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Hoobastank opened their spring tour with 311 Monday with all the stage presence and salesmanship of a band bursting to ditch its warm-up act status. During their 45-minute set at the Paramount Theatre, singer Douglas Robb glad-handed the crowd at the front of the stage, hyped an upcoming show on a bill with Incubus and reminded the audience of his band’s name not once, not twice, but four times. (As if you forget a handle like Hoobastank.) “That was lovely,” Robb declared after several songs. It was a surprisingly Martha Stewart-ish term for a band pounding out kick-to-the-head mosh music.… Read more »

Entertainment Weekly reports that U2 played the Super Bowl halftime show for free. The magazine reports that the NFL was willing to pay them but they didn’t want any money. Janet Jackson was the first choice for the halftime show but when NFL bigwigs caught a U2 show in New York City they felt the band would set the right tone for the festivities after Sept. 11. The report says Mariah Carey and Paul McCartney also were not paid for their services, but the NFL picked up their travel expenses.

If absence makes the heart grow fonder, Gavin and Gwen should be able to keep their romantic flame burning bright this winter, since Bush will be touring the U.S. all through March. The 22-date trek of mid-sized venues will begin February 28 in Denver at the Fillmore Auditorium. From there, Bush will play Midwest cities including Milwaukee on March 2, St. Louis on March 3, Chicago on March 5 and Detroit on March 8. Then the band will head east, hitting Scranton, Pennsylvania; Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. between March 11 and 18. Bush will then wind across… Read more »