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brooklynvegan was the first to report that the rumored
Metallica festival set for Atlantic City is indeed true. The band just announced the
Orion Music and More Festival in Atlantic City on June 23rd-24th, which will feature unique sets from the band and a full runthrough of
The Black Album. This is the first of the announcements coming out of
these four festival confirmations that were reported recently.
The lineup (so far):
Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Cage The Elephant, Fucked Up, Best Coast, Hot Snakes, Titus Andronicus , Gary Clark Jr., Lucero , Roky Erickson, The Black Angels, The Sword, A Place to Bury Strangers, Liturgy.
Many more TBA. Tickets are discounted if you’re a member of the band’s fan club and they’ll go on sale there first; head over to the festival website for more info as it becomes available or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
Like New Year’s Eve, Halloween is another holiday that a lot of bands choose to celebrate in style. There’s just something about mixing the live concert experience with all the fun and choas of Halloween that really brings out the freaks. While most bands typically play into the Halloween vibe in some way, touring bands often approach Halloween as an opportunity to really create a unique live music event. Just as we did with our New Year’s Eve concert round-up, we’ve compiled a list of Halloween concerts that will be going on this weekend (see below for the long list).
We have also noticed a few bands that are taking a similar approach to Halloween as Phish by doing some sort of “musical costume” and either covering another band’s music or playing a full show of thematic covers. Here are a few of the more interesting “musical costumes” we’ve seen announced this year:
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Here’s some links to help you get through your work day:
- Watch “Side With the Seeds” from the new Wilco live DVD, Ashes of American Flags. [EW.com]
- Jack White and his new band, The Dead Weather, are getting out and playing their first show next week in NYC. I can’t wait to see what kind of stuff he’s got on drums. [PRODUCT SHOP NYC]
- Dr. Dog does “The Old Days” on a hacked together stage setup at Laundromatinee. Very cool. [YouTube]
- Metallica went all double-bass on everyone’s ass at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “Master of Puppets” killed it. [YouTube]
- Green Day played a last-minute show here in San Francisco on Tuesday night, and Stereogum got a clip from the show even with Billy Joe telling everyone to put their cell phones away. LULZ. [Stereogum]
Finally, I thought I’d round up a selection of Phish-related links separately considering that there’s going to be a huge focus on this band in the coming months. We’ll probably have tons more to share, especially when we start heading out on the road ourselves.
- Cactus confirms that Phish is recording a new album via Twitter. I love the future. [Twitter / Mike Gordon]
- Check out this collection of desktop wallpapers from the Phish Hampton run. [Jamtopia]
- An investigation into the sausage-fest that are Phish concerts… [Jamtopia]
- PhishTwit: Follow Phish on Twitter [Jamtopia]
- An interview with Phish lighting director, Chris Kuroda [YouTube]
Many bands seem to be announcing fall tours right now. Rock and Roll Daily ran with the news that Metallica had announced their Fall 2008-Winter 2009 tour dates supporting their upcoming release of Death Magnetic. I wonder if their Bonnaroo appearance this year will have any affect on their tour audience, but I also highly doubt that it did anything but bring a new element to Bonnaroo that may not have otherwise been there already. Metallica has always been their own kinda monster — didn’t they make a movie about that already? — so expect this tour to be a monster of its own.
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