• Having already pledged his allegiance to Barack Obama, Jeff Tweedy will rejoin his Wilco mates for a two-week tour of the States in February/March 2008. The band will play Cleveland, Philadelphia and New Haven, CT before heading down for a week in the southern states. Check the full dates after the jump.
• Two long-unreleased Keith Richards songs will finally hit eardrums on December 11th when iTunes makes available Richards’ versions of Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run,” originally recorded in 1979, and a cover of Toots & the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop” from 2003. iTunes is also in talks to acquire Radiohead’s In Rainbows, a move that would be a thaw in the icy relationship between the band and the music service (Radiohead refuse to sell their songs individually).
• In other Rolling Stones news, Ronnie Wood is looking to collaborate with South Carolina’s Band of Horses after hearing the band perform on Jools Holland. Band of Horses also perform Wood’s “Act Together” in concert.
• The seventh annual Bonnaroo festival will place on June 12th to 15th, 2008, in Manchester, Tennessee. Whether or not Led Zeppelin and Metallica will be performing remains unknown — but unlikely.
• Is Jay-Z on his way out of his CEO seat at Def Jam? According to reports, with Jigga’s contract expiring at the end of the month, the rapper demanded more money than Universal Music was willing to offer, given the current climate in the music industry.

Wilco Tour Dates:

February 22 Cleveland, OH – Lakewood Civic Auditorium
February 23 Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theatre
February 24 New Haven, CT – Schubert Theater
March 2 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
March 3 Mobile, AL – Mobile Civic Center
March 4 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
March 5 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
March 7 Houston, TX – Verizon Theater
March 8 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
March 9 Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom