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Primus Returning This Summer For Tour With Gogol Bordello

Primus are back and have confirmed their first headlining tour in four years. Old friends Gogol Bordello will be joining them on the road playing such venues as the Willamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, NY, and the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Aug 12th.

More dates to come as the band refines their chops before heading into the studio to record their first album of brand new music since 1999's Antipop. The new album will be released in 2011.

Primus formed in the late '80s in Northern California, releasing their first album, Suck On This, in 1989. They signed to Caroline Records and released the now classic Frizzle Fry in 1990.
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Gilmour Blocked Pink Floyd Reunion

(Nightwatcher) Roger Waters has revealed that Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour blocked a full reunion by Pink Floyd.

Speaking to the Associated Press, the former bassist said, "David (Gilmour) is completely disinterested in anything like that. After Live 8, I could have probably gone for doing some more stuff, but he's not interested, so it is what it is."

Roger Waters added that Pink Floyd musical The Wall is moving in the right direction after getting Billy Elliot's writer on board. - more on this story

Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Hellyeah Uproar Festival Dates Announced

The first annual Uproar Festival is set to rock North America with a late summer trek featuring a stellar active rock lineup including multi-platinum headliners Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold, along with Stone Sour and Halestorm featured on the main stage.

The potent rock lineup for the touring music and lifestyle jaunt also features performances from Jagermeister Second Stage headliners Hellyeah, as well as Airbourne, Hail The Villain, New Medicine and the Jagermeister Battle of The Bands Winner in each city.

The 36-date tour launches August 17 in Minneapolis, MN and will visit arenas and amphitheatres across North America before wrapping October 4 in Madison, WI. - dates

The Dead Weather Map Out Tour

The Dead Weather will once again hit the road this Summer in support of the May 11th release of Sea of Cowards.

The new dates kick off the second week of July and will culminate with a performance at Brooklyn's Prospect Park in August.

Right now fans can Tweet-To-Download here for a free "Hustle and Cuss" MP3 and automatically be entered to win a VIP package and flyaway to Bonnaroo! - dates

30 Seconds to B.O.M.B.

30 Seconds to Mars stepped in after family obligations led Brand New to pull out of B.O.M.B. Fest 2010, the Memorial Day weekend music extravaganza.

The band, scheduled for a World Tour in June, offered to help out after hearing about the mission of Bring Our Music Back INC, to promote healing through music and the arts.

The non-profit, which produces the B.O.M.B. Fest concerts gives all net proceeds to select local and national charities. This year's recipients include The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and Connecticut Children's Medical Center. - more on this story

The Black Keys Tour Plans Expand

The Black Keys have confirmed additional tour dates to their treks this summer and fall to support their new album, Brothers—due out May 18 on Nonesuch Records.

The band has—beginning July 24 in Cleveland—which include headlining shows with The Morning Benders, The Whigs, and Nicole Atkins; dates with Kings of Leon; and a performance with The Flaming Lips in Canandaigua, NY.

The new dates follow The Black Keys' opening slot for Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden on May 20, as well as performances on the "Late Show with David Letterman" on May 25 and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on May 26, The tour also includes two shows at Central Park's SummerStage on July 27 and 28, the first of which quickly sold out. - dates

Rolling Stones In Exile Coming To DVD

Eagle Vision is proud to announce the June 22 release of Stones In Exile, a compelling hour long documentary look at the recording of what many rock historians call the greatest album in history: 1972's Exile On Main Street. The packaging comes complete with 90 minutes of behind-the-scenes bonus footage.

There has been, over the years, a veritable mountain of debate, conjecture, written words and mythologizing about this most classic album. It has been the subject of books, of rumors, of innuendo, of stories that have only added to the Stones' legend. Now, for the first time, one can step back in time to the spring of 1971 and enter the villa called Nellcote at Villefranche-sur-Mer in the South of France where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor created and recorded this most classic of albums in the most chaotic of circumstances.

The footage is extraordinary. It includes interviews with all five Stones as well as sections of the long-dormant notorious Cocksucker Blues movie, which every Rolling Stones fan has talked about, wondered about, but few have actually seen. Other key cinematic moments have Mick and Charlie returning to Olympic Studios where some of the early Exile work was laid down, as well as Mick's country estate, Stargroves. - more on this story

Hank III and Morningwood To Headline Joey Ramone Birthday Bash

The 10th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash will take place Wednesday, May 19th at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza in celebration of what would have been Joey's 59th birthday. Mickey Leigh, event organizer and brother of Joey Ramone, has announced this year's lineup and a sell out Bash is expected again. Net proceeds will go to benefit Lymphoma research.

This year's headliners are Hank III and Morningwood. Once again, the spectacular party will conclude with The Joey Ramone Birthday Bashers featuring Richie Ramone, Hank III, Walter Lure, Cheetah Chrome, JP Thunderbolt, Ed Stasium, Jean Beauvoir, George Tabb, Ivan Julian, Al Maddy, Walt Stack, Dave Merrill, Mickey Leigh & others.

Also appearing are The Sic F*cks, The Independents, Spanking Charlene (winners of Little Steven's Wicked Cool Records contest) and Heap. As the audience enters the venue they will once again be greeted by musician Tracy Thornton, playing Ramones songs on the steel drum. And, in what has become a Birthday Bash tradition, Sean O'Sullivan's Punk Pipers will round out the night with their rendition of "I Wanna Be Sedated" on bagpipes. - more on this story

Walter Trout Sets Release of New Album

Walter Trout has set a July 6 street date for his new solo album Common Ground. From the origins of his career as a sideman for Percy Mayfield and John Lee Hooker, through his tenure with Canned Heat and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, and then a successful solo career that has seen the release of 18 albums thus far, Walter Trout has emerged as one of America's musical treasures.

He has enjoyed a career that spans 35 years, and has performed in front of millions. BBC Radio One placed Trout at number six on their Top 20 guitarists of all-time, offering tribute to a player whose place in history continues to become more significant as the years go on.

On titling the album Common Ground, Trout shares, "In this modern world which seems to be so filled with polarization, disagreements, and cruelty, I feel that it is important that we try to find SOME place where we can bond and come together in our common humanity!" - more on this story

Genesis' Steve Hackett Announces New Album and Tour

(Submitted News) Steve Hackett and his accomplished electric band will soon take to the road in North America to play select cities.

Hackett and company will tour in support of Steve Hackett's new album Out Of The Tunnel's Mouth, which hits streets in North America on June 8th via InsideOut Music. The release includes a special live bonus disc featuring solo and Genesis classics including Firth Of Fifth," "Fly On A Windshield" and more. Please see below for complete track listing and tour dates.

The band features: Steve Hackett (guitar/vocals), Roger King (keyboard/musical director), Nick Beggs (bass/chapman stick/vocals), Rob Townsend (sax/flute/vocals), Gary O'Toole (drums/d drums/percussion/vocals) and Amanda Lehmann (guitar/vocals). - more on this story

Sublime with Rome Announce Summer Tour

Sublime with Rome have announced the first leg of their 2010 summer tour. The new round of 19 dates will feature Matisyahu and The Dirty Heads, as well as stops performing on the main stages of Musikfest, Arizona Fall Frenzy, Live 105's BFD and KJEE Summer festivals among others.

Currently, the group is wrapping up their first outing in 14 years, a sold out spring theatre tour run, since officially announcing their return to the stage with new frontman Rome.

Garnering rave live reviews across the country, original members of Sublime, Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson, recently reformed with new frontman Rome for an intimate six-date tour which quickly sold out. The group added several second nights and a handful of new cities in between performing songs from Sublime's back catalog, many of which having never been performed live, as well as a the group's first new song written together, "Panic." - more on this story

Jackyl Proud of Their Chainsaw Ways!

MetalSucks has a great new interview with Jackyl frontman Jesse James Dupree where they discuss a variety of topics from why Geffen was the greatest label ever, to the problem facing today's music biz, their brand new album When Moonshine and Dynamite Collide and you can't talk to Jackyl without asking about their trademark chainsaw. We've included that bit of the conversation below: Are you sick to death of talking about the chainsaw after all these years or can I ask you a couple of chainsaw questions?

You know what? I'm not. I don't know about talking, but I'm not sick of playing it. I understand it, I guess, in a way, that some of these bands… I think the bands that shy away from what made them attractive to people, I think those bands write their own exit strategy. Whereas, did Angus ever shy away from wearing his schoolboy outfit? No. Does he get sick of wearing it every night? I doubt it. Because it puts him in his mindset, and it puts him in his character – that is who he is. Does Gene Simmons get tired of putting on his makeup if there's a dollar to be made? Hell no! Does Iron Maiden regret that they have to have Eddie walking out onstage? Do they wish they hadn't of done that? Did they ever shy away from those things? They didn't. We never shied away from the chainsaw. It's part of what makes us who we are. Either somebody gets it, or they can get the f*** out of the way. There's going to be this guy that's going to prejudge us or write us off or whatever. They haven't taken time to come and understand that it's about just a true spirit of rock n' roll and having a good time. Is that same guy going to look at Kiss and go, "Why don't they take that stupid makeup off? Why won't Angus get rid of wearing that stupid little outfit?" Do they stand up in the middle of a movie and say, "Spider-Man is not real!" I mean do they really do that? I don't know.

I look back on the archive footage of when rock and roll was first invented. The footage where you see the news people asking the kids, "So what do you young people think about this new rock and roll music?" Have you ever seen any of that footage? Not one single kid back then said, "Oh, it's going to bring about world peace." "It's going to cure cancer." Nobody said that. If you went back in time and told those people that there's going to be a guy named Bono, and he's going to save the world… He's going to be in a band called U2, and he's going to save the world. Those kids would have went, "I don't give a damn. My glands are getting stimulated right now, and I want to hurry up and rock out and jump in the backseat with this girl I'm dancing with and knock out the old dirty-dirty." That's what rock and roll was built on. If you forget that, then you're just missing out.

Check out the full interview, even if you're not very familiar with the group it is a great read. - Read it here

Singled Out: Great Divide's Spare Any Change

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Great Divide's frontman Teddy Grossman tells us about "Spare Any Change" from their brand new album "reservoir". We now turn it over to Teddy for the story:

'Spare Any Change' is a song inspired by a man who goes by the name of "Runnin' Ronnie", Ann Arbor's favorite vagabond. Ronnie is known all over town as the most popular (and successful) 'fundraiser' for his coined incantation "Spaaaaaaaaare any change my good friend?" Whether or not he'd received any donations, Ronnie would leave you with a fleeting farewell "well, you have a nice day." A pleasant departure from the usual begging practices we are normally accustomed to. Over the course of my years in school I got to know Ronnie a little bit, sticking around for a few minutes to chat with him every now and then. I was always amazed by Ronnie's gleeful demeanor and zest for life, and I even introduced him to my parents when they were in town! Of course Ronnie wasn't always all smiles, as every once in a while he would go on rants about all those women that did him wrong. Getting to know Ronnie had a profound effect on me, and I just couldn't get his "Spare any change?" line out of my head.

As far as actually writing the song, the main hook on the verse really just wrote itself. In truth, the song isn't really about Ronnie the individual. The first verse focuses more on the plight of a person living below poverty lines. Within the first week of arriving in Ann Arbor my freshman year, we received news of the terrifying disaster and of Hurricane Katrina. The shock and horror of the storm and the events that followed had never really left my mind and became the focus of the second verse of the tune, as the scope of the subject matter broadens as the song progresses.

Before we entered the studio, I was really hoping to get Ronnie's voice on the record, since there would be no better way than to pay homage to the man then get his famous line on tape. So one day after we had already tracked the tune I was with Ronnie, and called our drummer Josh, and told him to let his phone go to voicemail. We had Ronnie drop his line on Josh's answering machine and the rest was history.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!

Steve Winwood Handpicks Songs For New Boxset/Retrospective

Island Records/UMe will release the definitive career retrospective of one of the all-time greats of rock 'n' roll on June 8, 2010. Entitled Revolutions – The Very Best Of Steve Winwood, it is a portrait of one of the most influential musicians in rock history, a singer-songwriter, peerless vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player.

With tracklistings personally selected by Steve Winwood from his five decade career, Revolutions – The Very Best Of Steve Winwood will be available in two high quality formats: a single CD for the casual fan and a four CD deluxe box set including a 52 page book for the connoisseur, with sleevenotes by writer Dylan Jones. Also included in the four CD deluxe box set and single disc is a re-recorded version of "Spanish Dancer."

Taken from his 1980 second solo album "Arc Of A Diver," "Spanish Dancer" is written by Winwood and Academy Award winning lyricist Will Jennings and has become a staple of Winwood's live show. The new version of the song features a new vocal by Winwood recorded at his home studio on his farm in Gloucestershire and it is mixed by Grammy Award-winning New York producer and recording artist Ben Wisch, one of the US's most in-demand piano players. - more on this story

Nashville Pussy Announce California Invasion

Nashville Pussy are pleased to announce their upcoming concerts coming through California from May 17th – May 29th .

Nashville Pussy is currently out on the road with Green Jelly and Psychostick on the Parental Advisory Tour in support of their recent release "From Hell to Texas"

Their upcoming shows are as follows.

May 17th – San Francisco @ The Independent
May 19th – Santa Clara @ The Avalon
May 20th – Los Angeles @ The Key Club
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Karma To Burn Prime Fans for New Album and Tour With A New Video

Karma To Burn, the recently reunited legendary stoner rock trio, have unveiled the video for "Waiting on the Western World," the first single from their forthcoming Napalm Records debut Appalachian Incantation (May 11 release).

The video for "Waiting on the Western World" can be found on Napalm Records' YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/napalmrecords.

Produced by Scott Reeder (ex-Kyuss, Black Math Horseman producer), Appalachian Incantation is the band's first studio album in eight years. Known as an instrumental outfit, Karma To Burn invited two vocalists to join them for the new album: Daniel Davies of Year Long Disaster lends vocals to "Waiting on The Western World" and legendary Kyuss singer John Garcia performs on "Two Times" (exclusive to the bonus disc included with the first 2,000 copies of Appalachian Incantation). - more on this story

Meat Loaf Going QVC

Meat Loaf is scheduled to appear on QVC Today (May 4) at 12 PM (ET) during the multimedia retailer's QCheck broadcast.

During the show, Meat Loaf is scheduled to perform his brand new song "Los Angeloser" from his much-anticipated forthcoming album, Hang Cool Teddy Bear, due to hit retail on May 11. He will also perform his biggest crowd pleaser, the classic and definitive anthem, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."

In addition to performing, Meat Loaf will also offer viewers the opportunity to purchase Hang Cool Teddy Bear, which has been specially packaged for QVC with a bonus disc of classic live material, one week before its street date. - more on this story

Eisley Hitting The Road On The Mild Mild Midwest Tour

Eisley have announced their first tour since exiting their deal with Warner Music, dubbed the "Mild Mild Midwest Tour" and including nine headline dates in the Southeast and Midwest, as well as a performance at the Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, between June 23 and July 3.

Eisley will be joined on most dates by fellow Tyler, Texas, band The Lion & The Sail, as well as singer-songwriter Christie DuPree (younger sister of Eisley's Chauntelle, Sherri, Stacy and Weston DuPree). See below for a list of dates.

Eisley announced in February that they'd negotiated an exit from their deal with Warner Music after two albums. The band is currently in discussions with several labels about a deal for their third LP, which they have already recorded. - more on this story

Haste The Day, Mychildren Mybride and Upon A Burning Body Tour

Mychildren Mybride will be heading out on the road this summer with Haste The Day and Upon A Burning Body. The month-long trek begins in Allentown, PA on June 4th, and comes to a close in Marietta, IL on July 2nd. The full listing of tour dates is below.

Mychildren Mybride are poised to release their new full length, entitled Lost Boy, June 8th, 2010. The new record is the eagerly-awaited follow up to 2008's critically acclaimed Unbreakable.

Unbreakable has sold an impressive 30,000+ copies in the United States alone, and has generated two music videos. Mychildren Mybride's most recently released video for 'On Wings of Integrity,' shot at The Waterfront Tavern in Holyoke, MA, received over 60,000 views in less than 24 hours. - more on this story

Jam Cruise 9 To Feature Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and more

It's been 7 years and 8 sold-out cruises since Jam Cruise first set sail as the "floating music festival" that has become a fan favorite for thousands. Today, Jam Cruise 9 announces that it will set sail on January 4-9, 2011 on the MSC Poesia with stops at two of the cruise's most beloved port stops: Roatan, Honduras and Costa Maya, Mexico.

Tropical ports and luxury cruise ship amenities are only part of the Jam Cruise experience. Ultimately, Jam Cruise is about celebrating the MUSIC and incredible community that comes together each year to share in this special musical experience. Jam Cruise 9 returns with as strong and eclectic a lineup as ever.

Performing artists include Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, & Jay Lane are Scaring the Children, The Rhythm Devils featuring Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Galactic, The Greyboy Allstars, Stockholm Syndrome, Lotus, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Anders Osborne featuring sets with Stanton Moore & Robert Walter and with George Porter Jr. & Johnny Vidacovich, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Zach Deputy and many more. Full lineup details are - here.

The Villains Head To Rock Ridge

The Villains have just announced that they have signed with Rock Ridge Music. The label will re-release The Villains' debut with an added bonus track, and the new version, Just Another Saturday Night, is tentatively set for a June 2010 release.

"They are hard-working and focused, that to me is The Villains," said Tom Derr, CEO of Rock Ridge Music. "The band fits perfectly into the Rock Ridge roster of artists, and this joining of forces is just the beginning of a long-term, mutually successful undertaking."

Of course, this works both ways. Dan Call, one of the principle singers and songwriters for The Villains, is equally thrilled for the next step in the band's musical journey. "The Villains are thrilled and honored to be part of the Rock Ridge family," he said. "They're a great label and we look forward to the future with them." - more on this story

National Wanna Play Music Week

National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) kicked off the fourth annual "National Wanna Play Music Week" Monday, with nationwide music-making activities continuing through May 7. Designed to educate the public on the proven benefits of playing music, National Wanna Play Music Week aims to promote the many scientifically-proven benefits of making music and to encourage people of all ages to pick-up any type of instrument and learn how to play.

The week-long national celebration is part of the NAMM Wanna Play? public awareness campaign, which recognizes the vital role which music and music education play in people's lives, and how recreational music making can directly impact the health and social well being of people in all stages of life.

"According to the latest Gallup Poll, more than 85 percent of people who don't currently play a musical instrument wish they did," said Joe Lamond, president and CEO of NAMM. "It's never too late or to too early to learn how to play a musical instrument – what better time than National Wanna Play Music Week to finally give it a try." - more on this story