Rooney has announced that it will release its new album, Eureka, June 8, via California Dreaming Records through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. This is the group’s third album, a follow-up to their debut, Rooney, and their sophomore set, Calling The World…
Green River Ordinance will hit the road in support of its Virgin Records debut, Out of My Hands, and will release its new single, “On Your Own,” which impacts radio April 12. The tour will kick off March 26, on Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and conclude May 6, in Los Angeles, California…
Billy Idol has announced plans to tour North America this summer, and he will do so with a new band, which will include his longtime guitarist Steve Stevens, Stephen McGrath on bass and Derek Sherinian on keyboards, Idol will be joined on this trek by acclaimed guitarist Billy Morrison and drummer Jeremy Colson. The tour will kick off with a pair of shows in Russia, June 5 and 7, and will tour Europe through July 11. North American dates will be announced in the coming weeks…
Social Distortion has announced that it is parting ways with drummer Atom Willard due to “many foreseeable scheduling conflicts with his band Angels And Airwaves.” The band added, “We know this was not an easy decision for him, but Atom is an incredible individual and we’re all better people for having him on board while we did. Atom will be sorely missed, but we wish him the very best.” No replacement drummer was announced at press time…
Band of Horses will release Infinite Arms, May 18, via Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records. The band will support its third full-length LP with an extensive tour that kicks off March 15, in Boulder, Colorado; moves to Europe in April, beginning with an April 8 show in Paris, France; and returns to North America April 23 through May 31; before returning to the UK for shows in Bangor, Ireland (June 5), London, England (June 9), and Glasgow, Scotland (June 12). The band will perform with Snow Patrol June 5 and 12. The group will return to North America to perform in Toronto, Ontario (with Pavement and Broken Social Scene) June 19; and in Los Angeles, California, September 25…
Capitol/EMI Records recording artist Lolene has announced that “Rich (Fake it Til You Make It)” will be the first single from her forthcoming debut album, The Electrick Hotel, which will be released this summer…
Baaba Maal, whose acclaimed new album, Television, hit store shelves last year, will embark on his first tour of North America in four years when he begins his trek April 4, at the Zacatecas Festival in Zacatecas City, Mexico.
He will remain on the road through a May 7 performance at the Lake Eden Festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Television is a collaboration primarily between Baaba Maal and singer Sabina Sciubba and keyboardist Didi Gutman, both members of New York’s Brazilian Girls.
The itinerary for Baaba Maal’s forthcoming tour of North America follows:
April 4 – Zacatecas City, MX (Zacatecas Festival)
April 6 – Toronto, ON (Koerner Hall)
April 8 – Madison, WI (Wisconsin Union Theater)
April 9 – Chicago, IL (Old Town School Of Folk Music)
April 10 – Ann Arbor, MI (Michigan Theater)
April 11 – Minneapolis, MN (Cedar Cultural Center)
April 13 – Arcata, CA (Kate Buchanan Hall)
April 14 – Chico, CA (Laxson Auditorium)
April 15 – Davis, CA (Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts)
April 17 – Los Angeles, CA (Royce Hall/UCLA Center For The Arts)
April 18 – Santa Barbara, CA (Campbell Hall)
April 20 – Berkeley, CA (Zellerback Auditorium at UC Berkeley)
April 22 – Scottsdale, AZ (Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts)
April 23 – New Orleans, LA (Fairgrounds Racetrack, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival)
April 25 – Houston, TX (World Stage Houston International Festival)
April 27 – Chapel Hill, NC (UNC Chapel Hill Memorial Hall)
April 29 – Washington, DC (Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University)
April 30 – New York, NY (The Fillmore at Irving Plaza)
May 1 – Somerville, MA (Somerville Theatre)
May 2 – Lebanon, NH (Lebanon Opera House)
May 4 – Mexico City, MX (Zocalo)
May 5 – Cuernavaca, MX (Teatro Ocampo)
May 7 – Black Mountain, NC (Lake Eden Festival)
