Last night, Relix Magazine hosted a party at the New York bar Niagara to celebrate the release of our November issue. Keeping with Relix’s Magazine for Music slogan, the  November issue features an eclectic mix of profiles, including features on livetronica stars Sound Tribe Sector 9, non-partisan voter registration group HeadCount, Leftover Salmon co-founder Drew Emmitt, blues singer Joan Osborne, songwriting visionary Lucinda Williams and indie-rockers Apollo Sunshine. Meanwhile, the issue’s cover story looks back on The Clash’s historic performances at Shed Stadium with legendary rockers The Who.

In the extensive feature, Managing Editor Wes Orshoski discusses the classic performances with the help of musicians like Pete Townshend, David Johansen, Tom Morello and Jesse Malin, along with the surviving members of The Clash. At last night’s Relix party, Malin also showed off his DJ stills, spinning a mix of Clash and Clash-inspired tunes with Orshoski. In addition to being a successful musician, Malin co-owns Niagara, along with a number of other New York watering holes.

Gregg Allman will close out the year with his first solo tour in some time. The Allman Brothers Band keyboardist will kick things off at Westbury, NY’s Capital One Bank Theatre on December 27, before making stops at New Bedford, MA’s Zeiterion Theatre (12/28), Ridgefield, CT’s Ridgefield Playhouse (12/30) and Glenside, PA’s Keswick Theater (12/31). Allman’s tour will then continue into 2009 with stops at New York’s Blender Theater (1/2-3), Annapolis, MD’s Rams Head On Stage (1/5), Falls Church, VA’s State Theater (1/6), Montclair, NJ’s Wellmont Theatre (1/8), Harrisburg, PA’s Whitaker Center and Salamanca, NY’s Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel (1/10).

For this tour, Allman’s band will consist of Bruce Katz (keyboard), Jerry Jemmott (bass), Steve Potts (drums), Mark McGee (guitar), Jay Collins (sax) and Floyd Miles (percussion). The keyboardist recently completed his first amphitheater run with the Allman Brothers Band since undergoing treatments for Hepatitis C. “I feel great,” Allman said. “We did about 20 shows this summer and we were really hitting it.”

In March, Dr Pepper’s marketing team promised every American a free can of its soda if Guns n' Roses’ long-labored studio album Chinese Democracy was released before the end of 2008. The only U.S. citizens not invited to participate in the promotional campaign were former Guns ‘n Roses guitarists Slash and Buckethead.

With Chinese Democracy’s November 23 release date looming, Dr Pepper has finalized the details of its unique marketing approach.  According to the company, fans must follow four steps to receive their free can of soda:

1. On the album’s November 23, 2008 release date, go to www.drpepper.com
 
2. Register your information to receive a coupon for one free 20-oz. Dr Pepper.

3. When your coupon arrives, redeem it wherever Dr Pepper is sold.

4. Drink your Dr Pepper slowly to experience all 23 flavors.  Dr's orders.

“We are surprised and very happy to have the support of Dr Pepper with our album Chinese Democracy, as for us, this came totally out of the blue,” Axel Rose said about Dr Pepper’s publicity stunt in March. “If there is any involvement with this promotion by our record company or others, we are unaware of such at this time. And as some of Buckethead’s performances are on our album, I’ll share my Dr Pepper with him.”

Coupons will be available for only 24 hours, beginning at 12:01 AM EST on November 23. Participants should allow 4-6 weeks for a coupon to arrive.  Coupons will expire on February 28, 2009.  There is a limit of one coupon per person.  Full terms and conditions are available at www.drpepper.com .

Jane’s Addiction’s classic lineup will reunite for an intimate club gig at Los Angeles’ La Cita this evening. Last April, singer Perry Farrell, guitarist David Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins played their first show with bassist Eric Avery since Jane’s Addiction originally parted ways in 1991. The performance took place at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre as part of the NME awards, where Jane’s Addiction was honored with the Godlike Genius Award.

“I've chosen to reject the prospects of reuniting in the past for personal and philosophical reasons. I have always considered reunions to be a way to make a quick buck, and it sells short my own experience of it the first time around," Avery said at the time. “The reason I started to even consider this is because it's honoring the past instead of trying to recreate it.”

Farrell, Navarro and Perkins have toured as Jane’s Addiction a handful of times since 1991 with a variety of replacement bassists. The group’s best-known sub is Navarro’s Red Hot Chili Peppers collaborator Flea.

Jane’s Addiction is expected to play a short set at the 390-capacity La Cita bar this evening. In keeping with the group’s alt-rock roots, tickets to the sold-out gig were only $5.

“We never know what the future has in store for us; especially with this band,” Avery posted on his blog. “But, at least right now Jane's Addiction has a future that one would have to call somewhat promising. We are a great band.”