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The Closing Bell
We wrap up the Tuesday adventure with a potpourri of data and information. For starters we have new dates for Jason Aldean, Deicide and Julio Iglesias, while on the news side we have links to items about Britney Spears, Pete Wentz and an excursion deep into the psyche of Axl Rose.
Overnight Sensation …
49 editors, 22 writers, 15 proof readers and all we have to show for it are the following two items scheduled to post during the next 18 hours.
Ry Cooder Joins Hurricane Benefit – The guitar virtuoso joins Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Baez and Ben Harper to aid hurricane victims on November 29 in Santa Monica, Calif.
Abandon All Hope – Slipknot has announced its first U.S. headlining run in support of latest release, All Hope Is Gone.
Photo: Scott Legato / RockStarProPhotography.com
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Noblesville, Ind.
Link-O-Rama …
Do you dare enter the mind of Axl Rose? If you do, be sure to tie a rope around your waist – Wired
Britney Spears wants you to know she feels “old and boring.” – Reuters
Pete Wentz explains why he and wife Ashlee Simpson named their new son “Mowgli.” And no, it wasn’t because too many other kids are named “Tarzan.” – People
Photo: Kevin Estrada
The hunks of Il Divo give a passionate performance for the sold-out crowd at Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles.
Dates, Dates & More Dates …
Jason Aldean makes the final update deadline with new shows for Florida, California, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Illinois, Alberta, Virginia, New York and Washington. Details include January 25 in the Florida town of Pembroke Pines where he’ll appear at the WKIS Chili Cookoff. February 19 is listed as Ontario, California, at Citizens Business Bank Arena. On March 14 Mr. Aldean will play Miami, Oklahoma, at Buffalo Run Casino and on August 7 the stop is Norfolk, Virginia, at the Mid Atlantic Concert Series.
Deicide continues to terrorize Europe. Today’s update shows the band in Tilburg on January 8 at 013; Stuttgart on January 14 at Longhorn; Milan on January 18 at Rolling Stone and Katowice, Poland, on January 21 at Mega Club.
Finally, we have new Florida dates for Julio Iglesias – February 11 in Clearwater at Ruth Eckerd Hall; February 14 in Miami at AmericanAirlines Arena and February 15 in Melbourne at King Center For Performing Arts.
During the day we also updated the schedules for Blake Shelton, The Sword, Air Supply, Kathy Mattea, Saxon, The Rosebuds, Gin Blossoms, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano, Steven Curtis Chapman, The Lost Trailers, Tracy Lawrence, Secret Machines, Eve 6, Gotan Project, One Under, Vonda Shepard, Amy Ray, plus thousands and thousands of artists and bands we’d love to mention in this space, but our corporate masters want to reserve this space for banner ads.
That’s a wrap for Tuesday, November 25, 2009. Thank you for spending your time with us and we hope you’ll join us again tomorrow for another crazy ride into the realm of concert data. G’night!