Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds re-team for world tour

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds will kick off a U.S. tour in May. Since Dave Matthews Band is not touring this summer, the two musicians and longtime friends are instead taking the opportunity to play a rare series of stripped-down, acoustic dates together.

An online ticket presale for the tour will begin on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 10 AM ET at www.warehouse.davematthewsband.comfor members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, Feb. 10, at 10 AM local time.

Next week, Matthews & Reynolds will play a pair of sold-out shows in Texas. They'll head to the Mexican Riviera in February to headline three concerts on Barceló Maya Beach as part of Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds: Riviera Maya, an all-inclusive coastal concert vacation.
A limited number of packages are still available.

For complete details, visit http://daveandtimrivieramaya.com. Matthews & Reynolds will kick off a spring European tour with a two-night stand at London's Eventim Apollo (March 20 & 21).

As a duo, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds have released three live double-CDs together: Live At Luther College (1999), Live At Radio City (2007) and Live In Las Vegas (2010). 

Matthews is the lead vocalist/guitarist for Dave Matthews Band, which has sold more than 20 million tickets and a collective 38 million CDs and DVDs combined. It is the first group in history to have six consecutive studio albums debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. He released his solo debut, Some Devil, in 2003 and the lead single, "Gravedigger," won a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

Reynolds is a self-taught player of the sitar, solo jazz guitar, solo djembe, twelve-string guitar, violin and mandolin, along with his acoustic and electric guitars. In addition to his work with Dave Matthews Band, he records and performs with TR3, the electric trio he founded in the 1980s. His new solo acoustic CD, That Way, features 14 new original songs.

North American Dates:
 
1/25 Sugar Land, TX Smart Financial Center
1/26 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
2/23-25 Riviera Maya, MX Barceló Maya Beach (all-inclusive concert vacation)
5/3 Tuscaloosa, AL Tuscaloosa Amphitheatre
5/6 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheatre
5/7 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheatre
5/31 Alpharetta, GA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
6/2 Philadelphia, PA The Mann Center
6/3 Philadelphia, PA The Mann Center
6/4 Canandaigua, NY CMAC
6/6 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
6/7 Holmdel, NY PNC Bank Arts Center
6/10 Chicago, IL Northerly Island
6/11 Chicago, IL Northerly Island
6/13 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
6/14 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
6/16 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
6/17 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
6/18 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion

European Dates:

3/20 London, England Eventim Apollo
3/21 London, England Eventim Apollo
3/23 Dublin, EI Olympia Theatre
3/25 Groningen, NL De Oosterpoort
3/26 Amsterdam, NL AFAS Live (Heineken Music Hall)
3/27 Köln, DE Palladium
3/29 Copenhagen, DK Royal Arena
3/30 Berlin, DE Columbiahalle
4/1 Vienna, AT Wiener Konzerthaus
4/2 Prague, CZ Forum Karlin
4/4 Torino, IT Teatro Colosseo
4/6 Padova, IT Gran Teatro Geox
4/7 Milan, IT Teatro Arcimboldi
4/10 Lisbon, PT Coliseu Lisboa
4/11 Porto, PT Coliseu Porto

Billy Currington set for spring tour

photo: Alex Ferrari

Platinum-selling, Grammy, ACM and CMA nominated artist Billy Currington will hit the road on his headlining Stay Up ‘Til the Sun tour beginning in March.

Currington released his sixth studio album, Summer Forever, on Mercury Nashville in June 2015. The first single off of Summer Forever, “Don’t It,” went to #1 on the country airplay charts, followed by the album’s second single “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To,” marking his 10th & 11th career #1 singles. Currington’s latest single from the album, “Do I Make You Wanna,” is a “lay back and take it easy” track with lyrics that provided his latest tour’s title.

Over the course of his career, Currington has celebrated 11 #1 hits, platinum-selling albums and ACM, CMA and GRAMMY nominations. Currington’s series of chart-toppers include “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To,” “Don’t It,” “Good Directions,” “Let Me Down Easy,” “Must Be Doin’ Something Right,” “People Are Crazy,” “Pretty Good At Drinkin’ Beer,” “That’s How Country Boys Roll,” “Hey Girl,” “Don’t,” and “We Are Tonight.”

Tour dates:

3/9/17 St. Louis, MO Peabody Opera House
3/10/17 Dubuque, IA Five Flags Center
3/11/17 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
3/23/17 Northfield, OH Hard Rock Live
3/24/17 Roanoke, VA Berglund Performing Arts Theatre
3/25/17 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom
4/6/17 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
4/7/17 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
4/8/17 Strousburg, PA Sherman Theater
4/20/17 Houston, TX House of Blues
4/21/17 Oklahoma City, OK The Criterion
5/11/17 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
5/12/17 Huntington, NY The Paramount
5/13/17 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
5/19/17 Richmond, VA Center Stage
5/20/17 New York, NY Playstation Theater
6/1/17 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle

www.billycurrington.com

The Raveonettes' recent singles to be compiled on album

photo: Amber+Ashlie Chavez

The Raveonettes have completed their RAVE-SOUND-OF-THE-MONTH series with December's release of the final track "Pendejo." The full digital album will be available Feb. 17, with the CD out April 21 and vinyl release set for Record Store Day on April 22 via Beat Dies Records. You can listen to '2016 Atomized' in full here.

The RAVE-SOUND-OF-THE-MONTH playlist began at the start of 2016 where the band would upload a freshly recorded track on the last Friday of every month throughout the year. The 'anti-album' features a collection of new tracks that aren't bound by the constraints of the format.

The duo also continue their new Pledge Music Campaign where fans can pledge for the CD and vinyl of the forthcoming new album. Sign up for the Pledge Music Campaign at http://radi.al/TheRaveonettesPledge.

Track list:

1. The World Is Empty (Without You)
2. Run Mascara Run
3. EXCUSES
4. Junko Ozawa
5. Scout
6. Won't You Leave Me Alone
7. Where Are You Wild Horses?
8. A Good Fight
9. This Is Where It Ends
10. Choke On Love
11. Fast Food
12. Pendejo

Listen: The Raveonettes - '2016 Atomized'
https://soundcloud.com/orchardmktg/sets/raveonettes-2017-album/s-fdoNo

Spoon has some 'Hot Thoughts'

photo: Zachery Michael

Spoon's ninth album Hot Thoughts will arrive March 17 on Matador Records. 

It reunites the Austin band with the label that released their 1996 debut, Telephono, and following on Spoon’s streak of three consecutive Top 10 albums — Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007), Transference (2010) and They Want My Soul (2014).

Hot Thoughts was co-produced by Spoon and Dave Fridmann. The opening title track is available to stream here or as an instant download with all pre-orders placed at http://smarturl.it/Spoon_Hot_Thoughts. “I Ain’t The One” was recently featured in the penultimate episode of the current season of Showtime’s Shameless.

Having recently sneak previewed Hot Thoughts material in a surprise hometown warm-up, Spoon has also confirmed a three-night release week SXSW residency for which the band will resurrect the original, classic Austin venue Emo's location, currently referred to as "The Main" on March 14-16. The band will curate a unique line up each night and will stubbornly be referring to the venue as "Eno's”. 

Track listing: 

1. Hot Thoughts
2. WhisperI'lllistentohearit
3. Do I Have To Talk You Into It
4. First Caress
5. Pink Up
6. Can I Sit Next To You
7. I Ain't The One
8. Tear It Down
9. Shotgun
10. Us 

South By Southwest Residency at The Main a/k/a Eno's: 

Tuesday, March 14
Wednesday, March 15
Thursday, March 16 
*curated by Spoon with special guests

NAMM '17 news: Taylor Guitars

Taylor Guitars' 100 series

Whenever I attend the NAMM convention in Anaheim, Calif., I always look forward to the live performance schedule in the Taylor Guitars room upstairs at the Anaheim Convention Center.

As usual, the El Cajon-based company had come up with another enticing mix of country, pop and rock up-and-comers with a well-known artist.

Here is what's on tap this week: 

Thursday:

4 p.m. Tolan Shaw

5 p.m. Smithfield

 

Friday:

4 p.m. Shuji Fukunari

4:45 p.m. Tim and Myles

5:30 p.m. Korbee

 

Saturday:

4 p.m. Brian Collins

5 p.m. Andy Grammer

Ed Sheeran news

Ed Sheeran has unveiled details for his new album. Titled “÷” (pronounced divide), the multi-Grammy-award winning singer/songwriter’s third studio album arrives on March 3 via Atlantic Records.

“÷” will be available for pre-order here beginning at midnight ET on Friday, January 13. All pre-orders will include instant grat downloads of the recently released “Castle On The Hill” and “Shape Of You,” which just broke the record for single-day streams on Spotify with 7,940,950 streams, topping Adele’s “Hello”.

Sheeran commented – “First off, what a week! The reaction to my new singles has been absolutely mind-blowing and I can’t thank you enough. My new album ÷ holds a very special place in my heart and I really believe this is my best work to date. I’ve been eager to get back and I couldn’t be more excited for March 3rd.”

One of the most anticipated global releases of 2017, “÷” was recorded between LA, London, Suffolk and while crossing the Atlantic aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2. Executive produced by multi-Grammy winner Benny Blanco and Sheeran himself with additional production coming from frequent collaborator Johnny McDaid, Grammy winner Mike Elizondo, and BRIT Award winner Steve Mac. Sheeran also created the album artwork concept for “÷” , even painting the cover himself.

Unveiled in tandem last Friday, the album’s first singles “Shape Of You” and “Castle On The Hill” logged over 13 million global streams in the first 24 hours, breaking Spotify's 'day 1' streaming record.

With "Shape Of You" tallying 6,868,642 streams and "Castle On The Hill" landing 6,168,395 streams, both of the new tracks have individually had overtaken the previous 'day one' record holders (One Direction logged 4,759,698 streams with "Drag Me Down" in August 2015) marking another record-breaking milestone in his career.

Meanwhile, the accompanying lyric videos received over 60 million combined hits, having amounted over 10 million views in the first 24 hours - these mark his fastest-ever video launches, with the accompanying official videos still to come.

Despite being out of the spotlight for nearly all of 2016, Ed’s name was still associated with some of the year’s biggest hits. As one of the world's most in-demand songwriters, he penned “Cold Water” for Major Lazer and “Love Yourself” for Justin Bieber.

“Love Yourself” is up for “Song of the Year” at this year’s Grammy Awards, earning Sheeran his 11th Grammy nomination. Sheeran himself is very familiar with this category – which specifically recognizes and honors songwriters - having been previously nominated for this award twice before, winning last year for his 7x-Platinum hit “Thinking Out Loud.”

Track listing:

1. Eraser
2. Castle On The Hill
3. Dive
4. Shape Of You
5. Perfect
6. Galway Girl
7. Happier
8. New Man
9. Hearts Don’t Break Around Here
10. What Do I Know?
11. How Would You Feel (Paean)
12. Supermarket Flowers
 
Deluxe Edition:

13. Barcelona
14. Bibia Be Ye Ye
15. Nancy Mulligan
16. Save Myself

Classic Roy Orbison concert film gets reimagined, expanded

This should be amazing. I can't wait to see it...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Roy Orbison’s renowned 1987 televised comeback concert at the Coconut Grove nightclub in Los Angeles, Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings and Roy’s Boys LLC, the Nashville-based company founded by the late icon’s sons to administer their father’s catalog and safeguard his legacy, are releasing Black & White Night 30. 

The re-imagined, re-edited, remastered and expanded version of the original television special will be available both as a CD/DVD set and as a CD/Blu-ray set on Feb. 24. PBS will also air Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30 during the month of March as part of their special programming.

Black & White Night 30 is now available for pre-order: http://smarturl.it/roy_bawn30_amzn

By the mid-1980s, Roy Orbison had been out of the limelight for quite some time, but his song “In Dreams” was prominently featured in David Lynch’s landmark 1986 noir film Blue Velvet and helped reignite interest in the ‘Big O.’

On Sept. 30, 1987, Orbison, then 51, staged a remarkable comeback with the help of guest musicians whom he had influenced: Jackson Browne, T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Jennifer Warnes. The all-star concert at the Ambassador Hotel’s Cocoanut Grove night club was turned into a television special and broadcast as Roy Orbison & Friends: Black & White Night on Cinemax the following January, less than a year before the icon’s untimely passing.

Black & White Night 30 is NOT a reissue. Because the concert had been shot using seven separate cameras, there were hundreds of hours of footage that went unused and unseen. Roy’s youngest son Alex Orbison and his co-editor Luke Chalk have gone back and re-edited the entire performance so that while the look will be familiar to those that have seen the original version, the vast majority of footage in Black & White Night 30 has never been seen before by the public.

Furthermore, the program has been restored to reflect the correct set order, so that viewers can see Roy, brilliantly backed by Elvis Presley’s TCB Band (James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Jerry Scheff, Ron Tutt), blast through massive Orbison hits such as “Only the Lonely,” “In Dreams” and “Crying” just as the star-studded live audience witnessed them on that very night.

The bonus features included in Black & White Night 30 are remarkable in both size and scope. These include a previously unseen alternate version of Orbison’s biggest hit “Oh, Pretty Woman” and a previously unseen “Blue Angel.” Then, unbeknownst to just about everyone but those that were there in 1987, Roy and friends and the full band regathered onstage after the show had ended and after the audience had left. A ‘secret concert’ of five songs followed and is presented here for the first time. The “secret concert” features alternate takes of “Dream You,” “Comedians,” “Candyman,” “Claudette,” and “Uptown” with shooting stopped only after film ran out in the middle of the latter song.

These ‘secret’ performances have been highly sought after by fans for decades. All tracks, including all ‘secret concert’ alternate versions have been freshly remastered by Richard Dodd. The audio for the concert is available on CD with buyers of Black & White Night 30 receiving a download code for access to the audio records of the ‘secret concert.’

Also included is a brand new 33-minute mini-documentary consisting of rehearsal footage and pre and post show interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne from that night. Absolutely none of this content has ever been released commercially, and until recently, has only been rumored to exist.

Black & White Night 30’s bonus features are capped with a montage consisting of 20 still photos from the show and new photos of show memorabilia, mostly unused and unseen in any context. Liner notes written by son Roy Orbison Jr. are included in the brand new, yet thematically consistent, packaging.

Just as the original Black and White Night was televised almost three decades ago, so too will Roy Orbison: Black & White Night 30, this time as part of PBS special programming.

Track list:

1) Only the Lonely
2) Leah
3) In Dreams
4) Crying
5) Uptown
6) The Comedians
7) Blue Angel+
8) It’s Over
9) Running Scared
10) Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
11) Mean Woman Blues
12) Candy Man
13) Ooby Dooby
14) Blue Bayou
15) Go Go Go (Down the Line)
16) (All I Can Do Is) Dream You
17) Claudette
18) Oh, Pretty Woman (ALT Version)*
19) Oh, Pretty Woman

Secret Post Show

1) (All I Can Do Is) Dream You (Alternate Version)*
2) The Comedians (Alternate Version)*
3) Candy Man (Alternate Version)*
4) Claudette (Alternate Version)*
5) Uptown (Alternate Version)*

*Previously unreleased
+First time on DVD

DVD/Blu-ray bonus features:

- Bonus Rehearsal & Interview Footage
- Photo Gallery

RoyOrbison.com