NEW METALLICA CURATED FESTIVAL

Metallica announced the inaugural Orion Music + More festival today, which will take place June 23-24 in Atlantic City, NJ. Metallica will headline both nights, and play the Black Album in its entirety on one of the nights for the first time ever on U.S. soil. The rest of the initial lineup, which will include 22+ artists, includes:

Metallica

Arctic Monkeys
Avenged Sevenfold
Modest Mouse
The Gaslight Anthem
Cage The Elephant
Fucked Up
Best Coast
Hot Snakes
Titus Andronicus
Gary Clark Jr.
Lucero
Roky Erickson
The Black Angels
The Sword
A Place to Bury Strangers
Liturgy

See JamBase Festival Guide for more info!

NEW METALLICA CURATED FESTIVAL

Metallica announced the inaugural Orion Music + More festival today, which will take place June 23-24 in Atlantic City, NJ. Metallica will headline both nights, and play the Black Album in its entirety on one of the nights for the first time ever on U.S. soil. The rest of the initial lineup, which will include 22+ artists, includes:

Metallica

Arctic Monkeys
Avenged Sevenfold
Modest Mouse
The Gaslight Anthem
Cage The Elephant
Fucked Up
Best Coast
Hot Snakes
Titus Andronicus
Gary Clark Jr.
Lucero
Roky Erickson
The Black Angels
The Sword
A Place to Bury Strangers
Liturgy

See JamBase Festival Guide for more info!

TREK KICKS OFF APRIL 5 IN BUFFALO, NY

Two of rock’s most talked about bands, Escape the Fate and Attack Attack!, are joining forces on a co-headliner, dubbed the “This World Is Ours Tour”. The trek, which features support from The Word Alive, Secrets and Mest, will kick off April 5 in Buffalo, NY and wind down on May 16th in Vancouver, BC.

Tickets for the This World Is Ours Tour will go on sale Friday, February 10, 2012. Visit www.thisworldisourstour.com for details.

This World is Ours Tour Dates

Wed/May-16-2012 Vancouver, BC The Vogue

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TREK KICKS OFF APRIL 5 IN BUFFALO, NY

Two of rock’s most talked about bands, Escape the Fate and Attack Attack!, are joining forces on a co-headliner, dubbed the “This World Is Ours Tour”. The trek, which features support from The Word Alive, Secrets and Mest, will kick off April 5 in Buffalo, NY and wind down on May 16th in Vancouver, BC.

Tickets for the This World Is Ours Tour will go on sale Friday, February 10, 2012. Visit www.thisworldisourstour.com for details.

This World is Ours Tour Dates

Wed/May-16-2012 Vancouver, BC The Vogue

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FIRST LEG OF TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF SLIPSTREAM

Bonnie Raitt

2012 is shaping up to be the year of Bonnie Raitt. On the heels of releasing Slipstream, her first studio release in seven years (April 10, Redwing Records), Raitt embarks on the first leg of her 70-date tour on May 1. Tickets are available for pre-sale starting February 8 at the newly revamped www.bonnieraitt.com. Complete ticketing information for the tour is available now.

On tour, Marc Cohn will join Raitt as the opening act for the first month of shows on the first leg, with Mavis Staples set to open the latter dates. Raitt will be accompanied by her longtime touring band of James “Hutch” Hutchinson (bass), Ricky Fataar (drums), and George Marinelli (guitar), with the new addition of Mike Finnigan (Joe Cocker, CSN, Etta James, Jimi Hendrix) on keyboards.

Raitt’s reinvented version of Gerry Rafferty’s hit “Right Down The Line,” is the first single from Slipstream, and fans can click here</a to check it out.

+with Mavis Staples

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DAILY SCHEDULE UNVEILED FOR 3-DAY
CAMPING FESTIVAL IN ST. CLOUD, FLORIDA MARCH 9-11, 2012

The third annual AURA Music & Arts Festival unveiled their daily schedule today. Click here to take a look. The three-day festival takes place March 9-11 at Forever Florida in St. Cloud, Florida. Click here to grab tickets.

Click here to check this out in our Festival Guide!

AURA Music Fest Lineup

The Funky Nuggets

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OPETH’S MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT + PORCUPINE TREE’S
STEVEN WILSON TEAM UP FOR STORM CORROSION

Storm Corrosion

Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce the signing of Storm Corrosion.

Storm Corrosion is the long-discussed and highly anticipated collaboration between two of the modern progressive rock scene’s most innovative and multi-talented artists: Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Porcupine Tree‘s Steven Wilson. The pair will release Storm Corrosion on April 24 via Roadrunner Records.

A little background information on the genesis of this project: Åkerfeldt and Wilson have been friends since the late ’90s, when Wilson co-produced Opeth’s revered Blackwater Park album. Over the years, they’d often spoken of working on a project together, but it wasn’t until recently that they managed to make something happen, when Mikael flew over to visit Steven in the U.K. and they ended up in Wilson’s home studio throwing ideas around. That visit was the nascence of a whole self-titled album, written and produced by the pair, and mixed by Wilson.

The sound of Storm Corrosion can best be described as enchanting, orchestral, ambient, epic (half the album’s tracks clock in around the 10-minute mark) and nothing short of surprising to the new ear. However, the musicians’ respective fanbases will be primed to appreciate the new output, with Wilson’s recent solo album, Grace for Drowning, and Opeth’s Heritage having brought them to a logical place to understand Storm Corrosion. This eponymous collection is almost viewed as one side of a musical triangle.

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ESPERANZA SPALDING DEBUTS “BLACK GOLD”
FEATURING ALGEBRA BLESSETT

Esperanza Spalding

Eclectic jazz songstress and upright bass virtuoso Esperanza Spalding is back with the video for “Black Gold”, the vivacious first single from her upcoming album, Radio Music Society (out March 20). “Black Gold” features guest vocals from neo-soul songbird Algebra Blessett.

The eSingle is available for digital download at iTunes here. Check out tour dates and the new video below.

Esperanza Spalding Tour Dates

June 30 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center

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NORTH AMERICAN TICKETS GO ON SALE FEBRUARY 13

Madonna

Madonna is having a huge party and everyone’s invited. The Madonna 2012 World Tour begins May 29 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The shows will include arenas, stadiums and special outdoor sights including the Plains of Abraham in Quebec and a return visit to South America as well as Australia where she has not performed in 20 years. The tour will stop in 26 European cities including London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.

The first of 26 North American shows is scheduled for August 28 in Philadelphia and includes a September 6 show in NY’s Yankee Stadium and an October l0 performance at LA’s Staples Center.

Tickets are scheduled to go on sale beginning February 10 in Tel Aviv and the United Kingdom, with North American tickets going on sale beginning February 13. Tickets for North America are available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. A complete itinerary of Madonna 2012 is listed below.

The announcement of Madonna’s 2012 World Tour follows an extraordinary week which included a monumental extravaganza of a performance at the Super Bowl halftime show which was seen in over 200 countries by over a billion people. Last week also saw the release of Madonna’s new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin” from her highly anticipated new album MDNA on Live Nation Entertainment/Interscope Records – scheduled to be released on March 26.

Europe

11/17/12 Sat Philips Arena Atlanta, GA

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NORTH AMERICAN TICKETS GO ON SALE FEBRUARY 13

Madonna

Madonna is having a huge party and everyone’s invited. The Madonna 2012 World Tour begins May 29 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The shows will include arenas, stadiums and special outdoor sights including the Plains of Abraham in Quebec and a return visit to South America as well as Australia where she has not performed in 20 years. The tour will stop in 26 European cities including London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.

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Tickets are scheduled to go on sale beginning February 10 in Tel Aviv and the United Kingdom, with North American tickets going on sale beginning February 13. Tickets for North America are available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com. A complete itinerary of Madonna 2012 is listed below.

The announcement of Madonna’s 2012 World Tour follows an extraordinary week which included a monumental extravaganza of a performance at the Super Bowl halftime show which was seen in over 200 countries by over a billion people. Last week also saw the release of Madonna’s new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin” from her highly anticipated new album MDNA on Live Nation Entertainment/Interscope Records – scheduled to be released on March 26.

Europe

11/17/12 Sat Philips Arena Atlanta, GA

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TICKETS ON SALE FEBRUARY 10 AT NOON EST

Hangout Music Fest is proud to announce its highly anticipated 2012 lineup. Scheduled for May 18-20 on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, the Fest will feature main stage headliners Dave Matthews Band, Jack White, and a soon-to-be-announced third act, along with dance tent headliner Skrillex. Check out the rest of the lineup below.

General Admission, VIP, Super VIP and Big Kahuna festival tickets are on sale beginning at 12 noon EST/11 am CST/10 am MST/9 am PST on Fri., Feb. 10 at www.hangoutmusicfest.com/tickets.

Click here to check out this listing in our Festival Guide!

Jamie Bergeron

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WORLDWIDE REGGAE SENSATION PLAYS LIVE ONLINE NEXT WEEK

In partnership with the all-new Chevy Sonic, JamBase is proud to announce the Sonic Live concert series featuring the internationally renowned reggae group SOJA. Their brand new album, Strength to Survive, was released yesterday, January 31st, and has already risen to #3 on the overall iTunes album chart. Expect new songs and old favorites for this exclusive live session, so tune-in to Jambase.com on Wednesday, February 8 at 2p.m. ET to check it out.

SOJA will also host a special Twitter chat. Follow @ChevyLife on Twitter on Tuesday, February 7 from 1130am-12pm ET for a live Q&A session with the band. Please be sure to use the hashtag #soniclive to participate.

For a glimpse of what’s to come at Sonic Live, check out the Strength to Survive music video and a video from their most recent NYE show in Baltimore:

TOUR STARTS APRIL 3 IN TEMPE, ARIZONA

Paper Diamond

Following this fall’s single release of “Can We Go Up,” the tune that got stuck in everyone’s head and dominated the Hype Machine Charts at #1, Paper Diamond is also continuing his progression across the great expanse of America, taking his beats through winter and into Spring. What’s especially been turning heads is the fact that he uses an iPad during his performance.

Paper Diamond will be stopping by Memphis, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and Denver, as well as many others in between. Check below for all the dates.

REMAINING WINTER DATES

04/20/12 TBA, Denver, CO

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