Here & There …

David Byrne’s survival tips for artists – Wired News

Autopsy report on Hawthorne Heights’ Casey Calvert answers some questions, raises others – The Cincinnati Post / Dayton Daily News

Anybody up for some Monkee business? – New York Daily News

Lily Allen pregnant – The Times

MTV hooks up with movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer to make video games – PR Newswire

Vanilla Ice says he’s “keepin’ it real” – The Age

Dates, Dates & More Dates …

Ana Popovic will tour Europe during the first month of the new year. New dates for Ms. Popovic are for Switzerland, Germany and Belgium, and include cities like Zurich, Frankfurt and Diepenbeek.

TobyMac has so many new dates it took the delivery men several trips with diesel-powered dollies to bring the listing up from the loading dock. New cities listed for February and March include Las Cruces, Phoenix, Denver, Omaha, Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Hershey, Fairfax, Valdosta and the music / raisin capital of the central San Joaquin Valley – Fresno.

Rusted Root’s Michael Glabicki also has several new dates, including stops in Syracuse, Chicago, Grand Rapids and Jamestown; Natalie Stovall’s new dates include multiple stops in cities like Augusta, GA, St. Louis, MO, and Marquette, MI; Paramore adds U.K. towns Portsmouth, Nottingham and Glasgow; Tilly and the Wall adds Seattle, Omaha and Cambridge, MA, for March; Josh Ritter adds dates in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa and Meg & Dia slot Providence for February and Lawrence, KS, for March.

During the past couple of hours we also updated the schedules for Farewell, Clumsy Lovers, Asylum Street Spankers, Chevelle, Dirk Powell, James Gregory, Mike Seeger, Naked Aggression, Pine Leaf Boys, The Accelerators, The Hurt, Victoria Vox, Veruca Salt and This Is Hell.

A quick break for lunch and then we’ll be back at it, adding new dates, cities and venues for all artists great and greater. Check back for Your Latest Update, scheduled for sometime around 3 PM (PST) from Pollstar.com!