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Phish, Eagles, Muse to Headline 2010 ACL Festival

2010 Austin City Limits Festival

Moments ago the official lineup for the 2010 ACL Music Festival went up and as expected the headliners include two nostalgia acts, Phish and the Eagles, as well as Muse.

Additional headliners for the 3-day festival — to be held Oct. 8-10, at Zilker Park — include the Strokes, M.I.A, and the Flaming Lips. And other notable names among the 130 acts include LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, Vampire Weekend, Norah Jones, Robert Randolph, and the Black Keys.

According to the official site, Phish will headline on opening night, Friday, October 8th, followed by Muse on Saturday and the Eagles on Sunday.

Read on for ticket info, news coverage, and the complete 2010 ACL Festival lineup.

Get Stoned with Jimmy Fallon: It’s Rolling Stones Week

Various Artists

Song
Rip This Joint, Shine a Light, Tumbling Dice, All Down The Line, Loving Cup

Date
May 10-14, 2010

Venue
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Location
New York, NY


Watch Phish from last night.

This week is Rolling Stones Week on Jimmy Fallon, and all week long the show is celebrating the May 18 re-release of the classic Stones album “Exile on Main Street.”

Each night a different performer will cover a song from the album (and hopefully a few surprises), followed by a special episode Friday featuring the debut of the new documentary “Stones in Exile” (see trailer above).

The festivities kicked off Monday night when Green Day opened with Rip This Joint (video), and later Taj Mahal performed a soulful Shine a Lite with The Roots (video).

I'll add videos of the rest of the tunes as they happen including Keith Urban doing Tumbling Dice (video), Sheryl Crow with All Down The Line (video), and Phish playing Loving Cup (video).

Update: May 13, 2010: Last night Mick Jagger and Keith Richards helped Jimmy with the “Pros & Cons” of Exile on Main Street. (video)

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Phish Summer Tour 2010: Tickets, Dates, Info

Announcing the Phish Summer Tour 2010
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With the excitement of the Phish Telluride approval behind them and just one day after performing two Genesis covers at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, today Phish announced a massive 29 show Summer Tour that covers 18 different venues including some of Phish's old stomping grounds and couple of new ones.

Fishman with Synchronized Swimmers the Phish Summer Tour 2010

Although most of the dates were eventually leaked in various forums and blogs, for the most part the band managed to keep fans guessing with round after round of rumors. The real dates were announced via a custom animation video featuring a synchronized swimming team and a cameo by Henrietta.

The 18 show early Summer leg finds Phish at 13 venues in the Midwest, East Coast, and South East including Blossom Music Center (141 show gap), Hersheypark Stadium (143 shows), nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Portsmouth, VA (first-time), Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center (551 shows) and Walnut Creek (90 shows). The leg culminates on July 3rd & 4th at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta, GA (first-time).

The 11 show late Summer leg goes from coast-to-coast at 5 different venues — starting off at the Greek Theatre in Berkely (696 shows) and ending at Jones Beach. This leg also includes two nights at the afore mentioned Telluride Town Park as well as Deer Creek and Alpine Valley.

Scroll down for a complete list of Phish 2010 Summer Tour dates and ticket info.

Phish 3D: The Movie, Tickets on Sale April 14th

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It's official! Phish 3D: The Movie is set to be released in April, and as of moments ago there's an official site, Facebook page, and Twitter account to support the theatrical release.

The 3D Phish movie has been rumored since the run-up to Festival 8, and early last month a page appeared on Ticketmaster for the cryptically titled “Phish Concert Film.”

The concert film will feature footage by AEG Live and Action 3D that was shot during all eight sets of Festival 8 in Indio. Beggars can't be choosers, but I'm really hoping the pyro-infused Mike's Song didn't end up on the cutting room floor as I'd certainly love to see that in 3D.

Very cool technology… Ridic.
Dave O, Hidden Track

Phish 3D

According to Consequence of Sound, the band will begin to tease Phish 3D: The Movie with a 15-second trailer at Alice in Wonderland 3D screenings this weekend. Expect a longer trailer to be released next month.

If you hit the official site you can enter your email and ZIP to get notified when tickets go on sale.

Consider me in line already!

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Phish in Telluride 2010: Tickets, Camping, Info

Telluride, CO panorama

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About a week ago, a seemingly spammy twitter post broke the rumor of a possible Phish run on August 9th & 10th at the picturesque Town Park in Telluride, Colorado.

Since then, the story has continued to pick up steam. It started with a cautiously optimistic radio segment on KOTO Community Radio discussing some of the hurdles standing in the way of Phish in Telluride, including among other concerns that the shows would immediately follow the 34th annual Telluride Jazz Celebration.

It's definitely doable.
— Paul Machado, Jazz Fest director

This was quickly followed by a Denver Post article that was equally non-commital.

By the time we would be able to invite them, it might be too late.
— Craig Ferguson, Telluride Bluegrass Festival director

Well here's some good news. As of 12:30 PST today, the Telluride Parks and Recreation Commission gave their okay for the Phish shows in Telluride, leaving just two hurdles in the way of the prospective throwdown in the mountains.

I spoke to the Parks & Rec department to find out a bit more about what stands in the way and here's what I learned.

The first hurdle is a meeting with the Telluride Commission for Community Assistance, Arts and Special Events (CCAASE) who still need to approve the addition of the shows to the Telluride Special Events Calendar. This meeting is on Wed, March 3rd at Noon MST.

CCAASE
Telluride Blues and Jazz people

From left to right: Craig Ferguson, Planet Bluegrass President; Terry Tice, Telluride Jazz Board President; Jackie Arguelles, Jazz Director of Finances and Special Events; Paul Machado, Jazz Executive Director (Photo by Merrick Chase)

Pictured here are some of the key players in the effort to bring Phish to Telluride this year, as well as some of the other great music festivals in Telluride.

If you see them around, be sure to say thanks!

The second hurdle is yet another meeting, only this time it's with Telluride Mayor Stu Fraser and his six-member Town Council. The council will need to exempt the proposed event from a deadline requirement that passed last Spring. This meeting will take place on Tue, March 9, with the Phish portion at 11:05 MST.

Assuming this meeting is successful it's all downhill from there!

P.S. According to the fine folks at Phish.net, Phish has played 11 shows at 3 different venues in Telluride, the most recent being 10/28/91 at the Elk Ballroom featuring a second set that included Dinner and a Movie, Harpua, and a 149 show Whipping Post bustout. [AUD Part 1 | 2 | 3]

Phish Festival 8 in 3D: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You?

Phish Festival 8 in 3D on Ticketmaster

It's official! Learn about PHISH 3D: The Movie.

Earlier today a page appeared on Ticketmaster that seems to finally confirm some great news: a theatrical release of a new Phish concert film.

Assuming the word on the street is correct, this will be none other than Phish Festival 8 in 3D, which has been rumored since the run-up to Festival 8 and now has a rumored release date of some time in May of this year.

A number of sets of Festival 8 in Indio was shot by AEG Live and Action 3D, as reported in Variety back in November, and the theatrical release was also mentioned in an article (since removed) in Palm Spring's newspaper The Desert Sun.

Our goal was to mimic a concert.
John Rubey, president of Network Live, a division of AEG Live

According to Variety, 3D concert films like U2 3D don't generally make much money (the exception: Miley Cirus), but I can tell you at least one person who wouldn't dare miss Festival 8 in 3D — this guy!



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