Yes, it’s tough times with the economy, so maybe you’re on a budget (cheap champagne and a good movie at home) for New Year’s Eve 2008 - 2009. But some of you might still be looking for s good show to get into.
So if you’ve got the cash to dish out, here are ten shows that are worth the splurge: Continue Reading
The Astoria, one of most noteworthy venues in London, has announced plans to close its doors. The Astoria is being forced to close for good January 15th in order to make way for London’s Crossrail railway project. Another popular London music club, Metro, is also set to close in order to make way for the rail.
The final show at the venue will be Manumission Come To London, a festival or sorts featuring a variety of rock and dance acts. After the performance at the Astoria the show is expected to go on a world tour to a variety of other clubs.
It’s been a big couple of days for tour announcements, with quite a few of our favorites announcing their travel plans for early 2009. Here’s a quick round-up of some of the tour news we’ve caught wind of this week. Know about a tour that’s not mentioned? Feel free to add it in the comments below!
Some of you may have been lucky enough to see Coheed and Cambria perform, October 22-25 2008 at New York’s Terminal 5, but many of you were not. So for all of us who did not experience this amazing Coheed and Cambria extravaganza, the band is set to release Neverender, The Children of the Fence box set, on March 3, 2009, to commemorate their historic Neverender shows in New York.
Dave Matthews Band has announced their first studio album in four years, as well as their first tour since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore three months ago. The group will be touring starting in April with a pretty unusual array of rotating opening acts.
The beginning of the tour will feature The Roots (taking leave from their standing role on Jimmy Fallon) followed by three dates with Old Crow Medicine Show, eight with The Avett Brothers, and two final dates with Jason Mraz at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Check out a full list of all the dates after the break:
Time to celebrate Obama day! The Washington City Paper presents, Songs for Presidents, a Bands for Lands benefit celebrating the Presidential inauguration of our new Presidents with performances from a ton of amazing bands including, Of Great and Mortal Men, These United States, and many more. They will be performing 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies. A number of amazing artists will get together and perform songs written for the Presidents of the United States.
The event will feature:
* Nellie McKay * Jukebox the Ghost * These United States * Laura Burhenn * Tim Fite * Joe Pug * Denison Witmer * Silver Darling * Tom Carter (Charalambides) * Hiss Golden Messenger * Reid Maclean * J. Matthew Gerken * Jefferson Pitcher * Christian Kiefer * and many more yet to be announced!
Check out a track below of “Washington Dreams of the Hippopotamus” made for this event, featuring Vince DiFiore of Cake…
While the Dave Matthews Band tries to capitalize on the music industry by selling multiple albums at a time, the highly anticipated Fall Out Boy album, Folie a Deux is finally out. All American Rejects, on the other hand, learn what it’s like When The World Comes Down. Here are your CD Releases for the week:
All-American Rejects | When The World Comes Down
Keyshia Cole | A Different Me
Dave Matthews Band | Live at Mile High Music Festival
Dave Matthews Band | Live Trax Vol. 13
The-Dream | Love vs. Money
Fall Out Boy | Folie a Deux
Jamie Foxx | Intuition
Plies | Da REAList
Soulja Boy | iSouljaboytellem
Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead drummer for the band’s entire thirty year career, will be throwing a New Years concert in his home town in Hawaii. If you can afford the ticket or live in the area, it’s definitely a show not to be missed for all you Dead-Heads. Kreutzmann is joined on stage in Maui by Austin bluesman Papa Mali, James “Hutch” Hutchinson (bass guitar/Bonnie Raitt Band), and Matt Hubbard (piano/Willie Nelson Band) for two nights of music on December 29th and 31st.
