I took a little time off, the MP3s weren’t really rolling in at the end of the year but now the Free Music Friday feature is back and there is lots of great stuff to check out. Hey, it’s free, might as well give these songs a try.
Blabbermouth has revealed some unconfirmed tour dates for the 2008 version of Gigantour, the annual traveling metal fest started by Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine in 2005. As usual, the lineup is full of some of the heaviest names in metal – Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, High on Fire – and the tour is rumored to be kicking off in April. These are the dates floating around out there but as of yet, nothing official has been announced.
Apr. 07 – San Diego, CA – Cox Arena
Apr. 08 – San Diego, CA – Cox Arena
Apr. 10 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
Apr. 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre
Apr. 12 – Albuquerque, NM – Journal Pavilion
Apr. 13 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
Apr. 15 – Dallas, TX – Nokia Theatre
Apr. 16 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheatre
Apr. 17 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre
Apr. 19 – Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
Apr. 20 – Louisville, KY – Louisville Gardens
Apr. 22 – New York City, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
Apr. 23 – New York City, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
Apr. 24 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Apr. 26 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
Apr. 28 – Quebec City, QC – Pavilion De La Jeunesse
Apr. 29 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Apr. 30 – Toronto, ON – Arrow Hall
May 01 – London ON – John Labatt Centre
May 03 – Detroit, MI – DTE Music Center
May 04 – Cleveland, OH – Tower City Center
May 06 – Chicago, IL – [to be announced]
May 07 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
May 09 – Minneapolis, MN – Myth
May 10 – Winnipeg, MB – Convention Centre
May 11 – Saskatoon, SK – Prairieland Exhibition Hall
May 12 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Centre
May 14 – Calgary, AB – The Stampede Corral
May 16 – Vancouver, BC – Pacific Coliseum
I interviewed Megadeth bassist James Lomenzo (ex-White Lion) earlier this year for another publication. Read the interview after the jump.
After wrapping up a tour earlier this year with Ari Hest, The Damnwells have been uncharacteristically quiet. I’m feeling a bit like a nervous nellie and letting thoughts of a band breakup enter my head even though there hasn’t been any real word from the band’s camp, only a cryptic MySpace blog (dated Sept.9) by lead singer Alex Dezen that said, “The band isn’t breaking up, but we’re going through real profound changes—changes that are permanent and pervasive. This is something anyone who cares should know. The Damnwells aren’t Wal-Mart, were not trying to sell you something you don’t want. We are a band in the truest sense of the word, and we are struggling to stay alive. There is nothing you can do about it. This is something all unions face at some point in their innate, tenuous existence.”
Just this week, Alex started posting homemade videos on YouTube. I take it as a good sign that these videos are listed as “The Damnwells” rather than “Alex Dezen of The Damnwells” because it gives me hope that maybe Alex just needed some time off from writing, recording and touring but is now ready to jump back into it.
Here are the 3 videos that have been posted so far, the first featuring Alex’s relatively new bride, Angela, on backing vocals.
When you work a day job and can only post after the kids are in bed, you miss out on being the first site to post the news that Radiohead has announced a U.S. tour and have released a list of the cities they’ll be hitting to support ‘In Rainbows’. But, if somehow the news managed to escape you until now, here are the fuzzy details: there will be two legs of the U.S. tour, the first starting before Radiohead kicks off a European tour on June 6, the second starting after the European tour comes to an end, sometime after July 8. No other info (venues, dates, etc.) has been released other than the list of cities.
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte, N.C.
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Houston
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
Montreal
New York
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa, Fla.
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington, D.C.
