"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:
Dave Matthews Band
Widespread Panic (2 nights)
Wilco
Umphrey's McGee
Gomez
Mason Jennings
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Steve Kimock Crazy Engine
Railroad Earth
Tea Leaf Green (2 nights)
Kathleen Edwards
Junior Brown
WookieFoot
Trampled By Turtles
North Indiana Allstars
Pete Francis featuring Barefoot Truth
Cloud Cult
Everyone Orchestra
Todd Snider
Garaj Mahal |
Akron/Family
The Honeydogs
Pretty Lights
BoomBox
Tim Sparks
William Elliott Whitmore
Kinetix
Pert Near Sandstone
Backyard Tire Fire
The Macpodz
My Dear Disco
The Ragbirds
Joe Pug
Nathan Miller Band
Paper Bird
Mifune
Harper
Enchanted Ape
Zach Deputy
Gypsy Lumberjacks |
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The Dead Coming Back To Life In 2009
After reuniting to play a few gigs in support of Barack Obama last yea r, 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."
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