Brooklyn Vegan — You already knew that Riot Fest Denver and Chicago would include a Misfits reunion with Danzig, Doyle and Jerry; and now the full lineups for those fests have been announced. Denver also includes Deftones, Death Cab for Cutie, Nas, Ween, Jane's ... more info

Chorus.fm — The Hold Steady have announced the return of keyboardist Franz Nicolay. The post The Hold Steady Announce Franz Nicolay’s Return appeared first on chorus.fm. more info

Consequence of Sound — They'll be celebrating their third studio album, 2006's Boys and Girls in America. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Hold Steady have announced that they're going to tour in honor of the 10th anniversary of their beloved third LP Boys and Girls in America. The run's exact dates will be announced on May 18, as detailed in a post on group's Faceboo... more info

Stereogum — Back when the Hold Steady were the best rock band in the world, one of their most crucial members was keyboardist Franz Nicolay, who added pounding Roy Bittan-esque pianos to their records and unbounded enthusiasm to their live shows. Nicolay left th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Hold Steady recorded a cover of Billy Squier's "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You" a few years ago for the RAGS EP sessions, but in honor of the holiday season, they've put it up for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Patrick Stickles at Webster Hall earlier this month (more by Amanda Hatfield) Titus Andronicus have announced a 2016 tour in continued support of this year's rock opera, The Most Lamentable Tragedy. Support comes from The Hold Steady frontman ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 6th annual Brooklyn Rock Lottery will happen December 12 at Knitting Factory. The premise, as always, is this:The Rock Lottery premise is simple, but effective. Twenty-five hand picked musicians meet at 10:00AM at the evenings performance venue. ... more info

Stereogum — The Brooklyn iteration of the Rock Lottery is returning for the sixth time this year, with everything is going down next month on 12/12 at the Knitting Factory. In case you need a refresher on how the roulette-style project works, or you never knew i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Craig w/ The Hold Steady in Queens in 2014 (more by PSquared) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Craig Finn, Esme Patterson @ Bowery Ballroom Craig Finn... more info