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Meat Loaf cancels several shows, citing illness
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The week ahead in music, July 30 - Aug. 5: Toby Keith, Clay Aiken, Tift Merritt, more
Here's our look at some of the most noteworthy music events scheduled for the coming week. July 30
Toby Keith [ tickets ], Trace Adkins [ tickets ], Gibson Amphitheater, Universal City, CA
Does anyone cater to his audience better than Toby Keith? He opens his show cannon blasts and fireworks, sings in the bed of a pickup truck, he salutes the troops and performs songs that tell stories about drinking, girls and cowboys. With an audience that captive, Keith is no dummy -- he talks about his label and performs "I Love This Bar" while backdrops advertise his chain of restaurants. The audience walks in confident they know what they will be seeing, and 90 minutes later they are probably talking about his show exceeds expectations. It's predictable, but Keith is all about meeting the desires of his fans. ...continuedToby Keith news at SoundSpikeTrace Adkins news at SoundSpikeJohn Zorn news at SoundSpikeClay Aiken news at SoundSpikeRuben Studdard news at SoundSpikeTift Merritt news at SoundSpike
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Arcade Fire to answer fans' Tweets ahead of YouTube concert
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Isobel Campbell, Mark Lanegan pair up for album, tour
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The Cars reunion speculation ignited by Facebook photo
Seminal New Wavers The Cars, who issued their last album in 1987 and officially broke up the following year, could be pondering a comeback. Earlier this month, a photo surfaced on Facebook that shows the band's four surviving members -- frontman Ric Ocasek, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson -- jamming in a studio. (The band's fifth member, bassist/vocalist Benjamin Orr, died in 2000 of pancreatic cancer.) ...continuedThe Cars news at SoundSpike
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Ozzfest adds weddings to its roster
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Black Crowes' Steve Gorman reflects on "Croweology," saying goodbye
With nearly four months of gigs left before saying goodbye indefinitely, The Black Crowes [ tickets ] haven't thought about the sentimentality of the situation -- yet. "I'm sure that'll certainly come," said drummer Steve Gorman, who co-founded the band with singer Chris Robinson and guitarist Rich Robinson. "At this point, we're worried about just getting the thing up and running. There's a lot of other things to think about. Once we're out there, I'm sure with every passing day it'll start to get more and more of that sort of bittersweet feeling. It's a positive thing for everyone to do. I think saying we're going to take a few years off and, leaving it open ended, that's just us having learned our lessons in the past. It's a smart move. I think we're finally making smart decisions that work with everybody." ...continuedTour dates for this story available at SoundSpike.comThe Black Crowes news at SoundSpike
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Album: Tom Jones, "Praise & Blame" (Lost Highway)
Testifying requires a substantial amount of faith. Not just in the person delivering "the news," but in the audience; they need to feel the message in their bones, and if it does not penetrate the soul, it's clearly artificial. Tom Jones [ tickets ], the Welsh hip-swinger who has spent his five-decade career connecting with Saturday night desires, puts his faith in Sunday-morning preaching on "Praise & Blame" and delivers a convincing effort; he may soon have some converts. Jones, 70, has walked an odd line during his career. The initial '60s/'70s image of him was as a younger, hipper version of Vegas Elvis, and years later, while he was recording decent funk and dance music, he never found the right visual image and often looked like he was headed to a Village People audition. The sepia-toned image in the middle of the "Praise & Blame" booklet casts Jones as a weary man, his eyes closed and arms extended in a pose suggesting his acceptance of the Lord. Clearly he has an art director who is taking this stuff seriously. ...continuedTom Jones news at SoundSpike
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Green Day readies for American "Breakdown"
After a Friday (7/30) appearance on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," Green Day [ tickets ] will launch a summer stadium tour of both North and South America in support of last year's "21st Century Breakdown." The band -- singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool -- kick off the trek Aug. 3 in Camden, NJ. The 18-city U.S. portion, which includes an Aug. 7 appearance at Chicago's Lollapalooza, wraps up Sept. 4 in San Francisco. After a month-long break, the trio will work its way through South America, beginning with an Oct. 8 performance in Caracas, Venezuela. The full itinerary, including international dates, is shown at right. ...continuedTour dates for this story available at SoundSpike.comGreen Day news at SoundSpike
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Gorillaz firm up North American tour plans
The animated British alt-rock outfit Gorillaz [ tickets ], who outlined plans for a major fall tour last week, has unveiled the full itinerary for the tour's month-long North American leg. The trek through the U.S. and Canada kicks off Oct. 3 in Montreal, and wraps up a month later in Vancouver, with 17 stops in between. Details, including available ticket on-sale information, are at right. Also included on the band's schedule is a 10-date swing through Europe and a six-city Australian leg. ...continuedTour dates for this story available at SoundSpike.comGorillaz news at SoundSpike
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Wavves roll in ahead of "King of the Beach"
Wavves [ tickets ] will start a 32-show tour in New York City on Aug. 2, the day before the release of the band's third album, "King of the Beach," on Fat Possum. Wavves, as San Diego native Nathan Williams calls his music project, continues to be a three -piece with the musicians who became his touring band at the end of 2009, bassist Stephen Pope and drummer Billy Hayes. Pope and Hayes co-wrote two songs on the new album with Williams, who recorded over the course of three months at Sweet Tea Recording in Oxford, MS, with Dennis Herring, producer of the last two Modest Mouse albums. ...continuedTour dates for this story available at SoundSpike.comWavves news at SoundSpike
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The undead haunt new EP from The Devil Wears Prada
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Shooter Jennings and Hierophant flaunt "Black Ribbons"
Shooter Jennings [ tickets ] and his latest group, Hierophant, will hit the road later this summer in support of their March release, "Black Ribbons." The Southern singer/songwriter and his crew -- bassist Ted Russell Kamp, drummer Bryan Keeling, guitarist John Schreffler and keyboardist Bobby Emmett -- will first finish three August commitments, including an Aug. 6 gig opening for Bob Dylan, before kicking off the official headlining tour with a Sept. 5 stop in Alexander City, AL. The 23-city outing focuses on clubs and theaters throughout the eastern half of the nation before wrapping up Oct. 9 in Louisville, KY. The full schedule is shown at right. ...continuedTour dates for this story available at SoundSpike.comShooter Jennings news at SoundSpike
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Guster's "Easy Wonderful" due in October
Acoustic rockers Guster [ tickets ] will spend the month of October on the road supporting the release of their first record in four years, "Easy Wonderful." Aware/Universal Republic will release the album Oct. 5. The tour starts Oct. 1 in Nashville, TN, where much of the album was recorded. The rest of the album was recorded in New York where Guster will perform Oct. 29, returning to New York's Beacon Theatre, which the band sold out in 2009. ...continuedTour dates for this story available at SoundSpike.comGuster news at SoundSpike
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Barenaked Ladies claw back after a tumultuous period
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