INDY'S WEEKLY ALTERNATIVE NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTING ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

National Scene 6/13/07

by Joe Ziemer

• Members of the Arcade Fire attended a taping of the Price is Right and made it onto the show.

• John Mayer and Kanye West worked on a song together years ago and it appears to finally be coming out on Kanye’s upcoming release.

• Pete Townshend’s new musical The Boy Who Heard Music will premiere June 13.

• Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi has admitted himself into rehab.

• Andre 3000 will play Sammy Davis Jr. in an upcoming biopic.

• Blur are finally heading to the studio to work on a new record but can’t promise it will be released.

• No Doubt are heading into the studio next month to work on a new record.

• Conor Oberst’s Saddle Creek Records will open their own live music venue in Omaha, Neb. The club is called Slowdown.