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Finally, after more than a decade Portishead will be releasing a new album.
Their third album will be uniquely entitled Third, and will hit shevles on April 14 in Europe and April 29 in the U.S.
Here’s the tracklisting: “Silence”, “Hunter”, “Nylon Smile”, “The Rip”, “Plastic”,  “We Carry On”, “Deep Water”, “Machine Gun”, “Small”, “Magic Doors” and “Threads”.
The band will be on the road this spring to support Third, basically in Europe and a performance at this year’s Coachella in Indio, CA, you can go here for a full list of dates.
I can’t wait for this album and I hope that they do a U.S. …read more

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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder will be embarking on a mini tour this April.
Vedder will be taking his brilliant work from Into The Wild along the west coast of the U.S. from April 2 to April 15.
Pearl Jam 10 Club members have a pre-sale beginning on Monday, while the general public tickets go on sale next Friday, February 22, through Ticketmaster. For more info go here.
Here are the tour dates:
Apr-02 The Centre Vancouver, BC
Apr-05 SC Civic Aud. Santa Cruz, CA
Apr-07 Zellerbach Th. Berkeley, CA
Apr-10 Arlington Th. Santa Barb, CA
Apr-12 &13 Wiltern Th. Los Angeles, CA                                                                                                                                                  Apr-15 Spreckels Th. San Diego, CA
I …read more

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Since 311 are coming back with a tour and a new album this year, let’s do an FYI on the boys from Omaha, Nebraska.

Nick Hexum, Chad Sexton and Tim Mahoney went to high school school together and in 1988 they formed Unity, with a keyboardist named Ward Bones.
After a unsuccessful stint in L.A., the band moved back to Omaha and teamed up with P-Nut.
Their first show was opening up for Fugazi on June 10, 1990.
In 1991 guitarist Jim Watson with SA Martinez.
The band’s name comes from Omaha code 311 (indecent exposure).
From 1990-1991 the band released 3 records on their own …read more

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The Police are planning one final tour this summer in North America and Europe, after this it’s all over.
The band, who made a boat load of cash last year with their reunion tour, will once again hit the road on May 1 in Ottawa. They’ll play some more North American dates in May, before heading to Europe in June and then returning to North America to wrap things up by August.
The Police will play mostly amphitheaters, with a few arenas, as opposed to last year’s stadium tour (which was great, but the sound in certain stadiums just sound like garbage) …read more

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I’ve been on a little Portishead kick lately. I’m sure you have to remember this band from Bristol, England once you hear “Sour Times”.
“Sour Times” appears on the band’s 1994 debut album Dummy. The track was also remixed and released as a double CD in Canada in 1995, along with the track “Glory Box”, for Glory Times. Glory Times features four remixes of “Sour Times”, which are “Sour Sour Times”, “Lot More”, “Sheared Times” and “Airbus Reconstruction”.
The video for “Sour Times” contains clips from the short film “To Kill A Dead Man”, which was an idea the band came up with …read more

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I guess Scott and Slash weren’t lying cause Stone Temple Pilots have confirmed a reunion show at the Rock on the Rage Festival in Columbus, OH on May 17.
The 2-day festival will also feature Kid Rock, Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, Staind, Papa Roach, Seether, Flyleaf, Shinedown, Serj Tankian, a reunited Filter, Killswitch Engage and Finger Eleven. Tickets go on sale February 23 through Ticketmaster.
A pretty lame line-up, but STP are going to announce more shows.
The band’s official site has just launched a new tour section and there are rumours flying around that STP will be part of this year’s limited run …read more

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Looks like Blind Melon are gearing up for a pretty busy year, as they attempt to return following the unfortunate death of Shannon Hoon back in 1995.
Last year the band recruited frontman Travis Warren, now they’ve recorded a new album and will embark on a five month tour.
Their new album, For My Friends, will hit shelves on April 22 and is the first Blind Melon album since 1996’s Nico.
The band will kick off their tour on February 28 and will continue until August!
You can listen to some of their new songs and get a full list of tour dates on …read more

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VR frontman Scott Weiland checked himself into rehab last week, but the band was apparently going to go ahead with their Australian tour, which was to run from February 15-20.
The band, however, has now cancelled these dates, which were already make up dates for the band missing shows in Australia last December. As of now Velvet Revolver’s dates for the Dubai Desert Rock Fest on March 8 and their U.K. tour are still going ahead.
See, I told you so last week in Scott Weiland Back In Rehab.
Anyways, this was a wise decision, Scott needs to get better first. It was …read more

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Dave Grohl and company snagged two Grammys at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards; the band also performed with an orchestra consisting of winners from YouTube’s “My Grammy Moment”, who were conducted by Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones.
The Foos won Best Rock Album for their awesome Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, as well as, Best Hard Rock Performance for “The Pretender”.
The Foos were also nominated for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Rock Song. But I’m sure that the band isn’t complaining, since they now have three Best Rock Album Grammys (the other two album being One By One …read more

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A lot is going on with R.E.M. right now, as they’re gearing up for the release of Accelerate and a tour this spring. So, let’s revisit a previous FYI on the Athens, GA natives.
FYI: R.E.M.
For now, enjoy this performance of “Man on the Moon” from their induction into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame from last year. As if this song couldn’t get any cooler, the band was joined by one Eddie Vedder. Sweet.

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