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THE Rodeo Bar, which shut down for two weeks for a Department-of-Health-ordered kitchen renovation, is back with free live music and peanuts. To celebrate, the urban honky-tonk is having an open "Viva La Rodeo" hootenanny on Monday. Musician Jack...

Published: 2007-07-13 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Stomp, Ponderosa, free, Park, Thompson, soul, Hannibal, Hook, Mighty, artists, back, music, org, perform, music

A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Pharcyde Lead Rock the Bells 2008

A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Mos Def, De La Soul, Rakim and a reunited Pharcyde lead the 2008 Rock the Bells Festival, the annual touring hip-hop event that last year featured a reunited Rage Against the Machine. Other acts on the bill include Method Man and Redman, Raekwon, Immortal Technique, Dead Prez, Spank Rock, Santogold, Jay Electronica, Murs and more. Supernatural will host the main stage. “Some people don’t want to give hip-hop tours a chance, thinking it’s a violent art form,” Murs told Rock Daily. “But Guerilla Union found a way to make a real nice, peacful, hip hop festival that is like Heaven on Earth.” The ten-city tour kicks off July 19th in Chicago and wraps up at the end of August. The tour will also head to Europe and Japan for the first time. Check out the full tour dates after the jump. July 19 - Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre July 20 - Toronto, ON, Canada @ Molson Amphitheatre July 26 - Boston, MA @ Tweeter Center July 27 - New York, NY @ Jones Beach Amphitheatre Aug 2 - Miami, FL @ Cruzan Amphitheatre Aug 3 - Philadelphia, PA @ Susquehanna Bank Center Aug 9 - Denver, CO @ Coors Amphitheatre Aug 16 - San Francisco, CA @ Shoreline Amphitheatre Aug 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Glen Helen Amphitheatre Aug 30 - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Venue TBD [Photo: Getty]

Published: 2008-04-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Festival Roundup: Ozzy Joins Monsters of Rock, GZA and De La Soul Lead Paid Dues

What’s a Wednesday in April without the announcement of more summer festivals? We’ll start off in rock-happy Calgary, Alberta, where Ozzy Osbourne will perform at this year’s Monsters of Rock festival on July 26th. Joining the Ozzman will be Serj Tankian, Judas Priest, Dillinger Escape Plan, Shadows Fall and many other monsters. Meanwhile, the mobile Paid Dues Festival will feature hip-hop acts like Wu-Tang’s GZA, Rakim, De La Soul, Blackalicious, Little Brother and many more. Full dates for that trek are listed below. June 4 - New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre June 7 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Club Cinema June 13 - Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium June 14 - Berkeley, CA @ Berkeley Community Theatre

Published: 2008-04-16 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals

Coachella lineup ranges from Jay-Z to Seattle locals Sunny Day Real Estate

Music & nightlifeThe lineup for the California rock festival Coachella has been announced: Jay-Z, Muse, Gorillaz, Thom Yorke, Vampire Weekend, Sly & The Family Stone, De La Soul, LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, The Raveonettes, Corinne Bailey Rae, She & Him (with Zooey Deschanel), Gil Scott-Heron, Tiësto, Z-Trip, The Dead Weather (Jack White's new band), Mayer Hawthorne, Devo, Les Claypool, MGMT and Sia. Locals on the list include Sunny Day Real Estate, Gossip, Hockey and Portugal. The Man.

Published: 2010-01-19 Provider: Seattle Times

Sheryl Crow, De La Soul, Katy Perry Kick Off Bumbershoot

Photo: Flanigan/FilmMagic“I gotta say, I’m really excited about Katy Perry,” Sheryl Crow gushed briefly about Perry’s Bumbershoot-opening set last night, slyly insinuating the chorus from “I Kissed a Girl” into her own opening number, “A Change Will Do You Good.” Crow, Saturday’s main stage headliner at Seattle’s annual late-summer fest, showed the confident ease of an American rock icon, playing with a five-piece roots-rock band to a small but dedicated crowd. Peter Stroud laid down weepy slide

Published: 2009-09-06 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Festivals

De La Soul’s Track by Track Guide to “3 Feet High and Rising”

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Twenty years ago De La Soul changed the face of hip-hop with their sunny, funky 3 Feet High and Rising. The 1989 release produced by Prince Paul went on to influence Digable Planets, OutKast and Kanye West, and notoriously faced some of the earliest legal actions related to sample clearing. “I remember back in the day, saying it’s so cool that the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie are still played,” Trugoy, a.k.a. David Jude Jolicoeur, tells RS. “That’s what

Published: 2009-06-03 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

My Bloody Valentine Draft Sonic Youth for ATP: Nightmare Before Christmas

Photo: Ota/Getty My Bloody Valentine will curate 2009’s ATP: The Nightmare Before Christmas festival, which goes down at Minehead, England’s Butlins Holiday Resort December 4th through 6th. If MBV wasn’t enough reason to hop the Atlantic, so far Kevin Shields has recruited Sonic Youth, De La Soul, EPMD, the Horrors and Sun Ra Arkestra. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 17th, at a one-week-only early bird price of £130, which includes a room at the resort. This marks the second time since My

Published: 2009-04-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Modest Mouse coming to Bumbershoot

Music & nightlifeBumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival announced part of its 2009 lineup, including Sheryl Crow, Modest Mouse, Katy Perry, Michael Franti & Spearhead, De La Soul, Raphael Saadiq, Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, and The Long Winters. Bumbershoot 2009 will be Sept. 5-7 at Seattle Center.

Published: 2009-04-03 Provider: Seattle Times

Rock The Bells: Here comes hip-hop's hottest happening

Music & nightlifeHip-hop festival Rock The Bells is one of the highest-grossing live events in North America, ranking with Coachella, Lollapalooza and Radiohead, according to concert industry magazine Pollstar. Nas, Mos Def, Method Man, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and The Pharcyde will be performing at the Gorge Sept. 6, 2008.

Published: 2008-09-01 Provider: Seattle Times

Breaking Artist: Estelle

Hit up our Breaking Blog to check out Rolling Stone’s article on British singer-rapper Estelle; while you’re there, also check out the video for Estelle’s new single “Wait a Minute (Just a Touch).” Fun Fact: Estelle caught a break when she met Kanye West outside of Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles in LA. West hooked her up with John Legend, who collaborated on her debut LP, as well as her forthcoming Shine – a highly likeable soul-hop record that also features cameos by Kanye, Mark Ronson, Swizz Beatz and Cee-Lo.

Published: 2007-11-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Breaking

OK Go to Preview Dancey, Prince-Inspired Summer LP on March Tour

Photo: Rose/WireImage Starting March 6th, OK Go are hitting the road to preview songs from their next album, the follow-up to 2005’s Oh No. On this upcoming third full-length, the band is looking to some unlikely influences: Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Prince. “I was in a heavy classic-soul/Purple Rain phase — that’s why there’s not that many guitars on the album,” says frontman Damian Kulash of the LP, due out this summer. “Those songs make guitars feel redundant and sledgehammer-ish. If you need a loud, heavy guitar to make your song rock, there’s a problem with your song.” Rather than become pigeonholed as power-popping treadmill rockers (thanks to their viral hit “Here It Goes Again”), the band traded their guitars for timpani, trombones and synthy strings to churn out orchestral, chamber-pop style tunes that Kulash says juxtapose club-ready beats and angsty lyrics. “It’s like Purple Rain through broken speakers,” he explains. “Maybe that’s a little unfair — obviously we’re not fucking geniuses — but it’s dancey and anthemic and expansive.” Recorded with Flaming Lips’ producer Dave Fridmann, the tentatively titled Help Is On the Way focuses on metaphorical plotlines: “In the Glass” ponders the consequences of trading places with one’s reflection (”not a la ‘Man in the Mirror,’ ” Kulash says) and “Shooting the Moon” is written from the point of view of an astronaut who’s involved in a conspiracy and doesn’t know what to do. “The songs are sort of sad,” says Kulash. “But instead of it being, like, ‘This is what happened to me in real life,’ the emotions are spelled out in a more surreal way.” The band will road-test the tracks when it launches that 13-date U.S. tour in March. Until then, they’re soaking in the scenery around Fridmann’s studio, a converted Amish barn in upstate New York. “It’s the middle of nowhere, but it’s not exactly idyllic,” says Kulash, whose car has been chased by hunting dogs. “When we got here, we thought, ‘Oh, we’ll be taking walks th

Published: 2009-02-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Tour Tracker: Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters, Squeeze and 1997

Billy Bob Thornton temporarily quits his day job for a jaunt with the Boxmasters, Squeeze are tempted by the fruit of another summer tour and 1997 party like it’s 1999 in 2008. Full dates for all three treks are waiting for you after the jump. Billy Bob Thornton & the Boxmasters July 22 - Houston, TX @ Scout Bar July 23 - San Antonio, TX @ Scout Bar July 24 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues July 25 - Corpus Christi, TX @ Brewster Street Ice House July 26 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q July 28 - Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity Theater July 29 - Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco July 30 - Jackson, MS @ Hal and Mal’s July 31 - Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen August 1, 2 - Huntsville, AL @ Merrimack Hall PAC August 6 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe August 7 - St. Charles, MO @ Ameristar Casino August 8 - Kansas City, MO @ Knucklehead’s Saloon August 12 - Interlochen, MI @ Interlochen Center for the Arts August 13 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom August 15 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection August 16 - Port Huron, MI @ Military Street Music Cafe August 17 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall August 18 - New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom August 19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Sellersville Theater August 20 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar August 21 - Harrisburg, PA @ Whittaker Center August 22 - Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage August 23 - Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios August 24 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater August 26 - Salina, KS @ Steifel Theater August 28 - Milwaukee, WI @ Miller Park August 29 - Chicago, IL @ Joe’s on Weed Street August 30 - Apple Valley, MN @ Weesner Amphitheater September 4 - Los Angeles, CA @ Crash Mansion September 5 - Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock Hotel Squeeze August 21 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club August 22 - Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre August 24 - Farmingville, NY @ Brookhaven Amphitheatre August 25 - Torrington, CT @ Warner Theatre August 26 - Foxborough, MA @ Showcase Live! August 28 - Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus August 29 - Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre August 30 - Clevel

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