(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Quick spins: Jayhawks, Blink-182, the Script, Nikka Costa, Chili Peppers, more
Latest new and notes from the world of popular music.
By jonbream
June 7, 2011 at 8:35PM
It's "Mockingbird Time" on Sept. 20 for Gary Louris, Mark Olson and the Jayhawks.
Star Tribune photo by Jeff Wheeler
The Jayhawks' "Mockingbird Time" will arrive on Sept. 20. Completed in November, it's the first album to feature the vintage lineup with Gary Louris and Mark Olson since 1995.
Blink-182 and My Chemical Romance will team up Sept. 7 at Xcel Energy Center as part of the 10th annual Honda Civic Tour. Blink-182 was part of the first Honda Civic Tour in 2001. No word on the long-promised Blink-182 comeback album. Tickets, priced from $29 to $49, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Other newly announced concerts: Eric Johnson Aug. 4, Nikka Costa Aug. 18 and Marc Broussard Sept. 14 at the Varsity Theater....TV on the Radio is rescheduled for Aug. 30-31 at First Avenue.. Due to illness, the Script concert Tuesday at the soldout Orpheum has been postponed until Aug. 30. That will be a big music day with Steely Dan at the State Fair, Ke$ha at Roy Wilkins Auditorium and TV on the Radio at First Ave.
Red Hot Chili Peppers' "I'm with You," their album in five years, drops Aug. 30. Rick Rubin produced.... Dee Dee Bridgewater's "Midnight Sun" shines on Aug. 23.... Nick Lowe's first album in more than four years, "The Old Magic," is set for Sept. 13; guests include Paul Carrack, Jimmie Vaughan and Ron Sexsmith.... Primus' first studio album in 11 years, "Green Naugahyde" is due Sept. 13.
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