Erykah Badu kicks off 2004 tour
NEW YORK (Erykah Badu Official Website) - Erykah Badu kicks off her 28-city national Worldwide Underground Part II tour on Tuesday, February 3rd in New Orleans. The acclaimed singer/songwriter has an armload of 2003 Grammy Award nominations under her belt, recently completed her latest film venture ...
| David Bowie adds 2nd leg tour dates to his sold-out 'A Reality Tour'
NEW YORK (David Bowie Official Website) - Due to overwhelming demand, David Bowie has announced that he will be adding a second leg to his sold-out and critically acclaimed "A Reality Tour." The tour has now been extended in with and additional 29 additional being added across North America at a variety ...
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RHCP have sold-out all UK concert tickets within 4 hours!
NEW YORK (RHCP Fans Website) - Red Hot Chili Peppers fans snapped up tickets for the band's four date UK concerts as fast as sales facilities could allocate them when they went on sale Saturday morning. The overwhelming demand for tickets from fans sent phone lines into overdrive as 170,000 tickets ...
| Sarah McLachlan 2004 'Afterglow' tour dates
NEW YORK (Arista announcement) - As her current album 'Afterglow' passes the double platinum plateau, and its first single "Fallen" stays in the top 5 at Adult Radio, Arista recording artist Sarah McLachlan is announcing her first major series of North American tour dates in five years. The summer tour ...
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Starsailor 2004 North American tour dates
NEW YORK (Starsailor Fans Website) - "Silence is Easy," the follow-up to Starsailor's acclaimed 2002 debut, "Love is Here," has been released in the U.S. yesterday, January 27th with an enhanced CD featuring two bonus tracks, a documentary on the making of the album and live performances. The album ...
| Darkness announces 2004 US tour dates
NEW YORK (Atlantic records announcement/Darkness Official Website) - Atlantic recording group The Darkness has announced the dates for their first full-blown cross-country U.S. tour. The headlining itinerary is slated to begin on March 26th in Milwaukee and run through April 19th. The announcement comes ...
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Deep Purple 2004 US tour
NEW YORK (Eagle Rock Entertaiment press) - Eagle Rock Entertainment; Deep Purple returns state-side in 2004, with what may prove to be one of their most exciting tours ever. The band (current lineup: Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Steve Morse, and Don Airey) will be playing a set that includes ...
| Kid Rock hits the road
NEW YORK (Kid Rock Official Website) - Kid Rock and his Twisted Brown Trucker Band are set to hit the road for a major North American tour in support of the Detroit rocker's latest album, "Kid Rock." The Rock And Roll Pain Train 2004 Tour will kick off with two sold-out shows at Saginaw, Michigan's ...
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Chingy on the road with Ludacris
NEW YORK (Ludacris Official Website) - Chingy, Ludacris and fellow Disturbing Tha Peace member I-20 will head out on a 27-city tour starting February 16. Portland, Oregon's PDX Ballroom will host the first show, while the final stop will be at the Las Vegas House of Blues March 21. Chingy recently wrapped ...
| David Bowie, Robert Smith & Joe Elliott are working on Earl Slick's new album and plans tour!
NEW YORK (Sanctuary Records announcement) - Earl Slick is celebrating the New Year with his newly released album 'Zig Zag' (out now on Sanctuary Records) and U.S. tour dates through February 7 as part of the global "A Reality Tour" with David Bowie. 'Zig Zag' is the acclaimed guitarist's first album ...
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Rascal Flatts, Uncle Kracker join Chesney's summer tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Kenny Chesney Official Website) - Kenny Chesney announced Wednesday (Jan. 7) that Rascal Flatts and Uncle Kracker will join him when the second leg of his Guitars, Tiki Bars & a Whole Lotta Love tour kicks off June 3 in Tulsa, Okla. The two acts appeared with Chesney in June 2003 when ...
| Bruce Springsteen tops list of 2003 top concerts
NEW YORK (Pollstar) - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have dominated the concert scene this year. The concert industry magazine Pollstar reports Springsteen's tour brought in 115-point-nine million dollars in 2003. That puts it at the top of the list of highest-grossing concert tours of the ...
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Rolling Stones rules record for rock tours
NEW YORK (Rolling Stones Fan Websites) - Tours and concert activity is at an all-time high! A record 13,437 worldwide concerts were reported in 2003 to Billboard Boxscore, which tracks touring activity. That represents an increase of 25% from the previous year. In North America alone, the concert industry ...
| Rush announces 2004 world tour plans
NEW YORK (Atlantic announcement) - Anthem/Atlantic recording group Rush has revealed plans to mark their 30th anniversary year by hitting the road for a major global concert tour in 2004. The band's Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee unveiled the news last night during a special appearance on the nationally ...
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The Thrills announce US tour
NEW YORK (Thrills Official Website) - Fresh off the success of their November 4, 2003 debut, So Much For The City, Dublin lads The Thrills will kick off their U.S. tour in Boston on January 12th. Amid critical acclaim overseas both in the press and with album sales (triple platinum status in Ireland ...
| Starsailor 2004 North American tour dates confirnmed!
NEW YORK (Starsailor Official Website) - Dates have been confirmed for Starsailor's upcoming U.S. tour, kicking off in Detroit on January 15 and hitting markets including New York, L.A., Boston, San Francisco, Chicago and many others. Pre-sale tickets are now available for all dates at www.starsailor.musictoday.com. ...
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Chingy's 'Holidae' shows
NEW YORK (Chingy Fan Websites) - Chingy is sharing the success of his double platinum Jackpot with fans across the country this 'Holidae' season. The St. Louis rapper will perform in California, New York, Florida and Illinois to wrap up 2003, and he will also be a guest on MTV's "Times Square New Year's ...
| Vince Gill and Amy Grant kick off Christmas tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Vince Gill Fan Websites) - Vince Gill and Amy Grant launched their Simply Christmas tour on Friday (Nov. 28) in Nashville, singing the standards and covering some country favorites such as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Blue Christmas" and "Mr. Santa." Amy Grant also encouraged ...
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Metallica and Godsmack are touring all over Europe!
NEW YORK (Metallica Official Website) - Despite the cancellation of the South American tour, it looks like Metallica is going ahead with plans for an "indoor" European tour and they are taking Godsmack along for the ride. The tour is set to kick off on December 2nd in Oslo and wrap-up with a two-day ...
| Rolling Stones tour licks up $300 million
NEW YORK (R. Stones Fans Website) - The Rolling Stones' Forty Licks world tour was the second highest grossing concert series ever, reports say. Forty Licks was billed as the band's 40th anniversary tour. The 116-venue tour grossed nearly $300m, playing to more than 3.4 million people, Billboard magazine ...
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