcements are expected. See vegoose.com for the latest.

According to a short post on its Web site, the reunited Smashing Pumpkins are recording their first album in seven years with producer Roy Thomas Baker, who is best known for his work with Queen but resurfaced last year to produce the sophomore album from the Darkness.

Beyond frontman Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, it is still unclear who else is involved in the new incarnation of the Pumpkins. The group is now being managed by Irving Azoff, who also works with Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and the Eagles.

Corgan stunned fans in June 2005 when he took out a full-page ad in the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times announcing his intentions to “renew and “revive” the Pumpkins, who split acrimoniously in 2000.

In 2004, he broke his silence about why the band dissolved, lashing out at guitarist James Iha and bassist D’Arcy Wretzky for walking away from an endeavor he described as “essentially my entire life… a dream I still believe in.”

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YouTube Inc. said on Tuesday (Aug. 15) it is talking with record labels to post thousands of music videos online, aiming to move beyond being a site for sharing home videos to a provider of mainstream entertainment like Yahoo and others.

YouTube, which sprung out of nowhere a year ago to now claim over 100 millions views a day, is negotiating for rights to post current and archive music videos on its site, and said any commercial model it decides on will offer the videos free.

“What we really want to do is in six to 12 months, maybe 18 months, to have every music video ever created up on YouTube,” co-founder Steve Chen told Reuters. “We’re trying to bring in as much of this content as we can on to the site.”

He said YouTube intends to differentiate itself from pay-to-view or download services like Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes and Time Warner Inc.’s AOL Music, or others like Yahoo Inc.’s Yahoo Music, which is supported by an advertising revenue share model with record labels.

San Mateo, California-based YouTube says its videos account for 60 percent of all videos watched online. The site specializes in short, homemade, comic clips created by users.

Read the full article at Billboard.biz

New York rock act Interpol has parted ways with indie home Matador Records and will sign a new deal with Capitol, sources say. The group is now being managed by Dave Holmes, whose clients also include Capitol flagship artist Coldplay.

Billboard.com understands the group will hit the studio in the fall to begin recording its third album, which is tentatively due in mid-2007. In July, the group wrote on its Web site that it had already spent six months crafting material but had yet to begin recording.

The quartet found immediate success with Matador thanks to its 2002 debut, “Turn on the Bright Lights,” which has sold 438,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its 2004 follow-up, “Antics,” has shifted 435,000 units, and debuted at a career-best No. 16 on The Billboard 200.

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Seventy-three-year-old music icon Willie Nelson collaborates with 31-year-old singer/songwriter Ryan Adams on his new album, “Songbird.” Due Oct. 31 via Lost Highway, the 11-track set was produced by Adams, whose band the Cardinals back Nelson throughout. Veteran harmonica player Mickey Raphael also appears.

The track list features covers of Gram Parson’s “$1000 Wedding,” Christine McVie’s “Songbird,” the Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter favorite “Stella Blue” and Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”

In addition, Nelson reworks his own “Rainy Day Blues” (which opens the album), “Sad Songs & Waltzes” and “We Don’t Run,” as well as tackling the traditional “Amazing Grace.”

Nelson is in the midst of a tour with John Fogerty and also has headlining dates on tap through a Sept. 15 appearance at the Austin City Limits festival. On Sept. 30 in Camden, N.J., he will join Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews and Jerry Lee Lewis for Farm Aid in Camden, N.J.

Source billboard.com.

TV On The Radio will kick off a fall North American tour Sept. 14 in New Orleans, two days after the release of its long-awaited Interscope debut, “Return to Cookie Mountain.”

Dates are on tap through Oct. 21 in Philadelphia and include a one-off Sept. 24 double-bill in Los Angeles with Massive Attack. As previously reported, TVOTR members are assisting Massive Attack with its upcoming album, “Weather Underground.”

In addition, TV On The Radio has joined the bill for the San Francisco-area edition of the Download Festival on Sept. 30, which will also feature Beck, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Shins, Muse and Wolfmother, among others.

Here are TV On The Radio’s tour dates:

Sept. 14: New Orleans (Republic)
Sept. 15: Dallas (Gypsy Tea Room)

Sept. 16: Austin, Texas (Austin City Limits)
Sept. 17: Austin, Texas (Emo’s)
Sept. 19: Boulder, Colo. (Fox Theatre)
Sept. 24: Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl; w/ Massive Attack
Sept. 25: San Diego (Soma)
Sept. 26: Pomona, Calif. (Glass House)
Sept. 27: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Soho Restaurant)
Sept. 29: Sacramento, Calif. (Library)
Sept. 30: Mountain View, Calif. (Download Festival)
Oct. 2: Portland, Ore. (Wonder Ballroom)
Oct. 3: Vancouver (Commodore Ballroom)
Oct. 4: Seattle (Showbox)
Oct. 8: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Oct. 9: Chicago (Metro)
Oct. 10: Detroit (St. Andrews Hall)
Oct. 12: Toronto (Opera House)
Oct. 13: Montreal (Le National)
Oct. 14: Boston (Paradise Rock Club)
Oct. 17-18: New York (Irving Plaza)
Oct. 20: Baltimore (Sonar)
Oct. 21: Philadelphia (Starlight Ballroom)

Source billboard.com.

After completing a stint on the Vans Warped Tour just this past weekend, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have announced a fall tour in support of their new record, “Sinner.”

With Eagles Of Death Metal as openers, the 19-day jaunt begins Oct. 12 at the Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia and winds up on Nov. 19, although more shows will be added. Throw Rag, Riverboat Gamblers and Valient Thorr will also open for a handful of shows each.

Here are Joan Jett/Eagles Of Death Metal tour dates:

Oct. 12: Philadelphia (Theatre of Living Arts)
Oct. 13: Boston (Avalon Ballroom)
Oct. 15: New York (Irving Plaza)
Oct. 17: Washington, D.C. (9:30 Club)
Oct. 21: Cleveland (Agora Theatre)
Oct. 26: Chicago (Vic Theatre)
Oct. 27: St. Louis (Pop’s)
Oct. 29: Denver (Ogden Theatre)
Nov. 1: Seattle (Showbox)
Nov. 2: Portland, Ore. (Roseland Theatre)
Nov. 4: San Francisco (Fillmore)
Nov. 7: Los Angeles (Henry Fonda Theatre)
Nov. 10: Las Vegas (House of Blues)
Nov. 11: Tempe, Ariz. (Marquee Theatre)
Nov. 13: Dallas (Gypsy Tea Room)
Nov. 14: Austin, Texas (Stubbs BBQ)
Nov. 17: Orlando, Fla. (House of Blues)
Nov. 18: Atlanta (Roxy Theatre)
Nov. 19: North Myrtle Beach, S.C. (House of Blues)

Source billboard.com.