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Beastie Boy Has Cancer, Jay-Z taking over at APW and Set Times
Adam Yauch, one of the Beastie Boys, has been diagnosed with havign a cancerous tumor. He is having surgery this week and the band has cancelled all future shows, including their headliging appearances at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 8 and All Points West this weekend in New York. Lollapalooza has replaced the band with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jay-Z will replace them on Friday, July 31 at All Points West. We wish Mr. Yauch a full recovery!!!
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Win Tickets to All Points West
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All Points West Festival 2008
Red Music is teaming up with Newbury Comics (one of my alltime favorite record stores, a chain in New England) to give away 2 tickets to all 3 days of the All Points West Festival, plus airfare and hotels! To enter, you can either head over to a Newbury Comics location, or you can enter online and get more details here. In case you forgot who is playing at All Points West Festival, here’s… More »
The Hold Steady, Jenny Lewis, and More On Sale
Lots of great shows on sale today:
All Points West Festival tickets are on regular sale now. Tickets
Vans Warped Tour is at the Nassau Colliseum on Jul 18. Tickets
Elvis Costello is at Beacon Theater on June 10. Tickets are on regular sale now
The Roots have added another date to their residency at Highline Ballroom on April 29. Tickets
The Crystal Method will be at Webster Hall on May 9. Tickets
The Vaselines are at Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 8. Tickets
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APW Presale, and More on Sale Tomorrow
The All Points West Festival is going on presale tomorrow (Thursday) at noon with password WRXP. The presale lasts until tomorrow at noon when they go on regular sale.
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan are playing at Webster Hall on May 27. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon
Cut Off Your Hands are at Mercury Lounge on May 7. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at noon
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All Points West: Coldplay, Beastie Boys, Tool, and More
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Andrew Bird at All Points West Festival 2008
The dates and lineup of the second year of All Points West Festival has finally been announced. Here are the deets:
It’s at Liberty State Park In NJ again (they promised better trasnsportation this year) and will take place on July 31, August 1 and 2. But you want to know the lineup don’t you? Here it is:
Friday, July 31: Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, The National, Fleet Foxes, MSTRKRFT,… More »
All Points West Festival: Radiohead
Radiohead are gods. Seriously, they were absolutely amazing. They played the perfect mix of old and new and the light show was awesome. See the set list and more pictures after the jump.
Setlist
1. 15 Step
2. There There
3. Morning Bell
4. All I Need
5. Lucky
6. Nude
7. Arpeggi
8. The Gloaming
9. Optimistic
10. Videotape
11. Reckoner
12. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
13. You And Whose Army
14. Idioteque
15. Climbing Up The Walls
16. Bodysnatchers
17. How to Disappear Completely
Encore 1
18. House of Cards
19. Pyramid Song
20. Paranoid Android
21. Dollars & Cents
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All Points West Festival: Girl Talk
Definitely one of the highlights, Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk played (DJed?) an insane set with dozens of people dancing on stage, balloons, confetti, toilet paper, and beach balls flying. It was one huge dance party and let me tell you it was awesome. Incidentally, Girl Talk just added a show at Terminal 5 on November 15.
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All Points West Festival: Andrew Bird
I love Andrew Bird. That’s it, really.
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All Points West Festival: Duffy and CSS
Before CSS came on, Duffy was playing. I’ve heard comparisons to Amy Winehouse which I am just flabbergasted by. Amy Winehouse may be insane, but she also has an insanely good voice. Duffy is whiny and annoying and I couldn’t wait for her to be finished. Thankfully, CSS came on and made me feel better. They brought the volume up and got the party started during their set. LoveFoxx is magnetic–I couldn’t take my eyes off her and her extremely… More »
All Points West Festival: Grizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear were awesome, as usual. Ed Droste and co. were in fine form and they started out the chain of awesome performances for me. They are opening for Radiohead on the rest of their tour so definitely catch them if you can.
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All Points West Festival: Mates of State
Friday, Day One of All Points West Festival in Liberty State Park, NJ, started off rainy but soon the weather improved. Even through the wind and rain though, Mates of State played and the crowd enjoyed them.
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What To Do This Weekend
If you aren’t at the All Points West Festival this weekend, check out these other shows:
Friday:
Lila Downs @ Prospect Park Bandshell (Free)
Hercules and Love Affair @ Irving Plaza
Black Sheep, Jamie Drastik, and Pimp Ninja @ Highline Ballroom (Free)
Tapes N’ Tapes @ Sound Fix (Free)
Cass McCombs @ South Street Seaport (Free)
Iggy and the Stooges @ Terminal 5
Boredoms’ 88BoaDrum @ Williamsburg Waterfront (Free but tickets required)
The Germs, Murphy’s Law @ Gramercy Theater
Metric and the Black Angels @ Highline Ballroom
Saturday:
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APW Set Times Released
The All Points West Festival, happening next weekend, August 8-10, has just released set times. Of course, everyone I want to see is at the same time…but check it out here. More tickets for the Saturday show have just been released. Get them here. Also, Robyn had to cancel her appearance–because she is rehearsing for Madonna’s tour. She’s got her priorities straight…. More »