Stagecoach '19 news: Jason Aldean

Jason Aldean's next concert jaunt will launch in May after kicking off his 2019 touring season by headlining Tortuga Music Festival and Stagecoach in April.

Kane Brown, Carly Pearce and Dee Jay Silver will open for Aldean.

Tickets go on sale beginning Jan. 25 for select cities as part of Live Nation’s Country Megaticket at www.Megaticket.com and additional dates will continue to rollout over the coming weeks.

Tour dates:

4/12 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Tortuga Music Festival

4/28 Indio, CA – Stagecoach

Ride All Night Tour dates:

5/03 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
5/04 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
5/09 Evansville, IN – The Ford Center
5/10 Grand Rapids, MI – Van Andel Arena
5/11 Toledo, OH – Huntington Center
5/16 Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview
5/17 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
5/18 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
6/28 Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest*
7/19 Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
7/20 Gilford, NH – Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
7/25 Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
7/26 Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
7/27 Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
8/09 Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
8/10 Canandaigua, NY – CMAC Performing Arts Center
8/22 Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
8/23 Indianapolis, IN – Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
8/24 St. Louis, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
9/05 Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
9/06 Wantagh, NY – Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater
9/07 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
9/12 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
9/13 Raleigh, NC – Coastal Credit Union Music Park
9/14 Burgettstown, PA – KeyBank Pavilion
9/19 Scranton, PA – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain
9/20 Boston, MA – Xfinity Center
9/27 Chicago, IL – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
9/28 Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre

Another country singer, Chase Rice, also revealed more live dates across the U.S. and Canada. The second tour leg begins next month and continues through mid-May. The tour takes its name from Rice’s current single “Eyes On You,” now Top 30 and climbing at Country radio. 

“Having a song like ‘Eyes On You’ connect at this level has taken our live show to another level,” shares Rice. “Every night I have to take a minute and film them singing the words back to us on stage.”

Tour Dates:

Friday, Feb. 22 – Ballpark Village, St. Louis, Mo.
Saturday, Feb. 23 – Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Saturday, March 2 – Coral Sky Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Friday, March 8 – C2C Festival, The O2, London, U.K.
Saturday, March 9 – C2C Festival, The SSE Hydro Arena, Glasgow, U.K.
Sunday, March 10 – C2C Festival, 3 Arena, Dublin, Ireland
Friday, March 15 – Showbox SoDo, Seattle, Wash.
Friday, March 22 – Wilma Theater, Missoula, Mont.
Saturday, March 23 – Pub Station, Billing, Mont.
Sunday, March 24 – Knitting Factory, Boise, Idaho
Friday, March 29 – Grizzly Rose, Denver, Colo.
Saturday, March 30 – Grizzly Rose, Denver, Colo.
Thursday, April 11 – Georgia Theatre, Athens, Ga.
Saturday, April 13 – House of Blues, North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Friday, April 19 – The Tarheel, Jacksonville, N.C.
Thursday, April 25 – Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, N.J.
Friday, April 26 – Express Live!, Colubus, Ohio
Saturday April 27 – Mercury Ballroom, Louisville, Ky.
Thursday, May 2 – Suwannee River Jam, Live Oak, Fla.
Friday, May 10 – Upsate Concert Hall, Clifton Park, N.Y.
Saturday, May 11 – Hampton Beach Ballroom, Hampton Beach, N.H.

Chaka Khan album news

Chaka Khan's recent single ‘Like Sugar’ was initially launched as a limited edition release for Record Store Day 2018 and had a full release last summer. The accompanying Kim Gehrig-directed video won twice at the UK Music Video Awards, while The Queen of Funk's appeared live at Bestival and the Pitchfork Music Festival.

Now the 10-time Grammy Award announces her new album ‘Hello Happiness’ will be released on Feb. 15 via Diary Records/Island Records, the new label formed by Major Lazer founder and Grammy-nominated producer Switch with artist/songwriter Sarah Ruba Taylor. This is Khan's first studio set since 2007’s ‘Funk This’.

The title track is also the new single. It is accompanied by an official video that was directed by Sam Pilling (The Weeknd, Run The Jewels, Major Lazer). It depicts a series of characters whose true intentions are revealed as their individual stories gradually merge into a plot in which they’re all interconnected. Filmed in Los Angeles, its grainy, washed out palette recalls some of the classic ‘70s movies.

Khan first collaborated with ‘Hello Happiness’ producer Switch as a potential featured artist on a different project. Inspired by the power of both her voice and personality, Switch and Taylor suggested working on an original Chaka Khan album - something which she didn’t have in mind. But she was soon convinced when she heard some of Switch and Taylor’s songs, which coincidentally were influenced by Chaka Khan, but written for their own project.

‘Hello Happiness’ is now available to pre-order from ChakaKhan.lnk.to/HelloHappinessPR with ‘Like Sugar’ and the title track both provided as instant downloads. It will be released on vinyl, digital, CD and cassette.

Track listing:

Hello Happiness

Like A Lady

Don’t 'Cha Know

Too Hot

Like Sugar

Isn’t That Enough

Ladylike

Johnnyswim prep new album, tour

Los Angeles band Johnnyswim —led by husband-and-wife Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano—unveil their third full-length album, Moonlight [Britannia Row Recordings/BMG], on April 19.

Besides first single "Bridges," the 12-track collection features Michael McDonald on "The Last Time.” Check out the full track listing and tour dates below. Pre-order the album HERE and get “BRIDGES” instantly.

Track listing:

1. “BRIDGES”

2. “SOUVENIR”
3. “LONG GONE”
4. “LOST IN TRANSLATION”
5. “THE LAST TIME” [feat. Michael McDonald]
6. “SAY WHAT YOU WILL”
7. “FLOWERS”
8. “MARIETTA”
9. “BACK TO YOU”
10. “MOONLIGHT”
11. “AMANDA”
12. “SAME OLD THING”

Tour dates:

May 3 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
May 4 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
May 7 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
May 8 Knoxville, TN Tennesse Theatre
May 10 Nashville, TN The Ryman
May 11 Atlanta, GA Coca-Cola Roxy
May 13 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
May 15 Washington, DC Lincoln Theatre
May 17 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 18 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
May 20 Boston, MA House of Blues
May 24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
May 25 Chicago, IL Rivera Theatre
May 28 Austin, TX Emo’s
May 29 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall
May 30 Oklahoma City, OK Jones Assembly
June 1 Dallas, TX Bomb Factory
June 4 Denver, CO Ogden
June 5 Salt Lake City, UT The Union
June 7 Seattle, WA Showbox SODO
June 8 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
June 10 San Francisco, CA The Masonic
June 12 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s
June 13 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren
June 14 Los Angeles, CA The Theatre At Ace Theatre

The Who announce new tour

Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend will embark on a tour in May with The Who featuring symphonic accompaniment. Tickets go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, Jan.  18 at LiveNation.com.

The Who will also be releasing their first album of new songs in 13 years later this year. On stage, the line-up will be rounded out by familiar Who players featuring guitarist/backup singer Simon Townshend, keyboardist Loren Gold, bassist Jon Button and drummer Zak Starkey, and complemented by various orchestras in the U.S. and Canada.

Fan club presale start Wednesday at 10 a.m. local time and run through Thursday at 10 p.m. local time. Every pair of tickets purchased online includes a redeemable code for a CD copy of The Who’s forthcoming album whenever it is released. This offer is available to US and Canada customers only and not valid for tickets purchased via resale. In addition, $1 from each ticket sold for the MOVING ON! TOUR will benefit Teen Cancer America (www.teencanceramerica.org.)

The tour is their first return to the states since their 2017 Las Vegas residency. That same year they did a limited run of shows following 2016’s rescheduled leg of their acclaimed 50th anniversary celebration. The band also drew praise for their extended 2012-2013 North American run, a 36-city Quadrophenia tour with the band performing their 1973 rock opera in its entirety.

Commenting on what WHO fans can expect on the 2019 MOVING ON! tour, Pete Townshend stated: ““The Who are touring again in 2019. Roger christened this tour Moving On! I love it. It is what both of us want to do. Move on, with new music, classic Who music, all performed in new and exciting ways. Taking risks, nothing to lose. Looking forward to seeing you all. Are you ready?"

Added Roger Daltrey: “Be aware Who fans! Just because it's The Who with an orchestra, in no way will it compromise the way Pete and I deliver our music. This will be full throttle Who with horns and bells on.”

With both Roger and Pete delivering their own memoirs in recent years (Pete’s Who I Am was released to much acclaim in 2012, and Roger’s autobiography, Thanks A Lot Mr. Kibblewhite; My Story, was embraced by critics in 2018) it’s fitting that the two remaining WHO members have shared their incredible legacy in literary fashion, for few bands have had a more lasting impact on the rock era and the reverberating pop culture than The Who.

In 2008, they became the first rock band ever to be awarded the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. The Who has performed all over the world including global music events for the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show in 2010 and closing the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

The Who continued their charity work by playing a concert in January 2011 to raise money for trials of a new cancer treatment called PDT. In December 2012 they performed at the Hurricane Sandy Benefit in New York. In January 2014 they played a set on the U.S. television special to support the charity Stand Up To Cancer. In November 2012 Daltrey, with Townshend at his side, launched Teen Cancer America.

That charity is now established in the USA, with offices in Los Angeles and devoted Teen Cancer units being opened in hospitals all over the U.S. TCA’s work has impacted over 5,000 young people and their families nationwide during the last six years.

2019 North American Tour Dates

Summer Dates

May 7 / Van Andel Arena / Grand Rapids, MI

May 9 / KeyBank Center / Buffalo, NY

May 11 / Jiffy Lube Live / Bristow, VA

May 13 / Madison Square Garden / New York, NY

May 16 / Bridgestone Arena / Nashville, TN

May 18 / Ruoff Home Mortage Music Center / Noblesville, IN

May 21 / Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre / Chicago, IL

May 23 / Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre St. Louis / Maryland Heights, MO

May 25 / Citizens Bank Park / Philadelphia, PA

May 28 / Little Caesars Arena / Detroit, MI

May 30 / PPG Paints Arena / Pittsburgh, PA

June 1 / Scotiabank Arena / Toronto, ON

Fall Dates

Sept 6 / Xcel Energy Center / St. Paul, MN

Sept 8 / Alpine Valley Music Theatre / Alpine Valley, WI

Sept 10 / Blossom Music Center / Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Sept 13 / Fenway Park / Boston, MA

Sept 15 / Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater / Wantagh, NY

Sept 18 / State Farm Arena / Atlanta, GA

Sept 20 / BB&T Center / Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Sept 22 / Amalie Arena / Tampa, FL

Sept 25 / Toyota Center / Houston, TX

Sept 27 / American Airlines Center / Dallas, TX

Sept 29 / Pepsi Center / Denver, CO

Oct 11 / Hollywood Bowl / Los Angeles, CA

Oct 13 / Hollywood Bowl / Los Angeles, CA

Oct 16 / Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl San Diego State University / San Diego, CA

Oct 19 / T-Mobile Park / Home of the Seattle Mariners / Seattle, WA

Oct 21 / Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena / Vancouver, BC

Oct 23 / Rogers Place / Edmonton, AB

New season of public TV's 'Speakeasy' features Sting and Shaggy

The critically acclaimed conversation series Speakeasy has returned for a fourth season on Public Television and public television’s WORLD channel. The season opens with Grammy Award winners Sting and Shaggy in a conversation that covers the making of their Grammy nominated album 44/876, their Jamaican connection, James Bond, Miles Davis, laundry, and more. Air dates and times are available at www.speakeasytalks.com.

Season 4 of Speakeasy will feature an all new group of iconic artists, Grammy Award winners, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, and beloved musicians engaging in intimate conversations between friends.

Each episode gives fans an inside look into some never before told stories from some of the world’s most prolific performers including Sting, Shaggy, Joe Elliott, Lenny Kravitz, members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Michael McDonald, and Billy Gibbons.

Full episodes will also be available at www.speakeasytalks.com.

Reissues coming from the band X

Fat Possum Records, in collaboration with the band X, are reissuing four classic albums on vinyl, CD and digital: 'Los Angeles' (1980), 'Wild Gift' (1981), 'Under The Big Black Sun' (1982), and 'More Fun In The New World' (1983).

They were remastered by Jason Ward. Pre-orders of all four titles will receive a 7" of the band's debut release, "Adult Books," b/w "We're Desperate." Release dates are below:

Los Angeles (February 22nd)
https://xtheband.lnk.to/LosAngeles

1. Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not
2. Johnny Hit and Run Paulene
3. Soul Kitchen
4. Nausea
5. Sugarlight
6. Los Angeles
7. Sex and Dying in High Society
8. The Unheard Music
9. The World's a Mess, It's In My Kiss

Wild Gift (March 22nd)
https://xtheband.lnk.to/WildGift

1. The Once Over Twice
2. We're Desperate
3. Adult Books
4. Universal Corner
5. I'm Coming Over
6. It's Who You Know
7. In This House That I Call Home
8. Some Other Time
9. White Girl
10. Beyond and Back
11. Back 2 the Base
12. When Our Love Passed Out On the Couch
13. Year 1

Under the Big Black Sun (April 12th)
https://xtheband.lnk.to/UnderTheBigBlackSun

1. The Hungry Wolf
2. Motel Room In My Bed
3. Riding With Mary
4. Come Back To Me
5. Under the Big Black Sun
6. Because I Do
7. Blue Spark
8. Dancing with Tears In My Eyes
9. Real Child of Hell
10. How I (Learned My Lesson)
11. The Have Nots

More Fun in the New World (April 12th)
https://xtheband.lnk.to/MoreFunInTheNewWorld

1. The New World
2. We're Having Much More Fun
3. True Love
4. Poor Girl
5. Make the Music Go Bang
6. Breathless
7. I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
8. Devil Doll
9. Painting the Town Blue
10. Hot House
11. Drunk In My Past
12. I See Red
13. True Love Pt. #2

Formed in 1977, X quickly established themselves as one of the best bands in the first wave of LA's flourishing punk scene; becominglegendary leaders of a punk generation. Featuring vocalist Exene Cervenka, vocalist/bassist John Doe, guitarist Billy Zoom, and drummer DJ Bonebrake, their debut 45 was released on the seminal Dangerhouse label in 1978, followed by seven studio albums released from 1980-1993.

X’s first two studio albums, Los Angeles and Wild Gift are ranked by Rolling Stone among the top 500 greatest albums of all time. Over the years, the band has released several critically acclaimed albums, topped the musical charts with regularity and performed their iconic hits on top television shows such as Letterman and American Bandstand. In 2017, the band celebrated their 40thanniversary in music with a Grammy Museum exhibit opening, a Proclamation from the City of Los Angeles and being honored at a Los Angeles Dodgers game, where Exene threw out the first pitch and John Doe sang the National Anthem. The band continues to tour with the original line-up.

Archival Paul McCartney and Wings film to be shown in theaters this month; 'Red Rose Speedway' reissue out now

Abramorama, in partnership with MPL/Capitol/UMe, will premiere Paul McCartney’s The Bruce McMouse Show in select theaters around the world on January 21.

The previously never-before seen film that tells the story of how Paul McCartney and Wings came to meet the inimitable impresario Bruce McMouse. Part concert film, part animated feature, The Bruce McMouse Show features footage from Wings’ 1972 European tour, interspersed with animated scenes that introduce a family of mice living under the stage.

After opening the film with ‘Big Barn Bed’ – the camera takes us down through the floorboards into this charming animated world. We see Bruce McMouse regale his children with stories from his past, when son Soily rushes into the room in a whirlwind of excitement announcing that “The Wings” are playing above them.

As the concert plays on, Bruce declares to his wife Yvonne that Paul and the band need his help. Bruce then proceeds to venture on stage to offers his services as producer. As the concert progresses, the animated scenes culminate with dozens of animated mice flocking to the venue to see Wings play. ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’ has been fully restored in 2018 at Final Frame Post alongside a brand-new audio mix (stereo and 5.1) created at AIR Studios where it was also mastered.

Watch a special teaser video here

The film was directed by Barry Chattington and produced by Roger Cherrill with the live elements taken from four shows in The Netherlands and Germany in 1972. Paul viewed the initial concert edit and realized there was great potential in the material captured. Prior to the European tour Paul had the idea of a family of mice and sketched the characters.

Picking up the idea, Eric Wylam took Paul’s sketches and created the final McMouse family. This storyline was incorporated and used as a linking theme within the concert footage. The voice-overs for the animated mice took place at the end of 1973, recorded by Paul and Linda McCartney, Deryck Guyler, Pat Coombs and Derek Nimmo. Production stretched from 1972 through to 1977 when the film was complete, however with changes in the band’s line-up and music scene, the project was held in the MPL archives.

For tickets and information www.BruceMcMouse.com

Cinemas where The Bruce McMouse Show is screening:

US:

New York: IFC Center
Los Angeles: ArcLight, Hollywood
Bethesda: ArcLight Bethesda
Chicago: ArcLight Chicago
Dallas: ANGELIKA
Honolulu: Kahala 8
Nashville: Belcourt Theatre
Phoenix: FilmBar
Sacramento: The Tower Theatre
San Diego: ANGELIKA, Carmel Mountain
San Rafael: San Rafael Film Center
Seattle: SIFF Uptown

UK:
Liverpool: Everyman Cinema Liverpool
London: Everyman Cinema Hempstead

Australia:
Melbourne: Rivoli Cinemas
Perth: Event Cinemas Innaloo
Sydney: Event Cinemas George Street

Canada:
Montreal: Cinéma Banque Scotia Montréal
Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre Toronto
Vancouver: Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver

Last month, Paul McCartney and Wings, Red Rose Speedway, a six-disc (3CD, 2DVD + 1Blu-ray) numbered limited deluxe edition of the second Wings album was released. It originally came out in April 1973 and featured the #1 single ‘My Love.’ Red Rose Speedway was the first Wings album to hit #1 on the U.S. chart. The Red Rose Speedway limited deluxe edition features three discs of audio including the original album remastered at Abbey Road, 35 bonus audio tracks, including a reconstruction of the originally conceived double album version of Red Rose Speedway, singles, B-sides, alternate mixes and previously unreleased tracks.

2DVD + Blu-ray portions of the deluxe have rare and previously unseen footage, including the James Paul McCartney TV Special, interviews and music videos, as well as the never before seen film The Bruce McMouse Show—fully restored and remixed in stereo and 5.1 surround sound.

This package includes a folio containing 14 replica hand drawn original character sketches by Paul and facsimile dialogue sheets for the film, a 128-page book containing many previously unpublished images by Linda McCartney, expanded album and single artwork from the archives and story behind the album — including new interviews with Paul McCartney, and key album personnel — and track-by-track information, written by Amanda Petrusich, five replica handwritten lyric sheets and photo print, a 64-page ‘Wings In Morocco’ photo book, all housed in a numbered outer slipcase. The Red Rose Speedway download redemption card will provide access to all audio in HD 24/96kHz unlimited high-resolution versions.