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Tour Tracker: ZZ Top, TV on the Radio and Dungen

ZZ Top get “In Your Face” this autumn, TV on the Radio add more dates to their Dear Science, tour and Swedish indie psych band Dungen prep their new album 4 with some time on the road. Follow the jump for the complete set of tour dates. ZZ Top September 26 - Wichita, KS @ Century II September 27 - Ft. Smith, AR @ Convention Hall September 28 - Tulsa, OK @ SpritBank Event Center September 30 - St. Louis @ Fox Theatre October 1 - Kansas City, MO @ Midland October 3 - Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium October 4 - Huntington, WV @ Keith-Albee Theatre October 5 - Cleveland, OH @ Allen Theatre October 10 - Columbus, OH @ Palace Theatre October 11 - Indianapolis, IN @ Murat Centre October 12 - Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside October 17 - Minneapolis, MN @ Orpheum October 18 - Grand Forks, ND @ Chester Fritz October 19 - Sioux Falls, SD @ Great Hall October 22 - Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Hall October 23 - Pullman, WA @ Beasley Performing Arts Center October 30 - Colorado Springs, CO @ Pikes Peak Center October 31 - Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre November 1 - Amarillo, TX @ Civic Center Auditorium TV on the Radio September 5 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater September 6 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox September 12 - Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House September 13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue September 14 - Morrison, CO @ Monolith Festival September 19 - San Diego, CA @ San Diego Street Scene Festival September 20 - San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Festival October 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory October 11 - Providence, RI @ Lupos October 13 Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre October 14 - Brooklyn, NY @ Masonic Temple October 15 - Brooklyn, NY @ Masonic Temple October 18 - Cincinnati, Ohio @ Bogarts October 19 - Indianapolis, IN @ Vogue Theatre October 20 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave October 21 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave October 22 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera October 24 - New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Festival October 25 - Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle October 26 - Knoxvi

Published: 2008-08-11
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, On Tour

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Pete Townshend Muses on Rock Honors, Smashing Computers, Eddie Vedder in E-Mail to Rolling Stone

After taping VH1 Honors: The Who, Pete Townshend e-mailed Rolling Stone’s Jenny Eliscu with a post-mortem discussing his own performance, his desire to smash plastic Rock Band instruments and the advice he gave Eddie Vedder a few years ago. Here’s the message: Despite my smiley face, I was on guard on the red carpet and didn’t say much although the New York Times guy caught me off guard with the best question of my life, delivered almost dead-pan: “WHY DON’T YOU JUST DO WHAT ROGER WANTS?” For a split second I tried to answer. The show felt clunky to me because I find it hard to mix work and pleasure, and so much of it was about mixing with people and accepting their good wishes. I tend to shut myself away before and after shows, it’s about making the best of the very little I have left to give the audience. Trying to increase the force of the water by closing down the valve on the hose, so to speak. I thought Roger sounded good. He’s been keeping himself active, doing small shows, and it showed. It always takes me 20 minutes or so to loosen up. This was our first show for a year or so, so I was rusty on guitar. I felt like I was holding a spade (shovel). I dreamed last night of trying to play the show with a guitar actually covered in soil. I have been playing piano since last July, and only acoustic guitar (on the sofa while watching episodes of Medium or Boston Legal as my way of remembering America). Electric guitar and arm-swinging is not what I do between dog-walks and arthritis. You probably know that VH1 Rock Honors was originally floated as an idea to help sell Viacom’s Rock Band. My son and his buddies did play with Rock Band around Christmas, until I lent it to the much younger son of Rachel’s drummer. I never tried it. I thought I’d probably end up smashing it. I did have an idea for a stunt — if Viacom is VH1, and they own Rock Band, what about giving me a plastic guitar to smash on the show? Even better, what about giving me five hundred thousand plast

Published: 2008-07-23
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Rock Diary