Sunday, 22 June 2008

LiveDaily Song of the Day: Serena Ryder - "Weak In The Knees"

Today's Song of the Day is by Serena Ryder [ tickets ]. Her featured cut is "Weak In The Knees," which appears on the Canadian singer's 2007 EP, "Told You in a Whispered Song."

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Weekend Ticketing: Eagles, Madonna, New Kids on the Block, Janet Jackson, Coldplay

Tickets for the US leg of the Eagles [ tickets ]' "Long Road Out of Eden World Tour" continue to roll out in new markets.On-sales get underway Saturday (6/7) for the tour's stops in Atlantic City, NJ; and Uncasville, CT, while tickets go on sale Monday (6/9) for two shows in Chicago.[Click to search for Eagles tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *Madonna [ tickets ]'s world tour in support of her latest No. 1 album, "Hard Candy," will reach North American shores this fall.On-sales for newly added shows in Denver and Las Vegas go on sale Saturday (6/7).[Click to search for Madonna tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *New Kids on the Block [ tickets ] have mapped out a full North American run to kick off their international reunion tour.Saturday (6/7) on-sales are planned for Las Vegas; San Antonio, TX; Philadelphia; and Seattle. Tickets go on sale Monday (6/9) for shows in Washington, DC; Los Angeles; San Jose, CA; Glendale, AZ; Houston; Dallas; Chicago; New York City; Atlanta; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Tampa, FL; Denver; and Salt Lake City. [Click to search for New Kids on the Block tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *Janet Jackson [ tickets ] continues to add cities to her upcoming "Rock Witchu Tour," which will be the superstar's first outing in seven years.Tickets hit the market Friday (6/6) in Toronto, and on-sales begin Saturday (6/7) for shows in East Rutherford, NJ; Montreal; and Vancouver.[Click to search for Janet Jackson tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *British alt-rockers Coldplay [ tickets ] will dive into a full North American outing to support their forthcoming album, "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends."On-sales begin Saturday (6/7) for the band's stop at The Forum in Inglewood, CA.[Click to search for Coldplay tickets at Ticketmaster.com.]* * *Ticket on-sale information for many other artists--including Jack Johnson [ tickets ], Rascal Flatts [ tickets ], Nine Inch Nails [ tickets ], Kid Rock [ tickets ] and Dolly Parton [ tickets ]--is available at LiveDaily's Ticket Report.* * *Unless otherwise noted, tickets are available from Ticketmaster and Ticketmaster Online, as well as the venue box office. On-sale dates and/or times are subject to change. Ticketmaster is LiveDaily's parent company.

Sunday, 1 June 2008

Earlimart prepares 'Hymn' for summer outing

Indie-rock outfit Earlimart [ tickets ] has lined up a slate of mid-summer dates behind the forthcoming "Hymn and Her" CD, the band's second studio LP in less than a year.The Los Angeles-based act--currently a duo, consisting of vocalist/multi-instrumentalists Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray--will kick off the run July 17 in San Diego. The 12-city trek will move from west to east before winding down in early August in Austin, TX. Details are below."Hymn and Her," Earlimart's sixth studio album, is due out July 1 on the band's own Majordomo label, which Espinoza and Murray set up recently in a distribution deal with Shout/Sony."It's cool. We did this deal with Shout, the guys [who] used to run and own Rhino," Espinoza told the LA Weekly earlier this month. "And, I think they still have a passion for music. It's licensing, it's a 50-50 partnership. Basically, we met these guys in a dark alley, and it was like, 'I want to be in a situation where we can put out Earlimart records, and I also want to be in a situation where I can sign artists and bring people to 'the dark side.'"Besides producing Earlimart's albums along with Murray, Espinoza has also guided several up-and-coming bands through the recording process, including Rademacher, which hails from Espinoza's hometown of Fresno, CA.The new set marks a quick turn-around for the normally slow-but-steady outfit, which released "Mentor Tormentor" last year and "Treble & Tremble" two years before that. In announcing the distribution deal with Shout/Sony, the band vowed to "release at least one record every fiscal year for the next 10 years. Or, unless Aaron and Ari decide that they don't want to," according to a press statement.