Metallica plots Summer Sanitarium Tour dates
Metallica, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park--along with show-openers Mudvayne and the Deftones--have nailed down the first batch of dates for this year’s Summer Sanitarium Tour, LiveDaily.com reports. The outing kicks off in Detroit on the Fourth of July.
Metallica, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park--along with show-openers Mudvayne and the Deftones--have nailed down the first batch of dates for this year’s Summer Sanitarium Tour, LiveDaily.com reports. The outing kicks off in Detroit on the Fourth of July.
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Coachella fest boasts Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Almost five years after the release of their most-recent album--1998’s “Hello Nasty"--rap trio the Beastie Boys has signed on to headline the first day of April’s two-day Coachella Festival, LiveDaily.com reports. Funk-rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers headline the second day’s bill.
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Dixie Chicks plan Thursday tour announcement
The Dixie Chicks are expected to unveil their tour plans for the year during a Thursday press conference at New York’s Central Park. CMT-Country Music Television will telecast the announcement live at 4 p.m. ET.
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AC/DC lines up free U.S. show
Soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Famers AC/DC will give only one U.S. concert performance this year, according to Epic Records. The event, which will be open to contest-winners only, is set for March 11 at New York City’s 3,500-capacity Roseland Ballroom.
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Paul McCartney announces European tour
Paul McCartney’s first British tour in a decade gets underway in April.
“I had a lot of fun touring this show around America last year, but now I’m bringing it on home and that’s special to me as I always look forward to playing to a home crowd,” McCartney said in a statement. “I think people are going to like this gig--when I was thinking of what songs to play I just imagined myself as one of the audience and thought ‘What would I like to hear him play?’
“So that means we’ll be playing some of my Beatles stuff--rather a lot of Beatles stuff, actually--some Wings stuff and some more recent stuff; so basically the show pretty much spans my whole career. And I’m really getting off on playing it all with my new band.”
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The sound of new von Trapps
The great-grandchildren of Capt. Georg von Trapp--of the Sound of Music fame--have just released a CD. The Von Trapp Children--Melanie, Sofia, Amanda and Justin--hail from Montana, and among the album’s tracks are two songs from the musical, Reuters reports.
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