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Archive for the ‘Concert News’ Category

September 17th, 2007

Fall Tours: Bright Eyes, Wilco, The Black Crowes and more!

As I was browsing the net over the weekend, I noticed that there were a lot of great tours going around this fall. Some of them may have just kicked off, so I decided not to wait until it’s too late and wanted to share one nice upcoming tour post.
Bright Eyes just kicked off their North […]

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September 13th, 2007

Foo Fighters Fall Tour

The Foo Fighters will be hitting the road for a small tour this fall.
The band will hit some small venues following the release of their 6th album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (which comes out on September 25).
Tickets go on sale THIS weekend, so check out the Foos site for more info.
The current Foo Fighters […]

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September 11th, 2007

Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

Soundgarden’s ear shattering and breakthrough album is a hard album to ignore.
Released on October 8, 1991 the Seattle powerhouse that is Soundgarden delivered a classic album. The fact that the album opens up with “Rusty Cage”, followed by “Outshined”, “Slaves & Bulldozers” and “Jesus Christ Pose” should be proof enough.
But, Badmotorfinger also contains other […]

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September 10th, 2007

The Wallflowers 2007 Mini-Tour

The Wallflowers will be heading out for a mini-tour this October on the east coast.
The Jakob Dylan fronted band have no news about a follow up to 2005’s Rebel, Sweetheart, so it looks like the guys will be touring for fun. The five date tour will kick off October 18 in DC and will end […]

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September 6th, 2007

Bridge School Benefit 2007

After months of rumors, Neil Young’s annual fundraiser announces it’s line up.
The 21st edition of the Bridge School Benefit will feature Neil Young, Metallica, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Vedder, Tom Waits, Tegan & Sara and Regina Spektor. Wow, what a line up.
The two day acoustic event will take place at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountainview, […]

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August 27th, 2007

Monolith Festival

The legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre finally gets its very own festival.

On September 14 and 15 more than 50 bands will head into beautiful Colorado for the inaugural Monolith Festival. Headlined by The Flaming Lips and Cake, the festival will also host The Decemberists, Spoon, Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and […]

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August 20th, 2007

KROQ Invasion

KROQ 106.7 in L.A. will be putting on a pretty decent show on September 15 at the Home Depot Center.

The Inland Invasion will feature The Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Kid Rock, Chris Cornell, Satellite Party, Cypress Hill, Hot Hot Heat, Against Me! and Paramore.
Tickets are very reasonably priced at $35, $65 and $85. […]

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August 13th, 2007

Tori Amos Fall Tour

The very unique Tori Amos will be rather busy this fall, as she hits around 50 dates for her North American tour.
The tour kicks off in Albany, NY on October 9 and will run until December 16 in Los Angeles. The tour will be in support of her 9th studio album, American Doll Posse, […]

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August 6th, 2007

Smashing Pumpkins Summer/Fall Tour

Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin will be hitting Europe and North America to promote their latest effort, Zeitgeist, this summer and fall.

The Pumpkins have already toured Europe, as well as some shows here in the States; including residences in Asheville and San Francisco and festival appearances at Live Earth and Virgin Festival in Baltimore. The band […]

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July 30th, 2007

The Meat Puppets 2007 Tour

The reunited, and cleaned up, Meat Puppets will be hitting the road from late August to October to promote their comeback album Rise To Your Knees.
It’s been 11 years since the brothers Kirkwood were both members of the Meat Puppets. The band first split from 1996 to 1999, after years of drug problems for Cris […]

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