Green Day has announced the musical production of American Idiot will run at the Berkeley Repertory Theater in California from September 4th through October 11th. Billie Joe Armstrong spoke to the New York Times regarding the adaptation. [www.nytimes.com]
The Prodigy has announced a quick US tour in May around their new album, Invaders Must Die. The band played a couple one-off shows in the US this month. [www.livedaily.com]
Grizzly Bear have announce tour dates in support of their forthcoming album, Veckatimest, due on May 26th. The tour runs from late May through June, including a performance at the Pitchfork Music Festival on July 19th. [www.livedaily.com]
Despite parting ways with his bandmates, Andrew Stockdale has resurrected Wolfmother. The band is offering a download of the new song "Back Round" on their website, in exchange for an email address. The new lineup is now back at work on their new album with producer Alan Moulder. [www.nme.com]
The forthcoming Wilco album, due in June, will feature vocals from Feist on the closing track and reportedly has a "strong country vibe," according to Rolling Stone. The magazine has a working track list and a full album preview. [www.rollingstone.com]
According the band, Muse will open several of the North American tour dates on the forthcoming U2 tour. Full details will be announced in the coming weeks. [www.muse.mu]
R.E.M. are looking to release a live album compiling working rehearsals recorded in Ireland during their 2007 stint at the Olympia in Dublin. The set will reportedly include something "very special." The group hope to begin work on a new album in the coming months. [remhq.com]
North Carolina's Merge Records will celebrate 20 years with The Covers on April 7th. The compilation features "some of today's biggest names" covering songs from the Merge catalog. Tiny Mix Tapes has all the album details. [www.tinymixtapes.com]
Tool has announced plans for a summer tour, however no dates have been confirmed yet. According to Rolling Stone, the band will headline the Mile High Festival in Denver, CO on July 18th and 19th and Pitchfork says they'll be at All Points West on August 1st. Allegedly, the band are at work on a new album. [www.toolband.com]
Björk and Dirty Projectors will collaborate for a one-off benefit show at the Housing Works Bookstore & Café in New York on May 8th. Stereogum has all the details. [stereogum.com]
Sunset Rubdown will release Dragonslayer on June 23rd through Jagjaguwar. The track list and album details can be found on the label's website. [www.jagjaguwar.com]
Sub Pop will release Enter The Vaselines, an expanded, double-disc edition of 1992's The Way of The Vaselines, on May 5th. The set includes the two EPs, Son of a Gun and Dying for It, and the lone full-length, Dum-Dum. In addition, it includes "new mixes and re-mastered versions of everything by The Vaselines, plus never-before-heard demos, and live recordings from 1986 in Bristol and 1988 in London." [www.subpop.com]
Quicken The Heart, the new album from Maximo Park, will hit the US on May 12th. NME has the track list. [www.nme.com]
Meat Puppets will release a new album, Sewn Together, on May 12th through Megaforce Records. The trio will tour the US in May and June in support of the record. [www.myspace.com]
Santigold has announced a North American summer tour in continued support of last year's self-titled debut. Santi will hit the studio following the tour to begin work on her follow-up. [www.myspace.com]
Cardiff's Future Of The Left have finished their new album, titled Travels With Myself And Another. The album will tentatively be released on June 23rd through 4AD. A note from the band and the track list can be found on MySpace. [www.nme.com]
Manic Street Preachers will release Journal For Plague Lovers on May 18th (UK). The album was produced by Steve Albini. [www.xfm.co.uk]
According to Rolling Stone, Brody Dalle will release the debut album from Spinnerette, tentatively titled A Prescription for Mankind, on June 2nd through Anthem/Red. [www.rollingstone.com]
The Shins will tour the US in May. More importantly, the band has fulfilled its contract with Sub Pop and are free agents. There has been no official statement, but it's likely The Shins will not release their new album through the label. [stereogum.com]
Steve Bays recently revealed to Spinner that Hot Hot Heat are tentatively looking to release a new album this summer. Bays and drummer Paul Hawley originally set out to create a side project, but decided the material sounded like Hot Hot Heat. Bays described the new record as a "crazy, spazzy party album." [www.spinner.com]
