Green Day will embark on the second leg of its tour in support of 21st Century Breakdown in August, featuring all-inclusive ticket pricing with no additional fees. The band is currently preparing for the April 20 Broadway premiere of the stage version of American Idiot … Liars (pictured) have teamed up with Beck, St. Vincent’s Annie Clark and Daniel Hart, Sergio Dias (Os Mutantes) and Brian Lebarton to cover INXS’s 1987 album Kick for Beck’s Record Club 4. Liars will also release a new single, “The Overachievers” (from most recent album Sisterworld), on May 25, featuring two new songs and a reinterpretation of the title track by Devendra Banhart & The Grogs … Stars will hit the road for a U.S. tour starting June 1, in which the band will play new album The Five Ghosts (out June 22 on Soft Revolution Records) in its entirety, plus an additional set list and encore tracks voted on by fans at the band’s website … On March 30, Tegan And Sara will release an “Alligator” remix album on iTunes, featuring 17 remixes of the single (off Sainthood) by artists such as Passion Pit, VHS Or Beta, Dave Sitek, Four Tet and Doveman. The identical twins will join up with Paramore for the Honda Civic Tour in July … Deerhoof is curating the Sonic City Festival in Belgium April 16-18, which will include a special rooftop performance by Deerhoof and sets by the Go! Team and the Kids … On Record Store Day (April 17), Rhino will issue limited-edition vinyl releases by Jeff Beck, the Doors, Pantera and Joy Division … Sea Of Cowards, the sophomore album from the Dead Weather, will be released on May 11 via Third Man/Warner Bros. … On May 6, Le Poisson Rouge, Wordless Music and WFMU will host an NYC benefit for Chris Knox, who suffered a series of strokes last year. All money raised for the event will go to the Knox family. The show will feature Yo La Tengo, Portastatic, the Clean and others, including ex-Neutral Milk Hotel mainman Jeff Mangum … Teenage Fanclub will tour the U.K. leading up to the June 8 release of new album Shadows (Merge). Download “Baby Lee” … The Gaslight Anthem’s third album, American Slang (SideOneDummy), is out on June 15 … On May 18, Moby will release Wait For Me. Remixes!, which consists of reinterpretations of tracks from last year’s Wait For Me by the likes of Tiesto, Laidback Luke, Gui Boratto and Carl Cox … Rhett Miller is currently on a U.S. tour, which includes a handful of dates with the Old 97’s interspersed with solo acoustic shows … Ex-Beta Band singer Steve Mason will release new album Boys Outside (Double Six) on June 22. Download “Lost And Found (Active Child Remix)” … Comedian David Cross’ CD/DVD Bigger And Blackerer, taped during two shows at Boston’s Wilbur Theater, will be out on May 25 via Sub Pop … The limited-edition, eight-CD Steve Kilbey boxed set on the Second Motion label is now available for order. It contains remastered versions of Unearthed, Earthed, The Slow Crack, Remindlessness, Narcosis + EP, Dabble and Artifacts & Freaky Conclusions. Anyone who buys the set before May 18 will receive every album as mp3s, along with three extra albums’ worth of mp3s … Manchester Orchestra is holding the Bring Your Own Bitch contest, where you can upload a photo of your dog along with its name and the city in which you would like to see the band play. Winning owners will win a pair of tickets to a show and a chance to meet the group … Scanners is playing the Roxy in L.A. tomorrow night to shoot live footage to be used in the video for new single “We Never Close Our Eyes” … Pat DiNizio (Smithereens) will host his fourth annual Memorial Day Weekend Picnic, Fan Jam & Concert on May 29 at his home in Scotch Plains, N.J.
—Emily Costantino
