IN THE NEWS:
San Francisco Bay Area radio station Live 105 once again offered up the annual BFD concert last Sunday (6/5), and ticketholders were treated to an extensive lineup of national acts as well as local bands.
Linkin Park will headline the KROQ Weenie Roast June 4 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, CA. 
The Strokes never change, bless them, even when they chafe at the very bit of being The Strokes -- which is only a hard job compared to being, say, Lady Gaga, or someone else famous who is expected to change all the time.
Austin, TX's South by Southwest Music Conference was arguably the best place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this Thursday (3/17). The streets were peppered with music lovers dressed up in green clothing and bent on discovering the music equivalent of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
New York alt-rockers The Strokes, who haven't appeared at South by Southwest in Austin, TX, since 2001, will perform a free show during the music festival at the city's Auditorium Shores stage on Lady Bird Lake.
The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is once again set to make a musical city of Indio, CA's Empire Polo Field, this time with a lineup headed by Kanye West, Kings of Leon, Arcade Fire and The Strokes.
