{"id":97,"date":"2010-11-02T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=97"},"modified":"2011-02-12T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T19:31:12","slug":"bits-wu-tang-clan-the-black-keys-mumford-and-sons-robert-johnson-drive-by-truckers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/11\/02\/bits-wu-tang-clan-the-black-keys-mumford-and-sons-robert-johnson-drive-by-truckers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits: Wu-Tang Clan, The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons, Robert Johnson, Drive-By Truckers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><\/p>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2010\/10\/wu-tang-clan-announces-reunion-tour-dates.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"blank\">Wu-Tang Clan are touring<\/a> in December (and possibly beyond), including a New Year&#8217;s Eve show in Pittsburgh.\n<p>12\/4\/10 San Diego, CA, 4th &#038; B<\/p>\n<p>12\/5\/10 Los Angeles, CA, Club Nokia<\/p>\n<p>12\/10\/10 Dallas, TX, Granada Theater<\/p>\n<p>12\/22\/10 Boston, MA, Wilbur Theater<\/p>\n<p>12\/26\/10 New Haven, CT, Toad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Place<\/p>\n<p>12\/28\/10 Providence, RI, Lupo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Heartbreak Hotel<\/p>\n<p>12\/30\/10 Philadelphila, PA, Trocadero<\/p>\n<p>12\/31\/10 Millvale, PA, Mr. Smalls Theater<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Re-issuing relatively new albums with additional live material is the new black. The Black Keys will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackkeys.com\/news\/record-store-day-black-friday\" target=\"blank\">releasing limited edition numbered vinyl package of <i>Brothers<\/i><\/a> on November 26 as part of a special Black Friday Record Store Day, which will include the original double vinyl and CD of the album, plus a 10&#8243; of a live session recorded in Akron of select <i>Brothers<\/i> tracks (different from their recent iTunes session) and a poster<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Mumford and Sons will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinner.com\/2010\/10\/28\/mumford-and-sons-shepherds-bush-empire-live\/\" target=\"blank\">re-releasing <i>Sigh No More<\/i> on November 29<\/a> in a limited edition package that will include the original album on CD, a DVD and a bonus disc of songs recorded at a pair of live gigs at Shepherd&#8217;s Bush Empire last March.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Blues legend Robert Johnson would have been 100 years old next year. In tribute, a tour called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jambase.com\/Articles\/Story.aspx?storyID=24759\" target=\"blank\"><i>Blues at the Crossroads: The Robert Johnson Centennial Concerts<\/i><\/a> will begin in January and will feature legends David &#8220;Honeyboy&#8221; Edwards and Hubert Sumlin, as well as Cedric Burnside and Lightnin&#8217; Malcolm and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. The group of musicians will also record an album which will be released in conjunction with the tour.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Having apparently attended the Robert Pollard School of Never Sitting Still, the Drive-By Truckers are releasing a Black Friday Record Store Day 10&#8243; which will include brand new songs &#8220;Used to Be a Cop&#8221; and &#8220;The Thanksgiving Filter&#8221;, with their new album <i>Go-Go Boots<\/i> being released on February 15. A download of their song &#8220;Your Woman is a Living Thing&#8221; is available via the band&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/drivebytruckers\" target=\"blank\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/16259405?color=f07c00\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/16259405\">Drive-By Truckers &#8220;Used To Be A Cop&#8221;<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/thrasherphoto\">Jason Thrasher<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wu-Tang Clan are touring in December (and possibly beyond), including a New Year&#8217;s Eve show in Pittsburgh. 12\/4\/10 San Diego, CA, 4th &#038; B 12\/5\/10 Los Angeles, CA, Club Nokia 12\/10\/10 Dallas, TX, Granada Theater 12\/22\/10 Boston, MA, Wilbur Theater 12\/26\/10 New Haven, CT, Toad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Place 12\/28\/10 Providence, RI, &#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/11\/02\/bits-wu-tang-clan-the-black-keys-mumford-and-sons-robert-johnson-drive-by-truckers\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430,1],"tags":[156,152,154,31,151,153,155,29,117],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-big-head-todd-and-the-monsters","tag-cedric-burnside-and-lightnin-malcolm","tag-david-honeyboy-edwards","tag-drive-by-truckers","tag-hubert-sumlin","tag-mumford-and-sons","tag-robert-johnson","tag-the-black-keys","tag-wu-tang-clan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bits: Wu-Tang Clan, The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons, Robert Johnson, Drive-By Truckers -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2010\/11\/02\/bits-wu-tang-clan-the-black-keys-mumford-and-sons-robert-johnson-drive-by-truckers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bits: Wu-Tang Clan, The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons, Robert Johnson, Drive-By Truckers -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Wu-Tang Clan are touring in December (and possibly beyond), including a New Year&#8217;s Eve show in Pittsburgh. 12\/4\/10 San Diego, CA, 4th &#038; B 12\/5\/10 Los Angeles, CA, Club Nokia 12\/10\/10 Dallas, TX, Granada Theater 12\/22\/10 Boston, MA, Wilbur Theater 12\/26\/10 New Haven, CT, Toad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Place 12\/28\/10 Providence, RI, ... 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