Music Soup

There had told, through our photos, the passage in Italy of the Raconteurs. Meanwhile on their Channel YouTube are appearing with more frequency that week, several new videos. Some are collections of photos taken at concerts, others are videos whole songs, taken from live performances in their tour of this world. Here there are a couple really interesting, which bear witness to the executions of Old Enough and Many Shades of Black at the Bonnaroo Festival this year.

While the summer continues, many concerts and festivals a little everywhere, arriving first ads dates for a return from holiday rich in events.

We had talked about the new appointments with Tabasco Rossi, the second stage of REM, the only date of Stevie Wonder and the arrival of assimilated Cold play and Madonna.

Among the other names are announced the Queen, James Blunt, Ani Di Franco, Paul Weller, Calexico, Paul Gilbert. Many more to come and notify them gradually. Meanwhile, below, the first official dates already.

Someone will remember Juliette Lewis for his characters in Natural Born Killers or Strange Days. Someone else will associate the name of Juliette Lewis in The Licks, the band that accompanies the former actress became rocker since 2003. If the recall in both its sides, certainly agree at the exceptional intensity of expression.

The last work of the band Four on the floor, dated 2006, has consecrated Juliette & The Licks impoliticness’s of big things of rock’s roll with the so-called attributes. And to support the disc, for almost two years, the band is carrying around the world show an essential but explosive, with virtuoso (not just speech) of charismatic front woman.

To the delight of Italian fans, Juliette is about to return from our shares with his The Licks for two concerts not to be missed. On July 16 the band will be at Planet Rock of Pinarella Cervia (Ravenna), while 17 will rise on the stage of Libra Festival Sordevolo (Biella). Tickets for the first date are on sale through the circuit Ticketone, at a cost of 23 euros.

Tuesday, July 1 Seventh Torinese hosted within the festival All Outside, a very special evening which performed the La Crus, engaged in their last tour together, and Cristina Donà.

One could say two concerts at the price of one if it were not that the evening was free! Of great class and particularly exciting performance of the band, stralunatamanente rock and truly immersive that of cantautrice.

We ceravamo. And this time let the images attempting to describe and transmit to the greatest extent possible the event.

We have just concluded the first day dell’Heineken Jammin ‘Festival, of which we have offered direct from backstage of San Giuliano Park.

Every night, at the end of concerts, will give a gallery summary of what we have “seen” and lived during the day, in addition to the photos already seen together. Gustatevela with us (after the jump) and seguiteci even later.

Without a new disc to promote - the last “Surprise” was 2006 - Paul Simon arrives in Italy for some dates of his new tour. The latest exhibition in our country for the event was the concert Roman 4 years ago. Meeting with the historic companion career Art Garfunkel, with whom he won just before the Grammy career, completed the reunion tour of the Coliseum in Rome for a concert already become history, in front of 600,000 spectators excited.

These appointments of 2008 for his new solo tour:

July 20 Riva del Garda, Congress Fair
July 22 Udine, Piazza Castello
July 28 Milan, Arena Civica
July 29 Rome, Cavea Auditorium
July 30 Crotone, head Lonna
August 1 Taormina, Teatro Antico

While continuing the tour European Verdena (yesterday evening have played in London, tomorrow will be in Geneva), the next week we can see them in our country into four evenings:

19/06 Ostia (Rome) - Radio Rock On The Beach
20/06 Lacchiarella (MI) - Live Club
21/06 Prato - Blackout Fest c / o Park Galceti
22/06 Verona - Sound Expo

The band has decided to take the initiative to other groups, invited to open their concerts. Respectively the Fiub the 20 to Trezzo, Torquemada in Prato on 21 and Love In Elevator on 22 in Verona. A laudable initiative to support emerging groups.

Sold out everywhere for Vasco and today, a few days after a double date Roman, 29 and May 30, which opens the “Vasco 08 Live in Concert”, a story of “The Press” from the pen of Marinella Venegoni on the date that this zero evening at the Fiera di Genova will see the rocker in a concert for all fans.

Stage seeds circular, mirrors everywhere. The possibility of some other dates in September and in 2009, a spectacle that has as its center the new album but also selected songs from the past with two pieces of time now: Boredom dell’82 and T’immagini 85. Three hours of entertainment provided with individual pieces yes, but also surprising medley.

“An antidote to sadness,” he says. Next appointment at the same time with the date Roman Effect Vasco “on Raidue, where we will see the beginning and end of the concert and half a special dedicated to the artist. An appetizer that even if limited, we are sure we will meet.