Dane Cook announces new 'Under Oath', tickets on sale now.

Four years after taking the country by storm with his last major tour — 2009′s “ISolated INcident” — Dane Cook is preparing to hit the road again this fall. He’s calling his latest venture "Under Oath", a loaded name that wasn't chosen lightly. “As a comedian, I am obligated to tell you the truth, my truth,” he explained in a recent interview. “To share with you my beliefs, my perspective. And I think that we forget sometimes that that’s the oath that comics take, that we will go up and share everything — the irreverent, the scary.”

Cook’s words indicate that he won’t shy away from covering tough stuff in the new show, which he’s been honing for years at the Los Angeles’s Laugh Factory — subjects like his failed NBC series Next Caller (which was canceled before airing a single episode), joke-stealing allegations that led to a memorable guest appearance on Louie in 2011, and the army of haters determined to pounce on his every misstep.

Just don’t expect something dour, heavy, and confessional. With his new set, Cook is aiming to emulate the tone of 2003′s Harmful if Swallowed, his lighthearted breakthrough album — one that was made before his mother died of cancer in 2006, his father died of cancer in 2007, and his half-brother Darryl McCauley was jailed for embezzling millions from Cook in 2010. His understated assessment of that dark period: “Everything was kind of out of whack for a bit.”

But “the last couple of years onstage has been a lot lighter,” Cook continued. “The [new] set is a lot more random. It’s what I think I do best, which is observational comedy, relationships — I love gender stuff. I love getting into the wiring of men and women. So a lot of it really hearkens back to discovering myself in that first CD.” He’s also looking forward to taking his act to theaters with capacities somewhere between the intimate Laugh Factory and the cavernous Madison Square Garden, which Cook has sold out twice — as Cook says, because he got so massively popular so quickly, “I had kind of skipped over the part as you’re going up the food chain and playing larger and larger venues, and [I] never had a chance to play these incredible theaters.”

Tickets for Dane Cook and his Under Oath comedy tour can be found on www.PeakSeats.com, on the free Peak Seats iPhone App, the free Peak Seats Android App, the free Peak Seats Kindle Fire App or by calling 855.379.4515.

Sep 12: Dane Cook Tickets - Washington DC – DAR Constitution Hall

Sep 13: Dane Cook Tickets - Philadelphia, PA – Tower Theatre
Sep 14: Dane Cook Tickets - New York NY – Beacon Theatre
Sep 19: Dane Cook Tickets - Kansas City MO – The Midland by AMC
Sep 20: Dane Cook Tickets - Milwaukee WI – Riverside Theatre
Sep 21: Dane Cook Tickets - Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
Sep 22: Dane Cook Tickets - Chicago IL – Chicago Theatre
Sep 25: Dane Cook Tickets - Seattle WA – Paramount Theatre
Sep 26: Dane Cook Tickets - Portland OR – Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Sep 27: Dane Cook Tickets - San Francisco CA – Warfield Theatre
Sep 28: Dane Cook Tickets - Los Angeles CA – Orpheum Theatre
Oct 3: Dane Cook Tickets - Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
Oct 4: Dane Cook Tickets - Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
Oct 5: Dane Cook Tickets - Dallas, TX – Majestic Theatre
Oct 6: Dane Cook Tickets - Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
Oct 11-12: Dane Cook Tickets - Las Vegas, NV – Venetian Theatre
Oct 19: Dane Cook Tickets - Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
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Sting Will Play 10 Shows Benifiting New York City's Public Theater

Sting has lined up 10 shows this fall to benefit New York City’s Public Theater. Taking place at the venue’s intimate 250-seater Anspacher Theater, the shows will be the first and only time Sting performs songs from his new album The Last Ship.

Scheduled to be released Sept. 24, The Last Ship shares its title with Sting’s upcoming play premiering next year. Both the album and play were inspired by the shipbuilding community of Wallsend, England, where he was born and raised.

“The Public Theater, a New York institution committed to supporting all of the city’s distinct communities, was a natural fit to perform this material that is, at its core, about the importance of community,” Sting said.

As you can probably imagine, the folks at the Public Theater are very excited about hosting Sting this fall.

“Sting is one of the great artists of our time, a brilliant songwriter who is also a model of activist commitment,” Public Theater’s artistic director Oskar Eustis said. “The Last Ship is shaping up to be a masterpiece, both an elegy for and a celebration of the working class life of the Newcastle shipyards. The Public is honored to call Sting a friend and thrilled to be hosting these benefit concerts.”

The shows are scheduled for Sept. 25-28, Oct. 1, 4-6 & 8-9. All proceeds will benefit the Public Theater and your Sting ticket purchases are tax deductible.

In addition to the 10 shows, Sting has also lined up a special gig for his official fan club to take place on his Oct. 2 birthday. For this show 100 Sting.com fan club members will receive free tickets via lottery.

Speaking of free tickets, a limited number of free seats will be distributed by way of a lottery each show day. Entries will be taken between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. each performance day with drawings beginning at 6 p.m. You must be present to win.

PeakSeats.com has Sting tickets available now on our website, on our iPhone Ticket App, our Android Ticket App, our Kindle Fire Ticket App or by phone at 855.379.4515.  Visit www.PeakSeats.com for more information.

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Pearl Jam Sets Fall Tour of North America

"Pearl Jam will head out on a 24-date North American tour this fall that begins in October and runs through early December, the band announced today (July 8) as the culmination of the mysterious PearlJam.com countdown clock that's been running for the past week.

The group begins the two-part trek in Pittsburgh, Penn. on October 11 and will play arenas across the continent before wrapping up in their hometown of Seattle on December 6 (see below for a full list of the tour dates). Pearl Jam tickets for all of the concerts will go on sale on soon on www.PeakSeats.com, the Peak Seats iPhone Ticket App, the Peak Seats Droid Ticket App and the Peak Seats Kindle Fire Ticket App.

The fall tour announcement comes as fans await news about Pearl Jam's next album, which guitarist Stone Gossard told Billboard in May was "almost done," adding that the band were "crossing our T's and dotting our I's." The upcoming 10th studio album, for which neither a title nor a release date has yet been announced, will be the follow up to 2009's "Backspacer," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. After the tour was revealed today, the PearlJam.com coundown clock reset, showing a new countdown which is set to end on Thursdays, July 11 at noon P.T.

Pearl Jam also today posted a brief concert montage video clip to its YouTube channel to accompany the tour announcement which features instrumental snippets of unidentified music.

Meanwhile, Pearl Jam is set to perform at the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field on July 19, after an arena gig on July 16 at London, Ontario's Budweiser Gardens. The Wrigley date will feature Pearl Jam without any opening act. With all tickets gone in minutes, the show was reportedly the fastest concert sell-out in the famed baseball park's history. As previously reported, the band is also set to headline one day of November's Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans.

In addition to their work with PJ, the band's individual members have also been busy so far this year on other projects. Gossard released his second solo album, "Moonlander," on June 25. Drummer Matt Cameron, who toured with his other band Soundgarden this winter, has an album called "Drumgasm" alongside Wild Flag's Janet Weiss and Death Grips' Zach Hill coming Aug. 27.

Here are Pearl Jam's Fall 2013 Tour Dates:
Oct. 11: Pittsburgh (Consol Energy Center)
Oct. 12: Buffalo, N.Y. (First Niagara Center)
Oct. 15: Worcester, Mass (DCU Center)
Oct. 18: Brooklyn, N.Y. (Barclays Center)
Oct. 19: Brooklyn, N.Y. (Barclays Center)
Oct. 21: Philadelphia (Wells Fargo Center)
Oct. 22: Philadelphia (Wells Fargo Center)
Oct. 25: Hartford, Conn. (XL Center)
Oct. 27: Baltimore, Md. (1st Mariner Arena)
Oct. 29: Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena)

Oct. 30: Charlotte, N.C. (Time Warner Cable Arena)
Nov. 1-3 *: New Orleans (Voodoo Music + Arts Experience)
Nov. 15: Dallas (American Airlines Arena)
Nov. 16: Oklahoma City (Chesapeake Energy Arena)
Nov. 19: Phoenix (Jobing.com Arena)
Nov. 21: San Diego (Viejas Arena)
Nov. 23: Los Angeles (Sports Arena)
Nov. 24: Los Angeles (Sports Arena)
Nov. 26: Oakland, Calif. (Oracle Arena)
Nov. 29: Portland, Ore . (Rose Garden Arena)
Nov. 30: Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Arena)
Dec. 2: Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Scotiabank Saddledome)
Dec. 4: Vancouver, B.C. , Canada (Rogers Arena)
Dec. 6: Seattle (Key Arena)

* Pearl Jam will headline Voodoo on one of these dates, to be announced."

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