The White Stripes have finally gotten around to announcing the release date for Icky Thump, and it's (drum roll) June 19 in North America, Southeast Asia, and Japan and June 18 in the UK and Europe. Somehow I feel like us North Americans just got put down. (Source)I think the cover art is funny-looking, like a Sgt. Pepper wannabe?
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah tour, skip some really important cities (the band's website). I didn't post on this earlier, so I'm trying to get away with it while I still can.
4-10 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
4-11 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Night Club
4-12 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
4-13 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
4-14 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
4-15 Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom
4-17 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
4-18 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
4-19 Athens, GA - 40 Watt
4-20 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird
4-21 Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
4-22 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
4-24 New Orleans, LA - Republic
4-26 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
4-27 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
4-28 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
4-30 Kansas City, MO - VooDoo Lounge
5-01 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
5-02 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
5-03 Indianapolis, IN - Vogue Theater
5-21 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
5-22 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
5-23 Sidney, Australia - Enmore
5-24 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
5-25 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
7-04 Lisbon, Portugal - Superbock Super Rock
7-06 Cluses, France - Festival Musique En Stock
7-07 Evereux, France - Festival L Rock Dan Tous Ses Etats
7-08 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
7-10 Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk
7-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhagen Jazz Festival
7-13 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
7-14 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival
7-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Indian Summer Festival
7-17 Munich, Germany - Muffahalle
7-18 Florence, Italy - Arrezo Wave Festival
7-20 Carhaix, France - Carhaix Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
7-21 Angoulême, France - Angoulême Festival Garden Nef Party
7-22 Benicássim, Spain - Benicássim Festival
7-25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
7-29 Mt. Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
9-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
Yeah, yeah...there's a new Rufus Wainwright album, Release the Stars, coming out on May 15, so he's announced some tour dates which display blatant NYC & London favoritism. (Source)
On politics...
- McCain: "Unless we fight to prevent it, our withdrawal will be coupled with a genocide in which we are complicit" ....In one sentence, all my hopes for a McCain turnaround on Iraq have dissipated. Plus, he praised Obama on Iraq and got bitch-slapped in return.
- The situation (McCain winning the GOP primary) grows more hopeless on other fronts: Fred Thompson revealed to Fox News that he has cancer in remission. Which probably means he's running. Damn.
- Meanwhile, **a little-noted story in the Washington Post yesterday** made me smile for miles and miles. And miles.
Labels: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, McCain, Obama, Rufus Wainwright, Thompson, White Stripes
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