Rumors Archives
Apr 4, 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 | Headliners Confirmed
Looks like those previous Lolla 2008 rumors will prove to be correct. Once again, our fav Chicago Sun-Times insider -- Jim DeRogatis -- has been working his "industry sources." He's now confirming that the headliners for Lollapalooza 2008 will......
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Mar 12, 2008
Lollapalooza 2008 | Wilco and Rage to Fill Out Lineup?
Looks like we've got more lineup rumors for Lollapalooza 2008. This time Mr. DeRogatis is alluding to the possibility of Wilco and Rage Against the Machine as additional headliners for the Chicago festival. Those are 'additional' headliners tacked onto......
Mar 8, 2008
Radiohead, NIN to Headline Lollapalooza 2008
Radiohead and NIN are going to be headlining Lollapalooza 2008. We had a good idea that this was going to happen already, and while it's not an official announcement yet, anything that comes off of Greg Kot's keyboard is usually......
Feb 7, 2007
The Police to Play Wrigley Field July 5-6, 2007
It's coming on pretty good authority that The Police have bigger and grander plans than simply reuniting for the Grammys and playing Fenway Park... The Police are scheduling two dates (July 5-6, 2007) at Wrigley Field here in Chicago in......
Feb 6, 2007
Rumor: The Police to Play Fenway Park on 7/28-29
For anyone like that is a huge fan of The Police, I've got an incredible rumor to share with you... The Police are planning a reunion tour and it looks like they may be coming to Boston this summer. Sting,......
Jan 30, 2007
My Favorite Bonnaroo 2007 Lineup Rumor So Far
As ridiculous as they may be from time to time, I still look forward to each year's wild and rampant music festival rumors. Here's my favorite Bonnaroo rumor so far... Ok, I just talked to Mr. Bonnaroo, president of Superfly......
Jan 13, 2007
SXSW 2007 | Lineup Rumors
Thanks to brooklynvegan for the link -- it appears that Austinist did a fantastic job of rounding up the SXSW lineup confirmations and/or rumors already set for the 2007 SXSW Music Festival. This is always such a huge event and......
Jan 5, 2007
The Police to Reunite in 2007
There's a lot of posts going 'round the internet right now about a possible 2007 reunion of one of my favorite bands ever -- The Police. When I was in high school, I was quite the aspiring, young, self-taught drummer.......
Dec 21, 2006
Bonnaroo 2007 | Lineup Rumors
There are a few music festivals that stir up the rumor mill pretty hard each year, and Bonnaroo is definitely part of that group... We haven't been down to Bonnaroo since my '04 Sun Poisoning Debacle, but that still doesn't......
Nov 11, 2006
Rumor: Umphrey's to Join moe. in Chicago
moe. is celebrating Thanksgiving by coming to Chicago for a two-night stand at the Chicago Theatre (11/24-25) and we have it on some good authority that the guys from Umphrey's McGee are going to be sitting in on at......
Oct 16, 2006
2007 Jammys | Let the Rumors Begin...
Rumor time: It appears that the 2007 Jammys have been booked for Friday, April 13, 2007 at the Knitting Factory in New York City. Or maybe...is this just an early placeholder for the beginning of the Green Apple Music Festival......
Sep 19, 2006
Jeff Tweedy to Sit In with Golden Smog Tonight
"Rumor has it that Jeff Tweedy will be making a special appearance with Golden Smog at The Vic Theatre in Chicago tomorrow (Tues Sept 19th.) It will be Tweedy's first apperance on the tour." [Filter] If anyone's going, stop by......
Jul 20, 2006
Rumor: Umphrey's McGee to play Riverview Music Festival
Umphrey's McGee will be one of the headliners at the Riverview Music Festival. This will be announced and confirmed on August 5 by the festival folks themselves. You heard it here first.......
Jun 30, 2006
Sufjan Stevens Added to Lollapalooza 2006
Update: WRONG! Q101 took this down and admitted a mistake. Sufjan Stevens is the "special guest" at Lollapalooza 2006 (playing opposite the Raconteurs). Man -- that'll be a hard decision for me, actually... Confirmed on Q101.com. Not confirmed on Lollapalooza.com......
Jun 29, 2006
Big Black Reuniting | Touch & Go 25th Anniversary Party
Word on the street (from a friend of a friend that plays poker with the guy) is that the original lineup of Big Black, one of Chicago's most influential indie rock bands, will be reuniting and playing at the Touch......
Jun 26, 2006
Sigur Rós 2006 Tour Dates | Leaked, Rumors
Sigur Rós is planning a decent-sized tour this fall and so far nothing's official yet. I caught these on Pitchfork the other day and now they're nowhere to be found...anyone happen to grab the whole list? Here's the one date......
Jun 20, 2006
Oysterhead Wants to Tour in 2006 | Hell yes!
Following Oysterhead's excellent set at Bonnaroo 2006, let's revisit an article on Billboard.com from a while back with Stewart Copeland hinting at an upcoming tour... "The plan was always to be an intermittent band and come down from the mountain......
Apr 13, 2006
Bonnaroo 2006 Lineup Additions
Thanks to Michael for this nice tip... There appears to be a couple artists that are listing Bonnaroo 2006 as one of their upcoming tour dates, and I hadn't heard of either one of them. Shows what I know... "One......
Mar 6, 2006
Trey and Mike to Join Benevento Russo Duo
Some extremely interesting post-Phish rumors floating around right now... Mike and Trey will be recording with The Duo, all four of whom will go on the road together. It is not known for certain at this point whether they will......
Feb 25, 2006
2006 Jammys Lineup Rumors
On the initial Jammys 2006 announcement, one of my favorite bands was listed as a performer at the show: The Secret Machines. However, while they're not on the announcement anymore, I have them pegged as still performing at the awards......
Feb 17, 2006
Coldplay Breakin' Up?
Not that I'm putting unbelievable weight on the following rumor, but it was something that I was considering buying tickets for and now I'm really torn on what to do... Chris Martin must have misspoke or something at the Brit......
Feb 16, 2006
Guster, Toots Added to Green Apple Music Festival
While old news to some, I just now got around to officially looking... Guster has added themselves to the Green Apple Music & Arts Festival in New York City. Apparently, they're hitting the Hiro Ballroom on Friday, April 21, 2006.......
Feb 10, 2006
Bonnaroo 2006 Lineup Rumors: Oysterhead!
Just so everyone knows, Oysterhead is rumored to be getting back together to play Bonnaroo 2006. Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and Stewart Copeland. Oysterhead. Yes. I'm serious. Download Oysterhead 11/17/01 (Asheville, NC) at nugs.net. More on this when we get......
Feb 9, 2006
Thursday Links
Headline of the week: Love Puts 'Gnarly' Drug Problem Behind Her Note to self: start using gnarly as an adjective on the blog (I always use it verbally)... On the star-studded tribute to James Taylor... Taylor's brother, Livingston, sang backup......
Feb 3, 2006
Green Apple Music Festival Lineup Rumors
If you were browsing around some of the popular jamband message boards yesterday, you might have seen something similar to the fake Coachella lineups that were floating around the past month or so: a fake Green Apple Music Festival lineup,......
Feb 1, 2006
Lollapalooza 2006 Lineup Rumors
Update: the lineup has been announced. It looks like this is going to be the summer of Smashing Pumpkin reuinion rumors, so I can't wait to see which one actually gets confirmed first. First Coachella, and now yet again, the......
Jan 30, 2006
Lollapalooza 2006 Early Info
Update (2/13/06): Some info updates here... Lollapalooza 2006 was all but confirmed immediately after last year's festival; the entire weekend was a success (even with the sound and heat problems) and the city of Chicago was immediately okay to okay......
Jan 28, 2006
Chicago Music Festival Update
At first, I was under the impression that the people behind last year's Intonation Music Festival were going to be putting on the same festival in the same spot and changing the name to the Pitchfork Music Festival. I guess......
Weekend Links
Low and Okkervil River are headlining the Wall of Sound 2006 Music Festival, April 8-9, 2006, Ridglea Theater, Fort Worth, TX. For more info on the festival, check out their MySpace page. The Wood Brothers are going to be streamed......
Jan 20, 2006
Smashing Pumpkins to Reunite and Headline Coachella
Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced and the Smashing Pumpkins are not on it. Go here. Although some say it's confirmed and some say it's not... Smashing Pumpkins will be reuniting and headlining Coachella 2006. What a friggin'......
Jan 19, 2006
Green Apple Music Festival Info
Maybe my Relix friends can shed some light on the subject, but otherwise, let's see what everyone else knows... The first annual Green Apple Music Festival was announced ages ago, but all were given is the following: Green Apple Music......
Jan 17, 2006
Sasquatch 2006 Lineup Rumors
Update (2/21/06): The lineup has been posted and it looks fantastic. Sufjan Stevens, Wolfmother, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, the Flaming Lips, and plenty more... Call my an idiot or anything else, but I don't remember even hearing......
Jan 13, 2006
Heady Links
It's Friday the 13th....ooooooooooooohhhhhh! If my writing doesn't scare you enough, please enjoy some links I've found and have yourself a nice little weekend! I've got to run out for a tick, I'll be back in an hour or so,......
Bonnaroo Headliners Rumor Confirmed (Kinda)
Update (2/1/06): Bonnaroo 2006 Lineup Announced! From Productshop NYC... The three headliners of Bonnaroo are Radiohead, Tom Petty, and Beck!!! Wow, Bonnaroo 2006 is going to be an interesting year with excellent choices as headliners; I can only imagine what......
Coachella 2006 Lineup Update -- Still Just Rumors
Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced. Go here. 2006 has just begun and we're all starting to get excited to see what the upcoming year has in store for us in terms of music festivals. Last year was......
Jan 11, 2006
More Bonnaroo 2006 Lineup Rumors
Update (2/1/06): Bonnaroo 2006 Lineup Announced! If you could see my stat logs right now, you'd see that most everyone in the country is anxiously awaiting the lineup announcement for Bonnaroo 2006. Hell, I've been looking a lot of places......
Jan 9, 2006
Radiohead to Play Chicago June 19-20
The rumors of Radiohead trying to get a headlining spot at Bonnaroo might be damn true if the following is correct. Anything coming out of Jim DeRogatis' mouth is something that should be widely substantiated, but I'm still calling it......
Jan 8, 2006
Kraftwerk Intelligently Design Evolution
We're definitely giving credit where credit is due right now, as this dude has one of the most exciting scoops of the year for any fan of electronic music. Kraftwerk will be releasing an album later this year called......
Phish "Live in Brooklyn" DVD -- Where Is It?
A while back, we posted some grumblings that we were seeing regarding a pending and/or upcoming Phish DVD release tentatively titled, Live in Brooklyn. First, they were thinking October 25. Then, I saw December 6 which quickly turned into November......
Dec 31, 2005
Bonnaroo 2006 Early Lineup Rumors
Looking for 2007 lineup rumors? Update (2/1/06): Bonnaroo 2006 Lineup Announced! Coming straight from our own comments, there's a couple very exciting acts that are rumored as part of the 2006 Bonnaroo lineup. I, for one, cannot wait to see......
Dec 23, 2005
Heady Links
Go back a day or two in case you missed it--The Chronic-WHAT-culls of Narnia rap is enough to keep me laughing days after the first time I saw it. I'm actually laughing about the fact that I'm still laughing--ain't that......
Wakarusa Lineup Rumors
I'm about 100% that these are locked and loaded confirmed for the Wakarusa Music Festival lineup, but you still need to mind the disclaimer below. Note: these are rumors at this point; I will update once confirmed. Wakarsua Music Festival......
Dec 15, 2005
Insanity in the form of Coachella Rumors
Update 1/31/06: The official lineup has been announced. Go here. Well, as if the initial rumors weren't enough to spark some serious interest (and some serious pessemism), check this dinosaur egg out. The current stock of rumored bands for Coachella......
Dec 14, 2005
Heady Links
I'm not working today as I'm battening down the hatches as Chicago prepares for another snowstorm. Dude, it's December and we've already experienced one of the coldest winters to-date. Now we're setting records for snowfall in December, not to mention......
Dec 13, 2005
Coachella Lineup Rumors
Coachella 2006 Has Been Announced! April 29-30, 2006, Indio, CA Following the announcement, there are a few grumblings coming out about the rumored lineup. Depeche Mode already slipped up and announced their headlining spot on the radio, and the rest......
Dec 9, 2005
Rick Moranis is Heady
Rick Moranis (Parenthood, Ghostbusters) has released his first ever CD entitled The Agoraphobic Cowboy, and the songs are very country and very kitschy. Truth is, the two songs I've listened to so far (the only two choices on the......
Dec 4, 2005
Heady Links
Bob Weir gave a radio interview the other day that David Gans transcribed (albeit roughly in his own words), and it has some serious talking points that I'm sure are going to outrage the community yet again. Read more here.......
Dec 3, 2005
Heady Links
Trey Anastasio is rumored to have signed on already for the Green Apple Music Festival coming up this spring in New York City. [Phantasy Phish] Download Spoon's set from Vegoose. (finally) Umphrey's McGee is planning on booking some dates in......
Nov 28, 2005
Heady Links
now playing: Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche Trey chats with AIM. Other artists take note--Is this something that you'd want documented, or is this something that your record label pushed on you? [via SL] Phantasy Bisco is rumoring that the......
Nov 7, 2005
The Duo and Mike in Florida for NYE
Well, I'm not exactly sure whether to call this one a rumor or not. It's on the boards; that usually means that it's true, right? Obviously I do some selective editing when determining what to regurgitate here. It shouldn't be......
Nov 5, 2005
Trey Confirms Doesn't Deny Phish Reunion in Many Years
So, it's hilarious that for as many times Trey said "This is it..." or "We're done" with regards to the Phish breakup, he goes right back and lets himself say "Well, I might eat my words years from now..." From......
Nov 4, 2005
New Trey NYE Rumor: This One's Got Dave & Bruce
Now when the rumor comes to your town, It grows and grows, where it started no one knows. Screw the Theatre @ MSG, folks...there's a brand new rumor circulating the boards that puts Trey and his best buddy in the......
Nov 2, 2005
Phish at MSG DVD?
Updated: Rumor confirmed FALSE. Strike the DVD part, it's just the 3-disc CD set. Well, as previously reported, Phish will be releasing a three-disc set of their 1995 NYE concert at Madison Square Garden. However, some crazy Canadian is reporting......
Nov 1, 2005
Rumor: Trey to Play the Theatre @ MSG on NYE
It's not official yet, and it comes from the place where people think Page has Parkinson's, but there's rumor going around that the Trey Anastasio Affirmative Action Funtime Band, aka 70 Volt Parade, will be playing at The Theatre @......
Oct 30, 2005
Vegoose for Us That Didn't Go #2
It's early Sunday morning and it's looking as though the reports coming through are still few and far between. I guess I don't know what I should be expecting--something crazier, I guess. This article highlights the crowd (not the music)......
Oct 23, 2005
Ryan Adams Pulls Out of Vegoose
From Muzzle of Bees...According to rumors, Ryan Adams will not be playing with Phil Lesh and Friends at the upcoming Vegoose music festival. Luckily, Joan Osbourne will act as the special guest.......