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Pearl Jam announced today that they will play a series of select European festival and headlining tour dates in June and July of 2010. The band's European dates kick off in Dublin, Ireland at the 02 Arena and close at the Optimus Alive Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. Beginning Wednesday, 9-December at 9 AM Pacific time, Ten Club tickets can be purchased online at https://www.pearljam.com/max with a Visa or Mastercard only.
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true that John’s left RHCP again
In the article the website just published, MusicRadar's Joe Bosso - the same person who did the podcast/interview with John early this year - says that they "exclusively interviewed" a "source close to the band" and that John has indeed been replaced with Josh Klinghoffer. "Josh Klinghoffer has been playing with the group for a couple of months now," says the source. "Optimistically, the Peppers are trying to lock down a replacement for John, who has apparently quit. "Mentally, John checked out a long time ago.Metallica
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While fans were salivating about a Big Four of thrash tour, would you be willing to leave Megadeth out of the mix to see Metallica, Heaven and Hell, Slayer, Anthrax and Mastodon all on one night? The lucky bastards in Prague will be able to do just that as this summer's Sonisphere Festival rolls through town. (This should make travel agents the world over very happy). Metallica is busy announcing 2010 tour dates like crazy and Thursday was no exception with the announcement of the afore mentioned date and another European date. Here is what they had to say: Good morning and welcome to today's tour date update. We're happy to announce that after over ten years, we will be returning to Budapest, Hungary for a show at the Puskas Ferenc Stadium on May 14, 2010 . . . a very long overdue visit for sure!
Roskilde Festival | Roskilde Festival Ground, Roskilde, Denmark
The Roskilde Festival, one of the longest-running and best rock events in Europe, takes over Roskilde in Denmark every year. Continually attracting some of the biggest names in rock, it's one of Denmark's, and Scandinavia's, most raucous annual events. The festival first took place in 1971 and has grown steadily since, now attracting around 100,000 people. The event is environmentally aware - no cans or glass or plastic bottles are allowed on the site, all drinks are poured in mugs or sold in cartons.Rock Werchter is one of Belgium's biggest and best music festivals. It takes place on a special site about 30km east of Brussels and attracts up to 50,000 people each year, with enough room for everyone to camp. The line-up for 2011 is as impressive as ever with main stage headliners The Chemical Brothers and Kings of Leon. Joining them are other biggies (namely The Arctic Monkeys, Portishead, Cold Play, PJ Harvey, Iron Maiden and The Kaiser Chiefs); and on the uppers like Swedish Pop nymphette Robyn, and Belgium rockers Goose.
Rock Werchter | Festival Site, Werchter, Belgium | Whatsonwhen
Lowlands Festival | Walibi World, Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands
Every year the Lowlands Festival draws around 60,000 people to the Walibi World amusement park in Biddinghuizen in the expansive lowlands of Flevopolder. As a festival of culture the event centres around music, with eight stages in all. Other attractions include a full programme of films, theatre performances, stand-up comedy, video art and street performances. All in all there are about 350 different acts and performances. The festival boasts six fully equipped campsites, complete with hot showers and a supermarket.