Photos by Buddy Fulginiti of the Benefit for Sen. Patrick Leahy, Renaissance Washington Hotel, Washington D.C. May 23, 2006. Artists included Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart, New Riders of the Purple Sage with David Nelson and Buddy Cage, the Flying Other Brothers featuring Pete Sears and Barry Sless, and the Senator from Vermont on backup vocals.
Tegan & Sara are set to release their first full length DVD, entitled It’s Not Fun. Don’t Do It!, on August 8, 2006 through Vapor/Sanctuary Records. The DVD is a treasure trove of Tegan & Sara vernacular as well as an in depth look at one of today’s most compelling artists.
It’s Not Fun. Don’t Do It! includes:
*full live concert from Tegan & Sara’s performance at the Phoenix in Toronto
*the making of So Jealous
*a tour documentary shot by Tegan & Sara
*all of Tegan & Sara’s music videos
*a photo album highlighting Tegan & Sara’s career
*endless commentary from Tegan & Sara
Tracklisting:
“I Bet It Stung” – “I Know, I Know, I Know” – “I Hear Noises” – “Monday, Monday, Monday” – “Not Tonight” – “So Jealous” – “Where Does The Good Go” – “Speak Slow” – “Downtown” – “This Is Everything” – “Walking With A Ghost” – “Living Room” – “You Wouldn’t Like Me”
DVD Extras:
“It’s Not Fun. Don’t Do It!” Tour Documentary * The Making of SO JEALOUS * Music videos for “Walking With A Ghost,” “Speak Slow,” “I Hear Noises,” “Living Room,” and “Monday, Monday, Monday.” * Photo Album from the Road *Commentary from Tegan & Sara
Eric Clapton will embark on a twenty-two-date North American tour this fall, kicking off September 16th in Minneapolis. The sixty-one-year-old rocker is currently in the middle of a run to kick off his European summer tour at London’s Royal Albert Hall — backed by guitarists Derek Trucks and Doyle Bramhall II — on which he’s been performing rarely played Derek and the Dominos tunes.
Clapton last graced a U.S. stage last October when he reunited with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce to play three Cream shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The guitarist will return to the venue for two nights this summer as well.
The world tour also features solo classics and songs off Clapton’s 2005 release, Back Home. The Robert Cray Band is slated to open.
Eric Clapton North American tour dates:
9/16: Minneapolis, Xcel Energy Center
9/18: St. Louis, Savvis Center
9/20: Chicago, United Center
9/21: Grand Rapids, MI, Van Andel Arena
9/23: Auburn Hills, MI, Palace of Auburn Hills
9/24: Toronto, Air Canada Centre
9/26: Ottawa, ON, Scotiabank Place
9/28: New York, Madison Square Garden
9/29: New York, Madison Square Garden
10/3: Boston, TD Banknorth Garden (Fleet Center)
10/6: Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Casino
10/7: Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Casino
10/9: Philadelphia, Wachovia Center
10/10: Washington, DC, Verizon Center
10/12: Charlottesville, VA, John Paul Jones Arena
10/14: Duluth, GA, Gwinnett Center
10/15: Raleigh, NC, RBC Center
10/17: Charlotte, NC, Charlottte Bobcats Arena
10/18: Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Jefferson Arena
10/20: Orlando, TD Waterhouse Centre
10/21: Jacksonville, Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
10/23: Miami, American Airlines Arena
Source rollingstone.com.
Sounds a bit like The New Pornographers, still packing punch, but not as much as Neko Case and company would probably be agreeable with.
Pop classicists Guster have announced dates for a summer co-headlining tour with singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne. The quartet will hit the road to support its fifth album Ganging Up on the Sun, which will be released by Reprise Records on June 20th. The first leg of the tour begins July 11th in Baltimore and continues through the South and Midwest before heading to East Coast and finishing up in Portland, Maine, on August 19th.
In addition, Guster, which now includes Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Joe Pisapia as a full-time member alongside singer/guitarist Ryan Miller, singer/guitarist Adam Gardner, and percussionist Brian Rosenworcel, will perform their new single
Though clocking in at a little over a half hour along ten songs, you just expect more from a Jack White band. Broken Boy Soldiers fails to deliver any type of kick-start to the ears, or heart for that matter.
Sire Records has announced the release of Regina Spektor’s new album ‘begin To Hope.’ Set for a June 13th, 2006 release, Spektor recently completed an 11-date sold-out warm-up tour of the states, including dates at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theatre and Brooklyn’s Warsaw Theatre. The dates in the US were the first for Spektor since her 25-date sold-out tour in the summer of 2005. In support of her major-label debut, Spektor will perform on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on June 14th. In addition, Sire launched an interactive virtual listening party for the New York City chanteuse that will enable listeners to experience her new album. Beginning June 24th, Spektor will head to Europe for a 30-date tour, which includes a sold out night at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and performances at T In The Park and the V Festival.
The official listening party, in which songs from ‘Begin To Hope’ will be available at six different ‘listening posts’ in a virtual New York City loft, will be held in Second Life, an immensely popular 3D online world in which users, known as ‘residents,’ build and own their own content online. This is the first time a major record company has launched a virtual record release in Second Life and held a listening party for one of its artists. Anyone who logs in and creates a free basic membership in Second Life (www.secondlife.com) will be able to view Spektor’s virtual room where ‘Begin To Hope’ will be played in the background. The room will feature places for people to sit and listen to the album and talk to each other about it, providing a communal 3-D experience for users. The environment of the room will change to match the mood of each song. Second Life currently boasts over 221,000 residents, with an average of 6,000 players online at any given time. There is no fee to register and become a resident.
“He lost more bathes than he won, faced mutinies among his men and helped to ignite a war with reckless military decisions,
For years, That One Guy has been stunning crowds with his remarkably peculiar one-man show, applying his stand-up bass prowess to a monstrous, homemade instrument. Standing nearly seven feet tall, The Magic Pipe is a chaotic collage of galvanized steel, duct tape and electronic gadgetry, run through an array of samplers and effects boxes.
