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Hoobastank is finishing up dates with 311 on Wednesday (April 10) in Kansas City. The band is scheduled join Incubus on the Honda Civic tour on Thursday (April 11) in Portland, Oregon. Incubus vocalist Brandon Boyd and company asked their good friends in Hoobastank to open up for them a few years back even before the band had a recording contract. Hoobastank also opened for its fellow California rockers late last year. LAUNCH asked Hoobastank’s Doug Robb and Dan Estrin how the band’s approach has changed since its run of dates with Incubus last year. “I don’t think our approach… Read more »

Sum 41’s new DVD, Introduction To Destruction (Video Treats To Move Yo Feets), proved a winner on the latest SoundScan Top DVD Music Videos chart as the best debut of the week. More than 2,200 copies of the DVD were sold during the period, according to sources-good enough for the fifth spot on the chart behind the top four releases by Sade, Britney Spears, U2, and the Eagles. Introduction To Destruction… features concert footage, videos, and other rare footage of the Canadian punk-pop band. Meanwhile, Sum 41 continues its “Sum Like It Loud” tour, performing tonight (April 5) in New… Read more »

DJ crew the X-Ecutioners will kick off their twenty-eight-city “Adrenaline Rush” tour tonight in Austin, Texas. The tour dates are in support of the group’s recently released Built From Scratch. The X-ecutioners will add two MC’s to their road show: Gudtyme and DSTROY, formerly of New York outfit the Arsonists. Once the tour wraps up on May 7th in Pomona, California, the group will hit some of the same cities again for radio shows running through mid-June. X-Ecutioners Tour Dates: 4/3 – Austin, La Zona Rosa 4/4 – Dallas, Trees 4/6 – New Orleans, LA, House of Blues 4/7 –… Read more »

O-Town fans hoping for a change of sonic scenery will have to wait only three more months for new material from the pop group. The successor to O-Town’s self-titled debut is due July 9, according to a J Records spokesperson. While the album has yet to be titled, “I Showed Her” has been chosen as its first single and is expected to surface at radio in mid-May. “Favorite Girl,” another track off the album, was written and produced by rapper Nelly, and the group itself takes credit for penning three others. Since its release in January 2001, O-Town has sold… Read more »

Former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg will play his first shows in five years at a series of in-store performances beginning later this month. The solo acoustic shows come in support of the artist’s upcoming Vagrant solo album, “Stereo,” due April 23. The set will come packaged with a new album from Westerberg’s punk-veering side project Grandpaboy, titled “Mono.” “I’m more prepared to go and actually play music now than I was four years ago, when I was supposed to last time,” Westerberg told Billboard earlier this winter in an exclusive interview. “And, even a year ago, the thought of performing… Read more »

Elvis Costello has a busy spring/summer ahead of him in support of his new album, When I Was Cruel, his first one of new material in seven years, due April 23rd. Costello will kick off a tour on May 18th in Portland, Oregon. The thirteen-date tour runs until June 24th in Atlanta. In between dates, you can catch Costello at Tower Records in-store appearances. On April 19th, he’ll do a signing in Philadelphia; on the 21st, he’ll be in Chicago; and on the 23rd, he’ll be in New York. On April 29th, Costello will appear on an episode of Musicians… Read more »

It’s been a heck of a year so far for Alicia Keys, who took home five Grammy Awards in February for her album Songs in A Minor, which has sold more than 8 million copies worldwide. And, with a multitude of appearances and a full summer tour on her schedule, her star should shine bright well through the year. Keys’ 35-date North American tour will begin in Milwaukee on July 2 at Summerfest and will run through August 30 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at the American Music Festival. Keys will celebrate Independence Day in New Orleans at the Essence Festival;… Read more »

Neil Young has been hit with the flu, forcing some changes in the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) tour. The group was forced to postpone Friday’s (March 15) show at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, to April 28, while last night’s (March 17) gig at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, will now take place April 29. Tickets for the postponed shows will be honored at the new gigs. Young should have plenty of time to get well, as CSNY doesn’t play another show until next Tuesday (March 26) at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.

Creed are about to bring the crushing riffs and uplifting spectacle of their live show to a coliseum or dome near you. The second leg of the group’s tour in support of Weathered is set to kick off April 29 in Fargo, North Dakota. This latest jaunt, which is presented by VH1, takes them from the Midwest to the Northwest down into Texas. It’s currently scheduled to end in San Antonio, Texas, on May 31. Starting on May 3, Creed will be supported by Default, Canadian rockers currently enjoying a hit with “Wasting My Time.” Default’s 2001 debut album Fallout… Read more »

Pink will kick off her first ever headlining tour on May 2nd in Phoenix. The twenty-seven-date tour will hit mainly theaters from coast to coast. The jaunt comes in support of her sophomore release, Missundaztood, and on the heels of her recent Grammy win for “Lady Marmalade,” along with Christina Aguilera, Mya and Lil’ Kim. As for Missundaztood, the album remains a Top Ten mainstay sixteen weeks after its release, and with another week in stores will likely top 2 million copies sold. Tickets go on sale this week. Pink Tour Dates: 5/2 – Phoenix, The Webb Theater 5/5 –… Read more »