| Rocking with Reno By Justin Lee Amidon Former Attorney General Janet Reno wants to rock you like a hurricane. Reno has put together a 50 song compilation entitled Song of America. The album claims to retrace the history of the United States from 1492 up to today, told through the sounds of folk and pop music. Reno allegedly started work on the compilation two years ago when she started selecting musicians such as John Melloncamp, Andrew Bird, and The Black Crows. Also featured on the compilation is John Wesley Harding and Old Crow Medicine Show. Song of America is set to be released on September 18th on Thirty Tigers records. |
Chalking It Up
By Justin Lee Amidon
Don’t count her out yet, PJ Harvey is set to
release a new record this fall entitled White
Chalk, which will be her sixth studio effort
and her first in three years since 2004’s Uh
Huh Her. White Chalk is set be released
internationally September 24th through Island
Records. There is no word yet on an
American release date. According to Harvey’s
Myspace page the songs on White Chalk were
written on piano as opposed to guitar, which
is Harvey’s usual instrument or choice.
Harvey is set to play the Manchester
International Festival on July 7th in
Manchester England where she is anticipated
to play her new material.
By Justin Lee Amidon
Don’t count her out yet, PJ Harvey is set to
release a new record this fall entitled White
Chalk, which will be her sixth studio effort
and her first in three years since 2004’s Uh
Huh Her. White Chalk is set be released
internationally September 24th through Island
Records. There is no word yet on an
American release date. According to Harvey’s
Myspace page the songs on White Chalk were
written on piano as opposed to guitar, which
is Harvey’s usual instrument or choice.
Harvey is set to play the Manchester
International Festival on July 7th in
Manchester England where she is anticipated
to play her new material.
Spice Girls Reunion tour, WTF?
By Justin Lee Amidon
That’s right you read the headline
correctly, Spice Girls Reunion tour.
I know that this may not to be of
any great interest to Nyght Scene
Readers but, you have to admit it has
you scratching your head.
On June 28th The Spice Girls announced that they are
reuniting and touring once again, bringing “girl power”
back to the masses. All five original members will tour for
11 shows in 8 countries. The tour will start on December
8th in Los Angeles , Ca.
This will be the first time that all five original members
will sing together since 1998, when Geri “Ginger Spice”
Halliwell left the band to pursue a solo career. The tour
dates include, New York, Las Vegas, London, Cologne,
Madrid, Beijing, HongKong, Sydney, Cape Town and
Buenos Aries. The reunion tour is in support of their
greatest hits compilation due out in November
By Justin Lee Amidon
That’s right you read the headline
correctly, Spice Girls Reunion tour.
I know that this may not to be of
any great interest to Nyght Scene
Readers but, you have to admit it has
you scratching your head.
On June 28th The Spice Girls announced that they are
reuniting and touring once again, bringing “girl power”
back to the masses. All five original members will tour for
11 shows in 8 countries. The tour will start on December
8th in Los Angeles , Ca.
This will be the first time that all five original members
will sing together since 1998, when Geri “Ginger Spice”
Halliwell left the band to pursue a solo career. The tour
dates include, New York, Las Vegas, London, Cologne,
Madrid, Beijing, HongKong, Sydney, Cape Town and
Buenos Aries. The reunion tour is in support of their
greatest hits compilation due out in November
| Tampa has The Cure By Justin Lee Amidon The Cure will tour North America this fall In support of their forthcoming album (which is yet to be titled) due out this fall. The first date of the tour is September 13th in Tampa , Fl at The St. Pete Times Forum. The Cure will continue the tour for a month, with the final date on October 17th at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX. |
| Silverchair Announces US Tour By Justin Lee Amidon Silverchair became a ghost over night. Absent and non existent in the music scene since 1999, on June 18th the Australian modern rock trio announced their summer US tour in support of their comeback record Young Modem, due out July 24th. Silverchair will begin their tour in San Diego , Ca on July 13 with the final date on August 5 in Minneapolis , MN . Silverchair is also set to perform on the main stage at the Lollapalooza in Chicago , IL on August 4th. |
