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4 days ago | liveforlivemusic.com | Michael Broerman

Talking Heads are up to something and will make a mysterious announcement on the 50th anniversary of their first concert. The long-dormant art rock pioneers posted a teaser clip with the date June 5th, 2025, exactly 50 years since Talking Heads opened for Ramones at CBGB in New York.

4 days ago | liveforlivemusic.com | Michael Broerman

The patron saint of the bum Todd Snider will get back on the road this summer with his first run of tour dates since 2022. The influential singer-songwriter has been sidelined for the past three years by an ongoing battle with spinal stenosis, when the spaces in the spine narrow and create pressure on the spinal cord and nerve roots. The stretch of five shows in three states will begin with a previously announced (and already sold-out) show on July 25th at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.

4 days ago | liveforlivemusic.com | Michael Broerman

Vampire Weekend continued its jam band flirtations on Saturday with a full acoustic cover of Jerry Garcia Band classic “Rubin & Cherise”. The cover occurred at the Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia, where the band covered Grateful Dead-favored traditional “Peggy-O” the night prior. While it’s standard fare for Vampire Weekend to include snippets of fan-requested songs in its encores, Saturday’s “Rubin & Cherise” arrived in the main set and was the full thing.

4 days ago | liveforlivemusic.com | Michael Broerman

Goose drummer Cotter Ellis channeled his inner Bonzo with the band’s debut of “Moby Dick” by Led Zeppelin on Saturday. The drum-fueled cover closed out Goose’s second set at Spokane Pavilion in Washington. The crowd erupted as Goose dropped into Jimmy Page‘s hard-hitting blues guitar riff from the second self-titled Led Zeppelin album. Surprisingly, rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Peter Anspach took up the mantle of Page’s impressive fills.

5 days ago | liveforlivemusic.com | Michael Broerman

A memorable 1991 Jerry Garcia Band run at The Warfield in San Francisco is headed for release in full as Live at The Warfield. Out July 25th via Garcia Family Provisions, the release captures every note of the Grateful Dead guitarist’s three-night run on February 28th, March 1st, and March 2nd, 1991. The Warfield became a home away from home for Garcia, who played the venue 130 times with his solo outfit (dwarfing the Dead’s 20 shows from 1980–1983).