Band of Humans drummer Dave Lang, has left the band to work with the Rhythm Kings. The band has acquired the services of Rick Lee. Rick has an aggressive style along with good vocals abilities. The group is great live so catch their new line-up when you can.
The dates for the North American leg of the Page/Plant tour were announced last week. Violin virtuoso Lili Haydn is billed as support act through June 15th. Dates have only been announced into mid-July, covering the eastern half of the country. Page/Plant’s new album, Walking Into Clarksdale, goes on sale April 21st.
Hootie & The Blowfish will hit the road April 2nd for a series of Northeast club dates, the band’s first tour since the fall of 1996. The tour will be the first time the band has played clubs since early 1996. The "Guerrilla 1998" outing will feature new tracks that will ultimately appear on the band’s third Atlantic release. The group will begin recording that album later this spring.
Rock stars such as Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and folk-punk songstress Ani DiFranco came to rock in support of the cause, abolishing the death penalty. Inside awaited the night’s most highly anticipated guest, folk-rock legend Tom Waits. A majority of the crowd seemed most eager to see Waits perform as part of Sunday night’s "Not In Our Name" Dead Man Walking: The Concert. Organized by actor Tim Robbins (director of "Dead Man Walking") and Sister Helen Prejean (the nun whose book formed the basis of the film). Aside from seeing Waits and aiding a cause they believe in, people lucky enough to score a ticket received many bonuses in performances by Steve Earle, Michelle Shocked, Lyle Lovett,
With less than two months to go before the start of the summer concert tour-season, it appears that the old guard of package tours, Lollapalooza, is struggling to find its legs. Not only have Garbage, Green Day, Foo Fighters and Marilyn Manson all reportedly turned down a headlining slot, but Jane’s Addiction — the band that helped found the annual summer music festival — is apparently not as interested as organizers had expected. "I had no intention of going on a huge, monstrous, several week rock tour," said Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. Navarro said he never specifically told Lollapalooza organizers that he wouldn’t participate in a second Jane’s reunion tour, but added that he made it clear to his bandmates in both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction that "[after the Jane’s fall of 1997 reunion tour], I decided I was no longer willing to go on a tour of that magnitude.