Ingrid Michaelson announces 'Summer Night Out' tour with Jukebox the Ghost

Pop singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson brought her stripped down tour to the Carolina Theatre in Durham last fall, but when she'll bring the full band when she heads on the Summer Night Out tour with Jukebox the Ghost this summer.

Michaelson and Jukebox the Ghost will play the The Ritz in Raleigh on Thursday, June 4. Oh Honey will open. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 27, via Ticketmaster for $25. The artist and LiveNation pre-sales have already begun.

Check out Ingrid Michael's new music video for "Time Machine" from her latest album Lights Out below. The video features a slew of actors and comedians including Rainn Wilson, Jorge Garcia, Donald Faison, David Koechner, Matt Jones, Brian Baumgartner, Garret Dillahunt, Rob Delaney and Steve Agee.

Ingrid Michaelson extends Lights Out: Stripped tour

New York singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson will be setting sail on the Sail Across the Sun Cruise early next year but before she hits the sea she'll hit the road on a short continuation of the Lights Out: Stripped tour named after her latest album Lights Out.

The tour will stop at the Carolina Theatre in Durham on Wednesday, February 4. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 21, via the venue box office and Ticketmaster for $29.50 to $39.50 with legacy boxes costing $104.54.

Check out the new music video for the song "Afterlife" from the album Lights Out below.

Rufus Wainwright extends 2012 tour, coming to Durham

Pop troubadour Rufus Wainwright released his seventh studio album Out of the Game in April and has just extended his 2012 tour plans to include a long-awaited stop in the Triangle.

He'll play the Carolina Theatre in Durham on Monday, October 22. Ingrid Michaelson will open. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 22, via the venue box office and Ticketmaster.

Check out the music video for the fantastic title track from Out of the Game below as well as a Funny or Die video of Wainwright singing gum jingles.

The dB's among star-studded line-up paying tribute to R.E.M.

An impressive line-up of performers including Throwing Muses, Patti Smith, Glen Hansard, Kimya Dawson, Guster and Darius Rucker among many others, will pay tribute to R.E.M. in New York in March and the Triangle's own The dB's will be right there with them. The event will be held at the prestigious Carnegie Hall on March 11 and has been dubbed "The Music of R.E.M. at Carnegie Hall."

There really is no better band than The dB's to cover R.E.M., especially the early stuff. Here's hoping the show is filmed or at the least some stuff makes it on YouTube.

The event will feature music from R.E.M.'s entire catalog. Calexico will be the house band for the evening. Check out the complete list of performers (so far) at the bottom of the post.

Tickets for the event range from $38 to $125 for standard tickets and VIP tickets cost $275. Tickets are on sale now. 100% of the net proceeds for the event will go to benefit musical education programs for underprivileged youth. Find out more information about the event here.

The Music of R.E.M. performers:
Throwing Muses with Kristen Hersh
Kimya Dawson
Ingrid Michaelson
Darius Rucker (of Hootie and the Blowfish)
Glen Hansard (of The Swell Season & The Frames)
The Apples in Stereo
Marshall Crenshaw
Tommy James and the Shondells
Jolie Holland
Patti Smith
The Feelies
Keren Ann
Guster
Fink
The dB's
Bob Mould (of Husker Du & Sugar)
Rhett Miller (of The Old 97's)
Vic Chestnutt & Elf Power
Rachael Yamagata
Calexico

Ingrid Michaelson ticket giveaway

Fresh off the sold out Hotel Cafe tour, Ingrid Michaelson will be headlining a show at Cat's Cradle on Tuesday, June 17, and we've got a pair of tickets to give away!

We'll make this one easy for you guys — just email us at triangle_music@hotmail.com by 6 p.m. Sunday, June 15 with "Ingrid Tickets" in the subject line and we'll draw one name to win two tickets to the show.

Good luck!