Sorry for the delay everyone. The Super Bowl put me behind schedule this week. Anyway, here's the news.
- Bonnaroo have announced that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and Phish will headline their festival this June. Springsteen will get one night while Phish will get the other two. Other acts performing include Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Snoop Dogg, Wilco, Elvis Costello, The Mars Volta, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Andrew Bird, MGMT, and Santogold.
- Springsteen was busy this week as he also performed at the Super Bowl. He played a medley of hits with his E Street Band and at one point, let a gospel choir on the stage as well. His set was "Tenth Avenue Freezeout," "Born to Run," "Working on a Dream," and "Glory Days." I only really had two questions about his set. Where was "Born in the U.S.A" and why did he slide his crotch into the camera?
- Pop band The Flamin' Groovies will reunite for the first time since 1971 to perform at the Ponderosa Stomp festival, taking place at New Orleans’ House of Blues on April 28-29th.
- The Hold Steady will release their first live album on April 6th. It's called
A Positive Rage and will include a DVD documentary of their tour.
- The Langerado Festival in Miami has been cancelled this year due to poor ticket sales. This has been the first festival to cancel their 2009 show due to the economy. Hopefully it'll be the last but that's highly doubtful this year.
- Spinal Tap plans to release a new album sometime this year. It would be the group's first album since 1992's
Break Like The Wind.
- Rob Zombie has announced that his new album is complete but he won't release it until he finishes directing
Halloween 2. The album should drop by the end of the summer.
- Elbow will release a CD/DVD live combo in March on their performance at Abbey Road studios.
- The White Lies'
To Lose My Life will be released in America on March 17th. The album is already #1 in the UK. The band will also play a couple of shows at the Bowery Ballroom on March 26/27.
- Flight of the Conchords will be heading on the road this spring for a tour throughout America. The tour starts on April 6th in Tampa and will end on May 25th in Berkley, CA.
- Coldplay and The Killers will both headline a charity gig at the O2 arena in London on February 18th. All proceeds will go to War Child.
- Depeche Mode have released the tracklisting for their next album,
Sounds of the Universe, due on April 21st. Here's the tracklisting:
- "In Chains"
- "Hole to Feed"
- "Wrong"
- "Fragile Tension"
- "Little Soul"
- "In Sympathy"
- "Peace"
- "Come Back"
- "Spacewalker"
- "Perfect"
- "Miles Away/The Truth Is"
- "Jezebel"
- "Corrupt"
- Concert tickets that go on sale this week (in the tri-state area):
-> The Allman Brothers Band on March 26 at the Beacon Theatre, on sale on 02/06 at 10 am
-> Gomez on April 2 at the Bowery Ballroom, on sale on 02/06 at noon
-> Flight of the Conchords on April 14 at Radio City Music Hall, on sale on 02/06 at 10 am
-> Ratatat on April 21 at Terminal 5, on sale 02/06 at noon
- Rock album releases this week (always Tuesday unless stated otherwise)
->
Changing Horses by Ben Kweller
->
Eviseration Plague by Cannibal Corpse
->
The Fray by The Fray
->
Lonely Road by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Following the success of their 3-night reunion stand at Virginia's Hampton Coliseum, Phish has extended their reunion tour and plan to record a new album this April. The tour, lasting from June to August, will start and end in New York and includes stops such as the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Jam band fans rejoice.
