2010

Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band: Beau Rivage, Biloxi, MS 7/18/10

Every few years Ringo Starr has assembled a hodgepodge of musicians to go out on the road with him and canoodle out fun songs from their past. The sold out performance in Biloxi recently proved that Ringo loves what he does and has fun doing it. He seemed so laid back, whipping off jokes while begging good-naturedly for everyone, “anyone please”, to buy his latest album.  The 2010 lineup of All Starrs include the great Edgar Winter, the still hot-fingered guitarist Rick Derringer, Richard Page of Mr. Mister, Gary Wright, former Romantic Wally Palmer, and Gregg Bissonette who drummed behind another famous front-man by the name of David Lee Roth.

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Wolf Parade – No Hook In Sight

Media moguls and home-based bloggers have watched Wolf Parade evolve from the quirky newbies to the full-fledged masters of weird — now known for carrying their unconventional, multi-layered arrangements and howl-yelp vocal styles in tow like a pocketed trademark. The Montreal indie-rockers conquered "the debut album" with the brilliant Apologies to the Queen Mary in 2005, and avoided "the sophomore slump" by putting out the darker, yet still pleasant puzzler At Mount Zoomer in 2008. But now what?

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Murdoc Clues Us In on Gorillaz’s US Dates

Back on Thursday we spread the word that Gorillaz’s Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour 2010 would hit North America in October. While we’re still awaiting confirmation of exactly which venues the tour will stop at, Murdoc Niccals, self-proclaimed “King of Gorillaz,” has been tweeting up a storm lately and sharing clues about the cities his band will play.


Our pal and HT contributor Andy Kahn has been keeping track of Niccals’ tweets and shares his guesses about which city the tweet refers to…

Guess the City USA Clue: I’m the real Green Monster, what is this imposter in Boston? We may have to pay him a visit.

Boston

Guess the City USA Clue: Headed to the Big Apple to make the most famous venue on earth way, way more famous.

New York City – MSG

Guess the City USA Clue: Murdoc is dead-set on streaking across Michele’s lawn. We should try to make his dream come true

DC

UPDATE [07/27 9:45AM]: The full list of North American Tour Dates has been confirmed…

10/03 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
10/05 – Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre
10/06 – Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
10/08 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
10/10 – Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center
10/11 – Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center
10/13 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
10/14 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
10/16 – Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion
10/17 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
10/19 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
10/20 – Dallas, TX @ Verizon Theatre
10/22 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
10/24 – Denver, CO @ Wells Fargo Theatre
10/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ Dodge Theatre
10/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
10/30 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
11/02 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
11/03 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

READ ON for the rest of Murdoc’s tweets our guesses…

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Panic: Fall Tour + Classic City II

As Widespread Panic embarks on the final week of its summer tour, the group has announced plans for an extensive fall tour. The tour kicks off on September 17th in Morgantown, WV and continues through to a three-night stand at the Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA that ends on Halloween. Along the way JB and the boys will perform two shows at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, three nights at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and three nights at the Fox in Oakland.

[Photo by Adam Kaufman]


In other Panic news, the band has announced plans to release a follow-up to 2002’s Live In The Classic City live album. Live In The Classic City II will be culled from the same three-night run that took place on April 1-3, 2000 at the Classic Center Theater in Athens that the original release came from. Those legendary shows are among the few in the band’s history in which taping wasn’t allowed. Special guests on Live In The Classic City II include Mike Mills (R.E.M.), percussionist Arvin Scott, producer John Keane and vocalists Daniel Hutchens and Anne Richmond Boston.

Check out THIS PIECE for our review and photos from last Thursday’s Panic show at Radio City Music Hall. The group kicks off a sold-out three-night run in Knoxville this evening. READ ON for a full list of fall tour dates…

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Video: TUS – Conquest & Consequence

To say that former Blips act These United States have been prolific when it comes to their studio output might be a bit of an understatement as last week the

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Televised Tune: On the Tube This Week

The always quirky Flaming Lips will visit the usually quirky Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday following tonight’s show at Central Park’s Summerstage and tomorrow’s performance at NYC’s Terminal 5

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First Fusion: Bob Weir + Marin Symphony

On October 22 former Grateful Dead and current Furthur vocalist/rhythm guitarist Bob Weir will team up with members of the 41-piece Marin Symphony and Quartet San Francisco to perform “as-yet-undetermined”

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