Now that we’ve got the Coachella lineup (and we find out Bonnaroo‘s initial lineup tomorrow!), the rumors have subsided a tad, but there are still a few recently uncovered items worth looking at:

• Scotland’s annual Hydro Connect Festival, held in the grounds of Argyll’s Inveraray Castle for the past two years, has been canceled for 2009 due to difficulties with cost and the “credit crunch.” However, festival organizers have confirmed that the festival, which has been graced by past headliners like Franz Ferdinand and Glasvegas, will return in 2010. For all the UK fest-goers, this is a serious downer, but there’s always T in the Park (Kings of Leon headlining this year!). Past Connect fans do have a glimmer of hope however: Festival organizers that Connect will put on several small scale events in place of the festival this year.
• If you didn’t catch Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at their amazing Bonnaroo show, or their mind-blowing Austin City Limits set, or any of their star-studded tour dates this past year, the ultimate chance is fast approaching. The duo, along with “Raising Sand” producer T Bone Burnett, will perform at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards Ceremony and telecast in Los Angeles on Feb. 8.

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The 2009 Grammy Awards will count on a performance from Radiohead, nominated for five awards, including best album. Thom Yorke is already advertising for the Grammys, and now Pitchfork reports that the band is also going to perform at the event, scheduled for February 8th in Los Angeles.

Performers Coldplay, Lil Wayne, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, the Jonas Brothers, and Katy Perry are also scheduled to be onstage. With the addition of Radiohead, The Recording Academy is definitely making a great effort to turn things around after last year’s dismal TV audiences. Continue Reading

The Grammy Awards nominations announcement on December 3rd this year was made into a fully-fledged TV production, supposedly to garner more sales for the music industry. However, reports from Nielsen Media Research show that the “Grammy Nominations Concert Live!” telecast on CBS was anything but the ratings chart topper expected.

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