Bonnaroo Debuts Exciting New YouTube Channel The fine folks behind the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have once again done something that is totally bad ass. They have launched a new YouTube channel called Bonnaroo 365. We will spare you the painfully unfunny ribbon cutting ceremony from Flight of the Concords star Rhys Darby. Instead we will just feature some great past performances from some of our favorite artists. But before we do, remember that the 2012 edition of Bonnaroo is about a ... Read More

Reggie Watts Shares 'Diametrical Oppositionalism' With Conan O'Brien The fact is if you don’t enjoy Reggie Watts, you don’t have a soul. No, that is not a ginger joke. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Watts paid a visit to beautiful Burbank California. Home of the Warner Bros. lot, the musical madman brought about 15 different styles of music to the Conan O’Brien television program. From metal to singing about cats like Ryan Adams there is something for everyone in his performance of “Diametrical Oppositionalism.” Check ... Read More

Norah Jones Announces Fall 2012 Tour Dates Earlier this year we told you all about Norah Jones and her plans to hit the road this summer. The highly acclaimed singer/songwriter who just dropped her latest album Little Broken Hearts last week has now announced a new batch of tour dates focused on the middle section of America for the fall. You can check them out down below. Below the tour dates, feel free to watch her recent appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. 10/07/12 ... Read More

Silversun Pickups Serve Up 'Bloody Mary' For Jimmy Kimmel As yes there I was last night getting into bed after watching my beloved San Francisco Giants defeat the dreaded Los Angeles Dodgers out at Chavez Latrine. The television was already on and there was Johnny Depp plugging the new Warner Bros. Pictures smash hit Dark Shadows. I enjoyed his brief talk with Jimmy Kimmel Live host Jimmy Kimmel about him and Hunter S. Thompson sabotaging Don Johnson. Then I fell asleep before Silversun ... Read More

The Wallflowers Announce A Few Tour Dates, New Record Bob's favorite son, Jakob Dylan is back with his band The Wallflowers, and they're set to release a new album in the Fall. They've also announced a few tour dates over the summer. If I remember correctly, back when I was first writing up a post on the Firefly Music Festival that's going to be held in Delaware, I noted next to The Wallflowers name "who's absence from Summerland 2012 is Baffling ". Well I ... Read More

2012 Bumbershoot Music Festival Lineup Announced Long before the wheel was invented and fire was discovered, Seattle has hosted a massive labor day weekend music festival known as Bumbershoot. The lineup for the 2012 edition has just been announced and it is nothing short of fantastic. Saturday 09/01/12: Jane’s Addiciton, AWOLNATION, M. Ward, The Jayhawks, The Hello Sequence, City and Colour, The Heavy, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, King Khan & The Shrines, Heartless Bastards, Oberhofer, Thee Satisfaction, Damien Jurado, JC Brooks and the ... Read More

Trey Anastasio Takes The Mound in San Diego Apparently May 7th is “Rock Star First Pitch” day in San Diego. On May 7th of 2011, we headed south to check out Petco Park for the first time and happened to catch Switchfoot bassist  Tim Foreman throw out the first pitch before the Padres lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-0. Last night in San Diego a very sparse crowd got to see one of our heroes throw out the first pitch. In town for ... Read More

The Beach Boys Didn't Die On Fallon I'll tell you a true story right now. Back at the Gorge last year, during the end of the Meat Puppets set, our man Mr. Sparkly was pissed he missed them covering The Beach Boys "Sloop John B" a video that can be found here:   He was pissed because he loves the Beach Boys, and was in the process of bringing his camera back to the campsite after Livenation mistakenly thought we were wearing lipstick and completely fucked ... Read More

Red Fang Announce June 2012 US Tour Dates A few weeks back we shared with you details on a benefit concert Red Fang were hosting for a high school in their native Portland Oregon. Today we are sharing with you a few dates that the band has announced around the same time. Some of the shows find the band headlining while others find them serving as main support for The Sword. Check out where you can catch Red Fang for yourself down below. "A ... Read More

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce Fall 2012 US Tour Dates Last month when Reverend Justito was running around Coachella like a mad man, he took a moment to check out a band he had only heard in name before. That band is known as Godspeed You! Black Emperor and they have decided to keep the reunion tour flowing into the fall. After performing at the ATP gig in September, the group will perform two weeks’ worth of dates that focus on the Eastern ... Read More

Sleigh Bells Summer 2012 North American Tour Dates It is the tour that never ends for Sleigh Bells. With their spring tour wrapping up in a few weeks, he duo just announced where you can throw Pop Tarts at them in North America this summer. The trek will kick off in the great state of Vermont on July 2nd and will come to an end sharing the stage with Hot Chip and former LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy on July 22nd. To check ... Read More

Black Box Revelation To Kick Off US Tour May 12th So when these dates broke, I immediately thought to myself  "Okay, so what epic band are they opening for this time?". Readers of Concert Confessions have seen the Black Box Revelation pop up multiple times on this website. Whether it's opening for Beady Eye, opening for the Meat Puppets, opening for Jane's Addiction- The boys from Belgium have been able to keep themselves busy in the last calender year. Busy they shall stay, as on ... Read More

Our Tribute to Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the Beastie Boys As you know by now, Beastie Boys member Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch has passed away. Sadly we have no Beastie Boys reviews here at Concert Confessions. Our founder Reverend Justito was supposed to see them perform at the Hollywood Bowl in 2009, but that show was cancelled when Yauch was diagnosed with cancer. So as a tribute to his life we instead leave you with this full performance of the band from the Exit ... Read More

Roger Daltrey Pays Jimmy Kimmel A Visit Yesterday we told you about how my Mother-in-law would be stoked because Leonard Cohen was dragging his old ass across North America once again. Today, we make my mother happy by sharing with you the footage of another old timer. Roger Daltrey stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to not only have a chat with the former Man Show host, but to play a song for him as well. The jet lagged rocker with the ... Read More

Kasabian Share Their Coachella Experience With The World Coachella was a life changing experience for our founder Reverend Justito. A big part of that experience was the chance to finally see his heroes in Kasabian perform live. The band has put together a mini-movie of their Coachella experience and we would like to share it with you. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do. To read a bit more about the band’s experience, check out this great article over at ... Read More

Leonard Cohen Announces 2012 North American Tour Dates My mother-in-law is going to be stoked. Leonard Cohen has finally announced the North American portion of his latest world tour. At 77 years young, you have to give it up to Cohen for hitting the road in support of his latest release Old Ideas. The trek will kick off with a Trick or Treat night celebration in Austin Texas and will wrap the day before the world may or may not end in Brooklyn, ... Read More

2012 KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta Set Times and Webcast Details You remember a few months ago when we shared with you details of the 2012 KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta? With the show sold out for weeks chances are you won’t be getting into the venue formerly known as Irvine Meadows this weekend. Thankfully the fine folks over at KROQ have not only announced the set times for the show, they are going to webcast the entire thing. To watch this Saturday’s ... Read More

An Open Letter To Feist and Mastodon Dear Feist & Mastodon, So there I was in the dentist chair this morning getting my face drilled once again (let this be a friendly reminder that not having dental insurance for a decade is no excuse for skipping your bi-annual cleanings) when I had what I would like to believe is a genius idea. To distract you from what is going on inside your mouth, my dentist has this big monitor where her victims patients can ... Read More

Metric Announces 2012 North American Tour Dates You know that part in the Metric hit “Help I’m Alive” when lead singer Emily Maines sings “They’re gonna eat me alive?” That shit drives me crazy, but hey this is not Penthouse Letters this is Concert Confessions and I am going to guess you want to know where you can catch these Canadian indie rockers live in North America in 2012. Well you are in luck, because we have the tour dates for you down ... Read More

Foxy Shazam Summer 2012 US Tour Dates You know we fucking love Foxy Shazam here at Concert Confessions. It is with great pleasure that we share the latest tour dates of these incredibly underrated rock and rollers. The trek (which goes on sale May 4th) starts June 15th in the sweet state of Indiana and wraps July 12th in the sweet state of Indiana. To check out numerous Foxy Shazam reviews from every time zone in the continental United States, click here. Foxy Shazam Summer ... Read More

Death Cab For Cutie Extend U.S.Tour Into Summer 2012 Don't worry folks, everyone's favorite whiny wimp rockers Death Cab For Cutie are set to play U.S. dates this summer.  If you've been tuned into Concert Confessions, then you've already read about Death Cab For Cuties Tour Dates through May 13th in North America. Well, now below you can check out the rest of the dates that broke this morning, including the Firefly Music Festival stop, and a trip to the Baseball Hall of ... Read More