Canadian rock band Nickelback has become the latest act to sign an all-encompassing deal with entertainment giant Live Nation.

The partnership, reported to be worth between $50 million and $70 million, covers all areas of the band’s global music enterprises for three touring and album cycles, with an option for a fourth. It includes rights to touring, recorded music, merchandise, sponsorships, fan club, website, broadcast and other areas.

Nickelback, which has a European tour scheduled in September, is expected to book a run of Live Nation amphitheaters beginning next year. Nickelback’s 2006/2007 tour, which visited North America and Australia, sold more than 1.5 million tickets and grossed in excess of $67 million!

Since the conglomerate launched its artists division last year, it has signed Madonna, Jay-Z and Shakira to so-called “360″ deals. A less-extensive agreement with U2 reportedly is also in the works, and is expected to be completed in the coming months.

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Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder has lined up the second solo headlining tour of his career, an eight-city trip kicking off mid-summer.

The veteran alt-rocker toured West Coast cities earlier this year in support of his soundtrack album for the Sean Penn-directed “Into the Wild.” Vedder kicks off the new outing on August 1st in Boston.

Penn hand-picked Vedder to create the soundtrack for last year’s “Into the Wild,” the director’s adaptation of the 1996 book of the same name by Jon Krakauer, which tells the story of college graduate Christopher McCandless’ ill-fated travels in Alaska.

Vedder won a Golden Globe earlier this year for the song “Guaranteed” from the soundtrack album, which debuted last September at #11 on the Billboard 200 album chart, selling about 39,000 copies during its first week of release.

Here’s his tour schedule as it stands right now:

August 2008
1, 2 - Boston, MA - Opera House
4, 5 - New York, NY - United Palace Theatre
7 - Newark, NJ - New Jersey Performing Arts Center
9, 10 - Montreal, Quebec - Salle Wilfrid Place
12, 13 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
16, 17 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
19 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
21, 22 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre

His west coast shows sold out in record time, so don’t delay!

Get your Eddie Vedder tickets now.

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