Peter Garrett rejoins Midnight Oil for Australian bushfire benefit
Australian Environmental Minister Peter Garrett hung up his suit and tie and returned to more familiar environs —the concert stage — this week to […]
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SXSW 2009: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ guide to the South By Southwest Music Festival
While colossal European-style destination festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo have been all the rage in recent years, there’s still no better place to experience live […]
Pixies reunion back on again; band playing Isle of Wight, European concerts
Turns out the Pixies still have some life left in them, after all. Word began trickling out today that the slumbering band — which reunited […]
R.E.M. crashes its own tribute concert, plays surprise song with Patti Smith
This week’s star-studded Carnegie Hall tribute to legendary college-rock grads R.E.M. was capped off with an appearance by the band itself, performing “E-Bow the Letter” […]
In stores Tuesday: Lloyd Cole box set, plus live Living Colour, Killing Joke
Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new releases hitting stores this Tuesday: ARTIST: Lloyd Cole ALBUM: Cleaning Out the Ashtrays FORMAT: CD BACKSTORY: […]
U2 announces first North American dates of colossal 360° World Tour
Worldwide economic collapse be damned, U2 today unveiled the first set of dates for its mammoth U2 360° World Tour — the band’s first all-stadium […]
Morrissey’s ‘Years of Refusal’ tour marred by cancellations, immigration trouble
While Morrissey’s late-period renaissance continues with the just-released Years of Refusal, the ex-Smith’s latest American tour has been beset by problems ranging from canceled gigs […]
