New material from Stevie Nicks in October

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Stevie Nicks will release her new CD 24 Karat Gold –Songs From The Vault on Oct. 7 on Warner Bros. Records.

It will include never-before seen Polaroid photos taken by Nicks throughout her career. A special Limited Edition Double Vinyl Album will be released on Sept. 29.

Additionally, a Deluxe Photobook CD album will be available for fans, which includes two bonus tracks plus 48 pages of exclusive photos from Nicks’ personal photo collection. Pre orders are available beginning Aug. 5.
 
Produced by Dave Stewart, Waddy Wachtel and Stevie Nicks, the new album follows critically acclaimed 2011 CD In Your Dreams.

“Most of these songs were written between 1969 and 1987. One was written in 1994 and one in 1995. I included them because they seemed to belong to this special group. Each song is a lifetime. Each song has a soul. Each song has a purpose. Each song is a love story…They represent my life behind the scenes, the secrets, the broken hearts, the broken hearted and the survivors. These songs are the memories - the 24 karat gold rings in the blue box. These songs are for you,” commented Nicks.

Nicks also has a new official Instagram account – ‘stevienicksofficial’ where she will be previewing snippets of her new album each week beginning Aug. 5.

On the road, the rock vet is scheduled to join the Fleetwood Mac ‘On With the Show’ Tour with recently returned bandmate Christine McVie, beginning Sept. 30 in Minneapolis.

“It’s so exciting to have Christine back after so many years. We can’t wait to get on the road together,” stated Nicks.

Farm Aid 2014 details

Farm Aid 2014 will be held at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre in Raleigh, North Carolina on Sept. 13. The lineup features Willie Nelson & Family, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Jack White, Jamey Johnson, Delta Rae, Carlene Carter and more.

Started in 1985, the all-day music and food festival, and will feature a unique lineup of artists and genres and will offer concert-goers family farm-identified, local and organic foods with its own homegrown concessions. Attendees will have the chance to meet farmers, engage in hands-on food and farm activities, and learn about the ways family farmers are enriching our soil, protecting our water and growing our economy, in addition to bringing us good food for good health.

"In North Carolina and across the Southeast, family farmers have struggled to stay on the land, but they have also pioneered new roads to economic sustainability. This region knows the value of its farmers and offers increasing opportunities for new farmers to build a strong regional food system. On the Farm Aid stage, we'll celebrate family farmers and the healthy communities they're growing for all of us." -- Willie Nelson
 
A ticket presale has started. Public on sale is Friday, August 1, at 10 a.m. EDT. Tickets will be available at livenation.com, the Walnut Creek Amphitheatre box office, all Ticketmaster outlets or by phone at 800-745-3000. Tickets range in price from $49 to $175.

"There is a fair-like feeling when you go to Farm Aid. All day long, people are performing onstage and food from family farmers is being served. It's a great occasion for families to come listen to great music and teach their children about where their food comes from. We're proud to bring Farm Aid 2014 to North Carolina for the first time to feature the family farmers whose hard work and innovations are essential for all of us." -- John Mellencamp

Honda Civic Tour with American Authors

Tour dates for the second leg of the 2014 Honda Civic Tour featuring Brooklyn-based pop/rock headlining band American Authors (pictured) will extend through October and November. 

Tickets go on sale starting Aug. 1 and ticket information can be found at HondaCivicTour.com.

Joining American Authors on tour will be The Mowgli's, Echosmith and Oh Honey on selected dates.

American Authors' hit single, "Best Day of My Life," has been certified double platinum and the official video for the song has reached over 23 million views on YouTube. The band was named both a VH1 "You Oughta Know" artist and a VEVO "Lift" artist in recent months, and their new single "Believer" is already Top 20 at Hot AC radio. 

Now in its 13th year, Honda Civic Tour is three successive tours in 2014, highlighting three distinct genres of music, that also serve as a significant pillar of the new Honda Stage music platform. Alternative rock bands Grouplove and Portugal. The Man will co-headline the first 2014 Honda Civic Tour this summer with Tokyo Police Club and Typhoon supporting on various dates. Latin DJ trio 3BallMTY will headline the final tour of the series starting mid-November, with dates to be announced soon.

Honda Civic Tour featuring American Authors 
with support acts:

Oct 1
Reno, NV
Knitting Factory
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 2
San Diego, CA
House of Blues
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 3
Santa Ana, CA
The Observatory
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 4
Los Angeles, CA
Club Nokia at LA Live
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 5
Santa Cruz, CA
The Catalyst
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 7
Portland, OR
Wonder Ballroom
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 9
Seattle, WA
Showbox at the Market
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 10
Spokane, WA
Knitting Factory
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 11
Boise, ID
Knitting Factory
Echosmith

Oct 13
Salt Lake City, UT
The Depot
The Mowgli's

Oct 14
Denver, CO
Ogden Theatre
The Mowgli's

Oct 17
Dallas, TX
Granada Theater
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 18
Houston, TX
Warehouse Live Ballroom
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 19
Austin, TX
Mohawk
The Mowgli's/Echosmith

Oct 21
Tallahassee, FL
The Moon
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Oct 22
Orlando, FL
The Beacham
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Oct 23
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Revolution Live
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Oct 24
St. Petersburg, FL
Jannus Live
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Oct 25
Atlanta, GA
Buckhead Theatre
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Oct 28
Detroit, MI
The Crofoot
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Oct 29
Chicago, IL
Metro
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Oct 31
Minneapolis, MN
Mill City Nights
Oh Honey

Nov 2
Columbus, OH
Newport Music Hall
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Nov 4
Boston, MA
Paradise Rock Club
The Mogwli's

Nov 7
New York, NY
Best Buy Theater
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Nov 8
Philadelphia, PA
Trocadero
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Nov 10
Washington, DC
9:30 Club
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

Nov 11
New Haven, CT
Toad's Place
The Mowgli's/Oh Honey

New Model Army mixes new and live tunes

New Model Army has set a Sept. 16 date for their new double CD collection Between Wine And Blood, released on earMUSIC/Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Between Wine And Blood is a six song EP and 11 track live album recorded on the latest European tour. Full length Between Dog and Wolf came out last September and was their fastest selling album in 20 years, charting top 30 in UK and Germany. 

The second half of the Between Dog and Wolf tour, planned for spring 2014, was postponed until autumn when drummer Michael Dean was diagnosed with blood clots in his leg and advised not to play shows. Instead the unexpected time off was used to record new songs for the EP to accompany the live tracks.

“When we finished ‘Between Dog and Wolf’ we wanted to keep the momentum going, and with Michael being unwell, the time became available to get back in the studio earlier than we planned. Michael was there writing and co-producing whilst he recuperated. The result is an eclectic and immediate-sounding New Model Army mini-album and feels to us like a logical move from ‘Between Dog and Wolf’s’ experimentation,” said lead singer Justin Sullivan.

Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool), who previously mixed Between Dog And Wolf, returned to mix Between Wine And Blood in LA. "It was a pleasure again - and beginning to feel very much as if Joe's part of the NMA family,” said Sullivan.

For an early listen of Between Wine And Blood, check out the recently released official stream of “Guessing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqHyeZpF-mc

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Johnny Marr news

Johnny Marr’s second solo album Playland is scheduled for October. 

Work commenced in London in the Spring as soon as the year of touring in support of The Messenger ended. It finds Marr continuing the creative connection that was forged on The Messenger with collaborator and co-producer Doviak as well as the other musicians who performed on the album and accompanying tour.

As the English guitarist/singer states, “When 'The Messenger' came out, I kept on writing. I liked that the band had a momentum going on tour and a connection with the audience, and I thought that energy would be good to capture on the new record.”

Penned around a common theme of “songs that move at the speed of life,” Playland captures much of the spirit that made The Messenger so memorable. 

“It’s important to sound like your environment and on this record that’s London and Manchester,” he adds. “The feeling of the cities and the people make it into the music.”

The title Playland is inspired by "Homo ludens," a 1938 book by the highly influential Dutch cultural theorist Johan Huizinga which explores the concept of play as a precursor and principal element of cultural development.

To be released on CD, vinyl and digital formats, the Playland track listing is:

Back In The Box
Easy Money
Dynamo
Candidate
25 Hours
The Trap
Playland
Speak Out Reach Out
Boys Get Straight
This Tension
Little King

Eric Clapton's tribute to JJ Cale

Eric Clapton & Friends: The Breeze, An Appreciation of JJ Cale will stream in its entirety on iTunes Radio First Play (iTunesRadio.com/EricClapton) ahead of its July 29 release. The album is available for pre-order now (iTunes.com/EricClapton).
 
Clapton has often stated that JJ Cale is one of the single most important figures in rock history, a sentiment echoed by many of his fellow musicians. Cale’s influence on Clapton was profound, and his influence on many more of today’s artists cannot be overstated.

To honor JJ’s legacy, a year after his passing, Clapton gathered a group of like-minded friends and musicians. With performances by Clapton, Mark Knopfler, John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Tom Petty, Derek Trucks, Albert Lee, David Lindley, Doyle Bramhall II, Greg Leisz  and others, the album features 16 Cale songs and is named for the 1972 single “Call Me The Breeze.”

“I would like people to tap into what JJ Cale did – that’s the point. I’m just the messenger; I’ve always felt that that’s my job. I try to interpret things so that the public at large, or at least the people who listen to what I do, will become intrigued about where I got it from,” said Clapton.

Track listing: 

Call Me The Breeze (Vocals Eric Clapton)
Rock And Roll Records (Vocals Eric Clapton & Tom Petty)
Someday (Vocals Mark Knopfler)
Lies (Vocals John Mayer & Eric Clapton)
Sensitive Kind (Vocals Don White)
Cajun Moon (Vocals Eric Clapton)
Magnolia (Vocals John Mayer)
I Got The Same Old Blues (Vocals Tom Petty & Eric Clapton)
Songbird (Vocals Willie Nelson & Eric Clapton)
Since You Said Goodbye (Vocals Eric Clapton)
I’ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) (Vocals Don White & Eric Clapton)
The Old Man And Me (Vocals Tom Petty)
Train To Nowhere (Vocals Mark Knopfler, Don White & Eric Clapton)
Starbound (Vocals Willie Nelson)
Don’t Wait (Vocals Eric Clapton & John Mayer)
Crying Eyes (Vocals Eric Clapton & Christine Lakeland)

ericclapton.com 

M83 catalog gets reissued

Four years on from the Grammy nominated, critically acclaimed release Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (featuring platinum selling single “Midnight City”), French electronic act M83 re-issues their first three albums in addition to two digital EPs featuring remixes and B-sides from those albums.

After several years of being out of print, M83 (2001), Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts (2004), and Before the Dawn Heals Us (2005) will be released Aug. 25 on CD, vinyl, and digital download via Mute.

Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts Remixes and B-sides and Before The Dawn Heals Us Remixes and B-Sides will be available digitally Sept. 9 on Mute.

Since Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, not only has M83’s Anthony Gonzalez scored two films: Oblivion (featuring Tom Cruise) and You and the Night (directed by his brother Yann Gonzalez), but his music has been used in movies, television shows and commercials, most recently in films The Fault In Our Stars, The Vampire Diaries, and 22 Jump Street. 

At radio, M83 reached #1 on the CMJ charts, #1 at Commercial Specialty, and #5 in Commercial Alternative Radio.

M83 served as the French electropop outfit’s debut release in 2001 on Gooom. Recorded as a duo by founding members Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, the track names can be read in order to describe a boy/girl meeting at a party. 

Track listing:
 
Last Saturday
Night
At The Party
Kelly
Sitting
Facing That
Violet Tree
Staring At Me
I’m Getting Closer
She Stands Up
Caresses
Slowly
My Face
I’m Happy She Said

Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts was M83’s second release, and first to be released in the US, on Mute. Originally released in 2003 in Europe, Mute released the album in 2004 in North America to critical acclaim. This was the last album featuring Nicolas Fromageau.
 
Track listing: 

Birds
Unrecorded
Run Into Flowers
In Church
America
On A White Lake, Near A Green Mountain
Noise
Be Wild
Cyborg
0078h
Gone
Beauties Can Die

Before The Dawn Heals Us is M83’s third studio album. M83 saw their first major television commercial with “Don't Save Us From The Flames” featured in a Pontiac ad. 2005 also saw M83 perform at the prestigious Lollapalooza, Coachella, Austin City Limits, and headlining KEXP’s Benefit Concert in Seattle.   

Track listing:
 
Moonchild
Don’t Save Us From The Flames
In The Cold I’m Standing
Farewell Goodbye
Fields Shorelines and Hunters
Asterick
I Guess I’m Floating
Teen Angst
Can’t Stop
Safe
Let Men Burn Stars
Car Chase Terror
Slight Night Shiver
A Guitar And A Heart
Lower Your Eyelids To Die With The Sun

Containing all remixes and B-sides from the Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts release, this collection features the notable Cyann and Ben Version of “In Church” used in Stranger Than Fiction.
 
Track listing:
 
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts
Tsubasa
God of Thunder
Gone (Live)
In Church (Cyann & Ben Version)
Run Into Flowers (Abstrackt Keal Agram Remix)
Run Into Flowers (Midnight Fuck Remix by Jackson)
Run Into Flowers (IG FarbenVorschlang Remix by KG)

Before The Dawn Heals Us Remixes and B-Sides combines material from the album’s single releases, including the rapturous B-side “Until The Night Is Over,” an acoustic version of “Night” from the self-titled debut. 

Track listing:
 
Addicted to Self Mutilation
Until The Night Is Over
Teen Angst (Montag Remix)
Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Boom Bip Remix)
Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Remix)