Today's edition features news and tour information about Brooks & Dunn , Alicia Keys , Raconteurs and The Donnas . I'll also let you know which albums make up the Top 5 on this week's chart.
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Brooks & Dunn have added a few more dates to their "Cowboy Town Tour," which intertwines with a host of co-bill and festival shows. The superstar country duo will return to the road in a couple of weeks for a run of Canadian concerts with Alan Jackson, and will also play a few shows on Kenny Chesney's Poets & Pirates stadium tour in between their own tour dates, which supports Brooks & Dunn's latest album, "Cowboy Town."
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Fresh off a European tour, Alicia Keys is gearing up for her North American jaunt, adding a few dates and tweaking the schedule. The trek, which features "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks in the opening slot, is due to kick off April 19 in Hampton, VA, and visit arenas all over the US and a couple in Canada through mid-June.
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The Raconteurs have added a raft of new dates to their upcoming late spring/early summer tour behind their latest album, "Consolers of the Lonely." The indie rock supergroup--which features Jack White of The White Stripes and singer/songwriter Brendan Benson--is currently preparing for the first leg of roadwork behind the new disc, a stretch that kicks off later this month and runs into early May; the newly added second leg launches at the end of May and stretches into the middle of June.
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Girl rockers The Donnas are tackling a round of US tour dates this month, and will cap the run with a 15th anniversary show. Set for May 9, the anniversary event will take place at West Hollywood, CA's Viper Room.
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The self-titled debut from Day26 , a group that emerged from the MTV series "Making the Band," sold 190,000 copies during its first week in stores, enough to debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 chart. The chart-topping entry knocks another "Making the Band" act off the top of the hill, as Danity Kane's "Welcome to the Dollhouse" falls to No. 4. Meanwhile, Panic at the Disco's "Pretty. Odd." Enters the chart at No. 2, Counting Crows' "Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings" debuts at No. 3 and the "NOW 27" hits compilation falls to No. 5.
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