As previously reported, the recently reunited Blink-182 is hitting the road again for the first time in five years and is making a stop at Fiddler's Green on Sunday, September 6 with Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French. While reserved tickets, which go on sale Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m., run from $25 to $63 (plus fees), there are a limited number $20 lawn seats (all-inclusive with no service fees) available. Other concert announcements this week include a trio of shows at the Fillmore
The MC5.
Plenty of amazing seven-inch singles will be available at Twist & Shout for Record Store Day other than the ones we've featured thus far in April -- stuff by Sublime, Taking Back Sunday, Tom Waits, Magnolia Electric Company, the Pretenders, the Jesus Lizard (a pack of nine singles, believe it or don't) and many more. For me, though, the big one is "Kick Out the Jams"/"Motor City is Burning" by the MC5. Packaged in a duplicate of the original picture sleeve, the 45 will be available for
If the date on the band's MySpace page and the press release we received from the publicist of one of the supporting acts is to be believed, blink-182's much ballyhooed reunion tour is slated to make a stop at Fiddler's Green on Sunday, September 6, with Weezer and Taking Back Sunday in tow. To see what you're in for, check out a clip from the act's first show back, a secret show at T-Mobile Sidekick LX's launch party on the Paramount Lot in LA last week. Take off your pants and jacket, bro.
As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.
