Briefly: Foo Fighters, Queen, Dropkick Murphys, Iggy Pop
"The Pretender," the first single from the Foo Fighters ' forthcoming studio album, "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace," will premiere during tonight's (8/3) ESPN broadcast of the Summer X-Games, and will also be featured prominently throughout ESPN's coverage of the games, according to a press release.
Fans will be able to purchase the cut via digital-download retailers beginning Tuesday (8/7), the press release said. Meanwhile, "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" hits the street Sept. 25.
Eagle Rock Enttertainment has announced an Oct. 29 release date for a new DVD that features live footage of legendary rockers Queen . "Queen Rock Montreal" captures the group's November 1981 tour stop in the Canadian city. It will be available as a single, 95-minute disc, and will also be issued as a special edition that will include a bonus DVD featuring the British rockers performing at the July 1985 Live Aid concert.
Dropkick Murphys have nailed down a Sept. 18 release for their sixth studio album, "The Meanest of All Times." The group is issuing the self-produced set on its own Born & Bred Records label in association with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group, according to a presss release. The set features guest appearances from Spider Stacey of The Pogues and Ronnie Drew of The Dubliners.
"Iggy Pop - Live San Fran 1981"--a concert album that captures the punk legend performing in the Bay Area 26 years ago during a tour that backed his album of that same year, "Party"--is due in stores Sept. 18. The disc will also include two previously unreleased bonus tracks from a 1983 recording session that Pop had with Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, according to a press release.
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
Metallica at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA
R.E.M. at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
Herbie Hancock at the Sonoma Jazz Festival
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler
Dengue Fever at The Independent, San Francisco, CA

