LiveDaily News Break, May 5: Elton John, Tina Turner, The Offspring and more
Today's edition features news and tour information about Elton John , Steve Earle , Tina Turner , The Offspring and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
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Elton John has added another round of dates to his ongoing Las Vegas production, dubbed "The Red Piano," and will work in some concerts outside of Sin City, as well. This month, John will tackle shows in Austria, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and China before returning stateside in late May for a couple of shows in Alaska, then back to the Vegas stage once again in June.
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Steve Earle, who's been traveling across North America since February, has extended his tour through August. In mid-May, Earle will cross the Pond for a month-long European jaunt before kicking off the next leg of his North American tour June 27 in Tucson, AZ.
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Veteran singer Tina Turner, who hasn’t toured in seven years and recently popped back up on the general public's radar thanks to her performance at this year's Grammy Awards ceremony, is planning to mount a fall tour of the US. The 68-year-old singer reportedly revealed her plans during a recent appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show" that is scheduled to air this Thursday.
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The Offspring have announced a release date for their first new studio album in five years. Titled “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace,” the follow-up to 2003’s “Splinter” will arrive on store shelves June 17, and the group has a summer run of European festivals scheduled, with a full-blown US expected to follow.
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds this fall will embark on their first North American tour in more than five years as they back their new studio album, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" The group, which kicked off an extensive European tour last week, will launch the North American leg of the outing on the West Coast in mid-September.
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