FOO FIGHTERS JOIN PRESIDENT OBAMA & THE USO TO HONOR MILITARY HEROES AND THEIR FAMILIES AT INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION ON SOUTH LAWN
JULY 4 SET FEATURED DEBUT OF “WHEELS,” ONE OF TWO BRAND NEW TRACKS TO exambusiness exam
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Washington DC – Foo Fighters had the honor this weekend of joining President Barack Obama for a special July 4 USO concert on the South Lawn, where they entertained an audience of over 1200 active military troops and families for a private concert, BBQ and fireworks display.

The honored attendees were treated not only to a parade of FF favorites,It exam pdf but also witnessed the first ever live performance of the brand new song “Wheels.” The studio version of “Wheels” will be one of two new tracks the band has recorded with producer Butch Vig specifically for an as yet untitled collection due out this November.

The new tracks–all recorded by Foo Fighters core foursome Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel and Chris Shiflett this year at Foo Fighters’ own 606 studio complex–hold their ground and then some alongside classics from the band’s six platinum-plus, multiple Grammy-winning studio albums, including individual Grammy recipients “The Pretender,” “All My Life” and “Learn To Fly.” Perennial FF staples–”My Hero,” “Times Like These,” “Best Of You” and more–provide an overview of the band’s 15 year and counting career, while the two new tracks hint at even greater heights to be scaled in the future of this quintessential American rock band.

ST. VINCENT TO SUPPORT ALL HEADLINE DATES
TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN PERFORMANCE JULY 7
AUSTIN CITY LIMITS FESTIVAL & TV SHOW APPEARANCES CONFIRMED

“Bird is the total package: a conservatory-trained musician with a slurry croon, a gentle soul, skewed, literate wit, and Beatlesesque mastery of melody.” -The Boston Globe

Fresh off some of the biggest headline shows of his career -including a once in a lifetime night at Radio City Music Hall about which Entertainment Weekly raved “Andrew Bird is a mad genius…The whiz-kid made his intricately-layered brainiac rock look easy, when nothing could be further from the truth” -Andrew Bird has confirmed a final leg of the Noble Beast tour to follow this summer’s trek through the U.S. and abroad. St. Vincent will support on all of Bird’s fall headline dates.

The summer dates will be preceded by Andrew’s July 7 appearance on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and will kick off with a July 10 headline date at Los Angeles’ Greek Theater featuring support from Ra Ra Riot and Heartless Bastards, followed by a number of dates with the likes of Death Cab For Cutie and the Decemberists. Following an appearance at this year’s Lollapalooza, Bird will spend the remainder of August on a run of European and UK festival dates. He will return to the U.S. for the fall tour, which commences September 19 at the Forward Music Festival in Madison WI, includes a show at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, a stop at the Austin City Limits festival (Bird taped a performance for an episode of the ACL TV show to air this fall as well), multiple night stands in Carrboro and Milwaukee, and wraps up with an October 28 return to Washington DC.

Fan pre-sales at www.andrewbird.net for all dates begin today (June 30). General on sales begin July 10, with the exception of Buffalo and Madison which begin July 11.

Andrew Bird’s most recent album, Noble Beast, was released January 20 on Fat Possum Records. It debuted at #12 on the U.S. album chart, and has since passed the 100,000 sales mark, while Bird has recently sold out such prestigious venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theater and a two-night stand at the Civic Opera House in his hometown of Chicago.

ANDREW BIRD NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2009
07/10/09 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
07/11/09 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre #
07/13/09 – Salt Lake City, UT – Red Butte Garden #
07/14/09 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre #
07/16/09 – Jacksonville, OR – Britt Pavilion
07/17/09 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Amphitheatre *
07/18 & 19/09 – Troutdale, OR – McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater *
07/26/09 – South Lake Tahoe, CA – Wanderlust Festival
08/07/09 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
09/19/09 – Madison, WI – Forward Music Festival
09/29/09 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theater
09/30/09 – Columbia, MO – The Blue Note
10/02/09 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10/03/09 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s Uptown
10/05/09 – Birmingham, AL – Workplay Soundstage
10/07 & 08/09 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
10/09/09 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
10/10/09 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
10/12/09 – Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
10/13/09 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theater
10/14/09 – Cincinnati OH – Bogarts
10/16 & 17/09 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
10/18/09 – Kalamazoo, MI – State Theater
10/19/09 – Columbus, OH – Southern Theater
10/21/09 – Buffalo, NY – Asbury Hall
10/24/09 – S. Portland, ME – S. Portland High School Auditorium
10/25/09 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
10/26/09 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
10/27/09 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s
10/28/09 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

*supporting Decemberists
#supporting Death Cab For Cutie

SPOONX3 July 9, 10 & 11 at Stubbs Amphitheater

On Tuesday, June 30th, SPOON will debut its first newly recorded material since 2007’s universally acclaimed Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga: Merge Records will release the three-song “Got Nuffin” single on CD and digital download beginning June 30, with 12″ vinyl version following in July, exact date TBD.

“Got Nuffin” was recorded by Nicolas Vernhes at Rare Book Room. B-sides “Tweakers” and “Stroke Their Brains” were recorded by SPOON.

As previously announced SPOON will return to its birthplace to commandeer Austin’s Stubbs Amphitheater July 9, 10 and 11 for SPOONX3, which will feature the live debut of new material from the band’s forthcoming album as well as different special guests nightly, all handpicked by SPOON.

The lineup for the shows at Stubbs is as follows:

July 9 – SPOON, Quasi, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
July 10 – SPOON, Low, Dale Watson
July 11 – SPOON, Atlas Sound, the Strange Boys

For further information, check www.Spoontheband.com

ILL COMMUNICATION & HELLO NASTY TO COMPLETE DELUXE REISSUE SERIES
INTIMATE AUGUST 6 CHICAGO SHOW TO PRECEDE LOLLAPALOOZA APPEARANCE
SEPTEMBER 24 HOLLYWOOD BOWL SHOW SOLD OUT

Summer Festival Domination Begun With Bonnaroo To Continue Through All Points West, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands and more

New York NY – June 23, 2009 – The title, release date and complete track listing for Beastie Boys’ eighth studio album have been confirmed: Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 will be released September 15 by Capitol in multiple configurations including a 5.1 surround mix and will consist of the following compositions:

1. Tadlock’s Glasses
2. B-Boys In The Cut
3. Make Some Noise
4. Nonstop Disco Powerpack
5. OK
6. Too Many Rappers (featuring NAS)
7. Say It
8. The Bill Harper Collection
9. Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win (featuring Santigold)
10. Long Burn The Fire
11. Bundt Cake
12. Funky Donkey
13. Lee Majors Come Again
14. Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament
15. Pop Your Balloon
16. Crazy Ass Shit
17. Here’s A Little Something For Ya

The first Beastie Boys headline date confirmed to follow the album’s release, the band’s debut stand at the famed Hollywood Bowl, has sold out. Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed.

Meanwhile, Beastie Boys recently began a summer festival mission with a set at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester TN that blew the crowd of 70,000-plus out of their Birkenstocks and caused devil sticks to spontaneously combust. The performance featured an appearance by Nas who joined the Boys for the live debut of the new record’s “Too Many Rappers,” as well as a rare appearance from Country Mike for an acoustic rendition of “Heart Attack Man.”

The mission will continue throughout the summer and will include upcoming appearances at the All Points West and Lollapalooza festivals, the latter of which will be preceded by a just-announced intimate Beastie Boys show at the Congress in Chicago on Thursday, August 6.

Finally, the last installment of the deluxe, remastered, expanded and altogether awesome Beastie Boys catalogue reissues will be dropping in advance of the new record: the band’s multi-platinum 1998 opus Hello Nasty will be given the 2-CD/vinyl box set/multi-format treatment beginning with an August 17 pre-order/digital release and will hit stores August 25. Preceded by the universal smash “Intergalactic,” Hello Nasty crashed into the #1 spots of charts worldwide upon its July 1998 release, with first week sales of nearly 700,000 in the U.S. alone. Buoyed by the launch of the 360 in the round tour, Hello Nasty would yield B Boys classics “Body Movin’,” “Three MCs and One DJ,” “Remote Control,” “Super Disco Breakin’” and more, win two Grammys, see the band presented with an MTV Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award, and ultimately sell some 7 million copies worldwide.

As previously announced, pre-orders for the expanded, remastered multi-format Ill Communication will begin July 6, with a physical release of July 14.

For a complete list of deluxe reissue configurations, as well as upcoming Beastie Boys festival and headline appearances, check Beastieboys.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 & THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009
TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY, JUNE 29 AT 10:00 AM

Boston, MA (June 23, 2009) – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul McCartney will perform for the first time at Boston’s historic Fenway Park on Wednesday, August 5 and Thursday, August 6, 2009.

Tickets go on sale Monday, June 29th at 10:00 a.m. at livenation.com, at the Orpheum Theatre Box Office at 1 Hamilton Place or by phone at 1-800-514-3849. No tickets will be sold at Fenway Park.

The Fenway concerts on August 5 and August 6 will feature classics from McCartney’s extensive catalog, including Beatles, Wings and solo career hits as well as selections from his most recent album Electric Arguments, released under his alias The Fireman.

“Paul McCartney is a towering figure in the history of rock and roll. He is also one of rock’s great performers and we are thrilled that so many of his fans will have the opportunity to experience Paul McCartney in concert in the unique setting of Fenway Park,” noted Don Law, President of Live Nation New England. “These two nights will be among the most memorable in our city’s rich legacy of concerts.”

“Hosting Paul McCartney at Fenway Park is a true honor and a distinct privilege for all of us at the Boston Red Sox,” said Red Sox Chairman Tom Werner. “He is a living legend and his contributions both as a member of The Beatles and as a solo artist are exceptional and everlasting. We eagerly look forward to having him here at ‘America’s Most Beloved Ballpark.’”

Additionally, the Fenway shows will be one of McCartney’s first U.S. appearances since his recent headlining stand at the first night of this year’s Coachella festival and the same weekend’s record-breaking one-off opening of the new Joint in Las Vegas. Reactions to the two sold out 2.5 hour performances were unanimously ecstatic from fans and critics alike:

“McCartney remains a sharp and agile performer, his voice as supple, warm and elastic as ever…Macca signatures Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road…still have the power to raise gooseflesh.” -USA TODAY

“The verdict from his Coachella debut on Friday? Never underestimate the power of a Beatle…The night belonged to Paul.” -LOS ANGELES TIMES

“For almost two and a half hours, he had the attention of what seemed to be the entire multigenerational festival” -THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Everything you could ask for in a McCartney set. Stunning. Beautiful.” -LA WEEKLY

“The concert of a lifetime” -LAS VEGAS CITYLIFE

McCartney Returns to Washington D.C., the home of the Beatles’ First Performance on American Soil, for Stadium Concert

Tickets Go On Sale Friday, June 26 at 10:00 A.M EST

LANDOVER, MD June 22, 2009 – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul McCartney will perform at FedExField – the home of the Washington Redskins – on Saturday, August 1.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 26 at 10:00 A.M. ET and are available at all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 800-551-SEAT, and online at LiveNation.com. Tickets will be available at the FedExField Box Office on June 26 only. This concert is rain or shine.

This concert event at FedExField marks the latest in a series of landmark performances that link the beloved Beatle with Washington D.C., beginning with The Beatles’ first concert on American soil in 1964 at the Washington Coliseum, and continuing with McCartney’s critically acclaimed appearances in the District over the past forty-five years.

“This will be a great concert by one of the world’s most-loved performers,” said Daniel M. Snyder, Owner of the Washington Redskins and FedExField. “I’ve been a fan of Paul’s all my life, so it’s going to be a memorable night for us all.”
The FedExField concert on August 1 will feature classics from McCartney’s extensive catalog, including Beatles, Wings and solo career hits as well as selections from his most recent album Electric Arguments, released under his alias The Fireman.

Additionally, the FedExField show will be among McCartney’s first U.S. appearances since his recent headlining stand at the first night of this year’s Coachella festival and the same weekend’s record-breaking one-off opening of the new Joint in Las Vegas. Reactions to the two sold out 2.5 hour performances were unanimously ecstatic from fans and critics alike:

“McCartney remains a sharp and agile performer, his voice as supple, warm and elastic as ever…Macca signatures Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road…still have the power to raise gooseflesh.” -USA TODAY

“The verdict from his Coachella debut on Friday? Never underestimate the power of a Beatle…The night belonged to Paul.” -LOS ANGELES TIMES

“For almost two and a half hours, he had the attention of what seemed to be the entire multigenerational festiva” -THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Everything you could ask for in a McCartney set. Stunning. Beautiful.” -LA WEEKLY

“The concert of a lifetime” -LAS VEGAS CITYLIFE

The FedExField concert will also come on the heels of Paul McCartney’s three sold-out shows at the new Citi Field in New York, with the public snapping up tickets minutes after they went on sale.
McCartney gave his first ever American performance at the Washington Coliseum on February 11, 1964, a concert so historic that it was released to the public on DVD in 2003. Joined by the Caravelles, Tommy Rose, and the Chiffons, the Fab Four played to a capacity crowd of over 8,000 people, heralding the arrival of Beatlemania in the United States.

The show on August 1 at FedExField marks McCartney’s first performance in Washington D.C. since October 8, 2005. Dave McKenna raved about the show in his review for the Washington Post, stating “folks came to hear McCartney sing, in a voice still strong enough to leave listeners awestruck.”

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Contacts

Paul McCartney
Nasty Little Man
Steve Martin, steve@nastylittleman.com
Laura Eldeiry, laura@nastylittleman.com
(212) 343-0740

FedExField
Karl Swanson, swansonk@redskins.com
(703) 726-7135

Live Nation
Brad Wavra, bradwavra@livenation.com
(301) 867-7085

Beck & Friends Form Music Club To Re-Record Entire Albums In One-Day Sessions and Post a Track a Week

Beck.com will be undergoing an extensive overhaul in the next month. It will feature several new sections, including Record Club, a regular meeting of various musicians to record an entire album in one day. Due to the time constraints involved in recording a record in a day, an album will be chosen to be covered and used as a framework for the proceedings. Nothing will be rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track from these sessions will be uploaded once a week on Beck.com, as well as through the web sites of those involved in the project.

Record Club will be an ongoing experiment visitors to the site will be able to follow from week to week.

The first album attempted–one of the few everyone could agree on–will be The Velvet Underground & Nico.

Musicians involved in upcoming Record Clubs include Devendra Banhart, MGMT, Jamie Lidell and Nigel Godrich.

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Tue 06 16 09 Detroit, MI Magic Stick (*no Nylon)
Wed 06 17 09 TORONTO, ON Mod Club
Fri 06 19 09 Buffalo, NY Tralf Music Hall
Sat 06 20 09 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
Sun 06 21 09 Boston, MA Middle East Downstairs
Tue 06 23 09 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
Wed 06 24 09 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
Fri 06 26 09 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
Sat 06 27 09 Atlanta, GA The Loft at Center Stage
Sun 06 28 09 Pensacola, FL Sluggos (*no Nylon)
Mon 06 29 09 Keithville, LA The Rustic Cowboy (*No Nylon)
Tue 06 30 09 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre
Wed 07 01 09 Austin, TX Antone’s Nightclub

DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND, THIRD PAUL McCARTNEY CONCERT ADDED AT CITI FIELD TUESDAY, JULY 21
Historic July 17 and July 18 Shows Sold Out in 5 Minutes
Tickets on Sale Now Exclusively at www.507TIXX.com
and by Phone at 718-507-TIXX

FLUSHING, N.Y., June 15, 2009 – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul McCartney added a third concert at Citi Field – the new home of the Mets – Tuesday, July 21. The addition of a third show follows overwhelming demand and unparalleled online sales of his historic July 17 and July 18 concerts with all tickets selling out in just under 5 minutes.

Tickets for the additional show are on sale now online exclusively at www.507TIXX.com and by phone at 718-507-TIXX. All performances will be held rain or shine.

The Citi Field concerts on July 17, July 18 and July 21 will feature classics from McCartney’s extensive catalog, including Beatles, Wings and solo career hits as well as selections from his most recent album Electric Arguments, released under his alias The Fireman.

These inaugural concert events at Citi Field mark the latest in a series of landmark performances that link the beloved Beatle with New York City and the home of the Mets. Beginning with The Beatles’ legendary musical christening of Shea Stadium in 1965, and continuing with McCartney’s special appearance at Billy Joel’s “Last Play at Shea” show that closed the stadium last year, McCartney’s summer shows at Citi Field will once again mark a momentous occasion in the history of New York – and rock n’ roll itself.

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For more information contact:
Danielle Sessa Parillo
Director, Communications
New York Mets
(718) 565-4354, dparillo@nymets.com

Scoop Marketing (AEG Live)
(213) 639-6160
Eve Samuels, esamuels@solters.com
Anna Loynes, aloynes@solters.com

Nasty little man (Paul McCartney)
(212) 343-0740
Steve Martin, steve@nastylittleman.com
Amy Grote, amy@nastylittleman.com

McCartney Returns to New York to Continue
Inaugural Concert Tradition
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Tickets Go On Sale Monday, June 15 at 10:00 A.M ET
Online Exclusively at www.507TIXX.com and By Phone at 718-507-TIXX

FLUSHING, N.Y., June 3, 2009 – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul McCartney will perform the historic first concerts at Citi Field – the new home of the Mets – Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18.

Tickets go on sale Monday, June 15 at 10:00 A.M. ET online exclusively at www.507tixx.com and by phone at 718-507-TIXX. These concerts are rain or shine.

These inaugural concert events at Citi Field mark the latest in a series of landmark performances that link the beloved Beatle with New York City and the home of the Mets. Beginning with The Beatles’ legendary musical christening of Shea Stadium in 1965, and continuing with McCartney’s special appearance at Billy Joel’s “Last Play at Shea” show that closed the stadium last year, McCartney’s summer shows at Citi Field will once again mark a momentous occasion in the history of New York – and rock n’ roll itself.

“I am really excited about playing Citi Field – The Beatles were the first to play at Shea Stadium and along with Billy Joel, I was the last to sing at the old Shea,” said Paul McCartney. “So to be the first to play this stadium is incredible. I am really looking forward to a buzzing show.”

“Every time Paul McCartney steps on a stage is a special event because of the timelessness of the music and the enthusiasm and verve that this icon gives to each performance,” said Randy Phillips, President & CEO of AEG Live. “Christening Citi Field as a venue will give this concert the added weight of the historical significance of The Beatles appearance at Shea Stadium 44 years ago.”

“There’s no more appropriate artist in the history of rock and roll to play the first concert at Citi Field,” said Jeff Wilpon, COO, New York Mets. “The era of big-time rock and roll concerts started with Paul and The Beatles at Shea and we’re thrilled to continue that tradition at our new home.”

The Citi Field concerts on July 17 and July 18 will feature classics from McCartney’s extensive catalog, including Beatles, Wings and solo career hits as well as selections from his most recent album Electric Arguments, released under his alias The Fireman.

Additionally, the Citi Field shows will be McCartney’s first U.S. appearances since his recent headlining stand at the first night of this year’s Coachella festival and the same weekend’s record-breaking one-off opening of the new Joint in Las Vegas. Reactions to the two sold out 2.5 hour performances were unanimously ecstatic from fans and critics alike:

“McCartney remains a sharp and agile performer, his voice as supple, warm and elastic as ever…Macca signatures Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road…still have the power to raise gooseflesh.” –USA TODAY

“The verdict from his Coachella debut on Friday? Never underestimate the power of a Beatle…The night belonged to Paul.” –LOS ANGELES TIMES

“For almost two and a half hours, he had the attention of what seemed to be the entire multigenerational festival” –THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Everything you could ask for in a McCartney set. Stunning. Beautiful.”–LA WEEKLY

“The concert of a lifetime” –LAS VEGAS CITYLIFE

The Beatles gave the first-ever concert at Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965, in front of more than 55,000 fainting, crying, and screaming fans. It was, and remains to this day, the most historic concert ever, as it was the first time in history that a sports stadium was used for a rock concert. The groundbreaking Beatles concert at Shea set new attendance records at the time; it was the first large-scale, outdoor concert that demonstrated such events could be hugely successful and profitable.

On July 18, 2008, Paul McCartney returned to Shea for the first time in 43 years for an unannounced guest performance at Billy Joel’s “Last Play at Shea” concert. His signature Hofner bass in hand, McCartney jumped on stage – surprising not only Joel but also the sold-out audience of 55,000 – and launched straight into “I Saw Her Standing There.” McCartney closed the night with his seminal anthem “Let It Be” featuring Joel on backing vocals, giving the legendary Shea Stadium a truly memorable send-off. That show ended just as McCartney’s first-ever performance at Shea with The Beatles had started – with a deafening response from the massive crowd.