Phoenix, who continue to make news from the desert of California to the balcony of Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, will visit David Letterman on Tuesday. The band released their latest album Bankrupt! on April 22 and recently played Coachella. Upcoming tour stops include New Orleans Jazz Fest (May 4), the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem (May 13) and a series of festival dates.

Before Phoenix’s performance on Letterman airs on Tuesday, you watch the band perform as part of the Live On Letterman series starting at 8PM ET.

Monday, April 29 [All Times ET]

• Old Crow Medicine Show on Conan [TBS 11PM]
• Iggy & The Stooges on Colbert Report [Comedy Central 11:30PM]
• Ben Harper w/Charlie Musselwhite on David Letterman [CBS 11:35PM]
• The Band Perry on Jay Leno [NBC 11:35PM]
• Zac Brown Band on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC 11:35PM]

Tuesday, April 30

• Paramore on Conan [TBS 11PM]
• Phoenix on David Letterman [CBS 11:35PM]
• Florida Georgia State Line on Jay Leno [NBC 11:35PM]
• Band of Horses on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC 11:35PM]
• Kenny Chesney on Jimmy Fallon [NBC 12:35AM]

Wednesday, May 1

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on Colbert Report [Comedy Central 11:30PM]
• Todd O’Dell on David Letterman [CBS 11:35PM]
• Cheap Trick on Jay Leno [NBC 11:35PM]
• Alice Russell on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC 11:35PM]
• Johnny Marr on Jimmy Fallon [NBC 12:35AM]

Thursday, May 2

• Slash w/Myles Kennedy: Made in Stoke [AXS 3:30PM]
• Atlas Genius on David Letterman [CBS 11:35PM]
• AWOLNATION on Jay Leno [NBC 11:35PM]
• The Airborne Toxic Event on Jimmy Kimmel [ABC 11:35PM]
• Too $hort on Jimmy Fallon [NBC 12:35AM]

Next Tuesday, April 30th, HT faves Phoenix will perform before an intimate crowd in-person and a huge worldwide audience as part of the Live On Letterman series of webcasts. Phoenix is expected to perform songs from the just released Entertainment! as well as hits such as 1901 and Lisztomania.

You can watch Phoenix’s Live On Letterman set live starting at 8PM ET on the 30th or on demand at CBS.com. The broadcast will also be watchable through the CBS App for the iPhone and iPad.  Phoenix will also appear on that evening’s episode of The Late Show with David Letterman.

As part of our Everybody Wins When We Plug Something And In Return They Offer Us Free Shit To Give Away program, we’ve got a pair of GA PIT tickets to watch Phoenix’s Live On Letterman performance in person. To enter, simply leave a comment below telling us your favorite Phoenix song. We’ll pick one entry at random at 3PM ET on April 26th. You can enter a second time by leaving a similar comment on the Hidden Track Facebook Page and a third time by following @hidden_track and tweeting your favorite Phoenix tune at us. You must be a @hidden_track follower and include both @hidden_track and #htphoenixlol in your tweet.

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All eyes were on Phoenix last night for their first-ever headlining set at Coachella. Would Daft Punk sit-in with the band as had been heavily rumored and as had happened at MSG in 2010? While that didn’t happen, the French rockers did have a surprise in store for the Indio crowd.

[Photo via Phoenix Facebook Page]

Rapper R. Kelly emerged during Phoenix’s encore for a mashup of Kelly’s 2003 hit Ignition (Remix) and the French act’s 2009 blockbuster 1901. This odd couple pairing actually worked pretty well with Phoenix throwing in a bit of Chloroform from the soon-to-be-released Entertainment and R. Kelly responding in kind with I’m A Flirt. Watch webcast video of the mashup…

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Prior to 2009 if you had asked most music fans if they had heard of Phoenix, they’d likely have thought that you were talking about Arizona’s capital city and not the Parisian act. That all changed with the release of the band’s fourth studio album – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. The record featured ear-wormy electro-disco-rock tracks like Lasso, 1901 and Lisztomania, which propelled Thomas Mars & Co. from a little known underground band to a critical and commercial success story seemingly overnight. While they had their hype machine working early, with a song featured during the Super Bowl, the band’s big break came when they made their debut appearance on Saturday Night Live, where they have the rare distinction of playing three songs on the long-running late-night sketch show.

With Phoenix gearing up for the release of their long-awaited follow-up Bankrupt!, which hits stores on April 23, the band made a return trip to 30 Rock, as they were once again booked to perform at Studio 8H this past weekend. While they only got the standard two song appearance this time around, the band offered up takes on the album’s lead single Entertainment, as well as the brand new tracks Trying To Be Cool / Drakkar Noir. Let’s check it out..

HT faves Phoenix returned to the road last night for the first show of what looks to be an extremely lengthy world tour. Phoenix treated fans at Queen Elizabeth Theater in Vancouver, British Columbia to each and every song on the ten-track Bankrupt LP! which is set for an April 23rd release. In addition, they played seven tunes off their breakthrough Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix LP including hits Lisztomania and 1901.

[Photo via @wearephoenix]

Towards the end of the performance, Phoenix welcomed fans on stage for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix track Rome, reprising an incident that happened the last time the French electro-pop act visited Vancouver before reprising their new single – Entertainment. Watch what happened…

• Review: Phoenix Dispels Doubts at Tour Opener

Here’s the complete setlist from Phoenix’s tour opener…

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HT faves Phoenix are gearing up for a lengthy world tour in support of their new album Bankrupt! which is due out in about a month. Phoenix kicks off the tour on Thursday night in Vancouver and have just added a show in New York City at one of the world’s most revered venues.

The French electro-pop act will perform at Harlem’s Apollo Theater on May 13th. For a chance to purchase tickets, head to this page and enter your details. Randomly selected fans will then receive an invitation to purchase tickets. The Apollo was built in 1913 and has hosted many legendary performers.

Esteemed music critic Greg Kot often breaks the news about Lollapalooza headliners before event organizers do. That trend continued this morning when Kot posted an article on the Chicago Tribune website detailing the headliners for this year’s festival. Kot says that Vampire Weekend, The Killers, Mumford and Sons and Phoenix will be a top the lineup when C3 Presents officially unveils the Lollapalooza ’13 lineup next month.

The writer also reveals that Postal Service and The National will appear at Lollapalooza 2013, which takes place in Chicago’s Grant Park on August 2 – 4. Early bird tickets go on sale this Tuesday, March 26th, at 10AM CT via Lollapalooza.com.

[via Chicago Tribune, Hat Tip - Brooklyn Vegan]

Montreal’s Osheaga Festival, which takes place in Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 2 – 4, has just revealed this year’s lineup. HT faves Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend, The Lumineers, Pretty Lights and Beach House are all aboard for Quebec’s premier festival as are bands such as The Cure, Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Hot Chip and dozens more.

Here’s the full lineup for the 2013 Osheaga Festival…

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Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 15th, at noon ET via the event’s website.

We’re a little over six weeks away from the release of Phoenix’s long-awaited fifth album Bankrupt! which comes out on April 23rd stateside. We’ve already heard the band’s new single, Entertainment, and today the band has unveiled a music video for the track.

Patrick Daughters directed the clip which pulls from Korean culture. Take a look…

This morning Memphis In May organizers have announced the lineup for this year’s Beale Street Music Festival which is set to take place from May 3 to 5 in Memphis. Among the 60+ acts set to play Tom Lee Park over the three days are Alice in Chains, Hall and Oates, Bassnectar, The Black Keys, ZZ Top, The Roots, Mavis Staples, Patti Smith, The Smashing Pumpkins, Flaming Lips and Phoenix.

There are plenty of HT faves aboard besides the bands already mentioned including Gov’t Mule, Charles Bradley, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Cracker, The Black Crowes, Gary Clark Jr. and Deer Tick. The promoters have also enlisted legendary performer Jerry Lee Lewis and rap legends Public Enemy.

Here’s a look at the full lineup broken down by date…

May 3: Alice in Chains, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Bassnectar, Charles Bradley, The Deftones, Sheryl Crow, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Heritage Blues Quartet, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Wallflowers, Mimosa, Louise Hoffsten – Sweden, Shannon McNally, The Joy Formidable, Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition, Don Trip, Brad Webb, Marcus James & Kinney Kimbrough

May 4: The Black Keys, ZZ Top, The Roots, Coco Montoya, Dwight Yoakam, Gov’t Mule, Big Boi, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Patti Smith, Mavis Staples, Gavin DeGraw, Will Tucker, Cracker, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pickwick, Zac Harmon, Star & Micey, Jake Bugg, James Super Chikan Johnson, Ryan Bingham, Blind Mississippi Morris, Matt Isbell

May 5: The Smashing Pumpkins, Flaming Lips, Phoenix, The Black Crowes, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Three Days Grace, AWOLNATION, Gary Clark Jr., Lucero, Davy Knowles, Papa Roach, Vintage Trouble, Deer Tick, Louise Hoffsten, Public Enemy, The Slide Brothers, Al Kapone, River City Tanlines, Kingston Springs, Barbara Blue, Brandon Bailey, Kenny Brown

Single-day tickets and three-day passes are available now through Ticketmaster.

Bonnaroo365 has started rolling out archival videos from past festivals as part of their Bric-A-Brac: Before They Were Headliners series and the first two of the year are amazing. First up, watch Phoenix perform 1901 to close their set at Bonnaroo 2010…

Phoenix @ Bonnaroo 2010 – 1901

Next up, check out a super young My Morning Jacket at Bonnaroo 2003…

My Morning Jacket @ Bonnaroo 2003 – Lowdown

Nearly four years after the release of their breakthrough fourth album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, french rockers Phoenix have finally given fans a taste of the soon-to-be-released Bankrupt! with the premiere of the new single Entertainment. The group set the bar high with Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix thanks to earwormy singles Lisztomania and 1901, which helped the album achieve gold status and launched them from the bottom of festival lineups towards the top.

Upon first listen Entertainment isn’t a huge departure from the synth-oriented pop-rock of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Thomas Mars and Co. also shared a snippet of Bourgeois from the new LP which sounds a bit more adventurous. You can listen to both right here…

Bankrupt! is due out on April 23rd. Let us know what you think of the new tracks.

[via CoS]

One of the most anticipated albums of the year, Phoenix’s Bankrupt!, will finally hit stores and online retailers on April 23rd via Glassnote. Today, Phoenix shared the album art and tracklist for their first album since 2009′s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix – the LP that catapulted the French band to mainstream success on this side of the Atlantic.

[Bankrupt! Album Art]

The band co-produced Bankrupt! with Phillipe Zdar using the mixing console that was used in the recording of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

Here’s the tracklist for Phoenix’s Bankrupt!

01 Entertainment
02 The Real Thing
03 SOS in Bel Air
04 Trying to Be Cool
05 Bankrupt!
06 Drakkar Noir
07 Chloroform
08 Don’t
09 Bourgeois
10 Oblique City

[via Pitchfork]

While the 38th season of long-running music television program Austin City Limits hasn’t finished yet, the show’s producers already have their eyes on Season 39. Today, a batch of tapings for next season have been announced featuring a few HT faves.

[Photo by Alex John Beck]

On March 17th Vampire Weekend will record an episode of ACL followed by The Lumineers and Shovels & Rope on April 16th. Coachella headliners Phoenix will get their chance in front of ACL cameras on May 6th. Keep your eyes on the ACL Facebook page to find out how to attend these tapings.

We’re approaching the part of the year when many major music festivals reveal their lineup. Before these reveals, music blogs and message board users do their best to figure out who’s playing where before the official announcements. Sometimes this excitement leads to the spreading of false information such as the many sites that reported Prince would headline Bonnaroo 2012.

[Screengrab via Listen Before You Buy]

Over the past 24 hours word has spread that Daft Punk, Phoenix and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play Coachella 2013. What was the source of this information? An email from concert database site Songkick which showed those bands and The Rolling Stones aboard for the event. Someone took a screenshot of the email and word of the rumored appearances spread like wildfire. Even Rolling Stone picked it up.

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