Bruce Springsteen plots US and European tour
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band have announced their first major tour of the US, UK and Europe in five years.
The autumn jaunt is set to begin in Hartford, Connecticut on October 2. They'll hit major US and Canadian cities including Philadelphia, Toronto, New York and Los Angeles before concluding the American leg in Boston on November 18.
The Boss will then head to Spain to begin the European leg of the tour on November 25. They'll hit several European countries before playing their final date in London on December 19.
Springsteen will be supporting his forthcoming album, 'Magic', which is due out on October 1, as previously reported.
The tour dates are:
Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center (October 2)
Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center (5)
East Rutherford, NJ Continental Arena (9, 10)
Ottawa, ONT Civic Centre (14)
Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre (15)
New York, NY Madison Square Garden (17, 18)
Chicago, IL United Center (21)
Oakland, CA Oracle Arena (26)
Los Angeles, CA TBA (28)
St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center (November 2)
Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena (4) |
Arrested Snow Patrol star makes it to T In The Park
Arrested Snow Patrol star Tom Simpson made it to T In The Park tonight (July 8) as the band closed the festival in their spiritual Scottish home.
As reported earlier on NME.COM, the band's preparations were thrown into chaos after Simpson was arrested following their Live Earth show yesterday.
The star was apprehended as he prepared to board a flight at RAF Northolt in Middlesex. The band were on the way to the Oxegen Festival in Ireland.
Simpson missed the show after being taken to Uxbridge Police Station, but he was released in time to play tonight.
Despite being mostly Northern Irish, the band formed in nearby Dundee, and were playing the Main Stage headline slot after attracting huge crowds to the King Tuts tent when they last played at the event back in 2004.
Frontman Gary Lightbody had a pair of shoes thrown at him, and when he responded with "Anyone got a size ten?", the band were struck with a deluge.
Lightbody also paid tribute to Scottish crowds' habit of throwing beer at bands, and gave ashout out to Biffy Clyro, the local heroes who also played the festival today.
Snow Patrol opened their set with 'Hands Open', and featured the perennial festival classics 'Chasing Cars' and 'Run', with Top Ten single 'You're All I Have' closing proceedings and sending the huge crowd home happy. |
New Marilyn Manson Due In June
It has been almost five years since Marilyn Manson has released an album, but details surrounding his June 5 release are beginning to file in. His sixth album, Eat Me, Drink Me (Interscope), features only Manson and guitarist/bassist Tim Skold and has been described by Manson himself as both romantic and melodic. Skold will also join Manson as his touring guitarist, with Prodigy's Rob Holliday taking over bass duties, although no US tour dates have been announced. The tracklist for Eat Me, Drink Me, which was confirmed for CMJ by Interscope, is below.
Tracklist for Eat Me, Drink Me:
01. If I Was Your Vampire
02. Putting Holes In Happiness
03. The Red Carpet Grave
04. They Said Hell Is Not Hot
05. Just A Car Crash Away
06. Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)
07. Evidence
08. Are You The Rabbit?
09. Mutilation Is The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery
10. You And Me And The Devil Makes 3
11. EAT ME, DRINK ME |