LiveDaily News Break, May 20: KT Tunstall, Butthole Surfers, News Kids on the Block and more
Today's edition features news and tour information about KT Tunstall , The Butthole Surfers , New Kids on the Block , and Mates of State . We'll also list off some of this week's new album releases.
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Scottish singer/songwriter KT Tunstall will follow her current acoustic run of North American dates with a second US leg later this summer. The performer will launch the summer outing Aug. 4 in Northampton, MA with singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright providing opening support for all of the mid-summer shows.
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Veteran alt-rockers The Butthole Surfers have lined up a slate of East Coast and UK headlining shows this summer. The Texas outfit will kick off the US portion of the run June 24 in Asbury Park, NJ followed by three more US dates before heading to the UK in early July for an overseas stretch.
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New Kids on the Block have mapped out a full North American run to kick off their international reunion tour. The trek, which is scheduled to launch Sept. 19 in Toronto and visit about 35 cities across the US and into Canada through late November, has already logged a handful of sellout dates.
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Husband-and-wife indie-pop duo Mates of State have launched a US tour behind "Re-Arrange Us," their fifth studio album, which hits shelves today.
The pair kicked off the run last week on the East Coast, and has 20 dates remaining across the country through late August.
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New albums available in stores today include Foxboro Hot Tubs ' "Stop, Drop and Roll," 3 Doors Down's self-titled release, Donna Summer's "Crayons," The Dresden Dolls' "No, Virginia," and Scarlett Johansson's debut album, "Anywhere I Lay My Head."
- Artist Links:
Live Review: New Kids on the Block in Glendale, AZ [October 2008]
Mates of State arrange fresh headlining run [October 2008]
LiveDaily Interview: Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block [September 2008]
Album Chart: Young Jeezy's 'Recession' tops New Kids [September 2008]
LiveDaily Weekend Podcast, September 5: Tina Turner, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot and more [September 2008]
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