The Set List

XM Radio Unveils "30 Days Of Coldplay"

Story by Matt Kivel

Coldplay is the biggest pop-rock band in the world today -- and XM Radio knows it. Beginning July 15, the satellite radio company will devote a month-long channel to the band's music. Fans can tune in and hear songs from all of Coldplay's studio albums as well as rarities, import-only tracks, interviews, and exclusive concert broadcasts from their forthcoming Viva La Vida North American tour. If you're a fan of big, swooning, mid-tempo rock music this station should provide you with a more-than-adequate fix.

Viva La Vida North American Tour Dates

7/14 The Forum (Los Angeles, Ca), 7/15 The Forum (Los Angeles, Ca), 7/18 HP Pavilion (San Jose, Ca), 7/19 MGM Grand Garden Arena (Las Vegas, NV), 7/22 United Center (Chicago, Il), 7/23 United Center (Chicago, Il), 7/25 Wachovia Center (Philadelphia, Pa), 7/27 Pemberton Festival (Pemberton, BC), 7/29 Bell Centre (Montreal, QC), 7/30 Air Canada Centre (Toronto, On), 8/02 XL Center (Hartford, Ct), 8/03 Verizon Center (Washington, DC), 8/04 TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, Ma)

Petty Plays DJ Before Bigscreen Premiere

Tom Petty will resume his XM show, “Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure,” on Sept. 24.
The hourlong "Buried Treasure” features tracks from Petty’s personal collection, garage rock masterworks and live tracks plus Petty's commentary.
On this week's playlist are the great N'awlins singer Lee Dorsey doing “Ride Your Pony,” British Invasion rockers the Searchers’ “He’s Got No Love,” and the Pyramids’ surf classic “Penetration.”
Show will available all day every Thursday on XMX.
In other Petty news, Peter Bogdanovich's docu "Runnin' Down A Dream" will be shown in theaters on  Oct. 15. The one night only screening precedes the pic's TV premiere on Sundance Channel on Oct. 29.

Dylan Keeps His Radio Gig

XM starts the second season of Bob Dylan’s “Theme Time Radio Hour” on Sept. 19.Week one is devoted to "Hello" songs; soon they'll do "Young and Old."
Among Bob's more obscure "Hello" choices: "Hello, Mello Baby" by the Mardi Gras Loungers; "Hello, Aloha! How Are You?" by the Radiolites and the Carter Family's "Hello Stranger."
“Young and Old” has some obvious yet killer selections - "Young Man's Blues" by Mose Allison and "Old Man" by Neil Young - as well as some tunes with an intriguing twist, Muddy Waters' "Young Fashioned Ways," "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" by the Ramones and The Flying Burrito Brothers doing "Older Guys."