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Overnight Sensation …
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John Mayer Adds Dates, Support Acts – The fave singer/songwriter of soccer moms everywhere tacks on a new round of shows with Paramore and OneRepublic along for the ride.
Russian Circles Leaves The “Station” – Instru-metal indie rock trio Russian Circles returns with a new release and hits the road with Daughters and Coheed and Cambria.
Link-O-Rama …
Remembering Bo Diddley (in pictures) – Baltimore Sun
It was a lively day in court at the R. Kelly trial as the defense tried to paint a prosecution witness as a “schemer” who only dated fraudsters – The Chicago Tribune
Get ready, world! Peter Gabriel launches “The Filter” Web site tomorrow! – CNN / Associated Press
Amy Winehouse appears in courtroom to show support for jailed hubby – Associated Press
The latest chapter in the “Vinyl vs CD” debate – Boston Herald / The Edge
Dates, Dates & More Dates …
Spyro Gyra updates today with new listings for July, August, December, even 2009! New ones include July 18 in Oakland, California; August 2 in Trenton, Michigan; December 14 in Troy, New York; and February 13, 2009, in York, Pennsylvania.
Mindless Self Indulgence rocks the U.K. come July. New dates include July 10 (Nottingham), July 11 (London) and Aguust 20 in Norwich. The band also plays Montreal on June 29 and Troy, NY, on July 1.
Maria Muldaur provides a major update today listing dates from now until next year. Playing all over North America, look for Ms. Muldaur in places like Santa Barbara, California, on July 3; Minneapolis, Minnesota, on September 23 & 24; Toronto, Ontario, on October 7; Los Osos, California, on November 15; and Tecumseh, Michigan, on March 28, 2009.
And Dizzee Rascal makes the final deadline with new July shows. Like July 18 in NYC at the Highline Ballroom; July 21 in Austin at Emo’s and July 22 in Denver at Cervante’s. Other cities include Chicago, Toronto, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
During the day we also updated the schedules for “Flashback – The Classic Rock Experience,” Anthony Gomes, Agent Orange, The Kooks, Kasey Chambers And Shane Nicholson, Sex Pistols, Aaron Tippin, Pam Tillis,
And that’s a wrap for the first Monday in June. So far, it’s been a pretty good first Monday. It was better than the first Monday in June 2001, but not as good as the first Monday in June 1987. But then, none are. Anyway, thank you for spending your browsing time with us and we hope you’ll browse us again tomorrow. Happy trails!