Bruce Springsteen announced that his five homeland shows at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium over the next two weeks—the final concerts to take place at the Meadowlands’ football stadium, which will be torn down at the end of the 2009-10 football season—would each be devoted to classic albums from his back catalog: Two shows each will be devoted to Born To Run and Born In The USA, while one will be given over to the Boss’ 1978 album Darkness On The Edge Of Town. MORE »
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Bruce Springsteen Is Now Born To Run Through His Albums
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Holy wow: Looks like Dave Grohl and Josh Homme are doing something together in Chicago next Sunday, at midnight, at the not-all-that-large Metro. Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m. CT. Is there any way to camp out on the Internet? Because I would recommend doing so, if you want to get a ticket to this particular performance. [eTix via Metro] MORE »
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Jam-band titans Phish have announced details for their Halloween festival: It’ll take place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif. (home of Coachella), and it will feature eight sets by the band over the course of three days. Three-day passes cost $199, and go on sale Monday at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET). If you’re unfamiliar with the band but thinking about taking a breather in the desert this October, you might want to check out Carrie Brownstein’s week-long examination of Phish and its fans. [Phish / Monitor Mix] MORE »
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Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame To Give Itself The Reach-Around In New York This Fall
It’s been 25 years since The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame began enshrining rock stars, and inspiring many arguments from people who are just as conflicted about their favorite bands being snubbed by the museum’s higher-ups as they are about the idea of a museum honoring an allegedly still-vital artform. So clearly it’s time for a party! The party won’t take place in Cleveland, where the actual physical museum is located, but at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. And because the Rock Hall is devoted to embodying the idea of rock at its fullest, the American Express-sponsored shows will even have “once-in-a-lifetime VIP Benefit Packages priced from $25,000 to $100,000″! (Those funds are going toward creating a permanent endowment for the museum—or at least the cash for a move out of Cleveland.) Who could be on a bill that’s worthy of a six-figure ticket price? The full lineups after the jump. MORE »
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Farm Aid Returns To The Heartland
This year’s installment of Farm Aid, the annual concert benefiting family farmers that was initially organized by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young in 1985, will take place at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater outside of St. Louis on Oct. 4. Nelson, Mellencamp, and Young are all on the initial bill alongside the Dave Matthews Band; the four aforementioned men are all on the event’s board of directors. MORE »
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The rejuvenated Phish have hinted that they will throw a festival–their first since the 2004 Coventry Festival–come Halloween weekend. The three-day affair will take place in a location to be determined, although a fireant-assisted map on the fest’s placeholder site would seem to indicate that it isn’t taking place in–from East to West–Washington, Idaho, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, West Virginia, North Carolina, or New Hampshire. It is also unknown whether or not they’ll refer to themselves as Sea Kittenz for the duration of the weekend, although, uh, probably not. [Phish.com; HT MTV] MORE »
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to enjoy a delicious Shack Burger while listening to a member of the Beatles put on a concert? Well, you’ll be able to find out in July, when Paul McCartney plays two shows at the Mets’ new home, Citi Field. Uh, although I guess the conditional in the first sentence is dependent on whether or not the park’s finer concession stands will all be open during the show… not to mention whether or not the place will be quarantined because of the whole swine flu thing. (This freaking team, you guys.) [NYP] MORE »
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This summer’s roster of shows at Central Park SummerStage has been announced, and in addition to an impressive roster of benefits–TV On The Radio/Dirty Projectors, Explosions In The Sky/Constantines, Indigo Girls–there’s going to be a free show with Chrisette Michele (pictured) and Jazmine Sullivan. Should we have a meetup? (Alternately, we could always get together at the Ginuwine show…) [SummerStage] MORE »
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The Roots, Yoko Ono, Yo La Tengo, Patti Smith, Charlie Haden (with Robert Wyatt), and Moby are among the initial artists announced for Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown Festival, which takes place in London from June 13-21. Coleman is also set to perform at least twice during the fest, which has been curated in the past by the likes of Massive Attack, Scott Walker, and Jarvis Cocker. [Meltdown; HT The Daily Swarm] MORE »
