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Friday, November 20th
Local news outlets in Virginia are reporting one fatality in a crash involving Miley Cyrus' tour bus.
NBC reports that Cyrus was not on the bus when it overturned on the side of Interstate 85, however there were 15 occupants on board, including the driver, who was killed. The driver's name has not been released.
Video report: http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=11544120
Monday, November 16th
Legendary British synth-pop duo the Pet Shop Boys have recorded a cover of Coldplay and Joe Satriani's 2008 collaboration 'Viva La Vida,' and the track has found its way to the internet via a series of tubes.
The cover, a mash-up of the Pet Shop Boys' 1988 hit 'Domino Dancing' and 'Viva La Vida,' has been performed regularly on the duo's recent 'Pandemonium' tour. It will feature on the forthcoming Christmas EP alongside a version of Madness' 'My Girl' and remixes of their own 'All Over The World' and their late ’90s holiday tune 'It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IDnu7jXPRo
A live performance of the track can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJp-0kKgvlA
Yusuf Islam - the born-again Muslim edition of legendary singer-songwriter Cat Stevens - was loudly booed by sections of the audience at the opening performance of his European tour at the O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland.
It was the singer's first large-scale tour since 1976, and his conversion to Islam, and for the first hour or so the audience response was overwhelmingly positive, as he took the stage first with 1970s cohort Alun Davies and later a full, six-piece band.
Later, however, things began to unravel, as he unveiled a live preview performance of Moonshadow, an upcoming West End musical based on his own music, starring ex-Hear'Say vocalist Noel Sullivan in the lead role.
Demanding fans, who had paid upwards of €80 ($100) for the privilege of seeing the veteran songwriter perform, appeared to be mystified and even angered by the turn of events - though the musical theatre portion of the show had been clearly demarcated on tour adverti ...more
Friday, November 13th
The new Chris Brown single 'Sing Like Me' has surfaced on the internet. The single comes off Brown's upcoming album Graffiti, which is set to release on December 8th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhJ1pVvkAPg
Thursday, November 12th
A new Lady Gaga song, entitled 'Telephone (feat. Beyonce),' from the upcoming re-release of her debut album The Fame has been posted online.
http://perezhilton.com/2009-11-12-epic-new-gaga
Monday, November 9th
Politicians in three separate Australian states have called for new legislation to be introduced after it was discovered Britney Spears had lip-synced at a concert in the Land Down Under.
The legislative hubbub came about as a result of Spears' performance in Perth, Western Australia, which she visited on Friday as part of her Circus world tour. An estimated 100 confused fans left the venue mid-concert, angered by the low standard of performance and lack of live singing.
Politicians in the states of Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales have weighed into the issue, calling for new laws requiring concert promoters to disclose whether the artist would be singing live or lip-syncing.
As per usual, it was left to fellow pop star John Mayer, also currently on tour in Australia, to restore some sense of rationality to the debate. He tweeted: "If you're shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, lif ...more
Cobra Starship has posted a new video for the song 'Hot Mess' off the album of the same name.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/cobra-starship/453777/hot-mess.jhtml#id=1518071
Last Saturday, Morrisey quit a show in Liverpool after someone hit him in the head with a bottle. He reportedly just said "goodbye" to the crowd and walked off during the second song of the night. Later, a member of the crew came out to tell the crowd what had happened and that everyone would recieve a full refund. Echo Arena manager Tim Banifield had this to say on the incident:
"We are exceptionally disappointed that one individual should choose to recklessly cause the concert to be abandoned, ruining what should have been a brilliant night out for thousands of Morrissey fans. The Echo Arena team take great care to ensure the safety of visitors and artists at the venue"
The full report and a clip of the incident can be found in the link below.
http://www.nme.com/news/morrissey/48276
Thursday, November 5th
According to Rolling Stone, the reunited No Doubt have filed a lawsuit against gaming company Activision, claiming "fraudulent inducement and breach of contract". The lawsuit pertains to the misuse of their avatars in the game Band Hero.
No Doubt are not happy that players can use No Doubt to sing any song from the game’s tracklist. The band has claimed that they only agreed to have their likenesses perform 3 No Doubt songs, and not tracks from other artists.
Tuesday, November 3rd
Gossip blog Holy Moly reports that the original line-up of the Sugababes are to reform.
Following the sacking of final founder member Keisha Buchanan last month, all three original members are now unattached. Many dared to suggest that the three original babes - completed by Siobhan Donaghy (left 2001) and Mutya Buena (left 2005) - would reform, but it appears the rumours have now reached fruition.
The three girls are reportedly in talks with a label (believed to be Warner Bros) and a producer (thought to be either William Orbit or Stuart Price) with a view to recording new material in the near future. Warner has also reportedly offered the three girls solo deals as a sweetener.
Presumably the reformed group will have no claim on the title "Sugababes," but whatever they do choose surely cannot be any worse "Get Sexy."
Friday, October 30th
American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert will release his debut album For Your Entertainment on November 24.
The album was produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day) and Linda Perry (P!nk) and features collaborations with Justin Hawkins of the Darkness, Matt Bellamy of Muse and Dr. Luke.
The lead single and title track can be heard on Lambert's MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/adamlambertmusic
The glamtastic album cover can be seen below:
http://www.adamofficial.com/sites/alambert6/files/imagecache/preview/Adam_FYE_cover.jpg
Tracklist:
1 Music Again
2 For Your Entertainment
3 Whataya Want from Me
4 Strut
5 Soaked
6 Sure Fire Winners
7 A Loaded Smile
8 If ...more
The video for the new Britney Spears single, '3,' has been posted to the singer's official website. '3' is taken from Britney's forthcoming greatest hits package The Singles Collection, which is scheduled for a November 24 release.
http://www.britneyspears.com/2009/10/official-3-music-video.php
Thursday, October 29th
Lady Gaga has posted a new song on her Myspace entitled 'Bad Romance' off her upcoming re-release The Fame Monster (November 23rd).
http://www.myspace.com/ladygaga
Justin Timberlake issued a restraining order last week against notorious stalker Karen Jane McNeil. Timberlake claims she repeatedly entered his property and refused to leave. This is not McNeil's first stalker appearance. Last march heavy metal giants Metallica filed a restraining order against McNeil; the order prohibits McNeil from being within 150 yards of all band members, family, and fan club moderators. McNeil was also reportedly sentenced to a year in prison for violating a court order to stay away from Guns n' Roses frontman Axle Rose in 1995.
Peter Gabriel is planning to release an orchestral covers album, with some of the biggest acts in modern music reinterpreting one another's material.
Entitled Scratch My Back, the record is expected to be released in spring 2010.
Rumoured tracklist:
'Heroes' (David Bowie)
'Street Spirit' (Radiohead)
'The Book of Love' (Magnetic Fields)
'Flume' (Bon Iver)
'My Body Is a Cage' (Arcade Fire)
'Listening Wind' (Talking Heads)
'I Think It's Going to Rain Today' (Randy Newman)
'Après Moi' (Regina Spektor or Eartha Kitt)
'Waterloo Sunset' (The Kinks)
'The Boy In The Bubble' (Paul Simon)
'The Power of the Heart' (Lou Reed)
'Philadelphia' (Neil Young)
'Mirrorball' (Elbow)
Wednesday, October 28th
The soundtrack of the new Michael Jackson tribute movie This Is It is available for streaming via AOL.
http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1
Monday, October 26th
Multi-Platinum recording artist Alicia Keys will release her fourth solo album,The Element of Freedom, on December 15.
The first and current single from the album, 'Doesn't Mean Anything,' has already garnered success, peaking at 15 on the iTunes charts and 61 on the Billboard 100. A second single has been chosen, 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,' but no release date has been confirmed.
During an interview with B.E.T.'s 106 & Park, Keys described the album: "I just want you to feel a sense of freedom, I want you to feel out-of-the-box, feel inspired... You're definitely going to be taken on a trip, I know you're going to be shocked, you're going to hear things that you probably didn't think that I would sound like. It's a journey."
Saturday, October 24th
Pop singer Morrissey is in stable condition following an on-stage collapse at a concert in Swindon, England.
The 50-year-old was taken to hospital after falling to the stage floor just minutes into his performance at the Oasis Leisure Centre, shortly after finishing his opening song, the Smiths classic 'This Charming Man.'
The singer, real name Stephen Patrick Morrissey, has already cancelled a number of dates this year in Australia and the US due to "unspecified illness," however his collapse still came as a shock to fans.
A spokesman for the Great Western hospital said: "Morrissey is being reviewed by the medical staff and his condition is stable."
The status of future scheduled gigs in unclear.
Thursday, October 22nd
The Veronicas has debuted a new video for the song 'This Love' off their Hook Me Up release. Watch the video below:
http://perezhilton.com/2009-10-22-new-from-the-veronicas-2
Wednesday, October 21st
Amazon is now streaming 30 second clips of each of the songs off John Mayer's upcoming release Battle Studies, which will be released on November 17th.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battle-Studies-John-Mayer/dp/B002QEXN2K/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1256133446&sr=8-9
Monday, October 19th
John Mayer has posted a flash video to his official web site containing 'Heartbreak Warfare,' a song from his upcoming album Battle Studies, which is due for release on November 17.
http://johnmayer.com/ar/#/Home
The Rocket Summer have released a new song entitled 'You Gotta Believe'. Listen below:
http://media.altpress.com/media/yougottabelieve.mp3
Lily Allen has released a new video for the song 'Who'd Have Known' off the album It's Not Me, It's You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITbRE0M_FPE
Lady Gaga has released the first single off her upcoming reissue The Fame Monster entitled 'Bad Romance'. The Fame Monster is set to release on November 23rd in deluxe and standard editions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2fXBYZlpDU
Sunday, October 18th
Norah Jones has released the lead single off her upcoming album The Fall, entitled 'Chasing Pirates.' The Fall is set to be released on November 17th.
http://www.norahjones.com/
Thursday, October 15th
Lady Gaga's reissue of her debut album The Fame, similarly titled The Fame
Monster is set for a November release.
The double disc set will come in standard and deluxe editions, each with different artwork.
Deluxe Edition:
http://gagadaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1.jpg
Standard Edition:
http://gagadaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/2.jpg
The second disc will include 8 new tracks:
01. Bad Romance
02. Alejandro
03. Monster
04. So Happy I Could Die
05. Speechless
06. Dance In The Dark
07. Telephone
08. Teeth
Wednesday, October 14th
Oklahoma's All-American Rejects have posted the video for their new single 'I Wanna' at AOL Music.
http://video.aol.com/aolvideo/AOL%20Music/i-wanna/44587208001
John Mayer has premiered a new video for his single 'Who Says?'. Watch the video below:
http://perezhilton.com/2009-10-13-new-john-mayer
Tuesday, October 13th
With the release of Michael Jackson's new song "This Is It", songwriter Paul Anka threatened to sue the the Jackson Estate because they haven't asked him to use it. The Estate acknowledged his claim and granted Paul 50 percent of the whole project, including the upcoming movie for Michael Jackson which is also entitled....."This Is It"
"The song dates back to 1983, when it was known as "I Never Heard" -- a co-write between Jackson and Anka -- and intended for inclusion on an Anka album. But the pair fell out, Jackson took the master tapes and Anka got them back.
The song was eventually released in 1991 after Anka placed it with an unknown Latin singer named Sa-Fire.
Both "I Never Heard" and "This Is It" share the same vocal and piano line, although the latter track boasts new overdubs from Jackson's brothers.
But "This Is It" had been promoted as a new Jackson re ...more
The Jonas Brothers have debuted a new song off their upcoming holiday album All Wrapped Up Volume 2 entitled 'Summertime Anthem'. Watch the video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YicTmFCqVSM
Monday, October 12th
A new Micheal Jackson song, entitled 'This Is It,' has been posted to the singer's official website.
The track is the lead single to the movie of the same name, which will begin a 2-week theater run on October 28, and a 2-disc greatest hits compilation to be released on October 27.
http://www.michaeljackson.com/us
Saturday, October 10th
Boyzone singer Stephen Gately has been found dead at the age of 33.
Gately had been on holiday in Majorca, of the coast off Spain, when has found dead in his rented apartment.
Manager Louis Walsh said: "We're all absolutely devastated. I'm in complete shock. I was only with him on Monday at an awards ceremony. We don't know much about what's happened yet.
"I only heard after The X Factor and we will rally around each other this week. He was a great man."
The four remaining members of the reformed boyband will fly to Majorca tomorrow.
Shane Lynch said: "Me and the boys are flying out in the morning. We just need to get over to where he's passed and work out what we need to do."
Gately leaves behind husband Andrew Cowles, whom he married in 2006.
To celebrate leaving Twitter, Miley Cyrus has composed a new song and video. Watch the video below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tSOTQPUQoU
Thursday, October 8th
The video for OneRepublic's new single 'All The Right Moves' has been posted for streaming at MTV.com.
The band's new album, Waking Up, is scheduled for release on November 17.
http://www.mtv.com/videos/onerepublic/443245/all-the-right-moves.jhtml#id=1518071
Wednesday, October 7th
At a recent show in New York, Kelly Clarkson performed a segment of several covers in her set. These included "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes, "Lies" by The Black Keys and a mash-up of Alanis Morrissette's "That I Would Be Good" and Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody".
Spin covered the stint of rock covers and have posted links to fan-shot videos of the performances.
http://www.spin.com/articles/watch-kelly-clarkson-covers-white-stripes-kings-leon
Brit-pop artist Adele wants to follow her artistic interests but doesn't want to alienate her current fans with her new album. When speaking to BANG Showbiz, she said "I’m a bit scared. Obviously there are new avenues that I want to go down with the sound and I don’t want to leave behind the fans who might not like the new sound I am going for, so I’m a bit wary of that."
She unoptimistically continued: "I’m writing it slowly but surely. I have a producer but I don’t want anyone to know who it is until the record is done, in case it flops."
http://music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?H=Adel-worried-her-new-album-could-be-a-flop&nItemID=29661
Monday, October 5th
The Backstreet Boys have had to cancel a TV appearance, as singer Brian Littrell has contracted swine flu... just in time for the release of the group's new album.
The three other band members, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough and AJ McLean, have been examined by doctors and declared healthy.
The be-swine flued Littrell has posted the following video message:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SHDHuNsuNU
Thursday, October 1st
Lady Gaga is set to reissue her debut album The Fame on November 24th. The reissue,
entitled The Fame Monster, will include an entire album worth of material. Read the
short interview with the Lady below:
[a]http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/10/01/lady-gaga-unleashes-monster-
with-dr-dre-headphones-first-song-next-singer-on-new-tracks/[/a]
Friday, September 25th
John Mayer is streaming a new track from his upcoming album Battle Studies entitled 'Who Says'. Battle Studies is set to release on November 17th.
http://johnmayer.com/whosays/
Thursday, September 24th
'Lily Allen has given up her fight against illegal file sharing and says she has quit the music business altogether after announcing on Twitter that "the abuse was getting too much".
This week, Allen launched a blog, "It's Not Alright", in which she slammed illegal downloading and threw her support behind plans by the British Government to disconnect music pirates from the internet.'
You can read the full article here: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/lily-allen-quits-music-after-abuse-over-filesharing-fight-20090925-g5ie.html.
Miley Cyrus has premiered a new music video for the song 'Party in the USA' off her latest EP The Time of Our Lives. The video can be viewed excluviely at ABC Music Lounge located below:
http://cdn.musiclounge.abc.go.com/player?type=video&clipId=235429
Wednesday, September 23rd
A new Michael Jackson single, 'This Is It,' is scheduled to be released on October 12, preceding the theatre release of the concert film of the same name on October 28.
Two versions of the previously unreleased track is set to appear on a two-disc compilation album, also titled This Is It, which will feature original album masters and unreleased alternative versions of many of the singer's biggest hits. Is This It the album is scheduled for release on October 27.
Monday, September 21st
UK pop trio the Sugababes have ended their relationship with singer Keish Buchanan with immediate effect and have announced 2009 British Eurovision entrant Jade Ewen as her replacement.
It had recently been reported that Amelle Berrabah had quit the group as the result of a bust-up with Keisha, with a newspaper report going so far as to claim Buchanan had bullied Berrabah. Those reports were never confirmed by the band.
Buchanan's departure means that all three original members have now departed the band. Heidi Range, who replaced Siobhan Donaghy in 2001, is the long-serving current member.
The Sugababes' new album, Sweet 7, is scheduled for release on November 23.
Keisha Buchanan will continue to perform as a solo artist on Island Records.
Friday, September 18th
Alicia Keys has posted the lead single to her forthcoming as-yet-untitled album to MySpace. The track is titled 'Doesn't Mean Anything' and the album is scheduled for release some time next year.
http://www.myspace.com/aliciakeys
Thursday, September 17th
Us Weekly has reported that Avril Lavigne has officially split with Sum 41's frontman and singer, Deryck Whibley. The couple have been together for three years.
"She dumped him and told him she was leaving him. She wants to move on," a "source" told the magazine, adding that Lavigne, 25, forced him out of their $9.5 million, 12,000-square-foot estate in L.A.'s Bel Air. "Divorce papers will be filed any day now."
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebritynews/news/avril-and-deryk-2009179
UPDATE: Deryck has remarked on his band's myspace about the divorce.
"The past 6 and a half years have been the most amazing years of my life. It's sad it has come to an end but Avril and I are still family and moving forward in the most positive way possible. Our decision to part ways is ami ...more
Monday, September 14th
Sony has released a trailer for This Is It, the highly controversial Michael Jackson documentary that focuses on the last months of the late pop singers life and the rehearsals for the ill fated London tour of the same name.
Shot from April through June 2009 and edited down from an alleged hundred-plus hours of footage, the Kenny Ortega directed film will see a limited two week theatre engagement starting on October 28th.
Watch the This Is It trailer in High Definition on MySpace*.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=63043 518
*delete the space in the link for it to work
Janet Jackson's new single 'Make Me' has been posted to the singer's official website.
The track, which was premiered at yesterday's VMAs, features a re-work of the chorus from her brother's iconic single 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough.'
http://www.janetjackson.com/gift?give=gift
Sunday, September 13th
After Girls Aloud announced a break to focus on solo ventures, lead singer Cheryl Cole has released her new single "Fight For This Love".
Here it on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt295-CD-kA
Friday, September 11th
A planned tribute gig to Michael Jackson in Vienna has been cancelled and an alternative event will now be held in London next year, on the anniversary of the singer's death.
The organisers, which included the star's brother Jermaine Jackson, announced plans last week to hold a tribute concert in the Austrian city. Artists such as Mary J. Blige, Natalie Cole and Chris Brown had been lined up to perform songs from Jackson's catalogue, but later revealed that they would be unable to attend.
A crowd of 65,000 was expected for the event, with tickets on sale from anywhere between €63 to €518. The event's organisers had expected Vienna City Council to pitch in around €600,000 in running costs for the gig, but it today confirmed that it would not make a contribution, due in part to the perceived lack of demand for tickets in the city.
A spokesperson for the Vienna tourist board added: "A cancellation is better than something that is bad and that doesn't interest ...more
Thursday, September 10th
OneRepublic have posted 'All The Right Moves,' the first single from their upcoming album Waking Up, to MySpace.
Four samples, from album tracks 'Secrets,' 'Everybody Love Me,' 'Good Life' and 'All This Time,' have also been uploaded to the player.
http://www.myspace.com/onerepublic
Monday, September 7th
Lights has released an album stream for her new Ep, Saviour. It's being released September 8th. Album stream at www.myspace.com/lights
Sunday, September 6th
Irish ska-pop group the Blizzards will release their second album, The Domino Effect, in the UK on October 12. The album was originally released in Ireland on September 12, 2008.
http://www.myspace.com/theblizzards
Monday, August 31st
Jason Mraz's song I'm Yours has broken the record for most weeks spent in the Billboard's Hot Top 100 list. The song, which first appeared in the list in May 2008 has stayed in the list for a grand total of 71 weeks.
The previous record was owned by LeAnne Rimes which spent 69 weeks on the list at the end of the 90's with her song How Do I Live.
Thursday, August 27th
French singer/songwriter Sliimy, the first signing to Perez Hilton's Warner Bros imprint Perezcious Records, has posted the video for his debut single 'Wake Up' to Youtube.
Sliimy's debut album Paint Your Face is scheduled for release on September 15.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMHl_ck3u5E
Current Chiodos/former Sound of Animals Fighting vocalist Craig Owens has posted a new solo track, entitled 'All Based On A Storyline,' to MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/craigchiodos
Wednesday, August 26th
Legendary songwriter Ellie Greenwich has died from a heart attack in a New York hospital aged 68.
Greenwich is most famous for writing landmark hits like 'Be My Baby' and 'River Deep, Mountain High' with producer Phil Spector and her husband Jeff Barry. As a perrformer and producer, she helped Spector to realise his trademark "Wall Of Sound" production style with the likes of the Ronettes, the Crystals and Ike & Tina Turner.
Greenwich's songs are responsible for tens of millions of record sales, with 25 gold and platinum records to her name. In 1985, she helped create the play "Leader Of The Pack," which was partially based on her life in the industry.
Tuesday, August 25th
An LA coroner has declared the death of pop star Michael Jackson to be homicide, a law enforcement official has told the Associated Press.
The coroner has reportedly cited a "combination of lethal drugs," including the anesthetic propofol and the sedatives lorazepam and midazolam. Court documents, unsealed on Monday, filed by police in Nevada and Texas courts in July, reveal that Jackson's personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, is the target of a manslaughter investigation.
Murray told detectives he had been treating Jackson for six weeks with propofol and had become worried that the pop icon was developing an addiction.
The doctor weaned Jackson off the medication with the sedatives lorazepam and midazolum, but was forced to respond to his employer's "repeated demands/requests" for the anesthetic on the night of his death. Jackson is believed to have referred to the powerful anesthetic as his "milk."
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Saturday, August 22nd
Bassist Cash Colligan has left Vegas rockers the Cab with immediate effect.
The band announced the news in a MySpace blog: "I'm sad to say the day has come where Cash has decided to leave the band and to move on from touring to pursue his other interests and dreams and to do do what's right for him in Las Vegas.
"If you follow Cash on twitter I'm sure you've seen everything he has on his plate and that he's been working on at home. We wish him the best and I'm sure he'll be no stranger at a Cab show or anytime we're back in town."
http://blogs.myspace.com/thecab
Monday, August 17th
On June 25th, 2009, Michael Jackson died. Amidst the media circus, tributes, controversies and exploitations, somebody forgot to bury the guy. Nine days ago, UK daily The Mirror reported that Michael Jackson had finally been buried in a quiet, fanless ceremony. Entertainment Tonight later confirmed this.
The problem is that never happened. Either that or the video for Thriller was truer to form than we ever could have predicted. Today, Joe Jackson, father of the former King of Pop has told the New York Daily News that Michael's burial will have to wait just a little longer, as the family is planning to bury the long-since deceased pop singer at 10AM on August 29th, on what would have been his 51st birthday.
Wednesday, August 12th
Canada's Lights has posted a new music video for Savior, the first single of her upcoming album "The Listening". The album is expected to be released in Canada on September 22nd and elsewhere on October 6th.
http://www.myspace.com/lights
Tuesday, August 11th
Cobra Starship's new album Hot Mess is on sale for $3.99 at the Amazon MP3 store today only.
http://tinyurl.com/nlhyr4
Monday, August 10th
Country-tinged rockers Train have posted their new single, 'Hey Soul Sister,' for streaming over at Billboard magazine.
The group's fifth studio album, Save Me San Francisco, is scheduled for release on October 27.
http://www.billboard.com/#/features/train-song-debut-hey-soul-sister-1004001639.story
Thursday, August 6th
Chiodos frontman Craig Owens has posted a new solo track entitled 'Products Of Poverty' to MySpace. The track features vocal contributions from Anberlin/Anchor & Braille's Stephen Christian.
Owens' new EP, With Love, is scheduled for release on September 15.
http://www.myspace.com/craigchiodos
Wednesday, August 5th
Judge Paula Abdul has decided not to return for the ninth season of American Idol, it was revealed today.
The once multi-platinum artist has been with the show since its inception, and announced her departure via the all-too-common medium of Twitter on Tuesday evening. She wrote: "With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to Idol. I'll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon."
She continued: "What I want to say most, is how much I appreciate the undying support and enormous love that you have showered upon me. It truly has been breathtaking, especially over the past month. I do without any doubt have the BEST fans in the entire world and I love you all."
Abdul's announcement comes less than a week after Fox confirmed that controversial fourth judge Kara DioGuardi, who was introduced at the beginning of season eight on a trial basis, would be ret ...more
Tuesday, August 4th
Cobra Starship's new album Hot Mess is available to stream in full via MTV's The Leak ahead of its August 11 release.
http://www.mtv.com/music/the_leak/cobra_starship/hot_mess/
Wednesday, July 29th
Panic! At The Disco drummer Spencer Smith has revealed that guitarist Ian Crawford (formerly of the Cab) and bassist Dallon Weekes (of the Brobecks) will replace the departed Ryan Ross and Jon Walker for the upcoming dates with Blink-182 and Fall Out Boy.
It's not known whether they will become permanent members.
Read the full interview here:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1617245/20090729/panic_at_the_disco.jhtml
The Backstreet Boys will release their seventh studio album This Is Us on October 6 via Jive Records.
The follow-up to 2007's Unbreakable was written by the four-piece with the help of producers and songwriters such as T-Pain, Max Martin and RedOne. Other rumoured, but unconfirmed, collaborators include Akon, Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and Brian Kennedy.
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter stated: "We're really excited to release this new album and know that our fans are excited too. We worked with a group of amazing artists and producers that we've never worked with before, exploring new sounds and territory and know the final product turned out incredible."
Lead single 'Straight Through My Heart,' produced by RedOne, can now be streamed from the band's MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/backstreetboys
Monday, July 27th
The newly re-re-titled Panic! At The Disco have posted their new single 'New Perspective' for free download. The track is taken from the soundtrack to the forthcoming movie Jennifer's Body, starring Megan Fox.
http://www.fmqbproductions.net/epks/2009/patd/
Update: The download link has been deleted. The song is now streaming on MySpace.
http://www.myspace.com/panicatthedisco
Friday, July 24th
New Jersey-based power pop band Houston Calls have broken up.
The band wrote on MySpace: "The continued instability surrounding our band's various situations (finances, finding new members, touring, etc.) has overshadowed what our band has always prioritized: making some alright music and having a great time with our friends - the ones in our van and the ones we meet on the road.
"To elaborate a little, it's tough packing up your entire life and leaving friends and family for months at a time. It's unstable, it's uncertain, and it's pretty darn unhealthy. It's also, as we're all looking a little to our own futures, unsustainable at this level. The economic realities of living hand to mouth at our ages gets to be a little daunting. And seeing very few open doors for us as a band, we decided that it's best for us to move on."
The band have announced two final gigs next month. The first, in Greensboro, NC, will take place on Aug ...more
Tuesday, July 21st
R&B star Chris Brown has issued a videotaped public apology to his fans and to ex-girlfriend Rihanna following the conclusion of his domestic battery case.
Brown was charged in February this year following an altercation with Rihanna shortly before the pair were due to perform together at the 2009 Grammy Awards. Brown initially plead guilty to the criminal charges in court, however he accepted a plea deal in June that allowed him to escape jail time.
The full apology, in which he describes the incident as "his biggest regret," can be seen below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4SD6oBvbKY | |
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