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Back from a lengthy European jaunt, Lenny Kravitz will launch his thirty-three-date summer tour tomorrow night in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in support of his latest album, Lenny. Abandoned Pools will open all dates, with Pink playing the middle slot. Pink’s presence on the list had nothing to do with label politics coercing a veteran artist to take out a youngster. “She called me up and said she wanted to be on the tour,” Kravitz says. “And she sent me a pair of panties with her name and my name in rhinestones. It said, ‘Lenny’ and ‘Pink’ with a lightning bolt.… Read more »

The good people of Buffalo may want to board their windows and lock up their pets. Eminem, Ludacris, Papa Roach, Xzibit and the X-ecutioners are headed to town to kick off their Anger Management Tour on July 18 at the HSBC Arena. So far, Em and company have lined up two months’ worth of dates for the trek, starting in the Northeast, rolling across the Midwest and down the Pacific coast before crossing the country again for a string of dates in the South. Rounding out the Anger Management bill are D12 and Obie Trice – who are expected to… Read more »

Before heading out on the Anger Management tour in late July along with Eminem, Ludacris and X-ecutioners, Papa Roach will play a series of other live dates, including various radio festivals. The band plays Petaluma, California, tonight and wraps up in Seattle on June 22nd. On June 18th, Papa Roach will release their second album, lovehatetragedy. It was to include a cover of Faith No More’s “Naked in Front of a Computer” but that song’s been replaced with “Never Said It,” a new original. The album will also include a cover of the Pixies’ “Gouge Away.” Papa Roach Tour Dates:… Read more »

Papa Roach will warm up for the Anger Management Tour with a string of club dates and radio festivals this month and next. The rockers are playing four small venues in Northern California this week, in and nearby their hometown of Vacaville, before heading overseas for a few festivals and then returning to the States in late May. Papa Roach said earlier this year they would play some club shows to get used to performing their new music and to get in shape. “We also want to get back to where we started,” drummer Dave Buckner said. “The kids are… Read more »

After a three-year hiatus, groundbreaking hip-hop tour Smokin’ Grooves will return this summer armed with a lineup that includes Outkast, Lauryn Hill and the Roots. The outing, which will also feature West Coast rhyme slingers Jurassic 5, is scheduled to kick off July 18 near San Francisco and hit 15 major markets before wrapping up August 7 in Atlanta. DJ Shadow, Cee-Lo, and Damien Marley and the Ghetto Youth Crew will appear at some of the dates, along with several other surprise performers, according to the tour’s promoter. Two shows, August 1 and 4, will feature Black Lily, an all-female… Read more »

Busta Rhymes and David Bowie are among the artists set to join Moby on the Area2 tour, the sample-lover’s second foray into the world of eclectic summer outings. The three-week trek is scheduled to begin July 28 in Bristow, Virginia, and cover Eastern seaboard stops before heading West, according to the event’s publicist. The trek draws to a close August 16 in George, Washington, with Moby and co. visiting 12 North American cities in all. Last year’s Area:One was notable for its varied lineup, which included Outkast, the Roots, Incubus and Nelly Furtado. In choosing this year’s roster, Moby employed… Read more »

It’s not exactly what Van Halen fans had hoped for, but it’s definitely intriguing. David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar, former singers for the group, will co-headline a national tour beginning May 29 near Cleveland. And if Tuesday’s (April 16) press conference to announce the outing is any indication, Diamond Dave and the Red Rocker are going to be the perfect pairing. Like a rock and roll comedy duo, the blond bastions of partying traded gags one-after-another at the Sky Bar, setting each other up and flashing face-wide grins at each punch line. “Sammy and I are like fraternity brothers… Read more »

Sheryl Crow and Train are among the first acts confirmed for the inaugural Jeep World Outside Festival 2002. The five-week, 23-city trek gets in gear July 10 in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the tour’s publicist. Following a path that hits the West Coast later that month, the trek returns to the East Coast to wrap up in Philadelphia on August 18. The trek marks Crow’s first set of dates to promote her fourth and latest album, C’mon, C’mon, which was released Tuesday. Train, meanwhile, continue to support last year’s Drops of Jupiter, which has sold more than 2.1 million… Read more »

Lenny Kravitz must be a firm believer in the theory that says a simple, direct approach is most effective. Why else would he call a tour to support his latest album, the rather uncomplicatedly titled Lenny, anything other than the decidedly descriptive Lenny Live? For his first full-scale North American road trip in almost three years, Kravitz, following a European tour and fueled by his current single, “Stillness of Heart,” is set to visit 33 cities beginning July 12 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, according to his publicist. The nearly two-month jaunt winds down September 2 in Phoenix. The last time… Read more »

Hitting the stage for the first time in 3 years, genre-defying, multi-platinum artist Lenny Kravitz has announced dates for the US leg of his LENNY LIVE world tour in support of his 6th studio album, LENNY. The tour, promoted by Clear Channel Entertainment will kick off in the US on July 12th in Virginia Beach and hit 33 major cities nationwide through September. Jointly presented by MTV and VH-1, P!nk and Abandoned Pools will open the show. A special theatre appearance at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom on May 3rd will kick off Lenny’s world tour. Universally-renowned as one of America’s premiere… Read more »