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In The News: Bon Iver, Feist, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Grateful Dead, Sting, Daryl Hall And More

Bon Iver has announced more dates on its current summer/fall tour, and on September 6, the band will release “Holocene” (Jagjaguwar), the second 12-inch single from its self-titled album. Bon Iver is also set to co-headline and curate the first annual Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris in October … After an agonizing four years, fans can finally celebrate the return of Feist on October 4 with her new album, Metals (Cherrytree/Interscope). If you can’t wait until then, check out a couple preview videos here and here … On August 30, the Brian Jonestown Massacre will release The Singles Collection (1992-2011) (a Records), a two-disc, remastered collection of songs previously unavailable on CD. That should hold you over until the band’s next studio album, which is currently being recorded and will come out next year … Sam Llanas, lead singer of the BoDeans, is releasing solo album 4 A.M on October 25 via Inner Knot Records … Better late than never: Almost 40 years after the release of Grateful Dead live album Europe ’72, fans will finally get to hear Volume 2, featuring more than two hours of previously unreleased material from the same tour. It’s out September 20 via Rhino … Sting: 25 Years (Cherrytree/A&M) is a three-disc boxed set featuring 45 remastered tracks spanning Sting’s solo career, out on September 27. The set also includes a previously unreleased concert DVD and a hardcover book … Daryl Hall’s fifth solo album, Laughing Down Crying, is set for a September 27 release on Verve Forecast … Eagle Rock Entertainment continues to honor the late Rory Gallagher on August 16 with the final installment of its reissue project, re-releasing Defender, Fresh Evidence, BBC Sessions and Wheels Within Wheels … This September, RTX is playing a series of shows up and down the West Coast alongside Heavy Cream in celebration of their split seven-inch, due out in September via Volcom. RTX will also be plugging upcoming album Rad Times IV, slated for a January release on Drag City … Scott H. Biram will release his new album, Bad Ingredients, on October 11 via Bloodshot Records … The End Records is celebrating the career of Anvil on September 27 with Monument Of Metal: The Very Best Of Anvil, featuring 19 tracks spanning the band’s 30-year career. The group’s 14th album, Juggernaut Of Justice, also came out earlier this year, and Anvil is currently on the road in support of it.

—Emily Costantino