Jay Lane Quits Furthur For Primus, Furthur Festival News Tomorrow Morning!

From Phil Lesh:

“Over the past year, both Jill and I have come to know and love Jay for the great guy that he is. At the end of our tour he rode back on Bob’s bus and informed Bob that he had an opportunity to play drums with Primus. He and Bob discussed it, and they decided that the logical time to make the change would be after the birthday show. I only found out about this the day before the show; as their relationship goes back a long way, I told them both then that I support any decision they might make. I will miss Jay’s enthusiasm and ebullience; he’s a great guy to hang and play music with.”

  Furthurmore Friday: Furthur Festival News and Info: Stay Tuned

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Thanks Jay and Good Luck With Primus!

Arnaud Azoulay, Amazing Artist Brings Jerry and Trey; The Beatles and more....In Ink!

 Arnaud Azoulay

Here at Phish and The Dead we occasionally run across artists that catch our eye. We have profiled many artists that paint some of favorite concert posters.  Today's artist does musicians in a very unique mash, meet Arnaud Azoulay, a self taught artist, that has been influenced by the music scene as he grew up within it! Currently living in Paris, France, A psychedelic artist with his own unique brand of drawing, brings Jerry, Trey, Zappa; The Beatles and more to life!

Arnaud Azoulay

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Disco Biscuits, Planet Anthem in Brief / New Album Releases This Week!

So, let's say the Dave Matthews Band or Phish regularly employed synthesizers, consequently giving their rhythmic rock jams the electronic wings to soar. Now you have an idea of the music on Planet Anthem, the first full-length Disco Biscuits CD since 2006's Wind at Four to Fly.

With opening tracks "Loose Change" and "On Time," Planet Anthem seeps beneath the temples with brain-swaying beats and loops that are as hypnotic as they are grooving. Tunes such as "Rain Song" and "Fish Out of Water" are equally catchy and psychedelically computerized. And with the instrumental "Uber Glue" and the closing cuts, "Vacation" and "Quad D," you get plenty of the band's experimental prowess.

Planet Anthem is an intoxicating ride, one that swirls and slams in the right places. These trance-fusion pioneers from Philadelphia definitely crafted an engulfing opus. The music has a levitating quality even while it sounds firmly planted on solid ground.

In Stores This Week

Drive-By Truckers, The Big To-Do (ATO) – Label debut for the acclaimed alt-country-meets-Southern- rock group that decidedly made a rock album, frontman Patterson Hood has said.

Flobots, Survival Story (Universal Republic) – More social and world consciousness from the Denver rock and hip-hop group that struck a nerve with 2007's Fight With Tools and its single "Handlebars."

The Nadas, Almanac (Authentic Records) – The Des Moines, Iowa, rockers constructed their seventh album by writing, recording and releasing one song a month last year, each streamed live on the band's Web site.

Marvin Sapp, Here I Am (Verity) – Gospel singer, who launched his career with Fred Hammond's group Commissioned, delivers his eighth solo album.

Julieta Venegas, Otra Cosa (Sony Music Latin) – The always refreshing Latin pop singer-songwriter returns with her first studio album since 2006's beguiling Limon y Sal.

The White Stripes, Under Great White Northern Lights (Warner Bros.) – Live concert recording from the respected alt-rock duo finds them offering a souvenir of their 2007 Canadian tour.

New Artist

Singer-songwriter Ben Fuller, based in Lake Tahoe, Nev., has an uncluttered pop-rock sound on his self-released debut EP, Aquarian Son. He's got a way with hooks, particularly on "Ashes" and "Handsome Loser," and he manages to keep an acoustic purity to his music even while backed by a full band.

For the EP, go to www.benfullermusic.com or www.my space.com/benfullermusic.

Umphrey's McGee Down Under @ Bluesfest on Saturday, April 3

 Now in their second decade and with huge global acclaim, why hasn’t Australia heard of Umphrey’s McGee?

Since forming in the late ’90s, Umphrey’s McGee has regularly performed at US festivals, toured Europe multiple times and performed at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival.

 The band is known for their innovative approach to distributing music. Constantly recording their energetic live performances, the band makes these available online through many of their website bases. They have even created an interactive fan experience where audience members ‘conduct’ the band’s improvisations live in concert through mobile phone technology.

Australia will finally experience Umphrey’s McGee when they play the Bluesfest on Saturday, April 3, and Monday, April 5.

 Celebrating its 21st birthday, the Bluesfest is moving to its new home at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm (just off the Pacific Highway, 12 minutes north of Byron). The festival runs over Easter from Thursday to Monday, April 1-5.

all photos by Kelsey Winterkorn

For the amazing full program, and to purchase tickets, visit www.bluesfest.com.au

Headliners Include:

Umphrey's McGee

Jack Johnson

A.L.O. (Animal Liberation Orchestra)

John Butler Trio

GALACTIC featuring Cyril Neville

Crowded House

The Fray

Newton Faulkner

Gogol Bordello

We need photos/reviews from this event, if you want to contribute and be credited for your photography send photos to sammy@phishandthedead.com

Thanks You!

Mr. Miner's Phish Thoughts On Greek Theater, Telluride and Phish out West....

 After exactly one month off, Phish will return for their late-summer run at the improbable Berkeley, California locale, The Greek Theatre. One of the most beautifully set amphitheatres in the land will host Phish for a three-night party on August 5-7, kicking off the most anticipated week of the Summer 2010. On a hilltop at the University of California, the famous Bay Area icon holds only 8,500 people per night, making it the first truly tough ticket of the summer. With only these three shows on the west coast until the fall, fans will be coming from far and wide to see Phish’s return to The Greek. With a GA policy and limited floor space, you can bet on a Red-Rocks-esque scene of early arrivals rolling out tarps and staking claim on their crew’s space for the night.If two things are for sure, Berkeley will be a scene, and these shows will be something special.

 After only one day off, Phish will fulfill the rumor of the winter by playing Town Park in Telluride, CO. On August 9 and 10, the Phish community will descend upon this mountain hamlet for the most anticipated shows of the summer. Returning to Telluride for the first time since 1991, these two days will have a throwback vibe, as the band plays at the base of the Rockies. Expect a festive atmosphere in town all weekend, as Phish unveils their mountain music inspired by the gorgeous environs. With tickets exclusively sold in two-day passes, only 9,000 people, total, will get in to what looks to be the most enchanted Phish experience of the summer. In the span of six days, Phish will play five shows of under 10,000 people, something that hasn’t happened since Japan 2000. Pretty…pretty…pretty…pretty cool.

READ THE REST OF MR. MINER'S ARTICLE HERE

Umphrey's McGee Members - 30db Record Announced, Tour Dates for May

30db Record Announced, Tour Dates for May

—Wed, Mar 17th, 2010
Jeff Austin & Brendan Bayliss are pleased to announce the long-awaited studio debut from their new project, 30db!

One Man Show will be available in stores and online on May 11th, and the duo will be touring with their great band in support of the release. The band features Cody Dickinson (of North Mississippi Allstars), Eric Thorin and Nick Forster. Visit www.30db.net to preview the album, and for up-to-date news, pre-order info, and tour dates.



30db Tour Dates
Pre-Sale: Monday, March 22, 12:00 pm local

May 6 | Cabooze, Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 7 | Barrymore Theater, Madison, Wisconsin
May 8 | Lincoln Hall, Chicago, Illinois
May 19 | Fox Theatre, Boulder, Colorado
May 20 | Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, California (*on sale Sun 03.21)
May 21 | Tractor Tavern, Seattle, Washington
May 22 | Berbati's Pan Portland, Oregon

** The first 20 ticket purchasers in the pre-sale will receive a backstage meet and greet with the band!

Hailing from Chicago, longtime friends, musical collaborators, and all-around conspirators Jeff Austin (of Yonder Mountain String Band) and Brendan Bayliss (of Umphrey's McGee) have been writing music and playing together for years. In between their busy tour schedules with Yonder and Umphrey's, the two musicians had always wanted to start a band. They wrote some songs, played some shows (both on Jeff's turf in Colorado and back home in Chicago) and so 30db was born.

After accruing a mass quantity of music, they decided it was about time to make a record. They recruited an amazing crew of musicians to join them in Boulder for some recording sessions, and that's when 30db really took its shape and became a band. Holding down the sound on drums is the Memphis-based North Mississippi Allstars drummer and co-founder, Cody Dickinson. E-Town host and legendary guitar player from Hot Rize, Nick Forster, plays electric guitar, and Boulder-based Eric Thorin keeps it tight on the bass. The final product is a collection of heartfelt tunes, filled with fun yet ironic lyric undertones and solid playing from start to finish.

30db's One Man Show is finally here, turn it up.

ALBINO! "Heavy Heavy Afrobeat" To Play SF's Independent - 3/20/10!!

 Click here to win tickets!!!

ALBINO! is a San Francisco-based, ten piece Afrobeat ensemble that honors the fiery
legacy of Nigerian musical icon and political outlaw Fela Kuti. 

 photo:rudin swagerman

ALBINO!’s high-energy grooves and explosive stage show are thick with hypnotic percussion, heavy horns,
African dance, wild costumes and elaborate group choreography. To date, the group
has won an East Bay Express Best of the Bay Award for “Best Band” and an SF
Music Award for “Best World Music Band”.
Armed with Fela’s three preferred weapons of choice, front man Michael Bello
contributes lead vocals, saxes, and keyboards to ALBINO!’s intricately layered groove.
Bello’s deep vocal growl gives potent, stout-hearted resonance to the band’s socially
conscious lyrical messages, another key component of Afrobeat tradition.

The four-piece ALBINO! horn section’s boldly-syncopated barrage packs a killer
whallop, while their individual solo improvisations routinely reach dizzying climaxes.
Alongside Bello on tenor sax is ALBINO! co-founder Nathan Endsley, a former
contributor to the trance/world-beat ensemble Hamsa Lila. Riding the upper reaches of
the section’s spectrum is trumpeter Chris Brown. Baritone saxophonist Pat Byers,
formerly of the globe trotting pan-African funk ensemble Aphrodesia, fattens up the
horn section’s “heavy heavy” bottom end.
Anchoring the ALBINO! rhythm section from behind the drum kit is Julian Fritz. A native
Oregonian, Julian is a veteran of SF’s eclectic world groove outfit Gamelan X.
Dancer/chekere player Kim Agnew fuses West African, Cuban, and Salsa dance styles
into her electrifying style of motion and rhythm. Agnew currently performs with several
folklore companies and teaches a multi-cultural dance and music outreach program for
inner city youth with the San Francisco Ballet.
Tenor guitarist Cal Reichenbach is a seasoned teacher and producer who has toured
and recorded with Aphrodesia, and also performs in the jazz funk group SOCKET. On
rhythm guitar is Jacob Groopman, an accomplished bluegrass and jazz guitarist who
studied at the Oberlin Conservatory. Aaron Bortz from the Humboldt based Afrobeat
group Afro Massive holds it down deeply on bass.
Covering congas in ALBINO! is percussionist Matthew Smith, a former member of the
late SF afro-jam outfit The Flux. Smith developed his afro-cuban technique with
percussion masters in Ghana, Mexico, NY and SF.
The ensemble is working on another album right now that should be out within the next year. Also undergoing a few changes, some new members will be joining this amazing group in the months to come!

Upcoming Shows:

DATE VENUE LOCATION

03/20 The Independent SF, CA

04/22 Hopmonk Tavern Sebastopol, CA

04/23 Red Fox Tavern Eureka, CA 

ALBINO! WEBSITE

Phish Announces Summer 2010 Tour Dates...Presale Now!!!!

PHISH 2010 SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCED

Phish returns to the stage this June for an extensive two-leg Summer Tour, kicking off June 11th in Chicago and wrapping with a two-night stand at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY in August. Stops along the way include a return to SPAC, Hartford, Merriweather, and Alpine Valley.
The first-leg of the tour ends with a Fourth of July performance just outside of Atlanta, GA. After a short break, the band will pick the tour back up on the West Coast with a three-night stop at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA followed by a return to Telluride, CO for the first time since 1991.
A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets' online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com/. The ticketing request period is currently underway and will end Friday, March 26th at 11:59pm Eastern Time.
Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Friday, April 2nd at 10am ET, followed by more public onsales on Saturday, April 3rd. For complete ticketing info (and there's lots of it), please visit www.phish.com.
To view the official announcement video click here.
PHISH 2010 SUMMER TOURDATES
06/11 - Toyota Park, Chicago, IL
06/12 - Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
06/13 - Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
06/15 - nTelos Pavilion, Portsmouth, VA
06/17 - Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT
06/18 - Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT
06/19 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
06/20 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
06/22 - Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
06/24 - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
06/25 - Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
06/26 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
06/27 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
06/29 - CMAC Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY
07/01 - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, NC
07/02 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
07/03 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
07/04 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA
08/05 - The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
08/06 - The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
08/07 - The Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
08/09 - Telluride Town Park, Telluride, CO
08/10 - Telluride Town Park, Telluride, CO
08/12 - Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
08/13 - Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
08/14 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
08/15 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI
08/17 - Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY
08/18 - Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre, Wantagh, NY

IMPORTANT INFO FOR TELLURIDE SHOWS

• Tickets will be sold as 2 day tickets only.
• If your ticket request for Telluride is granted, you will have an opportunity to purchase camping tickets on a first come first served basis. Camping ticket purchase information will be sent to Telluride ticket buyers via email at a later date.

You may request up to four tickets per show, except for the Berkeley and Telluride shows which have a 2 ticket limit per show. Tapers may request up to two taper tickets per show.

For more information on these shows, please click here.

We will ONLY accept requests for these tickets during a TEN-DAY PERIOD.

The request time ends: Friday, March 26 at 11:59 PM, EDT. 

All requests, regardless of when they are placed, are treated equally in the system. You can request tickets to one or more shows, but your entire ticket request for all shows must be placed at one time.
Our allotment of tickets for each show is limited, so we may not be able to fulfill every request that we receive. You will be notified of your order status prior to the public on-sale date. All notifications will be sent via email to the email address you provide in your ticket request. If we are able to fulfill your ticket request, we will charge the total amount due to your credit card at that time.

You will be charged a $5.40 convenience fee for each ticket purchased ($10.80 for the Telluride 2 Day Tickets). In addition, all tickets will be shipped within the continental US via FedEx Expedited, and you will be charged a $10.00 shipping fee per order. Tickets shipped outside the continental US will be shipped via FedEx International at a charge specific to the country to which the tickets are being shipped.

Packages may not be sent to a PO Box, and ticket requests with incorrect or no shipping information will not be processed. Tickets will begin shipping May 28, 2010.  If your request is granted, you can expect your tickets to ship approximately 2 weeks prior to the first show on your order.  
There is a limit of one ticket request per credit card.  As a security measure, Phish Tickets will accept only one unique credit card number for each ticket request. If you attempt to place additional ticket requests with the same credit card number, all requests will be rejected. In addition, we will be filtering out multiple ticket requests made by the same person at the same billing address using different credit cards. Attempts to make multiple ticket requests by the same person at the same address may result in a low priority assignment or even rejection of your requests.

To request tickets for multiple shows you MUST follow these instructions:

• first select the first show you want to request tickets for
• then choose the quantity and type of tickets for your request.
• click "Continue" to proceed to the shopping basket.
• Once you have added the ticket request to your shopping basket click "Request more items" at the bottom of the screen
• you will be taken back to the event list page where you can choose the next show and add that show's tickets to your request.
• Repeat this process until you have chosen the quantity of tickets for each show that you wish to request tickets.

At any time during this process you can click "view cart" at the top right of your screen to see what tickets you have added to your request thus far.

Types of Ticket Requests 

Depending on how a particular venue is configured there may be several types of ticket requests that you may choose for a given show. Below is a summary of venue configurations and the types of ticket requests you may chose depending on your ticket needs:

General Admission Shows

These are shows where there are no reserved seats and seating is on a first come first served basis. For general admission shows, taping is on a first come first served basis. There are no Taper specific tickets.

Ticket request types:

• GENERAL ADMISSION  - enters your request into a random selection process for general admission tickets to the show.

Reserved Seating Shows

These are shows where all seats are reserved. For ticket requests that are granted, seating is assigned by Phish Tickets on a best available basis.

Ticket request types:

• BEST AVAILABLE   enters your request into a random selection process for reserved seating tickets to the show.
• TAPER PREFERRED   enters your request into a random selection process for reserved seating TAPER tickets to the show  BUT should Taper specific tickets sell out, your order still is eligible to be selected for NON-Taper specific reserved seating tickets.
• TAPER ONLY  - enters your request into a random selection process for Taper Specific tickets only.

Reserved Seating and General Admission Lawn Shows

These are shows that have reserved seating in a pavilion and also general admission sections.
Ticket request types:

• BEST AVAILABLE   enters your request into a random selection process for either reserved seating or general admission tickets.
• TAPER PREFERRED enters your request into a random selection process for reserved seating TAPER tickets to the show BUT should Taper specific tickets sell out, your order still is eligible for selection of NON-Taper specific reserved seating or general admission tickets.
• TAPER ONLY  - enters your request into a random selection process for Taper Specific tickets only.

General Admission Floor and Reserved Seating Shows

These are shows that have general admission standing on the floor and reserved seating in the stands. For general admission floor shows, taping is on a first come first served basis. Tapers must have a GA floor ticket. There are no Taper specific tickets.
Ticket request types:

• BEST AVAILABLE   enters your request into a random selection process for either reserved seating or general admission tickets.
• FLOOR ONLY enters your request into a random selection process for GA floor tickets only.
• RESERVED ONLY  - enters your request into a random selection process for reserved seating tickets only.

Pre-order LivePhish downloads with your ticket request

LivePhish.com audio downloads are available for pre-order for every show of the tour. You may select MP3, FLAC, FLAC-HD or CD audio file formats. Prior to the show, you will receive an email with instructions on how to complete your download at LivePhish.com. Please note: If you pre-order a Live Phish download (MP3, FLAC, FLAC-HD or CD) with your ticket request, you will only be charged for that download if your ticket request is successful for that particular show. If you do receive tickets to the show(s) you ordered via Phish Tickets, your download pre-order will charged in a separate transaction than your tickets. If you do not elect to pre-order a download now, you will still have the opportunity to purchase the audio at LivePhish.com at a later date. 


A FEW CHOICE WORDS ON SCALPING

Phish Tickets has a zero tolerance for scalping and insists that all patrons of our service abide by our policy stated herein. Tickets made available through this site are intended only for fans who are actually planning on attending the shows requested. It is strictly prohibited to resell any tickets obtained through Phish Tickets for more than the purchase price. If you are found to be reselling, trading or brokering tickets that you purchased through our site for profit, Phish Tickets may at its discretion cancel your ticket order and all other pending orders in your name. This cancellation will result in a refund of the total price for the tickets minus a $7.00 per ticket processing fee and any shipping fees that have been incurred with respect to the order. We reserve the right to investigate all orders suspected to be in violation of this policy. 

We urge you not to purchase tickets through brokers or "scalpers." These tickets may be counterfeit in which case you will not only be overcharged but will also likely be denied entry into the show. 

For Customer Service issues or questions, please email Phishtickets@musictoday.com. We will answer all e-mails in a timely and personal manner. Please send only one e-mail in a 24 hour period. Please note, that due to the high volume of requests we will not be able to make changes to your order once it has been processed. Queries not related directly to customer service issues will be disregarded.

Thank you for visiting Phish Tickets, and good luck with your ticket request!

Click HERE to submit your ticket request.

7 Walkers with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann tour this spring!

 From jambands.com

Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann will tour his new band 7 Walkers this spring. The group is a collaboration with Papa Mali and features Tea Leaf Green bassist Reed Mathis and multi-instrumentalist Matt Hubbard of Willie Nelson and Friends. 7 Walkers recently spent time at an Austin, TX studio, recording an album to be released later this year. In addition to a brand-new batch of Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan lyricist) originals that were co-written with the band, the new album offers up a mix of Grateful Dead standards, Papa Mali originals and some New Orleans and Southern songbook interpretations.
“We first met at the Oregon Country Fair last year,” Kreutzmann explains in a statement. “He was the headliner on the main stage, and I sat there and watched him and went, ‘This guy’s for real man, I like this guy.’ Then we met, after that he came over to my trailer that I was staying in and you couldn’t separate us, we talked for hours. It was just one of those natural things, you know? You can’t plan it; You can’t make it happen. And then we started playing together.”
Meters bassist George Porter Jr. will play select dates with 7 Walkers this spring while Mathis is on the road with Tea Leaf Green. In addition, Kreutzmann has made recordings from his 2009 shows with BK3 available through nugs.net

The drummer’s 7 Walkers dates include:

April 6 Big Room Chico CA—Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
April 7 Eureka CA—Red Fox
April 8 Crystal Bay NV—Crystal Bay Club Crown Room
April 9 San Francisco CA—Great American Music Hall
April 10 Santa Cruz CA—Moe’s Alley
April 16 Live Oak FL—Spirit of Suwanee Music Park
April 17 Driftwood TX—The Salt Lick
April 30 New Orleans, LA—Mahalia Jackson Theatre
June 3 Ozark AR—Wakarusa Festival
June 11 Santa Rosa CA—Sonoma County Fairgrounds

Phish at UC Greek Theater Aug 5-7th....do we believe it?

By Jim Harrington
Bay Area News Group Music Critic
I’ve got some news that will thrill local Phish-heads: The acclaimed Vermont band will play three San Francisco Bay Area dates this summer. Specifically, I’m being told that Phish will perform Aug. 5-7 at the UC Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
That’s the first confirmed batch of dates in what should be another monster summer for the group. These Greek shows should be among the toughest tickets of the season – the Greek holds some 8,000 fans, as opposed to the 22,000 that can fill Shoreline (where Phish usually plays in the Bay Area).
I don’t have any details as to on sale dates or prices. But that will come whenever Phish finally announces its tour. I can’t wait for these shows.

The Hangout Music Festival Grows, with artist updates and so much more!!!

 
THE HANGOUT BEACH, MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THEIR 2010 LINEUP FEATURING TREY ANASTASIO AND TAB, ZAC BROWN BAND, JOHN LEGEND, ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATIONFEATURING JERRY DOUGLAS, THE BLACK CROWES, THE FLAMING LIPS, BEN HARPER AND RELENTLESS7,GOVT MULE, MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD AND MORE!
UPDATE 3/16/2010

March 15, 2010 (Gulf Shores, AL) -- The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival has added eight more acts to its May 14th – 16th lineup.  The newest artist additions include Jakob Dylan and Three Legs featuring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, NEEDTOBREATHE, Jeff Austin & Friends featuring Larry Keel, Kirsten Pierce, Timmy Curran, Wild Sweet Orange and Rustlanders.  Last month, the festival announced national headliners and Grammy winners Zac Brown Band and John Legend, plus Trey Anastasio & TAB, The Flaming Lips, Ben Harper and Relentless7, The Black Crowes, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Gov’t Mule and Ray LaMontagne.  For a complete artist listing, see below.

The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival will host a live radio broadcast throughout the weekend featuring backstage interviews and performances, live video streaming, and festival updates and info.  The festival is also planning a shuttle system to improve safety, parking, and traffic flow for residents and festival patrons.  More details will be announced soon.

With performances taking place on four stages including two main stages on the beach, the festival hopes to bring the Gulf Coast into the national music scene. In addition, festival organizers have other activities still to be announced. Attendance will be limited to 35,000 people per day.
Festival tickets are available online at hangoutmusicfest.com as well as at The Hangout and Surf Style stores along the central Gulf Coast. Ticket prices are $159 for a three-day pass and limited $82 day passes will be available. VIP ticket packages and travel packages start at $500 and are available online or by phone at 1-888-512-SHOW.  A wide assortment of lodging options is available surrounding the festival including traditional hotels and beachfront condos to camping at the local state park. 

WHEN: Friday, May 14th  - Sunday, May 16th
WHERE: 101 East Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores, AL
                                    (The Southern End of AL-Hwy 59)
 Three-Day Pass / Limited $82 Day Passes / VIP Ticket And Travel Packages
WEB SITE: www.hangoutmusicfest.com

CONFIRMED ARTISTS: Trey Anastasio and TAB, Zac Brown Band, John Legend, Ben Harper and Relentless7, The Black Crowes, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Gov’t Mule, The Flaming Lips, Ray LaMontagne, Jakob Dylan and Three Legs feat. Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Funky Meters, Blind Boys of Alabama, Matisyahu, Girl Talk, Guster, Brett Dennen, Keller Williams, Jerry Jeff Walker, North Mississippi All-stars, ALO, The Whigs, Ozomatli, OK GO, Orianthi, Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam, Pnuma Trio, Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears, Toubab Krewe, Needtobreathe, Jeff Austin & Friends feat. Larry Keel, Matt Hires, A.A. Bondy, Rachel Goodrich, Moon Taxi, El Cantador, Kristy Lee, Roman Street, Kirsten Price, Timmy Curran, Wild Sweet Orange, Rustlanders.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW

The Hangout Beach Music and Arts Festival is thrilled to announce an incredible lineup for its inaugural year including performances from Trey Anastasio and TAB, Zac Brown Band, John Legend, Ray LaMontagne, Ben Harper and Relentless7, The Flaming Lips, and Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas. The 3-day music and arts festival is scheduled for May 14th 16th and is sure to be an experience like no other. Located directly on the sandy white beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, The Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival is the first major music festival of the summer festival season. A full confirmed lineup is listed below with more bands to be announced in the coming weeks.

Watching this caliber of performers directly on the beach will truly be a unique experience. Theres just nothing like it, said A.J. Niland, of HUKA Entertainment. This will be one of the biggest beach parties this area has ever seen.

With performances taking place on four stages, and two main stages on the beach, the festival hopes to bring the Gulf Coast into thenational music scene. In addition, festival organizers have other activities still to be announced. Attendance will be limited to 35,000 people per day.

Festival tickets are available online at www.hangoutmusicfest.com as well as at The Hangout restaurant and Surf Style stores along thecentral Gulf Coast. Ticket prices are $159 for a three-day pass and limited $82 day passes will be available. VIP ticket packages and travel packages start at $500 and are available online or by phone at 1-888-512-SHOW.

There is a wide assortment of lodging options surrounding the festival including traditional hotels and beachfront condos to camping at the local state park. Visit www.hangoutmusicfest.com for more information.

Official festival website is www.hangoutmusicfest.com



2010 Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival Confirmed Artists:
Trey Anastasio and TAB
Zac Brown Band
John Legend
Ben Harper and Relentless7 The Black Crowes
Alison Krauss and Union Station Featuring Jerry Douglas
Govt Mule
Flaming Lips
Ray LaMontagne
Michael Franti and Spearhead Rodrigo Y Gabriela
Funky Meters
Blind Boys of Alabama
Matisyahu
Girl Talk Guster Brett Dennen Keller Williams Jerry Jeff Walker North Mississippi Allstars
A.L.O.
The Whigs Ozomatli
OK GO
Orianthi Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam Pnuma Trio
Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears Toubab Krewe
Mat Hires
A.A. Bondy
Rachel Goodrich
Moon Taxi
El Cantador
Kristy Lee
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Drive By Truckers release "The Big To-Do"

 The Big To-Do was recorded in three concentrated sessions during the first part of 2009: ten days in January, five days in March, ten days in May. That added up to 25 songs, a dozen of which sequenced into The Big To-Do. "We had it mixed, mastered, and completely done, and Cooley wrote the best song that just needed to be on it," Patterson says with his raspy chuckle. This happens a lot with the Truckers, and it's always a good sign. "So we went back in and recorded, mixed, and mastered 'Birthday Boy' pretty much in one fell swoop." Thirteen songs, then.
The balance of the remaining tracks, plus five more they've cut in the interim, will make up the Truckers' next album, which Patterson projects as a quieter affair. This is, in large part, possible because the Truckers have such a long-standing relationship with David Barbe (ex-Sugar, etc.) and the Athens, GA, studio he calls Chase Park Transduction, which long ago Patterson helped to build so as to earn the right to record there.

"It's gotten to where, that day of set-up time to get sounds and levels and all of that takes us about two hours," Patterson says. "We can pretty much walk in the door, and we know exactly where to put everything to get that sound, so that's just one less thing to have to think about. I wanted to eliminate the distractions."
That clarity of purpose translates into a delicious assortment of Trucker songs themed loosely around crime and (self-) punishment. "The Wig He Made Her Wear," Patterson says, is both a true story (as seen on Court TV) and the closest he's come to making the movie he started out to make a decade or more back. "The Fourth Night of My Drinking" will speak for itself, and "This Fucking Job" (paired thematically with Cooley's wry "Get Downtown") is arguably the most political song the Truckers have made since "Living Bubba." Which leaves the deceptive, airy simplicity of Shonna Tucker's "You Got Another" and "(It's gonna Be) I Told You So" to reckon with. "We always knew she had that in her," Patterson says, delighted with the emergence of another strong songwriter in the band. "It was never a secret. She was writing songs all along. But watching it come out has been a really amazing thing to behold."

- Grant Alden
January 2010
Morehead, KY

the DISCO BISCUITS new album PLANET ANTHEM in Stores Today!

NEW ALBUM: PLANET ANTHEM
IN STORES NOW!

PLANET ANTHEM in Stores Today! The wait is finally over! The Disco Biscuits' new studio album Planet Anthem is available everywhere TODAY! Grab it digitally from iTunes and receive two bonus tracks or order the CD from Newbury Comics and receive a signed copy while supplies last! The album marks the beginning of a new chapter for the band. Since they formed in 1995, the guys have created their own movement by fusing the jam band and electronic music scenes. However, their forthcoming release prominently features elements of pop, indie dance, hip hop, and straight-up rock music. The Biscuits also collaborated for the first time with multiple producers, songwriters, and outside musicians, including Don Cheegro and Dirty Harry (Ludacris, Chris Brown, Beanie Sigel). The result is an album filled with sing-along melodies and infectious beats - get it from iTunes, Newbury Comics, or Amazon today!
LiveStream the CD Release Party TONIGHT! We are really excited to be partnering with our good friends at Livestream to broadcast tonight's entire Planet Anthem CD Release Party at the TLA for FREE - LIVE at 8:00 PM Eastern. The show is going to be off the hook with lots of special guests from the album. The stream will be available at www.livestream.com/discobiscuits. Tell all your friends about it!
On Tour Don't miss your chance to see the band perform their new material when they hit the road again starting this week and picking up again in April - check out all tour dates at www.discobiscuits.com ! As you know, Buffalo, Albany, and Brooklyn are sold out. Tickets for Boston are available here and Montclair are available here . This is our first visit to the Wellmont Theatre, a beautiful and historic theater from the 1920's that just undertook a 3 million dollar renovation last year. Our last trip to Boston was incredibly memorable and we look forward to returning to the House of Blues next Friday. It is always great to play in those large, general admission venues. Don’t forget to check out our friends Indobox in Boston and Eclectic Method in Montclair.
Bisco Inferno Bisco Inferno is only 2 and a half months away. We cannot wait to return to Colorado and the most incredible venue on Earth. Sharing the Red Rocks stage with our friends The Glitch Mob, Bookashade, Crystal Method, Pnuma Trio and Aeroplane promises to be an evening of epic proportions. Tickets for Bisco Inferno are available at Ticketmaster.com and travel packages for the entire Colorado weekend are available at CID Entertainment. Want to win a free Bisco Inferno Travel Package and have your video presented at Red Rocks? Enter the video contest here! The deadline is this Tuesday, March 16th. Show us what you got!
Camp Bisco The initial lineup for Camp Bisco was unveiled last week and includes our friends LCD Soundsystem, Ween, Thievery Corporation, Pretty Lights, Bassnectar, Girl Talk, Major Lazer, Diplo and many, many more. For the full lineup and ticket information, go to www.campbisco.net. Stay tuned for some incredible additions to be announced in the coming days. This promises to be the best Camp Bisco of all time! Do not miss it.
Win Two VIP Weekend Passes to Camp Bisco! Buy Planet Anthem this week and you will be entered to win two VIP passes to Camp Bisco! To enter, just email a copy of the receipt (forward an e-receipt or scan a paper copy) to planetanthem@discobiscuits.com. This contest ends Sunday, March 21st at midnight.
Bisco Power Mission The Disco Biscuits and HeadCount are proud to announce that Greening Greenfield, the nonprofit environmental initiative at the Albert M. Greenfield Elementary School in Philadelphia, is the recipient of the Bisco Power Mission grant. The Bisco Power Mission benefit concert at Brooklyn Bowl on March 21 will help fund the purchase of solar panels at Greenfield. In addition to playing the sold out show, we are supporting Bisco Power Mission by donating various items for auction and a raffle. The highlight is a Spector bass that belongs to Marc Brownstein and was his backup stage bass during the Biscuits' early years. The bass comes with 2 tickets and passes to the 2010 Biscuits show of the winner's choice so they can meet the band and have the bass signed. To view the bass or bid, please visi t www.discobiscuits.com/auction. HeadCount will also will be staging a Bisco Power Mission raffle where you can win tickets and VIP passes to any 2010 Biscuits show, a signed BPM poster, a vintage 2001 "They Nasty But They Good" Biscuits t-shirt, a signed Planet Anthem CD and many other items. Lastly, Brooklyn Bowl will be donating $1 from every Magic Hat beer sold at BPM. For more information, visit www.discobiscuits.com/bpm.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES FOR THE DISCO BISCUITS:

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