Live, Filter & Sponge join Everclear's 2013 'Summerland' Tour

Last year's new crop of 1990s nostalgia tours must have been quite successful because not only is Barenaked Ladies' Last Summer on Earth Tour back for a second year, Everclear has just announced their second annual Summerland Tour. This year they will be joined by Live, Filter and Sponge as they trek across the country this summer.

The tour will return to the Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh on Friday, May 31. Tickets will go on sale on Saturday, March 30 via Ticketmaster for $20 to $45.

Check out a little promo video for the tour below.

Two more Downtown Live headliners announced

So the Raleigh Downtown Live people just announced that Filter will be headlining one of their 2009 summer concerts. This is no shocker — another band whose successful days passed a long time ago.

Here's the kicker though. The Charlie Daniels Band are headlining one of the shows. This is not what we had in mind at all when hoped the series would move away from 90's bands and washed up artists. I'll be far away from downtown on July 25 when "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" goes down.

So I think this kills any chance of the organizers booking a respectable, currently relevant act. But really, did we actually expect them to ever book a good act? No, no we did not.

Raleigh Downtown Live schedule:
05.30.09 - Candlebox
06.13.09 - Filter
07.25.09 - The Charlie Daniels Band