The CB Music Friday Flash 08/08/08: Police, Clash, Weezer, Wolfmother, Best Concert Bets

By Glen Boyd: 2008-08-08 02:31:43

Wow, it's 8/8/8. Let’s hope that’s not anything like 666, right? On that note, welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Flash. Show em' if you know em'.

So The Police wrapped up their nearly two year long reunion tour last night at Madison Square Garden before an adoring sold-out crowd of thousands, and presumably millions more courtesy of a live feed on Best Buy’s website during the encores.

The cops have grossed a total of $358,825,665 at the box office, according to Billboard Boxscore, making it the third biggest tour ever. In addition to the hits like “Message In A Bottle” and “Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” the band mixed things up a bit at the Garden with covers of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” and Cream’s show-opening “Sunshine Of Your Love” in the setlist.

As reported here yesterday, a live album and DVD from the tour called Certifiable will be released October 7 exclusively through mega-retailer Best Buy. Tickets to the Madison Square Garden show were available only via donation to local public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21.

According to Billboard Magazine, Weezer will kick off a fall American tour on Sept. 23 at the Tsongas Arena in Boston. The tour will hit 21 cities, including New York's Madison Square Garden (Sept. 24), Detroit's Palace of Auburn Hills (Sept. 29), Chicago's Allstate Arena (Oct. 2), Seattle's Key Arena (Oct. 11), Los Angeles' Forum (Oct. 14) and Dallas' Nokia Theater (Oct. 21). No ticket information is yet available.

The Clash will officially release their often-bootlegged Oct 13, 1982 performance at New York’s Shea Stadium this fall via the Sony Legacy label. The band who were touring as opening act for the Who at the time, were also riding high on the success of the album Combat Rock, and its singles “Rock The Casbah” and “Should I Stay Or Should I Go.” In addition to live versions of those songs, the Shea Stadium CD will also feature live versions of well known Clash hits like “London Calling” and “Train In Vain.”

Finally, the band Wolfmother have apparently called it quits, although don’t tell that to lead singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who insists that he will carry on with new musicians in a new Wolfmother. No word yet on any replacements for departed members keyboardist/bassist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. Wolfmother sold a half million copies of their debut album, and earned a Best Hard Rock Grammy for the song “Woman.”

Here are all of this weekend’s top concert bets:

Brooks and Dunn and ZZ Top 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, WA
Crosby, Stills & Nash 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM Memphis Botanic Garden in Memphis, TN
Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM National City Pavilion at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, OH
Coheed and Cambria 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM House of Blues Myrtle Beach in North Myrtle Beach, SC
Rock The Bells featuring A Tribe Called Quest 8/9/2008 Saturday 1:00 PM Glen Helen Pavilion in Devore Heights, CA
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM Cats Cradle in carrboro, NC
Stone Temple Pilots 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM The Borgata Event Center in Atlantic City, NJ
Toby Keith with Montgomery Gentry 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:30 PM Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA
Neil Diamond 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, PA
Rascal Flatts with Taylor Swift 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park
Eddie Vedder 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:30 PM Salle Wilfrid Pelletier - Place Des Arts in Montreal, PQ
Gretchen Wilson 8/9/2008 Saturday 8:00 PM Wolf Trap Filene Center in Vienna, VA
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM MTS Centre in Winnipeg, MB
Jonas Brothers 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM Madison Square Garden in New York, NY
Dave Matthews Band 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI
American Idols Live 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM DCU Center in Worcester, MA
Cruefest featuring Motley Crue and Buckcherry 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM Rose Garden in Portland, OR
Metal Masters Tour featuring Judas Priest, Motorhead and more 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ
Kid Rock with Lynyrd Skynyrd 8/9/2008 Saturday 7:00 PM Woodlands Pavilion in Spring, TX

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