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Overnight Sensation …
Our overnight crew wants you to know that no animals were harmed while preparing the following items scheduled to post between now and sometime tomorrow morning.
U.S. Audiences Still Ga Ga Over
All Points West Lineup Revealed – Radiohead leads the list with a double headlining slot, while singer/songwriter Jack Johnson tops off day three.
Link-O-Rama …
New York City watering hole popular among celebs undergoes Hepatitis scare. ABC News / Reuters</a>
Linkin Park’s Apple adventure – Associated Press
A reporter reminisces about the 1965 Bob Dylan U.K. tour – “‘You must never challenge him about his work,’ whispered Grossman. ‘He is too big a star to have to justify himself. You’ve made an enemy for life.'” – The Daily Mail U.K.
Damon Albarn talks about “African Express” – The Times Online U.K.
Diddy answers fans’ questions – Time Magazine
Librarians say RIAA’s money is better than the organization’s CDs – The Cape Ann Beacon / Wicked Local Manchester
Dates, Dates & More Dates …
It’s always a treat to see new Karla Bonoff dates, but today it’s a bigger treat for the folks in Japan as Ms. Bonoff schedules a March run through Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo.
Wynonna fills in a few blanks as she adds shows for July, August, November and December. Look for her in Chautauqua (New York) and Sterling Heights (Michigan) in July, Grand Ronde (Oregon) and Sandpoint (Idaho) in August, two nights in Rochester (New York) in November and California towns Cerritos and Santa Rosa in December.
Danger: Radio fills out the second half of March with several new U.S. club dates. Markets include Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York.
Finally, Switchfoot updates with new dates for June, July, August and December. Dates include June 25 in Shirleysburg (Pennsylvania), July 30 in Rock Springs (Wyoming) and September 5 in Orlando (Florida).
During the day we also updated the schedules for Asylum Street Spankers, Queens Of The Stone Age, Peter Frampton, Spoon, Billy Joel, Testament, Smashing Pumpkins, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bon Jovi, Gavin DeGraw, Susan Tedeschi, Lotus, Kenny Rogers, Iris DeMent, Duran Duran, Toto, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Son Volt, Stevie Nicks, Night Ranger, Patty Larkin, The Audition, The Derailers, plus more artists and bands than Simon Cowell will ever learn to appreciated. But that’s a given.
And that’s a wrap. Four days down, and one to go until the weekend. Of course, we’ll be here tomorrow, chained to our desks, our corporate overlords holding pictures of our families in front of us while threatening to “make life tough” if we don’t increase our output. Thank God for the Tour Data Researchers union, or things could really get nasty. Good night and stay classy.