Sasquatch! News & Notes For March 8th

Random things you may have interest in:

• Mumford & Sons are on their way to the states for a spring and summer tour.


• Here's a backhanded one for you, from the promoters of The Birds on a Wire Festival:
  

  “I always hear people say, ‘I wish I could have gone to Southwest by Southwest or Sasquatch before it became so commercial,’ and that is what we want — to create something people get to go to while it is still pure,” [said] Larson Hicks...



• This one is The Gorge news: Tom Petty has just scheduled a two-day show in George, Washington, June 10-11 with Joe Coker. Look for lots of tracks from their upcoming album, Mojo.


• Band of Horses just announced the release of their third album, Infinite Arms, which is currently being whittled down from the 27 songs to something more reasonable. It's rumored to arrive May 18th.


• Pavement, who is reuniting after a 10 year break for a select number of shows that include Sasquatch, just expanded their tour dates.