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Norah Jones Announces Tour

Norah Jones has announced U.S. tour dates in support of her new album The Fall, which was released by EMI's Blue Note Records on November 17.

The 36-city tour will kick off March 5, 2010. Please find all tour dates listed below. A select number of shows will go on sale beginning December 4, 2009.

The Fall finds Jones experimenting with a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse among others. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partner Jesse Harris. King also helped Jones put together a new group of musicians to perform on the album, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer).
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Cliff And The Shadows DVD

With a career spanning six decades, charismatic pop icon Cliff Richard is the only UK artist to have charted #1 in five consecutive decades. In 1959, he began recording with The Shadows, an alliance that strengthened both acts' legacies. Fifty years later, the most successful partnership in UK history has reunited for a final international tour. On January 19, Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its Eagle Vision subsidiary, will release Cliff And The Shadows: The Final Tour.

Filmed during a three night stint at the O2 Arena in London in Autumn 2009, The Final Tour DVD, with a run time of 137 minutes, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Cliff And The Shadows' first collaboration. Musical gems such as their #1 hits "Living Doll," "It's All In The Game," "Bachelor Boy," and "Apache," as well as a 30-minute bonus feature with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, are included. The Final Tour – Together Again will continue throughout 2010, with stops in Australia and their first-ever shows in New Zealand. - more on this story

Hopeless Band We Are The In Crowd Announce 2010 Tour

Hopeless Records latest signing We Are The In Crowd is on tour now with Select Start and Action Item. New January 2010 dates with Secret Secret Dino Club have just been announced (see dates below).

The Poughkeepsie, NY four piece's current single, "For The Win" is available now on iTunes. The track was featured in an episode of MTV's The Hills earlier this month.

Armed with a unique combination of both male and female vocals, We Are The In Crowd has created frank, emotional pop rock songs that embody everything that you want to say but don't know how. This honest depiction of young adult trials and tribulations has helped We Are The In Crowd gain a rabid fan base that hangs on every word and every chord. - more on this story

The New Collisions Offer Up Free Song

Boston's The New Collisions have gone from an unknown club band to one of the northeast's hottest acts. Fresh off of two 300+ person shows at the CMJ Music Marathon, a national tour with The B-52s and Blondie, The New Collisions released their debut EP, "Invisible Embraces".

Greg Hawkes, the legendary keyboard player from The Cars, happened to catch one of the band's first shows. Over the spring, he worked with the band and with platinum-selling producer Anthony Resta (Duran Duran, Missing Persons), another early fan. The media have also had great things to say, with high remarks from the Boston Globe, The Boston Phoenix, The Boston Herald, SPINearth, and even a future Fearless Music TV spot coming soon to NYC.

Influences from the New Wave explosion of '77-'83, plus the early 60s of Phil Spector and Brian Wilson, meet a modern, dancey, intense sound. There are powerful female vocals, jagged analog synth, sweeping harmonies, catchy dance rhythms, and a message of lost youth in a world falling apart. - You Can Download The Hit Single 'Beautiful and Numb' Here

Suzi Ragsdale Special Edition

Singer/songwriter/pianist Suzi Ragsdale announces the February 9 release of her special edition two-disc digipak album, Best Regards/Less of the Same, on Clyde Records/Stark Raven Records, distributed nationally by the Allegro Media Group. The album features special guests Rodney Crowell, Darrell Scott and Gabe Dixon.

Nashville native Suzi Ragsdale literally grew up in the music business. The daughter of legendary singer/songwriter Ray Stevens, Suzi sang – at the age of five – in the kiddie chorus on her father's Grammy Award-winning smash hit, "Everything Is Beautiful." At 10, she was recording children's albums and writing her own songs; by 13 she was singing other writers' demos; and by 17 Suzi was singing in local clubs.

Suzi has sung background harmony vocals on more than 60 albums and can be heard on such hits as "Mi Vida Loca" by Pam Tillis, "Jesus and Mama" by Confederate Railroad, "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis and "Hey Cinderella" by Suzy Bogguss. Over the last 20 years, her vocal work has also appeared on albums from Hank Williams, Jr., David Ball, Jo-El Sonnier, Joy Lynn White, Tom Paxton and Ian Tyson, among many others. - more on this story

Two Door Cinema Club Ink With Glassnote

Glassnote Records is proud to announce the newest band to join the independent label's roster, Northern Ireland's Two Door Cinema Club. Releasing their debut overseas in February via Kitsuné/Co-Op, a North American release date for the album will be announced shortly.

On the cusp of releasing a 7" single of the song "I Can Talk" overseas, anticipation of the band's debut is building and the press is already raving. Of the song, NME gushes "It's herky, it's jerky, it's a mile-a-minute, it's everything we love about guitars and boys. Bloc Party might not want to stay on hiatus too long with them around," while AOL's Spinner UK adds "the fresh-faced trio's energetic indie pop adds flashes of African-styled guitar to the template, alongside jangly touch stones such as Death Cab For Cutie and Broken Social Scene." Stateside the band can be heard on the Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Remix Collection, where they covered US label-mate PHOENIX's song "Lasso."

"Two Door Cinema Club is one of the most exciting young bands in the world," says Glassnote President Daniel Glass. "We cannot wait for their tour and record in 2010." - more on this story

Live Nation Will Donate A Portion Of Each Ticket Sold Today In The U.S. To Fight AIDS

Today for World AIDS Day Live Nation will donate a portion of every ticket sold to its concerts in the United States to fight HIV/AIDS. All proceeds will benefit LIFEbeat, the music industry's HIV/AIDS prevention charity in America.

"We are proud to stand alongside LIFEbeat on World AIDS Day to help educate music fans about prevention of this deadly disease," said Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation.

"Although great strides have been made in HIV/AIDS prevention and education, the fact remains that every nine-and-a-half minutes someone in the United States is infected with HIV," said John Cannelli, Executive Director of LIFEbeat. "We applaud Live Nation who are bringing their considerable resources to bear to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention and to raise funds to enable us to continue in this important work." - more on this story

Rickie Lee Jones Doing Conan Tonight

Rickie Lee Jones will appear on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on Tuesday, December 1 in support of her recently released album, Balm in Gilead. The album marks the 30th anniversary of Jones' storied career and is material that she has worked on over the past 20 years.

Balm in Gilead's songs flow easily through its roots and soul fabric; it reflects the lifetime work of a woman, whose very name is a genre. The album features Ben Harper, Jon Brion, Vic Chesnutt, Bill Frisell, Victoria Williams and Alison Krauss among other highly talented friends.

The album's charms include the R&B-flavored opener "Wild girl" which harkens back to classic Rickie Lee, sung with a mother's love - older and wiser. "The Gospel of Carlos, Norman and Smith" which artfully widens the lens on society's racial injustice and its bottomless human ramifications; "Old Enough" (a duet with Ben Harper) is also classic Rickie Lee Jones, with its irresistible punchy horns. Other highlights include the emotionally raw and heartbreaking "Bonfires," the gorgeous ambient "His Jeweled Floor" on which she plays all the instruments except bass and accordion and the wild-dog howl of "Blue Ghazel." - more on this story

Rihanna Reunites with 6 Year Old Leukemia Patient

Rihanna had an emotional reunion with six-year-old leukemia patient, Jasmina Anema, at a signing for her new album, Rated R at Best Buy in NYC last week. The superstar visited Jasmina who was waiting for a bone marrow transplant at NYU Medical Center on April 2nd.

Rihanna spent three hours with the leukemia patient giving her a princess makeover and manicure bedside. After learning of Jasmina's battle with NK-cell leukemia in February, Rihanna pleaded with the public to register with DKMS Americas the world's largest bone marrow donor center.

Her appeal drew thousands of new donors and resulted in a match for the six-year-old who visited her hero for the first time post-transplant yesterday. Sadly, many children are not as fortunate as Jasmina. Thousands are still waiting for their life-saving donor match (only 3 out of 10 patients will receive a transplant that could save their lives.) Rihanna continues to urge people to sign the registry and give other children, like Jasmina a second chance at life. - DKMS Americas site

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