BRIDGE SCHOOL ANNOUNCES THIS YEAR'S LINEUP

The Bridge School has announced this year's lineup: Neil Young (of course), No Doubt, Sheryl Crow, Jimmy Buffett, Adam Sandler, Wolfmother, Chris Martin of Coldplay and Mr. Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale of Bush. Decent lineup .

NO DOUBT HAS THE RIGHT IDEA

No Doubt are reuniting this year, and they are giving fans bang for their buck: if you buy "top tier" tickets (anything over $42.50 before service charges) you get the band's entire catalog, digitally, for free. Obviously these guys aren't going to the Ticketmaster school of gouging, but hopefully they will be able to prevent TM from holding the best tickets and selling them at inflated prices. As for drummer Adrian Young's penchant for taking his clothes off, that I can neither explain nor endorse.  But he does get cool points for playing drums for Bow Wow Wow when his schedule allows. 

TOMORROW ON OUTQ

Two weeks ago on OutQ, I planned on talking about some reunions to look forward to in 2009, but I didn't get to it. So, I'm making up for that this week. I'll be talking about as many reunions as I can get to, including The Kinks, The Faces, Mott The Hoople, The Specials, Faith No More, blur, Pavement, Phish and No Doubt (who never broke up, but lots of people probably thought Gwen Stefani wouldn't return to the band after her solo success). I don't know if I'll get to all of those bands though.