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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
SETLIST / TWEETS: The Rolling Stones @ Barclay’s Center, Brooklyn, NY 12/8/12
The Rolling Stones made their first U.S. stop on their 50 and Counting tour on Saturday night at the Barclay's Center in BK. The show included special guest appearances by Gary Clark Jr. and Mary J. Blige. The Stones will appear at the 12/12/12 Hurricane Sandy Benefit at Madison Square... more
New Wu-Tang Clan LP Announced
Wu-Tang Clan's proper return to action (album/tour/festivals) has been a hot topic in U.S. festival rumor mills this fall and the band just reported on their social pages that a new LP is coming. Time will tell when it arrives and if it drops this winter/spring, the rumored appearances at... more
The Sigur Rós Valtari Film Experiment Offers Public Screenings on all Seven Continents
From the Valtari site: Join Sigur Rós fans from around the world for a unique program of short films. The weekend of December 7 – 9, a valtari film experiment program collects at least 17 commissioned “official” and fan-created short films created to coincide with the album Valtari. The program will... more
VIDEO: moe. pays tribute to Dave Brubeck with “Take Five”
Legendary jazz pioneer Dave Brubeck passed away at the age of 91 on Wednesday morning and last night moe. paid tribute with a cover of Brubeck's classic tune "Take Five" at The Independent in San Francisco. For those looking for a SBD copy of the cover, the rendition should be... more
New LivePhish Release (5/3/93) Expected to Benefit Hurricane Sandy Victims
A user on Phish.net has uncovered an unannounced LivePhish release with proceeds going to Hurricane Sandy Victims. The page (since removed) featured a pre-order link for Phish's show on 5/3/93 at The State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ. The page went live for a few hours on Monday... more
Mexico City’s Vive Latino 2013 will feature Blur, Morrissey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and More
Move over Coachella, Mexico’s Vive Latino has just released an intriguing lineup for their 2013 edition that includes quite the eclectic set of headliners (Morrissey, Blur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) alongside a stellar set of undercards (including Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Japandroids, LMB favorites Tame Impala & Bomba Estereo,... more
TOUR DATES: Trey Anastasio Band announces 2013 Winter Dates
Trey Anastasio Band has announced plans for a winter tour kicking off on January 18th in Toronto. Also, the previously postponed gig at the Capitol Theatre will go down on January 23rd followed by a second night at the Cap. Continue below for the dates in support of Trey's new... more
TOUR DATES: John Cale Kicks Off West Coast Run with Cass McCombs
John Cale kicks off his West Coast tour with Cass McCombs tonight in support of his new album, Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood (out now on Double Six Records). This week marks the first time in over half a decade that Cale has played some of these western cities. As... more
VIDEO: Punch Brothers Perform “Movement and Location” on Conan
The Punch Brothers visited Conan O'Brien's late show on TBS last night and performed "Movement and Location", a Chris Thile penned tune off their 2012 album, Who's Feeling Young Now? The band is currently in the midst of a lengthy U.S. tour, playing Santa Barbara, CA tonight, and closing... more
Outside Lands 2013 confirms dates
The dates for the Outside Lands Music Festival have been confirmed. Ranger Dave cordially requests your company at the 6th annual Outside Lands to be held August 9th-11th, 2013 in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Write it down, put it in your iCal, mark it in your Google or... more
Alabama Shakes Announce March Tour Dates
Another popular pick in our Best of 2012 Feature, the Alabama Shakes have just announced dates and pre-sale info for a Spring Tour that begins March 1st in Idaho and ends in Mississippi on March 16th. "We’re so happy to announce we’re heading back next year to some spots... more
TOUR DATES: Alt-J Announce 2013 Plans
Fresh off a big Mercury Prize victory (they were also a very popular choice for Album of the Year on our Best of 2012 feature), indie-pop quartet Alt-J have announced an extensive run of dates through Europe, Australia and North America in early-2013. The band has a west coast run... more
Wilco, John Prine to Headline 9th Annual Nelsonville Music Festival
The Nelsonville Music Festival has just announced Wilco and John Prine as headliners for their 9th Annual event at Robbins Crossing in Nelsonville, Ohio. The four-day festival takes place May 30th - June 2nd, 2013. The announcement was made during the Nelsonville Music Festival Party held at a... more
PHOTOS / SETLIST: Dave Matthews Band @ IZOD Center, East Rutherford, NJ 11/30/12
Dave Matthews Band opened their winter tour in New Jersey on Friday night at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ with a show that included every track from their latest album Away from the World (including the debut performance of "Drunken Soldier") throughout the course of the nearly three... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (Part Two)
Last week, we rolled out Part One of LMB's Best of 2012 feature, highlighting this year's noteworthy albums (Tame Impala's Lonerism, Jack White's Blunderbuss and Alt-J's An Awesome Wave), artists (Alabama Shakes & Father John Misty) live moments (Phish Dick's 8/31/12, MMJ's 3-night LA "no repeats run" & Sigur Ros... more
Summer Camp 2013: moe., UM, TAB, STS9, Avett Bros and more
Following the news that Trey Anastasio Band was going to be one of the headliners at this year's Summer Camp Music Festival, the promoters have gone ahead and confirmed the first wave of artists joining Big Red and team. As expected the festival will feature three days of moe.... more
Das Racist Cancels Show in Germany, Announces Breakup
Heems, Kool A.D. and Dapwell aka Das Racist are apparently no more. Heems announced onstage in Munich last night that the band has broken up. According to Pitchfork, Das Racist was set to perform at the On3 Festival, but the show turned out to be just a Heems solo set,... more
SETLIST / VIDEOS: moe. @ The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO 11/30/12
moe.'s fall tour continued last night at Denver's Ogden Theatre as the Buffalo quintet opened up the first of two nights with a strong showing that notably included the rare "Silver Sun" in a big second set that also included Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive" and "head". Continue below for the... more
Jazz Fest 2013 Tickets and VIP Packages On Sale Tomorrow 12/1/12
The first big news to come out for the 2013 edition, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival announced today that all tickets for next year's event, to be held April 26-28 and May 2-5, will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 1. The... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Bear Creek 2012 Friday (Dap-Kings, The Werks, Heavy Pets and More)
Friday we saw The Sugarman 3, then caught part of the Heavy Pets (with Roosevelt Collier) jam session! After that, we watched the beginning of Bright Light Social Hour and the end of The Werks set. The highlight of the night was definitely Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings featuring the... more
TOUR DATES: Big Gigantic 2013 Winter Tour
Big Gigantic's 2013 headlining tour kicks off on Jan. 29 in Birmingham, Ala., and continues 'til the tour closer on March 3 in Oklahoma City. Earlier in January, the band will set sail on the Holy Ship! floating festival at sea. Continue below for the dates and live video of... more
SETLIST: The Rolling Stones @ O2 Arena, London 11/29/12
The Rolling Stones just wrapped their second night of the five-night 50 and Counting run. Continue below for the setlist that included guest spots by Eric Clapton and Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine. SETLIST: The Rolling Stones, O2 Arena, London, ENGLAND - 11/29/12 Get Off of My Cloud I... more
Austin City Limits To Live-Stream Gary Clark Jr.’s ACL Taping 11/30 at 8PM CST
Austin's own rising star, rock 'n' soul phenomenon Gary Clark Jr. makes his highly-anticipated return to Austin City Limits (ACL) this week, and ACL announces the taping will be live-streamed on Friday, November 30th at 8 pm Central Time. Fans can log-on to ACL's YouTube Channel and will have the... more
WATCH: The Rolling Stones “I’m Going Down” w/ Jeff Beck @ O2 Arena, London 11/25/12
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 50 and Counting run of five mega shows on Sunday evening at London's O2 Arena at a concert featuring special guests Mary J. Blige (see below) and Jeff Beck (see above). Notably, the show was surprisingly opened with the McCartney/Lennon penned tune "I Wanna... more
TOUR DATES: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Announce 2013 Dates
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band just announced plans to tour Europe and the UK in Spring/Early Summer 2013 via Twitter with more to be announced soon. Fans can get all the finer details at BruceSpringsteen.net. TOUR DATES 5/26 Munich, GERMANY - Olympiastadion 5/28 Hanover, GERMANY - AWD-Arena 5/30 Naples, ITALY - Piazza... more
Trey Anastasio Band to headline Summer Camp 2013
The 2013 Summer Camp Music Festival kicked off their first wave of announcements with the message: We are proud to start off our 2013 announcements with one of our most exciting announcements ever! Our first ARTIST ANNOUNCEMENT: 2 Full Sets of Trey Anastasio Band!!! The festival followed this announcement with... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Bear Creek 2012 Sunday (Lettuce, Dumpstaphunk & New Mastersounds)
Ali & Mike Kerr covered the grounds extensively to capture a motherlode of footage and photos at this year's Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival in Live Oak, FL. We'll start the BCMF coverage roll out at the festival's end, with coverage from Sunday's Lettuce, New Mastersounds and Dumpstaphunk sets.... more
Live Music Blog’s Best of 2012: Concerts, Albums, Artists and More (PART ONE)
While there's still plenty of live music magic yet to be made, the end is near and 2012 will be in the rear view in five short weeks. Furthermore, December is generally a skinny month for studio releases (although Big Boi's Vicious Lies & Dangerous Rumors drops on 12/11) so... more
PHOTOS / VIDEOS: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings @ Bear Creek Fest 2012
All photos by Ali & Mike Kerr / Southern Exposure Photography The other two women pictured in the gallery are The Dapettes (Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan). The guy with the hat pictured below on was hilarious. Sharon sang "Give It Back" to him and just about had him stripping.... 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
