Sonic Youth Update
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Sonic Youth will open 2 shows for the recently reformed Iggy and the Stooges (featuring original members Iggy Pop, Scott Asheton, Ron Asheton, and new bassist Mike Watt) at Jones Beach in New York on August 8th and at the DTE Music Theater in Detroit on August 14th. In other live news, Guided by Voices, Bob Mould, and others will join Sonic Youth at the Goose Island Festival in Chicago on August 15th. Tickets for both are on sale at TicketBastard.com. Lastly, Sonic Youth's 1992 landmark album, Dirty, is to be released as a quadruple vinyl boxed set in September 2003 on Goofin/SYR. The deluxe edition release adds numerous b-sides and 11 never-before released rehearsal recordings to the original track listing.