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moe. was recently inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. The jamband/festival favorites also announced that they would not be performing one of their infamous New Years Eve runs, as they will be putting their focus into their families and gearing up for their 20th anniversary tour next year.

The first big music festival of the year, Coachella, has set the date for its April return to the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. This year’s fest will take place on the weekend of April 16-18. Expect big things next year, as they’ll attempt to top last year’s lineup which included the likes of Paul McCartney, The Killers, The Cure, Morrissey and My Bloody Valentine, to name a few. Follow the hype and rumors on the Coachella message boards.

It’s been a good year for the return of Phish, but it’s not over just yet. It looks as though they’ll keep on keepin’ on for the remainder of the year, as they’ve just announced a fall tour. Thirteen shows on the eastern seaboard, including a two-night stand here in Cincinnati on November 20-21.

Road Warriors

Summer time tends to feel like the season in which everyone is out on the road touring, but here are some artists who are still going at it strong late into the year.

Even at eighty-four years old, ”King of the Blues” B.B. King, is still hitting the road hard. He’s almost done with shows lined up this month (Michigan on October 14 and Illinois on Saturday, October 17) but he’s got quite a list of stops in November (going out West) and December (New Year’s Eve in Tulsa, Oklahoma). He’s also assembled a tour early next year with another Blues legend, Buddy Guy.

Speaking of legends, Bob Dylan has quite an agenda for the months of October and November, making stops all across the United States, which include multiple three-night stands in big cities like Hollywood, Chicago, Boston and New York.

Fleetwood Mac’s 2009 Reunion Tour is still going strong. Over the next three months they’ll be hitting up multiple countries in Europe, the United Kingdom and a December tour in Australia.

Speaking of reunited bands, Stone Temple Pilots have some shows lined up for the rest of the year. But for the most part they’ll be out West and in Canada.

The Boss and company (aka Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, if you couldn’t figure it out) still have some fuel left in their gas tanks, as they’ve got a bunch of dates lined up across the United States in October and November. But the closest they’ll be coming to Cincinnati is a November 10 show in Cleveland. They’ll also be performing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th Anniversary Concert at New York’s Madison Square Gardens on October 29.

The Black Crowes are booked for the next three months, covering much of the United States, including a five-night stand at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium during the first week of December. But the closest they’ll be to Cincinnati is a November 10 show at Indianapolis’ Murat Theatre.

The touring year is almost over for The Decemberists, as they’ve only booked San Francisco’s Treasure Island Music Festival on October 18 and two-nights in London in November. But they’ve already got plans early on next year, traveling to Australia during the month of January.

The Flaming Lips don’t have too many dates left on the year, but they’ll also be playing San Francisco’s Treasure Island Music Festival on October 18, as well as traveling over seas to the United Kingdom, before coming back to end the year with their annual New Years Eve show in their hometown of Oklahoma City.

The Killers are making some rare stops in places like Mexico, Puerto Rico, South America and South Africa, during the months of November and December.

Jamband road warriors, Widespread Panic, will be wrapping up their tour with the Allman Brothers Band in a couple weeks, but they have a solid list of shows carrying out the remainder of the year. Multiple shows in Los Angeles, Oakland, Kansas City, Milwaukee and North Charleston, North Carolina, before ending the year with a two-night stand at the Philips Arena in Atlanta.

Franz Ferdinand will be all over the globe for the rest of the year, which includes stops in the United Kingdom, Russia, Japan and all across Europe. They’ll take a three month break before going back on the road to South America in March and April.

Regina Spektor’s going to rack up some miles. Perhaps she’ll be seeing much more of the world than anyone other artist over the next few months. Shows all across the United States, United Kingdom and several countries in Europe. Check her out at Louisville’s Palace Theatre on November 19.