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Phish Halloween Festival Update: Definitely Not Ohio or Kansas

June 30, 2009
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On a whim I decided to check if Phish.com had any new reveals in the quest to get the to the final location state of the Phish Halloween Festival that I wrote about earlier today, and they’ve now updated the map to make it clear that the festival will not be held in Ohio or [...]

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iClips Announces The Couch Tour

June 30, 2009
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In case you missed our recent interview with the CEO from iClips, we’ve learned that the company is taking the lead in trying to get quality live concert webcasts to the masses. And even though AT&T Music just did the webcast from Bonnaroo, it looks like they’re not going to be the preferred webcast [...]

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The New Phish Album, Plus a Halloween Festival?!? AYFKM?

June 30, 2009
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Some of you may have noticed that there are some stories that don’t always get the immediate news treatment here on the site, which I’m working to rectify a bit by building a bit more of a news aggregator on the site that will collect the best and brightest stories that you guys need to [...]

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R.I.P. Michael Jackson, 1958-2009

June 26, 2009

Right before my band and I got loaded up for a gig in Berkeley, we got the sad news that Michael Jackson had died at UCLA Medical Center in California after being rushed there following cardiac arrest. We got through the gig without any major mention of the event, and the second I got [...]

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Highlights from Bonnaroo 2009 on Fuse TV Today

June 20, 2009
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I didn’t have time to get this posted yesterday but there are some highlights from Bonnaroo 2009 scheduled to air on FUSE TV tonight at 9pm EST. I’ll be following the Alpine shows but if the stream is down this will be a good alternative.
Don’t forget to tune-in to FUSE TV tomorrow night, Saturday, [...]

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Historic Georgia Theatre Destroyed by Fire

June 19, 2009
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Sad news in Athens, GA today as the historic Georgia Theatre was just damaged by a bad fire that broke out this morning around 7am. The damage was extensive, causing the roof to collapse and everything inside to be mostly destroyed.
From the venue’s website:
It is with immense emotion that we sadly report the Georgia [...]

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Big Light and Nathan Moore JamBase Webcast Today

June 4, 2009
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I’m psyched for the Big Light and Nathan Moore webcast coming up in an hour or so. Watch it live at jambase.com/live.
Big Light, along with very special guest Nathan Moore, will be doing a special live performance webcast this afternoon, Thursday June 4.
You can watch it online starting at 2pm PST / 5pm EST [...]

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New Release: “Soundstage Presents: Umphrey’s McGee – Live”

June 2, 2009
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I’m psyched to see another DVD release by Umphrey’s McGee, because I have the other live DVD’s they released and I rarely think of them as disappointing in the slightest. Their first live DVD, Live at Lake Coast, captures the band at their peak with original drummer Mike Mirro — who went onto to [...]

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Live Nation Announces “No Service Fee Wednesdays”

June 1, 2009
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Live Nation just announced today that starting this Wednesday, there will be no ticket service fees on any Live Nation amphitheater show purchased on a Wednesday this summer where they’re providing the ticketing (through their website, obviously). Good idea, you clever corporate giant, you!

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Phish Release “Time Turns Elastic” on iTunes

May 26, 2009
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I don’t know about you but I was totally surprised to wake up this morning and find out that Phish had released a new studio track to iTunes called “Time Turns Elastic,” the first release from the sessions with Steve Lillywhite. I immediately purchased it and listened to it just once, and I generally [...]

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Fuse.tv to Broadcast Dave Matthews Band Live From Beacon Theatre

May 13, 2009
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I haven’t really been following too much of the latest news on Dave Matthews Band besides the fact that he’s continuing on with Jeff Coffin now as a full-time member replacing Leroi Moore after his unfortunate passing. I didn’t catch that they were going to be playing a few smaller venues on the tour, [...]

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The Dead Release The Dead Tour 2009 All Access iPhone / iPod Touch App

May 12, 2009
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The Dead has always been known for being at the forefront of music distribution technology, and they just showed off what they’ve been cooking up for their 2009 tour with the release of an iPhone / iPod Touch App called simply The Dead on the App Store.
From JamBase:
The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill [...]

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I Heart NYC: Celebrate Brooklyn! 2009 Concerts at Prospect Park

May 5, 2009
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I recently finalized plans to make a big move up to New York City later on in 2009 and I couldn’t be more excited. I have a ton of reasons to be stoked, of course, but for music blogging purposes, this means I will suddenly have a huge set of options for great live music [...]

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Animal Collective: 2009 Tour Dates, Live In Concert from All Songs Considered

May 5, 2009
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Happy Cinco De Mayo, dudes! I’m just hanging out in my living room, writing some blog posts and jamming to an Animal Collective live show on my stereo system. Just as this exact version “Brother Sport” started, I get an email from NPR Music announcing that their next live webcast on Monday, May [...]

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Lollapalooza 2009 Lineup Announced

April 21, 2009

And there we have it, folks. The lineup for Lollapalooza 2009 is out:
* Depeche Mode
* Tool
* The Killers
* Jane’s Addiction
* Beastie Boys
* Kings of Leon
* Lou [...]

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Green Apple Music Festival: The Flaming Lips to Headline The National Mall on Earth Day

April 18, 2009

I almost forgot that this weekend was the annual Green Apple Music Festival across ten cities to celebrate Earth Day and raise money for environmental action. The lineup in D.C. looks the best to me, with The Flaming Lips, moe. and Los Lobos all set to appear tomorrow on The National Mall.
The Flaming Lips, [...]

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