The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a North American tour alongside Jane’s Addiction.
The arena run, dubbed the Spirits on Fire tour, will launch October 2 in Dallas, and will conclude November 19 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Depending on the date, either Meg Myers or pop/metal artist Poppy will also be on the bill.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 13, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit SmashingPumpkins.com.
To celebrate the tour announcement, the Pumpkins are headed to the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles later today to put their handprints in cement at the historic cinema. They’re also performing on CBS’ The Late Late Showwith James Corden Thursday night.
Here’s some disappointing news for Journey fans planning to see one of the last few shows of the band’s current North American tour — the final four concerts have been postponed because an unspecified member of the group has tested positive for COVID-19.
The affected dates were scheduled to take place last night in Washington, D.C.; tonight in Hartford, Connecticut; this Friday, May 13, in Toronto; and this Monday, May 16, in Quecbec City, Canada.
In a message posted on their socialmediapages, Journey says, “The shows will be rescheduled for a later date, more information will be provided on the band websites shortly. Please hold on to your tickets at this time.”
The concerts in Washington, D.C.; and Hartford were to have featured Toto as the opening act, while Heart‘s Ann Wilson was to have opened the two Canadian gigs.
Journey’s Freedom Tour 2022 kicked off on February 22 in Pittsburgh, with Toto as the featured support act throughout the U.S. leg.
As previously reported, Journey will release a new studio album titled Freedom on July 8. Two advance tracks from the album have been released so far — “The Way We Used to Be” and “You Got the Best of Me,” which debuted in June 2021 and last month, respectively. You can pre-orderFreedom now.
Meanwhile, in a conversation thread on his official Facebook page, founding Journey guitarist Neal Schon revealed that a second leg of the Freedom tour is being organized and he hinted that Toto also will be involved as an opening act on the upcoming series of shows.
Journey’s touring lineup currently features Schon, longtime keyboardist/backing singer Jonathan Cain, lead singer Arnel Pineda, drummer/backing singer Deen Castronovo, keyboardist/backing vocalist Jason Derlatka, and bassist Todd Jensen.
Many music fans planning to attend concerts this summer will be checking StubHub to see if they can score tickets to shows by their favorite acts. Now, the ticketing platform has revealed which artists boast the most in-demand shows scheduled between Memorial Day on May 30 and Labor Day on September 4.
Topping the list is the multi-act Stadium Tour co-headlined by Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard and also featuring Poison and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts.
The trek, which kicks off June 16 in Atlanta, includes 36 U.S. dates through Labor Day. Other rock tours in the top 10 of the tally include Elton John at #5, Paul McCartney at #7, Billy Joel at #8, and Red Hot Chili Peppers at #9.
Elton has just eight stateside shows scheduled between Memorial Day and Labor, McCartney and Joel have six, and the Chili Peppers have 14.
Of the top-10 acts on the list, McCartney boasts the highest average price of tickets sold to his concerts…$349.
StubHub also has listed the top-10 “trending” touring artists of the summer of ’22, a tally that’s based on the increase in average show sales since their 2019 shows. Topping the list is Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, who enjoyed an increase of 680%. Other artists on the tally include John Waite at #5 with a 410% jump, and The Wallflowers at #10 with a 310% increase.
Dave Mustaine is going unplugged for his latest collaboration with Gibson.
The Megadeth frontman has announced the Dave Mustaine Songwriter acoustic guitar. It marks the first signature acoustic Mustaine is releasing with Gibson since announcing his partnership with the famed guitar brand in 2021.
Despite the lack of electricity, the Dave Mustaine Songwriter still brings the metal with its ebony finish and Vic Rattlehead artwork. It’s also Gibson’s first-ever 24-fret acoustic guitar.
You can buy your own Dave Mustaine Songwriter now via Gibson.com. A limited run of 100 guitars will feature a soundhole label signed by Mustaine.
Mustaine and Megadeth are currently on the Metal Tour of the Year alongside Lamb of God, Trivium and In Flames. This summer, they’ll hit the road with Five Finger Death Punch.
Former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman John Fogerty is one of the headlining acts for a new music festival taking place in Indianapolis during the late summer.
The two-day event, dubbed the All IN Music & Arts Festival, will be held September 3-4 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
“The All IN Music & Arts Festival is excited to bring an exceptional festival experience to the heart of Indianapolis,” organizers say. “We’re kicking off our inaugural event with a limited-capacity boutique experience unlike anything before. And it’s all at one of the best festival locations in the country.”
The event’s other headlining acts are Daryl Hall & John Oates and the alternative rock bands Cage the Elephant and Portugal. the Man. The lineup also includes Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and his current band The Dirty Knobs, plus Motown legends The Four Tops, Dawes, Lucinda Williams and Hearty Har. Hearty Har is band that features Fogerty’s sons Shane and Tyler.
Additionally, All IN will feature tribute performances dubbed “Dreamsets,” which will celebrate the music of Tom Petty and The Allman Brothers Band with artists including Dawes, Duane Betts and Widespread Panic‘s John “JoJo” Hermann, as well as special guests that will be announced at a later date. It’s perhaps worth noting that the current touring lineup of The Dirty Knobs features original Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch.
Next Wednesday, May 18, marks the 10th anniversary of Santana‘s first Las Vegas residency show at the House of Blues inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, and coinciding with the occasion, the band will launch its latest engagement at the venue that night.
Carlos Santana and his group also have extended their An Intimate Evening with Santana: Greatest Hits Live Vegas residency into the fall of 2022 with two newly announced eight-date series of concerts, taking place in September and November.
Tickets for all of the new performances go on sale to the general public this Saturday, May 14, at 10 a.m. local time via HouseofBlues.com/Santana, MandalayBay.com and Ticketmaster.com, or by calling 800-745-3000.
Citi card members and Santana fan club members can buy pre-sale tickets starting Wednesday, May 11, at 10 a.m. PT; visit CitiPrivatePass.com and and Santana.com for more information. House of Blues, Live Nation, MGM Rewards and Ticketmaster pre-sales will begin Thursday, May 12, at 10 a.m. PT.
Part of the money from the tickets sold for Santana’s Las Vegas shows will benefit the Milagro Foundation, the charity Carlos co-founded that helps young people in impoverished communities around the world. Some of the proceeds also will be donated to the House of Blues’ Music Forward Foundation, which uses music to help young people develop life skills.
Besides the Vegas shows, Santana will be mounting a major joint trek with Earth, Wind & Fire this summer dubbed Miraculous Supernatural 2022 Tour. The outing is scheduled from a June 17 concert in Chula Vista, California, through an August 27 performance in Tampa, Florida.
Here are all of the dates of Santana’s upcoming Las Vegas residency dates:
Red Hot Chili Peppers are the artists confirmed to headline the 2022 Austin City Limits Music Festival, which will take place October 7-9 and October 14-16 in Austin, Texas.
The event’s other headliners are Pink, The Chicks, Paramore, SZA, Kacey Musgraves, Flume and Lil Nas X.
The bill also features dozens of other acts, Phoenix, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats,Spoon, The War on Drugs, Billy Strings, Manchester Orchestra, and Yungblud, plus Taipei Houston, the band featuring the sons of Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich.
Some of the artists on the undercard will only play one of the two weekends.
Tickets go on sale today at noon CT. For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit ACLFestival.com.
Red Hot Chili Peppers kick off a world tour in support of their new album, Unlimited Love, on June 4 in Seville, Spain. The North American leg of the trek gets underway July 23 in Denver.
U2‘s Bono has certainly lived an interesting life, and now we’ll get to read his side of the story in his memoir, Surrender, coming November 1.
The book may be titled after U2’s song “Surrender,” from their 1983 album War, or perhaps “Moment of Surrender,” from their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. It’s subtitled “40 Songs, One Story,” as each of the book’s 40 chapters is named after a U2 song.
The book follows Bono, born Paul Hewson, from his childhood in Dublin, to the formation of U2 and its journey to superstardom, to his 20-year career as an activist for causes such as the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty.
Bono also created 40 original drawings for Surrender, some of which are featured in an animated video, in which he reads an extract from the chapter titled “Out of Control.” The extract is from the part of the book where Bono describes writing U2’s first single on May 10, 1978 — his 18th birthday — 44 years ago today.
In a statement about the project, Bono says, “When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I’d previously only sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my life.”
“‘Surrender’ is a word freighted with meaning for me. Growing up in Ireland in the seventies with my fists up (musically speaking), it was not a natural concept,” he continues. “A word I only circled until I gathered my thoughts for the book. I am still grappling with this most humbling of commands. In the band, in my marriage, in my faith, in my life as an activist. Surrender is the story of one pilgrim’s lack of progress…With a fair amount of fun along the way.”
Jason Scheff & Jay DeMarcus: Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for The Kevin Carter Foundation; Deen Castronovo: Scott Legato/Getty Images
Generation Radio, a new supergroup featuring former Chicago singer/bassist Jason Scheff, Journey drummer/singer Deen Castronovo and ex-Rascal Flatts member Jay DeMarcus, has signed a deal with the Frontiers Music label and will be releasing its debut album this summer.
The band, which also features guitarists Chris Rodriguez and Tom Yankton, first began playing shows under the moniker The Rise Above in 2020.
“I know that the band is very excited to have partnered with Frontiers on this first release from Generation Radio,” Scheff says in a statement. “I have a personal great feeling about it, having brought Frontiers to Chicago to release our 36th album [2014’s] Now: Chicago XXXVI, of which I produced and co-wrote the title track. We have a beautiful history together, so it only made sense to bring Frontiers into any of my ongoing projects.”
He adds, “We are booking live dates as we speak and are already talking about getting started on the next record.”
Demarcus, meanwhile, explains, “Any fans of Chicago, Journey, or Rascal Flatts will find something in this record that will resonate with them. To make some music with my friends and heroes is a truly incredible thing.”
In a video message posted on Generation Radio’s Instagram page on May 6, Scheff revealed that the album will be released sometime in August.
According to the band’s official website, Generation Radio has seven concerts on its 2022 schedule, spanning from a May 21 show in Cocoa Beach, Florida, through a September 17 performance in Raleigh, North Carolina.
It’s worth mentioning that longtime Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers drummer Steve Ferrone was part of Generation Radio’s lineup until recently, but it’s not clear if he’s still with the group.
On the track, Gabriel delivers harmonies alongside lead vocals by Arcade Fire’s Régine Chassagne.
In recent interview with the Montreal Gazette, Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler said about the collaboration, “[Gabriel] came to the studio and we had a day to work on it. He does this thing where he double-tracks his voice, high and low. As soon as he put the high vocal down, I was like, ‘Oh s***, that’s Peter Gabriel.'”
You can check out “Unconditional II (Race and Religion)” now at Arcade Fire’s official YouTube channel. The track and the album also are available via various digital and physical formats.
Gabriel previously recorded an Arcade Fire song, the Neon Bible track “My Body Is a Cage,” for his 2010 covers album Scratch My Back.
