Archive for Rumors
While the focus of the live music nation is cast in the general direction of Indio, CA for the next couple of weeks and this year’s Coachella Festival, we’re keeping an equally watchful eye on RangerDave’s Twitter and Instagram feeds as the festival’s mascot leaves a trail of clues as to who will be appearing this year in Golden Gate Park. Outside Lands will release their full lineup on April 16th and Grizzly Bear, Chromatics & The Tallest Man On Earth are amongst the clues + dead giveaways released by Ranger Dave thus far. Stay tuned to the ticket page for general on-sale dates following the lineup announcement next week. Read more…
Flying Lotus hints at collaboration with Herbie Hancock
Over the weekend, Steve Ellison aka Flying Lotus, tweeted a quick video clip of himself, frequent collaborator Thundercat and jazz-icon Herbie Hancock goofing around at the legend's studio. Although such a short clip, comments made by Flying Lotus last year about a project he wasn't allowed to mention yet... more
Lollapalooza Headliners to Include Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend and The National
According to one of the most trustworthy music journalists in the biz today Greg Kot, this year's Lollapalooza headliners will include such big ticket festival acts as Mumford & Sons (also headlining Bonnaroo), Phoenix (also headlining Coachella) and Vampire Weekend (fresh off Big Day Out and playing Coachella). The National... more
Social Buzz at SXSW Today: Twitterati Jokes, Rants and Speculates About Daft Punk Rumors
Photo via @galvanix Instagram The Daft Punk rumor mill (of a much/pure-speculated appearance on Austin's Capitol steps tonight) has gone beyond fever pitch this week and at this point it still likes it is only going to remain just that: buzz and rumors. At the very least, we can rejoice in... more
Daft Punk SXSW 2013 Rumor Mill Buzzing Away
We'll-Believe-It-When-We-See-It The Daft Punk rumor mill is an active hotbed of activity whenever any glimmer of hope is provided that the duo may re-appear from relative obscurity. As it's been proven over the last half-decade since the French powerhouse went into hibernation, the Internet loves going batshit over these sorts of... more
According to Kasabian, The Rolling Stones Confirmed for Glastonbury 2013
Via NME Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno has confirmed that The Rolling Stones will be playing this summer's Glastonbury Festival. Speaking to MTV News, the band's chief songwriter was talking about Kasabian's headline slot at Hard Rock Calling, which takes place the same June weekend as Glastonbury. He said: I hope ours is the... more
Trent Reznor Announces New Nine Inch Nails Lineup, Tours Planned, Lollapalooza 2013 Rumored
In case you missed the amazing news yesterday, Trent Reznor decided to announce very directly that Nine Inch Nails was coming back this summer with a tour, a new lineup featuring Adrian Belew (from King Crimson), and potential festival dates like Lollapalooza already rumored to be lined up for the... more
Robert Plant Adds Fuel to Led Zeppelin Reunion Rumors
Is the ball in Jimmy Page & John Paul Jones' court? In a quaint interview with 60 Minutes Australia, Robert Plant stated that he has "nothing to do in 2014," opening up speculation that a Led Zeppelin reunion in the future is still possible. Touching mainly on his life,... more
Fans Getting Antsy, Fake Hangout Fest Posters Begin Flooding In
This lineup looks more expensive than your average Glastonbury. If you're going to make a fake festival poster, you can't have five headliners (especially when one of them is a Beatle). Real or not, these are always fun to look at. It's like SIM City for an amateur festival talent... more
Fans Getting Antsy, Fake Bonnaroo Posters Begin Flooding In
Underwhelmed by Coachella's headliners? Perplexed by Pitchfork Fest's oddball selections? Confused as to why Maroon 5 is playing at Jazz Fest? Don't worry because (a) there's always plenty to enjoy in the smaller print at the aforementioned festivals (for P4K, we assume) and (b) there are still plenty of big... more
JamBase Live Festival: July 5th & 6th @ The Gorge
*UPDATE: The two-day lineup has been revealed. Yesterday we got the first word from the team at JamBase that they're planning something big for the weekend of July 4th, 2013. 2013... what a year. Yeah, we know. It's only just begun. But while everyone else was out worrying and living like the... more
Evidence of Daft Punk, Phoenix & Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Coachella 2013
On top of the recent news that The Rolling Stones would likely be appearing, it now looks like you can add Daft Punk, Phoenix and Yeah Yeah Yeahs (along with Sigur Ros and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) to the list of bigger artists listed as 'probable' (to use... more
Beale Street Music Festival 2013 Expected Lineup (via Festival Outlook)
Consequence of Sound's sleuthing Festival Outlook section is on the beat for the 2013 Beale Street Music Festival with some rumored and expected hints as to who will be appearing at the music-centric portion of the Memphis in May International Festival. Last year's lineup (included Jane's Addiction, My Morning Jacket,... more
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Reveal Live Date, Coachella Rumors Heat Up
News that Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have revealed plans for a live date in Southern California to follow the release of their forthcoming new album has added fuel to rumors that the band will appear at Coachella 2013. According to The Scenestar (via NME), the Australian band will... more
BONNAROO 2013: Lineup Speculation and Educated Guesses
UPDATE: the official lineup has been announced! Earlier today, the 12th Annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced that ticket pre-sales will begin on Monday, November 26th (known to some as Cyber Monday). Fans can check out the promo video for the pre-sale way down at the bottom. While I'm just... more
Mike Love kicks Beach Boys Out of The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys summer of love is over. Again. The current touring version with Love, Jardine, Wilson and Marks have reportedly broken up. Again. The big 50th Anniversary reunion featuring founding and glory years members (Johnston and Marks aren’t OG BB's in the truest sense of the word, having joined... more
Led Zeppelin Posts the Number Two, Hints Strongly at O2 Release
Ever since the official Led Zeppelin Facebook page came alive over the weekend, we've been tracking the countdown, starting with the number 'five' on Saturday, now down to 'two' today. The metal site Blabbermouth now reports that the countdown will end by announcing a mega, multi-medium release of the group’s... more
Led Zeppelin Releases the Number Four, Internet Responds Tepidly
On Friday, Led Zeppelin released a simple "Hello." greeting on their official Facebook page, enough to pique the interest of their 6.5 million followers, especially in light of the fact that it was the first update on the page in nearly 6 months. Yesterday, when the number 'five' popped up,... more
Led Zeppelin Posts Photo of the Number Five, Internet Explodes
File this under "Rumors," but anytime the Led Zeppelin camp does anything that could even remotely be construed as maybe-just-maybe-possibly-potentially getting back together, it is newsworthy. So when earlier today Led Zeppelin (a band that got pretty famous in the '70s) used Facebook of all things to stir the pot... more
PHISH FRIDAY: Phishtradamus Gives His Setlist Prediction for the Oklahoma City Zoo Show
I, Phishtradamus, am going to make a bold setlist prediction... On August 29th, 2012, Phish will play an all animal-themed spectacle at the Oklahoma City Zoo that shall henceforth be known as #FARMHENDGE. Crazy, you might say? Let's take a look at the #facts... Last year at the first night of Dick's... more
Coachella: The Cruise to be announced today at 6pm PDT
Update: this was confirmed with the announcement today of S.S. Coachella! Yesterday the team at Goldenvoice updated the Coachella website and Facebook page with the graphic above... Carles had some ideas about what it could mean... Others claim that Coachella will add 15 weekends, and even a weekday weekend on Tues-Thurs sometime in... more
Secret Organization “Phishileaks” Hacks Phish.com, Releases Summer Tour Dates
For now we've got to wait and call these dates a rumor, but it looks as though the anonymous hacker, a conspiracist organization we're conspicuously dubbing "Phishileaks," has rocked their way into the summer tour dates over at Phish.com. We knew some website changes were made recently when fans... more
Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup Leaked?!? Prince, RHCP, Phish & Radiohead?!
In case you missed it, we definitively heard from the Superfly team regarding this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival lineup and how it will be released sometime "tomorrow" via Spotify. They're going to create a playlist of the artists from the festival and I've now heard that it could actually... more
Bonnaroo 2012 Roo-mors: Fake lineup poster incites the masses!
February is always an exciting time of year to plan ahead for music festival season and this week has been a busy one around these parts. Everyone else is getting busy, too; it looks like the Bonnaroo website was just relaunched with a new set of 2012 graphics and... more
RUMOR: Spring Awakening Festival – Skrillex, Daft Punk & more @ Soldier Field in June?
UPDATE: The lineup has been officially announced. Go here for more info! Earlier today I happened upon a half finished web page for something called Spring Awakening Music Festival. This supposed festival is slated to hit Soldier Field June 16th and 17th in Chicago. The half finished web page wasn’t... more
CBGBs Festival in the Works?
Earlier today, I posted a quick round-up of NYC area venue news, including rumors of the return of CBGBs. But it appears that was only half the story. According to Bowery Boogie, there are solid rumors of a CBGBs summer festival that's in the works for July 3-7, 2012... more
Phish approved for Atlantic City in June?
You've probably been following at least an inkling or rumor through Twitter that Phish is basically good-to-go for a multi-night run in Atlantic City some time in June. The local press has been leaking all they can to get the word out and tons of folks have already booked... more
Madonna to play Super Bowl Halftime Show?
SBNation.com is reporting that they've got sources confirming Madonna for the next upcoming Super Bowl halftime show nonsense. Madonna will perform during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 5, sources close to the event told SBNation.com on Monday. A spokesperson for the NFL... more
Radiohead to Tour Next Year, New Atoms for Peace Album, Coachella 2012 Rumor
There's huge news coming out of the Radiohead camp this morning following a radio show sit-in that Thom Yorke did with Gilles Peterson on BBC Radio. You can hear the whole show here: Thom Yorke returns as Gilles's special studio guest this week, and he brings with him an exclusive... more
Riverbend Slips 1st Phish Date
Quick Phish update on this Tuesday evening...the ocelot is slipping out of the bag regarding the band's much anticipated 2011 Summer Tour. Earlier today, we got the most "official" word so far as The Riverbend Music Center in Ohio updated their events page and listed Phish as performing on Sunday June... more
Bonnaroo 2011 Lineup: Eminem, Arcade Fire, Panic, MMJ, Buffalo Springfield, Lil Weezy & More
The lineup for Bonnaroo 2011 is now official. Eminem is the name at the top with Arcade Fire, Widespread Panic, The Black Keys, Buffalo Springfield and My Morning Jacket all getting in line right behind him. Oh, and Lil Wayne. Christ a milli. Whether you like the artists or not,... more
