Loose Ends: Marr Joins Modest Mouse, Expanded Powter Album And Faithfull Has Cancer

09/14/06 7:30pm

Modest Mouse have teamed up with former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on their forthcoming Epic album, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank, that's scheduled for a Dec. 19 release.

Marr joined the band as a full-time member to record the follow-up to the group's 2004 breakthrough disc, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, at Sweet Tea Studios in Oxford, Miss.

Canadian singer Daniel Powter will release a CD/DVD version of his self-titled Warner Bros. debut on Nov. 7 that will include a number of new songs, including the single "Love You Lately." The CD will also feature a live version of his huge hit "Bad Day" as well as live takes on "Free Loop" and "Song 6." The DVD will offer videos for "Bad Day," "Jimmy Gets High," "Free Loop" and "Lie To Me," as well as concert footage and an eight-song live performance taped in Los Angeles.

For the amount that singer Marianne Faithfull smokes, news that she's been diagnosed with lung cancer wouldn't be too surprising. But the raspy-voiced, 59-year-old former girlfriend of Mick Jagger has instead been stricken with breast cancer.

The disease was caught in its early stages, which greatly enhances her chances of making a full recovery. Faithfull was scheduled to begin a world tour next month, but she's postponed the trek until next year to allow her to combat her illness.

Bedouin Soundclash and Muhtadi will perform for free at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Toronto's Ramsden Park as part of the Global Day For Darfur activities that are being organized around the world to show support for the victims of violence in Sudan. Justin Trudeau, the son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau, will emcee the Toronto event. Senator Romeo Dallaire and Darfur refugee Tragi Mustafa will be guest speakers.

Sony BMG has agreed to settle the Canadian class actions brought against it in relation to its implementation of controversial digital rights management software on its CDs in an effort to curb piracy. If you want to make a claim, go here for more information.

Toronto concert announcements:

Sept. 22 David Usher and Emm Gryner @ Nathan Phillips Square
Sept. 22 Christine Lavin @ Hugh's Room
Sept. 22 Ivana Santilli @ Far Coast
Sept. 25 Talib Kweli @ Reverb
Sept. 27 Rick Fines and Suzie Vinnick @ Hugh's Room
Sept. 28 Jonas @ El Mocambo
Sept. 28 Eugene Ripper, Arlene Bishop, Adam Warner, Say Ah! and Lizard Jamboree @ Rivoli
Sept. 28 Tubring, Unexpect and Foxy Shazam @ Kathedral
Oct. 6 Dr. Octagon & Spank Rock and Rory Them Finest @ Opera House
Oct. 6 The Bluetones @ Lee's Palace
Oct. 12 30 Seconds To Mars @ Guvernment
Oct. 13 Testament, Nitemare and Remain @ Reverb
Oct. 14 Stabilo, Tomi Swick and Suits XL @ Lee's Palace
Oct. 14 Eef Barzalay @ Rancho Relaxo
Oct. 15 Sparta and Sound Team @ Opera House
Oct. 17 Barbra Streisand @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 18 Indigo Girls @ Massey Hall
Oct. 19 Jackie Greene @ Horseshoe Tavern
Oct. 20 Jimmy Swift Band @ Horseshoe Tavern
Oct. 20 Xiu Xiu, Congs For Brum and Dirty Projectors @ El Mocambo
Oct. 21 Subhumans @ Lee's Palace
Oct. 22 Matisyahu and Roots Tonic @ The Docks
Oct. 23 Gwar, The Red Chord and Municipal Waste @ Opera House
Oct. 23 Five For Fighting @ Mod Club
Oct. 25 Moonspell, Katatonia and Daylight Dies @ Opera House
Oct. 25 Los Straitjackets with The World Famous Pontani Sisters and Kaiser George @ Horseshoe Tavern
Oct. 26 Alec K. Redfearn, Deep Dark United and Tradition @ Tranzac Club
Oct. 27 Hatebreed, Sworn Enemy and Scars Of Tomorrow @ Opera House
Oct. 27 The Be Good Tanyas @ Music Hall
Oct. 27 The Rapture and The Presets @ Guvernment
Oct. 27 Assemblage 23, Headscan, Fractured, Sex Without Souls and Ariel @ Reverb
Oct. 28 The Slits, No Dynamics and Apes @ El Mocambo
Oct. 29 Love Is All @ Horseshoe Tavern
Oct. 30-31 Death Cab For Cutie and Ted Leo And The Pharmacists @ Massey Hall
Nov. 1 Rascal Flatts @ Air Canada Centre
Nov. 2 Misfits, Osaka Popstar, The Adicts, U.K. Subs, Juicehead and Orange @ Funhaus
Nov. 8 Imogen Heap @ Massey Hall
Nov. 9 Blue October @ Opera House
Nov. 11 Citizen Cope @ Lee's Palace
Nov. 12 Old Crow Medicine Show @ Mod Club
Nov. 13 Tom Jones @ Oshawa Sports And Entertainment Facility
Nov. 14 Fear Factory, Suffocation, Kyprocisy, Decapitated and Goatwhore @ Opera HouseNovember 15 Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Necrophagist and Unmerciful @ Opera House
Nov. 15 Harry Manx and Michael Kaeshammer @ Harbourfront Centre
Dec. 10-11 Rancid @ Kool Haus
Feb. 16 Barenaked Ladies @ Air Canada Centre

Vancouver concert announcements:

Oct. 3 Kinky @ Richard's On Richards
Oct. 5 Fruit and The Fates @ Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Oct. 5 Los Straitjackets with The World Famous Pontani Sisters and Kaiser George, Big John Bates & The Voodoo Dollz and Sweet Soul Burlesque @ Plaza Club
Oct. 6 Ellen McIlwaine, Cassius Khan and David Roundell @ WISE Hall
Oct. 7 Lillix, Marianas Trench and Shift Kit @ Citrus Nightclub
Oct. 18 Hatebreed @ Richard's On Richards
Oct. 21 Gomez, Matt Pond PA and Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts
Oct. 24 Sloan and Yoko Casionos @ Commodore Ballroom
Nov. 2 April Wine @ Commodore Ballroom
Nov. 4 Sparta and Sound Team @ Richard's On Richards
Nov. 9 Gwar, Municipal Waste and The Red Chord @ Commodore Ballroom
Nov. 11 Jim Cuddy Band and Justin Rutledge @ Commodore Ballroom
Nov. 12 Frank Black @ Commodore Ballroom
Nov. 14 The Rapture and The Presets @ Commodore Ballroom
Feb. 3 Barenaked Ladies @ GM Place