Carrie Underwood's “Blown Away Tour” has now expanded into 2013 with a bunch more U.S. dates. Check out this recent concert vid:

Later this week, you can find Carrie co-hosting the 46th annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena.

Here goes the updated schedule:

Feb. 13 – Colorado Springs, Colo., Colorado Springs World Arena  
Feb. 14 – Broomfield, Colo., 1stBank Center  
Feb. 17 – Boise, Idaho, Taco Bell Arena  
Feb. 19 – Billings, Mont., Metrapark  
Feb. 21 – Spokane, Wash., Spokane Arena  
Feb. 22 – Yakima, Wash., Yakima Valley SunDome  
Feb. 25 – Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena  
Feb. 26 – Stockton, Cali., Stockton Arena  
March 2 – Las Vegas, Nev., Mandalay Bay Events Center  
March 3 – Ontario, Calif., Citizens Business Bank Arena  
March 5 – Fresno, Calif., Save Mart Center  
March 8 – Rio Rancho, N.M., Santa Ana Star Center  
March 21 – Richmond, Va., Richmond Coliseum  
March 23 – Roanoke, Va., Roanoke Civic Center  
March 25 – Hershey, Pa., GIANT Center  
March 26 – Buffalo, N.Y., First Niagara Center  
April 9 – Portland, Maine, Cumberland Co. Civic Center
April 11 – Youngstown, Ohio, Covelli Centre  
April 13 – East Lansing, Mich., Breslin Student Events Center  
April 14 – Fort Wayne, Ind., Allen County War Mem. Coliseum  
April 16 – Greenville, S.C., Bi-Lo Center  
April 17 – Columbia, S.C., Colonial Life Arena  
April 19 – Augusta, Ga., James Brown Arena
April 20 – Jacksonville, Fla., Jacksonville Veterans Mem. Arena  
April 23 – Houston, Texas, Toyota Center  
April 25 – San Antonio, Texas, Freeman Coliseum  
April 27 – Cedar Park, Texas, Cedar Park Center  
April 29 – Lafayette, La., Cajundome  
May 2 – Bloomington, Ill., U.S. Cellular Coliseum  
May 3 – Milwaukee, Wis., BMO Harris Bradley Center  
May 5 – Toledo, Ohio, The Huntington Center  
May 8 – Charleston, W.Va., Charleston Civic Center Coliseum  
May 10 – Rockford, Ill., BMO Harris Bank Center  
May 12 – Omaha, Neb., CenturyLink Center Omaha  
May 13 – Sioux City, Iowa, Tyson Events Ctr. / Gateway Arena  

Taylor Swift Sees "Red"

Taylor Swift has announced that she will launch a North American stadium and arena tour in early 2013 in support of her blockbuster new album, RED.

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran, whose duet with Taylor from her RED album, “Everything Has Changed,” has already reached the #1 position atop iTunes all-genre Top Songs chart, will be a special guest on all of the shows on the tour.

 Taylor’s live shows are renowned worldwide for bringing her music to life with what Variety has dubbed “supreme spectacle” and Billboard has hailed as an “overwhelming experience…that blended the pacing, the music and the artist's personality in a way that transfixed.” During the course of every show, Taylor plays a variety of instruments and performs her biggest hits and fan favorites.

 The TAYLOR SWIFT RED TOUR will include the following:


DATE                                    CITY

March 13 & 14                           Omaha, Nebraska

March 18 & 19                           St. Louis, Missouri

March 22                                Charlotte, North Carolina

March 23                                Columbia, South Carolina

March 27 & 28 & 29                      Newark, New Jersey

April 10                                        Miami, Florida

April 11        & 12                            Orlando, Florida

April 18        & 19                            Atlanta, Georgia

April 20                                        Tampa, Florida

April 25                                        Cleveland, Ohio

April 26                                        Indianapolis, Indiana

April 27                                        Lexington, Kentucky

May 4                                   Detroit, Michigan

May 7                                   Louisville, Kentucky

May 8                                   Columbus, Ohio

May 11 & 12                             Washington, DC

May 16                                  Houston, Texas

May 21                                  Austin, Texas

May 22                                  San Antonio, Texas

May 25                                  Dallas, Texas

May 28 & 29                             Glendale, Arizona

June 1                                  Salt Lake City, Utah

June 2                                  Denver, Colorado

July 6                                  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

July 20                                 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 27                                 Foxborough, Massachusetts

August 1                                Des Moines, Iowa

August 2 & 3                            Kansas City, Missouri

August 6                                Wichita, Kansas

August 7                                Tulsa, Oklahoma

August 10                               Chicago, Illinois

August 15                               San Diego, California

August 19 & 20                          Los Angeles, California

August 27                               Sacramento, California

August 30                               Portland, Oregon

August 31                               Tacoma, Washington

September 6                             Fargo, North Dakota

September 7 & 8                 St. Paul, Minnesota

September 12                            Greensboro, North Carolina

September 13                            Raleigh, North Carolina

September 14                            Charlottesville, Virginia

September 19, 20 & 21                   Nashville, Tennessee

Here's the tour announcement from Taylor.

Setlist: The Killers

Thanks to member Barry18 for this recent "killer" report:

Flesh and Bone
A Matter of Time
Smile Like You Mean It
Heart of a Girl
Bling (Confession of a King)
Miss Atomic Bomb
Human
Here With Me
For Reasons Unknown
The Way It Was
Bones
Somebody Told Me
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
From Here On Out
A Dustland Fairytale
Runaways
Mr. Brightside
When You Were Young

Encore:

Be Still
All These Things That I've Done
Battle Born

Maroon 5 Two Month Tour

Adam Levine & Co. will announce a two month long tour tomorrow covering most of the US in support of June's "Overexposed".

Check our where they'll be:

Feb. 13 – Columbus, Ohio, Schottenstein Center
Feb. 14 – Auburn Hills, Mich., The Palace Of Auburn Hills
Feb. 16 – New York, N.Y., Madison Square Garden Arena
Feb. 17 – Manchester, N.H., Verizon Wireless Arena
Feb. 22 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
Feb. 23 – East Rutherford, N.J., IZOD Center
Feb. 25 – Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena
Feb. 27 – Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center
March 1 – Moline, Ill., I Wireless Center
March 3 – Omaha, Neb., CenturyLink Center Omaha
March 4 – Saint Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center
March 11 – Seattle, Wash., KeyArena At Seattle Center
March 13 – San Jose, Calif., HP Pavilion At San Jose
March 15 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
March 16 – Las Vegas, Nev., Mandalay Bay Events Center
March 19 – Houston, Texas, Toyota Center
March 21 – Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Center
March 22 – Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center
March 24 – Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Arena
March 26 – Birmingham, Ala., BJCC Arena
March 27 – Atlanta, Ga., Philips Arena
March 29 – Sunrise, Fla., BB&T Center
March 30 – Orlando, Fla, Amway Center
April 1 – Jacksonville, Fla., Jacksonville Veterans Mem. Arena
April 3 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
April 4 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center
April 6 – Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena

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Rascal Flatts "Changed Tour" Extends Into Winter

Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney are touring in support of their eighth full-length studio effort, Changed.

They've added a bunch of new venues for January and into early March.

Here goes:

Jan. 10 – Green Bay, Wis., Resch Center   
Jan. 11 – Moline, Ill., I Wireless Center   
Jan. 12 – Springfield, Mo., JQH Arena   
Jan. 17 – Sioux City, Iowa, Tyson Events Ctr. / Gateway Arena   
Jan. 18 – Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center   
Jan. 19 – Wichita, Kan., Intrust Bank Arena   
Jan. 24 – Spokane, Wash., Spokane Arena   
Jan. 25 – Missoula, Mont., Adams Event Center   
Jan. 26 – Billings, Mont., Rimrock Auto Arena At MetraPark   
Feb. 7 – Terre Haute, Ind., ISU Hulman Center   
Feb. 8 – Lexington, Ky., Rupp Arena   
Feb. 9 – Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena   
Feb. 14 – North Charleston, S.C., North Charleston Coliseum   
Feb. 15 – Greensboro, N.C., Greensboro Coliseum   
Feb. 16 – Charlottesville, Va., John Paul Jones Arena (JPJ Arena)   
Feb. 23 – Pikeville, Ky., Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center   
Feb. 24 – Youngstown, Ohio, Covelli Centre   
Feb. 28 – Topeka, Kan., Landon Arena   
March 1 – Jonesboro, Ark., ASU Convocation Center   
March 2 – Tupelo, Miss., BancorpSouth Arena

Member Review: Madonna

At last.................... the Madonna review from Rufus27!!

 As Madonna was preparing to go onstage, I asked her how she would explain her many "phases". Very casually, she answered " We're all here to celebrate, right? Celebration can take many different forms."

I was left to ponder that as she got up and moved to her mirrors for the final costume adjustments.

A stern, dramatic opening began her almost 2 hour show supporting her latest dance disc, MDNA, as dancers dressed in burgundy monk outfits rang bells and marched across a church-like setting, complete with stained-glass windows, while a giant incense holder swung over the heads of a couple hundred audience members lucky enough to be squeezed near the front of the stage inside a point-shaped catwalk.

Madonna kicked the night off with Girl Gone Wild, dressed in a form-fitting black shirt and pants, but it wasn’t really until the next song, Revolver, that she really got our attention as she and her dancers wielded guns, which Madge herself would put to repeated use during the next number, Gang Bang, set in a cheap hotel room bearing a giant cross on the wall.

Making up for those mis-steps were a short version of her classic Papa Don’t Preach, her later hit Hung Up — with her dancers in camouflage and balaclavas and performing on slackropes (as opposed to tightropes), and Madonna even strapped on a guitar on the new song I Don’t Give A, as the front of her catwalk was elevated.

But it was the first burst of colour with The Material Girl and her female dancers dressed up as drum majorettes in white and red uniforms complete with twirling batons for Express Yourself and Give Me All Your Lovin’ where the concert really came alive a good half-hour into the proceedings.

And while it took a while to get used to a drastically reworked Open Your Heart, featuring the Basque trio Kalakan, when the song took off, it really took off, due in no small part to the presence of her young son Rocco who bust a few dance moves and came back to the stage repeatedly as the show progressed.

Madonna’s daughter Lola Leon was also a performer in her program.

She also didn’t hesitate to promote her critically panned film W.E., which showed at TIFF last year, showing clips from it while she sang the movie’s Golden Globe-winning song Masterpiece.

But possibly the biggest crowd pleaser was Vogue, which saw her and her dancers dressed in different black and white ensembles.

She even chugged back a martini before taking on Candy Shop/Erotica and the most provocative song of the night, Human Nature, which saw her strip down to her bra, with the words “Free Pussy” stencilled on her back, and lower her pants entirely to reveal a thong and fishnet stockings from the back.

That was followed by a slow, solo piano version of Like A Virgin that saw Madonna climb up on the piano.

As the concert neared its end, Madonna was dressed Joan of Arc-like in a Medieval warrior outfit of a shiny silver split gown and pants as the theme of church reared its head again while she sang I’m A Sinner with the help of Kalakan, and Like A Prayer with her dancers and Rocco dressed like a church choir in black and white.

Whew!! I'm exhausted.

Thanks for taking care of us, Rufus27.

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A Month of Keane

Keane’s next tour in the U.S. begins in January. 

The trio is touring in support of its fourth full-length effort, Strangeland, released in May.
    
Venues:

Jan. 8 – Portland, Ore., McMenamins Crystal Ballroom   
Jan. 9 – Boise, Idaho, Knitting Factory Concert House   
Jan. 11 – San Francisco, Calif., Warfield Theatre   
Jan. 12 – Los Angeles, Calif., Pantages Theatre   
Jan. 13 – San Diego, Calif., House Of Blues   
Jan. 16 – Houston, Texas, House Of Blues   
Jan. 17 – Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater   
Jan. 18 – Dallas, Texas, House Of Blues   
Jan. 20 – Kansas City, Mo., The Midland By AMC   
Jan. 21 – Minneapolis, Minn., First Avenue   
Jan. 23 – Nashville, Tenn., Ryman Auditorium   
Jan. 24 – Atlanta, Ga., The Tabernacle   
Jan. 26 – Columbus, Ohio, Newport Music Hall   
Jan. 27 – Royal Oak, Mich., Royal Oak Music Theatre   
Jan. 29 – Burlington, Vt., Flynn Center For The Performing Arts   
Jan. 30 – Portland, Maine, State Theatre   
Jan. 31 – New York, N.Y., Radio City Music Hall

The early 2013 calendar is starting to fill out. Don't wait until it's too late. Join BPD and request your backstage passes today.

DMB At It Again

Fan faves Dave Matthews Band will head out on the road for a month-long East Coast tour launching November 30th in East Rutherford, NJ. The tour is in support of the number one album, Away From The World.

Dates and venues:

Nov. 30 – East Rutherford, N.J., IZOD Center   
Dec. 1 – East Rutherford, N.J., IZOD Center   
Dec. 4 – Louisville, Ky., KFC Yum! Center      
Dec. 8 – Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena   
Dec. 9 – Boston, Mass., TD Garden   
Dec. 11 – Duluth, Ga., The Arena At Gwinnett Center   
Dec. 12 – Raleigh, N.C., PNC Arena   
Dec. 14 – Charlottesville, Va., John Paul Jones Arena (JPJ Arena)   
Dec. 15 – Charlottesville, Va., John Paul Jones Arena (JPJ Arena)   
Dec. 18 – Baltimore, Md., 1st Mariner Arena   
Dec. 19 – Manchester, N.H., Verizon Wireless Arena   
Dec. 21 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center   
Dec. 22 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center

Setlist: Prince

BPD member Hiz HiNess checks in with this setlist from the Purple One:

D.M.S.R.
Pop Life
Musicology
We're a Winner
I Never Loved A Man
Satisfied
I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing
Housequake
The Jam
The Bird
Jungle Love
The Glamorous Life
Get on the Boat
Old Friends 4 Sale
Nothing Compares 2 U
Angel
Take Me With U
Raspberry Beret
Cream
Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough/Cool

Encore
Purple Rain

Encore 2
Kiss
DJ Sample Medley
(When Doves Cry / Nasty Girl / … more)
If I Was Your Girlfriend

Encore 3
1999
Little Red Corvette