Louisville still on Tap for McCartney despite recent Illness
Paul McCartney (AP)
McCartney Recovering After Virus Halts Tour
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney is on the mend after being treated for a virus that led him to cancel his tour in Japan.
McCartney received treatment at a hospital in Tokyo, publicist Perri Cohen said in a statement Thursday.
The former Beatle is expected to make a complete recovery and will be taking time to rest. McCartney cancelled his entire “Out There Japan Tour 2014” this week because of his illness.
McCartney was also scheduled to perform at a Seoul stadium on May 28. It would have been his first concert in South Korea.
McCartney, who turns 72 next month, “has been extremely moved by all the messages and well wishes he has received from fans all over the world,” the statement said.
The tour is scheduled to resume next month in the United States. McCartney will play a handful of shows starting June 14 in Lubbock, Texas.
ZZ Top to Play Iroquois Amphitheater July 29
AC Entertainment and Production Simple are pleased to announce that ZZ Top will be in Louisville for a performance at Iroquois Amphitheater on Tuesday, July 29. Tickets for this all ages show will go on sale to the general public Friday, May 16, at 10am. Reserved Seated tickets start at $59.50-$74.50. Tickets are available via http://www.IroquoisAmphitheater.com, by phone (877) 987-6487, or in-person at the Iroquois Amphitheater Box Office (8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, M-F.)
Phone, internet & outlet orders subject to convenience fee.
ZZ TOP’s music is always instantly recognizable, eminently powerful, profoundly soulful and 100% Texas American in derivation. The band’s support for the blues is unwavering both as interpreters of the music and preservers of its legacy. It was ZZ TOP that celebrated “founding father” Muddy Waters by turning a piece of scrap timber than had fallen from his sharecropper’s shack into a beautiful guitar, dubbed the “Muddywood.” This totem was sent on tour as a fundraising focus for The Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi, site of Robert Johnson’s famed “Crossroads” encounter with the devil. ZZ TOP’s support and link to the blues remains as rock solid as the music they continue to play. They have sold millions of records over the course of their career, have been officially designated as Heroes of The State of Texas, have been referenced in countless cartoons and sitcoms and are true rock icons but, against all odds, they’re really just doing what they’ve always done. They’re real and they’re surreal and they’re ZZ TOP.
JACK WHITE AND THIRD MAN RECORDS INTRODUCE THE LAZARETTO ULTRA LP
Over the past five years, Jack White & Third Man Records have brought to life many ideas that were new to the century-old vinyl format. So when it came time for the creative hive to discuss the vision for the pressing of Jack’s Lazaretto, Third Man were keenly aware of what it would take to produce a piece of wax worthy of the music it would contain… No single innovation would suffice. We needed to go big. We needed to go bold. We needed to press an ULTRA LP:
180 gram vinyl
2 vinyl-only hidden tracks hidden beneath the center labels
1 hidden track plays at 78 RPM and 1 plays at 45 RPM, making this a 3-speed record
Side A plays from the outside in
Dual-groove technology: plays an electric or acoustic intro for “Just One Drink” depending on where needle is dropped. The grooves meet for the body of the song.
Matte finish on Side B, giving the appearance of an un-played 78 RPM record
Both sides end with locked grooves
Vinyl pressed in seldom-used flat-edged format
Dead wax area on Side A contains a hand-etched hologram by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science, the first of its kind on a vinyl record
Absolutely zero compression used during recording, mixing and mastering
Different running order from the CD/digital version
Utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD/digital versions
Watch masterminds Jack White and Ben Blackwell discuss and demonstrate the ULTRA LP features: http://smarturl.it/LazarettoUltraLP
Both the Lazaretto ULTRA LP and the Vault version of the Lazaretto LP contain all ULTRA LP features. Both will also come with an MP3 download card. Pre-orders for the Lazaretto ULTRA LP begin today. Lazaretto will be officially released June 10 on Third Man Records/Columbia.
Pre-Order Lazaretto now:
ULTRA LP
iTunes
Amazon
Jack White will also be hitting the road this summer for a slew of tour dates across North America and Europe. See a full list of tour dates below and go to http://www.jackwhiteiii.com for further information.
JACK WHITE
2014 WORLD TOUR
05/29/14 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom * (SOLD OUT)
05/30/14 – Lubbock, TX – Wild West * (SOLD OUT)
05/31-06/01/14 – Houston, TX – Free Press Summer Festival
06/02/14 – Shreveport, LA – Municipal Auditorium * (SOLD OUT)
06/03/14 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre * (SOLD OUT)
06/05/14 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte * (SOLD OUT)
06/07/14 – New York, NY – Governors Ball Music Festival
06/12-15/14 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06/25-29/14 – Somerset, UK – Glastonbury Festival
06/26/14 – Dublin, Ireland – Royal Hospital Kilmainham
06/29/14 – Paris, France – L’Olympia (SOLD OUT)
06/30/14 – Paris, France – L’Olympia (SOLD OUT)
07/03/14 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Heineken Music Hall
07/04/14 – Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
07/05/14 – London, England – Eventim Apollo (SOLD OUT)
07/19/14 – Louisville, KY – Forecastle Festival
07/20/14 – St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre +
07/21/14 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom + (SOLD OUT)
07/23/14 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/24/14 – Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/27/14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE Outdoors + (SOLD OUT)
07/28/14 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/30/14 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/31/14 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre +
08/01-03/14 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Music Festival
08/29-31/14 – Edmonton, AB – Sonic Boom
08/30-31/14 – Calgary, AB – X-Fest
* with Kelley Stoltz
+ with Benjamin Booker
THE BLACK KEYS CONFIRM FALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR KFC YUM! CENTER ⦁ SEPTEMBER 10
– New Album, Turn Blue, Out May 13 On Nonesuch Records, Streaming Now On iTunes –
– Duo Will Perform on Saturday Night Live May 10 “Fever” Music Video Premieres –
“…the best, most consistently gripping album the Keys have ever made…Turn Blue is as apocalyptic, in its way, as that Clash epic [London Calling]: loaded with risk, distress and payoff.” – Rolling Stone
The Black Keys will embark on an extensive North American tour this fall. Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, the tour begins Sept. 5 in Columbus and includes a stop in Louisville, KY at KFC Yum! Center on Wednesday, September 10.
Pre-sale tickets will be available beginning Tuesday, May 13 at 10:00 a.m. local time to all fans pre-ordering the album at http://www.theblackkeys.com and to Citi® cardmembers in the U.S. through Citi’s Private Pass® Program (www.citiprivatepass.com).
Tickets go on-sale to the general public starting Friday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m. local time at Livenation.com, Ticketmaster.com, the KFC Yum! Center box office and all Ticketmaster locations. Charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000.
The tour supports the duo’s highly anticipated new album, Turn Blue, which will be released May 13 on Nonesuch Records and is now streaming exclusively on iTunes. In celebration of the release, the band will return to Saturday Night Live for their third musical guest appearance this Saturday, May 10.
Produced by Danger Mouse, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Turn Blue comprises 11 new tracks, including the first single, “Fever,” which is currently #1 on AAA radio for the fourth straight week and #2 on Alternative radio. Additionally, the album’s title track recently premiered on Carney’s SiriusXM show, Serious Boredom, and can be heard here. Both songs are available as free instant downloads with album preorders at theblackkeys.com/turnblue; the LP, CD or digital version may also be ordered as part of ticket and T-shirt bundles at the band’s site. The songs are also on sale—alone or as free instant downloads with album preorders—on iTunes.
Turn Blue was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles during the summer of 2013 with additional recording done at the Key Club in Benton Harbor, MI and Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville in early 2014. Of the new album, the band says Turn Blue could refer to:
A: Suffocation
B: Sadness
C: Numbness from extreme cold
D: A Cleveland late night TV host from the 1960s named Ghoulardi
E: All of the above
Carney also adds, “We are always trying to push ourselves when we make a record—not repeat our previous work but not abandon it either. On this record, we let the songs breathe and explored moods, textures and sounds. We’re excited for the world to hear Turn Blue.”
This is the eighth full-length album from the duo and follows 2011’s critically and commercially acclaimed El Camino, which is now certified RIAA Platinum. Internationally, El Camino is Gold in Belgium, Spain, Italy and Holland; Platinum in Ireland, France and the U.K.; and double Platinum in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The record also resulted in three awards at the 55th annual Grammy Awards—Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Album. The band now has a total of six Grammy Awards including three in 2010 for their breakout, RIAA Platinum album, Brothers.
THE BLACK KEYS TOUR
May 16-18
Gulf Shores, AL
Hangout Music Fest
June 20
Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany
Southside Festival
June 22
Scheessel, Germany
Hurricane Festival
June 24
Zagreb, Croatia
Inmusic Festival
June 25
Pilton, U.K.
Glastonbury
June 27
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Open Air St. Gallen (sold out)
June 28
Beuningen, Holland
Down The Rabbit Hole
July 2
Gdansk, Poland
Open’er Festival
July 4
Pas-de-Calais, France
Main Square Festival
July 5
Werchter, Belgium
Festivalpark Werchter
July 6
Belfort, France
Les Eurockennes
July 8
Rome, Italy
Rock In Rome
July 11
Lisboa, Portugal
Optimus Alive
July 12
Bilbao, Spain
Bilbao – BBK Live
July 15
Nîmes, France
Festival de Nîmes
July 17
Les Vieilles Charrues, France
Les Vieilles Charrues
July 20
Suffolk, U.K.
Latitude Festival
July 22
Nyon, Switzerland
Paleo Festival
Sept. 5
Columbus, OH
Schottenstein Center*
Sept. 6
Cleveland, OH
Quicken Loans Arena*
Sept. 7
Grand Rapids, MI
Van Andel Arena*
Sept. 9
Milwaukee, WI
BMO Harris Bradley Center*
Sept. 10
Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Center*
Sept. 12
Detroit, MI
Joe Louis Arena*
Sept. 13
Pittsburgh, PA
CONSOL Energy Center*
Sept. 14
Rochester, NY
Blue Cross Arena*
Sept. 16
Toronto, ON
Air Canada Centre*
Sept. 18
Montreal, QC
Bell Centre*
Sept. 20
Philadelphia, PA
Wells Fargo Center*
Sept. 21
Boston, MA
TD Garden*
Sept. 24
Brooklyn, NY
Barclays Center*
Sept. 25
Washington, DC
Verizon Center*
Sept. 27
Chicago, IL
United Center*
Oct. 24
Minneapolis, MN
Target Center†
Oct. 25
Winnipeg, MB
MTS Centre†
Oct. 27
Calgary, AB
Scotiabank Saddledome†
Oct. 28
Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place†
Oct. 30
Vancouver, BC
Pacific Coliseum†
Oct. 31
Portland, OR
Moda Center†
Nov. 1
Seattle, WA
Key Arena†
Nov. 9
San Diego, CA
Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl†
Nov. 10
Phoenix, AZ
U.S. Airways Center†
Nov. 12
Salt Lake City, UT
Maverik Center†
Nov. 13
Denver, CO
Pepsi Center†
Nov. 15
Houston, TX
Toyota Center†
Nov. 16
Dallas, TX
American Airlines Center†
Dec. 4
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Arena‡
Dec. 5
Raleigh, NC
PNC Arena‡
Dec. 6
Richmond, VA
Richmond Coliseum‡
Dec. 8
Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena‡
Dec. 9
St. Louis, MO
Scottrade Center‡
Dec. 11
Atlanta, GA
Philips Arena‡
Dec. 12
Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Arena‡
Dec. 13
Greenville, SC
Bon Secours Wellness Arena‡
Dec. 15
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
BB&T Center‡
Dec. 16
Tampa, FL
Tampa Bay Times Forum‡
Dec. 17
Orlando, FL
Amway Center‡
Dec. 19
Austin, TX
Frank Erwin Center‡
Dec. 20
Tulsa, OK
BOK Center‡
Dec. 21
Kansas City, MO
Sprint Center‡
*with special guest Cage The Elephant
†with special guest Jake Bugg
‡with special guest St. Vincent
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