Norah Jones is playing the WaMu Theater At Madison Square Garden on March 27th. Tickets are on sale (@ 10am).

Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck are playing two nights at Madison Square Garden in February. Tickets go on pre-sale on Monday.

Crystal Stilts are playing MHOW on February 20th. Tickets are on sale (more about this show later).

Tickets are on sale for the upcoming Mumford & Sons show at Bowery Ballroom.

Omara Portuondo is playing Town Hall on February 27th. Tickets are on sale (@ 10am)

Tickets are on sale for the upcoming Those Darlins show at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets are now on sale for BOTH All shows happening in Brooklyn (early and late).

Tickets are on sale for the recently added Final Fantasy show at Bowery Ballroom.

Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the two Pat Metheny shows coming up at Town Hall.

Tickets are on sale for the recently added Wild Beasts / Still Life Still show at Music Hall of Williamsburg (and tix are still on sale for their Bowery Ballroom show too).

Saturday (12/5) night shows HERE.

by Andrew Frisicano

Pat rocking out...

"Orchestrionics" is the term that I am using to describe a new performance method to present music alone onstage using acoustic and acoustoelectric musical instruments that are mechanically controlled using the power of modern technology.

In early 2010 a new recording will be released on Nonesuch. It will be a "solo" record in that I am the only musician--but a CD that in some ways recontextualizes the term.

With his Orchestrion album coming out January 26th, Pat Metheny embarks on nearly four months of touring that kick off this February. The tour's European leg runs February 1st to March 22nd. The tour then picks up in North America on April 6th and closes with two dates at NYC's Town Hall on May 21st and 22nd. Tickets are on fanclub presale now. Tickets go on internet presale Thursday, December 3rd at 10am, and then general sale starts December 5th at noon.

Part of Metheny's album/tour pre-sale includes the chance to get a wooden music box that will "play about 11 seconds of a theme Pat will choose from the new Orchestrion CD."

All tour dates are below...

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