Have a good weekend friends, Romans, non-Romans, city-folk and countrymen.  NME reports: "The Shins have announced plans for a five date European tour, which will include one stop off in the UK, on March 22 at London's HMV Forum. Tickets for the show, their first in the UK for over four years, go on sale at 10am tomorrow (January 20)."

Rolling Stone reports: "To someone passing by the Paramount Theater in Asbury Park last night, the sight of fans standing in the freezing cold, desperately pleading with complete strangers for extra tickets probably seemed a little odd. After all, the biggest names on the bill for the Light of Day Parkinson's benefit were David Bromberg, Garland Jeffreys and Southside Johnny. They'd probably be even more shocked to learn that the face value of tickets ranged from $47 to $381, and the show sold out in seconds."