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13 May 2008

Widespread Panic sells out! Third show added!

The highly anticipated two-night Widespread Panic run at the Tennessee Theatre has sold out and a third show has been added by popular demand. The new show will be held on Wednesday, July 16. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 16 at 10 am EST. Tickets are available via the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444 or online right here at ConcertWire.com.

10 May 2008

On sale 5/16: "Glitter and Doom" - The Tom Waits Tour

Eccentric musical shaman and rara avis TOM WAITS has decided to take his show to some of the summer’s hottest regions. The Grammy-winning artist will begin his “Glitter and Doom” tour in Phoenix at the Orpheum Theatre on June 17 and finish in Atlanta on July 5 at the Fox Theatre. Tickets for his previous “Orphans” tour in 2006 sold out in minutes.

When questioned about the summer inferno choice, Waits responded, “We’re going to the deep south where they still love a man who wears red pants and they make him feel welcome.”

Waits will be touring ...

05 May 2008

Artists Help Get Out The Vote

Acts across the musical spectrum, from Jack Johnson to Megadeth, are joining forces to help register fans to vote this year.

05 May 2008

Liz Phair: “For a Long Time, I Felt Like ‘Guyville’ Didn’t Belong To Me”

Next month marks the fifteenth anniversary reissue of Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville, one of the finest moments in ’90s indie rock and one of the most remarkable first albums in history. Though Phair’s career has taken many twists and turns since Guyville’s release, some things haven’t changed. “I’ve always felt like an oddball,” she [...]

05 May 2008

News: Tom Waits Reveals "Glitter and Doom" Tour

The wait for Tom Waits dates is over (zing!) As previously reported, the hard-to-hate Waits promised a spate of the things in the U.S. and Europe just as the season to mate comes to an end. Hey, that's great!

And now Tom has delivered, revealing a 13-date North American trek, with European shows in the works. It's all supporting, er, Scarlett Johansson's soon-to-arrive record of Tom Waits covers? I guess? The big announcement was made via a humorous YouTube "press conference" posted this morning. Hey, if this whole music thing doesn't work out, Tom can ...

05 May 2008

News: Yet Another Surprise New Nine Inch Nails Album

And it's free Once again, Uncle Trent has a gift for you. A brand new Nine Inch Nails album, The Slip, is available for download from the NIN website "one hundred percent free," "as a thank you to our fans for your continued support." The download comes in various formats ranging in quality and you get a PDF with liner notes. CD and vinyl versions will be available in July, just in time for the Nine Inch Nails summer tour with the killer opening band lineup. The Slip features the new single "Discipline", which has been available from the ...

05 May 2008

Tom Waits 2008 tour "press conference"

Tour dates here. Watch and comment.

05 May 2008

Wired: 40+ companies that inflate MySpace play counts for a price...

Is it wrong to inflate MySpace song plays? If every other band and label is doing it, you almost have to—just like baseball players and steroids. It’s unlikely that MySpace will be able to defeat every type of play count-increasing technology, just like it’s unlikely that Major League Baseball will ever be able to do away completely with all performance-enhancing drugs. Read and comment. From blog.wired.com.

05 May 2008

No more Vegoose...

The autumn event extended the traditional summer concert season, with the added novelty of a Halloween-in-Vegas atmosphere — past activities and attractions included costumed concertgoers, an Impersonators Cafe, a wedding chapel and the festival’s signature, the Great Evil Pumpkin. But the fundamental goal of Vegoose was to boost tourism and business during a traditionally flat period for gaming properties in Las Vegas. Libonati and Christenson were optimistic about the music festival they hoped would become an annual signature event for the city. It seemed to work at first. According to a post-event analysis compiled by R&R Partners, a ...

05 May 2008

More bands sign with brands in lieu of record label deals...

Times UK: From boutique favourites such as Agent Provocateur and Joe Bloggs to icons of the global hyper-mall such as Diesel, Yahoo!, Audi and Coca-Cola, brands have awoken to music’s potential as a powerful communication tool, and a content gold rush is on. Under the “lifestyle” umbrella, household names are seeking out, signing and promoting music. And far from heralding a sellout, taking the corporate shilling may be the smartest career move a struggling artist can make. With unsigned MySpace hopefuls such as the singer-songwriter Tom Glynn partnering Caffè Nero for instore music and branded CDs, and big-name ...

26 April 2008

Starbucks Music Label On Back Burner

The Seattlebased coffee chain says Concord Music Group, which formed the label in partnership with Starbucks, will assume responsibility for future and current Hear Music recording artists.

25 April 2008

Lars Ulrich suggests Metallica could follow Radiohead

“We want to be as free (as) players as possible,” Ulrich told Rolling Stone during the band’s Northern California appearance for Record Store Day. “We’ve been observing Radiohead and Trent Reznor and in 27 years or however long it takes for the next record, we’ll be looking forward to everything in terms of possibilities with the Internet.” No, he’s not endorsing peer-to-peer sites, but there’s no mistaking what Ulrich meant. The group is considering whether to follow the lead of Radiohead and Reznor, leader of the band Nine Inch Nails. Those acts sent shock waves ...