Category: Festivals

Men Without Hats playing Canadian festival, planning 'DanceIfYouWantTour 2011'

Men Without Hats playing Canadian festival, planning ‘DanceIfYouWantTour 2011’

Long-dormant Canadian New Wave act Men Without Hats — or at least frontman Ivan Doroschuk and some backing musicians — will return to the stage tonight in British Columbia as a ‘publicity stunt’ to help promote next year’s planned ‘DanceIfYouWantTour 2011,’ much to the apparent displeasure of Doroschuk’s brother and former bandmate.

Milestones: US Festival kicked off 28 years ago today; watch Ramones’ full set — and more

Twenty eight years ago today, the first of what would turn out to be two multi-day US Festivals — envisioned by their organizer, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, as ‘Woodstock West’ — opened in blistering 110-degree heat at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernadino County, Calif.

Video: U2’s The Edge joins Muse for ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’ at Glastonbury

While U2 was knocked out of its first-ever Glastonbury headlining slot by Bono’s recent tour-scuttling back surgery, fans still got a taste of the Irish megaband tonight when The Edge joined Muse for an encore of the all-time classic ‘Where the Streets Have No Name.’

Bonnaroo video: Kings of Leon cover the Pixies, Tori Amos takes on The Cure

Watch the Kings of Leon cover the Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’ and Tori Amos take on The Cure’s ‘Love Song’ during their Friday night sets at the just-completed Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.

Athens PopFest 2010 to feature Mission of Burma, The Wedding Present, Oh-OK

Athens PopFest 2010 to feature Mission of Burma, The Wedding Present, Oh-OK

The 2010 installment of Athens PopFest will feature headlining sets by Mission of Burma and The Wedding Present — which will play 1989’s ‘Bizarro’ in its entirety — as well as Dead Milkmen singer Joe Jack Talcum and the reunited Oh-OK, the early ’80s act featuring Lynda Stipe, sister of R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe.

Audio: Hear full Primavera Sound sets by Wire, Gary Numan, Marc Almond via WFMU

Audio: Hear full Primavera Sound sets by Wire, Gary Numan, Marc Almond via WFMU

New Jersey-based radio station WFMU is once again streaming full sets from the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, Spain, today and Saturday, with performance on tap from Wire, Gary Numan, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond and Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera, among others.

Gary Numan cancels Coachella set, postpones San Francisco, Los Angeles concerts

Gary Numan cancels Coachella set, postpones San Francisco, Los Angeles concerts

That billowing Icelandic volcano continues to wreak havoc on U.K. touring musicians, as Gary Numan — unable to fly out of England or elsewhere in Europe — today pulled the plug on his appearance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival tonight and two sold-out concerts planned for Los Angeles and San Francisco next week.