The Hold Steady Announce September/October Tour Dates, Includes DC!

Hey Craig Finn, we're just as excited as you 'cause The Hold Steady released tour dates today for September and October leg of the Heaven is Whenever tour, and finally, one of them is DC, woot! Fellow Vagrant label-mate Wintersleep will be opening on every date sans 10/20 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Tickets will be available for pre-sale tomorrow (7/14) here. General public sale is 7/16 (Friday).

September
20th - Richmond, VA - The National
21st - Nashville, TN - Exit / In
22nd - Oxford, MS - The Lyric Oxford
23rd - Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room
24th - New Orleans, LA - Republic New Orleans
25th - Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Soundstage
27th - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
28th - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
29th - Lexington-Fayette, KY - Buster's Billiards & Backroom
30th - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue

October
1st - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
2nd - Newport, KY - The Historic Southgate House
4th - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
5th - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre
6th - Boston, MA - Royale Boston
7th - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre
* 20th - Hailfax, NS - Pop Explosion Fest (The Paragon Theatre)

Arcade Fire Announce Summer Tour Dates, Four to Include Spoon

Arcade Fire announced a slew of July/August tour dates today in support of their forthcoming record, The Suburbs, out 8/3 (Merge Records).

This is Arcade Fire's first US headlining tour since 2007's Neon Bible, but what's also cool is that Spoon will be special guesting at four of the dates (NYC; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC, and Atlanta, GA) for this leg of the tour.

$1 from every ticket sold will be donated to to Partners In Health, an organization helping impoverished communities around the world combat disease and poverty.

ARCADE FIRE, TOUR DATES 2010
* = w/ Spoon
6/7: Sherbrooke QC – Theater Granada
6/8: Sherbrooke QC – Theater Granada
6/30: Rättvik, Sweden – Dalhalla
7/2: Tromøy, Norway – Hove Festival
7/4: Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
7/9: County Kildare, Ireland – Oxegen Festival
7/12: Quebec, Canada – Quebec City Summer Festival
7/13: Ottawa, Canada – Ottawa Bluesfest
7/31: Montreal, QC – Osheaga
8/1: Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavillion
8/2: Philadelphia, PA – Mann Centre for the Performing Arts *
8/4: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden *
8/6: Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion *
8/8: Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
8/9: Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
8/11: Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre *
8/14: Toronto, ON – Olympic Island
8/27: Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
8/28: Reading, UK – Reading Festival
8/29: Saint Cloud, France – Rock En Seine
9/2: Bologna, Italy – I-Day Festival

Public onsale for Boston, Philly, and Montreal dates starts here on Friday, 6/4, with presales via fanclub and such earlier. Brooklyn Vegan proclaims that the NYC tickets have a public onsale of Saturday, 6/12, with an AmEx presale 6/9 and fanclub presale 6/10. Ticketfly doesn't have the date up on their site for the 8/6 DC date at Merriweather, but you'd assume it should be this week with details.

We were told that pre-sale tickets for six of the dates (see below), including three of the four with Spoon, are supposed to be available now at the Arcade Fire website; however, no links are up yet so keep checking back there too.

8/1– Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
8/2 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for the Performing Arts w/ Spoon
8/4 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden w/ Spoon
8/6 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion w/ Spoon
8/9– Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
8/11 – Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park w/ Spoon

Gaslight Anthem at the Stone Pony Presale Happening, uh, NOW!

Gaslight Anthem @ 930 Club, Washington, DC (10-22-09)-1024, originally uploaded by BetweenLoveandLike.

Like Gaslight Anthem? Well sure you do. Want to see them in a place like The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ? You should want to (history, man, history. And a stone's throw from the beach).

If so then read on, because I just got the word, the presale is happening for this 8/5show here as we speak. With them this round will be Frank Turner and William Elliott Whitmore. (They'll be on the Pony's Summerstage, which I believe is another word for "outdoors.") Who knows, you might even get a onstage appearance by Asbury's favorite son, as he's known to be a fan of the band.

Public onsale is tomorrow at noon, EST here.

Gaslight Anthem Announce Mid-Summer Tour Dates/NYC Record Release Show

http://www.flickr.com/photos/betweenloveandlike/4291737369/, originally uploaded by BetweenLoveandLike.

Gaslight Anthem's new record American Slang drops 6/15, and if you're in NYC that night, you would do yourself well to attend their release party at Irving Plaza (tickets go on sale to the general public here on Friday, April 30, at 10 a.m. EST).

I've just started working my way through American Slang, and though I haven't heard anything that grabbed my ears immediately like The '59 Sound's "Miles Davis & The Cool," I hold out hope. Definitely digging some of lead singer/guitarist Brian Fallon's lyrical abilities though ("I'll tell you fortunes in american slang" has become one of my favorite lines thus far). Plus, I think this record may be one of those whose tracks you should see live before passing any judgement. Gaslight is a kick-ass band live, and bands like that can make tracks that are just "meh" on record, come alive and sparkle super pretty in concert.

Speaking of concerts, Gaslight announced a bunch of dates for mid-summer today, including a tremendous show in Detroit with The Hold Steady and The Whigs. Fingers crossed for a DC date in August!

Mid-Summer 2010 Gaslight Anthem Tour Dates
JUNE
15 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza *

JULY
14 - Toronto, ON - Sound Academy *
15 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore (special lineup also featuring The Hold Steady and The Whigs)
16 - St. Louis, MO - Pop's *
17 - Kansas City, MO - Midland Theatre *
20 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre *
21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern *
22 - San Jose, CA - "Music in the Park Series"
24 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre *
26 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
27 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues *
28 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavillion *
29 - Philadelphia, PA - Great Plaza at Penn's Landing *
31 - Providence, RI - Lupo's *

AUGUST
01 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
02 - Boston, MA - House of Blues *

* = w/ Tim Barry and special guests

Pre-order for American Slang kicks off tomorrow, 4/27 at all the usual suspects (and here). The iTunes pre-order features two additional bonus songs: a new track, "She Loves You," and an acoustic version of "American Slang."

The Hold Steady Announce First Ever Beacon Theater Show/Onsale

The Hold Steady @ Rachel Ray's SXSW 2009 Day Party, originally uploaded by BetweenLoveandLike.

The Hold Steady announced tonight that they will be playing the most awesome Beacon Theater in NYC for the first time on 10/7. The Beacon is a great venue (Leonard Cohen played there on his last tour to give you an idea), so if you get the chance to go, be sure you do.

Presale for the 10/7 date is tomorrow (4/7) at 10am, password "Heaven," here. Public onsale is Friday, 10/9, at 10am. Ticket info for the rest of the dates can be found here. The 4/16 show in Harrisburg, PA is sold out.

What's strange though? No mention of the 4/17 NYC date yet. It was published 4/1, Broadway World, was this your April Fool's Day prank this year??

Pre-Sales Galore Tomorrow! Wilco Announces "An Evening with Wilco" Global Tour Dates this Spring, Pre-Sale Tomorrow (1/6)

Wow, everyone's announcing tours with pre-sales tomorrow, and "full album" shows today! First Nada Surf, now Wilco just announced they'll be moving about the globe this March, April, and May. Like Nada Surf, pre-sales for these Wilco shows will be tomorrow (1/6) at 10 am (EST) via WilcoWorld. (editor grumble grumble "pre-sales this soon after Christmas, what's up with that?")

"An Evening with Wilco," as the shows are being called, will "feature extended, varied sets exploring material from each of the accomplished Chicago sextet's seven studio albums."

You think Bruce Springsteen knew he was going to start such a great trend?

Wilco - Spring 2010 Tour Dates (United States and Canada
Feb 7 - Adams Center, Missoula, MT *
Feb 9 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR *
Feb 10 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA *
Feb 13 - Live City @ David Lam Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada *
Feb 15 - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB, Canada (free part of the 2010 Winter Games) *
Feb 16 - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB, Canada *
Feb 17 - TCU Place, Saskatoon, SK, Canada *
Feb 19 - DECC Auditorium, Duluth, MN *
Feb 20 - Overture Hall - Overture Center, Madison, WI *
Feb 21 - Cobb Great Hall - Wharton Center, East Lansing, MI *
Feb 23 - Hamilton Place Theatre, Hamilton, ON, Canada *
Feb 24 - Centennial Hall, London, ON, Canada *
Feb 26 - Imperial de Quebec, Quebec City, CA
Feb 27 - Olympia de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Mar 1 - National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Mar 2 - Forum Multipurpose Room, Halifax, NS, Canada
Mar 3 - Halifax Forum, Halifax, CA
Mar 22 - The Fillmore - Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
Mar 23 - Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Mar 25 -Johnny Mercer Theatre, Savannah, GA
Mar 26 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Mar 27 - Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, NC
Mar-29 - The National, Richmond, VA
Mar-30 - The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD
Mar-31 - Scranton Cultural Center, Scranton, PA
Apr-02 - The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
Apr-03 - The Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, NJ
Apr-04 - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI
Apr-06 - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA
Apr-07 - Capitol Center, Concord, NH
Apr-09 - Bushnell Memorial Hall: Mortenson Hall, Hartford, CT
Apr-10 - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
Apr-11 - Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

Wilco - Spring 2010 Tour Dates (Asia, Australia, and Europe)
Apr-22 - Big Cat, Osaka, JP
Apr-23 - Zepp Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
Apr-27 - Civic Theatre, Auckland, NZ
Apr-28 - Wellington Town Hall, Wellington, NZ
Apr-30 - The Tivoli, Brisbane, AU
May 1 - State Theatre, Sydney, Sydney, Australia
May-02 - Factory Theatre, Marrickville, AU
May-05 - Forum, Melbourne, AU
May-06 - Forum, Melbourne, AU
May-28 - Primavera Sound - Parc Del Forum, Barcelona, ES
Sep-12 - End of the Road Festival, Dorset, UK
* w/ Califone

Nada Surf Releasing New Record of Cover Songs, Doing Spring Tour withThree "Album" Shows

Nada Surf is setting themselves up for quite the busy spring with a new record of cover songs and a big spring tour covering the States and Europe.

The record, if i had a hi-fi includes songs from Kate Bush, Dwight Twilley, Depeche Mode, and the Moody Blues, as well as songs off the normal radar like "Evolution" from the Spainish band Mecromina and "Electrocution" by Bill Fox. There must be something in the Brooklyn water these days because they're also covering an Arthur Russell track, "Janine." About the choices, singer-guitarist Matthew Caws said, "We really just wanted to do it organically, whatever we felt like covering in the moment, rather than trying to sum up our influences or something.... The material came together spontaneously. We'd get together and kick ideas around and soon we had an A list, a B list, a C list.... ."

if i had a hi-fi will only be for sale intially at the shows on their Spring 2010 tour. At the tour's conclusion in May, the record will then be made available in stores and via iTunes.

The spring tour starts 3/25 in NYC with three "Album Shows" where they'll perform their three most recent albums Let Go, The Weight Is A Gift, and Lucky in full, along with songs from if i had a hi-fi, fan favorites, and b-sides. Tickets for most of the US shows will be available via the Nada Surf Fan Community site tomorrow (1/6) at 10 am (EST). (Note: You have to pre-register on this site.)

Nada Surf Spring 2010 Tour Dates

MARCH
25 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (full play of Let Go)
26 - Brooklyn, NY - Bell House (full play of The Weight is a Gift)
27 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg (full play of Lucky)
29 - Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
30 - Montreal, QC - Cabaret du Musee Juste Pour
31 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street

APRIL
01 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
02 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
03 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
13 - London, UK - ICA
15 - France - Printemps de Bourges Festival
17 - France - Strasbourg Artefact Festival
18 - Utrecht, Holland - Tivoli De Helling
19 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
20 - Cologne, Germany - Gloria
21 - Lausanne, Switzerland - D! Club
23 - Zurich, Switzerland - Abart
24 - Vienna, Austria - WUK
25 - Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar
26 - Berlin, Germany - Lido
27 - Hamburg, Germany - Knust
28 - Paris, France - Trabendo
29 - Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava
30 - Murcia, Spain - Estrella Levante SOS 4.8 Festival

MAY
01 - Galicia, Spain - Villagarcia de arosa
15 - Longirod, Switzerland - Long'l'rock Festival
24 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
25 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
27 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
29 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom

New Lucero Album Presale Starts Wednesday

Our favorite drink-till-we're-gone band from Memphis, Lucero, is starting a presale tomorrow for their upcoming release, 1372 Overton Park, due out officially in October. The neat part is that, much like lead singer Ben Nichols solo release, The Last Pale Light in the West, they're offering an immediate digital download of some of the new record's songs if you purchase the record via presale. Want to make sure you like the record before buying? They're streaming it in full here (requires Quicktime application).

Lucero will be touring for 1372 Overton Park this fall.