One of my favorite (and mysteriously un googleable here) sites is Pollstar.com
I have been known to sit in front of that screen and go band by band checking on tours.
My name is helen and I’m a gig a holic.
Pollstar allows me to do this. Its like a 1 stop shop
Being a gig less Friday night hunker down with my weezer snuggie and a the best soy latte that you ever had .. no wait that’s Train.. to check out the tour scene
First thing I noticed tonight is The Buzzcocks are playing February gigs in California-TIMELY! June 11 Jethro Tull Jones Beach..WIN! Stiff Little Fingers! touring the UK!..oh never mind I’m in the US….According to Pollstar tonight, Kid Cudi is playing good ol’ NYC 1/21 and 1/22, but for shiz Kesha is not.
I love knowing who is on tour. Random artist pop in my head and I fire away
Here we go this is fun…
Moby is not on tour, Graham Parker IS on tour!! 4/30 NYC,
The Blue Nile. Dear Submarine and Tool are not on tour.
But
(sit here)
THE ENGLISH BEAT ARE! and in May.. .they’re playing a place in CT that literally seats like 300 people
how awesome is that?
Well I don’t know. Ive never seen them live and considering I liked them in Jr High……and I’m way out of college they’re very very old.
The question becomes do I go? Could be another Tull show for all I know. I could be blown away or I can be scared to death.
Another question I have is WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HERE?!?! What the heck? Ok .. who’s gonna cover them? Im on the fence with seeing them live but I got Mirror in the Bathroom cranked to 52 right now and wow…….they kicked butt!
The next time you have some time to kill and your planning your life check out pollstar.com, they have reviews and such as well but Id expect you to get that from us.
Band touring information (of all genres and most venues) that’s where its at.
k now.. who’s doing the English Beat write up?