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Wilco Tour Dates / Album Info Released

At last weekend’s Solid Sound Festival, Wilco debuted a number of tunes which will be released on the band’s forthcoming album, The Whole Love. Today, we learn that The Whole

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Briefly: SummerStage Schedule Revealed

The complete schedule for the upcoming season at Central Park’s SummerStage in New York City has been revealed and includes performances by HT faves Medeski, Martin and Wood (June 11), Reggie

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Madonna Causes a Commotion @ Ween

New York City’s Central Park was a busy place this past Friday night as Ween was set to perform at SummerStage while the Madonna-directed WE was being filmed right outside the venue. As you can imagine, a concert creates lots of noise which would be disruptive to filming. The film’s producers worked with the concert’s production team in an effort to keep the noise down in the afternoon hours, but when Ween needed to soundcheck even Madonna herself couldn’t keep the band from preparing for their show.

[via Aaron “Gene Ween” Freeman’s Facebook]


We spoke with SummerStage production manager Danny Owen about the chain of events that led to Madge’s appearance at Ween’s soundcheck and it started in the early afternoon hours when the film and concert production teams realized the area had been double booked. WE’s production team approached venue staff when they started to test the PA and the SummerStage staffers agreed to keep the noise to a minimum until Ween soundchecked at 5PM. 5PM rolled around and the film’s producers asked for more time, but with doors set to open at 6:30, there wasn’t much wiggle room since the band needed to get comfortable with the sound at the outdoor venue.

Owen, whose main concern was making sure the band was given the time they needed, told the film’s producer that the band was indeed going to start soundchecking. At this point, the members of Ween were on stage and waiting around for word to start the check. Madonna must’ve gotten wind of the situation as at approximately 5:15PM she entered the concert field with her security entourage and asked Owen if she could speak to the band. Danny responded, “with all due respect, no you may not” leading Madonna to ask to speak to a manager at which point Ween’s manager, Greg Frey, entered the fray.

READ ON for more on Madonna and Ween as well as the setlist, audio and video from last Friday night’s Ween show at Central Park…

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SummerStage and Celebrate Brooklyn! 2010

The summer concert season is quickly approaching and there’s no clearer sign of its pending arrival than the lineup announcements for NYC’s Central Park SummerStage and Celebrate Brooklyn! at the

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Video: Beach Boys – Okie From Muskogee

Mike Love mentions the Beach Boys having jammed with the Grateful Dead on this Merle Haggard tune before going into it… [youtube]ZL2fkuoFLsk[/youtube] The Beach Boys – Okie From Muskogee

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