Black Eyed Peas Prep For High-Tech Summer Tour :
The Black Eyed Peas are "trying to up our game" for the group's headline tour supporting its just-released new album, "The E.N.D.," according to Fergie.

The Peas' female member tells Billboard.com that the she and her bandmates will go into rehearsals for the headline portion of their tour later this summer, after a run of festival appearances in North America and Europe. "It's going to be the biggest tour, production-wise, that we've ever done. We're actually planing for that now, which we've never done before -- actually plan for a tour. It's usually just learn the songs by performing at festivals and that's our show. But now we're stepping it up. We had some visuals before, but now we are going to have a lot more, and we're really excited about that."

Fergie says the Peas will "utilize a lot of the technology that's out there" but adds that it's "too early" to get into specifics. "We're just now getting together what we're going to do for the festivals and are kind of just making an outline and putting in what we would like to happen (for the tour). So I can't really talk about it yet."

The Peas' itinerary for the next three months include stops at the Virgin Festival in Montreal, the Glastonbury Festival in England, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and the Outland Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco, among others, before heading to Japan in September. The group also opens five U2 shows in October.

"That's going to be amazing," Fergie notes. "I remember going to see U2 in high school -- I went on two different dates to U2 concerts, so now to be on that stage, it's going to be challenging. We definitely have to bring it at those shows."
Fergie will also be visible this fall in "Nine," Academy Award-winning director Rob Marshall's film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical. Due out in late November, it also stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench and Kate Hudson, and bills Fergie under her real name, Stacy Ferguson.

"That experience was amazing. It was a breath of fresh air that I needed from touring," Fergie says. "So many of those actors are just the best in the game, and Rob...I have nothing but amazing words to say about him. I really loved it."  Dates for Black Eyed Peas Tour are HERE, with additional dates to be announced shortly.  ... Source ...


Black Eyed Peas Announce Summer Tour :
“I Gotta Feeling” that this summer is going to be ruled by the Black Eyed Peas . They’ve released their new album The E.N.D., their single “Boom Boom Pow” has been atop Billboard’s Hot 100 list for 10 weeks and their newest song, “I Gotta Feeling” is already getting a lot of airplay and will be used to promote CBS’ Fall lineup .

Now, Billboard is reporting that the Peas will be embarking on a summer tour. Fergie revealed: “it’s going to be the biggest tour, production-wise, that we’ve ever done. We’re actually planning for that now, which we’ve never done before — actually plan for a tour. It’s usually just learn the songs by performing at festivals and that’s our show. But now we’re stepping it up. We had some visuals before, but now we are going to have a lot more, and we’re really excited about that.”

As you might predict from watching their live performances of “Boom Boom Pow,” they band plans to “utilize a lot of the technology that’s out there.” I’m expecting it to be a high-tech production and I can imagine them using things like strobe lights and electric displays to make it all look more futuristic. ... Source ...

Black Eyed Peas Biography (Brief) :

The singing quartet group of hip-hop sensations from Los Angeles called the Black Eyed Peas started with its original members namely will.i.am. and apl.de.ap until they’ve met Taboo and Fergie who completed the group. They are known for their pop-rap as well as alternative musical styles that really hit the airwaves.

The success of this set of four hip-hop artists began in year 1989. When will.i.am and apl.de.ap started rapping and performing together after they signed to Ruthless Records, managed by Eazy–E, they caught the attention of the nephew of Jerry Heller (Eazy-E’s manager). They first called their group as 'Atban Klann' with their third member, Dante Santiago. But they never had the opportunity to release their first album entitled “Grass Roots” since Ruthless did not consider their debut to be hitting the charts.

The group was reformed and changed their name as 'Black Eyed Pods' after the death of their owner Eazy-E due to AIDS associated illness. The group eventually changed their name to Black Eyed Peas for the reason that will.i.am considered their group as the food for the soul – as explained on the front cover of their Monkey Business album. Dante Santiago was then replaced by Taboo (real name: Jaime Gomez) together with Kim Hill as their steady background singer. But in year 2000, Kim Hill departed the band and was replaced by Stacey Ferguson who is also known as Fergie and became their new female vocalist and contributed a lot to their first breakthrough album “Elephunk” that was released in 2003. From this album came the group’s first major hit to the music industry with their anti-war anthem “Where is the Love?”, a song considered as a protest against the Iraq war. As this song hit the airwaves, it also provide the group’s biggest-selling single for that year. This hit single was then followed by the song which viewers considered as the most vacuous, pointless, despicable and generally nasty song for the generation but actually topped the charts in many other European countries including France and Germany and this song is actually entitled as “Shut Up”. It was during this album when the group began hitting the charts which actually gave them a 4x platinum selling and become widely known across the globe and actually initiates their first major concert.

The next music journey of Black Eyed Peas became more challenging as they discover their own talents and putting it altogether with their fourth album, “Monkey Business” which again, hit the airwaves. The album is considered to be a Musical journey since it actually fulfills their difficult task in recording and producing it while they were on their everlasting road trip. Together with A&M Records, the Black Eyed Peas turn out to be a Grammy Award Winner with this creative album which combines a wacky musical journey into the Latin rhythms, hip-hop beat plus humorous rhymes. This compilation also reflects on the things that really haunts the group and seems to be crippling them. Will.i.am once said: “You're always challenged not to go back to those bad habits in life,". "When you're comfortable living, you sometimes think that, well, I beat it once so I can do it again. But you never really escape the things that haunt you."” That’s why they started doing a more sophisticated writing that Will.i.am also considered as an album that was really about all of them building a house together. This is also the album where they first had their various songs in collaboration with different artists like Justin Timberlake, Sting, and Jack Johnson as well as with the “Godfather of Soul”, James Brown. Due to this deep fluid funk hits, the group become one of the world’s most beloved and respected singers and performers. Therefore, whenever and wherever they may go, their musical contribution will simply run from one generation to another.    ...Source...