White Stripes cancel shows as U.S. tour beckons
The White Stripes canceled a pair of weekend music festivals in Scotland and Ireland after frontman Jack White broke a finger in a reportedly minor car accident in Detroit. The launch of the band’s U.S. tour--scheduled to begin Saturday (7/19) in Providence, RI--is in question, pending the recovery of the injured digit.
Updated tour dates at Whitestripes.com
The White Stripes canceled a pair of weekend music festivals in Scotland and Ireland after frontman Jack White broke a finger in a reportedly minor car accident in Detroit. The launch of the band’s U.S. tour--scheduled to begin Saturday (7/19) in Providence, RI--is in question, pending the recovery of the injured digit.
Updated tour dates at Whitestripes.com
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Pearl Jam winds up song marathon in Boston
Making good on their vow to perform every song in their reportoire during their three-night stand at Boston’s Tweeter Center, Pearl Jam performed a 50 minute “sit down” set prior to opening act Sleater-Kinney on night #3. The band played a total of 44 songs over three and a half hours.
Read the full review at liveDaily.com
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Report: Elton John considers Las Vegas performance residence
E! Online reports that Elton John is in discussions with Ceasar’s Palace Las Vegas over a possible long-term residence at the casino’s Colosseum venue, built to host a three-year run of Celine Dion dates. According to Billboard, the deal could net John a payday of $54 million.
Read more at E! Online
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Springsteen’s record-setting stadium run spawns ticket fire sale
Enterprising ticket buyers who hoarded extra tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s record-setting ten-show stand at New Jersey’s Giants Stadium in hopes of a quick profit are dumping them for pennies on the dollar via eBay and other resale channels. The resale market has been flooded with large releases of seats for the entire stand in recent days, a strategy long used by Springsteen to deflate scalping prices prior to shows. At press time, floor seats within hours of auction close via eBay were available for bids as low as $5.
More information at eBay
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