Music notes: Richmond band wins Fringe award
By Susan Pugh on Sep. 03, 2008
Media General News Service
Special Ed and the Short Bus continues to storm the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, which bills itself as the largest arts festival in the world. Over the weekend, Richmond’s off-kilter bluegrass/jug-band scooped up a Herald Angels Award.
Maxwell, who is sporting a close-cropped ’do these days, hasn’t toured in six years but will hit the road for a 24-city date starting Oct. 8 in Boston. A Nov. 15 date for Richmond is penciled in but hasn’t been officially announced.
This year’s MTV Video Music Awards - airing live from Los Angeles on Sept. 7 - will not offer an attempted performance from Britney Spears but will turn the stage over to Rihanna, Pink, Paramore, Jonas Brothers, Kid Rock and T.I.
Album news
Kenny Chesney’s current hit, “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven,” is the prelude to his next album, “Lucky Old Sun,” out Oct. 14.
AC/DC hasn’t released a studio album in eight years, but will do so on Oct. 20 with “Black Ice,” which will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores and http://www.acdc.com.
Pink’s next outing is called “Funhouse” and drops Oct. 28.
The where-did-she-go Dido finally returns Nov. 4 with her oft-delayed third album, “Safe Trip Home.” One track, “Look No Further,” is available as a free download at http://www.didomusic.com.
Fall Out Boy is also taking advantage of the Nov. 4 U.S. presidential election date to unveil “Folie a Deux,” which was announced this week with an online mixtape, “Welcome to the New Administration”
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