Jeff Coffin joins Dave Matthews Band

"(Jeff Coffin's) boldness, intensity, and verve set him apart from other saxophonists." - JazzTimes

Jeff Coffin, saxophonist/composer, and three time GRAMMY Award winner with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, will begin touring as a touring member of Dave Matthews Band on April 14, 2009 with their NYC appearance at Madison Square Garden.

Coffin was originally tapped in July 2008 while LeRoi Moore, the band's original saxophonist, recovered from injuries sustained in an ATV wreck.
Moore tragically passed away from complications of the wreck in August 2008 and Coffin stayed on with band, including recording with them in New Orleans in January and February of 2009. "It's been a great process and I'm very happy to be playing, recording, and working with these guys. They are great musicians and the spirit and intimacy they bring to the music and stage is something that really calls to me."
Coffin's first recording with Dave Matthews Band is the upcoming Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King, set for release June 2, 2009.

Coffin, an alumni of the University of North Texas in Music Education, is heavily involved in clinic work as a Yamaha and Vandoren Artist working with students ranging from high school to college age. Living by the motto, "giving back is essential to moving forward", Coffin participated in the New Orleans based Tipitina's Foundation education program in early 2009. Alongside Tony Degradi, James Singleton, Roland Guerin, and Johnny Vidakovich, Coffin worked with young players interested in improvisation and learning the music rooted in New Orleans.

As a touring member of Dave Matthews Band, Coffin hopes to bring his love of a wide range of music to the band and audience members alike. "I am interested in off-the-beaten-path music of different world cultures and I love to share and discover it with others." Coffin will continue to tour as a member of the Flecktones and his own group, the Jeff Coffin Mu'tet, whenever possible. In addition to being a heralded saxophone sideman - in 2008 Coffin shared the Bonnaroo and New Year's Eve stages with jamband favorites My Morning Jacket and Umphrey's McGee - Coffin has also released four solo records on Compass Records, including 2008's Mutopia

THE FRAY UNVEILS ULTIMATE LIVE EXPERIENCE FOR FANS

Exclusive content offering to fans with a custom "Live" application via Apple's App Store and also through an innovative Fray iTunes Pass

New York, NY-Multi-platinum band The Fray announced today an ultimate live experience now available to fans via Apple's App Store with a custom "Live" application and also an innovative Fray iTunes Pass. The new app will offer fans the ability to stream footage from Fray concerts on stages all over the world and listen to every track from their new album on iPhone or iPod touch, among other unique features.

Exclusive Fray live content is also available via iTunes starting today with a Fray iTunes Pass that delivers new and exclusive music, videos and live performances directly to fans' music libraries, as soon as they're available from the band.

The Fray's signature "Live" application enhances fan interconnectivity by offering iPhone and iPod touch users the latest news and tour information along with exclusive interviews, high resolution videos, full-length audio streams and acoustic performances, all brought to life by touching the band's logo. "The Fray Live" application also features a way for fans to redefine the concert experience.

Now, they can use their iPhone to take pictures and upload them for display on thefray.net or use the Live Visualizer tool to create a personalized light show that reacts to sound detected by iPhone's microphone.

The Fray application is available for $1.99 from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch, or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

The Fray will also be the second artist to launch an iTunes Pass. Fans who purchase the Fray iTunes Pass starting today ($16.99) will get six live songs from their "iTunes Live from SoHo" sessions plus an exclusive live video from the band's recent Webster Hall performance in New York City.
Then, as it becomes available, purchasers will receive new and exclusive content from The Fray delivered directly to their iTunes library through August - including a haunting cover of Kanye West's "Heartless," a live performance from Abbey Road Studios, exclusive music and video from their pending summer tour, and much more.

The band's new album The Fray debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart and has already been certified Gold fueled by their infectious single, "You Found Me". The band just announced a big summer amphitheatre tour kicking off in Atlanta on June 12th ending in August and will debut the video for their next single, "Never Say Never" later this month.

Formed in 2002, the Denver-based quartet is comprised of Isaac Slade (vocals, piano), Joe King (guitar, vocals), Ben Wysocki (drums) and Dave Welsh (guitar). The band has struck a huge chord with audiences and turned their organic, grassroots success into worldwide sales of 3.2 million albums and over 8 million digital singles sold.

For more information on The Fray and a full list of their summer tour dates, please visit: www.thefray.net .

"U2 ticket onsales broke previous single-day records for New York, Boston and Chicago markets

U2 sold 82,000 tickets for the New York City-area appearance yesterday morning, 72,000 for the Boston-area show and 65,000 in Chicago, with each city's onsale resulting in those new attendance records.

The record-breaking sales in NYC, Boston and Chicago have resulted in additional shows in those markets with Chicago adding September 13 at Soldier Field, Boston adding September 21 at Foxboro's Gillette Stadium and New York City (E. Rutherford, NJ), scheduling September 25 for a second U2 gig at Giants Stadium.

What's next?

Tickets for the October 1 Charlottesville, Virginia, date go on sale this Friday, while tickets for all other performances, including the additional dates mentioned above for NYC, Chicago and Boston, go on sale next Monday."

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The Pearl Jam Ten Game is now live!
http://www.pearljamtengame.com/

Ten, the debut album from Pearl Jam that has sold over 12 million copies, and introduced the band to the world, is being reissued in four new and expanded editions on March 24 , 2009 by Epic/Legacy Recordings.

Sony Music has found a truly unique way to let fans preview selected tracks from these reissues,

The Pearl Jam Ten Game.

Beginning today, fans can go to
www.pearljamtengame.com and complete a puzzle to unlock various songs from the Ten reissues. With every row a user gets aligned, a new song is unlocked for them to hear. Upon completion of the entire puzzle, the user unlocks a special video piece detailing the history of this historic release. Users can time themselves completing the puzzle, and challenge their friends through the 'share' feature.

The site also allows users to preview each of the four reissue packages.

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DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, WILCO, WIDESPREAD PANIC CONFIRMED FOR 10,000 LAKES FESTIVAL

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT WWW.10KLF.COM

Held within Minnesota's pristine North Country at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN, the midwest's premier music & camping festival heads into it's 7th year with it's best lineup yet.

The 10,000 Lakes Festival has announced Dave Matthews Band, two nights of Widespread Panic, and Wilco as headlining artists for four days of music and camping at the 7th annual music festival held at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota July 22 – 25.

The 10,000 Lakes Festival's artist lineup will feature over sixty acts performing on the festival's four stages. The list of confirmed acts includes:

The Dead Coming Back To Life In 2009

After reuniting to play a few gigs in support of Barack Obama last year, The Dead has decided to embark on their first full tour in almost five years. The band will feature four founding members - bassist Phil Lesh, guitarist Bob Weir and drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann - along with RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers Band/Gov't Mule guitarist Warren Haynes.

The 19-date tour will kick off April 12 in Greensboro, NC and wrap on May 10 in Mountain View, CA. Pre-sale tickets go on sale January 13, and the regular on sale date is January 23.

"We've got some unfinished business," Weir said of the tour. "Everybody has a whole new bag of tricks; we have the body of material we worked up over the years and we have a mind meld going on here and it would be a sin to let that just wither and die."

"For me, it's the question mark that's really pulling me in
- what's gonna happen?," Lesh added, "When you walk out on the stage the possibilities are infinite every time.

It's infinite and therefore you can still explore it till the day that you die."