Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder made a surprise guest appearance with a New York City blues band featuring his friend, photographer Danny Clinch. He performed “All Along the Watchtower” at the Tribeca Grill with the Tangiers Blues Band. Let’s go to the video:
Watch The Heartbreakers Play Together For The First Time Since Tom Petty’s Death
Over the weekend, three members of the Heartbreakers reunited on stage for the first time since Tom Petty’s death in 2017. Guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench and drummer Steve Ferrone took part in Stephen Stills’ fifth annual Light Up the Blues charity event for Autism Speaks. The Heartbreakers played alongside Stills and Patti Smith before taking part in the night’s finale.
Janelle Monáe Announces Long Awaited Return To The Road With ‘Dirty Computer Tour’
GRAMMY®-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and activist Janelle Monáe has announced her return to touring with her upcoming North American Dirty Computer Tour. Fellow Wondaland artists Alexe Belle and Isis Valentino, known together as the soulful duo St. Beauty, will join the tour as a special guest. Monáe made a big splash with the recent announcement of her upcoming Dirty Computer album, releasing buzzworthy visuals for hot singles “Make Me Feel,” “Django Jane” and “PYNK,” giving fans an exciting peek in to the creative vision for her new music. The 27-city tour produced by Live Nation will kick off June 11 in Seattle, WA and make stops across famous amphitheaters and theaters in Los Angeles, Detroit, Nashville, New York, Atlanta, Miami and more before wrapping August 4 in Atlanta, GA. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Wednesday, May 2 at LiveNation.com.
As an extension of theirtwo year partnership, Monáe and Belvedere Vodka will co-create signature experiences along the tour, including music-inspired cocktails and VIP activations at major tour stops.
Monáe also released a brand new music video today for her previously released single “I Like That.”
Her highly-anticipated third album Dirty Computer will be released this Friday, April 27th and is available for pre-order now. Every online U.S. ticket purchased for Janelle Monáe’s 2018 tour includes a standard digital copy of her new album, Dirty Computer. Instructions on how to redeem a copy will be sent to ticket purchasers via email on release day, April 27th 2018. Notable outlets such as NPR, Billboard, and W Magazine, among others, have praised Monae’s cinematic range and vision on this album. The trailer is streaming now via YouTube and Monáe’s official website. Release date for the accompanying narrative film to be announced soon.
2016 saw Monáe embark on her film acting career with stellar performances in two milestone films, Hidden Figures and Moonlight; both films received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, with the latter winning the award at the 89th Academy Awards.
JANELLE MONÁE WITH SPECIAL GUEST ST. BEAUTY ‘DIRTY COMPUTER TOUR’ DATES:
| DATE | CITY | VENUE | |
| Mon Jun 11 | Seattle, WA | King County’s Marymoor Park | |
| Tue Jun 12 | Vancouver, BC | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | |
| Wed Jun 13 | Portland, OR | McMenamins Edgefield Amphitheater | |
| Sat Jun 16 | San Francisco, CA | The Masonic | |
| Wed Jun 20 | San Diego, CA | Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU | |
| Tue Jun 26 | Phoenix, AZ | Comerica Theater | |
| Thu Jun 28 | Los Angeles, CA | The Greek Theatre | |
| Sat Jun 30 | Salt Lake City, UT | The Complex | |
| Sun Jul 01 | Denver, CO | The Paramount Theatre | |
| Tue Jul 03 | Minneapolis, MN | State Theatre | |
| Thu Jul 05 | Chicago, IL | The Chicago Theatre | |
| Fri July 06 | Milwaukee, WI* | Summerfest* | |
| Sat Jul 07 | Grand Rapids, MI | 20 Monroe Live | |
| Mon Jul 09 | Detroit, MI | Fox Theatre Detroit | |
| Tue Jul 10 | Cincinnati, OH | Taft Theatre | |
| Wed Jul 11 | St. Louis, MO | The Pageant | |
| Fri Jul 13 | Nashville, TN+ | Ryman Auditorium+ | |
| Sat Jul 14 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre at Old National Centre | |
| Mon Jul 16 | Toronto, ON | Rebel | |
| Wed Jul 18 | New York, NY | Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden | |
| Fri Jul 20 | Washington, DC* | The Anthem* | |
| Sat Jul 21 | Boston, MA | Blue Hills Bank Pavilion | |
| Mon Jul 23 | Raleigh, NC | The Ritz | |
| Tue Jul 24 | Charlotte, NC | The Fillmore Charlotte | |
| Thu Jul 26 | Tampa, FL | Jannus Live | |
| Fri Jul 27 | Miami, FL | The Fillmore Miami at Jackie Gleason Theater | |
| Sat Jul 28 | Orlando, FL | House of Blues Orlando | |
| Sat Aug 04 | Atlanta, GA | Tabernacle | |
Simple Minds Announce North American Tour
Simple Minds have announced a North American Tour for the Fall, 2018 including dates in Toronto, D.C, New York, Chicago, Nashville and Los Angeles. It’s been five years since they’ve toured this side of the world, so the anticipation is high.
Simple Minds career has seen them responsible for some of the most innovative and enduring anthems in rock music.
The North American Tour goes on sale to the public at 10am local on Friday, April 27th.
VIP Packages, including a meet & greet with Simple Minds, an invitation to the pre-show soundcheck and Q&A session, a signed poster and more, will be available beginning April 25th.
‘Walk Between Worlds’, their eighteenth studio album has received rave reviews around the world.
The album was produced by Simple Minds with Andy Wright and Gavin Goldberg, both of whom worked on Big Music. It is an album of two distinct sides, very much the old-school album format that singer Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill grew up with as music fans. In addition to classic Simple Minds’ anthems and revisiting their new wave roots, the album also explores more cinematic sounds, with the title track and ‘Barrowland Star’ both featuring dramatic orchestrations recorded at Abbey Road.
Date: Venue: City:
24-Sep Sands Casino Bethlehem, PA
26-Sep Count Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
28-Sep M Telus Montreal, QC
29-Sep Budweiser Gardens London, ON
30-Sep Sony Centre Toronto, ON
02-Oct Beacon Theatre New York, NY
03-Oct Orpheum Theatre Boston, MA
05-Oct Tower Theater Upper Darby, PA
06-Oct 930 Club Washington, DC
08-Oct Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
09-Oct Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
11-Oct Hard Rock Cleveland, OH
13-Oct Pabst Theater Milwaukee, WI
14-Oct Fillmore Detroit, MI
15-Oct Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
18-Oct Paramount Theatre Denver, CO
20-Oct Grand Sierra Reno, NV
21-Oct Pearl Theater Las Vegas, NV
22-Oct Humphrey’s Concerts San Diego, CA
24-Oct Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, CA
25-Oct Masonic Auditorium San Francisco, CA
27-Oct Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
28-Oct Moore Theatre Seattle, WA
29-Oct Orpheum Vancouver, BC
Photo Gallery: Killer Dwarfs at Niagara Falls’ Seneca Queen Theatre
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Photo Gallery: The Wild! with The Lazy’s and Crownlands at Toronto’s Lee’s Palace
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The World’s Most Intense Sax Player…Ever
Some people can play the sax. Leo P. from the New York busker group called Too Many Zooz is not like some people. He’s worth the price of the ticket alone!
“How To Talk To Girls At Parties” Gets Punk-Filled Soundtrack
Sony Music Masterworks has announced the release of How To Talk To Girls At Parties (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), the musical companion to the hugely anticipated new film from award-winning writer-director, John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), based on the short story by Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Norse Mythology). The album arrives at all music retailers and streaming services on Friday, May 11. Out today ahead of the full soundtrack release is the single track, “Between the Breaths” from beloved indie-darlings, Mitski and Xiu Xiu. The A24 release of a See-Saw Films/Little Punk production, How to Talk to Girls at Parties opens in theaters across the U.S on May 25. StudioCanal UK releases the film across the UK on May 11.
Hailed by VICE as “a bittersweet intersectional love story between a rebellious alien and an out-of-his-depth insecure schoolboy fanzine writer,” How to Talk to Girls at Parties is an electrifying and singular punk rock extravaganza set in the kinetic world of 1977 London. How To Talk to Girls at Parties (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) includes new music and songs composed expressly for the film by such strikingly unique artists as Nico Muhly, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), and Matmos. In addition, the album features original songs performed by the film’s fictional punk band, The Dyschords, written by Bryan Weller and vocalist Martin Tomlinson (Selfish C***), alongside additional new music from the film performed by writer-director John Cameron Mitchell, cabaret legend Amber Martin, and How To Talk To Girls At Parties stars Elle Fanning and Alex Sharp. In addition, the soundtrack also gathers landmark tracks from such iconic artists as The Velvet Underground, The Damned, A.C. Newman, Ezra Furmanand, and the Prolific Urdoos (a.k.a. DIY punk hero Bruno Wizard of The Homosexuals).
Adapted by Philippa Goslett and John Cameron Mitchell from the classic short story of the same name by Neil Gaiman, How to Talk to Girls at Parties was heralded earlier this month by an equally vibrant new trailer. Media outlets including NYLON and i-D raved, with the latter declaring that How to Talk to Girls at Parties “looks freakishly good.” “As he did with his film Hedwig and the Angry Inch, (John Cameron Mitchell has) created something that’s as much about a music scene and what it means to its fandom as it is about the characters or the story,” wrote The Verge. “It also looks like a visually bonkers wild ride.”
TRACKLIST
1. New Rose – The Damned
2. Planned Adolescence – The Dyschords
3. Angry Universe – A.C. Newman
4. Communion – The Dyschords
5. Extraction – Dyslexic Cnuts
6. Fuck All – The Dyschords
7. Going Straight – Xiu Xiu
8. Single – The Dyschords
9. Climb Over Me – The Dyschords
10. Rainy Life – Ezra Furman
11. Bermuda – Amber Martin
12. I Found A Reason (2015 Remastered) – The Velvet Underground
13. Nursery Chymes – Prolific Urdoos
14. Nobody’s Baby – Martin Tomlinson / Bryan Weller
15. Requiem – Nico Muhly
16. The Body Celestial – Matmos
17. Flecken – Matmos
18. Eat Me Alive – Xiu Xiu
19. Between the Breaths – Xiu Xiu / Mitski
Kellogg’s Chocolate Frosted Flakes Drops First-Ever Record Made Of Cereal
Chocolate lovers will be singing a new tune when Kellogg’s Chocolate Frosted Flakes hits bowls and playlists today with the first record to ever be made out of actual cereal – so that when you are done listening to new release “Hello” from Simon Cowell-backed boy band PRETTYMUCH, you can enjoy the sweet taste of Chocolate Frosted Flakes.
The delicious, vinyl-inspired record features a core of Chocolate Frosted Flakes, topped with layers of milk and dark chocolate. Pressed in a 3D-printed mold to create playable grooves, the limited-edition record features a silhouette of Tony the Tiger, to showcase the crunchy, chocolatey Chocolate Frosted Flakes.
Sweetening the record beyond its cereal recipe is the song it features, the new release “Hello” by PRETTYMUCH, an iHeartRadio 2018 Best Boy Band nominee. For the full Chocolate Frosted Flakes experience, fans view an exclusive “Hello” music video featuring Tony the Tiger on PRETTYMUCH’s YouTube channel, and take the dance party on the go by downloading the song on iTunes.
Select fans who registered with PRETTYMUCH in advance will be the first to receive the record today and have the chance to meet the band in person at Kellogg’s NYC café. Starting tomorrow, all fans can pick up the Chocolate Frosted Flakes record for free at the café, while supplies last. A limited number of the collector’s item will also be available in Chicago on April 21 at Reckless Records’ Wicker Park location, in honor of Record Store Day.
Unlike other chocolate cereals, Chocolate Frosted Flakes’ flavor is just that – frosted – onto the corn flake base, providing a distinctly chocolatey taste while maintaining a satisfying crunch. Kellogg’s worked directly with fans to test how different cocoas interact with balancing notes on the cereal flake and in the milk left at the bottom of the bowl.
Chocolate Frosted Flakes is available at all major retailers and grocery stores where breakfast foods are sold with a suggested retail price between $4.69 and $5.79.
Photo Gallery: Sons Of Apollo and Felix Martin at Toronto’s Opera House
All photos by Mini’s Memories. You can contact her at minismemories@hotmail.com
