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MY MORNING JACKET UNVEIL A LIMITED RUN OF 2019 SUMMER CONCERT DATES

Music News- As we dive into the '18 Holiday season, My Morning Jacket has unveiled a very limited and exclusive run of dates for summer 2019. The acclaimed American rock band has announced not-to-be-missed headline performances that will include songs from their voluminous catalog at two historic venues: Morrison, CO's legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 2 and 3 and Queens, NY's Forest Hills Stadium on August 10. These are the only planned live dates by the band in 2019.

 

Fan club ad VIP pre-sales begin Tuesday, December 4 at 10 am local time; AMEX pre-sales run from Wednesday, December 5 at 10am local; local pre-sales follow on Thursday, December 6 from 10 am local. All remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 7 at 10 am local. For complete details, please visit www.mymorningjacket.com/events.

 

MY MORNING JACKET 2019 SUMMER TOUR DATES-

 

AUGUST

2 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

3 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

10 - Queens, NY - Forest Hills Stadium

 

 

Hailed by The New York Times as "the new kings of expand-your-mind, religious-experience rock," My Morning Jacket has released seven studio albums with the last three - 2008's EVIL URGES, 2011's CIRCUITAL and 2015's THE WATERFALL - each receiving GRAMMY® Award nominations for "Best Alternative Album."

 

My Morning Jacket is: Jim James (vocals, guitar), Tom Blankenship (bass), Patrick Hallahan (drums), Carl Broemel (guitar), and Bo Koster (keyboards).

Citizen Cope Announces 1st Album In 7 Years, ‘Heroin And Helicopters,’ Out March 1st On Rainwater Recordings/Thirty Tigers

Music News- Citizen Cope announced his first album in seven years ‘Heroin and Helicopters,’ arriving March 1st, 2019 on his own label RainWater Recordings, in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Comprised of 11 new, original songs all written and produced by Cope - AKA Clarence Greenwood - ‘Heroin and Helicopters’ marks a return to Cope’s grassroots approach to musicianship, one that is colored by hard work, hustle and heart, irrespective of the obstacles he’s encountered throughout his more than 25 years as a career artist.

To accompany the announcement, Citizen Cope has released a new song “Justice,” the lead single from ‘Heroin and Helicopters,’ which Cope recorded in the same DC studio where he cut his hits "Bullet And A Target" and "Son’s Gonna Rise." Listen to “Justice” below-

NPR Music’s World Cafe said “Justice” “swaggers with a head-nodding groove and contains a yearning and soulful message of optimism and positivity.” They went on to declare, “the hallmarks of Cope's songs are his impressive ability to pair deep-felt grooves and a memorable melody with wondrous lyrical simplicity that goes straight to the point and to the heart. On ‘Justice,’ he swings for the fences and scores.”

"I have never really experienced what Justice is," says Cope. "Our definition is more like revenge or payback, but I have seen love create miracles and overcome hate."

Citizen Cope came up with the title ‘Heroin and Helicopters’ after an encounter with Carlos Santana, who has been a Citizen Cope fan since before their 2002 collaboration on his rework of the Cope song “Sideways.” Santana was at a Citizen Cope show at San Francisco's Fillmore when he told Cope to "stay away from the two H’s - heroin and helicopters," saying both had fatal results for people in music. To Cope, the quote reflected a larger pattern in society - a metaphor for addiction and instant gratification, both themes that thread throughout the record.

ODESZA Releases Deluxe Edition of Grammy-Nominated Album 'A Moment Apart'

Music News- ODESZA has today released a deluxe edition of their GRAMMY-nominated latest album ‘A Moment Apart’, showcasing their endless creativity as musicians, producers, and songwriters who continually disintegrate any genre limitations of electronic music.

In addition to the original 16 tracks of ‘A Moment Apart’, this new digital-only Deluxe Edition features stripped-back and reimagined versions of LP singles “Falls (feat. Sasha Sloan)”, “Line Of Sight (feat. WYNNE & Mansionair)” and “Higher Ground (feat. Naomi Wild)”, inspired by the gorgeously intimate live performances of the latter two on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Conan, respectively. 

Instrumentals for these three tracks are included in the Deluxe Edition, as well as two tracks from 2014’s ‘In Return’ that feature heavily in ODESZA’s live show: a VIP remix of “It’s Only (feat. Zyra)” and a collaborative remix from ODESZA and Golden Features of “Memories That You Call (feat. Monsoonsiren)”. Yesterday, ODESZA released a live performance video of “It’s Only” filmed at the WaMu Theater in their hometown of Seattle that attempts to capture the mind-blowing magnitude of their live show.  Watch below.

The release of ‘A Moment Apart (Deluxe Edition)’ is a fitting expansion on an album that has earned the pioneering Wahington state electronic music duo two GRAMMY nominations (Best Dance/Electronic Album, and Best Dance Recording for “Line Of Sight (feat. WYNNE & Mansionair)”). Following the release of the original album in Sept. 2017, ODESZA has taken to major festival stages such as Coachella, Panorama, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, while just last month, they announced the realization of a career-long dream with their curated four-day/night live music festival in Riviera Maya, Mexico on March 13-16. Called SUNDARA, the festival lineup will include multiple sets by top echelon contemporaries such as RÜFÜS DU SOL, RL Grime, Alison Wonderland and Bob Moses among many others, three separate and unique performances by ODESZA themselves, and a wide offering of other tropical vacation activities. Sundara details, HERE.

Dead & Company Announce A Summer 2019 USA Tour

Music News- Dead & Company shared news that they will be returning to the road in summer 2019 with a tour that will be hitting fourteen cities across the USA.

They will kick things off with a two-night stand in Mountain View, CA at the Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 31st & June 1st and will wrap up the run in Boulder, CO at Folsom Field and July 5th & 6th.

The group is comprised of Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, John Mayer and Bob Weir, along with Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti. The will also visit Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, South New Jersey (Phila market), New York City, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Texas.

Dead & Company 2019 Summer Tour Itinerary-

FRI 31-May Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
SAT 1-Jun Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
MON 3-Jun Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
TUE 4-Jun Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
FRI 7-Jun George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre
SAT 8-Jun George, WA The Gorge Amphitheatre
WED 12-Jun Noblesville, IN Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
FRI 14-Jun Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
SAT 15-Jun Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
TUE 18-Jun Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
THU 20-Jun Camden, NJ BB&T Pavilion
SAT 22-Jun Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium
SUN 23-Jun New York, NY Citi Field
WED 26-Jun Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
FRI 28-Jun Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
SAT 29-Jun Atlanta, GA Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood
TUE 2-Jul Dallas, TX Dos Equis Pavilion
FRI 5-Jul Boulder, CO Folsom Field
SAT 6-Jul Boulder, CO Folsom Field

Mandolin Orange's "Gentle Elegance" (NPR Music) Binds a Grieving Father and Son in New "Golden Embers" Video

Music News- Mandolin Orange have released their official music video for "Golden Embers," a striking embodiment of both the agony and recovery at the foundation of their new album, Tides Of A Teardrop (out February 1, 2019 on Yep Roc Records). Tides Of A Teardrop delves into singer-songwriter Andrew Marlin's grief following the death of his mother, and the visual paints an intimate, resilient portrait of a father and son coping with despair. As Marlin told Garden & Gun, "I wrote this song to my Dad. I think we all try to hide our emotional pain or frustration sometimes, for the benefit of the ones around us."

Watch and share the video below-

As a thesis of the new LP and an encapsulation of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz's patiently expressive work, the piece accompanies news of another extension to the band's 2019 tour, adding Atlanta, Austin, Memphis, a European leg, and others to over 35 shows hitting Brooklyn, Los Angeles, DC, and more - find all new dates below. Tickets are on sale at 10am local time this Friday, November 30th - following a 10am local Music Glue pre-sale on November 29th via http://www.mandolinorange.com/tour

Mandolin Orange's grassroots success story continues to grow: they've sold out every one of their headlining US performances in 2018, and nearly repeated that accomplishment in Europe. Their sixth studio album, Tides Of A Teardrop, is building on 100 million catalog streams and 1.3 million monthly Spotify listeners, while earning early praise from Rolling Stone Country, Paste, Garden & Gun, and NPR Music, who hailed the North Carolinians as a "slow-burning, steadily rising duo [that] exudes gentle elegance."

U2 Experience + Innocence Tour Rakes in Over $125 Million

Music News- U2's recently-ended Experience + Innocence tour has earned the legendary group $126.2 million in revenue at the box office, according to Billboard.

The 2018 tour started with a 27-date North American run that opened in Tulsa, OK back in May and wrapped up in Uncasville, CT in July and brought the band $61.5 million; a 32-show European series of shows that was next in August to mid-November brought them an additional $64.7 million.

In total, the Irish rockers played before 923,733 fans over the course of the 59-date tour. The trek's biggest results came from two of the most iconic cities and venues in the world, as the band grossed $9.4 million from four shows at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris and $8.7 million from three shows at NYC's Madison Square Garden.

Despite the results, Bono alluded to what might be the end of the band, speaking onstage at the final date of the tour in Berlin (November 13).  “We’ve been on the road for quite some time, just going on 40 years, and this last 4 years have been really something very special for us. We’re going away now…” he said.

GOO GOO DOLLS RELEASE NEW LIVE ALBUM "THE AUDIENCE IS THAT WAY (THE REST OF THE SHOW) VOL. 2"

Music News- Multi-platinum, four-time GRAMMY-nominated band Goo Goo Dolls have released The Audience is That Way (The Rest of The Show) Vol. 2 via Warner Bros. Records, a brand new 10 track live album recorded across the band's recent tours. The record marks the second volume of a two-part compilation series and was preceded by the companion live album The Audience is This Way , which arrived on July 21, 2018. Each release contains 10 different never-before-heard recordings of some of their most iconic hits. The Audience is That Way (The Rest of The Show) Vol. 2 arrives just in time for Black Friday and is also available on all digital streaming platforms and via the band's website HERE . The band is currently in the studio working on their 12th studio album.  

The Audience is That Way (The Rest of The Show) Vol.2 was recorded by John Schimke, and was produced and mixed by lead singer John Rzeznik, Chris Szczech and Brad Fernquist. Boasting transcendent songs such as "Black Balloon", "Name" and "Here Is Gone", the album visits territory from the band's full discography and captures their dynamic live presence that continues to stun sold-out audiences worldwide.

Earlier this month, the band announced that they will be embarking on a massive 2019 summer co-headlining tour with Grammy-winning, multi-platinum selling band Train. The tour will feature special guest Allen Stone and hit over 39 stops across North America, kicking off on June 7th, 2019 at White River Amphitheater in Auburn, WA. View their full tour itinerary below.

Goo Goo Dolls recently wrapped a successful tour in celebration of the 20 ^th Anniversary of their acclaimed album, Dizzy Up the Girl. At each show, the band performed the record in it's entirety along with an additional set of surprises and other hits from their repertoire. 

The Audience is That Way (The Rest of the Show) Vol. 2 Tracklisting-

Side One:

1. Stay With You (Live)
2. Here Is Gone (Live)
3. Naked (Live)
4. Name (Live)
5. Black Balloon (Live)

Side Two:

1. Over And Over (Live)
2. Bringing On The Light (Live)
3. Come To Me (Live)
4. Let Love In (Live)
5. Boxes (Live)

 

IT’S FINALLY HAS A RELEASE DATE!: WEEZER (THE BLACK ALBUM) SET FOR RELEASE MARCH 1, 2019

Music News- Weezer fans, rejoice! At long last, the band’s much anticipated, near-mythical new album, Weezer (The Black Album), finally has a release date;  March 1, 2019. Click HERE to pre-order it.

 

The album’s release date news comes with an amazing, second taste of the album, entitled “Zombie Bastards,” whose video you can view below. 

 

Photo Credit: Emily Shur

 

Weezer (The Black Album) was produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek , with whom the band worked for the first time. The album’s songs were entirely written on piano by frontman Rivers Cuomo for the first time in Weezer history, creating some of the most satisfyingly awesome songs in the entire hits-filled Weezer catalogue. With band members switching up instruments in the studio, and choruses filtered through Sitek’s own encyclopedic musical references of everything from Gorillaz to Can to Pink Floyd, Weezer (The Black Album) is the bold next step in the winning streak of acclaimed albums they’ve released since 2014. “Zombie Bastards” is the follow up to the band’s recently released song and current single “Can’t Knock The Hustle,” which is rapidly closing in on Top Ten at Alternative Radio.  

  

As previously announced, Weezer will be returning to the road with Pixies this spring for a run of highly anticipated North American arena dates. The band are also pleased to announce they will be headlining New York City’s prestigious Madison Square Garden , with Pixies and TV On The Radio, on March 12, 2019.  You can join Weezer’s mailing list by November 25 at 7pm ET to receive a code for access to the pre-sale which starts November 26 at 11am ET. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, Nov. 30 at 12 pm ET.

 

In addition, Weezer will do an international run of tour dates hitting London, Hamburg, Utrecht, Bologna and Zurich. Pre-sale for these shows starts Nov. 28 at 9am, sign up to the mailing list by Nov. 27 at 7pm UK for the access code. General on sale starts Nov. 30 at 9am UK.

JOE PERRY CANCELS FALL HEADLINING CONCERTS

Music News- JOE PERRY, legendary guitarist, co-founding member, principal songwriter and co-producer of Aerosmith has cancelled his fall headlining shows as he continues to take some time off following his recent hospital stay after collapsing post MSG performance in NYC with Billy Joel. While doctors have released PERRY from care, with the dates set to begin November 30 and going through December 16 to promote his new solo album, Sweetzerland Manifesto, the Aerosmith guitarist will now take the rest of the year off. PERRY again would like to apologize to the fans who were planning on coming to the shows and looks forward to seeing them again in 2019. Refunds are available at point of purchase.

 

 

 

 

Photo credit: Zack Whitford

I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME SEES ITS INITIAL EP, "1981 EXTENDED PLAY", DEBUT AT #1 ON BILLBOARD'S HEATSEEKER CHART

Music News-  i DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (iDKHOW), the once and future alt/pop band fronted by former Panic! At The Disco bassist Dallon Weekes, saw its debut EP 1981 Extended Play (Fearless) arrive at the Number One spot on the Billboard Heatseeker chart this week.  The album also came in at #8 on  Billboard's Current Alternative chart and #11 on the Current Rock Chart.

 

The out-of-the-box success of  1981 Extended Play is fueled by six songs that  Bass Player called "Catchy concoctions of art rock, space rock and alternative with swaggering charismatic pop vocals," that have already accumulated a very impressive 15.2-million Spotify plays.  In addition, the lyric video for the EP's lead-off song, "Choke," has also accumulated 8.3-million YouTube views (enjoy it below).

 

iDKNOW - Weekes and drummer Ryan Seaman - is currently on a North American tour with Waterparks, playing to packed houses and winning over critics:  "When iDKHOW went into a fan favorite, 'Choke,'" wrote New Noise,  "the fans went crazy singing along to every word, and you could truly feel the energy in the room - the fans LOVED iDKHOW."  Remaining dates for this tour are as listed below.

 

Graham Parker Announces 2019 USA Tour

Music News- Celebrated rocker Graham Parker has confirmed a 2019 USA solo tour that kicks off in Sacramento, CA on April 5, 2019 and spans the country, hitting cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, New York, D.C. and many more. The seventeen-date tour will be his first American performances since the release of his lauded 2018 release Cloud Symbols, available now via 100% Records.

Graham Parker is one of the most successful singer/songwriters to emerge from the UK pub rock scene of the early ’70s. Together with his backing band The Rumour, Parker developed a sinewy fusion of driving rock & roll and confessional folk-rock, highlighted by his indignant passion, biting sarcasm, and bristling anger. Cloud Symbols is his 24^th studio album.

Graham Parker 2019 USA Tour Itinerary-

4/05/19 – Sofia Center For The Arts – Sacramento, CA

4/06/19 – Freight And Salvage – Berkeley, CA

4/07/19 – Hopmonk Tavern Novato – Novato, CA

4/18/19 – Old Town School of Folk – Chicago, IL

4/18/19 – City Winery – Chicago, IL

4/20/19 – Natalie’s Coal Fired Pizza & Live Music – Columbus, OH

4/24/19 – City Winery – Nashville, TN

4/25/19 – City Winery – Atlanta, GA

4/27/19 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC

4/28/19 – Diana Wortham Theatre – Asheville, NC

5/01/19 – Tin Pan – Richmond, VA

5/02/19 – City Winery – Washington D.C.

5/03/19 – Rams Head Onstage – Annapolis, MD

5/04/19 – Sellersville Theater – Sellersville, PA

5/07/19 – City Winery – New York, NY

5/09/19 – The Greenwich Odeum – East Greenwich, RI

5/11/19 – City Winery – Boston, MA

5/15/19 – South Orange Performing Arts Center – South Orange, NJ

Mott The Hoople Book April 2019 UK Tour With Tax The Heat

Music News- Ian Hunter, Ariel Bender, Morgan Fisher and band have announced six UK shows in spring 2019 encompassing Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and Gateshead before wrapping up with two nights at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire.

The shows will celebrate the 45th anniversary of Mott the Hoople’s 1974 albums ‘The Hoople’ and ‘Live’ and, along with tracks from those albums, the band will also be performing greatest hits from their career.

Tickets went on sale via Planet Rock Tickets on Friday 16th November.

The UK tour follows their headline gig at Ramblin’ Man Fair this summer, which was their first festival performance in 44 years. After he suffered a stroke in November 2016, Mick Ralphs didn’t perform at Ramblin’ Man but gave the group his blessing.

Mott The Hoople will later announce 2019 North American concerts.

Mott The Hoople w/Tax The Heat 2018 Tour Itinerary-

APRIL 2019 
19 -Manchester Academy 
20 - Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom 
21 - Birmingham Symphony Hall 
23 - Gateshead Sage 
26 -London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
27 -London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

ARKELLS ANNOUNCE USA RALLY CRY HEADLINE TOUR

Music News - Arkells have announced the 2019 headline leg of their worldwide RALLY CRY tour on sale TODAY. The band will make their way across the USA kicking off the tour with a pair of hotly anticipated shows in Buffalo, NY before traveling across the country on their 21-date run, which lands in major markets, including NYC, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and Seattle.

"Singing these songs in America feels especially timely. 'Rally Cry' is a political record, and it's a record about how we interact with each other within our communities," remarks frontman, Max Kerman. " Over the past few years of touring, we've built real relationships with these towns that we'll be headlining. Each time we come back, the shows get little bigger and better, and for us that's a really gratifying part of the job."

The DIY promo tour in support of Rally Cry has not been short of out of the box ideas. From their Manhattan pop-up at Sid-Gold's piano bar last week to their surprise late-night fan-filled karaoke takeover in Toronto and their most inventive song premiere via a mysterious billboard & hotline campaign in Buffalo, NY, Arkells have delivered fan-favorite moments that have sent the internet aflutter in recent weeks.  

Photo Credit: Matt Barnes

In addition to the major tour announcement, Arkells released a dazzling collaborative performance video with none other than Frank Turner (Arkells were direct support to Frank Turner in the UK this past Spring).  Turner took time during his tour this last September to join Arkells in the studio to record this track with the band. " I love this version of the tune." says Kerman.  "His sense of work ethic and commitment to the craft has been a guiding light for me".

 

AL. Songwriter Pierce Pettis Announces First New Album In Nearly A Decade, "FATHER'S SON" Out on 1/18/19 via Compass Records

Music News- A songwriter’s songwriter, Pierce Pettis is back with his first new studio album in nearly a decade with FATHER’S SON, out January 18 on Compass Records. You can listen to the opening track, Wouldn't Change It for the World below.  Featuring 10 tracks, including a cover of Jesse Winchester’s “A Showman’s Life,” the Alabama songwriter writes about friends he’s lost, childhood memories, and the relationships he’s experienced both as a son and a father on these deeply moving, literate songs.    FATHER’S SON, reuniting Pettis with producer Garry West, was recorded “live on the floor, with the band, with minimal overdubs, to capture the energy and authenticity of Pierce's performances.” "I began my alleged career at Muscle Shoals Sound in the late 70s," Pettis deadpans."I was signed as a writer and had an artist development deal." From there, he was a part of the “Fast Folk” movement in New York that featured such fellow artists as Shawn Colvin, John Gorka and Suzanne Vega, going on to record three albums for Windham Hill. He spent several years as a staff writer for Polygram Records before signing to Compass Records.   Pettis and West combed through some 40 songs, old and new, to come up with the songs on FATHER’S SON. The album opens with the upbeat “Wouldn’t Change It For the World,” where he embraces where he finds himself at this time in his life – “sometimes you’re blessed, Sometimes you’re burned, But that’s OK, I woudn’t change it for the world.” Pettis’ daughter Grace Pettis contributes backing vocals on the refrain. Along with the title track, “Your Father’s Son,” a song about never forgetting where you came from, Pettis reaches back into his childhood memories to tell the story of one kindly Mr. Ziedman, the “one and only Jew” in his little town, who always wore long sleeves to “keep an ugly thing from view.” The song is enhanced by Andrea Zonn’s poignantly beautifully string arrangement, as Pettis ends the song by lighting a candle for “our one and only Jew.”

FUTURE GENERATIONS RELEASE VIDEO FOR "LANDSCAPE", ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WILD CHILD

Music News- Future Generations released their latest album Landscape this Fall and have just returned to their Brooklyn home-base after a massive US tour where they played to packed rooms across the U.S. Today, they release the video for the album's title track too.     "Landscape" was directed by Kenny Polyak and Drew Lewis . Future Generations had this to say about the video: “You know that feeling when you're two hours into a YouTube session and you come across a legendary Sizzler commercial from the 90s and you decide your next music video has to be a tribute to it? That's how this all got started.”

The band are also excited to announce another series of dates as they support Wild Child this December. Future Generations will play NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Toronto and more . A full itinerary is listed below.   Future Generations 2018 Tour Itinerary-   11.27.18 - The Parish Room - New Orleans, LA * 11.28.18 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA * 11.29.18 - Songbirds - Chattanooga, GA * 11.30.18 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC * 12.1.18 - Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD * 12.3.18 - Higher Ground - Burlington, VT * 12.4.18 - Royale - Boston, MA * 12.5.18 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA * 12.7.18 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY * 12.9.18 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON *   * w/ Wild Child     Landscape Tracklisting: 1.   Stranger 2.    Landscape 3.   Caught Me By Surprise 4.    Suddenly 5.    All The Same 6.    Out Loud 7.   Take Me There 8.   Hurry Home 9.   I Never Knew I Was Lonely 10.   Tear You Down 11.   Incomplete