Hey there, West Coast shakers – Rootz Underground has decided to cater to you through October 9th. Their West coast tour is in full swing, offering performances well worth experiencing while simultaneously extending the paltry two-day standard that is the weekend. This is the part where you turn your frowns upside down…
Weezer‘s video for their latest single, “Memories,” from Hurley may have made Jackasses of themselves and the new tour may be named after the new song but it’s still pretty exciting to know that this tour will focus on the material released when Weezer seemed like they could do no wrong. Let’s be honest, “The Blue Album” (self-titled debut LP) and Pinkerton were the albums that really solidified their fan base.
Hardcore Weezer fans can now rejoice because the first two tour dates of the Blue/Pinkerton tour were just announced. The tour will have the band play a city two nights in a row with the first evening featuring songs from The Blue Album while the second night features songs from Pinkerton. See below if they’re hitting your town first!
John Legend‘s latest album with the famous hip hop and R&B group, The Roots, was selected as our album of the week. Although people may have their differences when it comes to the musicality on the album, it sounds like their joint tours are going pretty well. Not only has Kanye even attended one of their shows to hop on stage and perform a few new songs, but the team-up has just snagged beloved director, Spike Lee, for their upcoming webcast. More info after the jump!
Alright Alright’s April 2010 release, You Are One of Us Now, is a collection of fun, indie power pop jams cut from the cloth of The B52s, Mary’s Danish, and Los Angeles’ own, Homesick Elephant. Cheery boy-girl harmonies carry the theatrical performance but unlike The B52s, Alright Alright’s record plays more like an episode of “Glee” than a serious musical endeavor.
Interpol is making a dramatic comeback after their three-year hiatus. Everything from their dark new song, “Lights,” to Carlos D quitting the band as bassist to having canceled tour dates because of Bono’s back surgery. It’s been shaky to say the least. However, they’re back to say that they’ve just mapped out a massive North American tour with new bassist, David Pajo. To get ready for the tour, what else do they have? A dramatic new video for their single, of course.
We previously reported on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers going on a huge North American tour in support of their album, Mojo. There have been a few changes though. The album now drops June 15th and they unfortunately have to reschedule several dates on their tour due to the delay of the album. Fans who were excited to see the band live after their eight year break from the stage will have to wait a little longer if their cities are one of the re-routed ones. See if you need to change your plans with Petty and the guys below!
Infamous pop singer, Whitney Houston, has canceled a couple of more tour dates as she was hospitalized for a respiratory infection while she was in Paris, France. What was supposed to be the beginning of her comeback tour, “Nothing But Love,” has turned into a disappointment for fans over in Europe due to her health problems.
It’s been a rough comeback for Houston, as we saw and heard in some live footage earlier in the year but we hope the singer can recover enough so she can continue her tour and maintain her legacy in the music industry.
In support of their album, Congratulations, the uber-hipster and psychedelic pop duo MGMT will be going on a world tour. There are just as many dates crammed into this tour as there are crazy genre changes in their single, “Flash Delirium,” and it all starts today in Sydney, Australia at Metro Theatre. The tour will have them wrap around the globe as they come back to the west coast of the US, fly back over to Europe and end in Lisbon, Portugal in December.
Congratulations is officially slated for release on April 13th via Columbia but you can listen to the entire album at their official website. Check the tour dates out below to see if they’re stopping in a city near you!
Hard work pays off when you’re musicians on the road touring and making an album, and Arctic Monkeys seem to have this mentality. Although they’ve only recently released their album, Humbug, in 2009 and touring in support of the successful album, they’re eager to go back into the studio and record some new material while it’s still fresh in their minds.
As fans of Humbug, we can’t help but encourage this strong effort of theirs to release new music. Of course, there aren’t really any specific details about the upcoming album yet since they’re still on tour but the little bit of news back from November is a tad more fleshed out now.
