Club Notes

U2 Cancels US Tour: Bono’s Back Surgery Pushes American Dates to 2011! Denver’s June 12 Date is Postponed + U2 Cancels 2010 Glastonbury Fest

[caption id="attachment_6001" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Bono's surgery postpones U2's North American Tour"][/caption] U2 really built a name for itself after the Irish band played a memorable '80s concert at Red Rocks, but the band won't be coming back to town this summer to play its June 12 Denver date. That's 'cause U2 singer Bono just had back surgery in Germany. The latest reports say the procedure was more serious than fans thought -- pieces of his spinal disc were actually [+]

Tonight’s Muse Show Postponed at Broomfield’s 1stBank Center — Due to Snow in Vail! Show’s Moved to Oct. 2 at Denver’s Pepsi Center

[caption id="attachment_5661" align="aligncenter" width="432" caption="Muse will not play tonight's show in Broomfield -- new date set for Oct. 2 at the Pepsi Center"][/caption] Breaking news: Minutes ago, Muse  postponed tonight's sold-out show at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield. The promoters at AEG said it was due to snow in Vail, and the band twittered that its busses and trucks were stuck in the snow. Now, the show's been moved to an Oct. 2 date at the much bigger Pepsi [+]

Rothbury Festival 2010 -CANCELLED: Will Locals Will Be Putting On Their Own Smaller Rothbury Homegrown Fest? + 10,000 Lakes Festival is Also Put on Hold for 2010!

The Rothbury Festival has been cancelled for 2010! What's happening to this summer's music festivals? AEG and Madison House just announced that this year's 2010 Rothbury Festival was being cancelled -- but for some very unusual reasons. According to the festival's web site, the fest said, "A contributing factor to the decision is that due to various artists' recording and touring schedules, we now believe that timing will not allow for us to assemble the cutting edge roster that [+]

Weezer Update: Denver’s Jan. 17 Fillmore Show Has Been “Postponed.”

[caption id="attachment_4095" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="Update: Weezer's Fillmore show has been "postponed." "][/caption] What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, Denver concert promoters said Weezer would be playing its Jan. 17 show at the Fillmore. Today,  Live Nation sent out a press release saying the Weezer show had been "postponed."  Sunday, Weezer's bus was involved in an accident and frontman Rivers Cuomo  suffered from some serious injuries. The band's blog site sounded optimistic, although the band did cancel its Dec. run  of [+]

Dashboard Confessional Tour Postponed: Denver’s Nov. 9 Fillmore Show is Cancelled Just as New CD “Alter The Ending” Is Ready to Drop

[caption id="attachment_3524" align="aligncenter" width="486" caption="Dashboard Confessional's postponing it's North American tour"][/caption] National indie rock band Dashboard Confessional was set to embark on a North American tour, but the group just postponed the tour -- and cancelled its Nov. 9 Denver show.  The tour was supposed to coincide with the band's new CD "Alter the Ending," but a press release says the road trip will resume in 2010. The Fillmore concert was also set to feature local-turned-national band Single File. The cancellation is still cloaked [+]

Update: Ben Harper Cancels Boulder + Michael Franti’s Emergency Appendectomy: Good and Bad Reasons to Cancel Colorado Shows

[caption id="attachment_2008" align="aligncenter" width="531" caption="Ben Harper at the Mile High Music Fest -- Nope, he's not playing the Fox"][/caption] Colorado music fans can appreciate their favorite acts cancelling appearances -- if there's a really good reason. Club Notes just got the scoop on Ben Harper's cancellation of his Fox Theatre show. I just talked to the people at "Friday Morning Quarterback ." That's the group hosting the Triple A radio convention and Harper 's Fox appearance. The musician cancelled out [+]

Ben Harper Cancels His Sold-Out Fox Theatre Show for the Triple A Radio Conference

[caption id="attachment_1979" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Ben Harper cancels his sold-out Boulder show"][/caption] Here's one for the I Don't Get It department:   First off, Ben Harper plays the Mile High Music Festival in Denver. Everyone had to wait for them to announce his  Aug. 5  Fox Theatre show -- until Mile High was over. Then, tickets go on sale for the Fox's Triple A radio showcase featuring Ben Harper and his band. The show sells out -- and [+]