ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 18TH BY BROWN RECORDS/FAT POSSUM RECORDS/COLUMBIA RECORD

Band of Horses, the Low Country’s premier rock n’ roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms ,on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.

The album package will feature the photography of the band’s long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.

Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed by Dave Sardy,  and recorded over a 16-month period, the songs on Infinite Arms project the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for the recording and songwriting process behind the album.  The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group’s most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band’s native Carolinas inspired the songwriting,  lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.

Band of Horses are Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Long time touring members of the group, Infinite Arms marks the recording debut of Ramsey and Reynolds, while Barrett and Monroe graced the last album, Cease to Begin. Through touring together in support of Cease to Begin and during breaks in the Infinite Arms recording process, the band have become a cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that founder Bridwell has crafted since the band’s inception. As Bridwell himself concedes, “in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record.”

Look for the band to support Infinite Arms with tour dates across the globe in 2010. A current list of dates is below, with many more to be announced very soon. Visit www.bandofhorses.com for ticketing information.

March 15th – Boulder, CO – Fox Theater
March 16th – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
March 18th – Austin, TX – Stubbs BBQ (SXSW)
March 19th – Austin, TX Central Presbyterian Church (SXSW)
April 8th – Paris, France – La Fleche D’or
April 9th – Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
April 10th – Rotterdam, Netherlands- Motel Mozaique, Schouwburg
April 12th – London, UK – Koko
April 14th – Koln, Germany – Kulturkirche
April 16th – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
April 17th – Gothenburg, Sweden – Tradgarn
April 18th – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
April 23rd – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 24th –  Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 27th – Gainesville, FL – Rion Ballroom
April 28th – Miami, FL – Fillmore
April 29th – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
May 1st – New Orleans, LA  – Jazzfest
May 2nd – Memphis, TN – Beale St. Music Festival
May 27th – Davis, CA – UC Davis Freeborn Hall
May 30th – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater (with She & Him)
May 31st – George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
June 5th – Bangor, IE – Ward Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 9th – London, UK – Roundhouse
June 12th – Glasgow, Scotland – Bellahouston Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 19th – Toronto, ONT – Olympic Island Concert (with Pavement and Broken Social Scene)
September 25th – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater

Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Pitchfork U.S.  Festival Dates Confirmed
UK/Euro Headline Dates Continue To Sell  Out

LCD Soundsystem has confirmed May 18 as the U.S release date  of its as yet untitled third album. The record will be released on  DFA/Virgin in the U.S. and will consist of the following  songs:

Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls  *
One Touch
All I Want
Change *
Hit  *
Pow Pow
Somebody’s Calling Me *
What You  Need

The above were recorded at The Manshun in Los Angeles and the DFA  studios in New York and mixed at DFA from April 2009 through February 2010.   TBD was written and produced by James Murphy. Additional mixes were done  by Dave Sardy as indicated (*).

The new album is LCD Soundsystem’s  first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of  Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of the decade, and like its predecessor 2005’s  LCD Soundsystem received a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance  Album. Sound Of Silver also featured “All My Friends,” ranked #4 by Time in its  Best Songs of 2007 and named single of the year by Pitchfork, and Entertainment Weekly #8 song of 2007 “Someone Great.” In 2008, LCD  Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of the movie  21. The bandhas since released the 45:33: The Remixes EP  and a cover of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store  Day 2009 and earning LCD its fifth NME single of the week. The album  will be preceded by the March 23 release of the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s  Greenberg, which features both composition’s from James Murphy’s  original score for the film and the new LCD Soundsystem song “Oh You  (Christmas Blues).”

The record’s release will be supported by a  world tour beginning with an April 16 penultimate slot at the Coachella  festival in Indio CA and continuing with a run  of UK/Europe headline  dates (several of which have sold out well in advance and necessitated added  dates) and further worldwide festival appearances. For a full itinerary, see  below and continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com/  for additions going forward.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM On Tour  2010

April 16    Indio CA     Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 20     Dublin       Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 21    Dublin        Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 23     London      Brixton Academy * SOLD  OUT
April 24    London       Brixton Academy *SOLD OUT
April 26     Birmingham  Academy
April 27     Leeds   Academy * SOLD OUT
April 28     Glasgow Barrowlands
April 29     Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT
May 1    Manchester  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 2    Bristol  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 4    Amsterdam   Paradiso * SOLD OUT
May 5    Brussels    Ancienne Belgique * SOLD OUT
May 6   Berlin  WMF
May 7    Luxembourg  Den Atelier
May 8   Paris    Bataclan * SOLD OUT
May 9   Paris    Bataclan
May 30  George WA   Sasquatch  Festival
June 11 Manchester TN   Bonnaroo  Festival
July 10 Lisbon  Alive Festival
July 17 Chicago  IL  Pitchfork Music Festival
September 12    Isle  of Wight   Bestival

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN MARCH 4
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE  APRIL 15

Radio City Music Hall Sold Out Five Weeks In Advance
Boston, Multiple Nights in Washington DC and Minneapolis SOLD OUT
April 12 Eugene OR Show Added

Having just completed a largely sold out UK/Europe trek, the dudes of Spoon are gearing up for a 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 South by Southwest kick off show at Stubbs in Austin, with Spoon headlining a bill featuring Broken Bells, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Walkmen and more.

The tour will be preceded by a March 4 appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman. Spoon will also make its first visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live April 15, just prior to the April 17 conclusion of this run at the Coachella festival in Indio CA.

Spoon’s March 26 debut headline engagement at New York’s legendary Radio City Music Hall sold out over a week ago joining March 27 at Boston’s House of Blues, April 2-3 at Minneapolis’ First Avenue, and March 22-23 at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club on the list of Spoon shows that have completely sold out more than a month in advance.

Spoon has also added a date to the current tour: April 12 at the McDonald Theater in Eugene OR. Tickets for this show will go on sale March 6.

SPOON ON TOUR 2010

17-Mar Stubbs – Austin, TX
18-Mar Republic – New Orleans, LA
19-Mar Workplay Soundstage – Birmingham, AL
20-Mar Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
22-Mar 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
23-Mar 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
24-Mar The National – Richmond, VA
26-Mar Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY * SOLD OUT
27-Mar House of Blues – Boston, MA, USA * SOLD OUT
29-Mar Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
30-Mar Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal – Oak, MI
1-Apr Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
2-Apr First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
3-Apr First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
5-Apr Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
6-Apr Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
7-Apr In the Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9-Apr Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10-Apr Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
11-Apr Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
12-Apr McDonald Theater – Eugene , OR
13-Apr Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
17-Apr Indio, CA – Coachella

30-April Melbourne – Billboard
1-May Bendigo – Groovin’ The Moo
2-May Townsville – Groovin’ The Moo
3-May Brisbane – The HiFi
6-May Coolangatta – The Cooly Hotel
7-May Sydney – The Forum
8-May Maitland – Groovin’ The Moo
9-May Canberra – Groovin’ The Moo
13-May Adelaide – Fowlers
14-May Perth – The Astor
15-May Bunbury – Groovin’ The Moo

*Deerhunter direct support on all North American dates
*New Orleans – Royal Oak w/ The Strange Boys
*Chicago – Oakland w/ Micachu & the Shapes

PLASTIC BEACH NPR FIRST LISTEN FULL ALBUM PREVIEW MARCH 1
COMPLETELY NEW GORILLAZ.COM LIVE NOW

“We’ve been waiting since ’05 for the cartoon band that brought us hits like ‘Feel Good Inc.’ and ‘Clint Eastwood’ to regroup. And now we know what’s taken them so long: Gorillaz’ sublime new single sounds like Kraftwerk backing and old-fashioned soul revue” — Entertainment Weekly

“‘Stylo’ boasts cameos by R&B vet Bobby Womack, testifying like a Harlem storefront preacher, and Mos Def, sounding like he Skyped in his 16 bars from an interstellar Internet café. Yet Albarn himself shines brightest, crooning like a proper soulman…” – Rolling Stone

‘Stylo,’ the first video from the hotly anticipated third Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, will premiere globally on YouTube on March 2nd, 2010. The video premiere will follow the March 1 launch of a streaming full album preview as part of NPR Music’s Exclusive First Listen series at www.NPR.org/music

Directed by Jamie Hewlett and produced by Cara Speller for Zombie Flesh Eaters, with live action by HSI Productions in Los Angeles, and animation by Passion Pictures in London, “Stylo” follows Gorillaz bass demigod Murdoc Niccals through a dangerous trip to the mainland from his new home on the Plastic Beach namesake of the new record. Something goes badly wrong and Murdoc, guitarist/Cyborg Noodle – who has replaced her (its?) flesh and blood counterpart since the original’s apparent demise in the previous Demon Days’ final video “El Manana” — and vocalist 2D end up in a high speed car chase with a local cop and an unknown assailant. Cyborg Noodle’s circuits start failing and 2D fears for their lives as the gun toting bounty hunter draws ever closer….

Murdoc recalls of the video shoot (no pun intended), “Someone was chasing me through the desert! Luckily I had my camera crew following me and they captured it all on film, so I’ve cut it up and stuck it back together for my Stylo video! That’ll learn me not to leave the safe, toxic, isolated haven of Plastic Beach…”

Murdoc’s new stomping grounds can be explored at the all – new all-different Gorillaz.com. The completely new site, which has just gone live, has been relocated from the now defunct Kong Studios (RIP) to the newly constructed complex at Point Nemo, Plastic Beach.

The “Stylo” single is on sale now and has already received a 4-star review from Rolling Stone and a Must List plug from Entertainment Weekly. Plastic Beach will be released by Virgin in the U.S. on March 9th. Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album since 2005’s Demon Days which featured the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and, like its predecessor 2001’s Gorillaz, sold some six million copies worldwide. Gorillaz will headline the April 18 final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the first live Gorillaz experience in the States since the Demon Days Live sold out five-night run at Harlem’s Apollo Theater.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz story, check back daily at http://gorillaz.com/

MARCH 9 LATE SHOW WITH DAVID  LETTERMAN APPEARANCE CONFIRMED
MARCH 11 LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON  ALSO CONFIRMED
Live Shows On Sale Now in New York, Los Angeles,  Austin
NPR Music First Listen and MySpace Listening Previews Commence  March 1

“The year’s coolest left field pop disc (4  stars)”–Rolling Stone

James Mercer and Brian Burton a/k/a  Danger Mouse release the self-titled first album by their new band Broken  Bells on Columbia Records March 9, 2010. The band will make its first ever  television appearance that same day on The Late Show with David Letterman.

The record’s release will be previewed by full length streaming  previews NPR.org/music and Myspace.com beginning March 1, marking the first time the two  sites have shared such a debut event.

In addition to standard CD, LP and digital versions, Broken Bells will also be released in a limited edition one-of-a-kind music box configuration available at finer music retailers. The record will also be available at Starbucks locations.

Broken Bells’ release week  will continue apace with another TV appearance and two special intimate live performances: The band will make its New York live debut March 10 at Brooklyn’s  Music Hall of Williamsburg,  followed by a March 11 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy  Fallon, and a March 14 one-off at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The  following week the band will play NPR’s SXSW opening night gala at Stubbs  in Austin TX alongside Spoon, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The  Walkmen and more.

Broken Bells’ release has been preceded  by overwhelmingly positive critical response, with Rolling Stone awarding  the album a 4-star lead review and and previously running a Hot List lead  on the single “The High Road,” while Wired called it “crazy good stuff,”  Laist.com remarked of the band’s recent live debut “Try to imagine what  (Broken Bells) might sound like and your expectations would be met and  likely exceeded.”

Broken Bells features Mercer on vocals,  guitars and bass while Burton plays organ, drums, piano, synths and bass.  The pair play all the instruments on the album with the exception of a  full string section arranged by Daniele Luppi. Broken Bells was  recorded by Todd Monfalcone and Kennie Takahashi at Mondo Studio in Los  Angeles and produced by Danger Mouse.

Each a long-time fan of the other’s  work, Burton and Mercer first met face-to-face backstage at the 2004  Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen. The pair immediately hit it off and kept  in touch over the prevailing half decade and in May 2008 seized the  opportunity to finally collaborate on original music together. Broken  Bells was pared down from more than 20 pieces of new music written and  recorded to the 10 songs that coalesced together the most seamlessly.

Mercer and Burton will continue to work as a band in the  future.

For more information, please contact Laura Eldeiry at nasty  little man e: laura@nastylittleman.com

For online inquiries, please  contact Arbell Camron at Sony Music e:  arbell.camron@sonymusic.com

THOM YORKE
???? BAND RENAMED ATOMS FOR PEACE
PRE-COACHELLA DATES CONFIRMED IN NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO, OAKLAND, SANTA BARBARA

Thom Yorke announced today at http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/ that his band Atoms For Peace (previously billed as ????) will play a series of eight U.S. shows leading up to its April 18 appearance at the Coachella festival in Indio CA.

The Atoms For Peacelead4sure exam lineup remains the same as when the band performed three shows in Los Angeles last October: Yorke, Flea, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker and Nigel Godrich. See below for full itinerary and check http://www.waste.uk.com/ for on sale CCNP 642-902 exam details.

Thom Yorke/Atoms For Peace
(Flying Lotus Supports New York Through Oakland)

April 5 & 6 New York Roseland Ballroom
April 8 Boston Citi Wang Theatre
April 10 & 11 Chicago  Aragon Ballroom
April 14 & 15 Oakland Fox Theatre
April 17 Santa Barbara Bowl
April 18 Coachella

PAUL MCCARTNEY
UP AND COMING TOUR

MORE SHOWS ADDED TO PAUL MCCARTNEY’S FORTHCOMING TOUR

SUN LIFE STADIUM, MIAMI – 3RD APRIL 2010
COLISEO DE PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICO – 5TH APRIL 2010

SECOND SHOW ADDED AT HOLLYWOOD BOWL BY POPULAR DEMAND

Hot-off-the-heels of announcing the first two concerts of Paul McCartney’s forthcoming ‘Up and Coming Tour’ (Glendale AZ on 28th March and Hollywood CA on 30th March), the rumour mill has gone into overdrive predicting where Macca and his band will turn up next.

The speculation ends today with the announcement of two shows that are set to be his hottest of the year.  The first is at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami on the 3rd of April; the only Florida appearance of the tour, the April 3 gig is also Paul’s first show in Miami since he launched his massive 2005 ‘US Tour’ at Miami’s American Airlines Arena five years ago.  On April 5th Paul will play his first ever show in Puerto Rico.

In addition, unprecedented response to the presale for Paul’s March 30 return to the Hollywood Bowl has necessitated the addition of a second show on March 31. Both shows will go on sale to the general public this Sunday, February 28.

These new dates are in keeping with Paul’s huge headline making concerts over the last few years, where the world’s biggest rock star has played to millions of people across the globe. These concerts have taken Paul to places he’s never been before, unique settings, venues and locations, and these new dates are no exception.

The Arizona and California dates will be Paul’s first US shows since his five – week Summer Live ’09 tour last year, which was prefaced by a triumphant sold out headline set at the 2009 Coachella festival and a surprise performance for the Late Show with David Letterman on the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater (inside which The Beatles made TV history decades ago) that drew throngs packing Broadway from Columbus Circle to Times Square. The ‘Summer Live ’09’ tour began in earnest with an already legendary inaugural run of shows at New York’s Citi Field Stadium, the site of the former Shea Stadium where The Beatles played the 1965 concert that set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show. Critics hailed the Citi Field performances, seen by over 100,000 people, as the concert experience of a lifetime. Those performances were immortalized on last year’s RIAA gold – certified multi – disc CD/DVD Good Evening New York City.

The new tour will feature a typically diverse set list, drawing on two hours plus worth of selections spanning the catalogues of The Beatles, Wings and Paul’s solo career – including tracks from The Fireman’s 2008 album ‘Electric Arguments’. There will be some never-before-played-on-US-soil songs added to the set list, as well as the US live premiere of ‘(I Want To) Come Home’, Paul’s Golden Globe nominated track from the Robert De Niro movie ‘Everybody’s Fine’.

More live shows to be announced soon. Keep checking http://www.paulmccartney.com

To purchase tickets, go to Ticketmaster.com or call 800-745-3000.

Up and Coming Tour

Dates so far:

Sunday 28th March – Jobing.com Arena, Glendale AZ
Tuesday 30th March – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
Wednesday 31st March – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
Saturday 3rd April – Sun Life Stadium, MiamiFL
Monday 5th April – Coliseo De Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2010

Upcoming New York, Philadelphia and Chicago Shows and More SOLD OUT

Limited Edition Alkaline Trio-Designed Hurley Line Available Online Now, In Stores March 1

This Addiction, Alkaline Trio’s seventh album and first through its new Heart & Skull label venture with Epitaph, is out today. The record’s release has been preceded by the release of its title track as first single, which the band will perform March 10 on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Currently in the midst of a tour that has already sold out stops in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia and a pair of homecoming shows in its native Chicago among others, the members of Alkaline Trio have somehow found the time to design a limited edition line for the Hurley clothing company. The very limited collaborative Hurley Alkaline Trio is now available online at https://shop.hurley.com/department/alkaline-trio-10092.cfm and will debut at retail March 1.

Alkaline Trio first emerged from Chicago in 1996 and has since released the full length studio albums Goddamnit, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire, From Here To Infirmary, Good Mourning, Crimson and last year’s Agony & Irony, which was the highest charting record of the band’s career to date. The band is comprised of guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba, bassist/vocalist Dan Andriano and drummer Derek Grant, all of whom are partners in the Heart & Skull label.

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For More Information:
www.alkalinetrio.com
www.myspace.com/alkalinetrio
www.epitaph.com

ALKALINE TRIO ON TOUR:

02/23/10 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
02/24/10 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
02/25/10 – Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theater SOLD OUT
02/26/10 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
02/27/10 – Chicago, IL – The Metro SOLD OUT
02/28/10 – Chicago, IL – The Metro SOLD OUT
03/02/10 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theater
03/03/10 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
03/04/10 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
03/05/10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
03/06/10 – Toronto, CAN – The Phoenix Concert Theater
03/08/10 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
03/09/10 – Hartford, CT – The Webster Theater
03/11/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero SOLD OUT
03/12/10 – New York, NY – Nokia Theatre Times Square SOLD OUT
03/13/10 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
03/14/10 – Providence, RI – Lupos Heartbreak Hotel
03/16/10 – Towson, MD – Rocher Theatre
03/17/10 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
03/18/10 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm
03/19/10 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
03/20/10 – Jacksonville Beach, FL – Freebird Live
03/22/10 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
03/23/10 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
03/25/20 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
03/26/10 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
03/27/10 – Dallas, TX – The Palladium Ballroom
03/28/10 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
03/30/10 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee Theater
04/01/10 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
04/02/10 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
04/03/10 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues

Paul McCartney has announced the first two dates of his forthcoming, extensive ‘Up and Coming’ 2010 tour.  In keeping with his headline-making special concerts over the last few years, the tour will see the iconic star and his band play unique venues, places and locations; new cities he’s never played and familiar markets he’s not visited for a while.

Paul’s first live concert of 2010 will take place in Glendale, Arizona at the Jobing.com Arena on Sunday 28th March.  This will be Paul’s first appearance in Arizona since 2005’s mega ‘US Tour’ which saw Paul rock out across America, performing 37 sell-out magical performances.

Straight off the back of the Arizona date, Paul will return to the legendary Hollywood Bowl for the first time since 1993.  Paul first appeared at the Bowl with The Beatles 46 years ago in August 1964 and then again a year later in August 1965.   These shows were recorded for a live album (The Beatles At Hollywood Bowl) that was not released until May 1977.  As with all The Beatles live shows, the technological limitations of the day found the band overpowered by the screams of female fans. Decades later the crowds are just as loud but superior technology now allows Paul to overpower the screams, and overpower them he does! Macca’s live shows have reached a new legendary status in recent years, garnering unprecedented reviews from fans and critics alike wherever he goes.

These will be Paul’s first US shows since his five-week ‘Summer Live ’09’ tour last year, which was prefaced by a triumphant sold out headline set at the 2009 Coachella festival and a surprise performance for CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman on the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater (inside which The Beatles made TV history decades ago) that drew throngs packing Broadway from Columbus Circle to Times Square.  The ‘Summer Live ’09’ tour began in earnest with an already legendary inaugural run of shows at New York’s Citi Field Stadium, the site of the former Shea Stadium where The Beatles played the 1965 concert that set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show.  Critics hailed the Citi Field performances, seen by over 100,000 people, as the concert experience of a lifetime.  Those performances were immortalized on last year’s RIAA gold-certified multi-disc CD/DVD ‘Good Evening New York City’.

The new show will feature a typically diverse set list drawing on 2 hours plus worth of selections spanning the catalogues of The Beatles, Wings and Paul’s solo career, including tracks from The Fireman’s 2008 album ‘Electric Arguments’.   There will be some never-before-played-on-US-soil songs added to the set list as well as the US live premiere of ‘(I Want To) Come Home’, Paul’s Golden Globe nominated track from the Robert De Niro movie ‘Everybody’s Fine’.

Paul finished 2009 on a high when he brought his ‘Good Evening Europe’ tour to a close on the 22nd of December with his only UK show at London’s O2 Arena.   Reviews for the show were phenomenal and prove that Paul McCartney is a live experience that no-one should miss.   “The man is living history and the way he continues to bring new energy to his past is incredible,’ reported the UK’s largest Sunday paper, News Of The World.  The Telegraph exclaimed, “Paul McCartney used his only UK concert of 2009 as a showcase for an epic display of back-to-back basics music-making.  Armed only with his four-piece band and the greatest collection of hits in pop history, he traveled back and forth across the decades like the Dr Who of rock and roll.  Whatever elixir the 67-year-old Macca is running on remains a mystery, but he seems to get a huge charge from performing to an audience, especially one that is bombarding him with waves of adoration.”

More live shows to be announced soon.  Keep checking www.paulmccartney.com

Second Album From Foo Fighters’ Drummer and Friends
Out April 20 On Shanabelle/RCA

A year in the making, the second effort from Foo  Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins and his Coattail Riders, Red Light Fever, is now scheduled for an April 20 release on Shanabelle/RCA Records.

Hawkins began demoing tracks on his own when an early 2009 break from the Foo Fighters’ grueling touring schedule finally freed up the time. According to  Hawkins, who of course provides drums and vocals on all tracks among other  additional instrumentation, “About halfway through, I just said f**k it, I don’t care if the record ends up sounding like me having sex with my record  collection. I’m just going to have fun with it.”

The record soon went from a home recording project like the Coattail Riders’ 2006 debut (which was  recorded in Foo Fighters touring percussionist Drew Hester’s living room) to  full on sessions at the Foo Fighters’ state of the art 606 studio complex. Hawkins was joined by returning Coattail Riders Chris Chaney (bass) and Gannin Arnold (guitar) and, for the first time in the studio, touring Coattails  guitarist Nate Wood. As the record’s dozen songs were fleshed out, so too was  its stellar supporting cast, which would eventually come to include Elliot Easton of the Cars, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, and last but by no  means least, Hawkins’ bandmate Dave Grohl.

Red Light Fever could be considered a labor of love – if the sheer joy exuded in every note, influence  and nuance of every song didn’t make the entire affair seem so effortless. Hawkins’ increasingly accomplished vocals and world renowned drumming skills  recall and pay tribute to Hawkins’ vast spectrum of classic rock heroes – from the vintage 70s glam stomp of “Way Down,” the hard rock rave up “Not Bad  Luck,” a nod to Beatlesque balladry in the form of “Hell To Pay,” and many more. Virtually every track evokes memories of the respective heydays of the Chinn-Chapman hit factory, The Move, Sweet, and even a little 10cc for good  measure – all imbued with Hawkins’ unmistakable musical personality.