Hip-hop giant and Budweiser Made in America Festival curator Jay-Z just announced the initial lineup for the inaugural music extravaganza, which will take place over Labor Day weekend in Philadelphia.
Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters will head up the 2012 edition of Pensacola Beach, FL's DeLuna Festival, set for Sept. 21-23 on the Gulf of Mexico shoreline.
Considering that Pearl Jam originally named themselves "Mookie Blaylock," after the retired NBA point guard, chances are Eddie Vedder's been keeping up with the cultural sensation that is New York Knicks instant superstar Jeremy Lin.
Pearl Jam has unveiled plans for a two-month-long European tour set for the summer of 2012.
The main live event for Pearl Jam's year-long 20-year anniversary celebration will be a Labor Day weekend concert at Alpine Valley Music Center in East Troy, WI.
A week after indie-rock stalwarts Cake shocked the world by having a No. 1 album, in comes Portland, OR's the Decemberists atop the nation's album sales chart. "The King is Dead," the Decemberists' sixth album, sold a healthy 94,000 copies to take the pole position, according to figures compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Pearl Jam plans to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary by curating a music festival next summer.
Pearl Jam, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a band, will kick off the new year with the release of a new live compilation album.
The 24th installment of Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit took place over a fairly wet NorCal weekend (10/23-24), but crowds decked out in plastic ponchos and raincoats of all colors still turned up in droves.
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