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KAKI KING
October 10 at the Paradise, Boston | $15 | On sale this Thursday, August 21, at noon

ASOBI SEKSU
October 18 at T.T. the Bear’s Place, Cambridge | $10 | On sale Friday at 10 am | www.

We've been anticipating/dreading the leak of the new METALLICA single for weeks -- god, it can't be any worse than St. Anger, can it? -- and we can't say that we're heartened by the fact that the band is rolling out its American tour dates several weeks BEFORE the release of their new Death Magnetic. Metallica live is always sort of a no-brainer, but you can't help wonder whether they're gonna try to get fans to buy tix before the single comes out and spoils everyone's enthusiasm.

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JAMIE LIDELL | October 12 at the Paradise, Boston | $20 | On sale this Thursday, July 24, at noon

We are thrilled to provide this unprecedented conduit between your girlfriend and Feist.

Feist
At the Bank of America Pavilion
Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Tickets are $25.00 and $35.00*
*plus $5.00 venue and applicable convenience fees
Tickets go on-sale Monday, April 28, 2008 at 10:00 am

We waited until after April Fools to post this so you know it ain't a joke. To celebrate, we're hastily assembling our Nude remixes. You? Oh, right, REM and Pearl Jam just announced shows, too, if anyone cares...

Radiohead
August 13 at the Tweeter Center, Mansfield
Tickets on-sale April 12

Crowded House
At the Somerville Theatre

. . . but will he bring Daft Punk? Y'know, this just might be enough to make up for Bon Jovi at Fenway. From the inbox:

Kanye West: Glow in the Dark Tour

With Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco, N.E.R.D.

At the Tweeter Center

Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Tickets are $26.

Wow, it's feeling so 1993 right about now. We lost track of Kim Deal after the last Pixies tour wrapped, and thus were wholly unprepared for the leak, over the weekend, of a brand-spanking-new Breeders album to the internets. Sure, this is the Kelley Deal version and not the Pod-era Tanya Donelly version, but nope, we're not complaining.

Talk about burying the lead. In an interview with Billboard devoted to Bon Jovi's near-proximity to the DeKalb shootings, Jon Bon mentions in an aside that his band's current tour does not yet have a final date planned:

"I've got two choices," Bon Jovi says. "We've got the Giants, Soldiers, Fenways (stadiums) on hold or we stay in Europe because of the state of the economy.

Ohhhhhh, snap! Someday you'll be telling your grandkids about this one like it was Frank and Liza or some shit.

Heart of the City Tour" JAY-Z and Mary J. Blige
At the TD Banknorth Garden
Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Tickets are $49.75, $69.75, $89.75, $125.75 and $300
Tickets go on-sale Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:00 am

Ohhhhhh, snap! Someday you'll be telling your grandkids about this one like it was Frank and Liza or some shit.

Heart of the City Tour" JAY-Z and Mary J. Blige
At the TD Banknorth Garden
Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Tickets are $49.75, $69.75, $89.75, $125.75 and $300
Tickets go on-sale Friday, February 15, 2008 at 10:00 am

The Fed this, the Fed that. Metal Americans know the real reason the Dow Jones took a jump yesterday: it was the dude ringing the fucking bell, yo. See?

We love Dee Snider. Here he is describing his qualifications for appearing on the new CMT reality series Gone Country:

And here he is putting his money where his mouth is: hosting this ridonculous benefit down in Providence for the families affected by the Station hair-metal fire, on a once-in-a-lifetime bill featuring half of Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Twisted Sister, Stryper, Kellie Pickler, Tesla, Twisted Sister, and the dude from Stain'd. Get your tickets now.

. . . finally. For fuck's sake. Plus more alerts from the newly-announced Paradise schedule. . .

Justice with Busy P & Fancy
March 15 at Paradise Rock Club
On sale Jan 12 at noon

Jose Gonzalez
March 13 at Paradise Rock Club
On sale Jan 15 at noon

Dropkick Murphys
March 16-17 at Paradise Rock Club

Mission of Burma will play Great Scott on January 20, in what will be the band's most intimate hometown performance since their first-ever reunion gig (which was itself a secret warmup gig for their official reunion shows a few nights later) at the now-defunct 608 in Somerville, six years ago to the month.

We gather the gig is a benefit in some fashion for Myanmar (the country formerly known as Burma), and we'll add details when our Googling produces something reliable.

They're baaaaaaa-aaaaaack . . .

From the inbox:

The Dresden Dolls
At the Orpheum Theatre
Saturday, December 29, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Tickets are $25.00
On-sale Saturday, November 10 at noon

Also, here's a video of Amanda singing one of her new solo songs while surrounded by zombies . . .