Morning Music Notes – Coachella should re-locate to my front yard.
Coachella in tax battle – may relocate
Certainly some heavy politics in play here – but Goldenvoice is threatening to move the Coachella Festival outside of Indio CA if a proposed tax is put onto the local ballot in 2013.
Organizers have threatened to move the festival site if Indio calls a referendum on a proposed tax that would add between $18 and $36 [USD] to the cost of weekend tickets.
Liam Gallagher sings Oasis
For the first time since 2009, Liam Gallgher sang an Oasis song. His band, Beady Eye, performed Rock N Roll Star and Morning Glory during a show last week in Warrington, as well as a new Beady Eye song, called The World’s Not Set in Stone.
Via NME…
Flaming Lips Play 8 shows in 24 hours – set record
Not certain who is actually keeping these records, but The Flaming Lips’ 8 shows in 24 hours breaks a previous record held by Jay-Z. The shows started in Memphis and weaved their way through Alabama and Mississippi on a tricked-out tour bus named Endeavour. Bad Ass.
Via MTV…
M83 to score sci-fi movie Oblivion
Anthony Gonzalez, the brains behind M83, is set to score a new sci-fi movie Oblivion starring Morgan Freeman and Tom Cruise as Jack Harper… one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth.
Via Chart Attack…
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