Sound Bites: Donnas, Matchbox Twenty

ByABC News
January 12, 2001, 2:12 PM

January 11 -- Donnas Celebrate 21, Hit Clubs

Girl-rock quartet the Donnas will celebrate turning 21 by visiting bars and clubs across the country well, sort of. The group's latest album, The Donnas Turn 21, is due Jan. 23, and its release will be followed by a nationwide tour. After a Jan. 27 release party at The Fillmore in San Francisco, the four rockers named Donna can be seen in the following cities:

Feb. 16 Starfish Room, Vancouver, B.C.Feb. 17 Graceland, Seattle, Wash.Feb. 18 Pine Street Theater Portland, Ore.Feb. 22-23 Roxy Theater, Hollywood, Calif.Feb. 24 Nita's Hideaway, Tempe, Ariz.Feb. 25 Launchpad, Albuquerque, N.M.Feb. 28 Emo's, Austin, TexasMarch 1 Fitzgeralds, Houston, TexasMarch 2 Shim Sham Club, New Orleans, La.March 3 Masquerade, Atlanta, Ga.March 4 Sapphire Supper Club, Orlando, Fla.March 6 40 Watt Club, Athens, Ga.March 7 Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, N.C.March 8 Black Cat, Washington, D.C.March 9 Trocadero Theater, Philadelphia, Pa.March 10-11 Bowery Ballroom, New York, N.Y.March 13 Middle East, Cambridge, Mass.March 14 Club Soda, Montreal, QuebecMarch 15 TBA, Toronto, OntarioMarch 16 Showplace Theater, Buffalo, N.Y.March 17 Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OhioMarch 18 TBA, Detroit, Mich.March 19 550 Room, Columbus, OhioMarch 21 Galaxy, St. Louis, Mo.March 22 TBA, Iowa City, IowaMarch 23 Metro, Chicago, Ill.March 24 Rock-N-Roll High School, Green Bay, Wis.March 25 First Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.March 26 Bottleneck, Lawrence, Kan.March 28 Bluebird Theater, Denver, Colo.March 29 TBA, Salt Lake City, Utah

Matchbox Twenty Hits Road With Everclear

Matchbox Twenty will be joined by rockers Everclear and Lifehouse as the band takes its Grammy-nominated album, Mad Season, on tour. The shows will begin Feb. 27, a week after songwriter Rob Thomas's bid to add to a Grammy collection that he began last year by picking up three trophies for his involvement with Santana's "Smooth." In addition to Matchbox Twenty's Best Rock Album nod, this year Thomas is up for Best Rock Song, for the single "Bent." Catch the bands in action here: