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Veteran modern rock act R.E.M. has made a few changes in its fall North American tour. The group, which kicked off its first world tour in four years June 21 in Utrecht, Holland, has added two dates and altered city and/or venue details for a handful of others on the North American leg of the outing, which will now get underway Aug. 29 in Vancouver. That date and an Aug. 31 show in Missoula, Mont., both with Wilco opening, have been added to the itinerary. Among the other changes: a Sept. 28 show slated for Auburn Hills, Mich., will now… Read more »

R.E.M. have set an October 28th release date for their second compilation, In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003. The collection will feature two new tracks, “Bad Day” and “Animal.” The former will also be released as the album’s first single; the band shot a video for the track last month in Vancouver. The compilation will be released on the heels of the first leg of R.E.M.’s world tour, which launched last Saturday in Holland. North American dates for the tour, the band’s first in four years, will begin August 29th in Vancouver, British Columbia, and several dates have been… Read more »

Alt-metal act Alien Ant Farm is preparing to return to touring for the first time since a bus accident left lead singer Dryden Mitchell with serious spinal injuries more than a year ago. The North American run will kick off July 5 in Las Vegas and close Aug. 3 in Houston. A European tour with stops at England’s Reading and Leeds festivals will follow. Mitchell still has some trepidation about the travel involved with touring, a fact he realized recently when visiting the band 311 at one of its gigs. “When I stepped onto their bus, I had this really… Read more »

On the heels of their nearly sold-out Roads Outside Columbus Tour, grassroots rockers O.A.R. are set to tour the United States once again. The band is partnering up with funk-metal rockers 311 and Something Corporate for the Unity Tour and planning to hit the road July 25 through August 11th- prior to jumping on the diverse Sprite Liquid Mix tour, featuring N.E.R.D, The Roots, Talib Kweli, and Robert Randolph and the Family Band beginning August 14th in Denver. O.A.R., considered one of the most successful DIY bands in recent history, will support their critically acclaimed new album In Between Now… Read more »

Civic Tour 2003, the hugely successful Honda and Alpine music tour partnership, is extending beyond the traditional concert venues that entertained nearly 400,000 young fans of rockers New Found Glory, Good Charlotte and special guests Less Than Jake and MxPx, at 50 concert stops across the U.S. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Alpine Electronics of America aren’t letting the music stop as they extend the non-stop energy of Civic Tour through featured appearances at select Hot Import Nights (HIN) events across the country this summer. Part auto and electronics showcase, part party, HIN is one of the largest import… Read more »

This summer Seattle rockers Queensryche return with the release of Tribe, the band’s first studio album on Sanctuary Records. Tribe, which will be released on July 22, 2003, follows Queensryche’s Sanctuary debut, Live Evolution, a career-spanning live collection, released in 2001. Lead singer Geoff Tate, guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfeld have collaborated to produce quite possibly the band’s most ambitions and most insightful project to date. In addition, founding guitarist Chris DeGarmo guests on the album as well. Tate, looking at the themes of Tribe, says “This album isn’t about any one song to me.… Read more »

As the 2003 Civic Tour rolls to an end, nearly 400,000 music fans were entertained by one of this Spring’s best-attended tours featuring co-headlining bands New Found Glory and Good Charlotte, leaders in the new wave of pop-punk music that has taken over radio and television. Civic Tour sold-out 34 of its 50 dates in key markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Denver and San Jose, proving once again that Honda continues to bring the youth market the coolest breakthrough acts on the music scene. The San Antonio Express-News took note of success of the Civic… Read more »

Lava Recording artist Authority Zero will appear for the second year in a row on the Vans Warped Tour. The punk rock extravaganza is one of the largest annual summer festival tours and has a reputation for nurturing successful rock outfits such as Rancid, Good Charlotte, and Authority Zero label mates Simple Plan. Authority Zero will continue to support their major label debut album A Passage In Time. The band?s first single, ?One More Minute? experienced success with top phones at alternative radio stations across the country. The companion video received airplay on both MTV2 and FUSE. Now these Phoenix… Read more »

Toronto’s Moneen are geared up for the long-awaited release of their Vagrant Records debut, Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now?, which arrives in stores this Tuesday, June 17th. With a well-earned reputation as one of the indie scene’s most compelling live acts, Moneen will bring their progressive brand of rock to clubs across the U.S. when they launch their 17 city tour with Brand New, The Beautiful Mistake and Senses Fail on July 1st. On August 22nd, the band will embark on another string of dates with Reggie And The Full Effect, Midtown and My Chemical… Read more »

A little over a year since a bus accident nearly prevented him from ever walking again, Dryden Mitchell and Alien Ant Farm are ready to strut their stuff on a monthlong U.S. tour. The singer and his bandmates – Terry Corso (guitar), Tye Zamora (bass) and Mike Cosgrove (drums) – will hit the road starting July 5 in Las Vegas and ending 21 dates later in Houston, according to their DreamWorks publicist. Although they performed a show in December and another impromptu gig last month, the tour is the band’s first since a May 2002 bus accident in Spain in… Read more »