This week the Sasquatch! Festival announced their 2012 lineup featuring some old favorites, like Jack White and Beck, as well as newer groups like Bon Iver.

The tenth incarnation of the fest, which will be held on Memorial Day Weekend (May 25-28) at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, will also bring the laughs with comedy acts like Tenacious D, the Portlandia duo of Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, and comedians Nick Kroll, Todd Barry, and Rob Delaney.

Four-day passes for Sasquatch! start at $315 (which includes standard camping) and go on sale Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Also, for the first time this year, festival goers will be able to come and go with a wristband allowing re-entry to the festival grounds.

For more information about the fest line-up or buying tickets, visit sasquatchfestival.com.

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The last time Madonna performed in Israel was in 2009, when she held two concerts as part of her record-shattering Sticky & Sweet tour. This time the newly-rechristianed Queen of Pop is not just holding any old concert in Israel, but using the event to kick off her entire 2012 world tour.

The Israelis are, needless to say, pretty excited. They're not as excited as Perez Hilton—who brought out lots and lots of exclamation points for the announcement—but they are still pretty excited.

The world tour will kick off on May 29th in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan and stretch all the way into 2013. After Israel Madonna will travel to a couple other Middle East venues before departing for Europe, where she'll do 26 additional spots over the course of two months. From there it's off to North America to do yet another set of 26 venues, then to Latin America, then to Australia. Before everything is said and done she will have played 90 concerts.]]> Omri 2012-02-08T14:53:49-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/10/132516/778

Right now Carrie Brownstein is on tour with Fred Armisen promoting their IFC series Portlandia. But, if you were hoping to catch Portlandia - The Tour this month, you're out of luck. All seven stops on the tour, which includes the Bowery Ballroom in NYC and the Hideout in Chicago, are completely sold out.

That doesn't mean you still can't check out Carrie live on stage. On January 27, 2012, Carrie and her band Wild Flag will kick off a 3-month tour through the Europe, Australia, and the U.S. Carrie might be best known as 1/2 of the Portlandia comedy duo, but this chick can rock too!]]> cmb 2012-01-10T15:07:45-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/1/9/93521/61861

Without a doubt, the one huge travel story today is the scramble to plan for Coachella 2012, the music festival in the desert outside Palm Springs, CA. For the first time, the massive 3-day party will be split in two—two weekends, that is. If you can't make it April 13-15, there's now the option of catching the same acts, on the same stages, with a different crowd around you, on April 20-22.

Headliners of the fest are: The Black Keys, Radiohead and, most anticipated by far, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg who will close each weekend with a Sunday performance. Other acts due to hit the many stages include Bon Iver, Cat Power, The Arctic Monkeys, Feist, La Roux, Girl Talk, Santigold and really so many others we don't feel like typing them out. (But here's a Spotify playlist to get you in the mood). ]]> JetSetCD 2012-01-10T11:54:33-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/10/5/73644/5390

You, Robert Johnson’s ghost, and some live blues artists. Just what the doctor ordered.

Last time we were down in the Mississippi Delta we were getting stuck in on local radio, but now here’s a reason to go back down there (and it’s not even related to The Help).

This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of father of the blues Robert Johnson; and to mark it, next weekend, the people of Greenwood are throwing a blues festival. Not only that, but it’s a festival right in the cottonfields next to where Johnson is purportedly buried.

The King of the Delta Blues 100th Anniversary Remembrance Festival takes place October 15-16 on Money Road, outside Greenwood and by the premises of the fabulous WABG radio station. The lineup includes Rory Block, Dr Feelgood Potts, Maria Muldaur and Bobby Rush, and there will be tributes to blues artists who died this year, like Honey Boy Edwards, Pinetop Perkins and Mississippi Slim. ]]> juliab 2011-10-05T14:48:16-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/9/21/14735/9276

It ain't Silencio, but Social Club offers Lynch-inspired oddities nonetheless.

This week, Jaunted correspondent Heidi Atwal takes us along to Paris, uncovering the hidden bits found in between sessions of copious macaron and butter consumption. And we do mean copious. Make sure to check in daily for dispatches from the City of Light.

When we found out that filmmaking genius, budding electronic artist, and all-around maestro of weird David Lynch was opening a real-life version of Club Silencio from Mulholland Drive in Paris, our mission was clear: seek out said club and finally figure out what the hell the blue box symbolizes.]]> Heidi Atwal 2011-09-21T14:07:35-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/7/7/131722/1676

When Canadian super-band Arcade Fire calls, you most definitely answer.

Admittedly, I wasn't contacted by Win Butler himself, but rather a liaison of the band that heads up their altruistic outreach in conjunction with Partners in Health. The Grammy Award-winning band has long supported PIH, particularly their efforts in Haiti, singer Régine Chassagne's home country. During the promotional tour for The Suburbs one dollar, pound or euro from every ticket sale was donated to PIH, the money going toward community-building and healthcare initiatives in the poverty-stricken country.

To help spread the word about PIH and their admirable mission, Arcade Fire enlists a go-getter team of fans to volunteer at each show, working the crowd pre-gig to educate them about the organization's mission and fundraising on their behalf. At Arcade Fire's sprawling (pun intended) London show in Hyde Park last Thursday, I was one such volunteer, manning (er, womanning) the merchandise booth as the Vaccines, Beirut, and Mumford & Sons provided a sonically-pleasing backdrop to the day's charitable efforts. ]]> Heidi Atwal 2011-07-08T13:00:03-05:00 Search Jaunted string http://www.jaunted.com/search/