Concert Dates, Concert Tour News, Artist Information

New Springsteen album!

With the Boss on tour right now, you can bet most fans are excited just to be getting a pair of concert tickets to one of his shows. But there’s more reason to be excited—Bruce Springsteen is releasing a new record, according to Pitchfork. That’s right—and that means there will inevitably be more touring to promote it, meaning more Bruce Springsteen tickets for everybody!

Well, everyone who haunts StubHub.com regularly, at least. Further details of the new album include the following: It’s coming out Jan. 27, and the music on it was the product of “creative momentum” that built up during the recording of Magic a year ago. The new album’s title is Working on a Dream, and will include two bonus tracks featured in the upcoming Darren Aronofsky film The Wrestler. Those two songs are called “The Wrestler” and “A Night with the Jersey Devil.”

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Even in cartoon form, Willie Nelson has clouds around him

Fans of Stephen Colbert, the late night “conservative” pundit whose truthiness knows no bounds, are getting psyched up for the Nov. 23 special musical presentation that will   be airing on Comedy Central. The musical Thanksgiving special has Colbert stuck in a cabin while various friendly faces—say, Elvis Costello, Feist and John Legend, for example—stop by to talk about the importance of the holidays.

Pitchfork has some new info on the special. The show will be available in stores shortly after it airs as a DVD. But you can also get a musical soundtrack to the show. A portion of the DVD sales will benefit the Feeding America charity. The images available on Pitchfork’s post also include Colbert’s ridiculous winter outfit, parts of which will be auctioned off and also benefit the charity.

But the real jewel? The image from the back of the soundtrack, which includes Colbert and company illustrated like members of the Peanuts gang. Naturally, the illustrators modeled Willie Nelson after Pig Pen. There’s an unmistakable cloud that seems to follow him wherever he goes, too.

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Michael Jackson Takes a Trip to Court

The King of pop finds him self in royally hot water these days with Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa of Bahrain.  The son of the Arab monarch is alleging that Jackson took $7 million for an advance on an album as well as an autobiography that he never produced.  Jackson maintains that he believed the money was simply intended as a gift..albeit a very generous gift!  The collaboration came about when Al Khalifa spoke to Michael Jackson by telephone during the infamous child molestation charges.  The royal wanted to work with the pop star on rebuilding his career, to which he spent millions on Jackson’s legal fees as well as other notable expenses for the singer.

There was no doubt that Jackson and the sheikh became close and Jackson no doubt needed help when his finances fell apart after he was arrested in 2003 over molestation charges.  A jury later cleared him, but he was hurt financially, recently having to give up the deed on Neverland, a miniature amusement park for kids located in California.  Keep up with all of the latest and greatest pop music with your own concert tickets from Stubhub.com.

New Single for The Fray

The Fray first gained widespread recognition when their music appeared on ABC’s hit television show Grey’s Anatomy and the Denver-based quartet plans on debuting their new single, “You Found Me” through another TV partnership with the network. “You Found Me” will play during a one-minute promo for the upcoming season of ABC’s Lost and parts of the music video will also air. The promo will air during a commercial break from the Nov. 20 episode of Grey’s and afterward viewers will be directed to abc.com where there will be a link to iTunes and a three-minute version of the clip.

The Fray—vocalist/pianist Isaac Slade, guitarists Joe King and David Welsh and drummer Ben Wysocki—will contribute their ABC partnership with appearances on the American Music Awards, Good Morning America and the outdoor concert series on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “You Found Me” will continue to be the promo song for Lost and the network has been discussing using the band’s music on their sister channel, ESPN, during the apex of football season. The band’s sophomore album, The Fray, will be previewed when the quartet hits the road at small venues in January.

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