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Playlist of the Day: Houdini’s Latest Trick

Harry Houdini’s great-nephew is preparing to dig the magician up to see if he was actually poisoned. Our playlist says mystery solved: He’s still very much dead. “Do You Believe In Magic?” – The Lovin’ Spoonful “Harry Houdini” – Paul K “Houdini Punches” – Son Volt “Dirty Magic” – The Offspring “I Can’t Escape” – John Denver

Published: 2007-03-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: General

Bruce Springsteen Announces “Working on a Dream” Tour

Photo: Dyson/Getty With his new, five-star album Working on a Dream hitting stores right now, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band decided today would be the best time to reveal their upcoming U.S. tour. The trek will kick off on April Fool’s Day in San Jose, California, and work its way east, culminating in a pair of shows at East Rutherford’s Izod Center in Bruce’s home state of New Jersey on May 21st and 23rd. From there, the band jets off to Europe. Springsteen is on the cover of the current issue of Rolling Stone, wherein the Jersey legend invites writer David Fricke into the studio to talk about his new music, the first song he ever recorded and life with the E Street Band. For the full story, pick up the issue, but check out a special series of Q&As, too — The Band on Bruce: a series of interviews with members of the E Street Band including Max Weinberg and Little Steven Van Zandt. Before you run out and pick the new issue and your copy of Working, check out the tour dates below: Bruce Springsteen April 1 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion April 3 - Glendale, CA @ Jobing.com Center April 5 - Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center April 7 - Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center April 8 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center April 10 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Arena April 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ LA Memorial Sports Arena April 21 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden April 22 - Boston, MA @ TD Banknorth Garden April 24 - Hartford, CT @ XL Center April 26 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena April 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Spectrum April 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Spectrum May 2 - Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum May 4 - Uniondale, NY  @ Nassau Coliseum May 5 - Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena May 7 - Toronto, ONT @ Air Canada Centre May 8 - University Park, PA @ Bryce Jordan Center May 11 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center May 12 - Chicago, IL @ United Center May 14 - Albany, NY @ Times Union Center May 15 - Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium May 18 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center

Published: 2009-01-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Death Cab at the DNC: John McCain Scares Chris Walla to Death

Photo: CNN On the stereo: “Counting Down the Hours,” Ted Leo + Pharmacists Okay, here it goes: I think John McCain is losing his marbles and that he can’t be trusted. I think that his hotheaded, impulsive mentality makes him an incredibly dangerous candidate for the office of President. There, I said it. He has given to our country selflessly in uniform, risked his life for our freedoms and committed himself to a life of public service. And it’s time for him to fucking retire. Seriously. Like, I’ll totally buy the mai tais or piña coladas or whatever the fuck you want to drink, Senator. You name it, really; it’s on me. Can I go further? I would like to, as I’ve just found out that McCain will likely be leaking his pick for VP right after tonight’s rally at the Mile High Stadium in Denver, where Barack Obama will officially accept my party’s nomination of him for the office of President. That’s MY party you’re gonna crash, you rat. Now, there’s a long history of mudslinging and dirty pool in the race to the White House, and we’ve already seen a fair bit of it. But historically, each party’s convention week is off limits, to a degree: It’s diplomacy, a show of respect, to allow your opponent the spotlight for four days. Certainly there are ads and press releases from the rival team, but there’s no precedent for a headline-stealer like a VP announcement. Let’s refer, briefly, to a statement issued by McCain campaign manager Rick Davis on March 11, 2008: “John McCain is now the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party. It is critical, as we prepare to face off with whomever the Democrats select as their nominee, that we all follow John’s lead and run a respectful campaign focused on the issues and values that are important to the American people. Throughout the primary election we saw John McCain reject the type of politics that degrade our civics, and this will not change as he prepares to run head-to-head against the Democratic nominee.” Really? So that makes McCai

Published: 2008-08-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Death Cab at the DNC

Tour Tracker: John Mayer, the Mars Volta and Emmylou Harris

John Mayer continues his Continuum tour, the Mars Volta prepare to prog you and Emmylou Harris hits the road to showcase All I Intended To Be, her first album since 2003. Full tour dates await after the jump. John Mayer July 2 - Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheater (Summerfest) July 3 - Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater July 5 - Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center July 6 - Rothbury, MI @ Rothbury Music Festival July 7 - Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre July 9 - Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater July 10 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Bank Center July 12 - Mansfield, MA @ Tweeter Center July 13 - Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion July 15 - Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center July 17 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center July 18 - Tinley Park, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheater July 20 - Denver, CO @ Soccer Fields at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park July 21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ USANA Amphitheatre July 23 - Paso Robles, CA @ Mid-State Fair July 25 - Marysville, CA @ Sleep Train Amphitheater July 26 - Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheater July 27 - Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater July 29 - Chula Vista, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre July 30 - Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion August 1 - Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center August 2 - Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion The Mars Volta April 10 - Austin, TX @ Music Hall April 12 - Mexico City, MEX @ Zero Festival April 14 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Arena April 15 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’ Ballroom April 17 - St Louis, MO @ The Pageant April 18 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall April 20 – Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom April 21 - St Paul, MN @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium April 26 – Guadalajara, MEX @ Zero Festival May 12 – Toronto, CAN @ Sound Academy May 14 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora May 15 – Detroit, MI @ Fillmore May 18 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore May 21 – Calgary, ALB @ McEwen Hall May 22 – Edmonton, ALB @ Events Center May 24 – Vancouver, BC @ PNE May 2

Published: 2008-04-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Tour Tracker: Van Halen, Soulja Boy/Lil’ Mama

Van Halen reschedules those concerts postponed due to Eddie Van Halen’s medical problem and Soulja Boy (with Lil’ Mama) teaches more people how to do that wacky dance. The full dates are after the jump. Van Halen Apr 19 - Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center Apr 22 – Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena Apr 24 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center Apr 26 - St Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center Apr 28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Bradley Center Apr 30 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mellon Arena May 2 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena May 5 – Raleigh, NC @ RBC Center May 7 – Columbus, OH @ Schottenstein Center May 9 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall May 11 – Duluth, GA @ Gwinnett Arena May 13 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Izod Center May 15 – Baltimore, MD @ 1st Mariner Arena May 18 – Hershey, PA @ Giant Center May 20 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena May 23 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden May 25 – Providence, RI @ Dunkin Donuts Center May 28 – Manchester, NH @ Verizon Wireless Arena May 30 – Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena June 2 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena Soulja Boy/Lil’ Mama April 11 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues April 12 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre April 14 - New York @ Nokia Theatre April 16 - Baltimore @ Rams Head Live April 17 - Philadelphia @ Electric Factory April 18 - Niagara Falls, NY @ The Conference Center for Niagara Falls April 19 - Agawam, MA @ Six Flags New England April 20 - Toronto @ Kool Haus April 22 - Chicago @ House of Blues April 24 - Cleveland @ House of Blues April 25 - Indianapolis @ Egyptian Room April 29 - Denver @ Ogden Theater April 30 - Anaheim, CA @ The Grove in Anaheim May 1 - Los Angeles @ House of Blues May 2 - Alpine, CA @ Viejas-Concert in the Park May 4 - Las Vegas @ House of Blues May 7 - Dallas @ House of Blues May 9 - Houston @ Verizon Wireless Theater May 11 - Atlanta @ Tabernacle

Published: 2008-03-17 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Widespread Panic: Go Behind the Jam on the Band’s Tour Bus

Widespread Panic released their tenth studio album this year, Free Somehow, a record of riff-heavy jams and howling psychedelic ballads. But the band has never been defined by albums, but their endless touring and cult of loyal fans. For more than 20 years they have lived on the road, performing up to 250 shows a year — and never playing the same set list twice. They hold sell-out records at several venues around the country including the Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Denver (23 shows), and have been on the list of the top 50 grossing tour bands for eight consecutive years. On a recent stop in New York, guitarist-singer John Bell, new guitarist Jimmy Herring and percussionist Domingo “Sunny” Ortiz discussed memories from the road, critical road-trip food, and of course, the art of the jam. Click here to watch a series of videos as Rock Daily boards their tour bus for some intimate chats with Widespread Panic.

Published: 2008-05-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos

Guilty Musical Pleasures: Neil Diamond vs. John Denver

By Whitney Pastorek Week 2 in our quest to ID the artist most of you secretly adore -- even if it costs you ''cool points''

Published: 2009-08-25 Provider: Entertainment Weekly

Get Ready to Pay Big Fees: Live Nation Ticketing Service Launches

After splitting with Ticketmaster and locking down massive 360 deals with Madonna and Jay-Z, Live Nation has finally launched its own ticketing service. As of right now, in-house tickets can only be purchased for concerts taking place in Live Nation-owned venues, as the bigger amphitheatres already have ticketing deals in place. Still, the company’s Website is vending tix for Lil Wayne, John Legend, Elton John & Billy Joel, the Pretenders and many more. Rock Daily tested out the ticket purchasing system on the Live Nation Website — in this case, buying a ticket for the Gov’t Mule concert in Denver, Colorado on February 13th — and made a frightening discovery: The $29.50 ticket carried along with it an additional $13.50 “Ticket Fee.” That’s exorbitant, even by Ticketmaster standards. We know their stock is landsliding but $13.50, really? We thought, maybe this is a typo or a bug in the system, to charge a third of the ticket price as a “ticket fee.” So we tried buying tickets for the Pretenders’ gig at New York’s Roseland Ballroom on January 31st. Again, the $49.50 ticket was accompanied by the $13.50 “Ticket Charge.” (Ticketmaster’s convenience charge for the Pretenders’ Philadelphia show is $9.85). “Anytime you have a major roll-out, you hold your breath and hope there are no major glitches,” Live Nation CEO of global music Jason Garner told Billboard of the launch. “We went live over the [holiday] break and I didn’t hear one complaint from anybody about the system.” Garner also says having control of its own ticketing will allow the company to be flexible with prices. “Our goal is always to have a system built around being able to satisfy what the artists and fans want,” Garner said, adding that the company would also like to capitalize more on the secondary ticket market. It’s also interesting to note how the two ticketing giants are facing off. Ticketmaster isn’t offering tickets for shows hosted by Live Nation, while Live Nation links to Ticketmaster for shows

Published: 2009-01-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Tour Tracker: Tom Morello, Letters to Cleo and Oasis & Ryan Adams

Photo: Whittaker/Getty Tom Morello embarks on his “Fabled City” tour, Letters to Cleo reunite for the first time in eight years for some 20th anniversary shows and Oasis & Ryan Adams schedule more North American dates as Noel Gallagher’s ribs heal. Follow the jump for the complete set of dates. Tom Morello November 1 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore November 2 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom November 5 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom November 7 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot November 8 - Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen November 9 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theater November 11 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café November 12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom November 13 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue November 20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory November 21 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore Letters To Cleo November 8 - Los Angeles CA @ The Roxy December 8 - Boston MA @ Paradise Rock Club December 9 - Boston MA @ Paradise Rock Club Oasis & Ryan Adams December 3 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena December 4 - Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center December 6 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Pearl December 8 - Denver, CO @ Broomfield Events Center December 10 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center December 12 - Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena December 13 - Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills December 15 - London, ON @ John LaBatt Centre December 17 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden December 19 - Camden, NJ @ Susquehanna Center December 20 - Washington, DC @ GMU Patriot Center Related Stories: • Tom Morello, Mos Def Narrowly Avoid Riot at RNC Concert • Neol Gallagher Assaulted On Stage in Toronto • Oasis & Ryan Adams Preview Upcoming Albums in Vancouver

Published: 2008-09-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Stevie Wonder, Will.i.am, Sheryl Crow Close Out DNC Festivities

Photo: Getty When a recording of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In the U.S.A.” blared through the speakers at Invesco Field at Mile High after Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech Thursday night, it was official. Springsteen, rumored all week to close the final night, would not show. Thus did ex- Doobie Brother Michael McDonald have the last musical word a few hours earlier. Actually, the pre-Obama music was kind of a letdown: John Legend and Will.i.am brought YouTube to life with “Yes We Can,” complete with a huge live choir and Obama speaking on a video screen overhead. But all that activity on stage as delegates and spectators were filing in was confusing and the performance fell flat. Sheryl Crow did three songs with her band, opening with (altered for the occasion) “A Change Will Do Us Good.” Stevie Wonder did two, beginning with an unreleased obscurity, the hymnlike “Fear Can’t Put Dreams to Sleep,” then emphasizing “good-BYE” in his Motown chestnut “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,” which might have been dedicated to John McCain and the Republicans. On the floor, near CNN’s podium, the Rev. Al Sharpton told Rolling Stone he first met Wonder at a concert by his friend, James Brown, in the early ’80s. Then he lamented the lack of cutting-edge hip-hop surrounding this Democratic campaign. “I know there was a lot more hip-hop presence in ‘04,” he said. The rev, by the way, has gospel, JB, Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige on his iPod. Related Stories: • Death Cab at the DNC • Kanye West, Rage Against the Machine Energize Denver Crowds • Tom Morello, Crosby & Nash Steal “E-Town” Show in Denver

Published: 2008-08-29 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Tour Tracker: Billy Idol, GZA and Warrant

Billy Idol hopes it’s a nice day for a white wedding and a concert when he comes to town, GZA performs Liquid Swords in its entirety again and Warrant’s original members reunite for the first time in fifteen years. Hit the jump for the complete dates for all three runs. Billy Idol June 22 - San Diego, CA @ 4th & B June 23 - Valley Center, CA @ Valley View Casino June 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Outdoor Stage June 26 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore June 27 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore June 28 - Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort & Casino June 30 - Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheater July 1 - Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre July 2 - Jacksonville, OE @ Britt Pavilion July 4 - Coquitlam, BC @ Red Robinson Theatre July 5 – Richmond, BC @ River Rock Casino Resort July 8 - Enoch, ALB @ River Cree Resort & Casino August 6 - Hamilton, ONT @ Copps Coliseum August 7 - London, ONT @ John Labatt Centre August 9 - Quebec City, QC @ Colisee Pepsi August 10 - Ottawa, ONT @ Scotiabank Place August 13 - Winnipeg, MAN @ MTS Centre August 15 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena August 16 - Hammond, IN @ Horseshoe Casino August 17 - Omaha, NE @ Qwest Center August 20 - Fort Wayne, IN @ Memorial Coliseum August 21 - Youngstown, OH @ Chevrolet Centre August 22 - Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Concert Pavilion August 23 - Atlantic City, NJ @ House of Blues August 26 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom August 27 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom September 12 - Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino GZA August 21 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey August 22 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley August 23 - Petaluma, CA @ Phoenix August 25 - Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan August 26 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos August 27 - Vancouver, BC @ Richard’s on Richards August 29 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Palladium August 30 - Denver, CO @ Cervantes September 1 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium September 2 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse September 3 - Aus

Published: 2008-06-10 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

Smoking Section: Ellen Page, Adam Green, Jazz & Heritage Festival

Since actress Ellen Page — you know, Juno — dragged the Moldy Peaches out of obscurity and steered her flick’s soundtrack to the Number One spot, we thought we’d probe her musical tastes. “This is going to show how young I am” — twenty — “but the first intense experience I had was when I heard ‘Pyramid Song,’ from Radiohead’s Amnesiac,” says Page. “I was like, ‘How can this paralyze me?’ ” She is just as “effin’ crazy” about In Rainbows. Also on her iPod: Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s cover of John Denver’s “The Eagle and the Hawk”; U.K. sensation Bat for Lashes (”The video for ‘What’s a Girl to Do?’ is sick!”); everything by Missy Elliott, Cat Power and Feist; and finally, “Ice Cream,” by New Young Pony Club (”Like, is that not slutty?”). Page, like Juno, plays some rudimentary guitar, but she won’t be putting out an album: “That would be lame. No one would respect me ever again.” * * * * Speaking of the Moldy Peaches, our hero Adam Green’s new album, Sixes & Sevens, is out in March — twenty songs stuffed into forty-eight action-packed minutes. “For my fifth studio album, I hired some Brooklyn gospel singers to give my music some class,” says Green. “It’s a comeback album with a message.” The single “Morning After Midnight” is already a hit in Belgium; he duets with girlfriend Loribeth Capella on “Drowning Head First”; and “You Get So Lucky” revives the pan flute. “I nearly crapped myself after that,” he says. “I knew that my life was never going to be the same.” Our favorite? “Getting Led,” which Green describes as “a sweet and tender song about fatalism and submission.” “People say I’m the Jewish Kurt Cobain,” says Green. ̶

Published: 2008-02-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Smoking Section