Photo: Mazur/WireImage

Last week, Rolling Stone wondered if Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were putting together a North American tour after shows in North Dakota and Minnesota hit Ticketmaster. Today the duo confirmed the news, announcing a 13-date North American trek that kicks off with their April 24th gig at New Orleans’ Jazz & Heritage Festival. Though most of the stops will focus on Canada, the iconic folk duo will hit Saint Paul, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota; Madison, Wisconsin, and Detroit. Most dates go on sale March 12th at 10 am.

Simon and Garfunkel — who split 1970 and reunited for sporadic performances over the years — hit the road in 2003 for the massively popular “Old Friends” tour, selling out 12 of 14 U.S. dates and grossing over $2 million dollars per city, according to Pollstar. Most recently, the pair got together in November to perform at the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden, where they delivered a rousing rendition of “Cecilia.”

On the upcoming trek, Simon and Garfunkel will focus on songs from their classic catalog, although the duo promise to spice up their set lists with material from both Simon and Garfunkel’s respective solo catalogs.

April 24 – New Orleans, LA @ Jazz & Heritage Festival
April 29 – Vancouver, BC @ General Motors Place
May 1 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
May 2 – Calgary, AB @ Pengrowth Saddledome
May 4 – Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
May 5 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
May 7 – Fargo, ND @ Fargodome
May 8 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
May 9 – Madison, WI @ Kohl Center Arena
May 11 – Detroit, MI @ TBA
May 12 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
May 14 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
May 15 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

Photo: Waisman/FilmMagic

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings will release their new album I Learned the Hard Way on April 6th, and for each preorder that comes in now at the Daptones’ official store, the group will donate 15 percent of sales from I Learned the Hard Way to Doctors Without Borders’ efforts in Haiti. You can enjoy some great funk-soul music and help out Haiti, all by going here. As an added bonus, the first 1,000 copies of I Learned the Hard Way will be accompanied by a 7” single of the non-LP track “When I Come Home” and an instrumental B side, and if you act real fast, you can secure one of the first 100 copies of the LP, which will be autographed by Jones and the Dap Kings. To give you a sneak preview of what the Dap Kings have in store, Rolling Stone has your exclusive stream of “When I Come Home” below:

Preview 40 more of the spring’s hottest new releases here.

After scoring 3.5 million views and counting in one week for their incredible new “This Too Shall Pass” video, OK Go announce new plans to hit the road in support of Of the Blue Colour of the Sky. Plus, Maxwell and Jill Scott team up for a summer trek and Iron Maiden load into their Iron Maiden airplane in search of “The Final Frontier.” Full dates for all three treks below.

OK Go
Apr. 13 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
Apr. 14 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Apr. 16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Apr. 17 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
Apr. 18 – St. Louis, MO @ The Old Rock House
Apr. 20 – Columbia, MO @ Blue Note
Apr. 21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Earth House
Apr. 22 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
Apr. 23 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
Apr. 25 – Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
Apr. 27 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street
Apr. 28 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
Apr. 30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 2 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Bamboozle
May 5 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
May 7 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
May 9 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live
May 11 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
May 12 – Charlotte, NC @ Visulite Theater
May 13 – Atlanta, GA @ The Loft
May 14 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
May 15 – Orlando, FL @ Firestone Live
May 16 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Festival
May 18 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
May 19 – Austin, TX @ The Parish
May 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
May 22 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
May 28 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
May 29 – Quincy, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival
June 11 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Festival

Maxwell & Jill Scott
May 21 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
May 22 – Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills
May 24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
May 25 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
May 29 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
June 2 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
June 4 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
June 5 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center
June 8 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
June 9 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
June 12 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
June 14 – Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena
June 18 – Washington DC @ Verizon Center
June 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wachovia Center
June 21 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
June 25 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Iron Maiden
June 9 – Dallas, TX @ Superpages.com Center
June 11 – Houston, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 12 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
June 14 – Denver, CO @ Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
June 16 – Albuquerque, NM @ The Pavilion
June 17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
June 19 – San Bernardino, CA @ San Manuel Amphitheatre
June 20 – Concord, CA @ Sleep Train Pavilion
June 22 – Auburn, WA @ White River Amphitheatre
June 24 – Vancouver, BC @ GM Place
June 26 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
June 29 – Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
June 30 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
July 3 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
July 7 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
July 11 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC
July 12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
July 14 – Pittsburgh, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
July 15 – Cleveland, OH @ Blossom Music Center
July 17 – Detroit, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
July 18 – Chicago, IL @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
July 20 – Washington D.C. @ Jiffy Lube Live

Photo: Mazur/WireImage
It appears as though the New Orleans Jazz Fest won’t be Simon & Garfunkel’s “only” U.S. appearance of 2010: Both Minnesota’s Star Tribune and North Dakota’s Grand Forks Herald report that the duo will perform at Fargo’s Fargodome on May 7th and the Twin Cities’ Xcel Energy Centre on May 8th in what appears to be the first dates of a possible U.S. tour. As Rolling Stone previously reported, prior to both those shows, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pair will perform at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on April 24th. (A rep for Jazz Fest tells RS their press release touting the show as the pair’s sole U.S. gig was accurate when it was issued in January.)

The sporadically updated Simon & Garfunkel official Website has not yet confirmed the two new dates, but Ticketmaster postings reveal that tickets for the shows go on sale March 13th, so the shows appear to be legit. (That is unless it’s that other Paul Simon who’s been making the rounds.) According to the Winnpeg Free Press, Simon & Garfunkel will also play their first ever show in that Canadian city on May 5th. Previously, the pair performed at the Rock Hall 25th Anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden.

Relive the Rock Hall’s anniversary concerts’ epic team-ups in photos.

Related Stories:

• Simon & Garfunkel Confirm Sole 2010 U.S. Gig at New Orleans Jazz Festival
• Felon Impersonates Paul Simon In Bank Con, Fails Miserably
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Turns 25 With All-Star Sets From Springsteen, Wonder and More

Tom “T-Bone” Wolk, who played bass for nearly 30 years with Daryl Hall and John Oates and also recorded with Elvis Costello and Billy Joel, died Saturday (Feb. 27) of an apparent heart attack.

Can’t wait for Motion City Soundtrack’s U.S. tour in April? Well we can totally tide you over until then.

As previously mentioned, team Buzzworthy was embedded on the frontlines with camp Motion City Soundtrack when they played at the Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza with their pals The Swellers, This Providence and Set Your Goals. We got in deep to deliver a great preview feast of what will come in the Spring.

We hung out with the bands before and after the gig (see photos); recorded some of their sets (Motion City Soundtrack’s, plus all the opening band pals) and even interviewed the groups on various subjects from their musical influences and stage fright to being on the road. Here’s a taste of six MCS songs including, “Disappear” and “The Future Freaks Me Out.”

More videos from the show after the jump.

Check out interviews with all the groups.

Live performances by The Swellers, This Providence and Set Your Goals.

After this bitterly cold winter, if that doesn’t get you psyched for Spring, we’re not sure what will.

Jeff Beck is confident that “there’ll be a few raised eyebrows” when fans get an earful of his new album, “Emotion & Commotion.”

Today we have two videos for two new Mariah Carey singles, and like feathers plucked from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, they show two sides of MC.

First we have “Angels Cry.” Directed by her husband, Nick Cannon, this is classic Mimi balladry. Out in the rain, or in the studio, Mariah is dressed down, but she’s still hitting the highest notes you can imagine. Like “H.A.T.E. U,” “Angels…” is a break-up song, although it’s one with a somewhat hopeful undercurrent; in the end, Mariah seems to believe that this lost love can be found again. (I’m tearing up over here!)

Second we have the way-more-fun “Up Out My Face” video, also directed by Cannon. “Up Out My Face” features Young Money’s first lady, Nicki Minaj. No offense to the imperfect angel or anything, but Nicki kinda steals the show here, dressed up like Nurse Barbie, referencing Trey Songz‘ “LOL” in a British accent, she basically pops balloons all over this thing.

Funnily enough, “Up Out My Face,” is a break-up song too. But as you can see from the video, it’s a break-up that worked out just fine for Mariah. But watch for a Nick Cannon cameo that pretty much references the movie Drumline.

Watch Mariah’s “Angels Cry” video and “Up Out My Face” video with Nick Minaj below.

Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge is taking a break from major-label life with the release of the forthcoming album by his other band, Angels & Airwaves. The group’s third studio album, “Love,” will arrive February 14 as a free digital download.

Conan O’Brien ended his short-lived gig as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show” on Friday night (Jan. 22), and the comedian went out with a star-studded episode that featured two memorable musical numbers.

Photograph by Mark Seliger

John Mayer may be the king of the confessional Twitter, but all his 140-character missives about spectacular bowel movements don’t measure up to the explosion of deeply personal details he reveals to Erik Hedegaard in the new issue of Rolling Stone, on stands tomorrow. (Check out exclusive video from our cover shoot below.)

Mayer’s most outrageous moments, from his Borat mankini to impromptu jam “Bare Ballin’.”

The 32-year-old singer-guitarist admits he prefers Continuum to his 2009 disc Battle Studies (”I know that I’m supposed to say that my newest is the best one. Bullshit,” he says), that he hasn’t stopped thinking about his split with ex-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston (”I’ve never really gotten over it. It was one of the worst times of my life”) and that his sex life has become an endless loop of new girls rejecting him in clubs (”Blowing me off is the new sucking me off!”).

Go inside John Mayer’s RS cover shoot in exclusive photos.

Mayer’s in the midst of a massive 10-year record deal and enjoys the pleasures of late-night weed-and-video-game sessions, as well as his $20 million vintage watch collection, but what he truly wants, he tells Hedegaard, is to finally find a a female companion. But not just any girlfriend — Mayer is after “the Joshua Tree of vaginas.” “I’ll be happy when I close out this life-partner thing,” he says. “Think of how much mental capacity I’m using to meet the right person so I can stop giving a fuck about it.”

Grab the new issue for Mayer’s full advice for Tiger Woods (”I have masturbated myself out of serious problems in my life”) and more on his journey from bedroom guitar player to the most angst-ridden playboy in rock.

Also in this issue: Vampire Weekend talk Spencer Pratt and post-colonialism, Ringo Starr on his Liverpool memories, a fresh Q&A with Taylor Swift and a look at wild new pop star Ke$ha. Plus, Tim Dickinson on President Obama’s environmental policy and Osama’s son Omar on growing up bin Laden.

Read about Mayer and more six-string heroes in our Essential Guitar Coverage.

See before and after pics of your favorite American Idol contestants and judges.

Rowdy and a bit ragged but wholly entertaining, Mat Whitecross’ “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” is a biopic of British punk rocker Ian Dury with a sensational lead performance by Andy Serkis, best known as Gollum from the “Lord of the Rings” films.

It was 75 years ago today (Jan. that Elvis Presley came into the world, and we’re taking a look back at the King’s greatest moments in photos and Billboard chart feats.

Quick recap of my picks for Buzzworthy’s Top Videos of 2009! Buzzworthy’s #5 Top Video of 2009 went to Katy Perry’s ‘Waking Up In Vegas.” The #4 Top Video of 2009 is Fall Out Boy’s “What A Catch, Donnie.” The #3 Top Video Of 2009 went to Beyonce’s “Sweet Dreams.” Which brings us to the #2 Top Video of 2009, which is…

Matt & Kim, “Lessons Learned”

Not only is Matt & Kim’s “Lessons Learned” video, directed by Taylor Cohen and Otto Arsenault, the starkest video of the year as well as the nakedest, but it’s one of the most scintillating videos of 2009 — and not just because they’re naked. Matt & Kim’s snapshot of public indecency — in true DIY spirit, Matt and Kim actually, for-real stripped down (and not in the acoustic way) and streaked Times Square — embraces the sheer joy of the song… until you get to the didn’t-see-that-coming ending.  While the impact of the video’s end is absolute, its meaning is nebulous — does it signal the end of wide-eyed innocence? The inevitability of “The Man” keeping you down? The power of anarchy? You decide. Just don’t try it at home.

Watch the video that won a 2009 VMA and a 2009 mtvU Woodie Award, and watch Matt & Kim perform “Lessons Learned” live at the 2009 mtvU Woodie Awards.

Photo: Kane/WireImage.com

In 2002, Eminem fought a rubber hand puppet at the VMAs. In 2006, Axl Rose brawled with Tommy Hilfiger a New York nightclub. In 2007, Arcade Fire (may have) stolen a guy’s basketball from a California gym.

The decade is filled with meltdowns and blowups — rock stars behaving badly, oddly and/or hilariously — and Rolling Stone has your guide to 50 of the 2000s’ wildest rock & roll moments, from Mariah Carey’s TRL freakout to Adam Lambert’s raunchy AMAs performance right here:

• Meltdowns and Blowups: The Decade’s 50 Wildest Rock & Roll Moments

And don’t miss our other decade-end coverage:

• 100 Best Albums
• 100 Best Songs
• The Decade in Music: Iconic Moments
• Pop Quiz: 2000s Trivia
• The RS Covers
• Forgotten Faces: The 2000s’ Most Minor Stars

(Credit: Steven Klein for Dolce & Gabbana/ Vanity Fair Italy)

Holy Italian Neo-realism, Batman. Check out Madonna looking like the most fabulous Italian housewife ever in this Steven Klein-shot campaign for Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring/Summer 2010 line.

The campaign, which will debut in Italian Vanity Fair (which already dazzled us with their Lady Gaga as pregnant ballerina shoot), finds Madonna doing a number of day-to-day household chores.

The campaign was, “a dream come true,” according to Stefano Gabbana, who had always hoped to work with the Material Girl. Klein’s shots are reminiscent of the post-WWII films of Luchino Visconti and Roberto Rossellini. Madge was apparently, “impressively knowledgeable about Italian cinema.”

Check out more shots below, and keep your peepers peeled for the full campaign next year.

Dawes and Cory Chisel, a pair of Breaking artists, have announced a joint tour for 2010. Plus, Alicia Keys maps out her first The Element of Freedom concerts and Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer project promises multimedia, cabaret-style shows. Full dates for all three treks, after the jump.

Dawes & Cory Chisel
Feb. 5 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
Feb. 8 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Feb. 9 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Feb. 12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
Feb. 13 – Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin
Feb. 14 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
Feb. 15 – Rock Island, IL @ Rock Island Brewing Company
Feb. 16 – Chicago, IL @ Double Door
Feb. 17 – Columbus, OH @ The Rumba Café
Feb. 19 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Feb. 20 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott
Feb. 23 – Arlington, VA @ IOTA Club
Feb. 24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brendas
Feb. 25 – Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern
Feb. 26 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzibar
Feb. 27 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
Feb. 28 – Atlanta, GA @ Eddies Attic
Mar. 2 – Little Rock, AR @ Sticky Fingerz
Mar. 3 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
Mar. 4 – Dallas, TX @ The Cavern
Mar. 5 – Houston, TX @ Rudyards
Mar. 6 – Austin, TX @ Emos
Mar. 9 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
Mar. 10 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft at UCSD
Mar. 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour

Alicia Keys
Feb. 28 – Montreal, PQ @ Bell Centre
Mar. 1 – Kanata, ON @ Scotiabank Place
Mar. 3 – Rosemont, IL @ Allstate Arena
Mar. 8 – London, ON @ John Labatt Centre
Mar. 10 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Mar. 11 – Quebec City, PQ @ Colisee Pepsi
Mar. 17 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Mar. 19 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Mar. 22 – Boston, MA @ Agganis Arena
Apr. 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center

Puscifer
Mar. 2 – Atlanta, GA @ CW Center Stage
Mar. 3 – Atlanta, GA @ CW Center Stage
Mar. 5 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Center
Mar. 6 – Washington, DC @ Lincoln Center
Mar. 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts
Mar. 9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts
Mar. 11 – New York, NY @ Grand Ballroom
Mar. 13 – New York, NY @ Apollo Theater
Mar. 15 – Boston, MA @ Berklee Academy of Music
Mar. 16 – Boston, MA @ Berklee Academy of Music
Mar. 19 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theater
Mar. 20 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theater
Mar. 21 – Lorain, OH @ Lorain Theater
Mar. 23 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Theater
Mar. 24 – Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Theater
Mar. 26 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theater
Mar. 27 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theater
Mar. 29 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
Mar. 30 – St. Louis, MO @ Roberts Orpheum Theater
Mar. 31 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
Apr. 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ Pantages Theater
Apr. 3 – Minneapolis, MN @ Pantages Theater

We all already know that Nick Jonas‘ solo/ side project, Nick Jonas & The Administration, pulls heavily from influences like Elvis Costello, John Mayer, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, and Prince. But there’s a lot more you need to know about Nick Jonas & The Administration and what went down when Nick recorded his upcoming album, Who I Am.

For example, there’s the Kings of Leon connection. And then there’s the involvement of Nick Jonas’ grandpa. And the band Leeland. And even Martina McBride? And the Nick Jonas Nashville video you already know but don’t know you know.

Check out this exclusive “The 5″ interview with Nick Jonas, and find out more about Nick Jonas & The Administration before Nick’s debut solo CD, Who I Am — featuring “Rose Garden,” “Stronger,” “Conspiracy Theory,” “In The End,” “Last Time Around,” and more, drops on February 2, 2010.

Photoshop giveth, and Photoshop taketh away. Sure, it erases all the unfortunate byproducts of reality — everything from crow’s feet to nip slips — but it also comes with a catch. The more perfect things get, the less realistic they look.

Buzzfeed has assembled some of the worst Photoshop jobs of the year; the spatially awkward, the fantastical, the just plain weird.

Above is Britney Spears‘ totally bizarre, fairy-princess-fantasy of a Candie’s ad. That horse is like, “What?” That horse was also nowhere near within a 50-mile radious of Britney Spears when the photo was taken.

Other Photoshop fails include:

Eminem, apparently wearing someone else’s eyes for an XXL cover.

Mariah Carey’s bizarre hands…

Adam Lambert’s For Your Entertainment cover, which actually might be the product not of Photoshop but of magic.

And Kim Kardashian, who went from Kim Kardashian to Beyonce.

+ Check out 25 botched Photoshop jobs at Buzzfeed.