Last Friday we shared news about a Nickel Creek DVD which was to have been shot during the last two shows on their Farewell (For Now) tour at The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.
The folks at Sugar Hill were delighted when it seemed that the DVD would be released on their label next year, but it now appears that the plans for the video shoot at the end of November have been scrapped.
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The dates for Nickel Creek's spring 2007 tour are posted on the band's web site. They will be out from mid-April until mid-May, and again breifly in the fall, and will then suspend touring and recording together for the indefinite future.
Given the excitement and interest that always accompanies "farewell...
Nickel Creek fans who are still processing the news that the band will not be performing together much longer can take heart with one bit of news.
Sugar Hill is set to release a special retrospective on the band next month, which will include 12 audio tracks from their previously released projects,...
Nickel Creek launched the final push in their Farewell (For Now) tour yesterday, with two weeks' worth of dates with pop singer Fiona Apple. All involved seem excited about the collaboration, which will feature Nickel Creek both performing their set, and also serving as Apple's band during hers.
The...
When Nickel Creek performs live tonight (11/2) at Washington DC nightspot 9:30 Club, National Public Radio's microphones will be set up, carrying the entire concert live via online streaming at NPR.org.
The band is in the home stretch of their Farewell (For Now) tour, after which the three members...
Last night Nickel Creek played here in Roanoke, Virginia, as one of the stops on their Farewell (For Now) Tour. It was a late addition to the tour and tickets sold out quickly. The concert took place in a nice theater environment at the Jefferson Center, where Chris, Sara and Sean, joined by Mark Schatz...
We posted back in November that Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek had enabled pre-release digital download purchases of his new CD, Blinders On, from his web site. At the time, we reported that there was no indication of record company involvement, but we have just learned that the new Watkins CD will be...
Billboard Magazine is reporting that Nickel Creek will put the band into "an indefinite hiatus in late 2007."
From the article on the Billboard site:
"After seven years straight of touring and three records behind us, it's in our best interest to suspend Nickel Creek by the end of next year," says...
Chris Thile and The Tensions Mountain Boys have announced a string of three dates at the fabled Station Inn in Nashville next month. They will be there September 21-23, starting at 9:00 p.m. (CT) each night, with an admission charge of $20.
Tickets will go on sale August 28, and can be purchased online...
These days stories of bad customer service are everywhere. I could tell a few of my own from right here in small town Virginia. Here's a story of bad customer service set strait by Nickel Creek.
Nickel Creek hits the road next month on their much anticipated farewell tour. The tickets are hot commodities...
Following up on the post about Sean Watkins' online CD release...
VH1 has several Nickel Creek videos available online, including the two music video releases from their latest Sugar Hill release, Why Should The Fire Die, plus three songs from that CD performed live in the studio for VH1's Live @...
Nickel Creek recently recorded a live show in the studios of WRAX in Birmingham, AL. The audio can be accessed online at Reg's Coffee House, a site run by Scott Register. Nickel Creek seems to be the closest thing to bluegrass on this site, though a few folk and acoustic artists are featured.
Six...
You could own a choice piece of Nickel Creek memorabilia - or start a new mandolin player out on the right foot - were you to win this auction on eBay for a Kentucky KM-630 F-stye mandolin, autographed by the members of Nickel Creek (Chris Thile, Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins). At the same time, you would...
This afternoon, I had a lovely chat with Lynn Morris and Marshall Wilborn. Longtime bluegrass fans are well familiar with Lynn’s many years as a performer, bandleader and friend to our music, and we all felt a great loss when she suffered a stroke in Match of 2003, keeping her off the road and out [...]
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