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Yep. I just received the email about the tour with the tour dates. November & December of this year. U2 fans were expecting an official announcement all month. I’m surprised too, but I think it makes sense financially. The stage is already built. The most recent tour from last year was only in arenas. And it looks like it’s a quick 9 shows.

https://trafalgar-releasing.com/events/the-cure-anniversary-1978-2018-live-in-hyde-park-london/ The Cure - Anniversary 1978-2018: Live In Hyde Park 2018 This concert film is hitting theaters on July 11th. I have no idea how wide this will be, but I’m guessing this will be playing in big cities. Edit: Tickets go on sale at this website on June 6th. https://www.thecure.film/ You can also see the setlist for the concert film in the above link. Looks amazing!

According to FB, it looks like the Friday night set will have 5 - 10 “karaoke” opportunities for you to sing with Wilco. Winners will be notified by June 10. Submit a video of yourself performing the song that you want to sing to Instagram or YouTube with hashtag #WilcoKaraoke. https://solidsoundfestival.com/?fbclid=IwAR1HIptOlLLWEmhoI8smdFEHrEDyDoi_-eJjDKKfwivxGoxUz3mzWO38TOo

Funny you should mention that. Someone over at the FB group said that they heard something about new Wilco this week. It was a radio station out of Albany WEXT 97.7. I can’t find the post now, but I do feel like something will happen next week with the Knoxville shows. And I think the OP said that it sounded like it was for a single drop and not an album release. Why would a radio station out in Albany be the 1st to drop new info? This week isn’t over yet....

Thanks for all of the info! I don’t think I could plan on a NYC trip last minute like that where you find out 3 days before the taping. Mmm! Sophie Turner!

RIP Bill Buckner I hope that the Red Sox & fans give him a nice send off on this short 3 day homestand.

Synchronized armpit farts after the 3rd song?

I’m curious how that works. Are you guaranteed to at least see the dress rehearsal from 8-10, if you don’t get the live show? How long were you waiting outside? SNL is definitely a bucket list item for me.

I just got an email from R.E.M. HQ and it looks like we’ll be getting a 25th anniversary edition of Monster. I watched the brilliant Under The Silver Lake last night and it featured 2 songs from Monster. It also looks like Michael Stipe opened for Patti Smith in NYC. He performed new material. I’m guessing a solo record is inevitable.

Outtasite (Outta Mind) at Unos in Nashua, NH. 2 songs out and about in one day!

Jeff Tweedy’s I Know What It’s Like at T-Bones restaurant in Hudson, NH.

It looks like you make your own flight reservations. I was checking out things quickly on my iPhone & thought that flights were included. Things are easier to understand on the full website. For instance, shows are taking place from January 18th-21st.

What happens in the event of a potential blizzard? Can you make your own flight to the event a day earlier than the package deal? The lodging doesn't bother me, but including flights makes me feel like you'd lose some freedom in getting there. Also a bit odd that the event begins on a Saturday.

Agganis is like a Mine Me of the Boston Garden. There's no balcony section. Just loge. I've enjoyed every concert that I've seen there: Muse, Interpol, The White Stripes, The Cure etc. Not a bad seat really. I'll be at the show in Portland. And I'm headed to Bull Moose later tonight to pick up the record.

The National will be on Colbert tonight. I watched the short film that Mike Mills (no not the REM guy) directed last night. I found it on YouTube. I think going into this record I assumed that it would be an album of mostly ballads. The 6 songs featured in the short film definitely fit the bill, but they all sounded amazing. This one should really split the fans, but I think it'll go down as a landmark album.

My latest prediction is new album on Friday June 7. The 2 Knoxville shows will lead up to that. Entirely possible that they've had something in the can for a long time.

Blink & you'll miss it, but The National just added a Boston date at the Agganis Arena on October 24. Tickets onsale this Friday. Any of my fellow Boston peeps see this today? I only found out by hitting up their website after their 3rd single/video premiered today. Hairpin Turns is the 3rd single, btw.

Yes. It's been a typical shit show from U2.com. They promised a song download per month. They released 2 at the end of January and no one heard anything from them until just this past weekend for 2 more songs. The physical double disc is due sometime this spring. It seems like it's going to be live tracks of songs from the last 2 albums. They put out a great release in 2012: U22 - a 22 song collection of live songs from the 360 tour in 2009-2011. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U22_(album) Then The Edge picked some extra songs for another live fan club exclusive release the following yea

It looks like U2 is going to do a stadium tour later this year (Nov/Dec) in Australia, New Zealand & Asia. An announcement is expected in early May. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are rumored to open all of the dates. It's unknown if U2 plans to bring their Joshua Tree Anniversary tour to this part of the world or if it'll be a completely new show. Reported by U2Songs website.

Twice? I know they were there in December 2017. I was at that show. I was just giving an update that they now have a new gig penciled in on the same date as the cancelled ONCE show. I don't think that they rescheduled that date and canceled it. As far as I know, Steve Wynn said that they want to come back this fall. There are plenty of Boston venues with similar capacities for them to book. It's entirely possible that I missed a new date.

^ It looks like The Dream Syndicate are opening up for The Hold Steady on May 18 at Space Ballroom in Hamden, CT. Their now cancelled ONCE Ballroom show in Somerville, MA was scheduled on the same date. It looks like they ditched the Somerville show to open for The Hold Steady. A bit strange considering the cancelled show was a headlining gig.

Yeah, I've found about 4 songs from that show and Not In Kansas name drops not only R.E.M., but also Begin The Begin. All 4 were ballads, but really nice.

Should be an interesting experience based off of you not seeing them for so long & them playing the majority of their forthcoming album. I think they played only like 4 older songs on the 1st 2 shows on this lil tour.

The National did a show today in Paris that's being billed as "A Special Evening With..." It looks like they did 13 new songs. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-national/2019/lolympia-bruno-coquatrix-paris-france-b93113e.html This mini-tour hits 4 more cities.

That was too short of a stint. I think the Boston show was the last or 2nd to last gig on Mott The Hoople's tour. I pondered going and even looked into Uber, but I passed on it assuming that their show in May was still on at ONCE Ballroom. The day after I checked and it disappeared on their website & the venue website. I found an old venue post from mid March that said "due to unforeseen circumstances" this show has been cancelled. I wonder if it was because they were doing the Mott shows a month before their next potential Boston show. If that's the case, it might be a foolish idea since