BILLY TALENT KICK OFF CANADIAN TOUR Band nabs 4 Juno and 2 Echo Music Award nominations
New iTunes app launches with unique fan interaction features
After dominating concert stages throughout Europe and the U.S. over the past eight months, Billy Talent have finally come home to launch their extensive Canadian tour in support of the platinum-plus album, Billy Talent III. The tour kicks off tonight in Victoria, B.C, at the Save on Foods Centre and marches through 19 cities before hitting the band’s hometown of Torontowhere they will headline the Air Canada Centre. On tour with Billy Talent on this cross-Canada trek will be Alexisonfire, Against Me! and Cancer Bats.
Billy Talent will perform their 20th date on the tour in Halifax on April 15 at the Cunard Centre. From there the band heads to St. John’s, Newfoundland where they will perform on the 2010 Juno Awards. In an announcement made in Toronto earlier today, Billy Talent received 4 Juno nominations - Group of the Year; Album of the Year (Billy Talent III); Rock Album of the Year (Billy Talent III); Single of the Year (”Rusted From The Rain”). The Juno Awards will broadcast live on CTV on Sunday, April 18, 2010. In other award news, the band has been nominated for one of Germany’s prestigious Echo Awards. The band is nominated for Artist/Group International Rock/Alternative/Heavy Metal alongside the likes of Green Day and Kings of Leon.
This week also marks the launch of the Billy Talent App for the iPhone and iPod Touch. As well as providing fans access to photos, videos, music, tour and merchandise information, the App also includes the feature “Right Now” that allows fans to share their Billy Talent experiences with one another in real time. The Billy Talent App is available for free download from the iTunes App store.
PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) Announce Headlining North American Tour
Since returning in December 2009 for seven monumental concerts in the United Kingdom–their first shows in 17 years–PUBLIC IMAGE LTD (PiL) now continue into 2010 with a headlining North American tour starting Saturday, April 17 in San Francisco.
After fronting the Sex Pistols, John Lydon formed Public Image Ltd in 1978. With their experimental sound fusing Rock, Dance, Folk, Ballet, Pop and Dub, PiL are regarded as producing some of the most diverse music of the 70s and 80s. As a band, the music and vision constantly evolved like no other, culminating in an incredible live experience.
The North American tour will be preceded by a special performance at the COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL on Friday, April 16 (opening day of the three-day event) in Indio, CA. It marks their first show in the United States in 18 years.
Cited as one of the most innovative and influential bands in music history, PiL return to a country where they enjoyed a special relationship throughout their career for what are set to be stunning shows. The North American dates will be followed by a series of high-profile summer European Festival appearances.
John Lydon (vocals), Lu Edmonds (guitar), Bruce Smith (drums) and Scott Firth (bass) earned critical and public acclaim for their concerts in December 2009, with many British media outlets championing them as the shows of the year.
John Lydon: “I sound like a bag of kittens thrown down the staircase.”
2010 sees the 30th anniversary of the band’s first U.S. tour and also their U.S TV debut on “American Bandstand,” where singer John Lydon invited the audience onstage to dance with the band! Host Dick Clark famously introduced their appearance as “a memorable moment in rock n roll, something special and interesting.”
With a wide and varied back catalogue spanning three decades, Public Image Ltd will be showcasing the unique sounds of tracks such as “Public Image,” “This Is Not A Love Song,” “Rise,” and “Disappointed,” with many further surprises in store.
Lu Edmonds: Multi instrumentalist and former guitarist in The Damned Lu joined PiL in 1986 recording and playing on the album Happy? and co-writing the album 9 adding yet another dimension to the PiL sound. Lu is also associated with a variety of eclectic and acoustic bands including The Mekons and Siberian band Yat-Kha.
Bruce Smith: Former drummer in The Pop Group and The Slits became percussionist for PiL also in 1986 playing and recording on the albums Happy? and 9. Seen as a drumming virtuoso, Bruce Smith brought his unique style into the fold. Bruce has also played with the likes of Björk and Terence Trent D’Arby.
Scott Firth: A bass player/multi instrumentalist that has collaborated and played with a variety of top musicians and bands including Steve Winwood, John Martyn, Elvis Costello and The Spice Girls. Scott’s arrival into the band in 2009 resulted in John Lydon declaring him “Genius at work!”
The preliminary North American tour dates are as follows, with more shows to be added:
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Fri 5/7 |
Toronto, ON |
Kool Haus |
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Sat 5/8 |
Montreal, QC |
Theatre L’Olympia de Montreal |
For further PiL information, see: www.pilofficial.com
LITTLE BOOTS SET TO RELEASE MUCH-ANTICIPATED FULL-LENGTH ALBUM HANDS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES TO KICK OFF
Little Boots – known to her family and friends as Victoria Hesketh – is without question the most talked-about new UK pop star of 2009. She was named one of NME’s Best New Artists of the Year, won a BRITs Critic’s Choice Award and BBC’s distinguished “Sound of 2009” poll and is the first artist to have appeared on the Jools Holland show twice before an album release. Rolling Stone named Little Boots as one of their prestigious “Artists to Watch” and Nylon Magazine hailed, “Synth sensation Victoria Hesketh a.k.a. Little Boots is poised to reinvent pop one small dance step at a time.”
Little Boots, who played select North American dates in the fall, will be back to kick off a headlining run on March 2nd. See below for more details. Little Boots has been touring non stop around the globe for the last year playing major headline shows as well as hitting 33 of the summer festivals including the UK’s prestigious Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds’ Festivals, Scotland’s T-In The Park, Japan’s Summersonic and Denmark’s Roskilde amongst many others. For more information please visit: www.littlebootsmusic.net
March 5 Venue Vancouver, BC
April 29 Club Soda Montreal, QC
April 30 Phoenix Toronto, ON
CRASH KARMA Announces Cross-Canada Tour
MARCH 9TH – BARRIE, ON – THE MANSION
MARCH 11TH – OSHAWA, ON – KARMA LOUNGE
MARCH 18TH – BURLINGTON, ON – BOSTON MANOR
MARCH 19TH – PETERBOROUGH, ON – RED DOG
MARCH 20TH – CHATHAM, ON – ENCORE NIGHTCLUB
MARCH 25TH – WINNIPEG, MB – SILVERADO’S
MARCH 27TH – COLD LAKE, AB – COLD LAKE ENERGY CENTRE
MARCH 29TH – CALGARY, AB – RUSTY CAGE
MARCH 31ST – EDMONTON, AB – WHISKEY JACK’S
APRIL 1ST – RED DEER, AB – WILD BILL’S
APRIL 2ND – GRAND PRAIRIE, AB – ROCK CITY
APRIL 3RD – FORT ST. JOHN, BC – EGAN’S PUB
APRIL 7TH – VANCOUVER, BC – VENUE
APRIL 9TH – SASKATOON, SK – TCU PLACE
APRIL 10TH – REGINA, SK - DISTRIKT
CRASH KARMA’s Debut Single “Awake” Top 10 Canadian Rock Chart for 14 weeks -
Fast-rising rock group CRASH KARMA will hit the road to coincide with the release of their debut album March 16th. The tour begins March 8th in Barrie, ON and criss-crosses the continent before finishing up in Regina, SK, on April 10th.
CRASH KARMA’s members are no stranger to success, consisting of former I Mother Earth singer Edwin, ex-Our Lady Peace guitarist Mike Turner, The Tea Party drummer Jeff Burrows and former Zygote bassist Amir Epstein. All of these respective groups notched up record sales in the millions, multiple Juno and MuchMusic Video Awards and became household names. “Awake” is, of course, a perfectly appropriate title for the pulsating debut single.
The disc was recorded at Toronto’s Pocket Studios and produced by Turner, and came together on what started their own respective bands – dreams and great songs. Their first national tour will showcase the powerful raw energy of what each member does best, transcending the sum of their parts - Edwin’s roof-shaking lung power, Burrow’s grooves, Turner and Epstein’s eye-popping and infectious’ playing with visceral power, all leading to what radio listeners already know – Crash Karma are one of the most exciting groups around.
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KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES ANNOUNCE COMEBACK TOUR
SOUL PSYCHEDELIC GARAGE BIG BAND TO LEAVE SOUTH IN A DANCE-HANGOVER COMA, BLOW MINDS AT COACHELLA
King Khan might rightfully be accused of attempting to earn the title of hardest working performer in show business. Following a year that saw the release of three albums and several tours of the US, Europe, and beyond with multiple musical outlets, Khan is bringing the celebrated psychedelic soul big band explosionKing Khan and The Shrines back to North America. The three week run of dates, which starts in Atlanta and culminates at Coachella on April 18th,, marks their first jaunt in the States since last year’s tour in support of the domestic release of the band’s classic What Is?! album on Vice Records.
Those who have seen the band know what to expect- and are most likely planning to attend. To the uninitiated: a sweat soaked stage being rocked into a psychedelic oblivion as a sonic pastiche of horns, drums, bass, guitar, and organ weave a gritty soul canvas for Khan to splatter with his infectious persona. Other acts at Coachella be cautioned: the rock messiah will be performing in your midst and he intends to take no prisoners.
SHAD ANNOUNCES TOUR AND NEW ALBUM FOR 2010
Forget the Olympics, in February 2010 Canada’s favourite emcee Shad is headed out on a tour of Southern Ontario including his hometown London.
Shad has been hard at work recording the follow up to his critically acclaimed album The Old Prince. The yet-to-be-titled, new album is due out mid-2010 on Black Box Recordings. Expect big things!
Fans at these February shows will be the first to hear some of Shad’s new songs. Joining Shad on stage will be special guests Grand Analog. Shad appeared on Grand Analog’s Metropolis is Burning which came out earlier this year.
February 17, 2010 – Kingston, The Ale House
February 18, 2010 - St. Catharines, L3 Nightclub
February 19, 2010 – London, Call The Office
February 20, 2010 – Kitchener, Wax
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MIXHELL ANNOUNCE LIVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
HEAVY TECHNO WITH HEAVY METAL DRUMMING MUST BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED
Mixhell is the husband and wife dance music duo of Iggor and Laima Cavalera. Iggor was the drummer of Sepultura - one the heaviest metal bands of all time that sold millions of albums and terrified your parents. Mixhell will be bringing their incredibly intense and unique set to clubs this fall, starting October 29 in Calgary and wrapping November 8 in Austin. Since forming in 2006 Mixhell have linked up with heavy hitters like Soulwax, Justice, MSTRKRFT, Diplo, James Murphy and Busy P and have sold out out clubs in South America and Europe. If the thought of seeing Iggor pound away on a drumset in the middle of the dancefloor while Laima drops beats from the DJ booth doesn’t seem electrifying you might want to check your pulse - because you’re probably dead. Tour dates and more info below.
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TOUR DATES:
Thu Oct 29 Calgary Hi-Fi
Fri Oct 30 Los Angeles Hard Halloween (with 2ManyDJs)
Sat Oct 31 San Francisco Poleng Lounge
Mon Nov 2 Chicago Debonair Social Club
Wed Nov 4 Toronto The Mod Club
Thu Nov 5 Quebec City Dagobert
Fri Nov 6 Montreal Belmont
Sat Nov 7 Miami White Room
Sun Nov 8 Austin Beauty Bar (Fun Fun Fun Fest)
AMANDA BLANK TO TOUR THE US IN SUPPORT OF HER SOLO DEBUT, I LOVE YOU
11 DATES OPENING FOR PEACHES
The cold nights of November demand a hot dancefloor and the solution is simple: Amanda Blank. Opening for Peaches at Terminal 5 in New York on November 14th and wrapping up at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on November 28th, Ms. Blank will be touring in support of her debut I Love You (Downtown Recordings) that has people crowding dancefloors from her native Philly to the snowy steppes of Switzerland. Her live show has been so electric that it’s prompted Santigold, the Yeah Yeah Yeahsand the indie-pop darlings Matt & Kim to bring her out on the road and these dates with Peaches promise more of the same. Expect an evening of dance floor burners and anthems for those who live by night. Tour dates and more information below.
Nov 14th TERMINAL 5 NEW YORK, NY
NOV 16TH PARADISE BOSTON, MA
NOV 17TH METROPOLIS MONTREAL, QU
NOV 18TH PHOENIX THEATRE TORONTO, ON
NOV 20TH METRO CHICAGO, IL
NOV 21ST TURNER HALL BALLROOM MILWAUKEE, WI
NOV 24TH SHOWBOX SODO SEATTLE, WA
NOV 25TH COMMODORE BALLROOM VANCOUVER, BC
NOV 26TH WONDER BALLROOM PORTLAND, OR
NOV 27TH THE REGENCY CENTER SAN FRANCISCO, CA
NOV 28TH WILTERN LOS ANGELES, CA
BILLY TALENT ANNOUNCE 2010 CANADIAN TOUR
Warner Music Canada recording artists Billy Talent has announced the launch of their 2010 Canadian tour in support of the platinum album Billy Talent III. The band will begin their 19-date tour on March 3, 2010 in Victoria at Save On Foods Memorial Centre. They will then head east, ending in the band’s hometown of Toronto, Ont. on March 28 where they return to play the Air Canada Centre.
The announcement of the Canadian tour comes on the heels of the group’s just completed headlining tour of clubs across the United States. Billy Talent III was released recently in the U.S. on Roadrunner Records and debuted as the #1 New Artist on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart.
On October 19, 2009 Billy Talent take the stage at The Academy in Leeds, England for the start of the band’s 24-date tour of Europe that takes them through to December 4 in Switzerland.
Opening for Billy Talent on their Canadian tour will be Alexisonfire and Against Me.
Mar 3 – Victoria / Save On Foods
Mar 5 – Penticton / South Okanagan Centre
Mar 6 – Kamloops / Interior Savings Centre
Mar 8 – Prince George / CN Centre
Mar 9 – Dawson Creek / Encana Events Centre
Mar 11 – Red Deer / Enmax Centrium
Mar 12 – Medicine Hat / M H Arena
Mar 13 –Lethbridge / Enmax Centre
Mar 15 – Edmonton / Rexall Place
Mar 16 – Calgary / Pengrowth Saddledome
Mar 18 – Regina / Brandt Centre
Mar 19 – Saskatoon / Credit Union Centre
Mar 20 – Winnipeg / MTS Centre
Mar 22 – Sault St. Marie / Essar Centre
Mar 23 – Sudbury / Sudbury Arena
Mar 24 – Montreal / Bell Centre
Mar 26 – Ottawa / Scotiabank Place
Mar 27 – London / John Labatt Centre
Mar 28 – Toronto / Air Canada Centre
DJ Baby Yu + DJ Stonnie (The Incredible DJ’s) Asia Tour w/ Fat Man Scoop
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JAY-Z’S THE BLUEPRINT 3 DEBUTS AT #1 IN CANADA
CANADIAN TOUR ANNOUNCED
Roc Nation recording artist Jay-Z has debuted in the #1 position in Canada on both the physical and digital sales charts with his latest album The Blueprint 3. A great feat considering the album was only eligible for three days on the weekly sales chart. This marks the first time in Jay-Z’s 11 album career that he tops the charts in Canada. In the U.S., all 11 albums have debuted at #1 and Jay-Z is now only behind the Beatles, having surpassed Elvis Presley, for the most #1 albums in history.
Released on Friday, September 11, The Blueprint 3 is the final installment in the Blueprint series which began in 2001. Production credits include Timbaland and Kanye West among others, as well as various superstar guests including Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Pharrell and Drake. The first single, “Run This Town,” is currently a Top 10 hit at Canadian radio and the video is in heavy rotation at MuchMusic.
To celebrate the release of The Blueprint 3, Jay-Z has announced an eight city Canadian tour beginning in Edmonton on October 13 and ending in Ottawa on November 1. For a full listing, please see below.
Jay-Z’s reputation speaks for itself. He has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide, has won seven Grammy Awards, has 18 Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hip Hop/R&B chart and more US #1 album debuts than any other artist in history. He is also the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear clothing and co-owns the NJ Nets and 40/40 Sports Clubs.
A-TRAK EMBARKS ON 20+ DATE 10,000LB HAMBURGER TOUR THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA THIS SUMMER
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