Monday, 23 June 2008

LiveDaily News Break, May 29: Jonas Brothers, K.D. Lang, 3 Doors Down and more

Today's edition features news and tour information about K.D. Lang, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bette Midler [ tickets ] and the Jonas Brothers [ tickets ]. We'll also find out which albums make up the Top 5 on this week's chart.* * *K.D. Lang has added another US leg to a world tour in support her latest album, "Watershed." The Grammy-winning singer/songwriter, who's already been through the US, Australia and New Zealand this year, is currently touring her home country of Canada, and is now set to kick off her next US roadtrip in late September.* * *The Mighty Mighty Bosstones [ tickets ] continue to ramp up their return to active performing status with a new co-headlining run in July with fellow Boston rock act Dropkick Murphys [ tickets ]. The Bosstones, who returned from a three-year hiatus last year and have performed a handful of shows since last fall, will kick off ther summer outing July 7 in Chicago.* * *After debuting her Las Vegas production in February with a 19-date sellout, Bette Midler is gearing up for her next round of performances. Dubbed "The Showgirl Must Go On," Midler's over-the-top extravaganza will return to the The Colosseum at Caesars Palace returns for a four-week summer run starting June 24, and 30 addition performances are lined up from early October through the end of the year.* * *The Jonas Brothers, who are gearing up for a major US tour this summer, have scheduled an Aug. 12 release date for their third album, "A Little Bit Longer." The forthcoming set's lead single, "Burnin' Up," is also the name of the pop-rock trio's North American tour, which is set to launch July 4 in Toronto and visit more than 35 US amphitheaters and arenas from coast to coast through late August. * * * 3 Doors Down [ tickets ]'s new, self-titled set sold 154,000 copies during its first week in stores, enough to give the group its second consecutive No. 1 album on The Billboard 200 chart. Meanwhile, Rapper Bun B, formerly of UGK, enters the chart at No. 2 with "II Trill," two-time "Dancing With the Stars" champ-turned-country-singer Julianne Hough's self-titled debut checks in at No. 3, the Frank Sinatra retrospective "Nothing But the Best" falls two notches to No. 4 and Death Cab for Cutie's "Narrow Stairs" drops from No. 1 to No. 5.