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Featured Artist: Widespread Panic
One of the many neo-hippie jam bands inheriting the road-warrior mantle left behind by the Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic established a devout grassroots following on the strength of constant touring and a loose, rootsy brand of Southern rock informed by jazz and blues textures. The group's origins date to 1982, when vocalist John Bell and guitarist Mike Houser first began playing together while attending college in Athens, GA. When bassist Dave Schools left academia to join the duo the...
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Bon Jovi, Panic Get Touring Conference Honors
Bon Jovi's Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation and Widespread Panic will be honored with special awards at the 2008 Billboard Touring Awards on Nov. 20 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.
October 14, 2008
Widespread Panic Sets Fall, New Year's Dates
After finishing a string of Canadian dates, headlining Bonnaroo and playing multiple sold-out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheater, Widespread Panic is hitting the road again in the fall.
September 03, 2008
Widespread Panic, Snoop, Of Montreal Star At Rothbury
"The early bird gets the worm, huh?," Jakob Dylan said as he got the second day of the inaugural Rothbury Festival started yesterday (July 4). And there was certainly plenty to be hooked on the...
July 05, 2008
Widespread Panic / Nov. 19, 2008 / New York (Irving Plaza)
In conventional Spreadhead fashion, the floor was packed with legions of drunken frat-heads and drug-addled neo-hippies eagerly awaiting the rare small-theater appearance by the band.
November 20, 2008
Beck, Wilco, Panic Set For Outside Lands Fest
Beck, Wilco, Widespread Panic and Primus lead the new additions to the lineup for the first Outside Lands festival, which will be held Aug. 22-24 at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. As previously...
March 24, 2008
DMB, Panic, Mayer, Snoop Set For New Festival
Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, John Mayer and Snoop Dogg are among the top acts set for Rothbury, a new festival being launched by Madison House Presents and AEG Live.
February 13, 2008
Dave Matthews Band Leads Epic Saturday At Rothbury
The Dave Matthews Band offered up an epic headlining set last night (July 5) at the inaugural Rothbury Festival in Rothbury, Mich., utilizing an expanded eight-piece lineup for favorites like "Rhyme...
July 06, 2008
Jam-Heavy Rothbury Fest Gets Underway In Michigan
With a hearty "here we go, Rothbury '08" from String Cheese Incident keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth, the latest entry in the burgeoning U.S. concert festival scene got underway yesterday (July 3) in...
July 04, 2008
Organizers: Rothbury Festival To Return Next Year
The show will go on in Rothbury next year, and for many more if organizers of the Rothbury Festival have their way.
July 06, 2008
Stevie, Billy, Jimmy Join Together For Jazz Fest
Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel and Jimmy Buffett are among the dozens of acts set to appear at New Orleans' annual Jazz & Heritage Festival this spring. The Shell-sponsored event will be held April...
January 24, 2008
Springsteen, Chesney Rule Billboard Touring Awards
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Kenny Chesney and Miley Cyrus were among the big winners at the fifth annual Billboard Touring Awards, held tonight (Nov. 20) at the Roosevelt Hotel ballroom...
November 20, 2008
Anastasio Returning To Live Duty At Rothbury
Former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio is set for his first major public performance since 2006 over July 4th weekend at the inaugural Rothbury festival in Rothbury, Mich.
May 30, 2008
Widespread Panic Subs For Allmans At Bonnaroo
Widespread Panic has been named as the closing main stage act of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, set for June 12-15 in Manchester, Tenn.
April 17, 2008
Bon Jovi, Springsteen, Police Lead Touring Award Finalists
Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and the Police are among the finalists for the 2008 Billboard Touring Awards, set for Nov. 20 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.
October 16, 2008
Bonnaroo: Veterans Lesh, Helm, King Hit The Right Notes
Music veterans like Phil Lesh, Levon Helm and B.B. King showed the younger generation a thing or two on the second day of Bonnaroo, offering a strong contrast to performances by rockers like Pearl Jam...
June 15, 2008
Plant/Krauss, Panic Bring Bonnaroo Back To Its Roots
If the first two days of Bonnaroo 2008 featured some of the heaviest rock bands ever to play the seven-year-old festival, the final day of music was a relatively sedate one focusing on American roots,...
June 16, 2008
Organizers: Bonnaroo A Success Despite No Sell-Out
An ambitious lineup helped the seventh Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival overcome inflated gas prices and a more crowded North American festival scene to post attendance of more than 70,000.
June 16, 2008
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Burke, Take That Reign Again On U.K. Charts
As Alexandra Burke's "Hallelujah" (Syco Music/Sony BMG) started a third week as the U.K.'s No. 1 single yesterday (Jan. 4) and Take That's "The Circus" (Polydor) a fifth atop the album chart, top newcomer status went to much-feted electronica star Lady GaGa. Her U.S. hit "Just Dance" (Polydor) featuring Colby O'Donis, took its U.K. bow at No. 3.
China Targets Big Web Sites In Internet Crackdown
China has launched a crackdown on websites as the country enters a politically sensitive year, with officials accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading pornography and vulgarity.
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