LiveDaily News Break, April 17: Motley Crue, Danity Kane, Black Crowes and more
Today's edition features news and tour information about Motley Crue , Danity Kane , Day26 , The Black Crowes , Blondie and Ozzy Osbourne .
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Motley Crue will headline its own touring festival this summer when the group launches Crue Fest, a massive road trip that will also feature Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Crue bassist Nikki Sixx's side-project Sixx:A.M., and alt-rockers Trapt. The trek kicks off July 1 in West Palm Beach, FL, and will hit more than 40 cities by the end of August.
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MTV reality series "Making the Band" will transition from the small screen to the road when the program's best-selling stars, Danity Kane and Day26, top the bill of a US tour this spring. The outing, which will visit 10 major markets across the country between late may and mid-June, will also feature fellow MTB4 performer Donnie Klang, as will Bad Boy recording artist Cheri Dennis.
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The Black Crowes are gearing up for a massive North American tour that stretches through the end of the year. The blues-rockers will get the ball rolling with about a dozen spring dates across the country, and then kick off the tour in earnest with a June 27 show in Hershey, PA. The six-month trek is expected to touch down in a whopping 90 cities.
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Deborah Harry and Blondie will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band's breakthrough hit album "Parallel Lines" with a June headlining run. The outing kicks off June 5 in Baltimore, with 15 cities mapped through the end of the month.
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Metal fans will have good reason to head north of the border this summer when Ozzy Osbourne descends upon Calgary, Alberta, for a one-day event dubbed The Monsters of Rock. Set to take place July 26 at McMahon Stadium, the show will feature headlining performances from Osbourne and Judas Priest, as well as sets from System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, Cavalera Conspiracy, Shadows Fall, Voivod, Testament, 3 Inches of Blood, Priestess and Zimmers Hole, among others.
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