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HT faves Umphrey's McGee are set to play a pair of shows at the Belly Up in Aspen, Colorado on Wednesday and Thursday night. While both performances are sold out, those who can't attend can watch the shows as they happen via Pay-Per-View webcasts. [Photo by Chad Smith] Each webcast will run you $6.99, with packages that also include MP3s of the show available for $14.99. Each gig is scheduled to start at 9PM MT. Head to UMLive.net to purchase  3/6 and [...]

The lineup for Camp Bisco , which will take place at Indian Lookout Country Club near Albany on July 11th to 13th, has just been revealed. Headliners the Disco Biscuits will be joined by longtime friends and Mayan Holidaze mates STS9 and Umphrey's McGee as well as Bassnectar, Passion Pit, Animal Collective, Break Science and a slew of jam, electronia and rock acts. Here's a look at the Camp Bisco 2013 lineup... The Disco Biscuits, Bassnectar, Passion Pit, STS9, Animal Collective, Umphrey's McGee, [...]

Nearly as old as rock and roll itself is the concert tour program. Before the internet age took hold, you would regularly find tour programs for sale at venue merch tables for artists from all genres and levels of success. It allows fans to find out more about the band they just saw in concert and gives them a keepsake to bring home with them. In recent years the tour program has become the domain of legacy acts and mainstream hitmakers...until now. Umphrey's McGee will sell a 48-page 15th Anniversary Concert Program through their website and [...]

As has become tradition on Super Bowl Sunday, HT faves Umphrey's McGee have announced their annual football-themed, interactive UMBowl concert. UMBowl IV will take place in Chicago on April 26th. Over the next few weeks UM will reveal more information about the concert including the venue, ticketing details and what the theme will be for each of the event's four quarters. This evening, they shared a look at how they came to a decision on whether to hold UMBowl this year... [...]

Umphrey's McGee @ Beacon Theatre, January 18th Photos : Jeremy Gordon This past Friday night Umphrey's McGee sold out the historic Beacon Theatre on Manhattan's Upper West Side as part of the band's 15th Anniversary Tour. [All Photos by Jeremy Gordon ] Among the highlights were Bill Evans, who's no stranger to the Beacon from his multiple sit ins with the Allmans, guesting on Example 1, an outstanding Ocean Billy in the [...]

As previously reported, Umphrey's McGee will celebrate their 15th anniversary on Sunday night at Brooklyn Bowl. The show sold out quicker than any other show in the venue's history. If you didn't get a ticket, you can still watch the action via a Pay-Per-View webcast . This multi-cam shoot will run you $7.99 and can be purchased and viewed at UMLive.net . You can also win eight free tickets and free bowling via the venue's UM15 contest .

After selling out their first-ever appearance at NYC's Beacon Theatre, HT faves Umphrey's McGee have announced a second NYC gig for this coming weekend as they'll return to Brooklyn Bowl  in Williamsburg on Sunday night. UM are set to rock the Beacon on Friday before travelling to Providence for a Saturday night performance only to return for the intimate affair on Sunday. The Chicago-based sextet first performed at Brooklyn Bowl in January of 2011 for a show that marked longtime sound engineer Kevin Browning's last [...]

Chicago's Umphrey's McGee rang in the New Year at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, where they played their first-ever four-night New Year's Run. Our friend Tammy Wetzel attended the run and has contributed a kickass set of photos from New Year's Eve. [All Photos by Tammy Wetzel ] Set 1: Leave Me Las Vegas[1] > 402s Theme, Crucial Taunt > 2�2, Mail Package, Jessica, Ringo[2] > JaJunk[3] Set 2: Hourglass[4], Much [...]

Wang Chung might be best known to our readers for their self-referencing #2 hit from 1986 Everybody Have Fun Tonight, but the British new wave act weren't a one hit wonder. They also scored commercial success with Let's Go! in 1986, Hypnotize Me in 1987 and Dance Hall Days in 1984. Dance Hall Days was the rare track that charted high on both the dance/disco charts AND the mainstream rock charts making it the perfect cover candidate for another band that has elements of rock and dance/disco in their sound - Umphrey's McGee backed by Mad Dog's Filthy [...]

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Chicago's Umphrey's McGee has taken their New Year's Run on the road for the second year in a row after 10 straight NYEs in their hometown. This year UM has setup camp at The Tabernacle in Atlanta for a four-night run. At last night's show, UM dusted off Rocker - a beautiful song written about Brian "Rocker" Schultz, a close friend of the band who was killed by a drunk driver in a car accident after one of those aforementioned UM New Year's shows in Chicago. [...]

Mayan Holidaze came to a close early this morning in Tulum, Mexico after four days of performances from Umphrey's McGee , the Disco Biscuits, STS9 and more. Each of the headlining acts played at three out of the event's four days with all three bands performing yesterday. Umphrey's McGee premiered two brand new covers within their five Mayan Holidaze sets. [Photo via SoundCaresser ] On Tuesday, the Chicago-based sextet ended their first of two sets with the debut of Two Tickets To Paradise [...]

Back on Halloween Umphrey's McGee teamed up with StageIt from webcast their All Night Wrong show from Maryland after the effects of SuperStorm Sandy led AXS TV to cancel a televised simulcast planned for the performance. Apparently both companies were happy with the broadcast as they are teaming up to stream all four Umphrey's New Year's Run performances live from The Tabernacle in Atlanta. Click here to view the embedded video. [Ryan Stasik Checks His Favorite Site on 1/1/13] The [...]

HT faves Umphrey's McGee have teamed up with Groupees to offer a 12 previously unreleased live videos called the Game Tapes Bundle . These clips were shot at the lighting board and have been paired with soundboard audio, providing a very cool look at LD Jefferson Waful's lights behind the band. You can use the "bundle builder" on Groupees.com to add two studio albums and/or live downloads which are available at a sharp discount from the normal price. Every dollar spent buys a [...]

MasterCard's Priceless promotion staged events in interesting locations across the country for cardholders and one of these events hit right in our wheelhouse. Last night Umphrey's McGee guitarists Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss teamed up for an acoustic show at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. More specifically the show took place at the Abbott Oceanarium - a pavilion featuring dolphins, sea otters, penguins and more mammals swimming around as the pair played in front of them. [Photo by tigersnewcaddie ] Brendan and Jake filled the [...]

Back in August Umphrey's McGee threw their first-ever sUMmer School program at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, New York - a five-day summer music camp in which attendees can learn from and interact with members of the band and their crew. UM will reprise the event on June 17 - 21 at Full Moon. You can expect performances from the band, workshops, master classes, jam sessions, hang outs and more. Registration has just been opened with rooms available both [...]

Last weekend Umphrey's McGee headlined the Bear Creek Music & Art Festival at the Spirit of Suwannee Park in Live Oak, Florida. On Friday the 9th, UM played two sets on the Big IV Amphitheatre stage and followed it up the next night with one long set at the same stage. Videographer Jeremy Sewell and the Bear Creek Video Archive Team filmed much of the action and have shared an incredible three-cam/SBD-audio video of UM covering Pink Floyd's In The Flesh > Another Brick In The [...]

Early next year Umphrey's McGee will hit the road hard for a month-long tour to celebrate "15 Years of Facemelting" that will take them through the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states by the time it's through. The run kicks off at Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York on January 16th and ends on February 17th at The Canopy in Urbana, Illinois. Along the way, the band hits old haunts The Orbit Room, The National and The Bluebird along with a few venues they've never played before. The Pageant in St. [...]

Over the years Umphrey's McGee has played dozens of venues in their hometown of Chicago, but they've never performed at the Congress Theater before. That will change this Sunday night, September 2, when the band finally visits the historic venue. For those unable to make it to UM's Congress debut, you can watch the action as it happens via a Pay-Per-View webcast at LapLive.tv . In addition to the show itself, those purchasing the stream will have access to a slew of exclusive content including a new band video premiere, live [...]

As we did yesterday, we've rounded up setlists from a number of HT faves who were in action last night ranging from the Allman Brothers Band and moe.'s performances at their own festivals to the final night of God Street Wine's West Coast run and Umphrey's McGee's return to Connecticut. Umphrey's McGee @ Klein Memorial Aud - Bridgeport, Conn. [Photo via @bizarchive ] Umphrey's celebrated Brendan Bayliss's birthday throughout last night's show in Bridgeport. A cake was brought out [...]

Bonnaroo organizers continue to add many performances from this month's event and the resulting webcast to their YouTube Channel . Today's addition to the channel include a batch of five videos from Umphrey's McGee's instant classic Sunrise Show from Friday night/Saturday morning. [Photo by Michael Stein ] We've created a playlist of the five clips for your viewing pleasure. It starts off with a frenetic version of The Triple Wide and continues with one of the best [...]