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2010
Matador Records, in conjunction with MySpace Music, is excited to announce the celebration of its 21st anniversary at the Palms Desert Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV, from October 1-3. As a three-day festival showcasing a vast array of talent the label has worked with throughout its storied lifespan, Matador at 21: The Lost Weekend will feature a reunited Guided By Voices as well as feature sets from such legendary acts as Pavement, Superchunk, Belle & Sebastian and many others. Sets from the bands performing will be streamed live throughout the weekend via MySpace Music at http://www.myspace.com/matador21. Additional sponsors include: Altamont (http://www.altamontapparel.com/), Incase (http://www.goincase.com), Sailor Jerry (http://www.sailorjerry.com/), and Yowie (http://www.yowie.com).
Set times for the festival are noted below:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
Pavement: 12:00am – 1:00am
*Sonic Youth: 10:40pm – 11:30am
Fucked Up: 9:35pm – 10:15pm
Chavez: 8:30pm – 9:10pm
Guitar Wolf: 7:30pm – 8:10pm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2nd
Belle & Sebastian: 11:45pm – 1:00am
Spoon: 10:25pm – 11:15pm
*Superchunk: 9:20pm – 10:00pm
*Cat Power: 8:15pm – 8:55pm
Perfume Genius: 7:55pm – 8:15pm
*The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: 6:50pm – 7:30pm
Come: 5:45pm – 6:25pm
Girls: 4:40pm – 5:20pm
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd
Guided By Voices: 11:30pm – 1:00am
*Yo La Tengo: 10:10pm – 11:05pm
Liz Phair: 9:50pm – 10:10pm
The New Pornographers: 8:40pm – 9:25pm
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists: 7:35pm – 8:15pm
Shearwater: 6:30pm – 7:10pm
Note: *bands will not be included in live stream.
2010
Norah Jones’ latest music video is for the song “Young Blood†from her critically-acclaimed, platinum-selling new album The Fall. The video was directed by Toben Seymour http://www.rsafilms.com/d/black-dog/companies/blackdog-us/337, a fantastical director and puppeteer who has worked with Moby, will.i.am, and Kanye West. The Grammy Award winning singer will also be making her first-ever appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show on April 22. A performance on Kstrong>PBS Soundstage will air later this spring.
Jones has just recently wrapped the first leg of her sold out North American tour in support of The Fall, and has been receiving rave reviews all along the way. Leg two starts on April 18 in Seattle. She has added several major festivals to her schedule throughout the summer including the opening free performance for Celebrate Brooklyn’s 2010 season http://www.bricartsmedia.org/performing-arts/celebrate-brooklyn, a return to Bonnaroo www.bonnaroo.com where she hasn’t played since the inaugural event in 2002, MusikFest in Bethlehem, PA www.musikfest.org, select dates on the Lilith Fair tour www.lilithfair.com (August 10 in West Palm Beach has also been announced. Further dates TBA) and a short run of dates with Corinne Bailey Rae (Red Rocks in Colorado already announced for Aug 19 and further dates TBA). In addition, Norah will undertake a run of European tour dates and festival appearances beginning in late June.
Jones has also decorated a t-shirt and tote bag as part of a Crafts For A Cause benefit auction for Haiti relief. Other contributors include Vampire Weekend, Natalie Portman, Regina Spektor, The Strokes, Bright Eyes, Fleet Foxes, Jenny Lewis, The Mars Volta, Le Tigre, Sia, Spike Jonze, Devendra Banhart, Aziz Ansari, Mark Ronson, Daft Punk, Kings of Leon, Grizzly Bear, Tegan & Sara, Kate Nash, Feist, M. Ward, The Black Keys, and Cat Power. All proceeds will go to Artists For Peace and Justice. For more information please visit http://craftsforacause.tumblr.com/.
NORAH JONES – 2010 TOUR DATES
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR – 2ND LEG
April 18 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
April 19 – Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Hall
April 21 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
April 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Orpheum Theater
April 24 – San Diego, CA – Spreckels Theatre
April 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theater
April 28 – Albuquerque, NM – Kiva Auditorium
April 29 – El Paso, TX – Plaza Theatre
May 1 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
May 2 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
May 4 – Dallas, TX – Music Hall At Fair Park
May 5 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
May 6 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre
May 8 – Memphis, TN – Orpheum Theatre
May 9 – Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theatre
May 11 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
May 12 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium
May 14 – Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
May 15 – Atlanta, GA – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
June 9 – Brooklyn, NY – Celebrate Brooklyn
June 11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
EUROPEAN TOUR
June 21 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Apollo
June 22 – London, UK – Hammersmith Apollo
June 24 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
June 25 – Paris, France – L’Olympia
June 29 – Brussels, Belgium – Forest National
July 1 – St. Margarethen, Austria – Roemersteinbrunch
July 2 – Munich, Germany – Tollwood Festival
July 3 – Montreux, Switzerland – Montreux Jazz Festival
July 5 – Bonn, Germany – Museumsufer
July 7 – Gent, Belgium – Gent Jazz Festival
July 9 – Rotterdam, Holland – North Sea Jazz Festival
July 11 – Bilbao, Spain – Palacio Euskalduna
July 13 – Lisbon, Portugal – Cool Jazz Festival
July 14 – Vigo, Spain – Castrelos Park
July 16 – Perelada, Spain – Castell Perelada Gardens
July 20 – Milan, Italy – MJF Arena Civica
July 23 – Rome, Italy – Cavea Auditorium
August 7 – Bethlehem, PA – Musikfest
August 8 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Centre
August 10 – West Palm Beach, FL – Lilith Fair at Cruzan Amphitheatre
More Lilith Fair dates to be announced. Stay tuned!
August 19 – Morrison, CO Red Rocks (with Corinne Bailey Rae)
More dates with Corinne to be announced. Stay tuned!



