2007

The pyrotechnics this Fourth of July week come courtesy of Mr. Warren Haynes as he, like America, conquers the British [songbook]. Elton John’s Madman Across the Water comes from The

As they say in Elaine Benes’ office, “Get well, get well soon, we wish you to get well.” A hearty “Get Well Soon” goes out to Mark Karan, who will be unable to join RatDog on its summer tour due to a lump on his neck that may or may not be cancerous. Karan will be replaced for an undetermined time period by Steve Kimock. As expected, Grateful Dead fans seem to be excited for KimDog, as evidenced by the SummerStage show selling out yesterday. Hopefully Kimock won’t bail on the tour after a few shows like he did to Phil Lesh in October of ’99.

And looky here, we’ve got plenty of other links to keep you busy:

• The Concert for Diana went off without a hitch after a tense, terror-filled weekend in the United Kingdom
• Two Rolling Stones stage hands died during load out after a gig in Madrid
• John Bell of Widespread Panic will throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field on July 15th
• George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic are going on tour
• Check out these fabulous Billy Joel and Al Green boots
• Chad Berndhtson interviewed Jason Isbell for Glide
• Thanks to The Weight for pointing us towards this video of Levon Helm and friends performing Atlantic City at Summerstage
• I’ve only seen good reviews of this summer’s Rush tour
• Livedownloads.com has a Disco Biscuits’ Tractorbeam show up for sale
• Jefito’s Mix Tape includes underrated favorite Freedom Overspill
• Yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times featured three articles previewing this week’s Police concerts at Wrigley
• The Laguna Art Museum is showcasing the work of rock poster artist Rick Griffin
• Largehearted Boy posted their second list of Smashing Pumpkins gems on the Live Music Archive
• Former Grateful Dead Manager Rock Scully reflects on the Summer of Love
• NYCTaper shares his recording of Saturday’s Fiery Furnaces show with us

And as always on Mondays, read on after the jump for a full list of setlists from the weekend, including the Beastie Boys, Bela Fleck, Bob Dylan, Umphrey’s McGee, The Police, Wolfmother and many more…

It was supposed to be Apple’s finest hour, but this weekend’s absurdly hyped launch of the iPhone brought some serious complications for Steve “Mock Turtlenecks Rock” Jobs. Customers lit up

Another gorgeous weekend’s in the works, a blast of breezy sunshine pushing out the stormclouds that threatened our Friday post-work jaunt to South Street Seaport for a date with Sam

Take a break from the heat, and head inside to check out these performances: Friday (all times Eastern) Former Smiths lead singer Morrissey returns to the Late Show with David

We’ve written extensively on the upcoming 10,000 Lakes Festival, one of the few surviving jamband-centric music events left in the live music scene. Now, with an assist from our friend AJ at WFOV‘s