Jay-Z Set To Curate Made In America Music Festival Jay-Z has a lot of stuff. He has a basketball team, he has 99 Problems, an album with Kanye West and of course a baby with Beyonce. Now Jay-Z has a music festival.  This two day music event will take place in Philadelphia on September 1st and 2nd and will feature a diverse lineup spread across three stages. Some of the highlights include D’Angelo, Dirty Projectors and Pearl Jam. It will be known as ... Read More

Danny Barnes and Wayne Gottstine Announce New Project, SPLIT LIVERS; Set To Take Midwest By Storm Bluegrass Fans - UNITE! It’s not everyday that you get the chance to see a man who changed the way an instrument is played team up with the mandolin player from one of the most unusual and diverse bands in the genre. Well boys and girls, the time has come for two masters of their craft, and two men with influences ranging from country to metal to ... Read More

Joseph Arthur Hits The Road In Support Of 'Redemption City' The fact is if he needed it, Reverend Justito would probably give Joseph Arthur a kidney. He loves the man and his art that much. Earlier this year, Arthur released the incredible double disc effort Redemption City and as we just discovered he hits the road today in Philly to support it. You can check out our extensive coverage of past Arthur shows by clicking here. You can check the dates for his ... Read More

2012 Rock The Bells Festival Announce Dates and Lineup Information for the 2012 Rock The Bells Festival has been announced. The shows will be spread out over two days and will hit three major US markets (Bay Area, Southern California and Camden, NJ). Highlights of the festival include Method Man and Redman performing Blackout in its entirety, Immortal Technique, Deltron 3030, Salt N Pepa, Yelawolf and many more. Also worth the price of admission will be the only North American festival appearances of ... Read More

Voodoo Music Experience 2012 Announces Details and Initial Artists  Last year we had a blast when we headed out to Voodoo Festival on a sunny Saturday afternoon in New Orleans. It’s a shame we can’t make it back this year as it appears the festival could be the best edition yet. Green Day and Neil Young and Crazy Horse have been announced as two of the headliners for the party in City Park. Also on the bill will be Justice, Tomahawk, AWOLNATION, K'naan ... Read More

Toadies and Helmet Team Up For Co-Headline Tour We have been excited for this one for a while. This summer, Toadies and Helmet are hitting the road for a co-headline tour of the United States. The trek will kick off July 20th in Houston Texas and both bands will be playing full headline sets. UME will serve as the opener and the tour is set to wrap up August 14th in Denver Colorado. To check out the latest single from the Toadies Summer ... Read More

Riot Fest 2012 Set To Hit Chicago September 14-16 This actually sounds really cool. It is called the Riot Fest and it is going down September 14-16 in Chicago. While the lineup tends to be rather heavy, one can’t notice such diverse acts as The Jesus and Mary Chain and Elvis Costello.  The event will take place at Humboldt Park and the Congress Theatre. The best part is that tickets start at $18 a day. Below is the full line up (as of ... Read More

Jane's Addiction Extends Theatre of the Escapists US Tour Keeping with the smaller is better approach, Jane’s Addiction have extended their ‘Theatre Of The Escapists’ tour with dates reaching into late May. The trek will focus mainly on markets in the southern portion of the United States with a portion of all ticket sales going to the Occupy Movement.   UPDATED: As of May 15th, Jane's have added a THIRD leg to this Theater of The Escapists Tour heading around the U.S. In August the ... Read More

Coachella Announces 2013 Dates and Presale Information Remember last Friday when we posted that image that the Coachella folks asked us to pass along? Not shocking at all, the announcement was that the 2013 festival will once again be two weekends. Those weekends will be April 12-14 and April 19-21 2013. Pre-sale tickets will go on sale on May 17th 2012 at 10 am PST. Click here to check out the official Coachella site for more pre-sale information.         Read More

The Black Keys Fall 2012 West Coast Tour Dates Having successfully rocked two weekends of Coachella last month, arena rockers The Black Keys will return to the West Coast this fall. The short trek will kick off in the meth infested central valley hotbed known as Fresno and will wrap in beautiful Las Cruses New Mexico a few days later. From there Patrick and Dan head off to the land down under. No word on who will support  Tegan and Sara will support ... Read More

Lamb of God, Dethklok and Gojira Team Up For North American Tour What more can we say? According to ThePRP Lamb of God, Dethklok and Gojira are teaming up for a late summer North American tour. This tour is going to be brutal as fuck and you can check out all the dates down below. We will update the post when we know more details but for now you can check out the dates below.   08/01 Seattle, WA – WaMu Thater 08/02 Vancouver, BC – Queen ... 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

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

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

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

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