Beastie Boys announce more US dates
Beastie Boys have confirmed a series of additional Gala Event Exclusive Instrumental Shows in intimate venues across the US.
The first of the gala event shows will be held Sunday August 5 to celebrate Adam Yauch's 43rd birthday at the Boston Opera House. The band expects this to be a truly special celebratory evening, i.e. velvet seats, velvet ropes champagne and strawberries.
According to a press release, the band specifies that attendees must "Dress to impress and take a a photograph with that special someone in a wicker chair, oh what?" Needless to say, proper dress is mandatory. |
Amy Winehouse and Wu Tang Clan added to US Virgin Festival
Amy Winehouse and Wu Tang Clan have been added to the US Virgin Festival.
The august festival's line up also includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem and CSS.
As previously reported the festival will be headlined by The Police, The Smashing Pumpkins and Beastie Boys.
The bash will take place between August 4-5 in Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Ticket are due to go on sale on May 5.
The full line up is:
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Bad Brains
Beastie Boys
Booka Shade
Cheap Trick
Chris Cornell
The Crystal Method
CSS
Deep Dish
Dieselboy & Andy C with MC GQ and MC Messinian
Felix Da Housecat
Fiction Plane
Fountains of Wayne
The Fratellis
Girl Talk
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Incubus
Infected Mushroom
Interpol
LCD Soundsystem
M.I.A.
Matisyahu
Miguel Migs
Modest Mouse
Paulo Nutini
Peter Bjorn and John
The Police
Sasha & John Digweed
The Smashing Pumpkins
Shout Out Out Out Out
Regina Spektor
Spoon
Danny Tenaglia
TV on the Radio
Sander Van Dorn
Velvet Revolver
Amy Winehouse
Wu-Tang Clan
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
James Zabiela |
Devendra Banhart readies new album
Devendra Banhart has confirmed he is currently working on his new album in California.
The star is currently in the studio in Topanga Canyon, laying down tracks with the likes of Espers Otto Hauser, Vetiver songwriter Andy Cabic and brother of Joanna Newsom, Pete Newsom.
The as-yet-untitled record, the follow-up to 2005's 'Cripple Crow', will be produced by Banhart himself.
No release date has been set for the record yet. |