Alanis Morrisette Pregnant???

OK, so this really isn't all that much about a concert in particular, however there is a rumour floating around this morning which say's Alanis Morrisette is Pregnant. Well as far as rumours go, this one is quite funny. It appears the Alanis Morrisette Pregnancy Rumour was started with an off the cuff remark during an interview in Rolling Stone Magazine. The article wasn't even about Alanis Morrisette being pregnant, it was about her life and career. Pregnancy was only mentioned once. So here ya go, the Rolling Stone Article on Alanis Morrisette

You oughta know that when we spoke, Alanis Morissette was at the Salt Lake City airport on her way from a gig at the Sundance Film Festival -- no, Robert Redford didn't turn up -- and heading to London. You oughta know that Morissette has just released her third studio album, Under Rug Swept. And, finally, you oughta know that the first single from that album -- the characteristically confessional and autobiographical "Hands Clean," in which the former Canadian teen-pop star assumes the role of Svengali telling his protegee to keep quiet about their affair -- is all over the airwaves, likely earning some new fans for the now-twenty-seven-year-old who sold a remarkable 28 million copies worldwide of 1995's Jagged Little Pill. In other words, folks, it's probably time to stop making so many annoying references to "You Oughta Know." Isn't that ironic? Actually, no.
Literally and figuratively speaking, how clean are your hands anyway?

Literally, damn clean. I have a thing about clean hands. And figuratively, my conceptual hands are getting cleaner every day.

Have people been coming to you with their best guesses as to who the song is about?

A couple of people have taken stabs, but just like with "You Oughta Know," they've never gotten a denial from me and they've never gotten an affirmation, either. That's not what it's about. This is not revenge. This is me telling my story.

Do you feel better getting it out of your system?

Definitely. The more transparent, the more authentic I can be, the more liberated I feel and the less fearful. That song is so deeply personal and so specific that it begs the question of exactly what people are responding to. Is it just a musical resonance? I guess a lot of people must be interpreting it in different ways.

On Under Rug Swept, you list "21 Things I Want in a Lover." Give me a few things that you definitely don't want in a potential boy toy.

OK. Someone who doesn't ask any questions. Someone who can't listen to save his life. Someone who has a negative attitude about life. Someone who doesn't like sex. Someone who complains. That is, like, immediately not going to happen for me.

You played God in Kevin Smith's movie "Dogma." At the height of "Jagged Little Pill" mania, did you ever believe you actually were God?

Well, I believe I am God. But I also believe everybody is God. So, yeah, I believe I'm a little piece of God all the time. But so are you.

Thanks for noticing. "Under Rug Swept" had a rather long gestation period. Would you describe making this album as having been a difficult birth?

It wasn't the birth itself that was challenging for me. It was all the other hats that I had to wear. It was like I was pregnant and I was building a house and I was renegotiating contracts, and I was dealing with a bunch of different changes in all my interpersonal relationships and people who I was touring with. So the pregnancy itself was great, but it was challenging because of all the other things that were going on at the same time.

You know the headline that will emerge from this story: "Alanis Pregnant!" Recently, you were presented with the Global Tolerance Award from Friends of the United Nations. Is there anything you won't tolerate, young lady?

I don't like the word tolerate. I prefer acceptance, because tolerate implies that you have this deep-seated buried resentment about something or toward someone, and acceptance just means you're allowing the differences to just be what they are and you're agreeing to disagree. I have my boundaries and my limits in my personal life. I would never tolerate someone hitting me or touching me.

No touching at all?

Well, they can touch me, but they can't touch me in violent ways. The good kind of touching - that they can do any time they want.

As a recovering Canadian teen star yourself, give me your best advice for the world's future-recovering-teen-stars of today.

Oh, it doesn't matter what you're doing, it just matters what you're being, so don't worry about it.

So you do consider yourself in recovery, then?

I think I'm in recovery for everything. We all are for the rest of our lives.

You call the new album Under Rug Swept, but when's the last time you swept under a rug, or anywhere else, for that matter?

I aspire to not sweep anything under the rug, but I do it. I still do it. I'm still working on it, and I probably did it just this morning.

But fess up, you do have someone else come to clean the house every once in a while.

Well, my house is actually usually really, really superclean.

Like those immaculate hands of yours, huh?

Yes, I'm a cleanie beanie, but I also can be a hippie, so there's that both-ness again. Life is so about both-ness.

This could be a pretty loaded question with you, but how's your love life?

I'm single right now. I am very, very happy to be single. And it's better than ever.

OK, we've dealt with your sex life, let's get really personal: What's your reading material for this plane trip?

What do I have? I have these collected poems of all the greats. Then I have all my psychology books, as always. And I may be the only woman in the world who hasn't read The Poisonwood Bible, so I'm about to dive into that one.

Before you step on that plane and leave this country, is there anything else you care to declare about your new album?

Just that I'm so peaceful, and happy about expressing it and sharing it. During Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, there were so many people around me who had such expectations that it felt like I was trying to catch a tidal wave in a thimble, you know. And now it just feels like the expectations are so much lower. And that's when I'm happy, and guaranteed not to be disappointed.

JANET JACKSON TOUR for 2008

JANET JACKSON has announced she will tour for the first time in seven years, kicking off the jaunt September 20 in Vancouver.

The singer announced the news today, and revealed that she didn’t tour her 2006 album ‘20 Y.O.’ after her record label asked her not to, despite the fact that she was already in preparation mode.

“I was supposed to go on tour with the last album," Jackson told the Associated Press. "We were actually in full-blown tour rehearsals at that point ... learning numbers, getting everything together, set designs, I had to kind of shut everything down and go into the studio."

The result was Jackson’s new album ‘Discipline’, which was released in February. She will now support her last two albums on the forthcoming ‘Rock Witchu’ tour, for which a handful of dates have been revealed.

Dates are scheduled for New York and Washington with the full tour itinerary expected to be announced shortly. Tickets will go on sale June 7.

Canadian Rockers, RUSH Touring North America

What Blog about Concerts would be right without some mention of the Greatest Rock band in the World, RUSH. The Canadian Rockers are in the middle of their Snakes and Arrows tour. If you are lucky enough they will pass through your town. Here is a list of Concert Dates for RUSH.

APR 2008
11th 13th 15th 17th 19th 20th 23rd 25th 26th 29th	San Juan, PR Ft Lauderdale, FL Orlando, FL Jacksonville, FL Houston, TX New Orleans, LA Austin, TX Dallas, TX Oklahoma City, OK Albuquerque, NM	Coliseo de Puerto Rico Bank Atlantic Center Amway Center Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena Woodlands Pavilion New Orleans Arena Frank Erwin Center The Music Center at Fair Park Ford Center Journal Pavilion
MAY 2008
1st 3rd 4th 6th 8th 10th 11th 20th 22nd 24th 25th 27th 29th 31st	Phoenix, AZ Reno, NV Concord, CA Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA Las Vegas, NV Irvine, CA Moline, IL St Paul, MN Winnipeg, MB Regina, SK Edmonton AB Vancouver, BC Seattle, WA	Cricket Pavilion Reno Events Center Sleep Train Pavilion Nokia Theatre Nokia Theatre Mandalay Bay Events Center Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre iWireless Center Xcel Energy Center MTS Center Brandt Center Rexall Place GM Place The Gorge Amphitheatre
JUNE 2008
1st 3rd 5th 7th 9th 10th 12th 14th 15th 25th 27th 28th 30th	Portland, OR Boise, ID Denver, CO Kansas City, MO Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Montreal, QC Philadelphia, PA Boston, MA Indianapolis, IN Milwaukee, WI St Louis, MO Cincinnati, OH	Clark County Amphitheatre Idaho Center Red Rocks Starlight Theatre United Center Joe Louis Arena Bell Center Wachovia Center Tweeter Center Verizon Amphitheatre Summerfest Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Riverbend Music Center
JULY 2008
2nd 4th 5th 7th 9th 11th 12th 14th 17th 19th 20th 22nd	Pittsburgh, PA Atlantic City, NJ Saratoga, NY Uncasville, CT Toronto, ON Manchester, NH Holmdel, NJ Wantagh, NY Hershey, PA Washington, DC Charlotte, NC Atlanta, GA	Post Gazette Amphitheatre Marc Etess Arena SPAC Mohegan Sun The Molson Amphitheatre Verizon Arena PNC Bank Arts Center Jones Beach Hershey Stadium Nissan Pavilion Amphitheatre Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Launch Day

Welcome to the Newest of HTBW's New Media Blogs. This Blog is dedicated to information on musicians, bands and their upcoming concerts. Concentrating on the topics that matter, Upcoming Concerts will filter through the crap providing readers and fans with the information they want and need now.

Unlike other "Entertainment" Blogs, Upcoming concerts will be staying away from the Evil Rumour Mill and focusing on the art, the entertainment, and the information.

For the first few days, the blog will look a little disorganized as we fine tune it to HTBW Standards. Stay Tuned for the best of the best in the Music Industry.

Rock On!!!