Multiple Grammy-winning and current hip-hop kingpin Kanye West is bringing out the big guns for this tour, by inviting a whole bunch of great singers. This comes after West captured four rap Grammy Awards, but lost other four in categories he had been nominated. As a matter of fact, he lost the rap collaboration award to Barbadian bombshell, Rihanna. But they are going together on a tour, along with N.E.R.D. and Lupe Fiasco. Fiasco is…
A lot of hype’s been revolving around the Athenian trio of late and with good reasons too, after all a new [tag]R.E.M.[/tag] album is always a good motive to celebrate, especially when their previous record was a total slump. Seems like I find reasons to post about R.E.M. week after week (just barely got over my Radiohead thing), this time it’s about their upcoming tour, alongside the fine lads from The National and Modest Mouse….
The System of a Down man has announced his first ever solo headline tour of the UK in support of his album ‘Elect The Dead’. He will play five shows in April beginning at the ABC in Glasgow and finishing up in Birmingham. Prior to this, Serj has only played two headline shows in the UK, in Manchester and London, in between his support slots for Foo Fighters last year. He will probably do great…
Sonata Arctica is one of the most loved bands of the genre and in Europe they have already appealed to the masses with their talented and very skillful playing. When they needed a keyboardist back in 2002, they received applications from many of Europe’s finest, and since they were aware of the competition, they decided to choose with a more unconventional way.They were each dragged and had to “bear” a night of partying with the…
The Austin SXSW has always been grand, with a lot great acts every year, never disappointed me and neither did them this year. The lineups were never spectacular, but they were always packed with fresh new unsigned bands. This year the number of obscure, unsigned, totally unknown, but talented bands is the hundreds area, just take a look at the ginormous alphabetized list of attendants at Gigwise. SXSW takes place from March 7-16 and will…
A lot of people had high hopes, that the shoegazing Irish innovator of [tag]My Bloody Valentine[/tag], would make a stop at this year’s Coachella festival. However, the band apparently wasn’t able to attend, leaving a lot of North American fans disheartened, as well as leaving some flat broke, as a trip to a European festival is by no means a picnic. Although MBV hasn’t added any North American dates, since our last update about their…
Trent Reznor’s protégé, poet turned rapper [tag]Saul Williams[/tag], is set to embark on a North American tour this spring, in support of his recently online released album,”The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!” Kicking off March 12th at Austin’s SXSW, Saul Williams’ ‘The Tar Spangled Banner Tour’ will consist of both live musical performances as well as spoken word events in select cities. Let’s just hope he’ll manage to recuperate some of the financial loses,…
One of my favorite songwriters, Spencer Krug, is set to travel across the Atlantic , accompanied by his band [tag]Sunset Rubdown[/tag], as part of a spring tour in Europe. The Canadians will be touring across the old world, through out UK, Ireland, and a couple Scandinavian countries before ending in early June. Should prove entertaining, especially because I,myself, am European and a big fan of the band, hopefully I’ll get to review a gig. All…
Earlier today master guitarist Jimmy Page stated for journalists in Tokyo that, after performing a show to remember at last month’s O2 benefit concert, he’s ready to take [tag]Led Zeppelin[/tag] on tour, but no sooner then September. “The amount of work we put into O2 was what you would normally put into a world tour anyway,” Page, 64, said of the intense rehearsing the band did for the Dec. 10 concert at London’s O2 Arena.
Country rock legend [tag]Willie Nelson[/tag] is set to celebrate his 75th birthday, on April 30, by releasing a whooping 100 track long, four CD, box set, called “One Hell Of A Ride.” The box set will be released on April, on Legacy, 1 and will feature songs from across Willie’s five decade long discography; what a epic best of. And if that’s not enough, a day before Willie birthday, on April 29, Legacy will release…
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