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Wilco to Play Their “Complete” Catalog Over Five Nights, Quiet Riot Singer’s Death Ruled Overdose, More

12/11/07, 9:10 am EST

Wilco will “attempt the complete Wilco” during a five-night stint in their Chicago hometown, frontman Jeff Tweedy told Billboard. “We’ll try to clear out the dusty corners of the catalog that we haven’t attended to in a while,” he added. The band will play the Riviera Theatre February 15-16 and 18-20 before heading out on a short spring tour in the Northeast and Southern states.
The death of Quiet Riot singer Kevin Dubrow has been ruled an accidental cocaine overdose by Nevada’s Clark County Coroner based on toxicology results that arrived yesterday. Dubrow was found dead in his Las Vegas home last month.
The Mars Volta will hit the road in January to promote their fourth album, The Bedlam in Goliath, out January 29th. Marilyn Manson has also announced additional dates on his Eat Me, Drink Me tour for early next year. Dates for both bands after the jump.
A new study by RZO accountants Bill Zysblat and Joe Rascoff has concluded that U.S. musicians will benefit from overseas touring thanks to the weakening value of the dollar. The firm, which has calculated tour finances for huge acts from the Rolling Stones to the Police, estimates “a ticket two years ago that was EUR100 got the band $100. Today that same ticket gets the band $147,” Zysblat says. He also predicts that while U.S. bands may start spending more time overseas, this could mean less time on U.S. soil by foreign acts.
Just in time for the holiday season, R. Kelly is releasing a deluxe package version of his Trapped in the Closet DVD today which features all twenty-four installments of the exaggerated drama. Among the extra features are running commentary from Kelly, a DVD trivia game and live performances of several chapters. And there’s more: Kelly, who’s currently on tour and awaiting another hearing next week in his child-porn trial, is also launching trappedintheclosetmerchandise.com to sell shirts with the faces of Closet’s characters on them.

(Keep reading for Mars Volta and Marilyn Manson tour dates)

The Mars Volta Tour Dates
January 9 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
January 10 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
January 11 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
January 14 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
January 17 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at the TLA
January 18 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
January 19 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
January 20 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Hall
January 23 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall
January 25 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
January 27 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre

Marilyn Manson Tour Dates
January 19 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
January 22 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
January 26 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
January 29, 30 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
February 5 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
February 10 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
February 18 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
February 22, 23 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern