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Visit the HeadCount booth at this month's RatDog/Allman shows to enter a raffle for a guitar autographed by RatDog. The raffle is free. [More Info]

The second leg of summer tour begins Sunday night in The State of Maine, where RatDog closes the Up North Music Festival. After a day off, the band follows by opening for The Allman Brothers Band at twelve shows in 19 days, culminating at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. RatDog Live CDs will be available at all shows. [Tour Dates]

Check out the latest update from MK, now six months cancer free.

Friday night, August 1, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debuts Lee Johnson's ''Dead Symphony #6.'' From everyone's favorite publicist:

One of the bonuses of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s world live premiere of Lee Johnson's ''Dead Symphony #6'' next Friday – that’s right, August 1st, get it? – will be a display of photos from the Fillmore East by Amalie R. Rothschild. The photos will also be offered for auction, both that night and currently on EBay. Amalie was the FE's house photog, and boy did she have a great seat for watching musical history.