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Thursday, June 8, 2023

The Cure, Blur & Alanis Morissette Among Corona Capital 2023 Headliners

The 2023 Corona Capital Festival will be headlined by The Cure, Blur, Alanis Morissette and more.

The event is set to be held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico, from November 17 to 19.

Arcade Fire, Pulp, and Morissette are billed as headliners on the first day of Corona Capital 2023 on Friday, November 17.

On the second day, Saturday, November 18, Blur, The Black Keys, and Thirty Seconds To Mars will take over headlining duties.

The Cure, The Chemical Brothers, and Pet Shops Boys will be headliners for the closing day on Sunday, November 19.

Other acts on the lineup include Feist, Sleater-Kinney, Fleet Foxes, Arlo Parks, Brittany Howard, MUNA, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Alvvays, and Soccer Mommy.

A special CitiBank members' pre-sale starts on Friday, June 9, while general ticket sales for Corona Capital 2023 begin on June 10 at 2 p.m.

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Eric Clapton Announces 2024 U.K. And Ireland Tour

Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton has announced a brief 2024 U.K. and Ireland tour.

Clapton's limited run of exclusive shows for 2024 will take place at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall as well as in Newcastle, Liverpool, Birmingham and Dublin.

The six-stop trek is scheduled to kick off at Utilita Arena in Newcastle on May 9, 2024, and wrap up at Royal Albert Hall in London on May 21 2024.

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 am.

Tour Dates:

9 May 2024 - Utilita Arena, Newcastle - Ticket Info

11 May 2024 - M & S Bank Arena, Liverpool - Ticket Info

13 May 2024 - Resorts World Arena, Birmingham - Ticket Info

16 May 2024 - 3Arena, Dublin - Ticket Info

20 May 2024 - Royal Albert Hall, London - Ticket Info

21 May 2024 - Royal Albert Hall, London

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Live Version Of Frank Zappa's 'Montana' Released Ahead Of Box Set

The Zappa Trust have released an extended version of "Montana" about a couple of weeks ahead of the release of Zappa/Erie, a new six-disc boxed set/digital collection that features a trio of shows that Frank Zappa performed in Erie, Pa. and the surrounding area between 1974-76.

The "Montana" version released on Friday offers a glimpse of what one can expect on the new box set. The show was recorded at Edinboro State College on May 8, 1974. The concert was part of a small, month-long run of shows celebrating the 10th anniversary of Zappa's ever-evolving seminal band, The Mothers, as well as his just-released album, Apostrophe(')

The Zappa/Erie box set is due out on June 17 via Zappa Records/UMe. Zappa/Erie contains more than seven hours of unreleased, live performances from Zappa and three different lineups of incredible musicians from this peak period. The set has 71 tracks in all.

Ahmet Zappa and Zappa Vaultmeister Joe Travers produced the Zappa/Erie box set. The package features front and back cover photos of Zappa by David Rountree Smith, images of the original tapes, and includes original concert fliers, a newspaper review of one of the shows, and a scathing rebuttal to the review from a passionate fan.

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Peter Gabriel Shares New Single 'Road To Joy'

Peter Gabriel recently released "Road to Joy," the sixth track from his forthcoming album i/o.

Written by Gabriel and produced by Gabriel and Brian Eno, the song was recorded at Real World Studios, Bath, The Beehive and British Grove, London and High Seas Studios, South Africa.

"Road to Joy" features Soweto Gospel Choir, a string arrangement from John Metcalfe and contributions from a number of Gabriel's current touring band; long-time collaborators Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (guitar) and Manu Katche (drums) as well as two newer members Don E (bass keys), and Josh Shpak (trumpet).

'I'm working on a project which is partly a story focused around the brain and how we perceive things and this song connects to that," said Gabriel. "It deals with near-death experience and locked-in syndrome situations where people are unable to communicate or to move. It's an amazingly frustrating condition."

He continued. "There have been some great books and films about this subject, but at this point in our story the people looking after our hero manage to find a way to wake him up. So, it's a lyric about coming back into your senses, back to life, back into the world."

As with previous full moon releases, "Road to Joy" comes with an artist of the month. For this June release the artist is Ai Weiwei and his work 'Middle Finger in Pink'.

Since the release of "Four Kinds of Horses" last month, Peter Gabriel has begun the European leg of the i/o tour, which is garnering rave reviews across the continent.

(Photo: Nadav Kander)

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