After playing over 30 shows this past fall and winter, Toby Keith is extending his “Biggest & Baddest” tour into 2009.  So far only a handful of dates have been announced including shows in Albany, NY and Uncasville, CT.  The new dates will begin on January 10 in Biloxi, MS.

Expect to see a lot more dates released in the next couple off weeks.  Keith will be touring with Jason Aldean at his side.

Keith is touring in support of his 13th studio album titled, “That Don’t Make Me A Bad Guy.”  After it’s release it made it to #5 on the Billboard top 200 chart and it topped the country music chart.

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In a recent interview with Guns N Roses guitarist, Richard Fortus, he let it be known that the group could be planning a tour for 2009.  In the interview with the St Louis newpaper The Telegraph, Fortus said he hopes the tour will begin in March and last up to two years.

The upcoming tour will be in support of the November 23 release of their album, “Chinese Democracy.”  This album was originally suppose to be released 15 years ago.  It reached #3 on the Billboard top 200 chart.

Neither the bands frontman, Axl Rose or their management company have officially announced the tour.  Rose is know for his temper and down to the wire show cancellations and that could have a big effect of the 2009 tour.  During the interview Fortus stated, ”There has been talk of us doing a Love tour, a tour of all the cities where there have been riots, and doing free shows, that might happen.”

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Many years after Bill Cosby wrapped up the final episode of the Cosby Show, he is still active on the stand up scene.  Cosby will kick of a North American tour next month that will include a few shows a month through the middle of the year.  He will kick things of on January 16 in Elizabeth, IN and the final show will take place on September 27 in Cerritos, CA.  Other shows include Denver, Houston, Minneapolis ad Washington DC.

Overt the years Cosby has been seen in many different movies and TV shows including, “I Spy” and “The Cosby Show.”  Because of his huge personality he has been termed as, “Americas Dad.”

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01/16/09 - Elizabeth, IN               Horseshoe Southern Indiana
01/18/09 - Flint, MI                      The Whiting
01/24/09 - Washington, DC          Kennedy Center Opera House
02/14/09 - Oakland, CA               Paramount Theatre
02/21/09 - Worcester, MA            The Hanover Theatre For The Performing Arts
02/28/09 - Austin, TX                  Bass Concert Hall
03/06/09 - Hamilton, ON             Hamilton Place Theatre
03/13/09 - Houston, TX               Jones Hall For The Performing Arts
03/14/09 - Fort Pierce, FL            Sunrise Theatre
03/21/09 - Omaha, NE                 Orpheum Theater
03/28/09 - Denver, CO                Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
03/29/09 - Durham, NC               Durham Performing Arts Center
04/11/09 - Madison, WI               Overture Center For The Arts
04/25/09 - Wilkes-Barre, PA        F.M. Kirby Center For Perf. Arts
04/26/09 - Englewood, NJ           Bergen Performing Arts Ctr.
05/07/09 - Santa Ynez, CA          Chumash Casino
06/27/09 - Minneapolis, MN        Orchestra Hall
09/27/09 - Cerritos, CA               Cerritos Center For The Perf. Arts

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Country superstars Brooks and Dunn will hit the road this winter for a series of shows.  The early 2009 dates will be the prelude for some international shows later on in the year.  They will kick things off in Indio, CA on February 2.  They will conclude things on March 14 in Sudbury, ON.  Eleven shows have been added so far with room to add even more.

Once finished with their winter tour Brooks & Dunn, Whose real names are Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, will play 4 shows in Australia before returning to the US for more summer concerts.

The group is touring in support of their 2007 platinum album release, “Cowboy Town.”  The album reached #13 on the Billboard 200 and #4 on the Country charts.

Brooks and Dunn are grammy nominees for best song by a duo or group for their song, “God Must Be Busy.” The 51st Grammy awards will be held on February 8 in Los Angeles, CA.

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Mississippi rock and roll band, 3 Doors Down, will follow up its December concerts with a short early 2009 tour.  They will kick things off on January 22 in Reading, PA and will wrap up on February 28 in Atlantic City, NJ.

The group will still be supporting their 5th album.  This was the follow up to the platinum album, “Seventeen Days.”  The name of the album came from the amount of time they took between finishing the prior tour and when the entered the studio to start recording.

Guitarist Chris Henderson was quoted saying, “What I’m most proud of about the new album is we left ourselves a way out. Everybody hit the proverbial brick wall. Everybody fell down and everybody got back up, then we all went back in the room and, what was great, was we found all these different paths to go down.”

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Mexican-American rockers, Los Lobos, have announce the schedule for their upcoming winter/spring tour.  They will kick things off on New Years Eve in Tuscon and extend through May 29 in Santa Clarita, CA.  they will play an additional 18 shows in between.  

Los Lobos began their musical legacy in 1973 when a group of high schoolers formed the band. The founding members included David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, Cesar Rojas, Conrad Lozaron and Steve Berlin.  They got their first break through when they recorded the soundtrack to the movie “La Bamba.”

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One of musics biggest touring artists, Dave Matthews Band, will be at it once again in the spring of 2009 with a short set of tour dates.  The spring tour will begin on April 14 in New York and will wrap up on May 9 in Las Vegas.  The tour will also include shows in Dallas and Phoenix along with others.  Opener for the May shows will be Jason Mraz.

This will be the first tour since one of the bands founding members and saxophonist, Leroi Moore, died after and ATV accident in August.  Tim Reynolds will join the band for the spring shows.

Dave Matthews Band will be promoting its first studio album since 2005 as is is due to be released on the date of their first show.  

The band has sold over 31 million albums since they released their first in 1994 titled, “Under The Table and Dreaming.”  

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The United States recession has made it’s first violent hit this week.  The front office of the Arena Football League has announced that they will be canceling the entire 2009 season.  They do however plan to be back in 2010.

“Every owner in the AFL is strongly committed to the League, the game, and, most importantly, the fans,” Acting Commissioner Ed Policy said. “Owners, however, recognize that, especially in light of the current unprecedented economic climate, the AFL, as a business enterprise, needs to be restructured if it is to continue to provide its unique brand of this affordable, fan-friendly sport.”

Reports have been circulating that the 22 year old league has been on hard times for a few years now.  They had even been thinking about doing away with a couple of the 16 teams.  ESPN who brodcasts AFL games has said they have no interest in a league with fewer than 16 teams.

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This weekend is going to be a big weekend for tickets going on sale.  On sale tomorrow are around 20 Andre Rieu shows including dates in Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver and Milwaukee.  The Billy Joel & Elton John Face 2 Face tour have shows on sale in Houston, San Antonio and Phoenix.  Brad paisley has one show going on sale in Nashville at Sommet Center.  Kenny Chesney has his first date of the 2009 tour on sale in Foxboro.  There are a lot of Nickelback tickets going on sale including shows in Chicago, Kansas City and Minneapolis.  Rascal Flatts have 5 shows going on sale this weekend.  Last but not least there are tickets going on sale for an Oakland Britney Spears show.

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One of the great modern day violinists, Andre Rieu, will set out on a 35 city North American tour.  It is expected to begin on April 17 in Toronto, ON and will extend until June 25 in West Valley City, UT.  He will make stops in many large cities such as a May 21 show at Allstate arena in Chicago and a June 19 show at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.

Rieu will be playing with the orchestra he built in 1987, Johann Strauss Orchestra.  This orchestra has grown from 12 musicians to 44 over the past 21 years.

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