Genesis Reunion Will Cost Way Too Much, Boomers Crash US Markets By Taking Early Withdrawals on IRAs For Tickets

The Genesis reunion is real, albeit sans Peter Gabriel.

European Dates:


June 11 - Helsinki, Finland Olympic Stadium
June 14 - Herning, Denmark Messecenter SOLD OUT
June 15 - Hamburg, Germany AOL Arena (very few tickets remain)
June 17 - Berne, Switzerland Stade de Suisse
June 19 - Linz, Austria Gugglestadium
June 20 - Prague, Czech Republic Strahov Football Stadium
June 21 - Katowice, Poland Slaski Stadium
June 23 - Hannover, Germany AWD Arena
June 24 - Brussels, Stade Roi Baudouin (tickets on sale Dec. 19th)
June 26 - Dusseldorf, Germany LTU Arena SOLD OUT
June 27 - Dusseldorf, Germany LTU Arena
June 28 - Stuttgart, Germany Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadium (very few tickets remain)
June 30 - Paris, France Parc Des Princes
July 1 - Amsterdam, Holland Arena SOLD OUT
July 3 - Berlin, Germany Olympiastadion
July 4 - Leipzig, Germany Zentralstadion (very few tickets remain)
July 5 - Frankfurt, Germany Commerzbank Arena SOLD OUT
July 7 - Manchester, UK Old Trafford Football Stadium SOLD OUT
July 8 - London, UK Twickenham Stadium SOLD OUT
July 10 - Munich, Germany Olympiastadion
July 12 - Lyon, Gerland Stadium
July 14 - Rome, Italy, Circo Massimo - FREE CONCERT! NO TICKET REQUIRED!


North America Dates:


Sept. 7 - Toronto, Ontario (Canada) BMO Field
Sept. 11 - Boston, MA TD Banknorth Gardem
Sept. 14 - Montreal, Quebec (Canada) Olympic Stadium
Sept. 16 - Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center
Sept. 18 - Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
Sept. 22 - Columbus, OH Nationwide Center
Sept. 23 - Washington D.C. Verizon Center
Sept. 27 - East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium
Sept. 29 - Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
Oct. 2 - Chicago, IL United Center
Oct. 9 - San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Oct. 12 - Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl

Definitely pricey, as the DC show goes as high as $230 for tickets in the primary market. I can't imagine what they will go for on the aftermarket.

Regional Shows of Note For January, February, and March

These dates are courtesy of Filter Magazine:

JANUARY
1/18 The Loved Ones @ Black Cat
1/19 Thursday, Murder by Death, Fear Before The March of Flames, heavyheavylowlow (Strhess Tour) @ 9:30 Club
1/20 Annuals, The Dears @ 9:30 Club
1/22 Camera Obscura, Essex Green, Blue October @ 9:30 Club
1/25 Gnarls Barkley, Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Verizon Center
1/26 Incubus, Albert Hammond Jr. @ 9:30 Club

FEBRUARY
2/5 Sufjan Stevens @ Kennedy Center
2/7 Midlake, St. Vincent @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/11 Deerhoof @ Black Cat
2/13 Monsters Are Waiting, Stellastarr* @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/16 Kevin Devine, Koufax, Pablo @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/12 Oxford Collapse, Thunderbirds Are Now! @ Rock N Roll Hotel
2/21 The Lemonheads @ Ottobar
2/25 The One AM Radio @ Warehouse Next Door
2/28 Guster, Mason Jennings @ 9:30 Club

MARCH
3/1 Guster, Mason Jennings @ 9:30 Club
3/4 Scissor Sisters @ 9:30 Club
3/4 Grizzly Bear, Papercuts @ Black Cat
3/4 Rob Crow (of Pinback) @ Rock N Roll Hotel
3/6 Clinic @ Black Cat
3/8 The Roots @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Filter left this one out, but it ain't slippin' by me!)
3/9 The Roots @ DAR Constitution Hall
3/16 Michael Franti & Spearhead @ 9:30 Club
3/20 Pete Yorn, Aqualung @ 9:30 Club
3/23 RJD2 @ 9:30 Club
3/23 Silversun Pickups, Snow Patrol, OK Go @ Bender Arena
3/23 The Walkmen @ Rock N Roll Hotel
3/28 Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club, The Delta Spirit @ 9:30 Club
3/31 Electric Six, Test Your Reflex @ Black Cat

Coming Soon To Ram's Head Live, Verizon Center: Killswitch Engage, Clutch, The Who, Sean Lennon, and more

Shows in the near future in Baltimore/DC:

Tonight - Killswitch Engage w/ Hatebreed, Bury Your Dead @ Ram's Head Live! Baltimore - On sale now

December 22 - Sean Lennon w/ Jim Noir @ Ram's Head Live! - On sale now

December 31 - Clutch w/ The Sword, William Elliot Whitmore @ Ram's Head Live! - On sale now

January 4 - The Wailers @ Ram's Head Live! - On sale now

January 11 - Senses Fail w/ Saosin, Alexisonfire, The Sleeping @ Ram's Head Live! - On sale now

February 1 - Bob Seeger & The Silver Bullet Band @ Verizon Center, DC - Tickets on sale this Saturday at 10.

February 5 - Dir En Grey w/ Fair To Midland @ Ram's Head Live! - On sale now

March 8 - The Who w/ Rose Hill Drive @ Verizon Center - On sale now

Death Cab In DC; Justin Timberlake Tour; New Pandora Features; The Kasem Legacy Kontinues; Free Raekwon; Sunny Day Real Estate! Beach House Party

Tickets are still available for Death Cab For Cutie at DAR Constitution Hall in DC. They are playing two nights, November 6 and November 7. Both shows are at 8 PM.

As for Justin, he's touring large venues in North America (with Pink) starting January 8. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 AM. He'll be in DC on February 2, at the Verizon Center, and if you can't get enough in the mid-atlantic region, Philly on March 27. And can you believe the JT fan club costs $45? Insanity!

As for Pandora Internet Radio, new features have been added that allow you to mix your various stations together, move songs from one station to another, and, get this, when a song pops up by an artist currently on tour, it will show "on tour", and you can click that and find out where your fave bands are playing and when. It's a partnership with Ticketmaster, so it looks like they have to be selling the tickets for the functionality to operate.

Kerri Kasem, daughter of Casey, will be starting a new gig in daily radio in Vegas. It's who you know. Source: Radio and Records

Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan will be performing for FREE at Sonar in Baltimore, if only you'll RSVP ahead of time. Also comin' thru from the Wu at Sonar, but not for free, will be Method Man on November 9, featuring Inspectah Deck and Masta Killa. Four members of the Clan in a matter of weeks.



Last Friday, MTV commented on the growing love for emo, and showed what Sunny Day Real Estate members are up to. One played on Dashboard Confessional EP's, another is a Foo Fighter, and the singer has gone solo. While the outlook is bad for a reunion, I'd certainly love to see one.

Baltimore indie kids Beach House, whose album dropped on Oct. 3 on Carpark Records, will be having their record release party on Oct. 31 at the H&H Building (405 West Franklin Street).

Tool, Maynard James Keenan Fans Line Up Credit Cards In Hand

A Maynard James Keenan (singer of Tool) side project, Puscifer, just relaunched its website, and all it offers is an online store. Oh, yeah, it plays music, too. The ATF jacket available therein was sported by MJK when I saw them at Verizon Center (reviewed in a previous post), so there's a nice product plug. Keenan, always respectful, had this to say: "I put several of my Targets up for sale to see if people were silly enough to pay money for them. THEY SOLD OUT. Some of you need a hobbie. But hey, Thanks for the new wing on the winery." I think "hobbie" is meant to be spelled "hobby". Maybe a spelling workshop would benefit your postings, bud. But then again, I don't have three bands and a winery. So the joke's on me.

Tool - Verizon Center, Washington, DC 9/30/06

Releasing an album, on average, every five years, touring only in support of said album, and then disappearing for several years is Tool's modus operandi. So, when 10,000 Days came out in May, and Tool did a small venue tour (for which tickets were ridiculously hard to come by) before starting the arena tour, Tool fans were chomping at the bit.

Last night's show was, for most DC area fans, the big night, the chance to see Tool live again...almost like sighting a Yeti. The set list was as follows:

Stinkfist
The Pot
Forty Six & 2
Jambi
Schism
Lost Keys
Rosetta Stoned
Wings For Marie
10,000 Days
-- The band at this point stopped, sat on the drum riser, and Justin Chancellor lit a flame, prompting lighters to rise around the crowd, before the band encored with:
Lateralus
Vicarious
Ænema

The stage was white, allowing for projections of Adam Jones' video work onto the back and floor of the stage. Stinkfist was an amazing opener, showing that Tool has not lost its touch since Aenima came out in 1996 (coincidentally, 10 years ago today). Tool performs perfectly live. Mistakes, if any, go entirely unnoticed. The show was musically amazing. The live performance of Wings/10,000 Days, with an accompanying laser show, is breathtaking in its raw display of musicianship. Adam Jones' talkbox solo on Jambi was a great moment in the show. Danny Carey's drumming remains on a higher level than his peers, and Justin Chancellor brings the bass guitarist out of the back left corner of the stage and into the spotlight with his great finger work. Unfortunately, Rosetta Stoned was vocally unimpressive, as Keenan could not recreate the verbal salad of the album version.

The only criticism of the show is that the band seemed really detached from the audience, almost like a symphony rather than a rock concert. Which, to most fans, is probably an appropriate comparison, but concerts beg for the audience to connect more with the performers. Keenan made perhaps three of his trademark snide comments to the crowd, all about George W. Bush. Before the encore, the band plopped down on the drum riser, a very out-of-place moment, before Chancellor caused the Verizon Center to burst into tiny Bic-type candlelights and cheering.

Tool remains one of the best live metal bands. Fans might begin to fear if they have left the mindblowing show days of the Undertow/Aenima tours, but even on their most mediocre day, Tool is worth every penny. And at $67 with Ticketmaster's fees, it's quite a bargain.

Virgin Festival 2006 Photos, Tool in DC, and a Chinese Democracy before '07?

Even though the page credits Washington, DC as hosting the first US Virgin Festival (it was actually in BALTIMORE at the Pimlico Race Course), here are some pretty killer pics from the show. Too bad Keane decided to back out because Tom Chaplin went into rehab.

How about the fact that Axl is hinting at a Chinese Democracy (finally) by year's end?

Tomorrow's concert: Tool at the Verizon Center (formerly known as MCI Center) in Washington, DC. Isis, a great prog-metal band, will be opening. I will be there, in a very good section, and will post a review in the days after.