STS9 will ring in 2015 with a three-night run at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO. The band will not play on New Year’s Day but will however kick off the run on December 31 with the final two shows of the run coming on January 2 and 3. 
First a romanticized view of the Replacements show Friday night at Queens' Forest Hills Stadium, which is an appropriate starting point for a band that throughout its 30-plus-year history has been romanticized for all the right reasons (visionary songs kissed by soul and fraught with crud) and the wrong reasons (their need to throw up in your lap so you didn't mistake them for your soulmate)... 
Calling it a “return to the creative principles” of ‘Echoes,’ ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond,’ and ‘Animals,’ Pink Floyd have revealed the cover art, track listing, and release date for their new album ‘The Endless River.’ 
Members of Arcade Fire, Bon Iver and the Strokes formed a one-shot indie supergroup called Pop All Star Band to perform at the third annual Pop Vs. Jock charity basketball game held on Saturday during the Pop Montréal festival. 
Like just about any TV series that made heavy use of original music during its run, ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has faced a thorny thicket of licensing problems in the home video era, and for the show’s previous rights holders, it was simply too expensive to put those episodes on DVD with their soundtrack intact. That all changes, however, with the Oct. 28 release of ‘WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete Series.’ 
In 1982, Neil Young released a film that he co-directed, co-wrote, and starred in. Human Highway is a weird one, to say the least—an apocalyptic comedy that also features Devo, Dennis Hopper, Russ Tamblyn, Dean Stockwell, Sally Kirkland, and others. The film, which includes several songs from his synth-centric album Trans, got premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival in 1982 before getting released on VHS and LaserDisc in the '90s. 
moe. played at the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival last Saturday night in Fredericton, NB, Canada. The one-set show featured a guest appearance from Chris Robinson, who sat in on a cover of The Band’s “Up on Cripple Creek.” Robinson also performed earlier in the day with his solo band, Chris Robinson Brotherhood.
Throughout David Letterman‘s years as a late night talk show host, he’s had a great band to entertain the audience with a seemingly endless supply of cover songs. But there’s one major band that they have never played: the Eagles. On his show Friday (Sept. 12) night, Letterman found out why that’s the case. 
There’s still no word on if or when David Bowie might get around to following up 2013′s ‘The Next Day‘ LP, but fans hungry for new music can look forward to a snack between meals later this year.
The Oregonian posted a new interview with Trey Anastasio this morning in anticipation of Tuesday’s performance with the Oregon Symphony at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall (Phish has also performed at this classic venue on one occasion, 8-26-93). 
Juice is the fourth recording that pairs heralded jazz guitarist John Scofield with John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood. John Scofield details the journey that ensued with Relix as he discusses the 10 tracks on Juice, which is set for release on September 16 via Indirecto Records... 
The second annual Lockn’ Festival came to a close Sunday night with a spectacular set from The Allman Brothers Band. The group, who were playing what will probably be the last festival set of their career, wrapped things up by performing their classic live album At Fillmore East in its entirety and then some.
The Replacements are set to perform this evening on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Tuesday, September 9th, marking their first TV appearance since the band reunited in 2013. 
The upcoming BBC documentary ‘Together and Apart‘ will be paired with another film called ‘Sum of the Parts,’ set for release in November on DVD, to form a comprehensive history of Genesis. Together, they trace the history of a band that not only survived but thrived through a number of lineup and stylistic changes. 
George Harrison‘s first six solo albums will be gathered in a new box set titled ‘George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968-75,’ which is scheduled for release on Sept. 23. The albums will also be available individually. 
Tears for Fears will hit the road with their first tour in nearly three years, a five-date run in September that begins in Texas and wraps up in Oregon. 
In retrospect, the longevity of INXS‘ initial lineup shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. After all, their roots stretched back to a cluster of schools in Sydney, Australia’s French’s Forest district. That shared history stood them in good stead as they slowly, ever so slowly, worked their way up to superstardom. 
Phish continued their traditional Dick’s spelling gag as the band kicked off their fourth annual run at the Denver stadium on Friday night. The first letters of the show’s first ten songs spelled out “Lushington,” a long lost tune that hasn’t been played since 1987 (most likely in reference to a recent Rolling Stone online survey, which named the rarity Phish’s best song after fans flooded the poll as a joke). 
The news was broken on their website early this morning in a post written by leader Ian Anderson. The Miami Herald notes that he died in his home of congestive heart failure and was receiving hospice care. 
Robert Plant has been outspoken in his desire to move forward with his music instead of dwelling on his Led Zeppelin legacy. And as he made clear during a recent conversation with the Telegraph, he knows his old partner Jimmy Page could find the same sort of fulfillment from new music, if he’d only get down to business and start creating it. 
