Metallica, Iron Maiden and The Flaming Lips have all signed up to contribute tracks to a new Deep Purple tribute album.
The record, which is titled Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head, will see a selection of acts covering each of the tracks on Deep Purple's classic 1972 album Machine Head.
Also confirmed to appear are Black Label Society, guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana and rock supergroup Chickenfoot.
Cat Power has announced a north American tour to coincide with the September release of her new album, Sun.
She plays:
Thursday, October 11 – Miami, Florida – Grand Central
Saturday, 13 – Mexico City, Mexico – Corona Capital Music Festival
Friday, 19 – Montreal, Quebec – Metropolis
Saturday, 20 – Toronto, Ontario – Kool Haus
Monday, 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Tuesday, 23 – New York, New York – Hammerstein Ballroom
Wednesday, 24 – Boston, Massachusetts – House Of Blues
Thursday, 25 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Electric Factory
Lollapalooza festival was forced to postpone on Saturday [August 4] for several hours as heavy thunderstorms rolled into Chicago.
At around 3:30pm local time, festival organisers announced an evacuation of the site after weather warnings had been given from the National Weather Service of severe storms approaching. Punters were urged to move to pre-determined, underground evacuation zones.
Tom Waits has released a cryptic picture, fuelling speculation that he is set to announce live shows, possibly of port cities or even aboard a boat.
The photo, pictured above and entitled Permission To Come Aboard?, sees Waits dressed as a cigar chomping pirate - complete with cutlass and eye patch - above the date August 7, on which a full announcement is expected to be made.
New Order have announced their first North American since 2005.
The band's seven-date tour begins in San Francisco before visiting Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
Said singer Bernard Sumner said, “We’ve been having such a great time together this year, playing shows all over Europe, and we're all really excited to be playing America again. We have so many friends and fans there we can't wait to get back!"
New Order's last American show was at the Hammerstein Ballroom in May, 2005. Their last Canadian show was 11 years ago, in 2001.
Bob Dylan has announced a North American arena tour in support of his forthcoming album, The Tempest.
The arena dates begins in Winnipeg, Manitoba on October 5 and runs through November 21 in Brooklyn, New York.
Rolling Stone reports that this is Dylan's first time headlining arenas in America since 2006.
Special guest on the tour will be Mark Knopfler, with whom Dylan toured Europe last year.
The Tempest, which is the 35th studio album of Dylan's career, will come out on September 10 in the UK and September 11 in the US.
The Who will be performing their 1973 album Quadrophenia in its entirety on their newly announced US tour, which begins on November 1 in Sunrise, Florida, visiting Boston, New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and more, finishing up in Providence, Rhode Island on February 26, 2013.
Tickets will go on sale through the Who's official fan club at 10 a.m. July 20th and to the public on Friday, July 27th.
Here are the upcoming tour dates:
1/11 Sunrise, FL – BankAtlantic Center
3/11 Orlando, FL – Amway Center
5/11 Duluth, GA – The Arena at Gwinnett Center
