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311 Announces Unity Tour 2011, Release New Single

311 Announces Unity Tour 2011, Release New Single

In gearing up for their new album due mid-July, 311 has announced an extensive amphitheater tour about the U.S. The Unity Tour 2011 begins July 6th in Wichita, Kansas and will include support from Sublime with Rome, DJ Soulman, and DJ Trichrome. The schedule also has the band’s first 3-day 311 Pow Wow Fest, which has the group hosting acts...

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Christian McBride Tours With Inside Straight

Christian McBride Tours With Inside Straight

Christian McBride will be taking his band Inside Straight on the road starting June 25th, with dates spread out about Canada, the U.S. The jazz bassist will also be making an appearance at Tommy LiPuma’s 75th Birthday Celebration in Switzerland. McBride, who is adept at both upright and electric, recruited Steve Wilson, Warren Wolf, Peter Martin and Ulysses Owens, Jr....

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Extend North American Tour

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Extend North American Tour

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have announced extended tour dates in support of their latest album, Rocket Science. The trek, which began in May, is now set to stretch into September with shows in Canada and the U.S. Several of the performances will be at festivals, including the Montreal Jazz fest and the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. The current incarnation...

Mr. Big Announces North American Tour

Mr. Big Announces North American Tour

Mr. Big, anchored by bass genius Billy Sheehan, will be touring North America starting July 30th in San Diego, California. The trek, in support of their latest album What If, will mark the group’s first North American trek with it’s original members in 13 years. Founded in 1988, Mr. Big’s original and current lineup includes Sheehan, guitarist Paul Gilbert, vocalist...

CJ Ramone Announces Summer Tour Dates

CJ Ramone Announces Summer Tour Dates

Former Ramones bassist CJ Ramone has announced a summer tour that will cover just about the whole continental U.S. The tour kicks off July 7th, 2011 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and wraps up on August 7th in Cleveland, Ohio. CJ joined the Ramones in 1989, replacing founding member Dee Dee Ramone. CJ is often credited as breathing life into the legendary...

Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce First Tour Dates in Five Years

Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce First Tour Dates in Five Years

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their first tour dates after five years in support of their upcoming album, I’m With You, due August 30th. This string of dates has the quartet playing two festivals, Summer Sonic in Japan and Rock in Rio in Brazil, before hitting Europe starting in Germany on October 7th and wrapping up in Spain...

Peter Hook Announces North American Tour Of Joy Division’s ‘Closer’

Peter Hook Announces North American Tour Of Joy Division’s ‘Closer’

Peter Hook will be bringing his band, The Light, to North America for a string of concert dates in which the group will play Joy Division’s albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer in their entirety. Hook, who was the bassist/founder of the post-punk outfit, took a similar tour late last year, but was only showcasing the first Joy Division album. Closer...

Furthur Announces Summer Tour, Live Webcast Concert

Furthur Announces Summer Tour, Live Webcast Concert

Furthur, featuring former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh and guitarist Bob Weir, have announced a summer tour spanning July 14-31. The group will be starting in West Virginia at the All Good Festival, making their way up and down the East Coast, eventually landing at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Alpharetta, Georgia. Besides All Good, Furthur will be playing the...

Judas Priest Announces North American Tour Dates for Final World Tour

Judas Priest Announces North American Tour Dates for Final World Tour

Legendary British metal group Judas Priest has announced the U.S. tour dates on their Epitaph tour, which they say will be their final world tour. The 20-date excursion includes four shows in Canada, with most dates spread across the U.S. Though most of the concerts are planned for the West Coast, more dates are expected to be announced. Bassist Ian...

Return To Forever Announces US Tour Dates with Zappa Plays Zappa

Return To Forever Announces US Tour Dates with Zappa Plays Zappa

Return to Forever has announced the their US dates to their World Tour, which will span August and September. Bass giant Stanley Clarke, who turns 60 in June, will be joining returning members Chick Corea and Lenny White as well as new members Frank Gambale and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty for the trek with the band, dubbed “Return to Forever IV”....

Foo Fighters Announce U.S. Tour Dates

Foo Fighters Announce U.S. Tour Dates

The Foo Fighters, anchored by bassist Nate Mendel, has announced a U.S. tour spanning September in support of their latest effort, Wasting Light. The album is is their first in four years, following 2007’s Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. Mendel says the new record has the group getting back to basics. “The last couple of albums in particular, we were...

Soundgarden Reveals Summer Tour Dates

Soundgarden Reveals Summer Tour Dates

Soundgarden has unveiled their full summer 2011 tour dates, which are set to span the US and Canada. Anchored by bass hero Ben Shepherd, the band will be joined by Coheed and Cambria, The Mars Volta, Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon, and the Meat Puppets. Soundgarden reformed early last year after a 13-year split. Besides a “best of” album,...