LiveDaily News Break: April 28, 2008
Today's edition features news and tour information about Alan Jackson , Nonpoint , Boston , Tim McGraw and O.A.R.
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Alan Jackson continues to support his latest album, "Good Time," with a string of dates that start in May and run well into the summer months. The country music veteran will kick off his next round of headlining shows May 1 in Laredo, TX, and a total of 10 shows are lined up for that month, followed by a short break before he tackles a June 7 slot at the multi-day CMA Music Festival in Nashville.
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Nu-metal quartet Nonpoint is set to headline this spring's Most Wanted Tour, an outing that will feature opening support from fellow rockers The Exies, Deepfield and Under the Flood. The four groups will launch the run with a May 10 show in Houston, and will subsequently tackle a dozen dates through late June that are scattered throughout the West, Midwest and South.
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Classic rockers Boston, who last month announced a handful of concert dates that will feature the band's new vocalists, have now confirmed a full-blown North American tour. The outing is set to kick off June 6 with a headlining performance in Ontario, and more than 40 shows from are booked from coast to coast through mid-August. In the wake of original singer Brad Delp's death last year, Boston enlisted veteran Stryper frontman Michael Sweet and MySpace phenomenon Tommy DeCarlo to take over vocal duties. DeCarlo, a huge fan of Boston, was discovered after posting covers of the band's songs on his MySpace page.
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Tim McGraw, who's about to launch an extensive US tour, will return home to Louisian this summer to host "Swampstock 2008." The Sept. 13 event will benefit the Neighbor's Keeper Foundation. McGraw's getting ready to head out on his "Live Your Voice Tour," which will visit US cities from coast to coast into July. The outing kicks off May 9 in Tampa, FL, though McGraw will warm up with performances at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Indio, CA's Stagecoach Country Music Festival.
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Roots-rockers O.A.R., who are in the midst of a spring tour, will segue into a three-month summer jaunt to support their forthcoming studio album, "All Sides." The band, which will wrap up the tour's spring leg in late May, is set to launch its summer roadwork June 15 at Manchester, TN's Bonnaroo Music Festival and visit a host of venues and other high-profile festivals across the US through late August.
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