Mumford & Sons Tour Now Official

With appearances by Michael Kiwanuka and Mystery Jets, Mumford & Sons will kick off their 2013 US tour on May 26 at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Quincy, Washington's Gorge Amphitheatre

The rest of the dates are:

May 27 – Portland, Ore.., Rose Garden Arena
May 29 – Berkeley, Calif., Greek Theatre
May 30 – Berkeley, Calif., Greek Theatre
May 31 – Berkeley, Calif., Greek Theatre
June 2 – Devore, Calif., San Manuel Amphitheater
June 3 – Chula Vista, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 5 – Phoenix, Ariz., Desert Sky Pavilion
June 6 – Taos, N.M., Kit Carson Park
June 8 – Austin, Texas, Austin360 Amphitheater
June 9 – Austin, Texas, Austin360 Amphitheater
June 11 – Dallas, Texas, Gexa Energy Pavilion
June 12 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 13 – New Orleans, La., Mardi Gras World
June 15 – Manchester, Tenn., Bonnaroo Music Festival Grounds (Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival)
June 17 – Bonner Springs, Kan., Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
June 20 – Telluride, Colo., Telluride Town Park (Telluride Bluegrass Festival)
Aug. 24 –  Simcoe, Ontario, Norfolk County Fairgrounds (Gentlemen Of The Road Stopovers)
Aug. 31 – Troy, Ohio, Troy Memorial Stadium (Gentlemen Of The Road Stopovers)
Sept. 7 – Guthrie, Oklahoma, Cottonwood Flats (Gentlemen Of The Road Stopovers)
Sept. 14 – Saint Augustine, Fla., Francis Field (Gentlemen Of The Road Stopovers)

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Lil Wayne Dates

Well, that didn't take long!

As a followup, here are the dates for the Lil Wayne Summer extravaganza. Guests will be T.I. and Future.


July 9 – Pelham, Ala., Oak Mountain Amphitheatre    
July 10 – Nashville, Tenn., Bridgestone Arena    
July 12 – Atlanta, Ga., Aaron’s Amphitheatre At Lakewood    
July 13 – Tampa, Fla., Live Nation Amphitheatre    
July 14 – West Palm Beach, Fla., Cruzan Amphitheatre    
July 16 – Burgettstown, Pa., First Niagara Pavilion
July 17 – Baltimore, Md., 1st Mariner Arena    
July 19 – Wantagh, N.Y., Nikon At Jones Beach Theater    
July 20 – Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center    
July 21 – Scranton, Pa., Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain    
July 23 – Bangor, Maine, Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion    
July 24 – Holmdel, N.J., PNC Bank Arts Center    
July 26 – Charlotte, N.C., Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre    
July 27 – Raleigh, N.C., Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion    
July 28 – Virginia Beach, Va., Farm Bureau Live At Virginia Beach    
July 30 – Darien Center, NY     Darien Lake Performing Arts Center    
July 31 – Hartford, Conn., Comcast Theatre    
Aug. 2 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center    
Aug. 3 – Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saratoga Performing Arts Center    
Aug. 4 – Mansfield, Mass., Comcast Center    
Aug. 6 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Riverbend Music Center    
Aug. 7 – Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Blossom Music Center
Aug. 9 – Detroit, Mich., Joe Louis Arena    
Aug. 10 – Tinley Park, Ill., First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre    
Aug. 11 – Maryland Heights, Mo., Verizon Wireless Amph. St. Louis    
Aug. 13 – Noblesville, Ind., Klipsch Music Center    
Aug. 14 – Memphis, Tenn., FedExForum    
Aug. 16 – Dallas, Texas, Gexa Energy Pavilion    
Aug. 17 – Austin, Texas, Austin360 Amphitheater  
Aug. 18 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug. 20 – Omaha, Neb., CenturyLink Center Omaha    
Aug. 21 – Oklahoma City, Okla., Chesapeake Energy Arena    
Aug. 23 – Englewood, Colo., Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre    
Aug. 24 – Albuquerque, N.M., Hard Rock Casino & Hotel    
Aug. 25 – Phoenix, Ariz., Desert Sky Pavilion    
Aug. 27 – Chula Vista, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre    
Aug. 28 – Wheatland, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre    
Aug. 30 – Concord, Calif., Sleep Train Pavilion At Concord
Aug. 31 – Las Vegas, Nev., MGM Grand Garden Arena    
Sept. 1 – Irvine, Calif., Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Tour Updates

Prince West Coast Tour

The tour is Prince’s first featuring 3rd Eye Girl, his brand new, all-female backing band.

US dates are:

April 18 – Seattle, Wash., Showbox At The Market
April 19 – Seattle, Wash., Showbox At The Market
April 21 – Portland, Ore., Roseland Theatre
April 23 – San Francisco, Calif., DNA Lounge
April 24 – San Francisco, Calif., DNA Lounge
April 26 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel/Casino
April 27 – Las Vegas, Nev., The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel/Casino
April 30 – Tempe, Ariz., The Marquee
May 1 – Tempe, Ariz., The Marquee
May 3 – San Diego, Calif., Hard Rock Hotel
May 4 – San Diego, Calif., Hard Rock Hotel
May 7 – Anaheim, Calif., City National Grove Of Anaheim
May 8 – Anaheim, Calif., City National Grove Of Anaheim
May 12 – Denver, Colo., The Ogden Theatre,
May 13 – Denver, Colo., The Ogden Theatre

This tour is 2 shows a night. Each show will have a small number of backstage passes.

Lil Wayne's “America’s Most Wanted Tour”

Weezy had been released from Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and has announced his 2013 tour.

His tenth studio album, I Am Not A Human Being II, releases March 26.

Via NSFW video on Wednesday, the rapper told fans “I just want to say thank you to all y’all for y’all prayers and your concerns and all of that. I swear to God I felt that love when I was laid up in that ... hospital bed. But I want all y’all to know that I’m good … more than good.”

Dates and venues to follow.

Pink Won't Stop

Pink has booked more than two dozen additional dates for her “The Truth About Love Tour.”

Here’s what the Los Angeles Times had to say about Pink’s Feb. 16 gig at Staples Center: “Pink remains perhaps the most gifted and imaginative physical performer in pop right now. Her aerials make terrestrial-bound dancing feel, if not trivial, than certainly a little too safe. She spent a good half of Saturday’s show lashed to gyroscopes, hanging from ribbons or being tossed by the scruff of her neck into piles of dancers.”

New add-ons are:

Oct. 10 – Oakland, Calif., Oracle Arena    
Oct. 12 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center    
Oct. 15 – San Jose, Calif., HP Pavilion At San Jose    
Oct. 17 – Salt Lake City, Utah, EnergySolutions Arena    
Oct. 18 – Denver, Colo., Pepsi Center    
Oct. 20 – Seattle, Wash., KeyArena at Seattle Center
Oct. 27 – Fargo, N.D., Fargodome    
Nov. 2 – Minneapolis, Minn., Target Center    
Nov. 3 – Milwaukee, Wis., BMO Harris Bradley Center    
Nov. 5 – Chicago, Ill., United Center    
Nov. 6 – Auburn Hills, Mich., The Palace Of Auburn Hills    
Nov. 8 – Des Moines, Iowa, Wells Fargo Arena    
Nov. 9 – Lincoln, Neb., Pinnacle Bank Arena
Nov. 11 – St. Louis, Mo., Scottrade Center    
Nov. 12 – Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center    
Nov. 14 – San Antonio, Texas, AT&T Center    
Nov. 16 – Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Center    
Nov. 17 – North Little Rock, Ark., Verizon Arena    
Nov. 20 – Rosemont, Ill., Allstate Arena
Nov. 21 – Indianapolis, Ind., Bankers Life Fieldhouse    
Nov. 23 – Cleveland, Ohio, Quicken Loans Arena    
Nov. 24 – Washington, D.C., Verizon Center    
Dec. 5 – Boston, Mass., TD Garden    
Dec. 6 – Philadelphia, Pa., Wells Fargo Center    
Dec. 8 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center    
Dec. 11 – Newark, N.J., Prudential Center    
Dec. 13 – Birmingham, Ala., BJCC Arena
Dec. 14 – Atlanta, Ga., Philips Arena

Rolling Again

The Rolling Stones will mount an 18-show arena tour in May and June. We'll have the specifics in a week or two but what we do know at this time is that the number of cities isn’t confirmed, other than they will be major markets and the 18 shows will include multiple-night stands.

Stay tuned!

Masters of Madness Tour

Get ready for theatrics, all sorts of super scary props, and plenty of stage makeup.

Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson are hitting the road together this June. Here are their hauntings:

June 3 – Morrison, Colo., Red Rocks Amphitheatre    
June 4 – Salt Lake City, Utah, Usana Amphitheatre    
June 6 – Universal City, Calif., Gibson Amphitheatre At Univ. CityWalk    
June 8 – El Paso, Texas, UTEP Don Haskins Center    
June 10 – Grand Prairie, Texas, Verizon Theatre At Grand Prairie    
June 17 – Columbia, Md., Merriweather Post Pavilion    
June 18 – Reading, Pa., Sovereign Perf. Arts Center    
June 20 – Gilford, N.H., Meadowbrook    
June 23 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Stage AE    
June 25 – Saint Charles, Mo., The Family Arena    
June 28 – Rockford, Ill., BMO Harris Bank Center

Depeche Mode This Summer

Depeche Mode, one of modern music’s most influential groups with album sales in excess of 100 million, will bring their DELTA MACHINE WORLD TOUR to the States this summer. As pioneers of the post-punk era and the most popular electronic band of all-time, they continue to draw legions of loyal fans to arenas and stadiums around the world to experience their once-in-a-lifetime performances.

Although Depeche Mode will play mostly amphitheatres on this adventure, the band will take it inside when it arrives in Los Angeles for its two scheduled shows at the Staples Center in September.

Here’s the rundown for the US:

Aug. 22 – Clarkston, Mich., DTE Energy Music Theatre
Aug. 24 – Tinley Park, Ill., First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Aug. 27 – Saint Paul, Minn., MN State Fairgrounds (Minnesota State Fair)
Sept. 6 – Brooklyn, N.Y., Barclays Center
Sept. 8 – Wantagh, N.Y., Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
Sept. 10 – Bristow, Va., Jiffy Lube Live
Sept. 12 – Atlanta, Ga., Aaron's Amphitheatre At Lakewood
Sept. 14 – Tampa, Fla., Live Nation Amphitheatre
Sept. 15 – Sunrise, Fla., BB&T Center
Sept. 18 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sept. 20 – Dallas, Texas, Gexa Energy Pavilion
Sept. 22 – Chula Vista, Calif., Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sept. 24 – Santa Barbara, Calif., Santa Barbara Bowl
Sept. 26 – Mountain View, Calif., Shoreline Amphitheatre
Sept. 28 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
Sept. 29 – Los Angeles, Calif., Staples Center
Oct. 8 – Phoenix, Ariz., Ashley Furniture HomeStore Pavilion

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Tortuga Music Fest

On April 13th & 14th, Fort Lauderdale Beach will host Rock the Ocean’s inaugural Tortuga Music Festival. The beach will be transformed into an oceanfront music experience, featuring top country and rock artists and local culinary delights on the shores of the Florida coast.

Together with Rock The Ocean, Tortuga will pair music with meaning by raising awareness about marine conservation and issues affecting the world’s oceans.

Who's showin' up?

    Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
    DangerMuffin
    Donavon Frankenreiter
    Eli Young Band
    Eric Church
    G Love & Special Sauce
    Gary Allan

    Gary Clark Jr.
    Gloriana
    Grace Potter
    Jake Owen
    Kenny Chesney
    Kip Moore
    Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Mac McAnally
    Michael Franti & Spearhead
    Rayland Baxter
    Sister Hazel
    The Avett Brothers
    The Bright Light Social Hour
    The Wailers

Yet More Tours Announced

Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd have teamed up for a 12-city co-headline tour beginning in June. With special guest Black Stone Cherry on the bill, here are the stops:

June 20 – Auburn, Wash., White River Amphitheatre
June 21 – Ridgefield, Wash., Sleep Country Amphitheater
June 23 – Mountain View, Calif., Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 11 – The Woodlands, Texas, The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 13 – Charlotte, N.C., Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
July 14 – Bristow, Va., Jiffy Lube Live
July 17 – Camden, N.J., Susquehanna Bank Center
July 19 – Burgettstown (Pittsburgh), Pa., First Niagara Pavilion
July 20 – Noblesville, Ind., Klipsch Music Center
July 23 – Clarkston (Detroit), Mich., DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 24 – Cincinnati, Ohio, Riverbend Music Center
July 26 – Gilford, N.H., Meadowbrook
July 27 – Bethel, N.Y., Bethel Woods Center For The Arts

Bob Dylan has loaded up his April calendar with more than a dozen U.S. gigs featuring support from Dawes. The tour stops in:

April 5 – Buffalo, N.Y., SUNY Buffalo Alumni Arena    
April 6 – Amherst, Mass., Mullins Center    
April 8 – Kingston, R.I., Ryan Center    
April 9 – Lowell, Mass., Tsongas Center At UMass Lowell    
April 10 – Lewiston, Maine, Androscoggin Bank Colisee    
April 12 – Newark, Del., Bob Carpenter Center    
April 13 – California, Pa., California University    
April 14 – Ithaca, N.Y., Barton Hall    
April 16 – Richmond, Va., Landmark Theater    
April 18 – Bethlehem, Pa., Stabler Arena    
April 19 – Akron, Ohio, E.J. Thomas Hall    
April 20 – Kalamazoo, Mich., Wings Stadium    
April 21 – Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green State University

With a new album scheduled for a summer release, MGMT’s first string of 2013 dates has the band traveling in a somewhat westward direction stopping in:

April 26 – State College, Pa., Pennsylvania State University
April 28 – Geneseo, N.Y., SUNY / Geneseo
April 30 – Portland, Maine, State Theatre
May 1 – Providence, R.I., Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
May 4 – Cleveland, Ohio, Masonic Auditorium
May 6 – Grand Rapids, Mich., Hoogenboom Center
May 14 – Spokane, Wash., Knitting Factory Concert House
May 15 – Seattle, Wash., Showbox SoDo
May 16 – Portland, Ore., McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
May 18 – Palo Alto, Calif., Frost Amphitheatre

MGMT will also play Cincinnati’s Bunbury Music Festival July 13, the Firefly Music Festival scheduled for June 21-23 in Dover, Del., and Kanrocksas in Kansas City June 28-29.