Category: Festivals

New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes set for Sasquatch!

New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes set for Sasquatch!

The two-weekend Sasquatch! Music Festival — set for Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends outside of Seattle — will feature performances by New Order, Kraftwerk, Soundgarden, Bob Mould, Violent Femmes alongside the likes of OutKast, The National, Queens of the Stone Age and many, many more.

Watch The Dream Syndicate’s 15-minute jam with Peter Buck, John Paul Jones in Mexico

Watch The Dream Syndicate’s 15-minute jam with Peter Buck, John Paul Jones in Mexico

Peter Buck this month hosted his third-annual Todos Santos Music Festival in the southern Baja region of Mexico, a week-long event that featured performances by The Minus 5, Live’s Ed Kowalczyk, Drivin’ N Cryin’, The Dream Syndicate and, of course, Buck himself.

Pet Shop Boys announce 7 new U.S. dates around Coachella appearances in April

Pet Shop Boys announce 7 new U.S. dates around Coachella appearances in April

The Pet Shop Boys will follow up last fall’s North American tour in support of their Electric album with another short run of U.S. dates this spring, as the band today announced seven new concerts surrounding the duo’s twin appearances at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April.

The Sisters of Mercy to play Sonisphere festival in UK’s Knebworth Park

The Sisters of Mercy to play Sonisphere festival in UK’s Knebworth Park

Andrew Eldritch is rolling out The Sisters of Mercy for at least one performance so far in 2014, with the band confirmed to play the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth Park, England, on July 5 in what appears to be the goth-rock legends’ first performance since the summer of 2012.

Coachella 2014: The Replacements, Pet Shop Boys, Afghan Whigs, Bryan Ferry, Toy Dolls

Coachella 2014: The Replacements, Pet Shop Boys, Afghan Whigs, Bryan Ferry, Toy Dolls

The Replacements reunion will roll on this year, with the band confirmed tonight to perform at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this April along with Pet Shop Boys, The Afghan Whigs, Brian Ferry, The Cult, Toy Dolls, Fishbone, Bad Manners, Neutral Milk Hotel and more — plus headliners OutKast, Arcade Fire and Muse.

U2, The Clash, INXS, English Beat and more featured on ‘US Festival 1983’ DVD

U2, The Clash, INXS, English Beat and more featured on ‘US Festival 1983’ DVD

Thirty years after drawing an alleged 670,000 music fans into the middle of nowhere in California, the 1983 installment of the US Festival — a four-day event over Memorial Day Weekend — will be commemorated next month with a DVD concert film featuring performances by U2, The Clash, English Beat, INXS and more.

Video: The Cure plays ‘Burn’ for first time ever at New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Experience

Video: The Cure plays ‘Burn’ for first time ever at New Orleans’ Voodoo Music Experience

The Cure tonight performed what’s been billed as its final show of 2013, a headlining performance at New Orleans Voodoo Music Experience that saw Robert Smith and Co. drop yet another shocker on fans: the first-ever live performance of “Burn,” the band’s contribution to the soundtrack to 1994’s “The Crow.”

Bob Mould to celebrate 25 years of ‘Workbook’ at San Francisco’s Noise Pop fest

Bob Mould to celebrate 25 years of ‘Workbook’ at San Francisco’s Noise Pop fest

Bob Mould will celebrate the 25th anniversary of his post-Hüsker Dü solo debut Workbook next year with a special performance at San Francisco’s annual Noise Pop festival, organizers announced today as they unveiled an initial lineup for the Feb. 25-March 2 fest that also includes Mark Kozelek.

Video: The Cure at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 2-hour webcast

Video: The Cure at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 2-hour webcast

The Cure returned for its second headlining slot at this year’s two-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival, and this time shook up its standard festival set to inject some of the rarities that Robert Smith and Co. dredged up for shows this past week in Moterrey, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas.

Video: Depeche Mode at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 90-minute webcast

Video: Depeche Mode at Austin City Limits Music Festival — watch full 90-minute webcast

Before rain snuffed out today’s final day, the Austin City Limits Music Festival ramped up for a second consecutive weekend, this time with many of the performances being webcast. Watch the full 90-minute set by Depeche Mode, an abbreviated version of the band’s standard Delta Machine tour set,

Austin City Limits Music Festival webcast features The Cure, Depeche Mode

Austin City Limits Music Festival webcast features The Cure, Depeche Mode

The second weekend of the Austin City Limits Music Festival is underway, and this time, the fest is providing a live webcast of many of the performances, including full sets by both Depeche Mode tonight — the final stop of the current North American leg of the ‘Delta Machine’ tour — and The Cure on Saturday night.

Rewind: The 80s Festival webcast to feature The B-52s, Heaven 17, ABC, Blancmange

Rewind: The 80s Festival webcast to feature The B-52s, Heaven 17, ABC, Blancmange

Rewind: The 80s Festival is underway this weekend in the U.K., and the fest is webcasting some of the acts on its two-day lineup, including performances later today by The B-52s and Heaven 17. It’s not yet known which bands will be streamed on Sunday, but the second-day lineup does include ABC, Blancmange and more.

The Cure joins Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails as Voodoo Music Experience headliner

The Cure joins Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails as Voodoo Music Experience headliner

The Cure’s newfound predilection for headlining North American festivals continues as New Orelans’ Voodoo Music + Arts Experience today announced that Robert Smith and Co. will join Pearl Jam and Nine Inch Nails as headliners of the Nov. 1-3 event.