Zeppelin is over. News for the week of 1/11/09

Hey everyone. This is my first news update on this blog so let's see what's been happening and what's coming up this week in music.

- Jimmy Page's manager stated that the plan to find a new singer to replace Robert Plant on a possible future tour is "completely over now." It appears that there will not be a new Led Zeppelin album or tour for a while, if ever.

- NY DJ, Minty Fresh Beats, has created a mashup of Jay-Z and Radiohead. The mashup is called Jaydiohead and can be found here.

- Bonnaroo.com recently launched Bonnaroo 365, a program that will occasionally show complete sets from the Bonnaroo Festival. The first set up is The Racontuers set from 2008's festval.

- Phish announced that they will be reuniting for a tour this summer, their first in five years. The tour will open with two shows at Jones Beach in New York on June 4 and 5. Tickets will go on sale on January 30th at 10 am.

- The Dead have also announced their first tour in five years. It will start in North Carolina on April 12 and end in California in early May. Pre-sale tickets for the tour go on sale January 13th.

- Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck will play two shows together at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan on February 21 and 22.

- Prince intends to release three albums in 2009: Lotus Flow3r, MPLSound and Elixir. Now word on release dates yet.

- Concert tickets that go on sale this week (in the tri-state area):
-> David Bryne at Radio City Music Hall, on sale on 01/12 at 10 am
-> The Allman Brothers Band at the Beacon Theatre, on sale on 01/16 at 10 am
-> Mates of State / Black Kids at Webster Hall, on sale on 01/16
-> Dave Matthews Band at Madison Square Garden, on sale on 01/17

- Albums being released this week (always Tuesday unless stated otherwise)
-> Life In-Between by Royal Bliss
-> Hordes of Chaos by Kreator