A new album (Mojo, to be released sometime this spring) and a four-month-long North American tour (May-August) are coming up from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Joining them at various stops on the tour will be ZZ Top, Crosby Stills and Nash, Joe Cocker, Drive-By Truckers and My Morning Jacket. While you're waiting, you can listen to "Good Enough" -- a track from the new album -- on Petty's website.
Paul McCartney
When he played more than a dozen concerts in various locations in 2009, Paul McCartney steadfastly maintained that he wasn't touring. Now, with three shows confirmed so far for 2010, Macca announces his Up and Coming tour, which the announcement says is a combination of "unique venues, places and locations" in "cities he's never played." The tour opens March 28 in Glendale, Arizona, then moves to Hollywood Bowl for two shows.
Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie
In something of a shock-rock-Jedi-with-young-Padawan-learner pairing, Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie's aptly named Gruesome Twosome Tour will hit Canadian and U.S. cities between April and July. Zombie says the two have been talking about touring together for the past 15 years, and are finally making it happen.
Elton John and Billy Joel ... Not!
Elton John says his summer tour schedule with Billy Joel has been canceled, and he tells the Chicago Tribune that he's none too happy about it. "It's not my decision, it's Billy's. He has decided to take a year off. It doesn't gel with my plans but he's a friend. And as an artist you have to respect his decision."
