Tag: Coachella

Morrissey’s U.S. tour dates: West Coast concerts planned in November, December

Morrissey’s U.S. tour dates: West Coast concerts planned in November, December

It’s been a busy 2009 for Morrissey — canceling tour dates, prepping a b-sides comp, posing nearly nude, lashing out at ex-Smiths, telling fans not […]

Q&A: Daniel Ash closes door on Love and Rockets: ‘It’s boring for me to do those songs’

Q&A: Daniel Ash closes door on Love and Rockets: ‘It’s boring for me to do those songs’

To mark last week’s release of New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets, Slicing Up Eyeballs caught up with that band’s frontman, […]

Quick Spins: Brian Eno/David Byrne; R.E.M.; Sonic Youth; Johnny Marr/Paul Weller

Quick Spins: Brian Eno/David Byrne; R.E.M.; Sonic Youth; Johnny Marr/Paul Weller

It didn’t seem to garner much attention, but after so much had been made about Brian Eno not performing with David Byrne on his current […]

Coachella pulls the plug on The Cure’s curfew-busting set mid-song

Coachella pulls the plug on The Cure’s curfew-busting set mid-song

Perhaps The Cure were on to something after all when they abruptly ended Friday night’s warm-up gig in Las Vegas. Practice for the main event? […]

The Cure warms up for Coachella in Las Vegas, cuts show short

The Cure warms up for Coachella in Las Vegas, cuts show short

Robert Smith took the The Cure out to a Las Vegas casino last night to warm up for the band’s Sunday night headlining slot at […]

Nauseated Morrissey cancels post-Coachella date on trouble-plagued tour

Nauseated Morrissey cancels post-Coachella date on trouble-plagued tour

The story’s already made it around the world: Morrissey apparently was so nauseated by the smell of barbecued meat during his performance last night at […]

Coachella Webcast to feature sets by The Cure, Morrissey, Bob Mould

Coachella Webcast to feature sets by The Cure, Morrissey, Bob Mould

For those not able to make it out to this weekend’s 10th anniversary Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the fine folks […]

Industrial pioneer Throbbing Gristle to embark on first U.S. tour in 28 years

Industrial pioneer Throbbing Gristle to embark on first U.S. tour in 28 years

Industrial-rock/performance-art pioneer Throbbing Gristle has added one more New York date to its short Coachella-centric American tour later this month — the band’s first U.S. […]

Report: Stone Roses to reunite, mark 20th anniversary of debut album

Report: Stone Roses to reunite, mark 20th anniversary of debut album

London’s Daily Mirror — not exactly a bastion of hard-nosed rock journalism — reports in tomorrow’s editions that the legendary Stone Roses will reunite for […]

SXSW 2009: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ guide to the South By Southwest Music Festival

SXSW 2009: Slicing Up Eyeballs’ guide to the South By Southwest Music Festival

While colossal European-style destination festivals like Coachella and Bonnaroo have been all the rage in recent years, there’s still no better place to experience live […]

The Cure warming up for Coachella with theater gig at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino

The Cure warming up for Coachella with theater gig at Las Vegas’ Palms Casino

For those of you who’d rather see The Cure in a (relatively) intimate club rather than standing in a field with 50,000 other people, here’s […]

Sirius XM’s 1st Wave to dedicate a week to Robert Smith and The Cure in April

Sirius XM’s 1st Wave to dedicate a week to Robert Smith and The Cure in April

Details are still a bit sketchy, but Sirius XM’s 1st Wave channel — for longtime XM listeners, that’s the watered-down replacement for the late, lamented […]