Jay Leno will welcome Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers to his new NBC television show on September 17 along with guitar legend Eric Clapton to perform Space Is The Place, from Hornsby’s forthcoming Verve release, Levitate. Clapton also performed on the studio version of the track. Leno’s show debuts on September 14, when Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West will perform Run This Town from Jay Z’s upcoming The Blueprint 3 album.

Here’s a quick look at some other stories of note…

Finally, the Allman Brothers/Widespread Panic tour rolled through New England this weekend for shows in Mansfield, MA on Saturday and Hartford on Sunday. As usual, each band’s set featured numerous sit-ins.

READ ON for the setlists from both shows…

08/29 – Great Woods, Mansfield MA

Panic: C. Brown, Space Wrangler, Porch Song > Stop Breakin’ Down Blues, Time Zones, Conrad, Thought Sausage, It Ain’t No Use* > Blight*, Smokestack Lightning** > Chilly Water**

* w/ Derek Trucks on guitar
** w/ Warren Haynes on guitar

Allmans: Don’t Want You No More > It’s Not My Cross To Bear, One Way Out, Midnight Rider, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Stand Back, Dreams*, Can’t Find My Way Home**, Statesboro Blues#, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?#, Black Hearted Woman, Dazed and Confused > Bass Jam*, Mountain Jam#
Encore: Whipping Post

* w/ Dave Schools on bass
** w/ John Bell on guitar and vocals
# w/ With James van de Bogert on drums
# w/ Jimmy Herring on guitar and Eddy Cascrillo on percussion.

08/30 – The Meadows, Hartford CT

Panic: Happy > Wonderin’ > Rebirtha, Action Man, Airplane > St. Louis Jam (aka Under The Radar Jam) > Tie Your Shoes > Fixin’ To Die*, Surprise Valley** > Drums > Surprise Valley** > Goin’ Out West**
* w/ Oteil Burbridge on bass
** w/ Derek Trucks & Warren Haynes on guitar

Allmans: Trouble No More, Can’t Lose What You Never Had, No One Left To Run With, Les Brers in A Minor*, Leave My Blues At Home, Soulshine, You Don’t Love Me**, Into the Mystic, Desdemona, Jessica
Encore: Melissa, Statesboro Blues

* w/ Jimmy Herring on guitar
** w/ Scott Murawski (guitar), Sonny Ortiz (percussion), and JoJo Hermann (piano). [Setlists via Jambands.com Box Scores]

Scott Bernstein

Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.

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