Weekly music agenda: Grammy Awards, Hendrix's 'Valleys of Neptune'
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Your support makes all the difference.The Grammy Awards air January 31, with highlights set to include a 3D tribute to Michael Jackson and performances by Beyoncé and Lady Gaga. February offers a last chance to buy reduced-price South by Southwest tickets. And in early March, a CD of unreleased tracks by Jimi Hendrix wil commemorate the 40th anniversary of the artist's death.
MIDEM
January 24-27
Cannes, France
MIDEM (Marché International du Disque et de l'Edition Musicale), the world's largest music industry trade fair, has been held in the South of France each year since 1967. Musicians, administrators, engineers, policy makers, and journalists gather at the event to discuss musical trends and products. MidemNet, a separate conference that opens a day before MIDEM, focuses on multimedia outlets and the online marketplace. Cost for advance registration is €1,025.
http://www.midem.com
Arctic Monkeys' 'Humbug' Tour
January 26 - February 10
Europe
British indie rock band Arctic Monkeys will tour Europe in January and February, beginning in Italy on January 26, then heading to France, Portugal, Spain, and Germany. The band will tour in support of its album Humbug, which was released in August and debuted at number one on UK and European album charts. The Humbug tour began in January 2009 and is expected to extend well into 2010.
http://www.arcticmonkeys.com
ABBAWORLD
January 27 - March 26
London, UK
An interactive exhibition devoted to the Swedish pop group ABBA and backed by the band opens at Earls Court in London on January 27. ABBAWORLD includes 25 rooms of music, footage, images, and memorabilia from the personal collections of the band members. Among interactive activities: fans can get up on stage with 3D holograms of the band, take an ABBA quiz, join a sing-and-dance-along, and see themselves in an ABBA video. ABBAWORLD organizers say the exhibit will visit other major cities following its London residency.
http://www.abbaworld.com
For tickets: http://www.livenation.co.uk
Grammy Awards celebration
January 31
Los Angeles, USA
On January 31, the Recording Academy will award the best of music at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, with awards including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. This year's nominees include Beyoncé, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga, Dave Matthews Band, and Taylor Swift, all of whom are set to perform at the event. A 3D tribute to Michael Jackson will feature footage created for the artist's This Is It tour.
http://www.grammy.com
Sade's 'Soldier of Love'
February 8
International
Soldier of Love is Sade's first album since 2000's Lover's Rock. To date, the band - best known for songs "Smooth Operator" and "No Ordinary Love" - has released five studio albums that have sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. The group has won three Grammy Awards - in 1986 for Best New Artist, in 1994 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for "No Ordinary Love," and in 2002 for Best Pop Vocal Album with Lovers Rock. Listen to "Soldier of Love," the album's first single, and pre-order the album, at Sade's website.
http://www.sade.com
SXSW reduced registration
Through February 12
Austin, Texas, USA
The annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference & Festival gathers members of the international music industry for a week-long convergence of ideas and talent. The music conference attracts nearly 12,000 attendees, and the city of Austin swells with music lovers who travel to hear the nearly 2,000 top-notch bands who play on 80 stages around the city during conference week. The SXSW Music Conference is scheduled for March 17-21. Through February 12, music badges are $700; a platinum badge, which grants access to SXSW music, film, and interactive conferences from March 12-21, is $1,125.
http://www.sxsw.com
'Almost Alice' CD release
March 2
International
Called Almost Alice, the soundtrack album for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland will feature artists' reinterpretations of the songs from Walt Disney's 1951 animated film. The soundtrack will include tracks by Owl City, Robert Smith from The Cure, and Franz Ferdinand, as well as All Time Low, Avril Lavigne, Mark Hoppus, and Pete Wentz. A video for the soundtrack's first single, "Alice (Underground)" by Avril Lavigne," is due out in early February. Tim Burton's live-action adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland, starring Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, and Anne Hathaway, will begin making its way to theaters March 5.
Hendrix's 'Valleys of Neptune'
March 9
International
An album of previously unreleased material by Jimi Hendrix, including the long sought-after "Valleys of Neptune," is due out March 9. The album is one of many 2010 releases planned as part of the Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project, marking the 40th anniversary of the artist's death. Coming mostly from a four-month period in 1969, Valleys of Neptune is a 12-song collection that includes the final studio sessions of the original Jimi Hendrix Experience and Hendrix's first sessions with bassist Billy Cox. The title track will be released as a single on February 2.
http://www.jimi-hendrix.com/
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