Hump Day Happenings

• Bill Cosby the rapper?
• Bloomberg has the latest on the proposed Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger
• Could record labels suspend drug-addicted musicians without pay?
• Animal Collective star in a new PETA ad
• Hidden Track gives the run down of all the sit-ins from the Allman Brothers/Widespread Panic joint tour
• Muzzle of Bee's reviews Wilco's tour closing show in Chicago on Monday
  

Monday Morning Coffee Break

• While lineups for the 2010 summer festivals won't be announced for a few months, the Glastonbury Festival sold out in 12 hours without a single band being announced
• The LA Times reviewed Thom Yorke's warm up show at The Echoplex in Lost Angeles
  
• The Allman Brothers & Widespread Panic joint tour got off to a rough start
• Pitchfork has pictures from Thom Yorke last night the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles
• Wilco rocked St. Paul, MN on the second night of their fall tour

Lastly, this is one of the stranger news items to hit the music world. Suspected terrorist Najibullah Zazi purportedly gave a Phish fan a ride to and from the shows at Red Rocks this summer.

Widespread Panic Announces Fall Tour

After finishing their first leg of shows with the Allman Brothers in Chicago last week, Widespread Panic have just announced their fall tour. Check out the dates below.

October 30-31 Austin, TX—Austin Music Hall
November 1 New Orleans, LA—Voodoo Experience
November 3 El Paso, TX—Abraham Chavez Theatre
November 4 Phoenix, AZ—Dodge Theatre
November 6-8 Los Angeles, CA—Orpheum Theatre
November 10 Reno, NV—Grand Sierra Theatre
November 12-14 Oakland, CA—Fox Theatre
November 17-18 Kansas City, MO—Midland Theatre
November 20-22 Milwaukee, WI—Riverside Theatre
November 24 Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Theatre
November 25 Indianapolis, IN—Murat Theatre
November 27-28 Charleston, SC—N. Charleston Coliseum

[via Glide Magazine]