Tour Notes: Bob Dylan, Snoop Dogg, Aerosmith and More

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Concerts / Tours, Alternative, Hip-Hop & Rap, R&B / Soul, Rock

A number of acts will be hitting the road this year. Here’s hoping one of them comes your way:

• Aerosmith: The band will rock it out with ZZ Top later this summer. The tour begins June 10 in St. Louis.
• Austin City Limits: You can expect a number of big names at this October festival. Pearl Jam, Kings of Leon, Lily Allen, the Dave Matthews Band and the Beastie Boys represent just a sampling.
• Blazed and Confused Tour: Snoop Dogg, Slightly Stoopid and Stephen Marley will be trekking the country together starting on July 10.
• Bob Dylan: Beginning July 2, Willie Nelson and John Mellancamp will join the legendary folk singer during a 22-city tour of minor league baseball parks.
• Green Day: After a three-year hiatus, the group will resume touring this year. The 38-city journey starts July 3 in Seattle.

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Sugarland Gives Twist to ‘Sex on Fire’

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Performances, Videos, Country

Since I’m admittedly not a huge country music fan, I really didn’t know that much about Sugarland other than the song they did for Good Morning America. Then I heard Jennifer Nettles’ performance of “Stay” at this year’s Grammys and was absolutely wowed. Her voice and delivery gave me chills.

So when I heard the duo recently covered Kings of Leon‘s “Sex on Fire,” I just had to watch. It was not a disappointment.

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Tour Notes: Lily Allen, Coldplay, Kings of Leon and More

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Concerts / Tours, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock

A number of acts will be hitting the road this year. Here’s hoping one of them comes your way:

• Lily Allen: The “Smile” singer will be hitting up this side of the pond starting in April.
• The B-52’s: The group began a series of stops last week. The party continues through May.
• Coldplay: The band will be spending part of their summer vacation in the US. Portland will be their first stop in July.
• Flight of the Conchords: The New Zealand duo will kick off a North American tour this April.
• Jennifer Hudson: The Dreamgirl and Robin Thicke will be touring together starting this spring.
• Kings of Leon: The Grammy award winners will begin a set of North American stops on April 19.

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2009 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Awards, Alternative, Country, Hip-Hop & Rap, Pop, R&B / Soul, Rock

Lil’ Wayne may have had the most nominations going in, but he wasn’t the biggest winner coming out.

Next to Rihanna and Chris Brown, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss were the biggest newsmakers of the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. The collaboration between the Led Zeppelin lead singer and the bluegrass artist earned the duo five awards last night including Album of the Year for Raising Sand and Record of the Year. Prior to yesterday, Plant, 60, had only racked up one Grammy in his career. (Krauss, on the other hand, is now up to 26.)

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