Coming Up …

The Pollstar.com overnight crew has two stories coming up during the next few hours. Here’s a peek.

Fans Face Dillinger Escape Plans Ire – The first round of rescheduled dates for the mathcore rockers.

Do You Hear What I Hear? – More holiday tours from Clay Aiken, Sister Hazel and Mannheim Steamroller

News from here and there…

Duran Duran Broadway Bound – Hartford Courant

Blues Traveler to play free Bud Light Hi-Fi Concert Series in Aspen in December – Vail Daily

Pete Doherty vows to stop doing drugs – Reuters

Glastonbury Festival seeks unsigned bands – BBC News

The plain truth About Plain White T’s – Houston Chronicle

What? Led Zeppelin a country band? Hot Dog! – Telegraph UK

Excerpt from 50 Cent’s book, “50 X 50” – New York Daily News

Lots and lots of dates posted today. The following are new and/or improved schedules for…

It’s Back in Black time as Lewis Black adds shows through April 2008; Patti Smith rings in the new year with four shows – Dec. 28 through 31 – at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom and today we more new dates for Robin Thicke.

Daughtry December dates are posted; Bellydance Superstars gigs are added and Emerson Drive’s schedule is updated.

Earlier today we added dates for The Police, The Spice Girls and Westlife. Within the last two hours we posted shows for Todd Snider, The Blakes, Mission Of Burma and Col. Bruce & The Quark Alliance.

Other updated schedules today included additions for The Dandy Warhols, Vic Chesnutt, The Wood Brothers, The Duhks, Peter & Gordon, OK Go, Dark Star Orchestra, Josh Ritter, John Butler Trio, Dubconscious, Asylum Street Spankers, 38 Special and David Ryan Harris.

And that’s it for today. As always, drive carefully.