Islands at Siren Music Festival (07/19/2008) Photos: Jon Klemm for Bumpershine/Siren Music Festival Montreal’s Islands played the Siren Music Festival this year and I heard from a few folks that it was one of the best sets of the day. If you weren’t lucky enough to be at that show, the good news is (do…
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Bob Dylan Releasing New “Bootleg” Album, Playing Brooklyn and Virgin Festival
Bob Dylan – Tell Tale Signs The folks at Sony/Columbia have dug another Bob Dylan album out of the vaults and this one is called Tell Tale Signs – The Bootleg Series Vol. 8. The “new” record comes out on October 7 and in the mean time Bob will be keeping busy with gigs at…
Joe Jackson Tour Dates (Grand Ballroom)
Joe Jackson released a new record called Rain in January of this year and I think it was pretty well received by all accounts. Way back in April he played shows at the Town Hall and the Apollo Theatre and on November 7th he’s playing another one with Thea Gilmore at the (much smaller?) Grand…
Rock Band Live Tour (Prudential Center)
NPR darlings Panic at the Disco along with Dashboard Confessional, The Cab and Plain White T’s are setting forth on the inaugural “Rock Band Live” Tour starting in October. Tickets for most of the shows (including the one at Newark’s Prudential Center) go on sale Friday, August 8th. Rock Band 2, the video game, goes…
Fashion Rocks Lineup Announced
CBS will air the 5th Anniversary edition of Fashion Rocks on September 9, 2008 at 9PM. Denis Leary will be assuming the hosting duties this year and the lineup will include the likes of: …Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Chris Brown, Kid Rock, Duffy, Fergie, Justin Timberlake, L’il Wayne, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Chris Cornell,…
Metronomy Tonight at Union Hall w/ Special Guests
Metronomy UK’s Metronomy are playing the late show (11:00) tonight at Union Hall with very special guests, I Will Waste Him. Metronomy will be releasing their second album Nights Out on September 8, 2008. More Metronomy tour dates after the jump. PS Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The Teenage Prayers are playing the early show (7:30)…