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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Mars Volta side project coming to Minneapolis, Madison


FREE MORAL AGENTS TOUR THE US IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM CONTROL THIS  ON CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES

MARS VOLTA KEYBOARDIST AND FULL FMA BAND EMBARK UPON A MONTHLONG TOUR STARTING OCTOBER 6, 2010


Grammy Award winning Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, Long Beach-based keyboardist forMars Volta, has taken an extended hiatus from his main musical outlet to focus on a variety of other projects, key among them his long running group Free Moral Agents, whose new album Control This was recently released on Chocolate Industries. What started as a solo project in 2002 expanded to a full band in 2005, bringing in the talents of Mendee Ichikawa (vocals), Reid Kinnet (Rhodes), Jesse Carzello (guitar), Dennis Owens (bass), and Ryan Reiff (drums). The six-member group will be heading across the country starting this week to perform their new material for the masses.



Tour Dates
Wed Oct 6, Las Vegas, NV @ Las Vegas Country Saloon
Thur Oct 7, Tempe, AZ @ Stray Cat
Fri, Oct 8, El Paso, TX @ Republic
Sat, Oct 9, Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlie's
Sun, Oct 10, Corpus Christi, TX @ Revolution
Mon, Oct 11, San Marcos, TX @ Triple Crown
Tues, Oct 12, Lafayette, LA @ Grant Street Dancehall
Wed, Oct 13, Montevallo, AL @ Eclipse
Thur, Oct 14, Atlanta, GA @ 5 Spot
Fri, Oct 15, Knoxville, TN @ Clarence Brown Theatre, Univ. of TN
Sat, Oct 16, Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
Sun, Oct 17, Virginia Beach, VA @ Hangar 09
Mon, Oct 18, Raleigh, NC @ Pour House
Wed, Oct 20, Cambridge, MA @ Middle East upstairs
Thur, Oct 21, Newark, DE @ University of Delaware
Fri, Oct 22, New York City, NY @ CMJ
Sat, Oct 23, New York City, NY @ CMJ
Mon, Oct 25, Providence, RI @ Met Café
Tues, Oct 26, Portland, ME @ Asylum
Thur, Oct 28: Chicago, IL @ Beauty Bar
Fri, Oct 29: Minneapolis, MN @ TBASat, Oct 30: Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room
Sun, Oct 31: Madison, WI @ FrequencyMon, Nov 1: Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar
Tues, Nov 2: Denver, CO @ Casselman's
Wed, Nov 3: Pueblo, CO @ Smitty's Greenlight Tavern
Thur, Nov 4: Salt Lake City, UT @ Bar Deluxe
Fri, Nov 5: Missoula, MT @ The Palace
Sat, Nov 6: Portland, OR @ Slabtown
Sun, Nov 7: Seattle, WA @ Nectar Lounge
Wed, Nov 10: Sacramento, CA @ Sol Collective
Thur, Nov 11: Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door
Fri, Nov 12: Los Angeles, CA @ Airliner
Sun, Nov 14: Stockton, CA @ 856 Club

Source: Biz 3

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

HUGE show down in the Cities this Friday -- catch it if you can!

A Benefit For Brad Kern
Friday, October 8, 2010

First Avenue Mainroom
$22.50 advance/$24.00 doors 
18+ show
6:30pm Doors

With performances by:
Semisonic
Mason Jennings
Jeremy Messersmith
Twilight Hours
The Hang Ups
Two Harbors

Host by Mary Lucia from 89.3 Current
+ Music between bands by DJ Jake Rudh
Produced in cooperation with Twin Cities Music Community Trust
Tickets on sale Friday August 20 at First Avenue, The Depot Tavern and all First Avenue and Ticketmaster Outlets.

Brad Kern has been working as a live sound and recording engineer in the Twin Cities and around the globe since 1988. At one time or another, Brad has mixed live or recorded every band on the bill, since his initial work with Trip Shakespeare in 1991.

Brad was the victim of a hit and run, while biking to his home last month. He had extensive injuries but is expected to fully recover. Proceeds from this event will go to cover medical bills and lost wages during his recovery.

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SEMISONIC
http://www.semisonic.com/

  
After the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Minneapolis natives Dan Wilson and John Munson teamed up with drummer Jacob Slichter to form Semisonic.  From 1995 to 2001, the band toured the globe and released four recordings; "The Pleasure EP",  "Great Divide", "Feeling Strangely Fine" and "All About Chemistry". “Feeling Strangely Fine,” sold over 2 million copies worldwide and remains a touchstone of late-90’s alternative rock. “Closing Time,” the band's biggest hit, for which they received a Grammy nomination, was ubiquitous around the world and remains a familiar and recurrent radio presence in many countries. “Secret Smile,” which became a chart-topping single in UK and Europe a year after the album’s release in the US, is equally long-lived. Semisonic's appearance at this benefit marks their first live show in over two years.


MASON JENNINGS

http://www.masonjennings.com/



Mason Jennings is a Minneapolis based singer/songwriter. His latest studio CD Blood Of Man, on which he played all the instruments, was given a 4 star review in Rolling Stone and called 'His best album yet'." Mason will be performing with his original band mates Robert Skoro (bass), Edgar Oliveira (drums) and Chris Thompson (sax) it’s a ten-year reunion of the "Birds Flying Away" album released at First Avenue.


THE TWILIGHT HOURS

http://thetwilighthours.com/



Originally cooked up as a nom de rock for music veterans John Munson and Matt Wilson's latest collection of songs, The Twilight Hours have evolved into a cohesive quintet, comprised of some of the finest rockers in Minneapolis.  Along with Jacques Wait on guitar, Dave Salmela on piano and Steve Roehm on drumset, Munson (bass, vocals) and Wilson (guitar, vocals) have forged a sound that is at once timeless and fresh.  The group was named a Best New Band of 2009 (!) by First Avenue Staff and music biz insiders.  The record, Stereo Night, was named among the top ten of 2009 by both The City Pages and Star Tribune.  The band is in the midst of creating a new recording, which will make full use of the mighty chemistry they have concocted.  Look for it early next year.   And visit thetwilighthours.com for more in-depth analysis, videos, downloads and delightfully inscrutable nonsense.

THE HANG UPS
http://www.myspace.com/hangupsmusic



Having grown from a trio formed at art school to a quintet boasting accomplished albums and highly respected credentials in music circles around the country, the Hang Ups have elevated their skills and creative vision to deliver some of the most appealing guitar-pop tunes fused with a psych-folk edge heard this side of the Village Green. It’s no wonder the Minneapolis-based group’s memorable arrangements, beautiful melodies, and infectious hooks have attracted fans such as Pete Yorn, Don Dixon and Mitch Easter (producers of the group’s "Second Story" lp), Semisonic and their producer, Brad Kern (who produced The Hang Ups self titled lp)), and Soul Asylum ’s Dave Pirner.

TWO HARBORS

http://www.myspace.com/twoharborsmusic
  
Originally known as Colonial Vipers Attack, this Minneapolis dreampop band returns with a new name and a tighter, grander sound on their second album All the Places We Would Rather Be. The Two Harbors trail begins around 2006 when the band released a self-titled album (under the original band name) with a lineup that included bassist John Schrei and keyboardist Dax Eckel. The first album made a good splash with local radio and press, listeners appreciating the music's dreamy, textural tone and the band's slyly catchy song writing.

TWIN CITIES MUSIC COMMUNITY TRUST
The Twin Cities Music Community Trust was co-founded by Myles Kennedy and James Baker to help out members of the local music industry with medical bills and other expenses. Previous beneficiaries of The Twin Cities Music Community Trust are sound engineers Chad Weis and Matt Lindquist, and First Avenue stage manager Conrad Sverkerson among others.


City Pages

Semisonic and the Hang Ups reuniting for benefit




A benefit for live sound and recording engineer Brad Kern is shaping up to be quite the remarkable lineup, thanks to Kern's extensive involvement in the local scene. Since working with Trip Shakespeare in 1991, Kern has mixed or recorded countless acts, and now the bands are honoring Kern with a fundraiser in the First Avenue Mainroom on October 8.

In addition to performances by Mason Jennings, the Twilight Hours, and Two Harbors, the First Ave show will also feature two reunions: headliners Semisonic, who last performed locally in 2008, and the Hang Ups (led by Brian Tighe of the Owls and the Star Folk), who were most active in the mid-'90s.

Brad Kern was the victim of a hit and run accident while biking home last month. He is expected to recover completely, but sustained severe injuries and has been unable to work. Proceeds from the benefit show will soften the blow of his medical bills and lost wages.

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Star Tribune


August 13, 2010 - 5:25 PM
In other concert news, Minneapolis favorites Semisonic -- who never officially broke up (so don't call it a reunion) -- will play their first show in two years Oct. 8 at First Avenue, a benefit concert for sound engineer Brad KernMason Jennings, the Twilight Hours, theHang Ups and Two Harbors will also perform. Kern was in a hit-and-run bike accident last month. Tickets ($22.50) go on sale next Friday at noon via www.First-Avenue.com.
CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER
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A.V. Club
Updated 09/30/2010
  • Fri Oct 8 6:30 pm
    Semisonic, Mason Jennings, Jeremy Messersmith, The Twilight Hours, The Hang Ups, and Two Harbors at First AvenueWith the recent reunions of bands like Guided By Voices and Pavement, ’90s nostalgia is in full effect. So why shouldn’t the Twin Cities have their own version? Semisonic’s biggest mark on the alt-rock world was “Closing Time,” but earlier releases like the 1995 Pleasure EP and the following year’s Great Divide are packed with equally infectious hooks. While Semisonic’s last show was only two years ago, it’s been a bit longer since indie-pop band The Hang Ups took the stage, though leader Brian Tighe has continued to hone his talent for sweet, sing-along melodies in The Owls. The bands are reteaming to play a benefit for sound engineer Brad Kern, who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident while biking a few months ago.
    First Avenue 701 1st Ave. N., Twin Cities, MN 18+ $22.50/$24

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Mpls Music Live 
Brad Kern Benefit @ First Avenue on Friday, October 8th ($22.50): Semisonic reunion?  That alone is a must see.  Now throw in Mason Jennings, Twilight Hours, The Hang Ups, and Two Harbors and you know you are going to have to be there.  The benefit is for Brad Kern, a long time local sound tech who was recently hit by a car while riding his bike.  It’s an unprecedented line-up, making it both a great value and a good cause.  Horrible circumstances, to be sure – but, let’s support some great local musicians supporting their friend.

Source: Tinderbox Music

Monday, September 13, 2010

Gorillaz touring with N.E.R.D.

GORILLAZ CONFIRM N.E.R.D. AS SUPPORT, SPECIAL GUESTS FOR NORTH AMERICAN DATES
MURDOC TO CHAT LIVE WITH FANS FROM PLASTIC BEACH SEPT 16
TOUR TRAILER NOW AVAILABLE 

September 10, 2010 - Gorillaz have confirmed a partial line up of guests to appear on their highly anticipated "Escape To Plastic Beach" North American tour. The artists confirmed so far include De La Soul, Little Dragon, Bobby Womack, appearing as special guests of the Gorillaz Plastic Beach band which features Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of the Clash.

In the meantime, Murdoc will be chatting live from Plastic Beach on Thursday, September 16th at 5pm EST, 10pm London BST via Ustream and can be viewed on the band's facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/gorillaz.  Fans can submit their questions in advance via Twitter using the hashtag #gorillazlive.

A preview of what can be expected when the guests join the Gorillaz live band this fall on hits Stylo, Rhinestone Eyes, Feel Good Inc. and more can be seen in the official tour trailer now live at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lxvzkdPwbE

The full list of (so far confirmed) artists:
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Bashy
Little Dragon
De La Soul
Bobby Womack
Roses Gabor
Bootie Brown
Kano
Miho Hatori (to appear in Los Angeles and NYC only)
** please note some artists will not be appearing in all cities, for a full list of scheduled appearances please visit Gorillaz.com

N.E.R.D. has been confirmed as support for the North American dates. The tour which kicks off in Canada at Montreal's Bell Centre on October 3 and includes the recently added San Diego, CA appearance at the Viejas Arena. N.E.R.D. join the tour at Boston's Agganis Arena and will be performing all the North American dates except Montreal, QC and Wallingford, CT.

Tickets are now available on LiveNation.com. The U.S. and Canada dates, promoted by Live Nation, will be followed by a series of ten shows across Europe and the UK, as well as, seven shows across Australia and Asia.

GORILLAZ ESCAPE TO PLASTIC BEACH WORLD TOUR 2010
NORTH AMERICAN ITINERARY
October 3 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
October 5 - Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theatre
October 6 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
October 8 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
October 10 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
October 11 - Washington, DC - Patriot Center
October 13 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
October 14 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
October 16 - Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion
October 17 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center 
October 19 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
October 20 - Dallas, TX - Verizon Theatre
October 22 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
October 24 - Denver, CO - Wells Fargo Theatre
October 26 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
October 27 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
October 28 - San Diego, CA - Viejas Arena
October 30 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena -
November 2 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
November 3 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena

For complete tour and ticket information visit: Gorillaz.com

Source: Nasty Little Man

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

The Books and the Black Heart Procession coming to MPLS

THE BOOKS EXPAND NORTH AMERICAN TOUR


DATES ADDED in Durham, Charlotte, Baltimore, Grinnell, St. Louis, and NewporT

THE BLACK HEART PROCESSION TO SUPPORT

Following the summer success of The Way Out (on Temporary Residence), The Books expand their upcoming fall North American tour to include stops along the Midwest and East Coast.  In addition to the excellent reception of their new record, The Books have also developed a reputation for their engaging live shows, which mix audio and visual components to appropriately reveal each song's complete environment.

Joining the Books on this tour will be the legendary, The Black Heart Procession who tour in support of their upcoming Blood Bunny/ Black Rabbit EP, as well as their long awaited sixth album Six, released just last year. Known for their highly personal and emotive live shows, The Black Heart Procession will undoubtedly provide ample footing for The Books' all encompassing sets.

"Arguably one of the most original contemporary musical groups," - FILTER MAGAZINE


THE BOOKS FALL TOUR

9/4       Monticello, NY      ATP Festival (Kutsher's Country Club)
9/23     Durham, NH        University of New Hamsphire 
9/29     Philadelphia, PA   The Trocadero
9/30     Washington, DC   9:30 Club
10/1     Durham, NC        Shaefer Theater (early)
10/1     Durham, NC         Shaefer Theater
10/2     Charlotte, NC      Visulite Theater
10/3     Atlanta, GA           Variety Playhouse
10/4     Knoxville, TN        Square Room
10/5     Charlotesville, VA Jefferson Theatre
10/6     Baltimore, MD     Rams Head Live
10/21   Somerville, MA      Somerville Theatre
10/22   Northampton MA   Pearl Street Nightclub
10/23   Montreal, PQ         Cabaret Mile End
10/24   Ottawa, ON           Capital Music Hall
10/25   Toronto, ON           The Mod Club
10/26   Pontiac, MI            The Crofoot Ballroom
10/27   Grand Rapids, MI   Ladies Literary Club
10/29   Chicago, Il              Vic Theatre
10/30   Minneapolis, MN    Cedar Culture Center
10/31   Grinnell, IA            Herrick Chapel
11/02   St Louis, MO         The Old Rock House
11/03   Newport, KY          Southgate House
11/13   New York, NY         Zankel at Carnegie Hall
11/29   Los Angeles, CA     Music Box at The Henry Fonda Theater
11/30   San Francisco, CA  Palace of Fine Arts
12/3     Portland, OR          Aladdin Theater
12/4     Seattle, WA            Moore Theater
12/5     Vancouver, BC       Vogue Theater

 
Tickets for all shows available at:

www.thebooksmusic.com/news/

Source: Biz3

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Jayhawks' Mark Olson to grace Minneapolis, Grand Rapids, Duluth and Madison

MARK OLSON ENLISTS BUZZWORTHY BANDS AS TOUR OPENERS
JAYHAWKS LEGENDARY CO-FOUNDER INVITES RISING ARTISTS TO JOIN VARIOUS TOUR DATES
US TOUR BEGINS END OF AUGUST AS NEW RYKO CD MANY COLORED KITE GARNERS ACCLAIM
OLSON TO KEYNOTE 23RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE IN MEMPHIS 2011
"Mark Olson, founding member of the Jayhawks, has the autonomy and musical prowess to defy that unnecessary descriptive clause that often comes after his name..."--American Songwriter Magazine
Cory Chisel, Breathe Owl Breathe, Backyard Tire Fire, Vandaveer and Ivan & Aloyosha are among the buzzworthy bands invited to join renowned Jayhawks’ founder Mark Olson on his upcoming US tour beginning August 27th in Los Angeles. Olson will perform songs from his just- released Ryko album, Many Colored Kite, the impressive follow-up to his solo debut Salvation Blues.  Both releases have garnered much praise from media and industry alike. The singer/songwriter will be joined on his acoustic tour by musical collaborator and girlfriend Ingun Ringvold, who co-wrote two songs on Many Colored Kite.  Olson is expected to perform songs from his Jayhawks’ years as well.
It was also just announced that Folk Alliance International has asked Olson to join David Bromberg as a keynote speaker at the 23rd Annual International Folk Alliance 2011 convention which will take place from February 16-20th 2011 in Memphis, TN. The International Folk Alliance conference is one of the largest annual music conferences in North America and draws together musicians and music industry professionals from around the world to share ideas, network, and celebrate traditional music and dance.   Past keynote speakers have included Byrds' founding member, Roger McGuinn and folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie.
A musical innovator who began his career as part of the alternative rock and folk band scene from the Midwest, Mark Olson was an instant critics' darling.  His early work with the Jayhawks as well as with Victoria Williams resulted in some of the best musical moments of that era and earned him lasting respect within the alternative music community.  It is with this sense of community and commitment to helping bands that Olson chose to offer opening slots to these young artists as part of his tour.
“I’m really looking forward to playing with these bands. They’re all so good. I can’t wait to get started,” expresses Mark Olson.
Named one of Rolling Stone’s “Best New Artists” of 2009, Wisconsin folk-rocker Cory Chisel made his major-label debut with Death Won’t Send A Letter in the fall of last year with a dark and urgent rock and roll vision.  It takes a romantic albeit gutsy stance on the meaning of love and spirituality, as the songs seek to make sense of the world outside and human desires within C reconciling the call of the road and a longing for home, literally and figuratively. Death Won't Send A Letter, was produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, The White Stripes) and features members of The Raconteurs and My Morning Jacket.
In a Lincoln Log cabin in deep rural Michigan live and work Micah Middaugh, Trevor Hobbs, and AndrĂ©a Moreno-Beals. This is Breathe Owl Breathe. The trio's new album, Magic Central, is a timeless aural cartogram of feeling, souls, skill, and story, much of which was born out of experiences living at the cabin. (The cabin was built by Micah's grandfather, a radical preacher who traveled by dogsled.) For some time the cabin was Micah's home and print studio, but after Trevor and AndrĂ©a moved in, it slowly morphed into Magic Central - a place where there is no distinction between working, creating, songwriting, practicing and playing. Recorded throughout the winter in the cabin as AndrĂ©a traveled to and from Brazil (she is from Colombia), the album features themes of distance and proximity, chill and tropic, opera and grumble.

Backyard Tire Fire is building on the momentum of their new record Good to Be, which was produced by Grammy-winning Producer and member of Los Lobos, Steve Berlin.  For the band’s fifth full-length release, BTF have spread the stylistic court with a rich, ever-expanding palette of aural rock ’n’ roll colors and textures that tap into bouncy, Kinks-meet-Squeeze Brit pop-rock, Tom Petty-styled Southern rock, and Beatles-esque majesty. Good to Be has been the band’s most successful record to date, garnering coverage from a wide range of publications including Paste Magazine, Washington Post, PopMatters.com, My Old Kentucky Blog and Daytrotter.com.

            Vandaveer is Mark Charles Heidinger, a man who knows how to charm via the medium of song. His melodies are easy, welcoming and filled with splendor, and intelligent enough to be on the right side of radio-friendly. While humble, his folk is not twee or sappy. Divide & Conquer, Vandaveer's 2nd album, was released in 2009, aided and abetted by the angelic vocals of his good sister Rose. Here is the proof that you can be modest and commanding in the same breath.

Seattle's Ivan & Alyosha take their musical inspiration from vintage folk-pop. Formed in 2007, the band has gained traction following the release of their debut EP The Verse, The Chorus and a successful stop at SXSW 2010. NPR Music have been one of the first champions of the band. They picked Ivan & Alyosha as one of the Top 100 at SXSW and then selected the band's "Easy to Love" as NPR's Song of The Day in April. Most recently they invited I&A down to DC to tape an episode of their Tiny Desk Concerts, to be posted this fall. Ivan & Alyosha will release a new EP in October.


MARK OLSON SUMMER/FALL 2010 U.S. TOUR DATES08/27   Los Angeles, CA                    McCabe’s Guitar Shop w/ Ivan & Alyosha
09/07   San Francisco, CA                  CafĂ© du Nord w/ Ivan & Alyosha
09/09   Portland, OR                           Mississippi Studios w/ AA Bondy, Mike Coykendall, The Alialujah Choir
and Henry Wagons
09/10   Seattle, WA                            The Triple Door w/ Ivan & Alyosha
09/11   Bellingham, WA                     Green Frog CafĂ© Acoustic Tavern w/ Ivan & Alyosha
09/12   Minneapolis, MN                    Varsity Theater
09/13   Grand Rapids, MN                 KAXE Closing Tent              
09/14   Duluth, MN                            Pizza Luce w/ Cory Chisel
09/15   Madison, WI                           High Noon Saloon with Cory Chisel

09/16   Milwaukee, WI                       Club Garibaldi w/ Backyard Tire Fire
09/17   Chicago, IL                             Schuba’s w/ Cory Chisel
09/18   Louisville, KY                        The Rudyard Kipling w/ Vandaveer
09/19   St. Louis, MO                         The Old Rock House w/ Vandaveer
09/21   Easton, MD                             Nightcat w/ Vandaveer
09/22   Philadelphia, PA                     World CafĂ© Live w/ Vandaveer
09/23   Vienna, VA                             Jammin’ Java w/Vandaveer
09/24   New York, NY                        Joe’s Pub
09/25   Northampton, MA                   Iron Horse Music Hall w/ Breathe Owl Breathe
09/26   Cambridge, MA                       Club Passim w/ Breathe Owl Breathe
09/27   Portland, ME                          Online Longfellow Square w Vandaveer
09/28   Ithaca, NY                               Wildfire Lounge w/ Vandaveer
09/29   Brooklyn, NY                          The Rock Shop

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

King Khan going to teach Minneapolis and Madison how to dance


KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES TO EMBARK ON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

SOUL-PSYCHEDELIC-GARAGE LEGENDS TO TEACH MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST TO DANCE IN TWO WEEKS OR LESS


King Khan, master of his domain, as well as any and all domains related to the cross-section of ear bending psychedelia, scorched rubber garage, and love potion dripping soul, is poised for another assault on American shores this October. Following this past Spring's celebrated "Comeback Tour", which culminated in a fire hazardous performance at Coachella, the master performer detected that the corners of the US left untouched by the former outing were in dire need of a dose of his mystical medicine. Now would be a good time to start polishing your dancing shoes.


PRESS ON KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES' COACHELLA APPEARANCE

"WIN: Khan and the Shrines, who turned their afternoon slot into a bouncing party, aided by the kind of funk everyone was expecting from Sly's backing band later in the day." - LA WEEKLY

"A horn-blazing rock 'n' roll rave-up."- SPIN .COM



Tour dates:
SUN 10/3                       ST. LOUIS, MO                      2720 Cherokee
MON 10/4                      MINNEAPOLIS, MN               Triple Rock Social Club
TUE 10/5                       MADISON, WI                        Annxex
WED 10/6                      CHICAGO, IL                         Bottom Lounge
FRI 10/8                         TORONTO, ON                      Lee's Palace
SAT 10/9                        MONTREAL, QC                    Cabaret Mile End
TUE 10/12                      PROVIDENCE, RI                  The Met
WED 10/13                     BOSTON, MA                          Royale
FRI 10/15                        NEW YORK, NY                     Santo's Party House
SAT 10/16                       BROOKLYN, NY                     Bell House



Source: Biz3

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Best damn cartoon band (ever) coming to Target Center


GORILLAZ WORLD TOUR TO KICK OFF OCTOBER 3 IN NORTH AMERICA

THREE MONTH "ESCAPE TO PLASTIC BEACH" GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO INCLUDE FIRST EVER MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HEADLINE 

Plastic Beach #1 in NPR's Mid-Year Best Music of 2010 So Far Listeners' Poll New and Exclusive Video Material Live Now at Gorillaz Official Hulu Channelhttp://www.hulu.com/gorillaz  

July 27, 2010 - On the heels of a mind blowing run of European festivals, Gorillaz have announced the complete tour routing for the North American leg of their highly anticipated world tour "Escape To Plastic Beach."   The North American tour will begin in Canada at Montreal's Bell Centre on October 3rd with a 19 date stretch winding up on November 3rd at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.

Tickets go on sale to the public in select markets beginning August 6th at LiveNation.com.  Gorillaz fanclub, the Sub-Division, will benefit from a 48 hour exclusive pre-sale prior to tickets going on general sale. To join Sub-Division go to www.gorillaz.com/subdivision.  Citi® cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday, August 4th at 10 am local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visitwww.citiprivatepass.com  

The U.S. and Canada dates, promoted by Live Nation, will be followed by a series of ten shows across Europe and the UK, as well as, seven shows across Australia and Asia.

Gorillaz co-creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's new live experience encompassing material from all three multi-platinum Gorillaz albums played its first ever show at this April's Coachella festival, absolutely slaying a crowd of 70,000 in the final headline slot of the weekend. Featuring Albarn, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, Bootie Brown, UK Hip Hop stars Kano and Bashy and others as well as video animation, artwork, film and stage design by Hewlett, Gorillaz have since played in front of more than 400,000 fans headlining Glastonbury, Roskilde in Denmark and Benicassim Festival in Spain and will soon become the first Western band of their magnitude to play in Syria when they play the ancient Citadel in Damascus on July 25th following a headline slot at Byblos Festival, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Universal raves for the current Gorillaz live band have included the following: 

"The guest appearances from Bobby Womack, De La Soul, the Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, and more were all real. Not that Albarn really needed any help commanding attention. He sang with real soul and exhibited boundless energy... This, ladies and gentlemen, was pop spectacle done right."--ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY 

"The evolving band-art project -- that originally began as a partnership between Blur's Damon Albarn and comics artist Jamie Hewlett -- was at its most expansive at Coachella. Albarn acted as a composer and a conjurer, directing a mini symphony and waving his arms to inspire flashes of synthesized and electronic sounds. The Gorillaz -- aided by Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, anchors of what was once one of England's most ambitious bands, the Clash -- were, in many ways, the most perfect of Coachella bands."--LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Gorillaz, the multi-media music project helmed by former Blur front man Damon Albarn and Tank Girl co-creator Jamie Hewlett, is the most intriguing, and perhaps one of the most important, music groups to emerge from the '00s. Nowhere was that more obvious than Sunday night at Coachella, when Gorillaz sucked the crowd from virtually every other portion of Empire Polo Field for a rousing conclusion to the festival."--LA WEEKLY

On the heels of the recently released third Gorillaz album Plastic Beach being  voted #1 album of 2010 thus far in NPR's listeners poll, and first single/video "Stylo" setting the record for the most successful YouTube Music Tuesday premiere ever, Gorillaz have followed up with an epic clip for "On Melancholy Hill." The narrative reveals the whereabouts of Gorillaz guitar slinger Noodle, making her first appearance since her apparent demise in the "El Manana" video that capped the 2005-2006 Demon Days campaign, and drummer Russel Hobbs, returning from MIA status transformed into a giant. "On Melancholy Hill" also picks up immediately following  the conclusion of the white knuckle chase captured in "Stylo," with Noodle's Cyborg doppelganger, Murdoc and vocalist 2D headed to Plastic Beach by way of an undersea odyssey featuring cameos from Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, Simonon and Jones, De La Soul and more. The full back story of the various Gorillaz misadventures filling the gap between Demon Days and Plastic Beach, the discovery of Point Nemo and construction of Murdoc's new HQ, the formation of the current Gorillaz live band and more are chronicled in Journey To Plastic Beach http://www.hulu.com/watch/158164/gorillaz-journey-to-plastic-beach#s-p1-sr-i0. Journey To Plastic Beach recently debuted alongside "Feel Good Inc.," "DARE," "Clint Eastwood" and other visual essentials from the extensive Gorillaz videography at the band's recently christened Hulu channel at http://www.hulu.com/gorillaz  

Plastic Beach was released March 9 in the U.S. on EMI's Virgin Records. It immediately set two career landmarks, selling more than 112,000 copies in its first week and entering the U.S. album chart at #2. Both career highs, the sales number and chart position bested those of 2005's double-platinum Demon Days, which sold 107,000 in its debut week, entering the chart at #6.

Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by  Albarn and Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on  the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two  million copies in the U.S. The band's 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the  Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner "Feel Good Inc." and sold in excess of two million copies in America. 

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check  back hourly at the all newhttp://gorillaz.com, follow the  band's own Murdoc Niccals atwww.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz 

GORILLAZ ESCAPE TO PLASTIC BEACH WORLD TOUR 2010
NORTH AMERICAN ITINERARY  

October 3 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre - On sale August 14
October 5 - Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theatre - On sale August 13
October 6 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena - On sale August 6
October 8 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden - On sale August 6
October 10 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center - On sale August 6
October 11 - Washington, DC - Patriot Center - On sale August 13
October 13 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre - On sale August 6
October 14 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre - On sale August 13
October 16 - Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion - On sale August 27
October 17 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center - On sale August 13
October 19 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center - On sale August 6
October 20 - Dallas, TX - Verizon Theatre - On sale August 13
October 22 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center - On sale August 13
October 24 - Denver, CO - Wells Fargo Theatre - On sale August 13
October 26 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre - On sale August 6
October 27 - Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre - On sale August 6
October 30 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena - On sale soon

November 2 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena - On sale August 20
November 3 - Vancouver, BC - Rogers Arena - On sale August 13

Itinerary subject to change. For complete tour and ticket information visit:  http://www.gorillaz.com  

For complete tour and ticket information, visit:  Gorillaz.com and LiveNation.com

~Information courtesy Nasty Little Man