Brooklyn Vegan — Semi Precious Weapons & Rachel Ray @ Santos (Nicky Digital) (thx Krista) As posted earlier today, Franz Nicolay & Major General will be opening for the Pogues at Roseland Ballroom on March 13th, but that is just one of many... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Lucero - What Else Would You Have Me Be (MP3) Lucero The Pogues have cancelled their March 12th show at Roseland Ballroom in NYC. Due to unforeseen circumstances we regret to announce the cancellation of the New York show... more info

Pitchfork — -- According to MTV, Lil Wayne has pushed back the release of his terrible-idea rock album Rebirth (which my Pitchfork News colleague Ryan Dombal inexplicably believes will be good) to May 19. Here's hoping he just goes ahead and pushes it back to ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on Ticket Rush presale for the Hold Steady show at Irving Plaza (password = venue) (thx Bao). Tickets are still on sale for all three Pogues shows at Roseland Ballroom. Lil Wayne, T Pain, Gym Class Heroes,... more info

Guardian Music — As Readers recommend themes go, adventure was pretty adventurous. It goes without saying that writing – and, I hope, reading – this column is a great way of discovering exciting music, but I never expected there to be quite so much of i... more info

Pitchfork — Under-the-radar touring bands don't seem to make it down to South Florida too often. So plenty of folks in the area must be pissed about the cancellation of the Langerado Music Festival, which was set to bring a whole mess of bands to Miami March 6-... more info

JamBase — By: Jim Welte William Elliott Whitmore :: 01.27.09 :: Slim's :: San Francisco, CA William Elliott Whitmore by Bill Adams Silence is rarely a musician's preferred feedback, and the undivided attention of a packed house is usually reserved for the ... more info

All About Jazz — The Langerado Music Festival in Miami is the first large-scale U.S. festival to fall victim to a poor economy in 2009. The seventh annual event, which was set for March 6-8 at Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled "due to sluggish ticket sales," orga... more info

Pitchfork — Looks like the recession just took its first major music festival victim. The 2009 Langerado Music Festival, which was to take place March 6-8 at Miami, Florida's Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. As previously repo... more info

Pitchfork — Looks like the recession just took its first major music festival victim. The 2009 Langerado Music Festival, which was to take place March 6-8 at Miami, Florida's Bicentennial Park, has been cancelled due to poor ticket sales. As previously reported,... more info