NIN, QOTSA and DFA1979 — it may also be the most acronym-friendly tour of the fall.
Nine Inch Nails/ Queens of the Stone Age/Death From Above 1979 tour dates,
according to Interscope:
9/16 - San Diego, CA @ Cox Arena
9/17 - Tucson, AZ @ TCC Arena
9/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ America West Arena
9/20 - Fresno, CA @ Selland Arena
9/23 - Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
9/24 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden Arena
9/26 - Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum
9/28 - Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
9/30 - Oakland, CA @ Oakland Coliseum
10/1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl
10/4 - Salt Lake City, UT @ E Center
10/5 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Arena
10/7 - Chicago, IL @ AllState Arena
10/8 - Detroit, MI @ Joe Louis Arena
10/9 - Cleveland, OH @ Gund Arena
10/11 - St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
10/13 - Madison, WI @ Alliant Energy Center
10/14 - St. Louis, MO @ Savvis Center
10/16 - San Antonio, TX @ SBC Center
10/17 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Arena
10/19 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
10/21 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jacksonville Arena
10/22 - Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
10/24 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Office Depot Center
10/25 - Orlando, Fl @ TD Waterhouse Centre
10/27 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
10/29 - New Orleans, LA @ Voodoo Music Experience
10/31 - Nashville, TN @ Gaylord Entertainment Center
11/2 - Washington, DC @ MCI Center
11/3 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden


Ben Harper tour dates...
http://www.benharper.net/?page=tour



File-Sharing Continues to Increase, Big Yearly Gains

P2P file-sharing levels continue to grow, with new figures from NPD Group showing some robust increases. According to the recent report, total file-sharing volume in March ramped up to 242 million songs, a 25% increase compared to the same period in 2004. That is a significant climb, especially in the face of repeated RIAA lawsuits against individual file-sharers. Meanwhile, paid downloads also showed solid increases, with NPD reporting a total of 25.9 million transactions for the month. That is a 52% increase over the equivalent month in 2004, though overall volume has only recently developed into something meaningful.
While the NPD numbers show a clear increase, measuring P2P traffic is a tricky science. Most firms report that file-sharing levels are steadily increasing, though a flood of spoofed files could be artificially pumping volume considerably. To avoid this problem, P2P tracking authority BigChampagne normally uses unique users, which offers a more reliable gauge of file-sharing activity. According to the most recent BigChampagne data, average simultaneous global users hit 8.7 million in May, a jump of nearly 19 percent over the same month last year.
NPD Group MusicWatch Digital



Billy Corgan's solo album "The Future Embrace" streaming here:
http://www.myspace.com/billycorgan