News Ticker: Outside Lands Fest, Jimi Hendrix, Coldplay, John Lennon Lupe Fiasco, the Black Keys, Liars and Kaki King are among the performers that have been added to the inaugural Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. The fest, to be held August 22-24, already boasts headliners Radiohead, Beck, Wilco, Ben Harper and more. Vivid Video, proud sellers of sex tapes starring Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson, are getting set to release a video that supposedly features Jimi Hendrix cavorting with two brunettes. Critics have dismissed the man in the grainy video (selling for $39.95) is Hendrix, while two former lovers of the rocker insist it’s Jimi. As promised, Coldplay are now allowing fans to download the song “Violet Hill,” the first single from the band’s Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends for free free one week. If you don’t want to submit your email info, you can also listen at the band’s MySpace page. John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for “Give Peace a Chance” will hit Christie’s auction block in July. The lyrics are expected to retrieve between an estimated four and six hundred thousand dollars. [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-29
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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Wilco Add Spring ‘08 Tour Dates, Rolling Stones Make Solo News, Bonnaroo Date Confirmed Having already pledged his allegiance to Barack Obama, Jeff Tweedy will rejoin his Wilco mates for a two-week tour of the States in February/March 2008. The band will play Cleveland, Philadelphia and New Haven, CT before heading down for a week in the southern states. Check the full dates after the jump. Two long-unreleased Keith Richards songs will finally hit eardrums on December 11th when iTunes makes available Richards’ versions of Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run,” originally recorded in 1979, and a cover of Toots & the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop” from 2003. iTunes is also in talks to acquire Radiohead’s In Rainbows, a move that would be a thaw in the icy relationship between the band and the music service (Radiohead refuse to sell their songs individually). In other Rolling Stones news, Ronnie Wood is looking to collaborate with South Carolina’s Band of Horses after hearing the band perform on Jools Holland. Band of Horses also perform Wood’s “Act Together” in concert. The seventh annual Bonnaroo festival will place on June 12th to 15th, 2008, in Manchester, Tennessee. Whether or not Led Zeppelin and Metallica will be performing remains unknown — but unlikely. Is Jay-Z on his way out of his CEO seat at Def Jam? According to reports, with Jigga’s contract expiring at the end of the month, the rapper demanded more money than Universal Music was willing to offer, given the current climate in the music industry. Wilco Tour Dates: February 22 Cleveland, OH - Lakewood Civic Auditorium February 23 Philadelphia, PA - Tower Theatre February 24 New Haven, CT - Schubert Theater March 2 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium March 3 Mobile, AL - Mobile Civic Center March 4 New Orleans, LA - Tipitina’s March 5 New Orleans, LA - Tipitina’s March 7 Houston, TX - Verizon Theater March 8 Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom March 9 Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
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Published: 2007-12-07
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup, Radiohead's "In Rainbows"
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