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Idlewild’s U.S. tour cancelled due to guitarist injury

Idlewild's U.S. tour cancelled due to guitarist injury

Idlewild’s U.S. tour cancelled due to guitarist injury. Idlewild’s U.S. tour dates have been cancelled due to an injury to Rod Jones. The guitarist recently broke his collarbone in an unfortunate accident and is unable to perform. “Myself and the rest of the band are absolutely gutted that we won’t be able to do these shows at this time,” Jones said. “I know this is a disappointment to some of you who have been patiently waiting for five years to see us there and it is a feeling we share with you as a band. Again I’d like to extend my sincere and heartfelt apologies and hope to see you some time in the near future.” The revered Scottish folk-punk outfit was due to make their long-awaited return to the U.S. to perform shows on the East and West Coasts in support of their recently released sixth studio LP, Post Electric Blues. The album is currently available via the Nice Music Group.

CANCELLED IDLEWILD DATES

November 16 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Echo
November 17 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Echo
November 18 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Independent
November 20 – Seattle, Wash. @ Crocodile CafÃ©
November 22 – New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom
November 23 – New York, N.Y. @ Bowery Ballroom
November 24 – Cambridge, Mass. @ Middle East Downstairs
November 26 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lincoln Hall

Jaguar Love head to the UK

Jaguar Love head to the UK. Blood Brothers may have betrayed their blood oath by breaking up, but the spirit of that raucous Seattle act lives on in Jaguar Love. Despite being mainly based in Seattle and Portland, the duo basically live on the road and have played live with the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age (Rob Pope of Spoon played bass for Jaguar Love on a recent tour), TV on the Radio and more. Jaguar Love will be bringing their frenetically raucous live show to the UK for Stag And Dagger and Great Escape Festivals amongst select additional dates. Forthcoming release ‘Hologram Jams’ is the first Jaguar Love album to feature the band’s stripped down and rebuilt from the ground up two-piece line up of Johnny Whitney (Vocals, keys, drum machines) and Cody Votolato (Guitars, vocals, drum machines), both formerly of the late, lamented Blood Brothers. ‘Cody and I have always had a strong bond, both creatively and as friends – and working on this album together was the most productive, free flow of ideas I have ever been a part of,’ said Whitney. During their short career so far the band’s inimitable sound has inspired the folks at Matador Records, who signed one album and an EP, as well as Fat Possum, who have now signed them to a worldwide deal. Sophomore full-length ‘Hologram Jams’ reunited Cody and Johnny with producer John Goodmanson (Bikini Kill, Los Campesinos!, Death Cab For Cutie), who also produced Blood Brothers’ 100,000+ selling ‘Crimes’ and co-produced the subsequent ‘Young Machetes’ with Guy Picciotto of Fugazi fame. Goodmanson co-produced with Votolato and Whitney on this one too and the resulting sound combines soulful howls colliding with and coursing over relentless dance beats and heavy glam guitars. Hologram Jams is bursting with hooks.

Jaguar Love head over the Atlantic for UK dates in May:

13 May 2010 The Hope Brighton (Great Escape) – http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/TGE | 08444 77 1000
21 May 2010 Jaguar Shoes London (Stag And Dagger) – www.seetickets.com | 0870 264 3333
22 May 2010 ABC2 Glasgow (Stag And Dagger) – www.pclpresents.com | 0844 847 2487
23 May 2010 Night and Day Cafe Manchester (Stag And Dagger) – http://www.gigsandtours.com/?a=jaguar+love&site=jaguarlove | 24hr cc hotline: 0871 2200 260
24 May 2010 Hoxton Bar & Kitchen London (Headline) – http://www.gigsandtours.com/?a=jaguar+love&site=jaguarlove | 24hr cc hotline: 0871 2200 260

“New Moon,” is making history at the box office.

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