The Cocteau Twins have pulled out of their As previously reported, Daltrey and Pete Townshend have been working on what may become the first new Who album in more than two decades. Daltrey is also among the artists who will perform in London’s annual Teenage Cancer Trust benefit concerts next month at Royal Albert Hall.
— Nellie Andreeva, The Hollywood Reporter
In addition to traditional and online retail outlets, the new album by Welsh rock trio Stereophonics, will be available through bowed at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart. The track is available for free to Kazaa users. “Language. Sex. Violence. Other?” will be released March 29 in the United States.
Stereophonics have set a slate of late summer U.K. and Ireland tour dates, opening Sept. 3 in Dublin. Outside of a May 1 appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., the band has not announced any North American dates.
— Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.
Jewel, Wilco and Bobby McFerrin are among the latest artists added to the lineup for the 32nd annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Set in the mountains of Colorado, the June 16-19 event has lined up a typically eclectic bill for this year’s event, with Alison Krauss + Union Station, Stanley Clarke, Bela Fleck and Jean-Luc Ponty, David Bromberg, Earl Scruggs, Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon, Gillian Welch, Sam Bush, Kathleen Edwards and the John Butler Trio among the confirmed artists.
Telluride ticket prices range from $55 for a single day’s admission to $275 for a four-day pass and premium camping location. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Planet Bluegrass Web site.
— Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.