Rock icon Joan Jett with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be playing around a dozen concert dates across the United States this Summer. The Platinum and Gold-selling “Queen of Rock n’ Roll” is best known for her string of 80s hits including “Bad Reputation”, “I Hate Myself for Loving You”, and others. [Read more…]
20-year old Brit pop singer-songwriter Charlotte Aitchison – known by her stage name Charli XCX – will be returning to the North America in a few months for her own headlining tour, and is also appearing at several festivals worldwide. Having released her debut commercially released studio album True Romance via IAMSOUND Records, she will be at the top of the bill, having supported top acts in the past two years including Coldplay, Santigold, and Marina & The Diamonds. Emerging band Kitten will be supporting with their amazing live show. [Read more…]
Colorado alternative rock/pop group OneRepublic have outlined their Summer 2013 tour of the United States supporting this year’s latest studio album, Native. Some of these dates will be co-headlining concerts with Sara Bareilles supporting her latest, The Blessed Unrest, due next month. [Read more…]
Disco and funk band KC and the Sunshine Band and fellow disco group Village People will be touring the United States this Summer, along with some shared concert dates. Both bands born of the 70s are sure to bring the party to each venue along their respective and shared treks across the U.S. [Read more…]
Peter Hook & The Light will be touring North America in September, performing New Order’s Movement (1981) and Power, Corruption, & Lies (1983) in their entirety. I am a huge New Order fan, and am thrilled to have an opportunity to experience Peter Hook’s performance of these incredible albums. He is my all-time favorite bass player, so I am confident this will prove to be a must-see tour this year. [Read more…]
Regeneration Tour, which went through some line-up changes earlier this year, has settled it’s dates and cities with a few different configurations for different dates on the east and west coasts, closing out the tour with one show in Mexico City. Artists participating in the tour include Erasure’s Andy Bell, Howard Jones, Information Society, Berlin with Terri Nunn, A Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, and Naked Eyes. The tour will feature throughout August, with the one Mexico date in early September. [Read more…]
My Bloody Valentine, the alternative rock band from Dublin, Ireland, will be making a handful of rare headlining concert appearances in the United States during the worldwide tour, which will feature a number of dates at popular music festivals. These are the first U.S. dates since 2009. Their new album, mbv, was released earlier this year. [Read more…]
American alternative rock band Weezer will be playing a mix of festival and stand alone headlining dates throughout North America in July and September, and then embark on their next “Weezer Cruise” out of Florida in early 2014. The Weezer Cruise will feature a number of other artists, like Cat Power and Ash, with two stops in the Bahamas and a private island beach party. [Read more…]
England New Wave band The Fixx will be playing a little over a dozen shows across the U.S. next month. Best known for 80s classics like “One Thing Leads To Another”, “Red Skies”, and “Saved By Zero”, the group is likely to play newer material as well from last years studio album, Beautiful Friction. [Read more…]
Huey Lewis and The News, in the midst of their “Sports 30th Anniversary Tour”, will be coming to the west coast in July, playing concerts in Oregon, Washington, Utah, and throughout California. The band then closes out more on the east coast for the majority of August. Also out is a new release of the seminal album, Sports (30th Anniversary Edition), with all remastered tracks and choice selected live recordings of each of the songs on a second disc (if purchased as a CD; also available as “Mastered for iTunes” on the popular music service). [Read more…]