In addition to the recent loss of ex-vocalist Chris Irons, Kaity Jaber, Anthony Hurrel, and Joel Frederick have left Long Shot Hero. The band will continue on, although they will now perform under the name Cutthroat Academy.
Part of the line-up for the sixth annual Siren Music Festival has been announced. It will be on July 15th at Coney Island in NY and more acts will be announced soon. Remember one important part - IT'S FREE.
Part of the line-up for the first ever Desdemona Music Festival in Cincinnati's Swayer Point Waterfront Park on June 23-25 has been announced; over a dozen acts have yet to be announced officially. Three-day passes are available now.
Coachella has added The Rakes, Head Automatica and Rob Dickinson on their Saturday line-up. Also, you can watch Coachella live in the AT&T Blue Room April 29-30. Just go here.
The lineup for the 2006 Reading & Leeds Festivals, some of the biggest music festivals in the UK, has been announced. It features acts such as Franz Ferdinand, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Pearl Jam, Placebo and more. The festival takes place in August and more info can be found here.
The line-up for the 2006 HFStival has been announced; view that here. The festival this year will occur at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on Saturday, May 27th and Sunday, May 28th. More bands will be announced.
More of the lineup for the 2006 Intonation Music Festival has been announced, with other acts still to be announced. This year, the festival is curated by Vice Records (last year by Pitchfork).
The full lineup for this year's Sasquatch! Festival can be found below. The show takes place on May 26-28 at The Gorge in Washington. Tickets are now on sale.
Part of the lineup for the fifth Sasquatch! Festival in George, Washington, has been announced, being held May 26-28. Tickets go on sale March 4th on Ticketmaster. Confirmed artists are below, with more coming:
The following bands will be taking part in the 2006 Take Action tour: Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, The Early November, Amber Pacific, Paramore, I Am Ghost, and Hit The Lights.
Amber Pacific will be participating in the entire tour while Silverstein will be playing from March 1st to March 29th, Paramore will be on from March 1st to March 10th, I Am Ghost will be playing the tour from March 21st to March 29th and Hit The Lights will be...[read more]
So far, the bands announced for the 2006 Take Action tour are: Matchbook Romance, Silverstein (March 1st to March 29th), and The Early November. More will be announced shortly, and I have included a tentative routing for the tour below: