As previously reported, The Arcade Fire will hit the stage next month for multi-night stands in Montreal and New York City.
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Indie-rock icons Dispatch [ tickets ], who split in July of 2004, have announced plans for a July 14 reunion concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden. Dubbed "Dispatch: Zimbabwe," the performance will benefit charities that are "fighting disease, famine and social injustice in Zimbabwe," according to a message posted at the band's website. Additional details are available at the site.
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John Mellencamp [ tickets ] will premiere his new album, "Freedom's Road," in its entirety on SIRIUS satellite radio during a program that is scheduled to air Jan 17 on The Spectrum (channel 18), and again several times prior to the album's Jan. 23 release. Details are available at SIRIUS's website.
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Image Entertainment has commemorated the 50th anniversary of Elvis Presley [ tickets ]'s historic appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" with its recent release of "Elvis: The Ed Sullivan Shows," a 3-DVD set that contains each of the three episodes on which Presley appeared.
Produced by Grammy and Emmy-award winning producer Andrew Solt, features re-mastered Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as the original mono soundtrack. Bonus footage includes a rare 8mm home movie shot in 1955 that is the first-ever recorded footage of Elvis, according to a press release.
Today (1/8) would have been Presley's 72nd birthday.