JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE APPEARANCE CONFIRMED FOR APRIL 21
Album Out April 20 On Shanabelle/RCA

Having confirmed the April 20 release of sophomore album Red Light Fever (Shanabelle/RCA), Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders have now announced both U.S. tour dates and an April 21 appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

The first salvo of roadwork to support Red Light Fever will be April 19 at the Casbah in San Diego and will include a day of release show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, as well as dates in Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia. Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed.

The upcoming tour will feature Hawkins on vocals and a variety of instruments, joined by veteran Coattail Riders Chris Chaney (bass), Gannin Arnold (guitar), Nate Wood (guitar), as well as Foo Fighters touring percussionist Drew Hester. The Coattail Riders coterie will unveil the first ever live interpretations of the brand new Red Light Fever material
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as well as tracks from the band’s eponymous 2006 debut album.

The genesis of Red Light Fever can be traced back to an early 2009 break from the Foo Fighters’ grueling touring schedule that freed up time for Hawkins to begin demoing tracks for a second Coattail Riders record. However, Hawkins’ providing drums and vocals on all tracks among other instruments soon became the only thing Red Light Fever would have in common with its homespun predecessor. The record snowballed into full on sessions at the Foo Fighters’ state of the art 606 studio complex, with Hawkins was joined by Chaney, Arnold, Wood, and a stellar supporting cast including Elliot Easton of the Cars, Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, and last but by no  means least, Hawkins’ bandmate Dave Grohl.

Red Light Fever could be considered a labor of love – if the sheer joy exuded in every note, influence  and nuance of every song didn’t make the entire affair seem so effortless. Hawkins’ increasingly accomplished vocals and world renowned drumming skills  recall and pay tribute to Hawkins’ vast spectrum of classic rock heroes – from the vintage 70s glam stomp of “Way Down,” the hard rock rave up “Not Bad  Luck,” a nod to Beatlesque balladry
ISC CISSP exam in the form of “Hell To Pay,” and many more. Virtually every track evokes memories of the respective heydays of the Chinn-Chapman hit factory, The Move, Sweet, and even a little 10cc for good  measure – all imbued with Hawkins’ unmistakable musical personality.

See below for a complete list of confirmed dates. On sales will begin Friday 10 a.m. EST. For further information, specific on sale info, new dates, etc., check back at:
http://www.taylorhawkins.com/
http://www.myspace.com/taylorhawkinsandthecoattailriders
http://twitter.com/taylorhawkins
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Taylor-Hawkins/194341547384

TAYLOR HAWKINS & THE COATTAIL RIDERS ON TOUR

April 19th             San Diego / Casbah
April 20th             Los Angeles / Troubadour
April 21st              Jimmy Kimmel Live
April 24th             Santa Barbara / Velvet Jones
April 25th             Las Vegas / Wasted Space @ the Hard Rock Hotel
April 26th             Salt Lake City / Urban Lounge
May 2nd               Boston / Great Scott
May 3rd                Toronto / Horseshoe Tavern
May 4th                Baltimore / Sonar Small Room
May 6th                New York / Gramercy Theatre
May 7th                Philadelphia / The Note

112,000+ SOLD, MARKING CAREER HIGH SALES WEEK AND CHART POSITION

On the heels of their current single “Stylo” setting the record for the most successful YouTube Music Tuesday premiere to date, Gorillaz have now set two more career landmarks with their brand new third album, Plastic Beach: Selling more than 112,000 copies in the seven days since its March 9 U.S. Release on EMI’s Virgin Records, Plastic Beach has entered the U.S. album chart at #2. Both career highs, the sales number and chart position best those of 2005’s double-platinum Demon Days, which sold 107,000 in its debut week, entering the chart at #6.

Reached for comment at Point Nemo, Gorillaz bassist and mouthpiece 642-832 Murdoc Niccals gloated, “I hear my Plastic Beach masterpiece has shot into the U.S. charts at No.2!! What about that? Whatever: this means you like me, you really like me!!”

Hailed as “Gorillaz’s third excellent  album in a row” (Rolling Stone), “full of hidden and unexpected treasures” (The Chicago Sun-Times), a People magazine “Critics Choice,” and “Best New Music” by Pitchfork, Plastic Beach is the first self-produced Gorillaz album and features a roster of guest stars  including Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, The Clash’s
70-480 Mick Jones  and Paul Simonon, The National Orchestra for Arabic Music and many more.

The physical and digital deluxe editions of Plastic  Beach are the most elaborate packages ever conceived by co-founders Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett: The iTunes LP  version of Plastic Beach includes the “Stylo” video and a Making of “Stylo”  documentary;  a video collection of Gorillaz animation, Plastic Beach trailers and six exclusive films set to album tracks; a still gallery featuring original Gorillaz art and images exclusive to iTunes; a Gorillaz interactive game; and an Online Extras section providing  access to Gorillaz live concert performances and additional exclusives. The iTunes deluxe edition of the record also features the bonus tracks “Pirate’s  Progress: and “Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons.”

The physical  “Experience Edition” of Plastic Beach includes such bonuses as a Making of  Plastic Beach DVD, ability to stream live Gorillaz performances, and a special  access card unlocking a world of exclusive and interactive online content to  be revealed over time.

Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by  Albarn and Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on  the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two  million copies in the U.S. The band’s 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the  Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and sold in  excess of two million copies in America. Gorillaz will headline the April 18  final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the  first live Gorillaz experience in the States since Demon Days Live sold out five-night run at Harlem’s Apollo  Theater back in April 2006.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check  back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com, follow the  band’s own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz

FEATURING NEW ARTWORK AND EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACKS

ADDITIONAL NEW YORK SHOW ADDED AS JUNE 29 PROSPECT PARK SHOW SELLS OUT INSTANTLY

Packing further landmarks into a year that has already included three sold out nights at New York’s Terminal 5 and a triumphant UK tour, Passion Pit has confirmed an April 13 release date for the deluxe reissue of its highly acclaimed debut album, Manners (frenchkiss Columbia). The expanded edition of the record that landed the band on the Best of 2009 lists of NPR, Pitchfork, Time Out New York, The New York Post, Stereogum and more, will feature brand new artwork and three bonus tracks: vivid, bare bones “Stripped Down” versions of the original album’s “Sleepyhead” and “Moth’s Wings,” and the cover of the Cranberries’ “Dreams” that’s become a highlight of recent Passion Pit live shows.

The unstoppable force that is the Passion Pit live experience returns to North America at the end of March, for a spring/summer tour that has already sold out shows in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Vancouver and more, necessitating additional shows and moves to larger venues in multiple markets.

Following on the instantaneous sell-out of all 6200 tickets for its June 29 show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, Passion Pit has just announced the addition of a second New York show to the current tour. The additional show will take place June 30 at Governor’s Island and will feature special guests Tokyo Police Club. For further information on tickets and directions to the inaugural music event for this 7000-capacity site, please go to http://bowerypresents.com/event/4429

Passion Pit was conceived as a solo project by Michael Angelakos, who recorded the bulk of the band’s 2008 debut EP Chunk Of Change (frenchkiss) while attending Boston’s Emerson College. The band-which currently consists of Angelakos, Ian Hultquist, Ayad Al Adhamy, Nate Donmoyer and Jeff Apruzzese–released its first full length album, Manners, in May 2009. Critical and popular reaction to Manners has been uniformly ecstatic, ranging from raves in Rolling Stone, US Weekly, New York and many more to a #51 debut on the Billboard Top 200 albums. On the strength of the irresistible hooks of tracks like “The Reeling,” “Sleepyhead,” “Moth’s Wings” and “Little Secrets,” and a rapidly burgeoning live draw, Manners has sold over 140,000 copies since its release last spring and remains on the chart at present.

PASSION PIT ON TOUR 2010

3/26 – Miami, FL – Ultra Music Festival
3/28 – Niagara Falls, NY – Rapids Theater
3/29 – York, PA – Pullo Center
3/30 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues – SOLD OUT
3/31 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion – SOLD OUT
4/2 – Chicago, IL – Congress Theatre – SOLD OUT
4/3 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
4/4 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue – SOLD OUT
4/5 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
4/7 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre – SOLD OUT
4/8 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
4/10 – Eugene, OR  – McDonald Theatre
4/11 – Vancouver, BC  – Commodore Ballroom – SOLD OUT
4/12 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
4/14 – Davis, CA – Freeborn Hall
4/15 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theatre
4/16 – Indio, CA – Coachella
4/22 – Chicago, IL –  Congress
4/30 – Knoxville, TN – U of Tennessee
5/31 – George, WA – Sasquatch
6/18 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
6/19 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
6/29 – Brooklyn, NY – Prospect Park – SOLD OUT
6/30 – New York, NY – Governor’s Island
8/21 – Chelmsford, UK – V Festival
8/22 – Stafford, UK – V Festival

SHAKE/SHIVER/MOAN, FIRST ALBUM WITH NEW LINEUP OUT JUNE 8 ON tbd records

“Latest Heartbreak” Studio Version Available Now for Free Download at http://the22-20s.com/
On Tour Through April Supporting Band Of Skulls & The Whigs

22-20s are a British rock band, originally formed in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, who disintegrated scarcely two years after their acclaimed 2004 self titled debut LP. In 2008, a reconstituted version of the band reformed around the founding nucleus of singer/guitarist Martin Trimble, bassist Bartup and drummer James Irving, adding Dan Hare on guitar and backing vocals.

Secretly touring the UK under the alias of one their new song titles “Bitter Pills,” 22-20s showcased a wealth of radically new material ranging from the uptempo rock of single and digital live EP namesake “Latest Heartbreak” and album title track “Shake/Shiver/Moan” to the classic morning-after bluespop of “Let It Go” and “4th Floor.” The studio version of “Latest Heartbreak” is available for free download now at http://the22-20s.com/

The new lineup and broader musical horizons of 22-20s debut this month with the digital only Latest Heartbreak EP, released March 9 through tbd records (U.S. label home to Radiohead, Underworld, White Rabbits and others), featuring four tracks record live at last year in Reading UK.

Shake/Shiver/Moan, the first 22-20s album to feature the Trimble/Bartup/Irving/Hare lineup, will be released by tbd in the U.S. on June 8, and will feature the studio versions of the tracks from the live EP and six other brand new 22-20s numbers. The album’s release will be preceded in the States by an extensive run opening for Band of Skulls and The Whigs’ co-headlining tour and will be followed by further North American touring throughout the summer.

The 22-20s with Band Of Skulls & The Whigs
31-Mar WED – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
01-Apr THU – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
02-Apr FRI – Philadelphia, PA  – North Star Bar
03-Apr SAT – Allston, MA – Harper’s Ferry
04-Apr SUN – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
06-Apr TUE – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s
07-Apr WED – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
08-Apr THU – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
10-Apr SAT – Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre
12-Apr MON – Kansas City, MO – Riot Room
13-Apr TUE – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
15-Apr THU – Scottsdale, AZ – Martini Ranch
16-Apr FRI – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
19-Apr MON – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
20-Apr TUE – Portland, OR  – Doug Fir Lounge
22-Apr THU – Seattle, WA  – Crocodile Café

EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES GALORE ON iTUNES LP AND DELUXE EXPERIENCE EDITION
“STYLO” SETS RECORD AS MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE IN YOUTUBE HISTORY

“…some of the most forward-looking music you’ll  hear this or any other year… Plastic Beach is more than the sum of its  big-name parts”-Q

“From the Thriller-infused electro-funk of “Stylo” to  the bubbly grooves of “Superfast Jellyfish” and “Some Kind of Nature,” there’s  something for everyone, and often in the same song… Plastic Beach exudes  fun.”-NPR Music

“Gorillaz’s third excellent  album in a row”-Rolling Stone

“[Gorillaz] has returned, once again  gilding their four-character core with a delightfully random roster of guest  stars… its songs sound like dispatches from a crew of hip-kid astronauts,  unmoored in some space-dust ether… they do it with  style.”-Entertainment Weekly

“Befitting an album about an  ocean, the collection gains momentum via the song-to-song ebb and flow… It  works both as a conceptual piece and also as a collection of danceable pop…   for a bunch of cartoon characters, it does feel especially alive and  human.”-Stereogum

Gorillaz’ third album, the already globally acclaimed Plastic Beach, is released today in the U.S. on EMI’s Virgin Records.

The physical and digital deluxe editions of Plastic  Beach promise to surpass anything previously hatched from the Gorillaz  imaginarium: The iTunes LP  version of Plastic Beach includes the record-breaking “Stylo” video and a Making of “Stylo”  documentary;  a video collection of Gorillaz animation, Plastic Beach trailers and six exclusive films set to album tracks; a still gallery featuring original Gorillaz art and images exclusive to iTunes; a Gorillaz interactive game; and an Online Extras section providing  access to Gorillaz live concert performances and additional exclusives. The iTunes deluxe edition of the record also features the bonus tracks “Pirate’s  Progress: and “Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons.”

The physical  “Experience Edition” of Plastic Beach includes such bonuses as a Making of  Plastic Beach DVD, ability to stream live Gorillaz performances, and a special  access card unlocking a world of exclusive and interactive online content to  be revealed over time.

Having already been hailed with a 4-star Rolling  Stone review and an Entertainment Weekly Must List plug, Plastic Beach’s first  single, “Stylo,” was unveiled in its video incarnation Tuesday March 2 on  YouTube. The “Stylo” world premiere instantly became the most successful  official music video premiere in YouTube Music Tuesday history, generating  over 900,000 views in its first 24 hours, since breezing past the million view  mark and surpassing previous record holders U2 and Weezer. The “Stylo” video  can also be seen on VH1, MTV, MTV2, MTVU, Logo, and Fuse.

Elsewhere,  the NPR Music Exclusive First Listen for Plastic Beach was the #1 most popular  story on NPR.org in its first 24 hours.

Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album  produced entirely by Damon Albarn and features a roster of guest stars  including Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, The Clash’s Mick Jones  and Paul Simonon, The National Orchestra for Arabic Music and many more.  Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by  Albarn and visual artist Jamie Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on  the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two  million copies in the U.S. The band’s 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the  Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and sold in  excess of two million copies in America. Gorillaz will headline the April 18  final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the  first live Gorillaz experience in the States since the Demon Days Live sold  out five-night run that took place in April 2006 at Harlem’s Apollo  Theater.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check  back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com, follow the  band’s own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz.

ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 18TH BY BROWN RECORDS/FAT POSSUM RECORDS/COLUMBIA RECORD

Band of Horses, the Low Country’s premier rock n’ roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms ,on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.

The album package will feature the photography of the band’s long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.

Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed by Dave Sardy,  and recorded over a 16-month period, the songs on Infinite Arms project the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for the recording and songwriting process behind the album.  The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group’s most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band’s native Carolinas inspired the songwriting,  lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.

Band of Horses are Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Long time touring members of the group, Infinite Arms marks the recording debut of Ramsey and Reynolds, while Barrett and Monroe graced the last album, Cease to Begin. Through touring together in support of Cease to Begin and during breaks in the Infinite Arms recording process, the band have become a cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that founder Bridwell has crafted since the band’s inception. As Bridwell himself concedes, “in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record.”

Look for the band to support Infinite Arms with tour dates across the globe in 2010. A current list of dates is below, with many more to be announced very soon. Visit www.bandofhorses.com for ticketing information.

March 15th – Boulder, CO – Fox Theater
March 16th – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
March 18th – Austin, TX – Stubbs BBQ (SXSW)
March 19th – Austin, TX Central Presbyterian Church (SXSW)
April 8th – Paris, France – La Fleche D’or
April 9th – Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
April 10th – Rotterdam, Netherlands- Motel Mozaique, Schouwburg
April 12th – London, UK – Koko
April 14th – Koln, Germany – Kulturkirche
April 16th – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
April 17th – Gothenburg, Sweden – Tradgarn
April 18th – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
April 23rd – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 24th –  Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 27th – Gainesville, FL – Rion Ballroom
April 28th – Miami, FL – Fillmore
April 29th – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
May 1st – New Orleans, LA  – Jazzfest
May 2nd – Memphis, TN – Beale St. Music Festival
May 27th – Davis, CA – UC Davis Freeborn Hall
May 30th – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater (with She & Him)
May 31st – George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
June 5th – Bangor, IE – Ward Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 9th – London, UK – Roundhouse
June 12th – Glasgow, Scotland – Bellahouston Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 19th – Toronto, ONT – Olympic Island Concert (with Pavement and Broken Social Scene)
September 25th – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater

Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Pitchfork U.S.  Festival Dates Confirmed
UK/Euro Headline Dates Continue To Sell  Out

LCD Soundsystem has confirmed May 18 as the U.S release date  of its as yet untitled third album. The record will be released on  DFA/Virgin in the U.S. and will consist of the following  songs:

Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls  *
One Touch
All I Want
Change *
Hit  *
Pow Pow
Somebody’s Calling Me *
What You  Need

The above were recorded at The Manshun in Los Angeles and the DFA  studios in New York and mixed at DFA from April 2009 through February 2010.   TBD was written and produced by James Murphy. Additional mixes were done  by Dave Sardy as indicated (*).

The new album is LCD Soundsystem’s  first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of  Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of the decade, and like its predecessor 2005’s  LCD Soundsystem received a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance  Album. Sound Of Silver also featured “All My Friends,” ranked #4 by Time in its  Best Songs of 2007 and named single of the year by Pitchfork, and Entertainment Weekly #8 song of 2007 “Someone Great.” In 2008, LCD  Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of the movie  21. The bandhas since released the 45:33: The Remixes EP  and a cover of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store  Day 2009 and earning LCD its fifth NME single of the week. The album  will be preceded by the March 23 release of the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s  Greenberg, which features both composition’s from James Murphy’s  original score for the film and the new LCD Soundsystem song “Oh You  (Christmas Blues).”

The record’s release will be supported by a  world tour beginning with an April 16 penultimate slot at the Coachella  festival in Indio CA and continuing with a run  of UK/Europe headline  dates (several of which have sold out well in advance and necessitated added  dates) and further worldwide festival appearances. For a full itinerary, see  below and continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com/  for additions going forward.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM On Tour  2010

April 16    Indio CA     Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 20     Dublin       Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 21    Dublin        Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 23     London      Brixton Academy * SOLD  OUT
April 24    London       Brixton Academy *SOLD OUT
April 26     Birmingham  Academy
April 27     Leeds   Academy * SOLD OUT
April 28     Glasgow Barrowlands
April 29     Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT
May 1    Manchester  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 2    Bristol  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 4    Amsterdam   Paradiso * SOLD OUT
May 5    Brussels    Ancienne Belgique * SOLD OUT
May 6   Berlin  WMF
May 7    Luxembourg  Den Atelier
May 8   Paris    Bataclan * SOLD OUT
May 9   Paris    Bataclan
May 30  George WA   Sasquatch  Festival
June 11 Manchester TN   Bonnaroo  Festival
July 10 Lisbon  Alive Festival
July 17 Chicago  IL  Pitchfork Music Festival
September 12    Isle  of Wight   Bestival

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN MARCH 4
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE  APRIL 15

Radio City Music Hall Sold Out Five Weeks In Advance
Boston, Multiple Nights in Washington DC and Minneapolis SOLD OUT
April 12 Eugene OR Show Added

Having just completed a largely sold out UK/Europe trek, the dudes of Spoon are gearing up for a 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 South by Southwest kick off show at Stubbs in Austin, with Spoon headlining a bill featuring Broken Bells, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Walkmen and more.

The tour will be preceded by a March 4 appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman. Spoon will also make its first visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live April 15, just prior to the April 17 conclusion of this run at the Coachella festival in Indio CA.

Spoon’s March 26 debut headline engagement at New York’s legendary Radio City Music Hall sold out over a week ago joining March 27 at Boston’s House of Blues, April 2-3 at Minneapolis’ First Avenue, and March 22-23 at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club on the list of Spoon shows that have completely sold out more than a month in advance.

Spoon has also added a date to the current tour: April 12 at the McDonald Theater in Eugene OR. Tickets for this show will go on sale March 6.

SPOON ON TOUR 2010

17-Mar Stubbs – Austin, TX
18-Mar Republic – New Orleans, LA
19-Mar Workplay Soundstage – Birmingham, AL
20-Mar Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
22-Mar 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
23-Mar 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
24-Mar The National – Richmond, VA
26-Mar Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY * SOLD OUT
27-Mar House of Blues – Boston, MA, USA * SOLD OUT
29-Mar Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
30-Mar Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal – Oak, MI
1-Apr Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
2-Apr First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
3-Apr First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
5-Apr Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
6-Apr Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
7-Apr In the Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9-Apr Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10-Apr Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
11-Apr Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
12-Apr McDonald Theater – Eugene , OR
13-Apr Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
17-Apr Indio, CA – Coachella

30-April Melbourne – Billboard
1-May Bendigo – Groovin’ The Moo
2-May Townsville – Groovin’ The Moo
3-May Brisbane – The HiFi
6-May Coolangatta – The Cooly Hotel
7-May Sydney – The Forum
8-May Maitland – Groovin’ The Moo
9-May Canberra – Groovin’ The Moo
13-May Adelaide – Fowlers
14-May Perth – The Astor
15-May Bunbury – Groovin’ The Moo

*Deerhunter direct support on all North American dates
*New Orleans – Royal Oak w/ The Strange Boys
*Chicago – Oakland w/ Micachu & the Shapes

PLASTIC BEACH NPR FIRST LISTEN FULL ALBUM PREVIEW MARCH 1
COMPLETELY NEW GORILLAZ.COM LIVE NOW

“We’ve been waiting since ’05 for the cartoon band that brought us hits like ‘Feel Good Inc.’ and ‘Clint Eastwood’ to regroup. And now we know what’s taken them so long: Gorillaz’ sublime new single sounds like Kraftwerk backing and old-fashioned soul revue” — Entertainment Weekly

“‘Stylo’ boasts cameos by R&B vet Bobby Womack, testifying like a Harlem storefront preacher, and Mos Def, sounding like he Skyped in his 16 bars from an interstellar Internet café. Yet Albarn himself shines brightest, crooning like a proper soulman…” – Rolling Stone

‘Stylo,’ the first video from the hotly anticipated third Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, will premiere globally on YouTube on March 2nd, 2010. The video premiere will follow the March 1 launch of a streaming full album preview as part of NPR Music’s Exclusive First Listen series at www.NPR.org/music

Directed by Jamie Hewlett and produced by Cara Speller for Zombie Flesh Eaters, with live action by HSI Productions in Los Angeles, and animation by Passion Pictures in London, “Stylo” follows Gorillaz bass demigod Murdoc Niccals through a dangerous trip to the mainland from his new home on the Plastic Beach namesake of the new record. Something goes badly wrong and Murdoc, guitarist/Cyborg Noodle – who has replaced her (its?) flesh and blood counterpart since the original’s apparent demise in the previous Demon Days’ final video “El Manana” — and vocalist 2D end up in a high speed car chase with a local cop and an unknown assailant. Cyborg Noodle’s circuits start failing and 2D fears for their lives as the gun toting bounty hunter draws ever closer….

Murdoc recalls of the video shoot (no pun intended), “Someone was chasing me through the desert! Luckily I had my camera crew following me and they captured it all on film, so I’ve cut it up and stuck it back together for my Stylo video! That’ll learn me not to leave the safe, toxic, isolated haven of Plastic Beach…”

Murdoc’s new stomping grounds can be explored at the all – new all-different Gorillaz.com. The completely new site, which has just gone live, has been relocated from the now defunct Kong Studios (RIP) to the newly constructed complex at Point Nemo, Plastic Beach.

The “Stylo” single is on sale now and has already received a 4-star review from Rolling Stone and a Must List plug from Entertainment Weekly. Plastic Beach will be released by Virgin in the U.S. on March 9th. Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album since 2005’s Demon Days which featured the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and, like its predecessor 2001’s Gorillaz, sold some six million copies worldwide. Gorillaz will headline the April 18 final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the first live Gorillaz experience in the States since the Demon Days Live sold out five-night run at Harlem’s Apollo Theater.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz story, check back daily at http://gorillaz.com/

MARCH 9 LATE SHOW WITH DAVID  LETTERMAN APPEARANCE CONFIRMED
MARCH 11 LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON  ALSO CONFIRMED
Live Shows On Sale Now in New York, Los Angeles,  Austin
NPR Music First Listen and MySpace Listening Previews Commence  March 1

“The year’s coolest left field pop disc (4  stars)”–Rolling Stone

James Mercer and Brian Burton a/k/a  Danger Mouse release the self-titled first album by their new band Broken  Bells on Columbia Records March 9, 2010. The band will make its first ever  television appearance that same day on The Late Show with David Letterman.

The record’s release will be previewed by full length streaming  previews NPR.org/music and Myspace.com beginning March 1, marking the first time the two  sites have shared such a debut event.

In addition to standard CD, LP and digital versions, Broken Bells will also be released in a limited edition one-of-a-kind music box configuration available at finer music retailers. The record will also be available at Starbucks locations.

Broken Bells’ release week  will continue apace with another TV appearance and two special intimate live performances: The band will make its New York live debut March 10 at Brooklyn’s  Music Hall of Williamsburg,  followed by a March 11 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy  Fallon, and a March 14 one-off at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The  following week the band will play NPR’s SXSW opening night gala at Stubbs  in Austin TX alongside Spoon, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The  Walkmen and more.

Broken Bells’ release has been preceded  by overwhelmingly positive critical response, with Rolling Stone awarding  the album a 4-star lead review and and previously running a Hot List lead  on the single “The High Road,” while Wired called it “crazy good stuff,”  Laist.com remarked of the band’s recent live debut “Try to imagine what  (Broken Bells) might sound like and your expectations would be met and  likely exceeded.”

Broken Bells features Mercer on vocals,  guitars and bass while Burton plays organ, drums, piano, synths and bass.  The pair play all the instruments on the album with the exception of a  full string section arranged by Daniele Luppi. Broken Bells was  recorded by Todd Monfalcone and Kennie Takahashi at Mondo Studio in Los  Angeles and produced by Danger Mouse.

Each a long-time fan of the other’s  work, Burton and Mercer first met face-to-face backstage at the 2004  Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen. The pair immediately hit it off and kept  in touch over the prevailing half decade and in May 2008 seized the  opportunity to finally collaborate on original music together. Broken  Bells was pared down from more than 20 pieces of new music written and  recorded to the 10 songs that coalesced together the most seamlessly.

Mercer and Burton will continue to work as a band in the  future.

For more information, please contact Laura Eldeiry at nasty  little man e: laura@nastylittleman.com

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