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Glen Campbell's New SEE YOU THERE Album to Release August 6

MUSIC NEWS- Announced today, Glen Campbell will release a new album, See You There, on August 6.  Campbell, who celebrates his 77^th birthday today, offers new takes on his career-defining hits, including "Gentle On My Mind," "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," "Hey Little One," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," "True Grit" and "Rhinestone Cowboy."

The new collection, which will be released by Surfdog Records, was produced by Dave Darling (Brian Setzer) and Surfdog founder Dave Kaplan. It also includes "There's No Me...Without You," which Campbell wrote with Julian Raymond for 2011's acclaimed Ghost On The Canvas, "What I Wouldn't Give" and "I Wish You Were Here," which were bonus tracks from Ghost On The Canvas, and the previously unreleased "Waiting on the Comin' of my Lord," a track that was recorded during the Ghost On The Canvas sessions but never completed until now. 

Legendary Music Producer, Phil Ramone, Dead at 72

MUSIC NEWS - Phil Ramone, noted music producer whose music mixing mastery for Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul Simon and Billy Joel and many others, who helped fashion some of the most lucious and top-selling albums of his era, has died in NYC at age 72.

A 14-time Grammy winner and thirty three time nominee who picked up the nickname,  “The Pope of Pop” was hospitalized in NYC on March 1 with an aortic aneurysm died March 30 at New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to his son, Matt.

A South African native who at 10 years old performed as a violinist for Queen Elizabeth II, Ramone worked years as a songwriter, music engineer and acoustics expert in New York City.  Among the albums he directed were Barbra Streisand’s 1967 live A Happening in Central Park; Sir Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram (1971),  Bob Dylan’s  1975 Blood on the Tracks; Paul Simon’s pop classic Still Crazy After All These Years (1975); Billy Joel’s commercial breakthrough The Stranger (1977); Frank Sinatra’s Duets (1993), and Ray Charles’ final album, the best-selling 2004's  Genius Loves Company.  Recently active, he had completed Glee's Matthew Morrison's upcoming Where It All Began album.

TODD RUNDGREN Announces Brief USA Tour

MUSIC NEWS- Rocker Todd Rundgren returns to the road with a brief USA tour this spring to promote the release of his upcoming new album, "State."

The Philadelphia native, having recently finished up a Japanese run, will begin the stateside tour with a May 5 performance in Woodstock, NY. The 11-city trek arrives mostly on the east part of the USA, and ends with a May 20 concent in Minneapolis, MN.  Todd then heads to Europe for a series of shows through mid-June.

FALL OUT BOY Talks About Reasons for Their Return

MUSIC NEWS- FALL OUT BOY have taken to the airwaves to reveal the reasons behind their decision to reunite in 2013, saying that rock and roll is something 'inside' the band.

The band's new album, Save Rock And Roll is due for release on May 7, 2013 and is preceeded by new single 'My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)'. The band recently spoke to US radio station B96 about their comeback, revealing why the wanted to return to the scene.

More fun. Than Ever - The Band Announces 2013 Tour

MUSIC NEWS- Alt pop rockers, fun. has booked its biggest North American headline tour ever!  A run that includes more than two dozen gigs from July through September has Tegan and Sara on the bill to support.

The group will also appear on the Grammy Awards this Sunday on CBS. The band is up for six awards: Best New Artist, Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Some Nights, and Record of the Year, Song of The Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the single “We Are Young.”

In addition to the Grammy performance, fun. has a few other appearances booked this month including shows in Seattle, Austin, Atlanta and Nashville.   A fan presale for the upcoming tour, for American Express card members begins February 6 at 12 pm local venue time. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning February 15.

End of The Civil Wars? Duo Cancels Tour

MUSIC NEWS -  Grammy award-winners The Civil Wars have abruptly cancelled the remainder of their current tour, saying the decision was a result of "internal discord".  The pop-country duo of Joy Williams and John Paul White said there are "irreconcilable differences of ambition", via a statement, and the band were unable to "continue as a touring entity at this time".  Wow!  So much for the "show must go on"??!!

Earlier this year the pair cancelled part of their European tour.  Writing on social networking site Facebook on Tuesday, the duo apologized to fans for the "abrupt" cancellation as "something we deeply regret".  "Our sincere hope is to have new music for you in 2013," they added.

Brandi Carlile Announces Fall Tour, "Conan" Appearance

MUSIC NEWS - Brandi Carlile has revealed she'll give her new single, "Keep Your Heart Young," its television debut on "Conan" on Thursday, November 8^th. "Keep Your Heart Young" is the second single from her Top 10 album, Bear Creek (out iva Columbia Records), and follows the Top 5 Triple A radio hit "That Wasn't Me."  

"Hard Way Home," another track from Bear Creek was selected for a recent episode of The CW's "Hart of Dixie" and "Raise Hell" was featured in the Travel Channel's "No Reservations" with host Anthony Bourdain. 

BEST COAST Added to Green Day Tour

MUSIC NEWS - Green Day announced that Best Coast will be joining them on their upcoming arena tour. Back in May the USA surf pop band, Best Coast, released their sophomore album The Only Place. The southern Californian duo will join Green Day while they tour to promote ¡UNO!, ¡DOS!, ¡TRÉ!, the tour that kicks off in January. The two bands will tour together for about a month starting in Illinois and ending in Las Vegas this February.

Green Day With Best Coast Tour Itinerary-

Forever the Sickest Kids Move to Fearless Records

MUSIC NEWS- Fearless Records has announced their latest signing; and today welcomes Forever The Sickest Kids to the family!

"We are thrilled to officially announce our signing with Fearless Records," notes singer Jonathan Cook. "This label has a huge amount of success, history, great bands, and their staff's love for music makes this a great fit for the future of Forever the Sickest Kids, saddle up! Fearless + FTSK = Amazing." 

DURAN DURAN Makes Last Minute Cancellation Due to Keyboardist's Health

MUSIC NEWS- DURAN DURAN keyboardist's Nick Rhodes illness forced a last-minute cancellation of the English pop rock group 's Saturday night concert at Atlantic City, NJ's  Revel Casino's 5,000-seat Ovation Hall.  The chart-topping 1980s English band has been touring for the last two years promoting their recent album "All You Need Is Now," and it seems like the work has taken its toll on Rhodes.

The casino, who got the news about the cancellation at 7 pm Saturday,  reported that Rhodes has been sick for a few says and saw a doctor Saturday who advised him not to perform Saturday night. In a news release, Rhodes said doctors told him he could be suffering from exhaustion.

The Revel staff said depending on the band's other commitments and Rhodes' condition,  the band is considering playing the show in the next few days and fans should hold onto their tickets and wait for an official announcement of a re-scheduled date.

"I have struggled through the last few nights, hoping that I could simply work through this," Rhodes said. "But today I felt so unwell, I had to see a doctor."  "We absolutely hate to disappoint our incredibly loyal fans and cancel a show at the last minute, but unfortunately the doctor has strongly recommended that this is what we do on this occasion. So it is with enormous regret that we are unable to perform in Atlantic City tonight," Rhodes said.

8/26/12 UPDATE-  Also cancelled are 8/26 in Pittsburgh, PA and 8/27 in Kettering, OH. Duran Duran’s next show is scheduled for August 29 in Highland Park, IL, at the Ravinia Festival at Ravinia Park

THE MONKEES Announce Autumn Concert Tour

MUSIC NEWS -Just six months after the untimely death of Davy Jones, the MONKEE's  three surviving members, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, are reuniting for a twelve show fall tour marking the first time in 15 years that Nesmith has performed with the group . The run kicks off on November 8 at Center for the Arts in Escondido, CA, and wraps up December 2 at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.

According to a press release from Rhino Records, the shows will feature “a selection of their classic hits, deep cuts from their first five platinum albums (including some performed for the first time since the 1960s) and fan favorites from the soundtrack to their cult film classic Head and their Emmy-winning television series.”

MUMFORD & SONS "I Will Wait" Tune - Listen

MUSIC NEWS - UK based band Mumford & Sons revealed their newest single, "I Will Wait" via Youtube.  You can listen to the new track below.  Note that the video is not the official music video for the song.  "I Will Wait" is the first single from the band's anticipated sophomore album Babel, due out will be released through Glassnote Records on September
25^th, 2012 and is produced by Markus Dravs.

The album is currently available to pre-order through the band's website.  Babel follows the 2010 release of Mumford & Sons' debut album, Sigh No More.  

REGINA SPEKTOR Wrap Up Summer Tour, Adds Autumn Concert Dates

MUSIC NEWS- Still one the road promoting her album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats (out on Sire/Warner Bros. Records) Regina Spektor continues her summer tour in the USA, but you only have a few more changes this summer to see her live.   Portland, OR on August 8, Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco on August 12 before she wraps up at The Greek Theater in L.A on August 14.  But, not to worry, she returns this fall for a run of fall dates across the U.S. and tour of Australia and New Zealand, where she sold out her first night at The Sydney Opera House in just minutes. See full itinerary is below.

 

Only Son, featuring Jack Dishel (formerly of The Moldy Peaches) supports on all dates. Only Son previously collaborated with Spektor on the song “Call Them Brothers,”

Boys Like Girls Join All-American Rejects for Fall Tour

MUSIC NEWS - Pop-rockers BOYS LIKE GIRLS have announced they'll embark on a coast-to-coast co-headlining national tour with THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS.  The run kicks off September 13 in
Hampton Beach, NH and the tour; with support from The Ready Set and Parachute, will give BOYS LIKE GIRLS you the opportunity to hear new material from their full length album CRAZY WORLD, due out this fall via Columbia Records.  In the meantime,  three songs from the LP, "Be Your Everything," "Life Of The Party" and "The First Time" can be heard now as the CRAZY WORLD EP (purchase below).

 

Mumford & Sons Announce BABEL Release

Music News- Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce news of their forthcoming second album, Babel.  The new set will be released through Glassnote Records on September 25, 2012 and was produced by Markus Dravs.

The band said in a press release; "We are more than excited to release Babel into the world. We had started writing new songs well before we got into the studio to record. At first, we peeled ourselves off the road quite reluctantly. We love playing live, obviously, but it had also become an important part of our creative process, we had been writing and rehearsing in soundchecks, and sort of 'road-testing' new songs on our very gracious audiences. But then we fell in love with recording again. The album started to come together, and with the help of Markus Dravs once more (and engineer Robin Baynton), we started to relish the challenge of making this album. As a band, we've never been closer or more collaborative, all working to our strengths. And so we feel that this record is a natural progression that we're proud of, and we cannot wait to take it out on the road."