Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Inbox Update: The Kinks, Arcade Fire meets Echo and The Bunnymen, Morrissey, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

If it's Tuesday, there must be music news to share...

The Kinks
It was awesome when I got to see The Kinks back in the early '80s. Read the latest update on hopes The Kinks will reunite!

Watch Arcade Fire cover Echo and the Bunnymen's "The Cutter" — with Ian McCulloch.

Check out Morrissey performing a new song playfully titled "Kick the Bride Down the Aisle."

Finally, my inbox just received an update that the forthcoming Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Hypnotic Eye is now available for pre-order. Here is the full media release:

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS' NEW ALBUMHYPNOTIC EYE IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

FIVE TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM WILL BE REVEALED PRIOR TO THE ALBUM'S JULY 29th RELEASE
TICKETS ARE ONSALE NOW FOR THEIR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR FEATURING VERY SPECIAL GUEST STEVE WINWOOD

The forthcoming album on Reprise Records from TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS, Hypnotic Eye, is now available for pre-order at iTunes and onTomPetty.com. If you pre-order the album in any format from either of these outlets or are a member of the band's Highway Companions Club, you will receive downloads of five tracks from the album in advance of the July 29th release date. Three of those tracks will be delivered immediately beginning today with one more to follow on both June 24 and July 15. The initial advance tracks include "American Dream Plan B," which is currently streaming on Soundcloud and at RollingStone.com, and "U Get Me High," which was sent to radio stations this morning.

Many shows on Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers' 2014 North American Tour, featuring very special guest Steve Winwood, are now onsale, with shows at Clarkston, MI's DTE Energy Music Theatre and Morrison, CO's Red Rocks Amphitheatre going on sale soon.
Every ticket on the tour includes the new album, Hypnotic Eye.

Hypnotic Eye was recently described by Rolling Stone magazine as "maximum rock & roll" and "a decisive return to the concise Sixties-rock classicism of his first great New Wave era albums." Click here to view the album and tour announcement video. 

Hypnotic Eye will be available in the following formats:
- 180 gram 2-LP Vinyl (includes an extra track from the album sessions)
- 140 gram 1-LP Vinyl
- High-definition Blu-ray Audio Disc (includes an extra track from the album sessions)
- Digital Download in MP3 or FLAC Formats
- Standard CD

For more information on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers plus details of their new album Hypnotic Eye and upcoming North American tour, please visit www.tompetty.com.


TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS 2014 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

Aug 03            San Diego, CA          Viejas Arena
Aug 05            Boise, ID                   Taco Bell Arena
Aug 07            Eugene, OR              Matthew Knight Center
Aug 09            San Francisco, CA   Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
Aug 12            Portland, OR             Moda Center
Aug 14            Vancouver, BC          Rogers Arena
Aug 15            George, WA              The Gorge
Aug 17            Edmonton, AB           Rexall Place
Aug 19            Calgary, AB              Scotiabank Saddledome
Aug 21            Winnipeg, MB            MTS Centre
Aug 23            Chicago, IL                United Center
Aug 24           Clarkston, MI             DTE Energy Music Theatre (onsale 6/13)
Aug 26            Toronto, ONT           Air Canada Centre 
Aug 28            Montreal, QC             Bell Centre
Aug 30            Boston, MA               Fenway Park
Sep 06            Arrington, VA             Lockn' Festival
Sep 07            Darien Center, NY     Darien Lake PAC
Sep 10            New York, NY            Madison Square Garden
Sep 13            Hartford, CT               XL Center
Sep 15            Philadelphia, PA        Wells Fargo Arena
Sep 18            Raleigh, NC               PNC Arena 
Sep 20            West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
Sep 21            Tampa, FL                  Tampa Bay Times Forum
Sep 23            Nashville, TN              Bridgestone Arena
Sep 25            Houston, TX               Toyota Center
Sep 26            Dallas, TX                  American Airlines Center
Sep 28            Tulsa, OK                    BOK Center
Sep 30            Morrison, CO               Red Rocks Amphitheatre (onsale 6/20)
Oct 1               Morrison, CO               Red Rocks Amphitheatre (onsale 6/20)
Oct 7               Anaheim, CA              Honda Center
Oct 10             Los Angeles, CA         The Forum


TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS released their debut album in 1976 and have since sold over 60 million records. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, their first year of eligibility, and in recent years have continued to build on their already legendary success.Their concerts are celebrated by fans and critics alike and their music has influenced numerous young bands and writers around the world. Between the Heartbreakers' recordings, his solo work and his membership in The Traveling Wilburys along with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty has received 18 Grammy nominations and been honored with lifetime achievement awards including Billboard's Century Award, ASCAP's Founders Award, MTV's Video Vanguard Award. Tom Petty's SiriusXM radio show, Tom Petty's Buried Treasure, now in its eighth season, is one of the most beloved and popular shows on satellite radio. It features Tom Petty spinning favorite tunes from his extensive private music collection. Tom Petty, with the Heartbreakers at his side, has become a rock and roll icon lauded by fellow musicians and music lovers worldwide.

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