2006

Snoop Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound have reunited to record the album, “Cali Iz Active,” which will arrive June 27 via Koch and Snoop Dogg’s Doggy Style Records. The set features guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, David Banner, Paul Wall and B-Real, in addition to production by Sean “Diddy” Combs, the Alchemist and Jazze Pha.

The first single is the title track, which was produced by Battlecat. “A lot of people came together to make this Dogg Pound record the biggest and best it can be, and with Snoop’s leadership we can never go wrong,” says Kurupt, also known as Young Gotti. Snoop Dogg adds, “I’m letting everybody know that the West Coast is definitely making a strong comeback.”

Tha Dogg Pound will serve as the opening act for Ice Cube’s upcoming tour, which kicks off April 20 in Anaheim, Calif. and runs through June.

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The Dancing Wu Li Festival is a semi-annual arts and music gathering located at Snipes Farm in Morrisville, PA (40min north of Phila, 1hr south of NYC). These festivals will bookend the season, with a spring occurrence May 19-20, 2006, as well as a fall soiree Oct 6-7, 2006. Being artists ourselves, Goodie Goodie Productions prides itself upon our impeccable taste in addition to our attention to detail. Thus, Wu Li Festivals are being sculpted as small to medium (3-5k) sized events whose national appeal attracts fans and musicians alike as a destination on their festival itinerary.

The spring Wu Li Festival takes place May 19th and 20th in Morrisville, Pa and will feature two days of music, camping, food, arts & crafts, and theater. The spring festival

Prodigious British rock band GOMEZ will kick off a two-month North American tour on May 3, one day after their new album HOW WE OPERATE hits U.S. stores. The tour will comprise two legs: the first, running through May 27, will hit Southeast, Midwest and West Coast markets including Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco; the second, planned to start in mid June after a U.K. tour, will find Gomez visiting the East Coast and additional Midwest cities. In addition to headline dates in theaters and large club venues, Gomez will perform at several U.S. music festivals, including the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis; Sasquatch! in George, Washington; and the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee. See below for a complete list of confirmed tour dates.

Gomez’s recent sold-out promo tour earned great reviews and captivated audiences who were treated to a sampling of new material from their forthcoming album HOW WE OPERATE. After a full-band performance at SXSW, the group’s three principal songwriters — Ben Ottewell, Ian Ball and Tom Gray — embarked for the first time as a trio, performing in select markets and making stops at key radio stations including KEXP in Seattle, WFUV in New York and the syndicated radio program E-Town in Boulder, CO. In addition, the band performed a special four-song acoustic set for A&E’s “Breakfast with the Arts,” which will air nationally in May.

HOW WE OPERATE, Gomez’s fifth studio album, will be released on May 2; it’s their first studio release via ATO Records (following last year’s live album Out West). Working with producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters), the members of Gomez took a different approach to recording than on previous albums. Focusing on pre-production work, the band created their most cohesive and accessible collection of songs feature yet, including the powerhouse title track “How We Operate,” the uplifting gem “See The World,” and the playfully longing “girlshapedlovedrug.”

GOMEZ
U.S. TOUR DATES 2006

May 3 – Asheville NC – The Orange Peel

May 4 – Atlanta GA – Variety Playhouse

May 5 – New Orleans LA – Tipitina’s Uptown

May 6 – Memphis TN – Beale Street Music Festival

May 8 – Cincinnati OH – Bogart’s Front Room

May 10 – Pontiac MI – Clutch Cargo’s

May 11 – Chicago IL – Vic Theatre

May 12 – Minneapolis MN – The Quest

May 13 – Omaha NE – Sokol Underground

May 15 – Kansas City MO – Grand Emporium

May 16 – Boulder CO – Fox Theater

May 20 – San Diego CA – House Of Blues

May 23 – Hollywood CA – Avalon

May 24 – San Francisco CA – The Fillmore

May 26 – Portland OR – Wonder Ballroom

May 27 – George WA – Sasquatch! Festival

Announced today, Suge Knight is filing for bankruptcy to save Death Row Records. He

Organizers have announced that the 11th Annual Gathering of the Vibes is on for August 17, 18, 19 and 20, 200. “Once again, our friends at the Indian Lookout County Club have welcomed us back and we’re pleased to accept their invitation. This year we’ll be opening the gates on Thursday, for those that would like to get a head start with an early-bird arrival.”

The initial line-up includes

Bob Weir and Ratdog
Yonder Mountain String Band
Hot Tuna
Burning Spear
Keller Williams
Assembly of Dust
Deep Banana Blackout
North Mississippi Allstars
Strangefolk
The Ryan Montbleau Band
Tea Leaf Green
Scarecrow Collection
The Zen Tricksters w. Donna Jean Godchaux
UMelt
Papa Mali
The Everyone Orchestra
David Gans
Juggling Suns
Chuch
Rafterbats
King for a Day

For more info see: gatheringofthevibes.com

The train wreck known as Roth Radio sank to a new low Tuesday (April 4) when David Lee Roth, in an act of defiance, resorted to reading the comics on the air.

Reeling from an apparent management directive to read and comment on the news, the embattled talk show host wannabee was audibly taken off his mark by a listener phone call. ‘Your show is garbage, bring back J.V. & Elvis,’ the caller said, referring to the WFNY (Free FM) New York midday team who subbed two days last week for Roth after he went AWOL during what was supposed to be a week

Bruce Springsteen has announced European concert dates in conjunction with the release of We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions.
The 10 arena shows commence May 5 in Dublin, Ireland, and run through May 21 in Stockholm, Sweden. The other tour stops are Manchester, London, Paris, Milan, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Oslo.
The tour follows the performing debut of Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 30.
Each night, an all new evening of gospel, folk, and blues will be presented by Springsteen with his 17-member Seeger Sessions Band.
In addition to The Boss on vocals, guitar and harmonica, the European tour dates comprise the following lineup: Sam Bardfeld (violin), Art Baron (tuba), Frank Bruno (guitar), Jeremy Chatzky (upright bass), Larry Eagle (drums), Clark Gayton (trombone), Charles Giordano (accordion, keyboards), Curtis King (vocals), Greg Liszt (banjo), Lisa Lowell (vocals), Eddie Manion (sax), Cindy Mizell (vocals), Curt Ramm (trumpet), Marty Rifkin (pedal steel guitar), Patti Scialfa (vocals), Mark Thompson (vocals) and Soozie Tyrell (violin).
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions will be released by Columbia Records as a DualDisc or CD/DVD in some territories on April 25 (April 24 in Europe), In addition, the DualDisc package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note from Springsteen.
The album features his personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them associated with American folk music icon Pete Seeger.

Source pollstar.com.