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Stone Temple Pilots Tickets – Stone Temple Pilots Prepare for Takeoff in 2010
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Mason Jennings Tickets – Mason Jennings Embraces Rock on New Album
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Maroon 5 Tickets – Maroon 5 Escape to Switzerland to Record New Album
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Neil Young Tickets – Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit a Success
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Keb’ Mo’ Tickets – Recent Endeavors Further Ignite Career of Keb’ Mo’
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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Stone Temple Pilots Tickets – Stone Temple Pilots Prepare for Takeoff in 2010
Although Stone Temple Pilots first announced plans to reunite on tour and begin recording new music back in April 2008, the band has only fulfilled the first half of the bargain… until now. According to Rolling Stone, Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland offered the following hint back in 2008: “There’s more to be revealed and more to be told. The story’s not finished.” Meanwhile, while STP did hit the road, the frontman only offered news on new music very recently.
In an Oct. 27 interview with Spinner, Weiland revealed that Stone Temple Pilots will be concentrating on the album once their tour wraps up in early 2010. “When we get back, we’re going to finish the album. And then when we finish the album, there will be a big tour around the release and that will probably be a long tour,” said Weiland, who also revealed that he has plans to record his third solo effort in the near future as well. News of Stone Temple Pilots’ new album and a possible tour is like music to STP fans’ ears, which means Stone Temple Pilots tickets will be selling quickly.
Stone Temple Pilots knocked it out of the park on their very first try, with their debut album Core selling over three million copies upon its release in 1992. After the release of STP’s similarly successful sophomore effort Purple and supporting tour, the band took a hiatus from recording, during which time Weiland developed a highly-publicized heroin addiction. Weiland was arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and subsequently completed a court-ordered rehabilitation program.
Weiland reunited with the band once out of rehab, and STP recorded their third album, Tiny Music … Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, released in 1996. Although the album landed at No. 4 on the charts, STP was unable to tour in support of the release due to Weiland’s continued battle with addiction. Wieland’s relapse and the accompanying publicity foiled the success of Tiny Music …, and the record failed to even secure platinum status like its predecessors. Despite his lingering problems, Weiland recorded his debut solo album, 12 Bar Blues, while the rest of STP recorded an eponymous album under the moniker Talk Show.
The band briefly reunited long enough to record and release a fourth album titled No.4, but then Weiland served mandatory jail time for violating probation from earlier charges of heroin possession. Once out of jail, the newly-sober singer and STP were stronger than ever and proved it by releasing their sixth album, 2001’s Shangri-La Dee Da.
In 2003, STP issued the greatest hits compilation Thank You, which included a new track called “All in the Suit That You Wear” as well as an acoustic rendition of “Plush,” recorded in 1992. STP’s new album, expected sometime in 2010, will be the band’s follow-up to Shangri-La Dee Da. Check out StubHub.com for Stone Temple Pilots tickets to see the band live.
Mason Jennings Tickets – Mason Jennings Embraces Rock on New Album
Although currently on the road in support of his latest album Blood of Man, singer-songwriter Mason Jennings initially thought that he would be dropped by his label—Jack Johnson’s co-owned Brushfire Records—before he was even finished recording. Jennings recently sat down with Billboard.com to talk about his eighth studio album.
Home to mellow-minded artists like Matt Costa and label founder Jack Johnson, Brushfire Records isn’t known for churning out rock-minded albums—which is why Jennings was initially concerned about their reaction to the album. Luckily for Jennings, the label loved his harder sound, which is definitely a departure from his last record, 2008’s In the Ever. “It’s awesome they’re willing to stretch out what the parameters of the label are for this,” the singer-songwriter said of his label’s open-mindedness. To hear Jennings’ hard-rocking new album live, check out StubHub.com for Mason Jennings tickets, because he is currently on the road.
Despite being his loudest album, Jennings retreated to the serene woods of Minnesota to record Blood of Man while recuperating from his last tour with his wife and two children. Jennings said, “I made music for myself, really, recording all the instruments and everything. Out there you can make noise and nobody is going to hear it.” And make noise he did, using an electric guitar, on songs like the heart-thumping “City Of Ghosts” and “Black Wind Blowing.”
Mason Jennings released his eponymous debut album in 1998, by which time the Hawaiian-born, Minneapolis-bred singer had been honing his skills for years. Jennings dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music and self-recorded his debut album—penning the songs himself—not long afterward. Mason Jennings gained airplay on local Twin Cities radio stations, and the singer-songwriter soon had a cult following after scoring a regular gig at Minneapolis’ 400 Bar. Recorded after a mandatory hiatus from making music due to a bout of mono, Birds Flying Away arrived in 2000 and was followed by another break from recording.
In 2002, Mason Jennings issued his politically-charged third album, Century Spring, released by indie record label Architect Records. Jennings jumped to another indie label, Bar/None Records, for 2004’s Use Your Voice and then moved label homes again, this time to the Epic imprint Glacial Peace, which was created by Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock. Glacial Peace released Jennings’ next album, 2006’s Boneclouds, and Jack Johnson’s Brushfire records released In the Ever in 2008 and Blood of Man earlier this year.
Jennings released a statement on Brushfire Records’ website before his tour kicked off in September, saying, “I can’t wait to get out on the road and play new songs from Blood of Man. This batch of songs is so intensely personal, so dark, and so rocking that I am a little afraid of what will happen. That’s why I am bringing out my good friends Brian McLeod on drums and Chris Morrissey on bass. I will be playing a lot of electric guitar and I can honestly say that I have no idea what will be conjured up. I only know that it will be really open, really loud and really real.” Mason Jennings will remain on the road until Nov. 22, when he brings his tour back to his Minneapolis roots.
Maroon 5 Tickets – Maroon 5 Escape to Switzerland to Record New Album
Rather than set up shop in Los Angeles, Maroon 5 escaped to Switzerland to record the band’s follow-up album to 2007’s It Won’t Be Soon Before Long with veteran producer Robert “Mutt” Lange. Frontman Adam Levine told Rolling Stone that while not enjoying fresh air and sampling some chocolate in Switzerland, the band was able to solely concentrate on recording, saying, “It’s truly incredible, and it’s so different because we’ve had only work to focus on.” The fruits of their labor will be revealed when the album arrives sometime in 2010.
Prior to beginning work on their highly-anticipated new album, Levine and the rest of the band entered the studio to cover Frank Sinatra’s legendary song “The Way You Look Tonight” for a project organized by iTunes. Maroon 5’s version of “The Way You Look Tonight” will be featured alongside other cover songs, such as the Fashion’s cover of “Something Stupid,” Josh Radin’s take on “Fly Me To the Moon,” A Fine Frenzy’s rendition of “The Things We Did Last Summer,” the Kooks’ cover of “Stormy Weather” and the Kills’ take on “Willow Weep for Me.” Titled His Songs, Our Way, the iTunes album became available for download this past June.
Maroon 5’s charismatic and often cocky frontman Levine joked to Rolling Stone “I nailed it” (in reference to his cover of the Old Blue Eyes song) before admitting that he was actually “terrified” to be part of the tribute because he is a huge Frank Sinatra fan. While studio gadgets would likely have been able to enhance Levine’s vocals (not that they need it!), he told Rolling Stone, “I wanted to go for it, and try and make it legitimate, and do it in a take, with a band performing live, and have it all be in one live take.” It wound up requiring five takes - still quite a feat - at the same Capitol Records studios where Sinatra himself recorded.
Maroon 5 also contributed another song, their infectious hit “She Will Be Loved,” to Band Hero, the multi-system Activism game that arrived on Nov. 3. Featuring an eclectic batch of songs by Lily Allen, Fall Out Boy, Jackson 5, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, David Bowie, Counting Crows, Hilary Duff, No Doubt, N.E.R.D., Cold War Kids, the Rolling Stones, the Airborne Toxic Event, Spice Girls, Duran Duran, Taylor Swift and many more, Band Hero lets players use Levine, Swift and No Doubt as playable avatars in the game.
Maroon 5 returned home from Switzerland in time to embark on a string of dates at college campus scattered throughout the U.S., starting with a Nov. 2 show in Murray, Kentucky. Other stops on Maroon 5’s current mini-tour include Louisville, Ky.; Rochester, N.Y.; Lewisburg, Pa. and San Antonio, Texas. Check out StubHub.com for Maroon 5 tickets to see the band live on their current road trip, which wraps up in Wichita, Kan. on Nov. 22.
Neil Young Tickets – Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit a Success
Each year, veteran rocker Neil Young and his wife Pegi host the Bridge School Benefit, an annual concert that raises funds for the Northern California school, and this year Coldplay’s Chris Martin and No Doubt were on hand to participate in the festivities. Held on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, Calif., the 23rd Bridge School Benefit also featured performances by Fleet Foxes and Wolfmother. Young’s wife Pegi founded the Bridge School for children with serious speech and physical impairments, and each year an impressive array of artists turn up to perform for the good cause.
After a pre-show performance by the Dennis Alley Wisdom Dancers, No Doubt got the seven-and-a-half-hour show started with a set list that paid tribute to lead singer Gwen Stefani’s husband Gavin Rossdale’s band Bush, and the set also featured covers of Prince’s “Sometimes It Snows in April” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide.” Next up, the newly-reconfigured Australian rock band Wolfmother took the stage, followed by Fleet Foxes and My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James’ supergroup Monsters of Folk, which also features Mike Mogis, M. Ward and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst.
Sheryl Crow took the stage later on in the day, ending her set with a rollicking rendition of “Soak Up the Sun,” and then comedian Adam Sandler performed comedic songs like “Listenin’ to The Radio,” “My Little Chicken” and the inevitable “The Chanukah Song” with a full band in tow. Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed a solo set featuring hits from his band’s repertoire like “Clocks,” “Lost?” and “Viva La Vida” and earned rave reviews from Rolling Stone, with the music magazine claiming Gwyneth Paltrow’s husband “knocked out what was arguably the finest 30 minutes of the night.” Not to mention Young’s concert-closing performance, which ended with the song “Comes a Time.”
Now one of the biggest names in rock music, Neil Young embarked upon his solo career after fleeing California folk-rock band Buffalo Springfield in 1968. The Toronto native got his start making the coffeehouse rounds while growing up in Winnipeg and eventually drifted south to California, where he formed Buffalo Springfield. After the band broke up, Young signed a solo contract with Reprise Records and released his self-titled debut album the following year. Around that time, Young recruited his now-famous supporting band Crazy Horse, which appeared on his sophomore solo album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. The album secured gold status due to hits like “Cinnamon Girl” and “Down by the River.”
Young joined Crosby, Stills & Nash after churning out two more solo albums, and thus expanded the group’s name to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. While with the band, he continued to release solo albums like 1970’s After the Gold Rush, which spawned the hit single “Only Love Can Break Your Heart.” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young splintered in 1971, after which point Young released Harvest, his first album to top the charts and his first to feature a number one single, “Heart of Gold” (surprisingly Young’s only number one single). The successful album was followed by the poorly received film Journey through the Past and signaled a dark period for Young, highlighted by the deaths of two friends due to drug overdose.
In 1975, Young returned to form with Tonight’s the Night and then recorded Zuma with Crazy Horse. After dabbling in country music and abruptly cancelling a tour mid-way through, Young released his so-called comeback album, Rust Never Sleeps, in 1979. The live film of the same name and the double album Live Rust followed, and after a string of confused releases Young jumped labels to Geffen Records. Geffen promised to grant Young complete artistic freedom, and he took their word for it with Trans, an electronic-leaning album that arrived way ahead of its time in 1982. More experimental releases followed, until 1988’s This Note’s for You saw him returning to his roots.
The 1990s saw a resurgence of interest in the folk-rock of artists like Neil Young, and in 1992 Harvest Moon, the sequel to his 1972 breakthrough album, became Young’s biggest hit in recent years. Young upped his cool factor by recording Mirror Ball with grunge band Pearl Jam and steadily released solo albums into the new millennium. Although he was diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening brain aneurysm in 2005, Young released the concert film Heart of Gold in 2006, followed by a stream of albums, most recently 2009’s Dreamin’ Man. Check out StubHub.com for Neil Young tickets to see him live.
Keb’ Mo’ Tickets – Recent Endeavors Further Ignite Career of Keb’ Mo’
Fans of the acoustic blues maestro Keb’ Mo’ probably wouldn’t guess from his innovative style and rigorous schedule that the talented musician is nearing 60 years old, but at 58 this Energizer Bunny of a blues singer isn’t anywhere near retiring. Keb’ Mo’ (a stage name short for his real name, Kevin Moore) has been taking his famed guitar-fingering and banjo-picking skills to the forefront of the music industry over the past two decades, and now he’s turning the page to a new chapter in his career, recently starting his own label called Yolabelle International and releasing its first album Live & Mo’.
Released on Oct. 20, 2009, Live & Mo’ is an amalgam of new hit songs and classic live favorites, and everything from political statements like “A Brand New America” to the funky-fresh “Government Cheese” and many more in between are included on the critically acclaimed release. Live & Mo’ is Keb’ Mo’s first release since 2006’s Suitcase and his ninth studio album, and it promises the same kind of success that Mo’ has seen for years, giving credit to his gruff vocals and contemporary blues.
Keb’ Mo’s venture away from the dominant record label Sony has been a work in progress, and it’s sure to pay off for the eclectic artist, whose tunes have long been celebrated by fans of all genres. Calling his recent endeavor of his own label “liberating,” Mo’ has been busy at work handcrafting new hits, and perhaps the go-to song off his current album Live & Mo’ is “A Brand New America,” a song written right before President Obama’s inauguration last January.
“A Brand New America” is certainly one of the bright spots of Keb’ Mo’s latest release, and the soothing song is an anthem for America that is sure to be remembered for years to come, as the chorus reflects: “This is our life/ and these are the times/ we are the people/ and the dream is our life./ Give us the strength/ to be humble and kind/ and respect one another/ leaving no one behind./ From the mountains and valleys/ which stretch to the sea/ a brand new America/ is calling to me.”
While Keb’ Mo’ has recently been plucking the fruits of his labor, he’s been a mainstay in the music industry ever since the ‘70s, when his original jazzy blues style caught the ears of music groups of the day, granting him opening spots on tours for artists such as Jefferson Starship and Loggins & Messina. While continuing to play throughout the ‘80s, it wasn’t until the 1990s that Keb’ Mo’ skyrocketed in the industry, and it was 1994’s eponymous release Keb’ Mo’ that did the job.
Featuring free-wheeling tunes such as the toe-tapping “Angelina,” Keb’ Mo’ was the studio release the modern acoustic blues movement was waiting for, and this harmonica-wailing, guitar-picking artist has been selling out Keb’ Mo’ tickets ever since. Keb’ Mo’s most recent release Live & Mo’ follows this talented musician’s classic style of Delta blues, and fans of the Grammy Award-winning artist can see Keb’ Mo’ perform live with tickets to an upcoming concert from StubHub
