Sound Bites: Donnas, Matchbox Twenty

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January 6, 2006, 3:27 AM ET
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January 11, 2001 -- 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:

Feb. 27 — Target Center, Minneapolis, Minn.Feb. 28 — US Cellular Arena, Milwaukee, Wis.March 2 — Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Ill.March 3 — Palace, Auburn Hills, Mich.March 5 — Gund Arena, Cleveland, OhioMarch 6 — Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind.March 8 — Firstar Center, Cincinnati, OhioMarch 9 — Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa.March 11 — Patriot Center, Fairfax, Va.March 12 — First Union Center, Wilkes Barre, Pa.March 15 — Centrum, Worcester, Mass.March 16 — Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.March 17 — E Center, Camden, N.J.March 29 — Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, Calif.