​On leap year day (Feb. 29),  the Glass House announced via Facebook that they were hosting six secret shows, with most onsales set for March 9 and 16. Well, now we know what they are! Here's the list of not-secret-anymore shows: 
 
April 11 Arctic Monkeys (on sale Mar. 16)
April 12 Refused and Death Grips (no on sale date announced to avoid scalpers)
April 16 The Hives, The Rapture and Housse de Racket (on sale Mar. 9)
April 17 A$ap Rocky  (on sale Mar. 16)
April 18 Explosions in the Sky with We Were Promised Jetpacks (on sale Mar. 16)
April 19 tUnE-yArDs, St. Vincent, Keep Shelly in Athens (on sale Mar. 9)

[Insert freak out here.]

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​UPDATE, NOV. 21, 1:10 P.M.: We just received a press release confirming the show. Get more details on how to get tickets at the bottom of the post. 

ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 20, 2011, 1:21 A.M.: While checking out the Pixies tonight in LA, we heard whisperings of an unannounced Morrissey show next week. . . the fact that he's canceled his Jimmy Kimmel Show appearance only added fuel to the fire.

And now, according to some posts on Morrissey-Solo.com, Morrissey has indeed added a new show to his stint next week in Southern California: Wednesday, November 23 at the Music Box in Los Angeles.
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Remember way back when. . .

​Green Day
August 11, 2011
Tiki Bar

Click here to see some images from outside Tiki Bar that night.

I'm not gonna lie: I (shamelessly) tried every route possible to get into last night's ultra intimate, ultra special Green Day show at the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa. I emailed friends, friends of friends, that gal who once dated that one guy, this manager, that publicist. It was a dead end all around (and lots of "even ____ can't get in!"s).

And then my cousin called: She was 1 of 250 lucky fans who'd managed to secure tickets when they went on sale earlier that afternoon at 1 p.m.--and she had an extra ticket.
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Green Day at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, August 31, 2010.

​UPDATE, 12:23 A.M., AUGUST 11, 2011: Due to overwhelming demand, Green Day is being forced to do a pre-sale for the show. We have the exclusive on how to score yer tickets to Green Day at the Tiki Bar here.

UPDATE, 10:14 A.M., AUGUST 10, 2011: We hear that Green Day will be playing Thursday (that's tomorrow, by the way--are you in line yet?) without their backing band--and to expect a set list rife with "old stuff."

ORIGINAL POST, 1:50 P.M., AUGUST 9, 2011: We just received a sweeeet tip that there will be a secret Green Day show this Thursday night in little ol' Costa Mesa. Find out where after the jump
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​Foreign tragedies have a way of hitting close to home when you're world famous and have embarked on several world tours. For Southern California's Linkin Park, the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan affected them on a personal level. "We have family ties to Japan," Chester Bennington, vocalist, said. "When you play somewhere so many times you start to feel at home. When something at home happens, it's like it happens to you." More >>

UPDATE: Now with photos by John Gilhooley! According to John, the turnout was twice the capacity of the venue.More >>

​We can't tell you exactly where, but if you do some investigating, we're sure you can figure out exactly where the venerable '80s punk band from England is playing tonight in Fullerton.

They're playing under a different name, and the ads for tonight's show don't have their photos, but this secret show will be a trial run for their set at the House of Blues in Anaheim tomorrow night--find them if you can!

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