Tom Petty European Tour 2012

Well it looks like at long alst a welcome return to European Shores for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers with the exciting news that the band are to haedline at The Isle of Wight Festival.

I will keep an eye on any additional dates!

And here they are. Not so good I am afraid and I can only hope  the gap  in the schedule (15th - 22nd)get filled up pronto with some UK dates (i.e Scotland):

April 19: 1st Bank Center, Broomfield, CO

April 21: Verizon Arena, Little Rock, AR

April 24: Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM

April 26: INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, KS

April 28: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA

April 29: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park, Alpharetta, GA

May 1: Germain Arena, Estero, FL

May 3: Amway Center, Orlando, FL

May 5: Frank Irwin Center, Austin, TX

June 3: Mile One Centre, St. John's, NL

June 7: 02 Arena, Dublin, IR

June 8: The Marquee, Cork, IR

June 10: 02 World, Hamburg, GER

June 12: Open Air, Horsens, DK

June 14: The Globe, Stockholm, SWE

June 15: Norwegian Wood Festival, Oslo, NOR

June 22: Isle of Wight Festival, UK

June 24: Hallenstadion, Zurich, SWI

June 25: Lanxess Arena, Cologne, GER

June 27: Grand Rex, Paris, FR

June 29: Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, IT

June 30: SAP Arena, Mannheim, GER

Thanks for nothing Letterman!!

Live streaming of Ryan Adams from thge Ed Sullivan theatre not allowed in my country. Another sleepless night wasted! Ryan Adams in Edinburgh was one of the best gigs in many a long time and if you get the chance to catch him on his January 2012 US Dates do not miss him...

Well here is a great clip anyway fom the Live At Abbey Road Sessions:

http://youtu.be/ix9g-yW7sCo

Celtic Connections 2012

A somewhat belated link to this years Celtic Connections Festival. Have to admit not quite as much grabbing my, or Michaels, attention as in previous years. But there is always someone who you will want to see. Anyway here is the link and a couple of clips of acts that I will see:

http://www.celticconnections.com/

Firstly a very welcome return for Steven Lindsay and The Big Dish. This promises to be a real highlight of the Festival and I would expect you need to get your tickets quickly:

http://youtu.be/SY7ylNTiqRQ

Justin Currie

Billed as a co-headling show with Naomi Bedford readers of this psace will know that any Justin Currie show is a must. Intimate venie I am betting on an acoustic show, hopefully with a couple of new tracks.

http://youtu.be/OVduFCBkfuM

and a terrible audience clip of a great song which I hope he keeps in the set:

http://youtu.be/5gI8owIXtF8

Is There Anybody Alive Out There!

Well I am still alive...thankfully, but not had time to update this little corner of the globe!

However the announcement of the upcoming Springsteen Tour has given me some fresh incentive. If you are a European fan chances are The E Street Band are popping bye not too far away from you. As of to days date here is the full list of confirmed shows:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S 2012 TOUR DATES:

Date	City	Venue	On Sale
13 May	Sevilla	Estadio Olimpico	14 Dec
17 May	Barcelona	Estadio Olimpico Lluis	On Sale
25 May	Frankfurt	Commerzbank Arena	On Sale
27 May	Cologne	Energie Stadion	On Sale
28 May	Landgraf	Pink Pop	3 Mar
30 May	Berlin	Olympia Stadion	On Sale
2 June	San Sebastian	Estadio Anoeta	On Sale
3 June	Lisbon	Rock in Lisbon	On Sale
7 June	Milan	Stadio Meaza	On Sale
10 June	Florence	Stadio Francesco	On Sale
11 June	Trieste	Stadio Trieste	On Sale
17 June	Madrid	Estadio Santago Bernabu	On Sale
19 June	Montpellier	Park & Suites Arena	On Sale
21 June	Sunderland	Stadium of Light	On Sale
22 June	Manchester	Etihad Stadium	On Sale
24 June	Isle of Wight	Isle Of Wight Festival	On Sale
4 July	Paris	Bercy	On Sale
5 July	Paris	Bercy	On Sale
7 July	Roskilde	Roskilde Festival	On Sale
9 July	Zurich	Stadium Letzigrund	On Sale
11 July	Prague	Synot Tip Arena	On Sale
12 July	Vienna	Ernst Happel Stadium	On Sale
14 July	London	Hard Rock Calling	On Sale
17 July	Dublin	RDS	On Sale
18 July	Dublin	RDS	On Sale
21 July	Oslo	Valle Hoven	On Sale
23 July	Bergen	Koegen	On Sale
24 July	Bergen	Koegen	On Sale
27 July	Gothenberg	Ullevi	On Sale
28 July	Gothenberg	Ullevi	On Sale