Brooklyn Vegan — Ben Folds is playing two shows at NYC's Town Hall (April 12-13). Tickets are now on AmEx presale. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for a show he's playing on April 9th at NJ's Wellmont Theatre. Speaking of NJ, tickets... more info

Metalsucks — The long-running New England Metal and Hardcore Festival in Worcester, MA has announced its 2010 lineup. If you live in or near New England it’s pretty hard to imagine skipping this event, which combines many of this Spring’s touring packages (in... more info

Metal Injection — We have the exclusive first look at the complete lineup for this year's New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. The show happens April 23rd and 24th at the Palladium in Worcester, MA. The Friday portion of the weekend will be headlined by Masto... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Walt Disney Concert Hall Bajofondo, May 14 (Sat.) Honda Center Los Tres, April 10 (Fri.) Gibson Amphitheatre Invasion Del Corridos III, March 27 (now) Wiltern The Na... more info

Rolling Stone — Mastodon continue to Crack the Skye with a new leg of headlining dates, Drake lines up a tour of college campuses and “private locations” and Arctic Monkeys return in April in support of their third album Humbug. Full dates for all three treks ar... more info

Live Daily — Following its in-progress European tour, prog-metal outfit Mastodon [ tickets ] will return to the States for a Volcom-sponsored spring trek behind last year's "Crack the Skye." The quartet will hit the tour trail beginning with an April 16 show ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by BBG Converge @ Hammerstein (more by Ryan Muir) The rumors are true. Converge WILL hit the road with a rotating assortment of unsavory characters like Coalesce, Harvey Milk, Gaza, Black Breath, and Lewd Acts. So far no NYC dates... more info

Metal Injection — Talk about a huge tour! Coming off their amazing recent outing with DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and CYNIC, BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME are going to be going out with MASTODON and BARONESS. BTBAM should be giving their booking agent a raise. That is a fantas... more info

Metalsucks — Real metalheads only stage their own personal Whackin Festival with black tissues Given the staggering number of e-mails we’ve received from you guys since The PRP broke the story last night, I’m not really sure if I’m telling any of you anythi... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 02-08 Hamburg, Germany - Gruenspan02-09 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Club02-10 Frankfurt, Germany - Batschcapp02-12 Vienna, Austria - Arena02-13 Munich, Germany - Backstage02-14 Cologne, Germany - Essigfabrik1502-16 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun02-1... more info