The first annual Green Apple Music Festival featured an eclectic mix of musicians, including Richie Havens, Mickey Hart, Soulive, Antibalas, Blues Traveler, Scissor Sisters, Grace Potter, Dresden Dolls, Ghostface, Bela Fleck, The New York Philharmonic, Baaba Maal, Little Feat, Toots & The Maytals, Angelique Kidjo, and Umphrey’s McGee, among others. A full lineup will be announced in the coming weeks.

Philip Glass has once again assembled an impressive lineup for his annual Tibet House benefit. The 17th annual event, which is held each winter at Carnegie Hall, will feature Tibet House regulars Lou Reed, Ray Davies and Patti Smith, as well as Blondie's Debbie Harry, Sigur Ros and Laurie Anderson. Glass will perform and likely join a selection of the evening's talent onstage. Proceeds from the event will benefit the local Tibetan Community of New York, and New Jersey, Farm Aid and the Karin Berg Fund for the Myositis Support Group. A handful of artists will likely be added bill in the coming weeks.

In the somewhat unexpected news category, Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore appears on Nas’ new record, Hip Hop is Dead. The founding member of Dave Matthews Band plays on the new Nas song "Hold Down the Block.” Moore connected with the hip-hop star through Mark Batson, who produced both Hip Hop is Dead and Dave Matthews Band’s 2005 album Stand Up. Batson is currently working with Dave Matthews Band on their seventh proper studio album.

As expected Dave Matthews Band will launch another major tour next summer. Similar to last year the group is asking fans to vote for five possible support acts.  Last year’s campaign helped bands like Umphrey’s McGee and ALO score the coveted support spot.  Dave Matthews will launch a solo European tour February 23.

Politically-charged rockers Rage Against The Machine will reunite for their first performance in seven years at Coachella this spring. Rage Against The Machine, which parted ways in 2000, tops off a stacked lineup featuring Bjork, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth, Air, the Roots, Willie Nelson, Interpol, Manu Chao, Ghostface Killah and Fountains Of Wayne. A number of other buzz bands will also appear, including Jarvis Cocker, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, Hot Chip, Peeping Tom, the Decemberists, the Happy Mondays, Arctic Monkeys, Tiesto, Kings Of Leon, Travis, Placebo, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Lily Allen, Paul Van Dyk, Gotan Project, Kaiser Chiefs,
Silversun Pickups, Faithless, LCD Soundsystem, DJ Shadow, Satellite Party, Stephen Marley featuring Jr. Gong, Konono No. 1, Nickel Creek, the Black Keys, the New Pornographers, Rufus Wainwright, the Rapture, !!!, Richie Hawtin, Explosions In The Sky, Junior Boys, Sparklehorse, Soulwax, the Kooks, Felix Da Housecat, Blonde Redhead, Damien Rice, Lupe Fiasco, Jose Gonzales, Brazilian Girls, Regina Spektor, Ozomatli, Peaches, Cornelius, We Are Scientists, Amy Winehouse, the Comedians of Comedy, Spank Rock, Tapes 'n Tapes, the Klaxons, Girl Talk, CSS, the Coup, Andrew Bird and Peter, Bjorn and John will play.

Rage Against the Machine's performance looks to kick off what fans are already describing as "the summer of reunions." Jam-pop trio Dispatch recently sold out its third reunion spot at New York's Madison Square Garden, while the Police are rumored to make their first public appearance in over 21 years this summer. A range of other artists, from Genesis to the Greyboy Allstars, will also return to the public eye this summer.