January may not be big on seeing live music, but it is by far the best month for news about seeing live music. Already this month we’ve digested tons of tour dates, festival lineup announcements, and plenty more. We’ll do our part to keep up that trend with the following links to occupy your time:

• The Police are reportedly poised to announce an ambitious world tour after an appearance at, that’s right, The Grammys. Rock Music Daily provides some mp3s from 1982 to whet your appetite
• Some amazing photos of Pete Townshend and Jerry Garcia
• Ugh, does the world really need a Jimi Hendrix energy drink?
• Wilcoworld will be webcasting Jeff Tweedy’s performance from Charlottesville on Wednesday night
• Here Comes The Flood found an mp3 of Free Delivery covering Phish’s Sample In a Jar
• I always thought Harlem Shuffle was a Rolling Stones tune…but Ickmusic fills us in on the real history of the song
• Sigur Ros, Debbie Harry, and Lou Reed top the lineup of this year’s Tibet House benefit at Carnegie Hall
• Luke Miller of Lotus sits for an interview with Jambands.com’s Jared Hecht
• U-Melt’s Winter 2007 tourdates
• Mississippi Nights, a legendary St. Louis venue, closes its doors
• Bob Dylan wrote more songs than you might have thought
• Top 10 Beatles songs for lapsed Beatles fans from Stylus Magazine (via Largehearted Boy)
• Red Octane’s president talks to MTV News about the future of the Guitar Hero franchise
• A where are they now piece on rock groupies of the ’70s
• Brooklyn Vegan has photos from the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah concert at the Mercury Lounge on Wednesday night
• A video for The Slip’s Driving Backwards With You
• Bedazzled features a few videos of James Brown on Soul Train
• Van Halen will open their tour at The Palms in Las Vegas
• If you haven’t heard of Spank Rock, you will soon

Any exciting plans this weekend? Don’t be shy, let us know below.