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A Huge Welcome to FOO FIGHTERS from Front Gate Tickets!
We are extremely excited to announce our latest artist ticketing partnership with the Foo Fighters. Front Gate Tickets will now be handling presales for the Foo Fighters on their forthcoming tour. The first batch of dates is on sale now at foofighters.frontgatetickets.com. Use the passcode LIMO to snag yours!
Foo Fighters are touring in support of their huge new album Wasting Light and have announced the first leg of their North American tour with more dates to come! We are thrilled to be working with Foo Fighters to bring you tickets to their shows before you can get them anywhere else. Check back often for more dates as they are added!
Lollapalooza Day 2: Empire of the Sun!!
This was a set that I definitely did not want to miss this weekend, and as I made it down into the tiny photo pit, I began to realize that I was not the only one who felt this way. A DJ was keeping the crowd warm (well steaming really) and dancing frantically before Empire even took the stage, and it was clear that this was going to be something a little different from the other Lolla sets that day. If you have walked into Perry’s at any time you know what I mean, and this was Perry’s at its peak. Security personnel did their best to keep the sweat drenched crowd hydrated, constantly going back for more and more waters that they reached over the rail and poured into the mouths of grateful audience members. The crowd was ready for something special, and when Empire took the stage, they got it.
The live version of Empire made its first appearance ever in the states when it stopped in Chicago this weekend for its Lolla set, so no one knew what to expect from the crew. The full band, complete with dancers, costumes and a fittingly extravagant stage setup delivered an energetic set that left everyone in the crowd wanting more.
Jamie Lidell to Play Antone’s this Fall
Jamie Lidell will bring his genre bending show to Antone’s in September. If you have had the chance to see Lidell perform, then you may want to go ahead and snap up your tickets now because you know what to expect. Lidell’s shows often meld genres including soul, funk, electronic and experimental with some pop sprinkled in for good measure. If that alone is not enough to make you curious enough to check him out then read on.
On 2005′s Multiply, Lidell took Warp, his record label to a place it rarely treads, a land of soul music and groove that he took and matched with his own style of percussion beats and persona that makes for a fresh experience each time you listen. His most recent album Jim continues down the same vein, but who knows what he has in store for his upcoming album Compass. No one does really other than Lidell himself which is the beauty of his work. Lidell is known to pepper in the occasional frenzy of electronic music in his sets that nods to his other band Super Collider and to his earlier work. Much of the backup vocals and even percussion on Multiply are created using only one instrument – Lidell’s voice, making it an even more fascinating album to listen to. If this write-up tells you anything let it be that you do not want to miss a Jamie Lidell show – you just never know what you are going to get – and in this case that is a very, very good thing.
Get tickets to see Lidell at Antone’s on September 24
Pavement Announces Tour with Stubb’s Date
This fall Pavement will hit the road again after their sold out summer tour. The band announced their reunion with shows at SummerStage shows last fall and has added more dates before and after the initially announced reunion shows. Pavement will play Stubb’s September 28 with tickets going on sale Friday, 6/18 at 10am right here.
The band has come to the forefront of the indie music scene with their reunion tour, and although only one of their songs has ever reached the Billboard Top 10, they are universally regarded as one of the most influential indie rock bands in recent history (probably much thanks goes to their modest commercial ‘success’ for this). Their albums have received universal critical acclaim, scoring placement on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums of the 1990s charts as well as many other critical accolades. Don’t miss your chance to catch a seminal indie act this fall at Stubb’s!
James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem at Stubb’s – Definitely Not Losing Their Edge
Last night Austin played host to a dance party for the ages, as both LCD Soundsystem and Miike Snow descended on the city. I am going to focus on LCDs show for this however, because well…I was there. Yes, that was the first of several, hopefully many, LCD song references in this review. We arrived early to catch Holy Ghost, a DFA label mate of LCD Soundsystem, who are on their first live tour ever. The fact that these guys had not done this whole “live show” thing before was not evident in the least, and they were a great warm up for the night.
A light rain was falling, and the humidity and heat were sweltering to the point that by the time LCD took the stage most everyone already had a good sweat going. The opening track ‘Us vs. Them’ set the tone for the night, sending the crowd where I was standing into a frenzy that I had not seen at an outdoor show in some time. The energy was absolutely electric. The band tore through a set that was sure to please any LCD fan, generously pulling material from all three of the band’s albums.
The shift in momentum that occurred from the pounding beats and screaming fans on ‘Daft Punk is Playing at My House’ to the next song ‘All My Friends’ showcased perfectly the exceptional balance that LCD has achieved in their catalog. Some of the people there may have been worried that this would be the last time they could catch these guys in action, but James made the comment that they would be back touring in support of this album, playing songs that they have not had the chance to play before, and doing it all until someone made a Facebook group begging them to retire (I would not recommend this as you will have an angry throng of die hard LCD fans after you if you do so).
If you were there, then you know that this was a show that you will not soon forget. You know that this show had it all. And when James belted out ‘where are your friends tonight? If I could see all my friends tonight’ all he had to do was look straight ahead, because he had over 2000 friends right there singing it back to him. I could go on about how epic every song ended up being, but really if you were there you know. I was there, and LCD Soundsystem is definitely not losing its edge.
Setlist:
- Us v Them
- Drunk Girls
- Yr City’s a Sucker
- Pow Pow
- Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
- All My Friends
- I Can Change
- Tribulations
- Movement
- Yeah
ENCORE
- Someone Great
- Losing My Edge
- New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down
- Empire State of Mind (Jay-Z cover)
Chromeo Announces World Tour With Stops in Austin and at Lollapalooza!
I have talked to a number of people who have no clue who Chromeo is, and this is a real travesty. I’m not saying that they should be pushing out songs and playing for crowds like someone with the awe inspiring talent of Justin Bieber or the Jonas Brothers, but seriously these guys have a niche audience and you should probably get in on this dance party. The band has released two studio albums, 2004s In Control and 2007s Fancy Footwork, both of which are consistently in my playlist.
They are currently polishing off work on their third studio album, Business Casual, and are celebrating by throwing a nationwide party, also known as a tour. The Business Casual Tour Runs from June 11 with the band appearing at Bonnaroo to the end of August with a date at the Hollywood Bowl with Chemical Brothers and YACHT. What a lineup. However, if you are not going to be present at either of those shows, then you should definitely check out the band at one (or more) of their other dates, particularly at Stubb’s or Lollapalooza!
Tickets for the Stubb’s date are on sale here and Lollapalooza tickets here.
Complete listings for the tour can be found here.
Also, check out a couple of videos from the band below. One is for their newest track “Night by Night” and the other is from the band’s appearance on Yo Gabba Gabba! Enjoy.
The Pixies Take Doolittle on Tour Part 2! And They Come to Austin!
In case you missed the news yesterday, here it is. The Pixies are bringing back the Doolittle tour to the US after nearly 40 sold out dates last fall. The band will hit 11 cities on the tour (full list below), and every single show is going to be recorded and made available for sale immediately following the show! In other news, The Pixies are stepping into the 1990s 2000s by starting their first official website! Check that thing out right here.
On this tour, the band will perform all the songs from their groundbreaking album “Doolittle” as well as all related B-sides from said album. According to the release, the show is also going to feature some trippy stage setups including “four huge, undulating, eyeball-like spheres flown just below the lighting rig and are part of the concert’s light show.” No idea what that means, but it sounds awesome! In addition to this, there are going to be 11 specially created films for the production to be projected onto a massive backdrop for 12 of the 21 songs on the set list.
If you want to read in more depth what to expect from the shows on the tour, check this out. Also, check below for the complete date listings for the tour. O, and the information that you are really interested in…how to get tickets to this show. Well, tickets for the Austin date (September 22) go on sale June 14 at 10 am right here. Don’t wait on this one.
7 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
10 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
13 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
17 Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
18 Brady Theatre, Tulsa, OK
19 Verizon Theatre, Dallas, TX
20 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
22 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
24 Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ
25 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
26 RIMAC Arena, San Diego, CA
Yo Gabba Gabba Launches 60 City “There’s a Party in My City” National Tour!
Yo Gabba Gabba, the popular kid’s television show, is taking their energetic and captivating show to the stage! If you are familiar with the show, you may already know that it is unlike most other children’s shows out there. Guests who have participated in filming episodes recently include national recording artists such as Taking Back Sunday, “Weird Al” Yankovic, The Killers, Weezer and Devo. The live shows have been known to feature surprise special guests including Snoop Dogg and other mainstream acts, making it not only entertaining for kids of all ages but also for adults as well.
The band recently made an appearance at the Coachella Music Festival before launching into this massive tour. Tickets for all 60 cities and almost 120 shows are on sale today right here. Go grab them and catch what is sure to be one of the most fun filled performances of the year for kids…and maybe even for you!
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to Play Austin Date at La Zona Rosa
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have just added an Austin date to their extensive summer tour, which should make you all very happy. The band, formed by Alex Ebert of Ima Robot, played its first show in July of 2007, and in July 2009, released their first full length album Up from Below.
Ebert formed the group around the character Edward Sharpe, his alter ego, a “…man sent to save mankind but who keeps getting distracted and falling in love along the way.” The band’s sound is a meandering journey that transports the listener to a carefree place where you almost can’t help but sit back and smile. It hearkens back to a different era in musical history that is rarely touched today, but fortunately for us, Edward Sharpe has reached into the past and crafted something beautiful. The band’s stark contrast to Ima Robot likely has much to do with the fact that Ebert, after leaving the group to form the Magnetic Zeros, got sober and met up with Jade Castrinos, with whom he began to pen the songs of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
The band’s seed money to start recording came from none other than Heath Ledger, and with his help the album Up from Below was made. If all of this is not enough to make you want to catch this group on their tour, then just give the album a listen. Check out the track below for a sample. You won’t be disappointed.
Tickets for the La Zona Rosa date go on sale April 23 at 10am right here through Front Gate Tickets. Check out the rest of the bands dates below as well, including a stop at Lollapalooza this summer!
Cheers.
May 1 – New Orleans, LA – Republic
May 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Royce Hall – UCLA Campus
May 26 – Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Library
May 27 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
May 29 – George, WA – Sasquatch! Festival
May 31 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
June 1 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
June 2 – Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
June 4 – Missoula, MT – Wilma Theatre
June 6 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
June 7 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
June 8 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
June 9 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
June 11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 14 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
June 15 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note
June 16 – Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont Club
June 18 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
June 19 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 21 – Santa Fe, NM – Santa Fe Brewing Company
June 22 – Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse Music Venue
July 1 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Festival
July 31 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts
Aug 1 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
Aug 7 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
M.I.A. Album Release Date (Via Blimp?!) and Tour Announcements + New Video + New Album Tracklist
M.I.A. used an unconventional method over the weekend to announce her forthcoming third album. During Jay-Z’s Coachella set, she had a BLIMP fly over the crowd advertising a cryptic message of “New Album 6.29.10″. This is welcome news for all of us M.I.A. fans, especially those lucky individuals who will get the opportunity to see her live this summer performing the new material.
She currently has two live dates on her schedule, both appearances at HARD Fest that will take place in July, one in New York and the other in L.A. I speculate (and granted this is speculation) that she will not be done there. With a new album on the horizon and a couple of in-demand dates on the books, I imagine that she will be showcasing her verbal skills at least a few more times this year for eager crowds to enjoy. Also, if you remember, she did cut her last tour short for various personal reasons and to continue work on this forthcoming album.
The new record will see the aforementioned June 29 release in the US, but will be released one week earlier in Japan via Sony Japan. Artists such as Switch, Rye Rye, Blaqstarr, Diplo and Sleighbells are all speculated as contributors to the new album. This should make for an intriguing comeback for M.I.A. who has largely been out of the public eye following her Grammy performance back in 2009. I know that I am eager for her return in 2010!
Cheers.
UPDATE:
Check out the new MIA video for ‘Born Free’ right here – not for the faint of heart.
M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.
Also, just released – here is the tracklisting for MIAs new album:
1. The Message
2. Born Free
3. Meds and Feds
4. Lovealot
5. Tequila
6. It Is What It Is
7. XXXO
8. Tell Me Why
9. Story Told
10. Space
