The Spill Canvas goes back to school by adding college dates for August, September and October. New to the band’s calendar is August 23 in E. Lansing, Michigan at Michigan St. University, September 5 in Canton, New York at SUNY / Canton, September 6 in Rochester, New York at University Of Rochester and October 3 in Williamsburg, Virginia at College of William & Mary.

George Winston updates today with a few new listings for next year. You can experience the famed pianist in San Francisco on January 3 at Palace Of Fine Arts Theatre, Eugene, Oregon on March 2 at Shedd Institute and Napa, California on May 8 at Napa Valley Opera House.

The Rumble Strips fill up their October calendar with shows all through the UsofA. New ones include October 4 in Philadelphia at Johnny Brenda’s, October 7 in Atlanta at The EARL, October 11 in Austin at The Parish Room and October 16 in San Francisco at Pop Scene.

And we have a couple of new listings for Starship Starring Mickey Thomas – August 1 in Watersmeet, Michigan, and an August 13 date in Washington, DC.

During the last couple of hours we also updated the schedules for Sin Bandera, Survivor, The Temptations Review Feat. Dennis Edwards, Trampled By Turtles, Sponge, Necrophagist, Molly Hatchet, Mika Miko, Lipbone Redding, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Guy Forsyth, Half Pint, Grand Magus and Big Al & The Heavyweights.

But it ain’t over ’til it’s over and we have two more hours of concert research to knock off before we head out for the weekend. Don’t miss your last update of the week – The Closing Bell – coming up around 5 pm (PDT), from Pollstar.com!