
Sunny Day Real Estate will reunite for two shows this fall, if only to show the massive fecal tidal wave of emo bands that rose in their wake how it's done. They'll play an October 13th show at San Francisco's Fillmore and October 16th at Seattle's Paramount.
"We got together in March and played," frontman Jeremy Enigk said a few weeks ago. The original lineup included guitarist Dan Hoerner, bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, who formed in 1992 and later added Enigk as vocalist. They broke up in 1995 after only two albums. Both Mendel and Goldsmith went on to join Foo Fighters, but Goldsmith left not long later. The band reunited in 1998 (with Jeff Palmer replacing Mendel on bass) and released two more albums before breaking up again in 2001, citing financial and business reasons. Fans who buy tickets online to Flaming Lips' U.S. summer tour will be able to get a few goodies from their new album Embryonic, which doesn't hit stores until the fall. Ticket holders will get access to a digital EP with new songs "Convinced of the Hex," "The Impulse" and "Silver Trembling Hands", as well as three digital B-side tracks. They'll also receive an official digital bootleg of their show. With the all the digital music included, tickets purchased online will cost $4 more than those purchased at the box office.
Forbes Magazine has released its Top-Earning Musicians of the Year list. Madonna, Celine Dion and Beyoncé take the top three spots.
Madonna has made the most out of her Sticky & Sweet tour and new album Hard Candy - she made roughly $110 million from June 2008 to June 2009.
One thing not taken into account, though, was her $75 million divorce with Guy Ritchie.
Despite the recession, overall numbers were up considerably from last year. This year's top 10 made a combined $719 million, while 2008's top 10 only earned $500 million all together. Ten shows made over $10 million this year, led by Billy Joel's goodbye to Shea Stadium.
Forbes Top Earning Musicians list:
1. Madonna $110 million
2. Celine Dion $100 million
3. Beyonce Knowles $87 million
4. Bruce Springsteen $70 million
5. Kenny Chesney $65 million
6. (tie) Coldplay $60 million
6. (tie) Rascal Flatts $60 million
6. (tie) AC/DC $60 million
9. Eagles $55 million
10. Toby Keith $52 million
11. Bon Jovi $50 million
12. Dave Matthews Band $45 million
Bruce Springsteen has requested to play a three-hour set this weekend at the Glastonbury festival, where he headlines Saturday night.
The producer of the show said: "He wants to play for three hours actually. So we can give him two and a half by the sound of it or maybe two [hours] forty-five."
Springsteen joins Blur and Neil Young as the show's headliners. Glastonbury kicked off Thursday.