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18 May 2012

Guided By Voices 2012 Dates

Author: Pollstar ConcertWire | Filed under: Concert News

Guided By Voices has some more touring to do to go along with its three new 2012 albums. New dates are scheduled for July and September.

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18 May 2012

Foo Fighters On Summerfest

Author: Pollstar ConcertWire | Filed under: Concert News

Milwaukee’s Summerfest completes its schedule of major-league headliners with the addition of the Foo Fighters.

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18 May 2012

Tom Morello Gets Fired Up at Chicago Nurses Rally

Author: RollingStone.com: Music News | Filed under: Uncategorized
"I'd like to make a suggestion to President Obama " Tom Morello bellowed to the capacity crowd gathered for the National Nurses United rally at Chicago's Daley Plaza on Friday afternoon "If he doesn't have the courage to close Guantanamo Bay how about he takes some of those Wall Street...

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18 May 2012

Kelly Clarkson ‘Stronger’ Dates In The U.K.

Author: Pollstar ConcertWire | Filed under: Concert News

Kelly Clarkson isn’t taking much time off after her summer North American co-headline tour with The Fray. She’s already made plans for a brief run of U.K. arena shows in October.

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18 May 2012

Mindless Behavior Sets Summer Dates

Author: Pollstar ConcertWire | Filed under: Concert News

Calling it their biggest U.S. headlining tour to date, Mindless Behavior plots a summer adventure beginning in early July.

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18 May 2012

St. Lucia Perform ‘Closer Than This’ at Spotify House

Author: RollingStone.com: Music News | Filed under: Uncategorized
Brooklyn-based electro-pop group St Lucia recently performed a sunny version of their catchy track "Closer Than This" at the Spotify House in Austin They recall of the show "We've done a couple of acoustic recordings but not in front of an audience so this was quite nerve-wracking" The smaller more...

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18 May 2012

Black Sabbath Says Reunion Shows Are Still On

Author: Pollstar ConcertWire | Filed under: Concert News

Black Sabbath has released its own statement following drummer Bill Ward’s announcement that he won’t be participating in the upcoming reunion shows, saying that the band will do the gigs without him.

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18 May 2012

String Cheese Covers Fees

Author: Pollstar ConcertWire | Filed under: Concert News

String Cheese Incident has a long history of tussling with Ticketmaster over the ability to sell its own tickets. This summer, the band is putting its money where its mouth is, in some cases going so far as purchasing tickets from the box office to resell at face value to fans for upcoming shows.

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18 May 2012

Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Disco Song of All Time?

Author: RollingStone.com: Music News | Filed under: Uncategorized
Donna Summer the singer known to her fans as the Queen of Disco died on Thursday at the age of 63 Summer along with the producer Giorgio Moroder was at the forefront of the disco movement in the Seventies expanding and transforming dance music by mutating strains of R&B funk...

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18 May 2012

John Mellencamp: ‘I Write About the Human Condition, I Paint About the Human Condition’

Author: RollingStone.com: Music News | Filed under: Uncategorized
John Mellencamp may have made his name cutting heartland hits like "Jack and Diane" and "Pink Houses" but he also turns to painting to express himself "It's my hobby" Mellencamp tells Rolling Stone on Thursday at a gallery reception in Nashville where Nothing Like I Planned The Art of John...

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