Christina Milian and husband The Dream gave birth to daughter Violet on Feb 26th, according to People magazine. The baby is said to have “a full head of hair”. This is the first child for the 28-year-old and the fourth for Mr Nash, 31, who has three children.

Ben Harper and Relentless7, whose new album Live From The Montreal International Jazz Festival hits store shelves March 9, will hit the road for the Campus Consciousness Tour, which kicks off April 15, in Dekalb, Illinois, and wraps April 24, in Nashville, Tennessee…

Meriwether has announced that it will release its new album, Plug In The Snakes, digitally, March 22. The group will celebrate the release of the album with three shows in Austin, Texas, March 19 and 20, and tour the United States this summer…

Supergroup collective The Contribution will release its debut, Which Way World, March 30. The group will perform in Denver, Colorado, April 1, and in San Francisco, California, April 3, in support of the release…

The Dave Matthews Band will spend its summer touring North American and will bring with it an impressive series of opening acts.

A pair of shows in Hartford, Connecticut, will kick off the tour, May 28 and 29, and the band will remain on the road through a September 15 performance in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will open the first two shows of the tour. The Felice Brothers will open the next four dates, starting with a June 1 show in Toronto, Ontario. The Yonder Mountain String Band will open a pair of shows in Mansfield, Massachusetts, June 7 and 8.

Robert Earl Keen will support the next five shows, starting June 15, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Martin Sexton will then support the next four shows, starting June 23, in Clarkston, Michigan. The Zac Brown Band will open seven, non-consecutive shows, beginning with a pair of shows in East Troy, Wisconsin, July 3 and 4.

Amos Lee will open a pair of shows in Bethel, New York, and Scranton, Pennsylvania, July 13 and 14 and then shows in Virginia Beach, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina, July 20 and 21. Gov’t Mule will join the tour July 27, in Atlanta, Georgia, and will open four shows.

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears will open an August 14 show in Wichita, Kansas, and will then open the final four shows of the tour, September 10, 11, 14, and 15. Brett Dennen will open three shows, starting with an August 17 show in West Valley City, Utah. Raphael Saadiq will support four shows, starting August 23 at Los Angeles, California’s Hollywood Bowl. Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open three shows in George, Washington, September 3 through 5.

The itinerary for the Dave Matthews Band’s summer tour of North America follows:

May 28 – Hartford, CT (Comcast Theatre)
May 29 – Hartford, CT (Comcast Theatre)
June 1 – Toronto, ON (Molson Amphitheatre)
June 2 – Darien Center, NY (Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center)
June 4 – Saratoga Springs, NY (Saratoga Performing Arts Center)
June 5 – Saratoga Springs, NY (Saratoga Performing Arts Center)
June 7 – Mansfield, MA (Comcast Center)
June 8 – Mansfield, MA (Comcast Center)
June 15- Cincinnati, OH (Riverbend Music Center)
June 16 – Maryland Heights, MO (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
June 18 – Noblesville, IN (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
June 19 – Noblesville, IN (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
June 22 – Columbus, OH (Huntington Park)
June 23 – Clarkston, MI (DTE Energy Music Center)
June 25 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH (Blossom Music Center)
June 30 – Camden, NJ (Susquehanna Bank Center)
July 1 – Camden, NJ (Susquehanna Bank Center)
July 3 – East Troy, WI (Alpine Valley Music Theatre)
July 4 – East Troy, WI (Alpine Valley Music Theatre)
July 9 – Hershey, PA (Hersheypark Stadium)
July 10 – Pittsburgh, PA (PNC Park)
July 13 – Bethel, NY (Bethel Woods Center for the Arts)
July 14 – Scranton, PA (Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain)
July 16 – Queens, NY (Citi Field)
July 17 – Queens, NY (Citi Field)
July 20 – Virginia Beach, VA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 21 – Charlotte, NC (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
July 23 – Washington, DC (Nationals Park)
July 25 – Louisville, KY (Churchill Downs Music Festival)
July 27 – Atlanta, GA (Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood)
July 28 – Tampa, FL (Ford Amphitheatre)
July 30 – West Palm Beach, FL (Cruzan Amphitheatre)
July 31 – West Palm Beach, FL (Cruzan Amphitheatre)
August 14 – Wichita, KS (InTrust Bank Arena)
August 17 – West Valley City, UT (USANA Amphitheatre)
August 20 – Chula Vista, CA (Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre)
August 21 – Irvine, CA (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
August 23 – Los Angeles, CA (Hollywood Bowl)
August 25 – Concord, CA (Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord)
August 27 – Marysville, CA (Sleep Train Amphitheatre)
August 28 – Mountain View, CA (Shoreline Amphitheatre)
August 31 – Boise, ID (Taco Ball Arena)
September 3 – George, WA (Gorge Amphitheatre)
September 4 – George, WA (Gorge Amphitheatre)
September 5 – George, WA (Gorge Amphitheatre)
September 10 – Woodlands, TX (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
September 11 – Dallas, TX (Superpages.com Center)
September 14 – Omaha, NE (Qwest Center)
September 15 – St. Paul, MN (Xcel Energy Center)

The Dave Matthews Band, Ben Harper and Relentless7, and Gogol Bordello, will appear in Larger Than Life… In 3D, a feature film that will screen in theaters nationwide for one week only – December 11 – 17…

Lifehouse has confirmed that it will release its fifth studio album, Smoke & Mirrors, February 2, 2010. It will be available in both standard and deluxe editions. The first single from the album is “Halfway Gone”…

Orianthi, Rev Theory and OneRepublic will perform a free concert Friday (November 20) at the Pearl Theater inside the Palms Casino Resort, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets can be printed at Ticketmaster.com…

Country group Brokedown Cadillac have confirmed plans to perform for U.S. troops during a Thanksgiving week tour of military bases in Iraq…

Phantom Communique, featuring former Bleed The Dream frontman Brandon Thomas will release its full-length debut, The Wolf And The Sheep, February 23…

Pearl Jam has announced a series of select North American tour dates in support of their new studio album, Backspacer, which hits Target store shelves September 20.The album will be available internationally September 21, via Universal/Island and the first single, “The Fixer,” will be released at radio July 20.

The band will kick off its tour with a pair of hometown shows at Seattle, Washington’s Key Arena, September 21 and 22, and will wrap the tour with two shows at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Spectrum, October 28 and 30. Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open all dates, except for the Philadelphia shows.

Public tickets for Pearl Jam’s Spectrum shows will go on-sale Friday, July 17th at 10 a.m. EST through ComcastTIX at www.ComcastTIX.com, by calling 1-800-298-4200, in person at the Wachovia Complex box office or select Acme Markets and at www.LiveNation.com. The remaining announced North American dates will go on-sale Saturday, July 18th. Specific ticket on-sale times and locations will be announced in local markets. (Note: Potential additional dates and corresponding on-sale information may be announced at a later date.)

A special ticket presale for current members (as of July 7) of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club begins Monday, July 13. Full details are available at Pearl Jam’s official Web site.

Pearl Jam plans to tour Australia and New Zealand in November 2009. Full details on that leg of the tour will be announced in the coming weeks.

The itinerary for Pearl Jam’s tour of North America follows:

September 21 – Seattle, WA (Key Arena)
September 22 – Seattle, WA (Key Arena)
September 30 – Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre)
October 1 – Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre)
October 6 – Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre)
October 7 – Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre)
October 9 – San Diego, CA (Viejas Arena)
October 28 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (The Spectrum)
October 30 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (The Spectrum)