KT Tunstall To Hit The Road For Fall North American Headlining Tour; Third Studio Album Due Oct. 5th
Sep 08, 2010
MULTI-PLATINUM SINGER-SONGWRITER'S THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, TIGER SUIT, DUE OCTOBER 5TH, 2010, FROM VIRGIN RECORDS
APPEARANCES ON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO, NPR'S WORLD CAFE, YAHOO!'S MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE AND CBS/LAST.FM'S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES SLATED
The tour will support her brand-new album Tiger Suit, which will be released by Virgin Records on October 5th, 2010. Recorded in January at Berlin’s world-famous Hansa Studios, Tiger Suit heralds the beginning of a new musical adventure for Tunstall. Organic instrumentation is blended with dance-friendly textures, the results of which she has dubbed “Nature Techno” to encapsulate the album’s collision of raw, upfront rootsiness and sleek electronic textures.
KT will perform the album’s first single, “Fade Like A Shadow,” October 5th on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The single was released to all digital retailers on August 10th and is already Top 20 at Triple A radio. Watch the video, directed by Paul Minor, here: http://www.youtube.com/kttunstallofficial#p/a/f/0/yiYx9glnt6M. In addition, Tunstall's performance on NPR’s World Café program will air on Friday, October 1st, a Yahoo! Maximum Performance will run in early October, and a live session for CBS/Last.FM’s Summer Concert Series will be posted on September 9th at http://lastfmdiscover.radio.com/shows/summer-sessions/.
Tiger Suit was produced by Jim Abbiss, known for his work with Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kasabian, Editors, and many more. Tunstall co-wrote several tracks with A-list songwriter/producers Linda Perry and Greg Kurstin, as well as her long-time collaborators Martin Terefe and Jimmy Hogarth, both of whom contributed to Tunstall’s previous albums, 2007’s Top 10 Drastic Fantastic and its predecessor, 2006’s platinum-seller Eye To The Telescope.
KT Tunstall’s upcoming U.S. tour dates are on sale this weekend:
Oct 31 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Nov 1 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Nov2 Seattle, WA The Showbox SODO
Nov 4 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
Nov 5 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
Nov 7 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
Nov 8 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theatre
Nov 11 Los Angeles, CA The Music Box
Nov 12 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Nov 16 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Nov 18 Minneapolis, MN Epic
Nov 19 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
Nov 21 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Nov 22 Detroit, MI The Crofoot
Nov 23 Toronto, ON Phoenix Theatre
Nov 25 Montreal, QU Club Soda
Nov 26 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
Nov 27 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Nov 29 Boston, MA House of Blues
Dec 1 New York, NY Terminal 5
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Ask Sick Puppies Questions Using YouTube's Moderator Module
Sep 01, 2010
Do you have a question you'd like to ask Sick Puppies?
Now's your chance!
Hop over to the band's YouTube Channel -- http://www.youtube.com/sickpuppies1 -- and upload a question to their Moderator module.
Just click "Submit a Question," and either type in a question, or upload a video of yourself asking a question.
It can be about gear, songwriting, or even personal stuff.
The band will pick their favorites and answer them!
For the latest news & tour dates, please visit: www.sickpuppies.com
LCD Soundsystem New September-October Fall U.S. Tour Dates Confirmed
Aug 02, 2010
NEW SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER FALL U.S. TOUR DATES CONFIRMED
DATES TO INCLUDE FIRST EVER HOLLYWOOD BOWL HEADLINE
FESTIVAL APPEARANCES TO INCLUDE AUSTIN CITY LIMITS, TREASURE ISLAND, V FESTIVAL
Special Guests To Include Sleigh Bells and Hot Chip
Fresh off triumphant appearances at the Sasquatch, Bonnaroo and Pitchfork festivals, sold out multiple headline dates in New York, Paris, Dublin and more, and stops in Japan, Australia, Korea and beyond, LCD Soundsystem has confirmed dates of its extensive U.S. fall tour. This next U.S. leg will commence September 24 at Philadelphia’s Naval Cruise Terminal and will include LCD’s first ever headline engagement at Los Angeles’ legendary Hollywood Bowl on October 15, as well as sets at the Austin City Limits and V festivals, among others.
Special guests Sleigh Bells will appear on the September 24-October 8 dates, after which Hot Chip will occupy the special guest slot from October 13 on. Both Hot Chip and Sleigh Bells will appear at the Hollywood Bowl show.
The newly announced dates are the latest in LCD Soundsystem’s ongoing world tour in support of its third album, This Is Happening, which was released May 18 in the U.S. on DFA/Virgin. The first LCD record to debut in the U.S. Top 10, This Is Happening and attendant LCD live experience have been garnering unanimous acclaim, most recently including a #5 showing in NPR’s mid-year best music of 2010 so far listeners poll and Spin naming the band’s performance “Best Moment Everyone Expected To Be Great” at the recent Pitchfork festival.
On the forthcoming dates LCD Soundsystem constant James Murphy will be joined by core members Nancy Whang (keyboards, vocals) and Pat Mahoney (drums), as well as Al Doyle of Hot Chip (bass), Gavin Russom (keyboards), David Scott Stone (guitar) and Matt Thornley (percussion).
More dates will be announced shortly. For updates and additions, continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com.
Fri-Sep-24-10 Philadelphia Making Time @ Philadelphia Naval Cruise Terminal (with Sleigh Bells)
Sat-Sep-25-10 Columbia MD. V Festival @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Mon-Sep-27-10 Burlington VT Memorial Auditorium (with Sleigh Bells)
Tue-Sep-28-10 Boston Orpheum (with Sleigh Bells)
Fri-Oct-01-10 Clinton, NY Hamilton College (with Sleigh Bells)
Mon-Oct-04-10 Atlanta Tabernacle (with Sleigh Bells)
Tue-Oct-05-10 Orlando Hard Rock (with Sleigh Bells)
Wed-Oct-06-10 Miami Fillmore (with Sleigh Bells)
Fri-Oct-08-10 Houston Verizon Amphitheater (with Sleigh Bells)
Sat-Oct-09-10 Austin City Limits Festival
Wed-Oct-13-10 San Diego RIMAC Arena (with Hot Chip)
Fri-Oct-15-10 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl (with Hot Chip and Sleigh Bells)
Sat-Oct-16-10 San Francisco Treasure Island
Tue-Oct-19-10 Salt Lake City The Complex (with Hot Chip)
Wed-Oct-20-10 Denver Fillmore Auditorium (with Hot Chip)
Fri-Oct-22-10 Milwaukee Eagles Ballroom (with Hot Chip)
Sat-Oct-23-10 Saint Paul Roy Wilkins (with Hot Chip)
Gorillaz World Tour To Kick Off October 3 In North America
Jul 23, 2010
THREE MONTH “ESCAPE TO PLASTIC BEACH” GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO INCLUDE FIRST EVER MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HEADLINE
Plastic Beach #1 in NPR’s Mid-Year Best Music of 2010 So Far Listeners’ Poll
New and Exclusive Video Material Live Now at Gorillaz Official Hulu Channel
With blown minds still reeling from a record-breaking one-off headline appearance at this year's Coachella festival, Gorillaz have confirmed that their worldwide "Escape To Plastic Beach" tour will begin in North America with a 20 date stretch commencing October 3 at Montreal's Bell Centre and including the band's first ever performance at Madison Square Garden on October 8.
Gorillaz fanclub, the Sub-Division, will benefit from a 48 hour pre-sale ahead of tickets going on general sale. To join Sub-Division go to www.gorillaz.com/subdivision. Get a sneak peak of the Gorillaz live experience here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Kf1LtDQxE.
The U.S. and Canada dates, full details of which will be announced shortly, will be followed by a series of 10 shows across Europe and the UK, including a two-night stand at London's O2 arena, as well as seven shows across Australia and Asia.
Gorillaz co-creators Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's new live experience encompassing material from all three multi-platinum Gorillaz albums played its first ever show at this April's Coachella festival, absolutely slaying a crowd of 70,000 in the final headline slot of the weekend. Featuring Albarn, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash, Bobby Womack, Little Dragon, Bootie Brown, UK Hip Hop stars Kano and Bashy and others as well as video animation, artwork, film and stage design by Hewlett, Gorillaz have since played in front of more than 400,000 fans headlining Glastonbury, Roskilde in Denmark and Benicassim Festival in Spain and will soon become the first Western band of their magnitude to play in Syria when they play the ancient Citadel in Damascus on July 25th following a headline slot at Byblos Festival, in Beirut, Lebanon.
Universal raves for the current Gorillaz live band have included the following:
"The guest appearances from Bobby Womack, De La Soul, the Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, and more were all real. Not that Albarn really needed any help commanding attention. He sang with real soul and exhibited boundless energy... This, ladies and gentlemen, was pop spectacle done right."—ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"The evolving band-art project -- that originally began as a partnership between Blur's Damon Albarn and comics artist Jamie Hewlett -- was at its most expansive at Coachella. Albarn acted as a composer and a conjurer, directing a mini symphony and waving his arms to inspire flashes of synthesized and electronic sounds. The Gorillaz -- aided by Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, anchors of what was once one of England's most ambitious bands, the Clash -- were, in many ways, the most perfect of Coachella bands."—LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Gorillaz, the multi-media music project helmed by former Blur front man Damon Albarn and Tank Girl co-creator Jamie Hewlett, is the most intriguing, and perhaps one of the most important, music groups to emerge from the '00s. Nowhere was that more obvious than Sunday night at Coachella, when Gorillaz sucked the crowd from virtually every other portion of Empire Polo Field for a rousing conclusion to the festival."—LA WEEKLY
On the heels of the recently released third Gorillaz album Plastic Beach being voted #1 album of 2010 thus far in NPR's listeners poll, and first single/video "Stylo" setting the record for the most successful YouTube Music Tuesday premiere ever, Gorillaz have followed up with an epic clip for "On Melancholy Hill." The narrative reveals the whereabouts of Gorillaz guitar slinger Noodle, making her first appearance since her apparent demise in the "El Manana" video that capped the 2005-2006 Demon Days campaign, and drummer Russel Hobbs, returning from MIA status transformed into a giant. "On Melancholy Hill" also picks up immediately following the conclusion of the white knuckle chase captured in "Stylo," with Noodle's Cyborg doppelganger, Murdoc and vocalist 2D headed to Plastic Beach by way of an undersea odyssey featuring cameos from Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg, Simonon and Jones, De La Soul and more. The full back story of the various Gorillaz misadventures filling the gap between Demon Days and Plastic Beach, the discovery of Point Nemo and construction of Murdoc's new HQ, the formation of the current Gorillaz live band and more are chronicled in Journey To Plastic Beach: http://www.hulu.com/watch/158164/gorillaz-journey-to-plastic-beach#s-p1-sr-i0. Journey To Plastic Beach recently debuted alongside "Feel Good Inc.," "DARE," "Clint Eastwood" and other visual essentials from the extensive Gorillaz videography at the band's recently christened Hulu channel at http://www.hulu.com/gorillaz
Plastic Beach was released March 9 in the U.S. on EMI's Virgin Records. It immediately set two career landmarks, selling more than 112,000 copies in its first week and entering the U.S. album chart at #2. Both career highs, the sales number and chart position bested those of 2005's double-platinum Demon Days, which sold 107,000 in its debut week, entering the chart at #6.
Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russell Hobbs were co-created by Albarn and Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two million copies in the U.S. The band's 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner "Feel Good Inc." and sold in excess of two million copies in America.
For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com, follow the band's own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz
Thirty Seconds To Mars New Single, "This Is War" Claims The #1 Spot At Alternative Radio
Jul 19, 2010
“This Is War” Becomes Band’s Third #1 Single Following “Kings & Queens” Earlier This Year And “From Yesterday” from the previous album
New Single ”Closer To The Edge” Impacts Radio In August
“Into The Wild” World Tour Returns Stateside On August 30th
Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars single “This Is War” reaches #1 on the alternative radio airplay charts this week, after an 8-week run at #2. This is the band’s second consecutive #1 single from their 3rd studio album This Is War (EMI’s Virgin Records) which was released in December, 2009. The album’s first single “Kings & Queens” spent three weeks at #1 in January. Thirty Seconds To Mars now has three #1 songs and four top 5 hits at the format. The platinum selling A Beautiful Lie’s “From Yesterday” reached #1 in 2007 and “The Kill” peaked at #3 in 2006 before becoming the first song in alternative radio history to be retired from the Billboard chart after a 52-week run. “The Kill” was named the #1 Alternative song of the last decade by AOL Radio listeners. Their new single “Closer To The Edge” is already climbing the airplay charts across Europe and will impact U.S. radio in August.
Last week Thirty Seconds To Mars announced new dates for the stateside return of their “Into The Wild” world tour which kicks off on August 30th in Syracuse, NY at the New York State Fair and runs through Oct. 16th at the Deluna Festival in Pensacola, FL (full schedule below). Neon Trees, Violent Soho and New Politics will support Thirty Seconds To Mars on select dates.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Thirty Seconds To Mars leads the nominations for the 2010 Kerrang Awards with 4 nominations, including best album (This Is War), best video (Kings & Queens), best live band and best international band. Fans have until Wednesday, July 21st to vote for the winner and can register to vote at http://awards.kerrang.com. The band is winner of 3 previous Kerrang awards, 1 in 2007 and 2 in 2008.
Thirty Seconds to Mars began the “Into the Wild” tour in early 2010 in support This Is War. The first leg of the tour took them to 89 cities in 27 countries where they played in front of over 1.3 million ecstatic fans. The European leg of the tour was the band’s first arena headline tour and they sold out shows around the globe including gigs at London’s Wembley Arena and Paris’ Bercy Arena. The band will play festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and throughout Eastern Europe before returning home for the new U.S. dates. Thirty Seconds To Mars will return to Europe in November to play gigs through December and will play at London’s O2 arena for the first time on November 30th.
Alternative Press praised This Is War with 4/5 stars and The Los Angeles Times declared that the album is “the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” This Is War debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week of release. The album has 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.
Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 50 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds To Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.
For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
Follow Thirty Seconds To Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars
Register to vote for the Kerrang Awards at http://awards.kerrang.com
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“Into The Wild” Fall U.S. Tour Dates
Aug 30 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
Sep 1 Baltimore, MD Sonar w/Violent Soho
Sep 2 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues w/Violent Soho
Sep 3 Norfolk, VA The Norva w/Violent Soho
Sep 4 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues w/Violent Soho
Sep 5 Hampton, NH HB Casino w/Violent Soho
Sep 8 Providence, RI Lupo’s w/Violent Soho
Sep 9 Hartford, CT The Webster w/Violent Soho
Sep 10 Worcester, MA Palladium w/Violent Soho
Sep 11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights w/Violent Soho
Sep 13 Niagara, NY Rapids Theater w/Violent Soho
Sep 14 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo w/Violent Soho
Sep 16 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue w/Violent Soho
Sep 17 Fargo, ND The Venue w/Violent Soho
Sep 18 Winnipeg, MT Burton Cummings w/Violent Soho
Sep 20 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Events Ctr w/Violent Soho
Sep 21 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall w/Violent Soho
Sep 22 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theater w/Violent Soho
Sep 23 Medford, OR Medford Academy w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Sep 26 Los Angeles, CA Epicenter Festival
Sep 29 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Sep 30 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom w/Anberlin,Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 2 Clive, IA 7 Flags Event Center w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 3 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 4 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 6 Cleveland, OH House of Blues w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 7 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 9 Plymouth, MI Compuware Arena 89X Radio Fall Festival
Oct 11 Louisville, KY Expo Five w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 12 Nashville, TN Rocketown w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 13 Charlotte, NC Fillmore w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 15 Tampa, FL Ritz Ybor w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 16 Pensacola, FL DeLuna Festival Festival
Innovative Hip Hop Duo Chiddy Bang Announces "The Swelly Life Tour"
Jul 15, 2010
“THE SWELLY LIFE TOUR”
FEATURING DONNIS, XV AND BAD RABBITS
HEAVILY ANTICIPATED DEBUT ALBUM, “THE SWELLY LIFE” OUT LATE SUMMER VIA VIRGIN RECORDS / EMI MUSIC
"Genre blending valedictorians of the Kanye West School of Sampling" –Nylon
"Drexel University dudes....crib the synth line from MGMT's "Kids" for a brash and bittersweet blast of Peter Pan syndrome." -Spin
"[Chiddy Bang’s single] Opposite of Adults is sure to attract a crowd" –Billboard
Support acts for The Swelly Life tour include XXL Freshman 10 alum - Donnis, XV and Bad Rabbits. The 12 city jaunt kicks off on August 4, 2010 at Altar Bar in Pittsburgh and ends on September 2, 2010 in their hometown of Philadelphia at the Theatre Of Living Arts. Adding to their string of high profile festival appearances at Glastonbury and Wireless, Chiddy Bang will also make their US festival debut at Lollapalooza before heading to the UK for the storied Reading and Leeds festivals. In between tour dates they will be performing with the likes of B.O.B and Kesha at various radio shows throughout the country.
Chiddy Bang’s debut album, The Swelly Life, will be released later this summer through Virgin Records/EMI Music. Currently in the finishing stages, the album features contributions from Pharrell and Q-Tip amongst others.
For up to date, confirmed information on the EP and upcoming album, tours and club appearances please visit www.myspace.com/chiddybang
Tour Dates Include:
8/04 WEDS - PA - Pittsburgh – Altar Bar
8/05 THU - OH - Cleveland- Cambridge Room
8/06 FRI - OH – Columbus - BOMA
8/07 SAT - MI - Detroit- St. Andrew’s Hall
8/08 SUN - IL - Chicago - Lollapalooza
8/12 THU - MO- St. Louis – Old Rock House
8/15 SUN - SC – Charleston – Music Farm
8/17 TUE - NC- Charleston –Tremont Music Hall
8/18 WED-NC – Carrboro – Cat’s Cradle
8/19 THU- NC- Wilmington – Kefi
8/23 MON - MA – Allston – Harper’s Ferry
8/24 TUE – NY - New York City – Highline Ballroom
9/02 THU – PA - Philadelphia - TLA
Thirty Seconds To Mars Leads 2010 Kerrang Awards With Four Nominations
Jul 01, 2010
“INTO THE WILD” WORLD TOUR RETURNING STATESIDE WITH
NEW DATES THIS FALL
2nd Single “This Is War” Is Currently #2 At Alternative Radio
For 6-Consecutive Weeks
“Closer To The Edge” Selected As 3rd Single - Already Heating Up UK Charts
Since the release of This Is War last December, Thirty Seconds To Mars have been on the road touring the world in support of the release. Their hugely successful “Into The Wild” world tour took them to 89 cities in 27 countries where they played in front of over 1.3 million ecstatic fans. “Into The Wild” was the band’s first arena headline tour and sold out shows around the globe including gigs at London’s 02 and Paris’ Bercy arenas. The band is currently back in Europe playing the summer festival circuit with upcoming shows at Germany’s Rock-Am-King festival, the UK’s Download Festival, Scotland’s T In The Park fest and Ireland’s Oxygen Festival amongst others. They will also play festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and throughout Eastern Europe before heading home for the fall tour. A complete list of international dates can be found at www.thirtysecondstomars.com.
This Is War has dominated the airwaves around the world since late 2009 when the first single “Kings & Queens” was released. “Kings & Queens” shot to #1 at alternative radio in the U.S. where it remained for 3-consecutive weeks. The follow-up “This Is War” has spent the last 6 weeks at #2 and has it’s eye on the top spot. “Closer To The Edge” has been selected as the album’s third single and will impact radio later this summer in the U.S. It is already heating up the charts overseas.
Alternative Press praised This Is War with 4/5 stars and The Los Angeles Times declared that the album is “the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” This Is War debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week of release. The album has 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.
Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 50 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds To Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.
For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
Follow Thirty Seconds To Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars
Register to vote for the Kerrang Awards at http://awards.kerrang.com
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“Into The Wild” Fall U.S. Tour Dates
Aug 30 Syracuse, NY New York State Fair
Sep 1 Baltimore, MD Sonar
Sep 2 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Sep 3 Norfolk, VA The Norva
Sep 4 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
Sep 5 Hampton, NH HB Casino
Sep 8 Providence, RI Lupo’s
Sep 9 Hartford, CT The Webster
Sep 10 Worcester, MA Palladium
Sep 11 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
Sep 13 Niagara, NY Rapids Theater
Sep 14 Pittsburgh, PA Club Zoo
Sep 16 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Sep 17 Fargo, ND The Venue
Sep 26 Los Angeles, CA Epicenter
Oct 16 Pensacola, FL DeLuna Festival
Saving Abel's MISS AMERICA Achieves Highest Debut Career To Date For Mississippi Rockers
Jun 18, 2010
DEBUT CAREER TO DATE FOR MISSISSIPPI ROCKERS
Follow-up to gold-certified debut enters chart at number 24
BAND ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL DATES WITH
WE ARE THE FALLEN, TADDY PORTER AND
AMERICAN BANG ALONG FOR THE RIDE
New York, NY --- Virgin Records Saving Abel have achieved another milestone in their notable career. The quintet’s follow up to their gold-certified self-titled debut MISS AMERICA has entered the Billboard album chart at 24. This is the highest position the band has held with any album on the Top 200. Released June 8, 2010, MISS AMERICA and the band’s presence in the marketplace, has been delivered a level of critical mass that documents the arrival of Saving Abel. The lead single “Stupid Girl (Only In Hollywood)” is flying up the rock charts, currently bulleted at 12, while the accompanying video is in rotation on MTV2. Last week the band announced plans for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) on August 2.
The quintet continues their current world tour which has, over the past several months, touched down in India, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iraq (via a USO / Armed Forces Entertainment tour of the Persian Gulf), extensively across the U.S., and in the middle of the Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Carl Vinson as the vessel returned from Haiti. Following appearances in Biloxi on June 25 and Springfield, MO on June 27, a two-month run will begin the 30th in Kansas City, MO, when headliner Saving Abel will hit the road with direct support act We Are The Fallen, and openers American Bang and Taddy Porter. The itinerary includes appearances in:
6/30 KANSAS CITY, MO KC POWER & LIGHT DISTRICT
7/02 WICHITA, KS THE COTILLION
7/03 GREELEY, CO INDEPENDENCE STAMPEDE (SA ONLY)
7/05 CALGARY, AB THE BACK ALLEY
7/06 EDMONTON, AB UNION HALL
7/08 VANCOUVER, BC THE RED ROOM
7/10 SEATTLE, WA SHOWBOX
7/11 SPOKANE, WA KNITTING FACTORY SPOKANE
7/12 PORTLAND, OR WONDER BALLROOM
7/13 BOISE, ID KNITTING FACTORY
7/14 RENO, NV KNITTING FACTORY
7/17 ANAHEIM, CA HOUSE OF BLUES
7/18 TEMPE, AZ TEMPE MARKETPLACE
7/20 AMARILLO, TX MIDNIGHT RODEO
7/21 SAN ANTONIO, TX SCOUT BAR
7/23 DALLAS, TX PALLADIUM BALLROOM
7/24 HOUSTON, TX WAREHOUSE LIVE
7/25 LITTLE ROCK, AR THE VILLAGE
7/27 FAYETTEVILLE, AR GEORGE’S MAJESTIC LOUNGE
7/28 HUNTSVILLE, AL SAMMY T’S MUSIC HALL
7/30 CLEAR LAKE, IA SURF BALLROOM
7/31 DUBUQUE, IA COUNTY FAIR (SA ONLY)
8/03 ASHWAUBENON, WI TOM, DICK & HARRY’S
8/04 WEST DES MOINES, IA VAL AIR BALLROOM
8/05 OMAHA, NE WHISKEY TANGO
8/06 FT. WAYNE, IN PIERE’S (SA ONLY)
8/10 COMSTOCK PARK, MI FIFTH THIRD FIELD (SA ONLY)
8/21 HOLMDEL, NJ PNC BANK ARTS CENTER (SA ONLY)
8/28 PARKERSBURG, WV EAGLES CLUB
WWW.SAVINGABEL.COM
KT Tunstall To Release Brand New Album 'Tiger Suit' On Sept. 28th
Jun 16, 2010
TIGER SUIT IS GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER’S
THIRD STUDIO ALBUM
U.S. Press Days Scheduled for July 10 – 18; Tunstall to perform solo shows that week at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom and LA’s Hotel Café
After a highly successful worldwide tour, the eco-minded Tunstall began demo-ing songs for Tiger Suit (a title inspired by a dream) in 2009 at the solar-powered recording studio she has built at her home in the English countryside. After pre-production at London’s Sarm Studios, the Scottish-born Tunstall traveled to Berlin to record Tiger Suit over the course of three weeks in January at the world-famous Hansa Studios, where several legendary albums, including David Bowie’s Heroes, U2’s Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, were made. Finishing touches to Tiger Suit were completed at London’s RAK Studios. The album was produced by Jim Abbiss, known for his work with Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kasabian, Editors, and many more.
Describing the music as “Nature Techno” (due to its blend of organic instrumentation and electronic, dance-friendly textures), Tunstall co-wrote several tracks with A-list songwriter/producers Linda Perry and Greg Kurstin, as well as her long-time collaborators Martin Terefe and Jimmy Hogarth, both of whom contributed to Drastic Fantastic and its predecessor, 2006’s platinum-seller Eye To The Telescope.
Released in 2007, Drastic Fantastic debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart and spawned the multi-week No. 1 Triple A airplay smash “Hold On.” Previously, Eye to the Telescope debuted at No. 47 and went on to sell more than four million copies worldwide thanks to multi-media exposure of its three singles, the Grammy-nominated “Black Horse the Cherry Tree,” “Suddenly I See,” and “Other Side of the World.”
Next month, Tunstall will perform during "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun" halftime presentation. This marquee event will showcase the world's best female basketball players under one roof when the WNBA's top talent faces the USA Basketball Women's National Team at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT on Saturday, July 10 and will be televised nationally on ESPN at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Tunstall will be in the US for press days from July 10th through July 18th. She will also perform two special solo shows that week: July 13th at New York City’s Hiro Ballroom and July 15th at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles.
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Adelitas Way Announce Summer Dates With Halestorm
Jun 10, 2010
ANNOUNCE SUMMER DATES WITH HALESTORM
Following consecutive tours with Chevelle and Puddle of Mudd this year, hard-rocking road-warriors Adelitas Way are ready to tour the Midwest with Halestorm in July. The band has already shared dates with the likes of Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Theory Of A Deadman, Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown.
Adelitas Way’s Virgin Records debut album has garnered success with its current anthemic single, “Last Stand”, paving the way to the mainstream. Plus, the group’s explosive first single, “Invincible”, can be heard as the WWE Superstars theme song and has been featured in trailers for the motion picture “The Losers,” as well as on promo spots for CSI Miami.
Led by frontman Rick DeJesus, the band is grounded by native Californian drummer Trevor Stafford and New-York bred bassist Derek Johnston and includes guitarists Keith Wallen and Creighton Bibbs. It isn’t easy to assemble such a diverse crew—with influences ranging from indie-rock to hardcore to classic rock—but it seems to be paying off as DeJesus explains, “It took a while to find this ideal lineup, where we all want the same thing. And everything finally feels right.”
DON’T MISS ADELITAS WAY WITH HALESTORM:
Friday, July 2 Evansville, IN Woody’s West w/Halestorm
Saturday, July 3 Detroit, MI I- Rock w/Halestorm
Tuesday, July 6 Atlanta, GA Masquerade w/Halestorm
Wednesday, July 7 Knoxville, TN The Valarium w/Halestorm
Friday, July 9 Dayton, OH McGruffy’s House of Rock w/Halestorm
Saturday, July 10 Ft. Wayne, IN Headwaters Park w/Halestorm
Tuesday, July 13 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad w/Halestorm
Saturday, July 24 Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre w/Halestorm
Sunday, July 25 Billings, MT Shrine Auditorium w/Halestorm
Tuesday, July 27 Cedar Rapids, IA 1st Avenue Live w/Halestorm
Thursday, July 29 Tulsa, OK The Marquee w/Halestorm
Links:
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Saving Abel MISS AMERICA To Be Released Tomorrow; Performance On Kimmel On August 2
Jun 07, 2010
Band to stage multiple in-store appearances at Best Buy locations week of release
PERFORMANCE ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE LOCKED FOR AUGUST 2
SAVING ABEL TO PERFORM AT MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL
SPEEDWAY FOLLOWING NASCAR RACE ON JUNE 13
Saving Abel has confirmed multiple in-store appearances at Best Buy locations in the Midwest following the release of MISS AMERICA. Performances and signings will be held at 6:00 P.M. in MADISON, WI on 6/07 (7357 West Towne Way); MINNEAPOLIS, MN on 6/08 (300 Northtown Drive Blaine, MN); CHICAGO, IL on 6/09 (1432 Butterfield Road Downers Grove, IL); INDIANAPOLIS, IN on 6/10 (562 Fry Road Greenwood, IN); and DETROIT, MI on 6/11 (30701 Gratiot Avenue Roseville, MI). At Wal-Mart, MISS AMERICA has been selected to be one of the few titles featured for the month of June in the chain’s Soundcheck Program, delivering tens of millions of impressions.
On August 2, the quartet will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC). This is the first of multiple television appearances planned for late-Summer in to the fall to support the release of MISS AMERICA.
On Sunday, June 13, Saving Abel will headline a post-race concert following NASCAR’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 at Michigan International Speedway. The concert will begin 30 minutes following the checkered flag of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on the Lifelock stage in the New Holland Fan Plaza. Michigan International Speedway President Roger Curtis shared, “This is a first for us to try a Sunday concert post-race and I can’t think of a better way to wind down the June event and get ready for August than with Saving Abel.” The band will also perform acoustically at Budweiser Acceleration, the track’s fan hospitality club while on-site. The week-end of August 13-15 they will return to MIS to perform that Saturday evening as featured talent for the Show Me the CARFAX Weekend. This appearance will be held in Lot 10.
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Saving Abel To Release MISS AMERICA On June 8
May 27, 2010
LEAD SINGLE “STUPID GIRL (ONLY IN HOLLYWOOD)”
AN INSTANT HIT VIA MASSIVE RADIO AND VIDEO AIRPLAY
In front of the imminent release of MISS AMERICA, guitarist Scott Bartlett shares, “There is always anticipation when it comes to the release of a new record. You're nervous, excited, and vulnerable. The key is to remember that this is rock and roll and those emotions don't matter once the record is done. We roll the dice and the game begins. We couldn't be more proud of the way it turned out. Now it's up to the public. Get ready.” Guitarist Jason Null adds, “It's been a great past 2 1/2 years and we've been very blessed with the success of the first record. With that said, we are really proud of this album. Every song on Miss America is special to us, and each has a purpose for being on there. I love this record and everything about it, our story down to the cover art.”
The quintet continues their current world tour which has, over the past several months, touched down in India, Qatar, Kuwait, and Iraq (via a USO / Armed Forces Entertainment tour of the Persian Gulf), extensively across the U.S., and in the middle of the Pacific Ocean aboard the USS Carl Vinson as the vessel returned from Haiti. On why MISS AMERICA was chosen as the title of the upcoming release, Singer Jared Weeks shares, “Having just returned from our USO tour of Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar, we all seemed to be on the same page when it came to naming the album. Just being out there with those men and women who do so much for us and the country we live in, we really wanted to give them something back. So for all of us, MISS AMERICA was the perfect name, for a perfect situation. The message of the song is simple - it tells a story of a soldier writing home to his mom, family, wife, and kids. Throughout the song you get the feeling of what it is like to be so far away from your home, your life, and your loved ones, but still having to soldier up and do what you came there to do. It offers the message of not giving up, not losing love, and not running away. We are hoping that this song and our second album MISS AMERICA will spark a fire in some people, and maybe cause a wave of support for all our men and women in the service.”
The release of MISS AMERICA continues one of the great artist development stories of the past several years. The debut yielded multiple hits, one of which “Addicted,” was the most played song of 2008 at rock radio and Top 10 at Modern Rock, Top 40, Hot AC and additional formats. Follow-up singles “18 Days” and “Drowning (Face Down)” hit the Top 5. The album was certified gold for sales exceeding 500,000 by the RIAA, with over two million digital singles sold, alongside over a million ringtones of “Addicted.”
Sick Puppies, Saving Abel Ready To Rock MIS Concerts In June and August
May 24, 2010
Sick Puppies, Saving Abel ready to rock MIS
Concerts set for June 12-13 and August 14
BROOKLYN, Mich. — Sick Puppies and Saving Abel headline an amazing concert lineup for Michigan International Speedway’s Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 weekend, June 12 and 13.
Australian alternative rock trio Sick Puppies will headline the Saturday night concert in the New Holland Fan Plaza on June 12. The performance on the LifeLock stage will begin shortly after the VFW 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.
Sick Puppies is supporting its third album, the appropriately named “Tri-Polar,” which debuted at No. 31 on The Billboard 200 album chart. The first single, “You’re Going Down,” was used by World Wrestling Entertainment as the official theme song for the pay-per-view event “Extreme Rules 2009.”
The group has been touring with Nickelback and Shinedown this summer.
“Our spirit comes together when we're on-stage," says bass player Emma Anzai. “When we get ready to go out on stage, we're like gladiators entering the arena.”
Mark Goodwin, drummer, added: “I can't wait to play at Michigan International Speedway," he said. “If there's anything that people should know, it's that we're all about playing live.”
And in an MIS first, the track presents a post-race concert on Sunday, June 13. Southern rock band Saving Abel will perform following the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400. The concert will begin about 30 minutes following the checkered flag of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, also on the LifeLock stage in the New Holland Fan Plaza.
“We’re excited to bring two free concerts to our guests during the June race weekend —one on Saturday and one on Sunday,” speedway President Roger Curtis said. “This is a first for us to try a Sunday concert post-race and I can’t think of a better way to wind down the June event and get ready for August than with Saving Abel.”
Saving Abel will be at MIS in June to support its sophomore album “Miss America” in stores June 8. The group is doing a major ticket promotion to bring VIP fans to the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400. Fans can register to win a trip to MIS in June by logging onto www.savingabel.com.
Along with the post-race concert, the band will also play a couple of acoustic songs in Budweiser Acceleration, the track’s fan hospitality club. Tickets for Budweiser Acceleration are on sale.
Saving Abel released its self-titled debut album in 2008. Known for such hits as “Addicted,” “18 Days” and “Drowning (Face Down),” Saving Abel has also been signed to play during the August 13-15 Show Me the CARFAX Weekend at MIS. The popular Saturday night concert in Lot 10 has always been a crowd staple and fan favorite at MIS.
Nestled in the lush Irish Hills of Southeastern Michigan, Michigan International Speedway is the Great Escape, a venerable NASCAR national park where fans can get away and enjoy the very best in racing and camaraderie. It’s the love of racing and the thrill of a great time for race fans and drivers alike.
Sprint Cup Series tickets for the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400 on June 13 and CARFAX 400 on August 15 are as low as $25. Visit MISpeedway.com or call the MIS ticket hotline at 800-354-1010 today to take advantage of great pricing for 2010 events at MIS.
You can also visit on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MISpeedway or Twitter @MISpeedway.
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Michigan International Speedway - 2010 Schedule
Friday, June 11 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards Racing for Wildlife 200
Saturday, June 12 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series VFW 200
Sunday, June 13 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400
June 26-27 Great Lakes Wine Fest
Friday, Aug. 13 Meijer Pole Day
Saturday, Aug. 14 NASCAR Nationwide Series CARFAX 250
Sunday, Aug. 15 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series CARFAX 400
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Chiddy Bang Announce First U.S. Headlining Tour; "Opposite Of Adults" EP On iTunes
May 19, 2010
“OPPOSITE OF ADULTS” EP AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES
“NEXT BIG THING” PROMOTION WEEK OF MAY 18TH
Featuring performances by The Pack, XV and 2am Club, the 15 city tour kicks off on June 6, 20010 at Nuemos in Seattle and ends on June 23, 2010 in San Francisco. The Opposite of Adults Tour is tentatively scheduled to extend into the Midwest and East Coast starting in August. Chiddy Bang has also been added to the line up of several high profile festivals including Lollapalooza and the UK Festivals Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds.
Chiddy Bang’s four track EP, Opposite of Adults, will be released on June 1, 2010 through Virgin Records/EMI Music but from May 18-May 31, 2010 the EP will be available exclusively on the iTunes Store as part of their “Next Big Thing” promotion. Additionally, the playful and buzzworthy music video for the duo’s debut single, “Opposite of Adults,” a fun party jam which samples MGMT’s breakout hit “Kids,” was featured as iTunes “Music Video of the Week”for the week of May 11th. Proving it is already a fan favorite, the video recently won the coveted MTVu “Best Freshman Video” title. The video, first seen on Kanye West’s tastemaker blog, KanyeUniversecity, has been officially added to MTV Jams, MTVu, Music Choice and is part of Fuse’s “Incoming” platform that spotlights developing artists.
Having made their US TV debut on Last Call with Carson Daly, this collegiate hip hop duo has received early support from US print media with Blackbook proclaiming their Swelly Express mixtape as “one of the 3 mixtapes you need to own”. Look for upcoming profiles in Nylon, Spin and XXL magazines.
For up to date, confirmed information on the upcoming EP and album, tours and club appearances please visit www.myspace.com/chiddybang.
Tour Dates Include:
6/09 WEDS - WA - Seattle - Nuemos
6/10 THU - OR - Portland - Berbati's Pan
6/11 FRI - UT – Salt Lake City- W Lounge
6/12 SAT - NV - Reno- Knitting Factory
6/13 SUN - CA - Chico – Senator Theatre
6/15 TUE - CA – Los Angeles – Key Club
6/16 WED - CA- Pomona – Glasshouse
6/17 THU- CA – San Diego – Brick By Brick
6/18 FRI- PA- Philadelphia – Private Event
6/19 SAT - NV – Las Vegas – Hard Rock Live Pool
6/20 SUN – AZ - Scottsdale – Club After Life
6/21 MON – AZ - Tucson- Club Congress
6/22 TUE - CA – Los Angeles - Cinespace
6/23 WED- CA – San Francisco- KYLD
Green River Ordinance Returns To The Road With Kris Allen & Goo Goo Dolls
May 14, 2010
IN SUPPORT OF SECOND SINGLE ‘ON YOUR OWN’; JOINED BY KRIS ALLEN AND GOO GOO DOLLS
As Lone Star state rock quintet Green River Ordinance wrapped up their spring headlining tour on May 6 in Los Angeles, they were joined at the Troubadour by friends David Cook, Angel Taylor, and Matt Hires. The group wastes no time as it prepares to return to the road in support of their current single "On Your Own," the follow up to "Come On" which reached Top 15 on the Adult Top 40 chart. The boys will link up with Kris Allen for the month of June, and the Goo Goo Dolls for the month of August, adding to an impressive start to the year. The band dropped its second single ‘On Your Own’ on April 12 and the song has already been heard on TV shows like The Hills, The Young And The Restless and So You Think You Can Dance.
So far this year the band has announced a charity project to benefit five charities of their choice throughout 2010 called thehopeGROs.com, participated in VHI’s Best Cruise Ever along side hosts 3 Doors Down with Lifehouse and Shinedown, and even penned an inspirational tune called ‘Rise Up’ included on the 2010 Winter Olympics Compilation.
‘A pop-rock act to keep an eye on in 2010,’ according to Billboard, you can catch Green River Ordinance performing nonstop high-energy sets through the summer on the heels of their successful EMI/Virgin Records debut, Out Of My Hands. The boys have past dates with Counting Crows, Train, Third Eye Blind, Gavin DeGraw and Collective Soul under their belts and have even set a record for most CDs sold at The Nokia Theater in NYC—a testament to their unparalleled live experience.
CHECK OUT GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE WITH KRIS ALLEN:
(more dates to come)
June 1 Madison, WI Capitol Theatre
June 2 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
June 4 Milwaukee, WI Turner Theatre
June 5 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
June 6 Green Bay, WI Meyer Theatre
June 7 Iowa City, IA Englert Theatre
June 17 Oklahoma City, OK Frontier City
July 23 Louisville, KY Churchill Downs Music Festival
GOO GOO DOLLS DATES TBA
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Saving Abel Performs USO Concert Aboard the USS Carl Vinson for Sailors Returning from 3 Month Deplo
Apr 14, 2010
Saving Abel Performs USO Concert Aboard the USS Carl Vinson for Sailors Returning from Three-Month Deployment at Sea
Performance on Aircraft Carrier Proves a Big Hit Among Sailors
Relocating to San Diego After Five Years in Hampton Roads
MISS AMERICA TO BE RELEASED JUNE 8, 2010
Tweet It: @SavingAbel re-teams with @the_USO and performs concert aboard USS Carl Vinson
Details:
· Airlifted to an undisclosed location in the Pacific Ocean on April 11, the band mingled with troops, performed a 90-minute USO concert and spent the night with sailors. This is Saving Abel’s second USO tour.
· Avid supporters of the U.S. military, Saving Abel traveled to Kuwait and Iraq in late February, and participated in an eight-day USO tour. The band visited four bases and touched the lives of more than 4,800 troops. Footage from the group’s concert at Camp Arifjan was later streamed online with help from Ustream. The show was viewed by more than 9,600 fans.
· Known for such hits as “Addicted,” “18 Days” and “Drowning (Face Down),” the band released their self-titled debut album in ’08 and are scheduled to release their sophomore album MISS AMERICA on June 8, 2010. Named after their first USO tour, the album title was inspired by the service and sacrifice of America’s troops and their families.
· The USS Carl Vinson is relocating its homeport from Norfolk, VA, to San Diego, CA, on April 12. The ship spent five years in Hampton Roads before departing the area on January 12.
· While in route to its new home, the USS Carl Vinson was deployed to Haiti to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster response missions. The ship arrived off the coast of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on Jan. 15 – equipped with 3,200 troops, 19 helicopters and support equipment from five different East Coast Navy squadrons.
· After spending three weeks in Haiti, the USS Carl Vinson participated in “Operation Southern Seas 2010,” a U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command Partnership of the Americas.
Virgin Records has announced the release of Saving Abel’s MISS AMERICA on June 8, 2010. The Corinth, Mississippi-based act released their self-titled debut album on March 11, 2008, which just one year and five days later was certified gold by the RIAA. Singles which included “Addicted,” “18 Days,” and “Drowning (Face Down),” cumulatively sold millions of digital downloads. The lead single from MISS AMERICA, “Stupid Girl (Only in Hollywood),” impacts Active and Modern Rock radio on April 19th.
On why MISS AMERICA was chosen as the title of the upcoming release, singer Jared Weeks shares, “’Miss America’ is actually a song on the album that Saving Abel co-wrote with Marty Fredrickson. Although we didn’t believe we would release it as a single, we felt that we needed to bring more attention to the song and its’ message. Having just returned from our USO tour of Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar, we all seemed to be on the same page when it came to naming the album. Just being out there with those men and women who do so much for us and the country we live in, we really wanted to give them something back. So for all of us, MISS AMERICA was the perfect name, for a perfect situation. The message of the song is simple - it tells a story of a soldier writing home to his mom, family, wife, and kids. Throughout the song you get the feeling of what it is like to be so far away from your home, your life, and your loved ones, but still having to soldier up and do what you came there to do. It offers the message of not giving up, not losing love, and not running away. We are hoping that this song and our second album MISS AMERICA will spark a fire in some people, and maybe cause a wave of support for all our men and women in the service.”
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MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/savingabel
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/USO4troops and http://www.youtube.com/savingabel
Web: http://www.uso.org and http://www.savingabel.com/
The Constellations Set To Release Their Debut "Southern Gothic" On June 22; Announce Summer Tour Dat
Apr 12, 2010
THEIR DEBUT “SOUTHERN GOTHIC” ON JUNE 22;
ANNOUNCE SUMMER TOUR DATES
INCLUDING BONNAROO AND LOLLAPALOOZA
Following recent opening slots with Snoop Dogg, Hockey, Greyboy Allstars and RJD2, The Constellations will continue to tour extensively throughout the summer, including performances at major festivals such as Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Mile High. The band was named one of SPIN’s “Must Hear Bands At SXSW,” and PASTE’s “Best of What’s Next.” They are also currently featured as one of iheartradio’s “Artists To Watch.”
Southern Gothic is all about what happens in The Constellations’ Atlanta stomping grounds afterhours, a spectacle rife with seedy scenes and eccentric personalities, and propelled by a manic energy that hustles the audience deeper into the unexpected. Your tour guide on this madcap adventure is the magnetic frontman and vocalist Elijah Jones—the ringleader of the twisted circus that is The Constellations—who spent two years writing and recording the album with producer Ben H. Allen.
“Atlanta is strange,” says Jones, “because we’re all basically pushed together.” The hip-hop heads, punk rockers, and indie kids all rub shoulders and mix it up. Southern Gothic reflects that inclusive diversity in its far-reaching sound. One expects nothing less from a singer who cites Tom Waits and Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley as his musical heroes, working with a producer who name-checks Fela Kuti and Gorillaz among their record’s key influences.
The band’s name refers to the myriad musicians from the regional scene who either contributed to making the album or have since played in The Constellations live band. One luminary who drops in is Cee-Lo, who added a verse to the electro-rocker “Love Is A Murder.” Another guest is suburban rapper Asher Roth, lending his playful rhymes to “We’re Here To Save The Day.” Other highlights include the funk number “Felicia,” for which Jones drew inspiration from the laidback ‘70s vignettes of Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, and the album’s centerpiece, “Step Right Up (A Tribute To Tom Waits).”
THE CONSTELLATIONS – 2010 TOUR DATES
Apr. 12 – Spaceland – Los Angeles, CA
Apr. 13 – Cinespace – Los Angeles, CA
Apr. 15 – Popscene – San Francisco, CA
Apr. 16 – Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV
Apr. 28 – Sunfest – West Palm Beach, FL
Apr. 29 – The Social – Orland, FL
May 1 – Beale Street Music Festival – Memphis, TN
May 3 – DC 9 – Washington DC
May 4 – North Star Bar – Philadelphia, PA
May 5 – Brillobox – Pittsburgh, PA
May 6 – Soundlab – Buffalo, NY
May 7 – Mod Club – Toronto, ONT
May 8 – Washington Park – Albany, NY
June 4 – Wakarusa – Ozark, AK
June 10 – Bonnaroo Festival – Manchester, TN
June 11 – North Star Bar – Philadelphia, PA
June 12 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
June 13 – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL
June 16 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN
June 18 – Rock and Roll Hotel – Washington DC
June 19 – The Bell House – Brooklyn, NY
July 11 – Ottawa Blues Festival – Ottawa, ONT
July 16 – Indian Lookout Country Club – Mariaville, NY
Aug. 6-8 – Lollapalooza – Chicago, IL
Aug. 14-15 – Mile High Music Festival – Commerce City, CO
Visit www.theconstellationsmusic.com or www.myspace.com/theconstellations
Adelitas Way Announce Dates This Spring With Puddle Of Mudd
Apr 09, 2010
WITH PUDDLE OF MUDD
Their self-titled debut album is full of hard, edgy modern rock anthems, with current single ‘Last Stand’ leading the way and impacting radio now. The album’s kick off single, the power-rock anthem ‘Invincible,’ has exploded on to the charts, scoring them a Top 5 record at Active Rock. Songs from the album can be heard on MTV, CSI Miami, ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown, Monday Night Football, on the Yankees Stadium highlights reel, as the WWE Superstars theme song, and most recently ‘Invincible’ will be featured in the motion picture trailer for The Losers.
The band, formed by lead-singer Rick DeJesus is joined by Trevor Stafford, an in-demand tour and studio drummer, who was on Ozzfest with the band Shuvel at 17, New York-bred bassist Derek Johnston, West Virginia native guitarist Keith Wallen and Creighton Bibbs of Kansas City, who all joined after the record was complete. Each brings indie, hardcore and classic rock influences to the Adelitas Way stew.
Catch them finishing out their tour with Chevelle/Three Days Grace and don’t miss the new Puddle of Mudd dates below:
Friday, April 9 Savannah, GA James Brown Arena
Saturday, April 10 Raleigh, NC RBC Center
Sunday, April 11 Charlotte, NC Bojangles Coliseum
Tuesday, April 13 Knoxville, TN Knoxville Coliseum
Thursday, April 15 Elmira, NY First Arena
Friday, April 16 Springfield, MA Springfield Civic Center
Sunday, April 18 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom w/Papa Roach
Wednesday, April 21 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre w/Puddle of Mudd
Friday, April 23 Gainesville, FL The Venue w/Puddle of Mudd
Saturday, April 24 Glendale, AZ KUPD U Fest w/Three Days Grace
Sunday, April 25 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
Tuesday, April 27 Jackson, MS Fire w/Papa Roach
With Puddle of Mudd:
Saturday, May 8 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Amphitheatre
Tuesday, May 11 Jacksonville, NC Hooligan’s
Thursday, May 13 Baltimore, MD Power Plants Live!
Saturday, May 15 Kansas City, MO ROCKFEST (KQRC)
Sunday, May 16 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
Tuesday, May 18 South Burlington, VT Higher Grounds
Wednesday, May 19 Watertown, NY Watertown Fairgrounds
Friday, May 21 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
Saturday, May 22 Columbus, OH Rock on the Range
Monday, May 24 Aberdeen,SD RamkotaInn
Tuesday, May 25 Minot,ND MinotMunicipal Auditorium
Wednesday, May 26 Sioux Falls, SD Ramkota ExhibitHall
Friday, May 28 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma 2010
Sunday, May 30 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
Monday, May 31 Richmond, VA The National
Friday, June 4 Nashville, TN Wildhorse
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Thirty Seconds To Mars Return To U.S. For Their 'Into The Wild' World Tour Kicking Off 4/9
Mar 31, 2010
MTV Will Help Fans Keep Up With The Band On The Road Through Multi-Platform Promotion To Run On MTV, MTV2, MTVU, MTV Hits And MTV.com And Sirius-XM Alternative Station Alt Nation Will Give Away Pair Of Tickets To Each Tour Date and 1 Grand Prize Winner Will Be Flown To Los Angeles For Show At The Greek Theater To Meet The Band
New Single “This Is War” Climbing The Charts At Alternative Radio
Thirty Seconds To Mars has partnered with MTV for a special exclusive multi-platform promotion that will bring fans close to the band throughout the tour. Exclusive behind the scenes and performance footage will air on MTV, MTV2, MTVU, MTV Hits and through out the tour. The band will also host an episode of MTV2’s “Rock N Jock” at one of their stops, airdate will be announced soon. In addition to airing behind the scenes footage, MTV.com will host “30 Seconds With 30 Seconds To Mars,” allowing fans to submit questions for the band that will be answered at each tour date. Sirius-XM Satellite Radio is also running an exclusive promotion. The alternative channel Alt Nation will give away a pair of tickets to each date of the tour and 1 grand prize winner will receive a trip to Thirty Seconds To Mars’ show at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles on May 15 to meet the band.
MTV praised This is War, declaring “If only all big rock albums had this much nerve” when it debuted in December at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week of release. The album has 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.
Formed by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 48 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.
For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
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Into The Wild U.S. Tour Dates
* Indicates Radio Show
4/9 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Theatre
4/11 Tucson, AZ Pima County Fair
4/13 Tulsa, OK Brady Theatre
4/15 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
4/16 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
4/17 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
4/18 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy
4/20 Boston, MA House of Blues
4/21 NYC, NY Roseland
4/23 Washington DC Bender Arena
4/24 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
4/25 Charlotte, NC Uptown Amphitheatre
4/27 Miami, FL The Fillmore
4/28 Orlando, FL House of Blues
4/29 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
*5/1 Frisco, TX Pizza Hut Park
5/4 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
5/6 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
5/7 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
5/8 Salt Lake City, UT The Rail Event Center
5/10 Seattle, WA Showbox SODO
5/11 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
5/13 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
5/14 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
5/15 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theater
5/16 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
LCD Soundsystem New Album Title Confirmed: "This Is Happening" Out May 18
Mar 30, 2010
The title of the forthcoming third LCD Soundsystem album has been confirmed: This Is Happening will be released May 18 in the U.S. on DFA/Virgin and will consist of the following songs:
Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls*
One Touch
All I Want
I Can Change*
You Wanted A Hit*
Pow Pow
Somebody’s Calling Me*
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The above were recorded at The Manshun in Los Angeles and the DFA studios in New York and mixed at DFA from April 2009 through February 2010. This Is Happening was written and produced by James Murphy. Additional mixes were done by Dave Sardy as indicated (*).The confirmation of the title and completion of its artwork coincides with the leak of the track “Drunk Girls” and the announcement of LCD Soundsystem’s shows at New York’s Terminal 5 on May 20 and 21. Tickets can be purchased here.
This Is Happening is LCD Soundsystem’s first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of the decade, and like its predecessor 2005’s LCD Soundsystem received a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Sound Of Silver also featured “All My Friends,” ranked #4 by Time in its Best Songs of 2007 and named single of the year by Pitchfork, and Entertainment Weekly #8 song of 2007 “Someone Great.” In 2008, LCD Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of the movie 21. The band has since released the 45:33: The Remixes EP and a cover of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store Day 2009 and earning LCD its fifth NME single of the week. The album has been preceded by the March 23 release of the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg, which features both composition’s from James Murphy’s original score for the film and the new LCD Soundsystem song “Oh You (Christmas Blues).”
The record’s release will be supported by a world tour beginning with an April 16 penultimate slot at the Coachella festival in Indio CA and continuing with a run of UK/Europe headline dates (several of which have sold out well in advance and necessitated added dates) and further worldwide festival appearances. YACHT and Planning To Rock will support on the UK/Euro headline dates. For a full itinerary, see below and continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com/ for additions going forward.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM On Tour 2010
April 16 Indio CA Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 20 Dublin Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 21 Dublin Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 23 London Brixton Academy * SOLD OUT
April 24 London Brixton Academy *SOLD OUT
April 26 Birmingham Academy
April 27 Leeds Academy * SOLD OUT
April 28 Glasgow Barrowlands
April 29 Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT
May 1 Manchester Academy * SOLD OUT
May 2 Bristol Academy * SOLD OUT
May 4 Amsterdam Paradiso * SOLD OUT
May 5 Brussels Ancienne Belgique * SOLD OUT
May 6 Berlin WMF
May 7 Luxembourg Den Atelier
May 8 Paris Bataclan * SOLD OUT
May 9 Paris Bataclan
May 20 New York Terminal 5
May 21 New York Terminal 5
May 30 George WA Sasquatch Festival
June 11 Manchester TN Bonnaroo Festival
June 17 La Coruna Sonar
June 18 Barcelona Sonar
June 19 Neuhausen ob Eck Southside Festival
June 20 Scheesel Hurricane Festival
June 22 Zagreb T Mobile Inmusic Festival
June 24 Ferrara Bands Apart Festival
June 25 St. Gallen Open Air festival
July 1 Roskilde Roskilde Festival
July 3 London Wireless Festival
July 8 Novi Sad Exit Festival
July 10 Lisbon Alive Festival
July 17 Chicago IL Pitchfork Music Festival
July 15 Mariaville Camp Bisco
July 16 Mariaville Camp Bisco
August 12 Oslo Oya Festival
August 13 Gotenberg Way Out West Festival
September 12 Isle of Wight Bestival
MUSIC MATTERS
Mar 24, 2010
MUSIC MATTERS
The music world comes together to launch Music Matters. A collective of people in the music industry, including artists, retailers, songwriters, labels and managers has formed to remind listeners of the significance and value of music.
Music Matters is bringing people together from across the industry for the first time, to highlight the profound value of music and to educate consumers on how to identify legitimate music services.
Allowing the music to speak for itself, Music Matters comprises a series of short animated films about inspirational artists who have dedicated their lives to music and contributed to our cultural landscape. The films, including the stories of artists such as Sigur Ros, the Fron Choir, Blind Willie Johnson, The Jam, John Martyn, Nick Cave and Kate Bush, will be carried on supporting artist and organisation websites, with further films scheduled for roll out later in the year.
A Music Matters trust mark will be launched to help audiences make the ethical choice when looking for new music. The trust mark is a widespread certification scheme which identifies legitimate music services. Leading music retailers will display the trust mark and host the Music Matters films on their websites.
The Music Matters website, www.whymusicmatters.org, goes live on 24th March. It will host all of the films will as well as advice on how to identify legitimate music sites.
A Fine Frenzy Announces Los Angeles Residency At Largo; Dates Confirmed For 2010 Lilith Fair
Mar 24, 2010
DATES CONFIRMED FOR 2010 LILITH FAIR
Following her residency at Largo, A Fine Frenzy will play a series of dates, to be announced soon, on this Summer’s 2010 Lilith Fair. She joins the highly prestigious tour alongside label mates like Corinne Bailey Rae and Norah Jones. The tour –a celebration of women in music- has been one of the highest grossing touring festivals in the world. She’ll also be touring Europe this Summer with Owl City:
5/08/2010 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland Ballroom
5/09/2010 London, England Shepherd's Bush Empire
5/11/2010 Paris, France Elysee Montmartre
5/12/2010 Cologne, Germany E-Werk
No stranger to the virtual world, (@AFineFrenzy has over a million Twitter followers making her one of the top ten musicians on the service) Sudol played Austin’s SXSW as part of the Global Zone Music Festival which took place live in Videoranch3D. Videoranch3D is a 3D virtual world on the internet, where live musical performances occur in real-time, attended by a virtual audience from all over the world.
Links:
www.afinefrenzy.com
www.myspace.com/afinefrenzy
http://www.facebook.com/afinefrenzy
http://twitter.com/afinefrenzy
Video Links:
‘Blow Away’ http://www.youtube.com/user/AFineFrenzy#p/a/u/0/xtzFGhAyEn0
‘Lost Things’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwX7uEiEWx4
‘Happier’ http://www.youtube.com/user/AFineFrenzy#p/a/f/0/xcqqCIAGRpo
Gorillaz' PLASTIC BEACH Released Today; "Stylo" Is Most Successful Premiere In YouTube History
Mar 09, 2010
EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES GALORE ON
iTUNES LP AND DELUXE EXPERIENCE EDITION
“STYLO” SETS RECORD AS MOST SUCCESSFUL
MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE IN YOUTUBE HISTORY
“…some of the most forward-looking music you’ll hear this or any other year… Plastic Beach is more than the sum of its big-name parts.”
—Q
“From the Thriller-infused electro-funk of "Stylo" to the bubbly grooves of "Superfast Jellyfish" and "Some Kind of Nature," there's something for everyone, and often in the same song… Plastic Beach exudes fun.”
—NPR Music
“Gorillaz’s third excellent album in a row”
—Rolling Stone
"[Gorillaz] has returned, once again gilding their four-character core with a delightfully random roster of guest stars... its songs sound like dispatches from a crew of hip-kid astronauts, unmoored in some space-dust ether... they do it with style."
—Entertainment Weekly
"Befitting an album about an ocean, the collection gains momentum via the song-to-song ebb and flow... It works both as a conceptual piece and also as a collection of danceable pop... for a bunch of cartoon characters, it does feel especially alive and human."
—Stereogum
The physical and digital deluxe editions of Plastic Beach promise to surpass anything previously hatched from the Gorillaz imaginarium: The iTunes LP version of Plastic Beach includes the record-breaking “Stylo” video and a Making of “Stylo” documentary; a video collection of Gorillaz animation, Plastic Beach trailers and six exclusive films set to album tracks; a still gallery featuring original Gorillaz art and images exclusive to iTunes; a Gorillaz interactive game; and an Online Extras section providing access to Gorillaz live concert performances and additional exclusives. The iTunes deluxe edition of the record also features the bonus tracks “Pirate’s Progress: and “Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons.”
The physical “Experience Edition” of Plastic Beach includes such bonuses as a Making of Plastic Beach DVD, ability to stream live Gorillaz performances, and a special access card unlocking a world of exclusive and interactive online content to be revealed over time.
Having already been hailed with a 4-star Rolling Stone review and an Entertainment Weekly “Must List” plug, Plastic Beach’s first single, “Stylo,” was unveiled in its video incarnation Tuesday March 2 on YouTube. The “Stylo” world premiere instantly became the most successful official music video premiere in YouTube Music Tuesday history, generating over 900,000 views in its first 24 hours, since breezing past the million view mark and surpassing previous record holders U2 and Weezer. The “Stylo” video can also be seen on VH1, MTV, MTV2, MTVU, Logo, and Fuse.
Elsewhere, the NPR Music Exclusive First Listen for Plastic Beach was the #1 most popular story on NPR.org in its first 24 hours.
Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album produced entirely by Damon Albarn and features a roster of guest stars including Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, The Clash’s Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, The National Orchestra for Arabic Music and many more. Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by Albarn and visual artist Jamie Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two million copies in the U.S. The band’s 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy-winner “Feel Good Inc.” and sold in excess of two million copies in America. Gorillaz will headline the April 18 final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the first live Gorillaz experience in the States since the Demon Days Live sold out five-night run that took place in April 2006 at Harlem’s Apollo Theater.
For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com/, follow the band’s own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz.
LCD Soundsystem: Third Album Out May 18th On DFA/Virgin Records; U.S. Festival Dates
Mar 08, 2010
THIRD ALBUM OUT MAY 18 ON DFA/VIRGIN
Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Pitchfork U.S. Festival Dates Confirmed
UK/Euro Headline Dates Continue To Sell Out
http://lcdsoundsystem.com/
Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls *
One Touch
All I Want
Change *
Hit *
Pow Pow
Somebody’s Calling Me *
What You Need
The above were recorded at The Manshun in Los Angeles and the DFA studios in New York and mixed at DFA from April 2009 through February 2010. TBD was written and produced by James Murphy. Additional mixes were done by Dave Sardy as indicated (*).
The new album is LCD Soundsystem’s first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of the decade, and like its predecessor 2005’s LCD Soundsystem received a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Album. Sound Of Silver also featured “All My Friends,” ranked #4 by Time in its Best Songs of 2007 and named single of the year by Pitchfork, and Entertainment Weekly #8 song of 2007 “Someone Great.” In 2008, LCD Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of the movie 21. The band has since released the 45:33: The Remixes EP and a cover of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store Day 2009 and earning LCD its fifth NME single of the week. The album will be preceded by the March 23 release of the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg, which features both composition’s from James Murphy’s original score for the film and the new LCD Soundsystem song “Oh You (Christmas Blues).”
The record’s release will be supported by a world tour beginning with an April 16 penultimate slot at the Coachella festival in Indio CA and continuing with a run of UK/Europe headline dates (several of which have sold out well in advance and necessitated added dates) and further worldwide festival appearances. For a full itinerary, see below and continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com/ for additions going forward.
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM On Tour 2010
April 16 Indio CA Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 20 Dublin Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 21 Dublin Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 23 London Brixton Academy * SOLD OUT
April 24 London Brixton Academy *SOLD OUT
April 26 Birmingham Academy
April 27 Leeds Academy * SOLD OUT
April 28 Glasgow Barrowlands
April 29 Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT
May 1 Manchester Academy * SOLD OUT
May 2 Bristol Academy * SOLD OUT
May 4 Amsterdam Paradiso * SOLD OUT
May 5 Brussels Ancienne Belgique * SOLD OUT
May 6 Berlin WMF
May 7 Luxembourg Den Atelier
May 8 Paris Bataclan * SOLD OUT
May 9 Paris Bataclan
May 30 George WA Sasquatch Festival
June 11 Manchester TN Bonnaroo Festival
July 10 Lisbon Alive Festival
July 17 Chicago IL Pitchfork Music Festival
September 12 Isle of Wight Bestival
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Green River Ordinance Announce Spring 2010 Tour Dates; 2nd Single Hits Radio 4/12
Mar 08, 2010
SECOND SINGLE ‘ON YOUR OWN’ IMPACTS RADIO APRIL 12th
A testament to the power of their live show, the band recently broke the record for most CD's sold at The Nokia Theater in NYC. They’ve toured with the likes of Counting Crows, Gavin DeGraw, Train, David Cook, Third Eye Blind, Collective Soul, Five for Fighting, Michelle Branch, and Need To Breathe.
Recently, the band penned an inspirational song called ‘Rise Up’, exclusively for the AT&T Team USA Winter Olympics Compilation, joining world-renowned recording artists 3 Doors Down, Mariah Carey, Gloriana, Rascal Flatts, Puddle Of Mudd, Sugarland and others. The song is currently available on iTunes and all sales from the compilation made before March 2nd benefited Team USA. In addition, the band will be heading out to sea as part of VH1’s Best Cruise Ever hosted by 3 Doors Down - plus Lifehouse, Shinedown and more. The cruise will feature non-stop concerts from your favorite VH1 bands, VH1-themed activities and contests, plus the chance to hang with your favorite artists.
Catch Green River Ordinance on tour, dates below:
March 26 Oklahoma City, OK Conservatory
March 27 Austin, TX Stubbs
March 29 Lawrence, KS Bottleneck
March 31 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
April 1 Minneapolis, MN Station 4
April 2 Des Moines, IA House of Bricks
April 3 Milwaukee, WI Rave Bar
April 6 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
April 7 Knoxville, TN Square Room
April 8 Atlanta, GA Vinyl
April 9 Louisville, KY Headliner’s
April 11 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theater
April 13 Tampa, FL Ritz Ybor (Supporting Lifehouse)
April 15-19 VH-1 Best Cruise Ever
April 22 Houston, TX House of Blues
April 24 Dallas, TX House of Blues
April 26 Denver, CO Bluebird
April 27 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
April 28 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
April 30 Seattle, WA El Corazon
May 1 Portland, OR Berbati Pan
May 3 San Franscico, CA Café du Nord
May 4 Modesto, CA Theatre
May 6 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
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Ben Harper and Relentless7 Release CD/DVD 'Live From The Montreal Int'l Jazz Festival' On 3/9
Feb 24, 2010
LIVE FROM THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
ON MARCH 9
BEN HARPER/EDDIE VEDDER SPLIT SINGLE BENEFITTING
ARTISTS FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE HAITI RELIEF NOW AVAILABLE
TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
In addition, Ben Harper’s live performance of “My Father’s House” and Eddie Vedder’s version of “My City of Ruins” is now available as a split digital single on iTunes and AmazonMP3 to benefit Artists for Peace and Justice Haiti Relief. “My Father’s House” was written by Bruce Springsteen and performed by Harper live at the Kennedy Center Honors on December 6, 2009, in front of an extraordinary audience including The Boss and President Barack Obama. Exclusive video of the performance can be seen on www.BenHarper.com.
The new video “Lay There and Hate Me,” the third single from White Lies For Dark Times, premiered on YouTube and was directed by James Frost (Radiohead / ‘House of Cards’, Coldplay / “Yellow”). Check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijAai55TbfI. An explicit version of the video is currently available on Playboy.com.
On January 4th, Harper performed the duet “Old Enough” on the Ellen Degeneres Show, and on January 22nd, Ben joined an all star band including Will Ferrell, Billy Gibbons, Beck and Conan O’Brien performing “Freebird” to close out the final Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.
A truly honored Ben Harper recently performed what Rolling Stone called a “stirring version” of the Crosby, Stills, Nash song “Ohio” at the MusicCares Person of the Year event honoring Neil Young.
In addition, Ben Harper and Relentless7 served as backing band for several amazing promotional appearances by Ringo Starr in the last several weeks including The Daily Show, The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Jay Leno Show, Artists Den and a very special performance at the Grammy Museum. Harper was also invited to speak at Ringo Starr’s induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8th.
Ben Harper and Relentless7 will headline this summer’s Campus Consciousness Tour. Created by non-profit group Reverb, CCT is half music, half environmental campaign aiming to inspire and activate students in a fun and exciting atmosphere while leaving a positive impact on each community and college that the tour reaches.
CAMPUS CONSCIOUNESS TOUR with BEN HARPER AND RELENTLESS7:
Apr 15 Dekalb, IL Illinois Univ / Convocation Center
Apr 16 Athens, OH Ohio Univ / Templeton-Blackburn Auditorium
Apr 17 Williamsport, PA Lycoming College
Apr 20 Baltimore, MD Pier Six Pavilion
Apr 21 Winston-Salem, NC Wake Forrest/Wait Chapel
Apr 24 Nashville, TN Vanderbilt Univ / Alumni Lawn
Thirty Seconds To Mars Announce U.S. Dates Of 'Into The Wild' Tour
Feb 23, 2010
INTO THE WILD TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
NEW ALBUM ‘THIS IS WAR’
Mute Math and Neon Trees Will Open On U.S. Leg Which Kicks Off April 9th At The Pearl Theater In Las Vegas And Ends May 15th
At The Greek Theater In Los Angeles
American Express, I Love All Access And Musictoday Pre-sale
Packages Begin Feb. 24th With General On Sale Starting Feb. 26th
New Single “This Is War” Impacts Alternative Radio March 1st
“This Is War,” the albums’ title track and second single will impact alternative radio on March 1st. It is the follow up to the hugely successful “Kings & Queens” which recently spent 3 weeks at #1 and is currently in the top 5 on the alternative playlist charts. “Kings & Queens” is the band’s second #1 single and third top 5 hit. The platinum selling A Beautiful Lie’s “From Yesterday” reached #1 in 2007 and “The Kill” which was voted the #1 song of the decade by AOL Radio listeners peaked at #3 in 2006 before becoming the first song in alternative radio history to be retired from the Billboard chart after a 52-week run. The video for “Kings & Queens, a short film entitled The Ride was one of the most downloaded iTunes video of the weeks ever to be featured and received airplay on Fuse, MTV, MTV2, MTVu, VH1 and Music Choice. “Kings & Queens” will be featured in the trailer for the upcoming Warner Bros. animated film “Guardians of Ga’Hoole” and album opener “Escape” is currently featured in promos for the A&E Network show Fugitive Chronicles.
‘This is War’ which was declared an “artistic triumph” by Alternative Press and as “epic rock at its most affecting” by Billboard debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week. The album 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album. The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.
Formed by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.
Video for “Kings & Queens”
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596
For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
Follow Thirty Seconds to Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars
Into The Wild U.S. Tour Dates
* Indicates Radio Show
Date City Venue On Sale
4/9 Las Vegas, NV The Pearl Theatre 2/27
4/10 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre 2/27
4/11 Tucson, AZ Pima County Fair 2/27
4/13 Tulsa, OK Brady Theatre 2/27
4/15 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom 2/27
4/16 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom 3/6
4/17 Detroit, MI The Fillmore 2/27
4/18 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy 2/26
4/20 Boston, MA House of Blues 2/27
4/21 NYC, NY Roseland 3/6
4/23 Washington DC TBA 2/27
4/24 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory 2/27
4/25 Charlotte, NC Uptown Amphitheatre 3/12
4/27 Miami, FL The Fillmore 2/27
4/28 Orlando, FL House of Blues 2/27
4/29 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle 2/27
*5/1 Frisco, TX Pizza Hut Park 3/12
5/4 St. Louis, MO The Pageant 2/26
5/6 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium 3/6
5/7 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium 2/27
5/8 Salt Lake City, UT The Rail Event Center 3/6
5/10 Seattle, WA Showbox SODO 3/6
5/11 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre 3/5
5/13 Oakland, CA Fox Theater 2/28
5/14 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl TBD
5/15 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theater TBD
Saosin Return To The U.S. For Headline Tour
Feb 23, 2010
Headline Tour With Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster
“Confidence pours through the speakers” – Alternative Press
“This is a band well on its way to the forefront of modern rock.” – Outburn
Deemed by Alternative Press Magazine as one of the most anticipated releases of 2009, In Search of Solid Ground is the follow-up to Saosin’s 2006 self-titled full-length debut, which bowed at No. 22 on The Billboard 200 and peaked at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart. In Search Of Solid Ground embarks on a new journey with universal themes – mankind’s search for truth and meaning, the fragility of relationships, the pain implicit in growth and goodbyes – from a fresh perspective. The first single “Changing” reached #28 on the Alternative Radio charts and the video was spun on MTVu and Music Choice. Saosin last toured the states as headliner of the 2nd Annual PacSun Tour with innerpartysystem, POS, and Eye Alaska. They also spent last summer on the Van’s Warped Tour.
In Search of Solid Ground is the end product of months of writing, tracking and mix sessions which Saosin fans were able to witness online in real time, with songs written and tracks demoed in the Costa Mesa, CA studio of global youth brand Hurley, where they self-produced several final album tracks. In early 2009, Saosin worked with producer Butch Walker (Sevendust, Fall Out Boy, P!nk) which resulted in 5 songs on In Search Of Solid Ground. They also worked with John Feldman (The Used, Good Charlotte, Story Of The Year) who produced 2 tracks and with Lucas Banker/Logan Mader (Five Finger Death Punch, Soulfly, Machine Head) on 1 album track. Band guitarist Beau Burchell mixed all songs on In Search of Solid Ground.
Saosin is comprised of Cove Reber (vocals), Chris Sorenson (bass), Alex Rodriguez (drums), Justin Shekoski (guitar) and Beau Burchell (guitar).
For more information on Saosin, please visit www.myspace.com/saosin or www.saosin.com
Follow Saosin on Twitter @Saosin.
Tour Dates ( with Maylene & The Sons of Disaster)
23- Feb Indianapolis, IN Emerson Theater
24- Feb Sauget, IL Pop’s
25- Feb Covington, KY The Mad Hatter
26- Feb Chicago, IL Cubby Bear
27- Feb Detroit, MI Shelter
28- Feb Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
2- Mar Syracuse, NY Lost Horizon
3- Mar Cambridge, MA Harper’s Ferry
4- Mar Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
5- Mar Providence, RI Jerky’s Live Music Hall
6- Mar Baltimore, MD Ottobar
7- Mar Virginia Beach, VA Skate High
9- Mar Richmond, VA Canal Club
10- Mar Louisville, KY Headliner’s Music Hall
11- Mar Nashville, TN Exit/In
12- Mar Johnson City, TN Capone’s
13- Mar South Columbia, SC St. Patricks Day at Five Points
14- Mar Greensboro, SC Greene Street
17- Mar Denver, CO Keggs and Eggs
18- Mar Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
19- Mar Tuscon, AZ Club Congress
20- Mar San Bernardino, CA Stinger’s Bar and Nightclub
21- Mar Pomona, CA Glass House
Chicago-based Rock Band AM TAXI Announce Upcoming Tour In Support Of Debut Album
Feb 18, 2010
ANNOUNCE UPCOMING TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
VIRGIN RECORDS DEBUT ALBUM, ‘WE DON’T STAND A CHANCE’
(New York, NY) AM Taxi— so-called because they’re all about moving across the U.S. towards their destination—gets ready to hit the road…hard. The guys will be touring in support of Spill Canvas late Spring with additional dates for this Summer’s Warped Tour, starting June 24 through August 15. AM Taxi are one of the few groups booked for the entire prestigious concert series prior to releasing an album. They’ve already been out on the road with the likes of Sum 41 and The Ataris, while opening for The Offspring at Summerfest in Milwaukee, so they’re more than up for the task.
“Our goal is to take that 45 or 60 minutes and let people get away for a little bit,” says lead singer and guitarist Adam Krier, “maybe even convert some of ‘em to AM Taxi fans. And, if they dig what we’re doing, maybe they’ll check out some of the stuff that influenced us.”
Take one listen to AM Taxi’s Virgin records debut, We Don’t Stand A Chance to be released June 8, 2010 and you can hear reverence for the past and hope for the future, a band that can cut across any age or genre demographics. The band just wrapped their video for the single ‘The Mistake’ which you can check out here. With a blend of old-school punk, world beat and modern pop influences, the Chicago-based band combines experience with exuberance.
“I try to write songs about things people can relate to,” nods Adam. “For me, the best music, at the end of the day, is therapeutic. That’s always in the back of my mind a little when I’m sitting down to write.”
Take the ride and catch AM Taxi, tour dates are as follows….
April 21 The Hub Cedar Falls, IA
April 23 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO
April 24 Murray Theater Salt Lake City, UT
April 25 The Venue Boise, ID
April 26 El Corazon Seattle, WA
April 27 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR
April 29 Slim’s San Francisco, CA
April 30 The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood, CA
May 1 The Boardwalk Orangevale, CA
May 3 The Rock Tucson, AZ
May 5 The Loft Dallas, TX
May 6 Meridian Houston, TX
May 7 The White Rabbit San Antonio, TX
May 8 Emo’s Austin, TX
May 10 The State Theatre St. Petersburg, FL
May 11 The Social Orlando, FL
May 12 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
May 14 The Recher Theatre Towson, MD
May 15 Stone Pony Asbury, NJ
May 17 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
May 18 The Middle East- Downstairs Cambridge, MA
May 20 The Basement Columbus, OH
May 21 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
May 22 Metro Chicago, IL
May 23 Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
Green River Ordinance Featured On 2010 Olympic Soundtrack
Feb 16, 2010
Green River Ordinance have recorded a brand new song for the 2010 Olympic’s titled “Rise Up.” The band is joining world-renowned recording artists — 3 Doors Down, Mariah Carey, Gloriana, Hoobastank, Puddle Of Mudd, Sugarland and many more— to create the exclusive AT&T Team USA Soundtrack for athletes as they pursue their dream of competing in the Olympic Games. All proceeds from the purchase of “Rise Up” will benefit Team USA on their quest to win gold in Vancouver this month.
“Rise Up” and Green River Ordinance’s debut album Out Of My Hands are both available now on iTunes!
For more details on the band and touring information, please visit GreenRiverOrdinance.com.
Vote for "The Mistake" on MTVu The Freshmen today!
Feb 08, 2010
Head over to MTVu.com now to vote for AM Taxi's "The Mistake" on MTVu's "The Freshman".
The Constellations Set To Release Their Debut "Southern Gothic" On June 8; Announce Tour Dates
Jan 26, 2010
THEIR DEBUT “SOUTHERN GOTHIC” ON JUNE 8;
ANNOUNCE HEADLINING TOUR DATES &
SUPPORT DATES WITH HOCKEY
The Constellations will release their debut album Southern Gothic on EMI’s Virgin Records on June 8. Rising stars of the Atlanta scene, the band—which is fronted by charismatic vocalist Elijah Jones—is set for a breakout year in 2010. Southern Gothic was produced by Ben H. Allen (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley), and features guest appearances by Cee-Lo and Asher Roth. The band is currently giving away a free mp3 of the album’s opening track “Setback” at www.theconstellationsmusic.com.
Following recent tours with the Greyboy Allstars and RJD2, The Constellations’ upcoming touring plans will include a run of headlining dates with a stop at Brooklyn Bowl in New York City (Feb. 3), opening dates with Hockey (March 11-April 8), and their SXSW debut (March 18-21). The band will also head to the UK for a five night residency in London (March 1-5), and release the 7” “Setback/Love Is A Murder” in the UK through the indie label Parallel Lines on March 8.
Southern Gothic is all about what happens in The Constellations’ Atlanta stomping grounds afterhours, a spectacle rife with seedy scenes and eccentric personalities, and propelled by a manic energy that hustles the audience deeper into the unexpected. Your tour guide on this madcap adventure is the magnetic frontman and vocalist Elijah Jones—the ringleader of the twisted circus that is The Constellations—who spent two years writing and recording the album with producer Ben H. Allen.
“Atlanta is strange,” says Jones, “because we’re all basically pushed together.” The hip-hop heads, punk rockers, and indie kids all rub shoulders and mix it up. Southern Gothic reflects that inclusive diversity in its far-reaching sound. One expects nothing less from a singer who cites Tom Waits and Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley as his musical heroes, working with a producer who name-checks Fela Kuti and Gorillaz among their record’s key influences.
The band’s name refers to the myriad musicians from the regional scene who either contributed to making the album or have since played in The Constellations live band. One luminary who drops in is Cee-Lo, who added a verse to the electro-rocker “Love Is A Murder.” Another guest is suburban rapper Asher Roth, lending his playful rhymes to “We’re Here To Save The Day.” Other highlights include the funk number “Felicia,” for which Jones drew inspiration from the laidback ‘70s vignettes of Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, and the album’s centerpiece, “Step Right Up (A Tribute To Tom Waits).”
THE CONSTELLATIONS – 2010 TOUR DATES
Feb. 2 The Note West Chester, PA
Feb. 3 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, NY
Feb. 4 Great Scott Allston, MA
Feb. 5 Snow Barn West Dover, VT
Feb. 10 529 Atlanta, GA
Mar. 1 Barfly London, UK
Mar. 2 The Flowerpot London, UK
Mar. 3 Hoxton Square London, UK
Mar. 4 Underbelly London, UK
Mar. 5 Club NME @ Koko London, UK
Mar. 11 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN w/ Hockey
Mar. 12 Schuba’s Tavern Chicago, IL w/ Hockey
Mar. 13 Outland on Liberty Columbus, OH w/ Hockey
Mar 15 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY w/ Hockey
Mar. 16 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, PA w/ Hockey
Mar. 17 Rock n Roll Hotel Washington, DC w/ Hockey
Mar. 18-21 SXSW Austin, TX
Mar. 22 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC w/ Hockey
Mar. 23 Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN w/ Hockey
Mar. 24 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA w/ Hockey
Mar. 25 Café 11 St. Augustine, FL w/ Hockey
Mar. 26 Club Downunder Tallahassee, FL w/ Hockey
Mar. 27 Bottle Tree Birmingham, AL w/ Hockey
Mar. 29 Thirsty Hippo Hattiesburg, MS w/ Hockey
Mar. 30 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA w/ Hockey
Apr. 1 Warehouse Live Houston, TX w/ Hockey
Apr. 2 Emo’s Austin, TX w/ Hockey
Apr. 3 The Loft Dallas, TX w/ Hockey
Apr. 6 Larimer Lounge Denver, CO w/ Hockey
Apr. 7 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT w/ Hockey
Apr. 8 Wonder Ballroom Portland, OR w/ Hockey
For more info on The Constellations, please visit: www.theconstellationsmusic.com or www.myspace.com/constellationsatl
Trouble Andrew Kicks Off Tour Dates Including Live Sets At The Olympics And The X-Games
Jan 21, 2010
Two-time Olympian Snowboarder In Studio Completing the Follow-up to 2009’s punk/hardcore/rock Trouble Andrew Debut CD; New Disc Due Spring 2010
(New York, NY) – Musician Trouble Andrew returns to his snowboarding roots with a historic concert at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, performing his signature brand of “electro sk8/crunk rock” at a 12,000-capacity outdoor venue. The two-time Olympian and Burton-sponsored pro snowboarder (aka Trevor Andrew) will play songs from his 2009 10-song debut CD Trouble Andrew, as well as new material from his forthcoming second full-length CD. Trouble Andrew’s live performances have been garnering raves, one critic noting: “Whether rapping or singing, he enthralled the audience, even writhing around the floor like he was Iggy (synth-) Pop.”
The musician cites influences such as Bad Brains, Ice Cube, Black Flag, Descendents, Minor Threat, the Beastie Boys and Three Six Mafia, noting: “Punk rock, hip hop, sk8, snowboard, and surf cultures have a lot in common. They came about naturally and from the underground. That freedom of nonconformity is what ties them together. I wanted it all represented in my music.” Trouble turned seriously to making music during a long period of recuperation from a snowboarding injury: “Making music definitely saved my life,” he says. “I could’ve gotten depressed over my injury, but instead I was so excited to make music and discover new sounds.
The as yet untitled Trouble Andrew CD will be out in Spring 2010.
Leading up to his Olympian gig on February 21st, Trouble Andrew launches a tour beginning January 21st in Modesto. Below are all confirmed dates.
January
21st Modesto, CA, Fat Cat Music House (with Shwayze)
22nd Los Angeles, CA The Roxy (with Shwayze)
23rd Santa Barbara, CA Velvet Jones (with Shwayze)
28th Denver, CO City Hall
30th Avon, CO Agave
31st Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen (X-Games Party)
February
2nd Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
3rd Crested Butte, CO The Eldo
5th Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
6th Breckenridge, CO Three20South
7th Steamboat Springs, CO Ghostranch Saloon
9th The Star Bar, Park City, UT
11th Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
12th Reno, NV Tonic Lounge
21st Vancouver, BC Cypress Mountain (Olympics)
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Thirty Seconds To Mars Return To Top Of Charts As "Kings & Queens" Reaches #1 At Alternative Radio
Jan 20, 2010
# 1 AT ALTERNATIVE RADIO
“Kings & Queens” Is The First Single From The Multi-Platinum Band’s
Acclaimed Third Album This Is War
Thirty Seconds To Mars Encourages Their Fans To Donate Money To Emergency Relief Efforts For Haiti
Headline European Arena Tour Begins Feb. 19th, Spring U.S.
Tour To Be Announced Soon
“This Is War… shines as an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds to Mars” 4/5 stars
– Alternative Press
Thirty Seconds to Mars has been actively encouraging their fans to donate money to emergency relief efforts in Haiti. The band has compiled and posted a list of relief organizations including UNICEF, The Red Cross, OXFAM and others on their website and social networking sites. They are also auctioning off tickets, backstage passes and dinner with the band at a concert of choice through ebay at http://ow.ly/Y3JP, all proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross. Leto participated in the “Haiti: How You Can Help" live telethon on Larry King Live on Jan. 18th which raised $5 million dollars for UNICEF and the American Red Cross, including the $1,000 winning-bid by Jared for the a suspenders that Larry was wearing.
This is War, which received 4 out of 5 stars by Alternative Press who declared the album an “artistic triumph,” was released on Dec. 8th, 2009 with thousands of different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign. The album debuted at #2 on the alternative album chart and the digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 copies in the first week. Both Thirty Seconds To Mars and This Is War have been top ten trending topics on Twitter for weeks and two of the album’s songs “Kings & Queens” and “This is War” are constantly at the top of the Twitter Music Monday chart #MusicMonday at twit40.com, a weekly Twitter trend that gives Tweeters a chance to find and share music. Thirty Seconds to Mars was also named “Best Band” in the Kerrang! 2009 Reader’s Poll.
Throughout the band’s decade-long career, Thirty Seconds to Mars have been known for having and energizing live show and have played over 500 shows around the globe. They just wrapped a U.S. tour playing radio holiday shows which prompted the Denver Post to declare that Thirty Seconds to Mars “treated fans to an energetic performance” and that “Leto’s vocals were clean and strong, reaching impressive ranges effortlessly” and the Tampa Bay Times to say,” Of all the bands at Next Big Thing last weekend, 30 Seconds to Mars knew best how to get the crowd going and how to make the most interactive show I’ve ever seen.” Thirty Seconds to Mars head to Europe in February to headline their first ever arena tour where they will play to sold-out rooms, including a stop at London's 13,000 capacity Wembley Arena. The band will return stateside in the Spring for a headline tour across the U.S. Dates and venues will be announced soon.
Formed by brothers Jared Leto and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.
Video for “Kings & Queens”:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596
Performing “Kings & Queens” on The Tonight Show:
http://virg001.edgeboss.net/wmedia/virg001/30_seconds_to_mars/video/appearances/tonight_show_december_10.wvx
For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
Follow Thirty Seconds to Mars on Twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars
AM Taxi's "The Mistake" Video Set To Premiere On MySpace January 16; Debut Album Out In June 2010
Jan 13, 2010
CHICAGO BAND’S DEBUT VIRGIN RECORDS ALBUM, WE DON’T STAND A CHANCE, OUT IN JUNE WITH WARPED TOUR TO FOLLOW
“The Mistake,” the first video from Chicago-based rock band AM Taxi’s upcoming Virgin Records debut album, We Don’t Stand a Chance, will premiere this Saturday, January 16 on MySpace. The debut CD comes out on June 2010, just prior to the band hitting the road for this summer’s Warped Tour, starting June 24 through August 15. AM Taxi are one of the few groups booked for the entire prestigious concert series prior to releasing an album.
The band was formed in the Windy City almost two years ago—with the encouragement of Sublime producer Miguel Happoldt—by longtime bandmates and pals, singer/songwriter Adam Krier, drummer Chris Smith and bassist Jason Schultejann, releasing a pair of EPs before getting signed to EMI’s Virgin Records label.
Recorded in Austin, TX, with renowned producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Patty Griffin, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead), AM Taxi’s major label bow, We Don’t Stand a Chance, offers a variety of different styles, from old-school punk to world beat and modern pop. “The Mistake” is a heart-on-the-sleeve confessional that recalls the Replacements, while “Fed Up” is a Springsteen-by-way-of-The Hold Steady classic rock raver, “Dead Street” sports a Police-styled world beat and “Sharissa” a Clash-esque reggae rhythm.
“I try to write songs about things people can relate to,” says vocalist/guitarist Krier. “For me, the best music, at the end of the day, is therapeutic. It’s just classic rock songwriting with present-day arrangements.”
With favorites like Pacific Northwest Nuggets-style garage bands like the Wailers, the Sonics and Paul Revere and the Raiders, as well as the British Invasion bands, soul greats Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, Two-Tone bands The Specials and the Selecter along with alt-country acts Wilco and Ryan Adams, AM Taxi take their inspiration from non-stop touring, with songs like “Dead Street” and “Shake, Rattle and Stall” capturing restlessness of life on the road.
“Our goal is to take that hour and let people get away for a little bit,” says Adam. “And if they dig what we’re doing, maybe they’ll check out some of the stuff that influences us.”
AM Taxi will tour the States prior to Warped Tour with dates to be announced soon.
For more information on AM Taxi, please visit the band's MySpace.
Green River Ordinance's New Single "Come On" Cracks Top 20 At Radio
Jan 11, 2010
VIDEO ADDED TO VH1
BAND TO HIT ROAD IN FEBRUARY FOR HEADLINE DATES
Green River Ordinance recently wrapped a Fall/Winter tour with American Idol winner David Cook. The band was invited to tour with David twice in 2009 and have played with many friends along the way including tours with Gavin DeGraw, Collective Soul, Serena Ryder, Need To Breathe and One Tree Hill star Kate Voegele. A testament to the power of their live show, the band recently broke the record for most CD's sold at The Nokia Theater in NYC.
Green River Ordinance continues touring in support of their EMI/Virgin Records debut, Out Of My Hands, and their smash single, "Come On," which has cracked the Top 20 on Billboard's Hot Adult Rock chart. The single is being played in such heavyweight markets as Los Angeles & Chicago and the video can be seen on VH1, Teen Nick and MTVU channels.
In addition, CD sales of the band's debut have been consistently increasing as the album launches up the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Their songs can be heard on MTV's The Hills and Real World/RoadRules Challenge: The Duel. They scored big when the song "On Your Own" was used repeatedly as the sign off song on So You Think You Can Dance and CNN.com recently featured the rising talent in a segment that brings audiences closer to the band as they gun towards stardom (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/08/28/dcl.gro.band.cnn).
Tour dates:
February
10 Jammin Java Vienna, VA
11 The Note West Chester, PA
13 Harpers Ferry Allston, MA
16 Mercury Lounge New York, NY
17 Club Cafe Live Pittsburgh, PA
18 Musica Akron, OH
19 Radio Radio Indianapolis, IN
20 The Basement Columbus, OH
Thirty Seconds To Mars New Album 'This Is War' Debuts At No. 2 On The Alternative Album Chart
Dec 16, 2009
AND NO. 2 ON THE DIGITAL ALBUM CHART
Thirty Seconds To Mars Scores The Top 2 Songs On Twitter’s Music Monday Chart With “Kings & Queens” and “This Is War”
“Kings & Queens” Holds Strong At No. 3 & On Alternative Radio Airplay Chart While “The Kill” Named No. 1 Alternative Song Of The Decade By AOL Radio
Thirty Seconds To Mars Named “Best Band” in the Kerrang! 2009 Readers Poll
“This Is War… shines as an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds to Mars” 4/5 stars
– Alternative Press
“Epic rock at its most affecting” - Billboard
“It’s a huge-sounding record, epic and expansive… an important moment for the band” – Nylon
“Combative…sinister…the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” – Los Angeles Times
"On the unashamedly epic, ‘This Is War’, Leto doesn’t just shoot for the moon, he practically colonizes it" - Entertainment Weekly
"This is War" is a big enterprise, layered with stadium-sized sheets of sound and film-score pageantry” - Detroit Free Press
“The Summit started as an interactive recording experiment and quickly became a defining element to this album,” said frontman Jared Leto. “An extension to this interactive idea is The Faces of Mars campaign. Basically an art project that celebrates the physical release of the cd and gave us a chance to put a face to the thousands and thousands of voices from around the world.”
Thirty Seconds To Mars and This Is War have been top ten trending topics on Twitter for weeks leading up to the release and two of the album’s songs top the Twitter Music Monday chart this week. The first single “Kinds & Queens” and title track “This is War” are no. 1 and no. 2 on #MusicMonday at twit40.com, a weekly Twitter trend that gives Tweeters a chance to find and share music. Both singles were released yesterday as bonus downloadable content through the Rock Band online store. “Kings & Queens” raced into the top 5 at Alternative radio where it has spent the last 4 consecutive weeks at no. 3. The video for “Kings & Queens” is being played on MTV, MTV2, MTVu, VH1, Fuse and Music Choice. Additionally, “The Kill” from 2005’s A Beautiful Lie was recently voted the < Alternative Song of the Decade by AOL Radio listeners (http://www.aolradioblog.com/2009/12/11/top-alternative-songs-of-the-decade-2000s/). Thirty Seconds to Mars was also named “Best Band” in the Kerrang! 2009 Reader’s Poll.
Beyond gracing the covers of this month’s Nylon Guys, Kerrang! and Rock Sound magazines, Thirty Seconds to Mars has spent the last month playing holiday radio shows nationwide in support of This Is War, their first U.S. shows in more than two years. Fans and critics alike have welcomed the band back with open arms. According to the Tampa Bay Times,” Of all the bands at Next Big Thing last weekend, 30 Seconds to Mars knew best how to get the crowd going and how to make the most interactive show I’ve ever seen.” The Mercury News agreed, “In Oakland, there was no denying that this band knows how to put on an entertaining, engaging set.” The Denver Post said that Thirty Seconds to Mars “treated fans to an energetic performance” and that “Leto’s vocals were clean and strong, reaching impressive ranges effortlessly.” On Dec. 10th, the band performed “Kings & Queens” for the first time on television on The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien, a memorable performance that featured the Street Drum Corps, a string quartet and ten-person choir. Jared has been documenting many of the band’s activities with his exclusive Buzznet blog:
http://30secondstomars.buzznet.com/user/journal/5577081/.
Thirty Seconds to Mars will continue to play radio shows throughout December (full schedule below) before headlining their first ever arena tour in Europe in the New Year. A U.S. tour is expected to be announced in early 2010.
Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit < and ”The Kill” and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006.
Watch the Video for “Kings & Queens”:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596
Thirty Seconds to Mars on Tour
Dec 16 Chicago, IL House of Blues ** Radio Show Q101
Dec 17 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom ** Radio Show WLUM
Dec 18 Detroit, MI The Fillmore ** Radio Show 89X
Dec 19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues ** Radio Show WKRK
Thirty Seconds To Mars, Livestream Q&A, Dec. 9th 5pm PST/8pm EST
Dec 09, 2009
Thirty Seconds To Mars
Livestream Q&A
Tonight 12.9.09 - 5pm PST / 8pm EST
Tune into the chat on
Livestream, Facebook, or ThirtySecondsToMars.com
Find out how to access the chat on your iPhone here.
Adelitas Way Team up With Theory of a Deadman For Upcoming U.S. Tour
Dec 08, 2009
ADELITAS WAY
TEAM UP WITH THEORY OF A DEADMAN FOR UPCOMING US TOUR
Lead Single, “Invincible” Top 5 at Active Rock Radio
LOS ANGELES, CA – Virgin Records latest breakout rock band, Adelitas Way will join forces with Theory of a Deadman on their upcoming US tour this winter in support of their self-titled debut on Virgin/EMI Music and debuted at <6 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Chart. The tour will kick off in Minneapolis, MN on Monday, January 18 and will include spots in Chicago, Baltimore and Boston.
The album’s kick off single, the power-rock anthem “Invincible,” has exploded on to the charts, scoring them Top 5 record at Active Rock, while racing its way to Top 25 at Rock. “Invincible” has already been tagged as WWE Superstars theme song, heard on the 2009 season of Monday Night Countdown on ESPN and showcased in the new WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010 Video Game. Since then, the single has been streamed almost 400,000 times on Adelitas Way’s MySpace page (www.myspace.com/adelitasway).
Adelitas Way is fronted by singer Rick DeJesus, who grew up in a rough Philadelphia neighborhood that was ravaged by drugs and poverty. In 2005, he seized an opportunity to move to Las Vegas where he met up with drummer Trevor Stafford. They were later joined by guitarists Keith Wallen, and bassist Derek Johnston when they started to record the album in Chicago and have since added Creighton Bibbs to the lineup. The quintet has since then opened for artists like Chris Cornell, Hinder and Tantric, generating an impressive industry buzz that resulted in their signing with Virgin.
Produced by the Grammy-nominated Johnny K (Disturbed, Plain White T’s, 3 Doors Down), the band’s debut album is filled with hard, edgy modern rock anthems spotlighting the shredding blues style of teenage axe-slinger Iorio and the propulsive, grunge-like drums of Huntington Beach, CA native Stafford, a veteran of Ozzfest band Shuvel. N.Y. bassist Johnston and West Virginia guitarist Wallen bring a combination of indie, hardcore and classic rock influences to the band’s distinctive sound.
Adelitas Way, whose name comes from an unplanned visit to a Tijuana brothel, is currently on tour with Breaking Benjamin. You can check out their first single “Invincible” and other music from Adelitas Way on the group’s MySpace page (www.myspace.com/adelitasway) and at www.adelitaswaymusic.net.
Supporting Theory of A Deadman:
Monday, January 18 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Tuesday, January 19 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Friday, January 22 Toledo, OH Headliners
Saturday, January 23 Flint, MI The Machine Shop (supporting Halestorm)
Sunday, January 24 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Monday, January 25 Youngstown, OH Wedgewood Entertainment Center
Wednesday, January 27 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
Friday, January 29 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Saturday, January 30 Baltimore, MD Bourbon Street Ballroom
Sunday, January 31 Boston, MA House of Blues
Tuesday, February 2 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Tuesday, February 9 Wichita, KS The Cotillion
Wednesday, February 10 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Thirty Seconds To Mars Reveal The Faces Of Mars When New Album 'THIS IS WAR' Hits Stores Worldwide
Dec 07, 2009
‘THIS IS WAR’ HITS STORES WORLDWIDE THIS TUESDAY DECEMBER 8TH WITH INDIVIDUAL FAN PHOTOS ON THOUSANDS OF ALBUM COVERS
Fans Can Find Out If Their Faces Were Selected From Thousands Of Submitted Photos
For Innovative “Faces of Mars” Campaign
Thirty Seconds To Mars Set To Kick Off Album Release Playing Holiday Radio Shows, Online Chat, In-store Appearance in LA And A Special Performance On The “Tonight Show”
“This Is War… shines as an artistic triumph for 30 Seconds to Mars” 4/5 stars – Alternative Press
“If only all big rock albums had this much nerve” – MTV.com
“Combative…sinister…the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” – Los Angeles Times
“Epic rock at its most affecting” - Billboard
Beyond gracing the covers of this month’s issues of Kerrang! and Rock Sound to celebrate the release of THIS IS WAR, Thirty Seconds to Mars will also be touching base with their supportive and loyal fan community through a Livestream chat on December 9th where they will answer questions from a host as well as listeners who have submitted questions to their local radio stations. Fans will be able to watch the live broadcast on the band’s Facebook page, Web site, and at Livestream.com as well as download the footage to their iPhones. The band will also make two special appearances at their Hive headquarters in Los Angeles on the 8th and 9th where they’ll sell and sign copies of THIS IS WAR.
Not only did the band’s supporters have the opportunity to be on the cover of THIS IS WAR through the Faces of Mars campaign, they also had the opportunity to be a part of the album’s recording when the band teamed up with their fan community, The Echelon, earlier this year to record sounds for the record in a groundbreaking event they dubbed, “The Summit”. The band invited The Echelon members to travel to Los Angeles to take part in an impromptu recording session at Hollywood’s Avalon Club. It was so successful that Thirty Seconds to Mars decided to hold summits in 8 more countries across the world (Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada).
Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit < and ”The Kill” and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006.
Check out the video for “Kings & Queens” here:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596
Pre order THIS IS WAR through iTunes and receive two bonus tracks. “Kings And Queens” - LA Riots remix and “Night Of The Hunter” - Flood Remix (track only available through release).
Catch Thirty Seconds to Mars on tour this winter:
Dec 8 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre ** Radio Show KNXX
Dec 11 Oakland, CA Alameda County Coliseum ** Radio Show kits
Dec 13 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena ** Radio Show 91X
Dec 15 Seattle, WA WAMU Theatre ** Radio Show KNDD
Dec 16 Chicago, IL House of Blues ** Radio Show Q101
Dec 17 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom ** Radio Show WLUM
Dec 18 Detroit, MI The Fillmore ** Radio Show 89X
Dec 19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues ** Radio Show WKRK
For more information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: www.thirtysecondstomars.com
Alice In Chains Garner Grammy Nomination; No. 1 Hit Single "Check My Brain" Earns Nod
Dec 03, 2009
NO. 1 HIT SINGLE “CHECK MY BRAIN” EARNS NOD FOR “BEST HARD ROCK PERFORMANCE”
Los Angeles, CA (December 3, 2009) – ALICE IN CHAINS have earned a Grammy nomination for “Best Hard Performance” for “Check My Brain,” the No. 1 hit single from the band’s new album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE. Fueled by the chart-topping track, which hit No. 1 on the Modern, Active and Rock formats and was hailed by Spin magazine as “one of the catchiest songs of Alice In Chains' history,” the album entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5, with first-week sales exceeding 126,000 copies.
The quartet (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, guitarist/vocalist William DuVall, drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez) is maintaining momentum with second single “Your Decision,” which was this week’s No. 1 Most Added track at Modern and Active Rock. Earlier this week, the video for “Your Decision” premiered on iTunes and shot to No. 1 on their Rock Video Chart. Stephen Schuster, who they previously worked with on the video for “A Looking In View”, directed the clip.
In other news, ALICE IN CHAINS have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2nd. Tickets go on sale December 4th and 5th – fans can get more info at www.aliceinchains.com.
The band is currently touring Europe and recently performed on the UK television show "Later ... With Jools Holland." The international dates followed a sold-out U.S. buzz tour and performances on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and back-to-back nights on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Don’t miss your chance to catch Alice In Chains live.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan
Dec. 6 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Dec. 7 London, UK Brixton Academy
Dec. 11 Las Vegas, NV The Joint (KXTE radio show)
Dec. 12 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Acoustic Xmas)
Feb. 2 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 4 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Feb. 6 Salem, OR Salem Armory
Feb. 8 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
Feb. 10 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
Feb. 11 Oakland, CA Fox Theatre
Feb. 17 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Feb. 19 Denver, CO Fillmore
Feb. 21 Kansas City, MO Midland
Feb. 22 St. Louis, MO Pageant
Feb. 23 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
Feb. 25 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Feb. 27 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Mar 1 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
Mar 2 Charlotte, NC Fillmore
Mar 3 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
Mar 5 Richmond, VA The National
Mar 6 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods
Mar 8 New York, NY Terminal 5
Mar 12 Atlantic, City, NJ Borgata
Mar 13 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
Mar 14 Boston, MA Orpheum
Mar 16 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Mar 17 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
Mar 19 Detroit, MI Fillmore State Theatre
Mar 20 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Mar 21 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkins Auditorium
www.aliceinchains.com
Alice In Chains, Maximum Performance on Yahoo Music!
Nov 25, 2009
Alice In Chains - Maximum Performance on Yahoo Music!
Check out an insightful interview and amazing acoustic performances of "Check My Brain", "Black Gives Way To Blue" and "Your Decision"!http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/live/3588/alice-in-chains-unpluggedunchained/
Massive Attack Set To Release 5th Studio Album 'Heligoland' On Virgin Records Feb. 9th
Nov 24, 2009
(Nov.24th, 2009 -New York, NY) Legendary trip-hop duo Massive Attack are set to release their highly anticipated 5th studio album Heligoland on EMI's Virgin Records on February 9th, 2010. Last month, the duo released their first new material in three years, giving fans a preview of Heligoland with a 4-song EP Splitting the Atom which features 2 album tracks and 2 album track remixes. Heligoland features an all star cast of guest vocals from Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe. Long time cohort Horace Andy makes a return alongside Massive Attack founding members Robert Del Naja (3D) and Grand Marshall (Daddy G). Damon also plays bass on "Flat Of The Blade" and keyboards on "Splitting The Atom" while Portishead's Adrian Utley plays guitar on "Saturday Come Slow". The band also collaborated with DFA's Tim Goldsworthy on selected tracks. The cover artwork features an original image by Robert Del Naja.
Over the last three years Robert Del Naja has written and produced soundtracks for a number of films and documentaries, including "Trouble In The Water", "44 Inch Chest", "In Prison My Whole Life" and "Gomorra," the latter for which he won the David Di Donatello Award for Best Song. Earlier this year, Massive Attack won the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award at the Ivor Novello Awards. In September, Massive Attack headlined this year's Bestival ahead of their first full UK tour in three years. They have just announced a few more UK dates in February and are expected to announce a U.S. tour next year.
For more information on Massive Attack, visit www.massiveattack.com or Massive Attack's Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_Attack
Green River Ordinance Premieres New Video For "Come On" On mtvU
Nov 20, 2009
GRO's debut album, OUT OF MY HANDS, is available NOW!
Click HERE to download on iTunes!
Alice In Chains Announce North American Tour
Nov 19, 2009
NEW SINGLE “YOUR DECISION” TO IMPACT RADIO DECEMBER 7
Los Angeles, CA – ALICE IN CHAINS have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2nd. Tickets go on sale December 4th and 5th – fans can get more info at www.aliceinchains.com. The band is touring in support of its critically acclaimed new album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE (Virgin/EMI), which entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5, with first-week sales exceeding 126,000 copies.
The band’s electrifying set list will spotlight classic hits and new favorites, including new single “Your Decision,” which impacts radio on December 7th. The band recently shot a video for the song with director Stephen Schuster, who they previously worked with on the video for “A Looking In View.”
Los Angeles-based AIC fans can catch the band performing at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas show at the Gibson Amphitheatre on December 12. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, November 21 and proceeds will benefit two local charities, Para Los Ninos and the Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center. On November 24th, the band will also perform three songs acoustically for a special Yahoo! Maximum Performance, which can be seen on Yahoo! Music. In other news, Alice In Chains recently released a Black Gives Way To Blue iPhone app, which features full songs from the album, music videos, news, photos, social networking and much more. The app separates itself from the pack with an impressive level of interactivity; its custom-built functionality allows fans to interact with each of the album’s 11 tracks via a touch, drag and hold feature that reveals hidden visual gems. A demo of the app (which was designed and developed by Mobile Roadie, Streetwise Concepts & Culture (www.streetwise.biz) and EMI Music) can be viewed by clicking here: http://bit.ly/1VWXWZ
The band (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, guitarist/vocalist William DuVall, drummer Sean Kinney and bassist Mike Inez) is currently touring Europe and recently performed on the UK television show "Later ... With Jools Holland." The international dates followed a sold-out U.S. buzz tour and performances on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and back-to-back nights on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” All three shows saw AIC perform chart-topping lead single “Check My Brain,” which hit No. 1 on the Modern, Active and Rock formats and was hailed by Spin magazine as “one of the catchiest songs of Alice In Chains' history.”
Don’t miss your chance to catch Alice In Chains live. Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
Nov. 20 Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal
Nov. 21 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
Nov. 23 Dortmund, Germany FZW
Nov. 24 Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna
Nov. 25 Warsaw, Poland Stodola
Nov. 27 Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
Nov. 29 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Nov. 30 Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick
Dec. 2 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
Dec. 3 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan
Dec. 6 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Dec. 7 London, UK Brixton Academy
Dec. 11 Las Vegas, NV The Joint (KXTE radio show)
Dec. 12 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Acoustic Xmas)
Feb. 2 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 4 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
Feb. 6 Salem, OR Salem Armory
Feb. 11 Oakland, CA Fox Theatre
Feb. 17 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Feb. 19 Denver, CO Fillmore
Feb. 21 Kansas City, MO Midland
Feb. 22 St. Louis, MO Pageant
Feb. 23 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
Feb. 25 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Feb. 27 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
Mar 1 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
Mar 2 Charlotte, NC Fillmore
Mar 3 Washington, DC DAR Constitution Hall
Mar 5 Richmond, VA The National
Mar 6 Mashantucket, CT Foxwoods
Mar 8 New York, NY Terminal 5
Mar 12 Atlantic, City, NJ Borgata
Mar 13 Philadelphia, PA Tower Theatre
Mar 14 Boston, MA Orpheum
Mar 16 Montreal, QC Metropolis
Mar 17 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy
Mar 19 Detroit, MI Fillmore State Theatre
Mar 20 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
Mar 21 St. Paul, MN Roy Wilkens Auditorium
New European tour dates announced for 2010!
Nov 18, 2009
Thirty Seconds To Mars have confirmed a major European tour for Feb/March 2010.
See Tour section for further details.
Thirty Seconds to Mars New Single "Kings & Queens" Soars Into Alternative Radio's Top 5
Nov 12, 2009
SOARS INTO ALTERNATIVE RADIO’S TOP 5
“Kings & Queens” Short Film The Ride Set To Premiere on MySpace Today
“‘Kings and Queens’ is epic rock at its most affecting” - Billboard
“If only all big rock albums had this much nerve.” – MTV.com
(New York, NY – Nov. 12th, 2009) – Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars have been climbing radio charts with the first single “Kings & Queens” off of their highly anticipated upcoming album THIS IS WAR available for pre-order at ITunes. Soaring into Alternative Radio’s top 5 only four weeks after impact, the track is also working its way up through the Active Rock format landing in the top 25 this week. Thirty Seconds to Mars will be debuting the single live on the Tonight Show, December 10th. Set for release on December 8th, THIS IS WAR (EMI/Virgin Records), the follow up to their incredibly successful sophomore release A Beautiful Lie, has already been deemed notable as Billboard Magazine proclaimed “’Kings & Queens is epic rock at its most affecting”. The video, a short film entitled “The Ride” shot this past month in Los Angeles is inspired by the critical mass and crank mob movement, founded with forward thinking and eco-conscious intentions, and celebrates this amazing community of riders on a night time journey downtown LA to Santa Monica. For this epic short film the band shut down Hollywood blvd, Santa Monica pier and sections of downtown Los Angeles, making this their love letter to the city of angels. “The Ride” makes its global premiere today on MySpace and “Kings & Queens” is currently available on ITunes.
Thirty Seconds to Mars recently teamed up to headline the in-game soundtrack for Electronic Arts Inc. epic new game; Dragon Age: Origins with the title track off of THIS IS WAR. Fans and press can get a first-listen of “This Is War” in an exclusive game trailer co-produced by front-man, Jared Leto. The trailer received over 350,000 YouTube views in only a few days. The band will be spending November overseas playing a set of European dates and will return stateside at the end of the month to kick off a nationwide radio show tour through December.
Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base. The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday,” which hit #1 and "The Kill". The latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006.
Check out the video for “Kings & Queens” here:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=100601596
Pre order THIS IS WAR through iTunes and receive two bonus tracks. “Kings And Queens” - LA Riots remix and “Night Of The Hunter” - Flood Remix (track only available through release).
Catch Thirty Seconds to Mars on tour this winter:
Nov 30 Salt Lake City, UT The Rail Event Center ** Radio Show X96
Dec 1 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre ** Radio Show KTCL
Dec 3 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre ** Radio Show KTBZ
Dec 4 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Theatre ** Radio Show KDGE
Dec 5 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater ** Radio Show WPBZ
Dec 6 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre ** Radio Show WSUN
Dec 8 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre ** Radio Show KNXX
Dec 11 Oakland, CA Alameda County Coliseum ** Radio Show kits
Dec 13 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena ** Radio Show 91X
Dec 15 Seattle, WA WAMU Theatre ** Radio Show KNDD
Dec 16 Chicago, IL House of Blues ** Radio Show Q101
Dec 17 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Ballroom ** Radio Show WLUM
Dec 18 Detroit, MI The Fillmore ** Radio Show 89X
Dec 19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues ** Radio Show WKRK
For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
Adelitas Way To Play Consumer Gameplay Session Of WWE® SMACKDOWN® VS. RAW® 2010, Hosted By THQ
Nov 10, 2009
EMI / CAPITOL MUSIC GROUP RECORDING ARTIST ADELITAS WAY
Band Members to Play Consumers in Latest Addition to Renowned Fighting Videogame Franchise
via the Xbox LIVE® Online Entertainment Network
LOS ANGELES, CA. - THQ Inc. announced it will partner with EMI / Capitol Music Group recording artist Adelitas Way to offer consumers a unique opportunity to connect with the band using WWE® SmackDown® vs. Raw® 2010, the latest addition to the popular fighting videogame franchise. On Tuesday, November 10 at 6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT, Adelitas Way band members will log in to the Xbox LIVE® online entertainment network for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft to compete against fans using the Gamertag “ADELITAS WAY.” The consumer gameplay session is expected to last for approximately two hours.
“Licensed music contributions are an integral part of the overall gameplay experience for the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise,” said Victor Rodriguez, music director, THQ. “The ability to include a prominent rising artist such as Adelitas Way, which has an impactful relationship with the WWE, further extends our ability to deliver the most authentic and entertaining simulation of WWE programming year after year.”
“We are very excited to interact with the fans in such a cool way; I hope our fans don’t hate us after we whoop them one by one,” said Rick DeJesus, lead vocalist, Adelitas Way. “Whomever we beat will get a hug from Keith when we come to your town because we love our fans.”
“Invincible,” the first single from the band’s self-titled debut album, appears on the soundtrack to WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010. In addition, “Invincible” is the official theme song of WWE Superstars, which can be seen every Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. ET, and Sunday at 12:00 p.m. ET, on WGN America in the United States. Adelitas Way is also responsible for the WWE entrance theme “A New Day” for “Legacy,” the ruthless trinity of WWE RAW Superstars Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes. “A New Day” can be heard on Monday Night RAW, which airs live Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET on USA Network. The show is also rebroadcast on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. ET on mun2, Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. ET on Universal HD and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. ET on Telemundo.
About WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 for the Xbox 360
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 introduces a new Create-a-Superstar Mode, including a fresh look, all-new 3-D parts and improved graphical quality, allowing players to create Superstars and Divas comparable in quality with their in-game WWE counterparts. A new Paint Tool enables detailed creation of tattoos, logos and other unique designs, while a franchise-first Superstar Threads feature lets players create alternate ring gear for Superstars and Divas by customizing the colors of shirts, pants, face paint, elbow pads, boots and more. The game’s Create-a-Finisher Mode has been updated to let players create acrobatic and gravity-defying diving attacks from the top turnbuckle, move their creations to new heights by adjusting the trajectory and take advantage of new moves from the front grapple position. Taking creativity even further, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 marks the debut of WWE Story Designer. In this new mode, players can create and customize their own storylines and cut scenes, including selection of talent and scene locations, writing their own dialogue, adjusting camera angles, choosing from over 100 scene animations, assigning talent emotions and much more. Players may also construct each night’s show card with matches, unique match stipulations, interference events and other story twists and turns.
WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 empowers players with not only extensive creative freedom but the ability to share their gameplay experiences as well. For the first time in franchise history, the WWE Community Creations interface enables players to upload their creations online, including created Superstars and Divas, story designs, finishing moves, highlight reels and screenshots, and share them with others around the world. Players may also download created content via keyword search engine from other users for use both online and offline. In addition, players can tag their creations with search terms, as well as leave ratings, allowing for ease of use in searching the robust database for the most popular – or even the most obscure – created items. To date, more than 30,000 items have been uploaded to WWE Community Creations via Xbox LIVE.
In addition to its extensive creative and online offerings, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 includes a number of key updates. The WWE Training Facility provides a franchise-first in-game tutorial, making it simple for both long-time fans and newcomers to get helpful gameplay tips and practice moves with their favorite Superstars and Divas. The popular Road to WrestleMania story-based mode returns with interactive cut scenes and six new storylines based on a created Superstar, Mickie James, Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels and Edge, as well as a “Brand Warfare” co-op storyline with Triple H and John Cena. In terms of match types, the Championship Scramble makes its WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise debut, while the renowned Royal Rumble delivers a revised presentation and more ways to eliminate opponents, including three elimination mini-games and match-specific finishing moves. In addition, a robust talent roster will include more than 60 playable Superstars and Divas, many of whom will make their videogame debut, as they represent the Raw, SmackDown and ECW® brands.
More information about WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 can be found at www.smackdownvsraw.com.
About Adelitas Way
The band name, taken from a frightening band incident that culminated at a infamous brothel/bar in Tijuana. Making the internal external, Adelita’s Way create heartfelt, radio-ready songs, deftly captured by Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K (Disturbed, Plain White T’s, 3 Doors Down). Tunes range from the sexy romp of ‘Dirty Little Thing” to the emotionally charged rock anthem of “Last Stand” to the crowd-pleaser “Invincible,” which, says Rick, has an “‘Incredible Hulk’ feeling. It pumps you up. It’s about our attitude: I’m not going to let anyone stand in the way of my dreams.” In fact, WWE Superstars adopted “Invincible” as its theme song, and anticipation for the July 14, 2009 release of Adelitas Way was bolstered by a tour with Saliva, and “Invincible”’s use on “CSI Miami.” Regional tours and gigs with Chris Cornell, Hinder and Tantric honed the band’s reputation as a powerful live act.
More information about Adelitas Way can be found at www.adelitaswaymusic.net.
Thirty Seconds to Mars Brings “WAR” to Dragon Age: Origins
Nov 04, 2009
Title Track of New Album “THIS IS WAR” Will Debut in Epic RPG This Week
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA – Leading video game developer BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), announced yesterday (11/3/09) that award-winning rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars will headline the in-game soundtrack for the new epic RPG, Dragon Age™: Origins. The title song from the band’s new album “THIS IS WAR” will make its world debut in Dragon Age: Origins before the highly-anticipated album (EMI’s Virgin Records) drops on December 8th. Available in the game November 3rd, fans and press can also get a first-listen of “THIS IS WAR” in an exclusive game trailer co-produced by Thirty Seconds to Mars front-man, Jared Leto. The trailer can be downloaded at: http://press.bioware.com/ThisisWarDAO (Username: media; Password: BioAssets2get)
“EA has always had a forward-thinking relationship with Thirty Seconds to Mars and we are overwhelmed with excitement about the band’s involvement and creative contribution to Dragon Age: Origins,” said Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music and Music Marketing at EA. “This exciting song debut exemplifies our continued commitment to working with great bands that move the needle to where music is going.”
In Dragon Age: Origins, players take the role of a Grey Warden, one of the last of an ancient order of guardians. Now, as a rising evil threatens to destroy all life, it is up to players to unite the shattered lands and slay the corrupted dragon known as the Archdemon. To restore peace, players must make ruthless decisions and be willing to sacrifice their friends and loved ones for the greater good of mankind.
Dragon Age: Origins is available now in North America on PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and PC. In Europe, Dragon Age: Origins will be released on November 6th on the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system and PC and later in November on PlayStation®3. Dragon Age: Origins is rated M by the ESRB and 18+ by PEGI. More information on Dragon Age: Origins can be found at: http://www.dragonage.com.
With more than 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook, Thirty Seconds to Mars have always been quick to embrace digital culture. Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, “A Beautiful Lie” hit platinum status after almost two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one by one. The media caught on too - Alternative Press raved that the band "...just might be rock's best-kept secret. He [Jared Leto] sings with a range and ease that makes cathedrals jealous" while the Washington Post exclaimed, "hard-driving guitar riffs and powerful vocals carry this head banging outfit all the way to the rock-race finish line." The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, “From Yesterday” and “The Kill” and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006. “From Yesterday” was the band’s first < at the format and its epic video was the first American music video ever shot in the People's Republic of China. Thirty Seconds to Mars have over 500 live performances under their belts since the release of “A Beautiful Lie”, including major festival shows like Lollapalooza in the United States, Holland’s Pinkpop Festival and Japan’s Summer Sonic, which has earned them a growing, loyal, global fan base.
The Monster Is Loose, The Almost Release Latest Album 'Monster Monster' Today, Nov. 3
Nov 03, 2009
THE AMOST TEAM UP WITH BEST BUY
FOR LATEST ALBUM MONSTER MONSTER OUT TODAY, NOV. 3
EXCLUSIVE FAN DELUXE PACKAGE AVAILABLE AT BEST BUY
LIVE BAND CHAT, TOMORROW (11/4) ON ABSOLUTEPUNK.NET
The Almost’s new Tooth & Nail/Virgin/EMI album Monster Monster hits stores today, Nov. 3. In gearing up for the new release, an exclusive fan deluxe package of Monster Monster will be available at Best Buy. The deluxe package includes limited edition swag from the band: t-shirt, trading cards, collector stickers and two bonus tracks (West and Wrong) and is on sale for $19.99 (the standard album is also on sale for $7.99). Fans can check out live in-stores at Best Buy stores in Houston (11/5) and Dallas (11/6) and also have the opportunity to chat live with the band online at AbsolutePunk.net tomorrow, November 4 at 8pm EST.
Formed by Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie along with guitarists Jay Vilardi and Dusty Redmon, bassist Alex Aponte and newest member, drummer Joe Musten, The Almost’s Monster Monster represents the culmination of two years of touring, with the resulting disc a melding of the group’s individual talents into a truly collaborative effort. Before the street date, The Almost released a new video for “Lonely Wheel” to fans, which will be followed by their lead anthemic rock single “Hands.”
Gillespie, who played all the instruments on The Almost’s first album, is thrilled the way the group began to mesh on Monster Monster, and the band itself is raring to go out and play the new songs for their rabid, loyal fan base.
“This now feels like a real band,” he says. “Everyone gave up a piece of his own agenda for the good of the final result. And that’s how you end up with something special. They supplied the bricks and we built this house together.”
The Almost are currently on the road wrapping up dates supporting The Used and gearing up for their upcoming tours for 2010 (to be announced soon).
–Alternative Press Nov. 2009
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“Aaron Gillespie proves Say This Sooner was no fluke with this first single (Hands) from Monster Monster.”
-USA Today Nov. 3, 2009
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“Aaron Gillespie’s inner classic rocker is a benevolent beast, and the music he makes with The Almost is scary good.” – HM Magazine Nov./Dec. 2009
Supporting The Used:
Nov 5 House of Blues Dallas, TX
Nov 6 House of Blues Houston, TX
Nov 7 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
Nov 9 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
Nov 10 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
Nov 11 Warfield Thatre San Francisco, CA
Nov 13 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
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Green River Ordinance Back At It Again; Teams Up With David Cook For End Of The Year Tour
Oct 27, 2009
GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE BACK AT IT AGAIN; TEAMS UP WITH DAVID COOK FOR END OF THE YEAR TOUR
(October 27, 2009) Green River Ordinance is preparing to have history repeat itself by hitting the road once again with American Idol winner David Cook. The quintet has just announced that they will be touring with Cook and his band through the end of 2009.
The Fort Worth Texas rockers toured with David last Summer and have played with many friends along the way. Recently they’ve completed tours with Gavin DeGraw, Collective Soul, Serena Ryder, Need To Breathe, and most recently One Tree Hill star Kate Voegele.
Green River Ordinance continues touring behind their EMI/Virgin Records debut, Out of My Hands, with no end in sight. Fans need rock n' roll more than ever, and these five young men are glad to give it to them. A testament to the power of their live show, the band recently broke the record for most CD's sold at The Nokia Theater in NYC.
In addition, CD sales of the band's debut have been consistently increasing as the album launches up the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. The bands current single ‘Come On’ debuted on Rate The Music research site at #1 for the HOTAC demographic. Their songs can be heard on MTV’s The Hills and Real World/RoadRules Challenge: The Duel. They scored big when the song “On Your Own” was used repeatedly as the sign off song on So You Think You Can Dance and CNN.com recently featured the rising talent in a segment that brings audiences closer to the band as they gun towards stardom (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/08/28/dcl.gro.band.cnn).
So make sure to come and see what Green River Ordinance is COOKing up. Tour dates are as follows:
Nov 4 El Paso, TX Club 101
Nov 7 Napa, CA Radio Convention (GRO Only)
Nov 8 Dallas, TX Palladium
Nov 10 St Louis, MO The Pageant
Nov 11 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theatre
Nov 13 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue (w/ The Elms)
Nov 19 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Ctr
Nov 23 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
Nov 24 Mobile, AL Saenger Theatre
Nov 27 St. Petersburg, FL Mahaffey
Nov 28 Orlando, FL Hard Rock
Nov 29 Fort Lauderdale, FL Nova Southeastern University Center
Dec 1 Charlotte, NC Fillmore
Dec 2 Norfolk, VA Old Dominion University
Alice In Chains Announce October 27 Release For 'Black Gives Way To Blue' iPhone App
Oct 26, 2009
UNIQUE INTERACTIVE APP FEATURES FULL SONGS, “HIDDEN GEMS,” VIDEOS, NEWS, MORE; ALLOWS FANS TO CONNECT VIA FACEBOOK, TWITTER, EMAIL
LEAD SINGLE “CHECK MY BRAIN” MAINTAINS NO. 1 SPOT ON BILLBOARD TOP ROCK SONGS CHART
BAND TO PERFORM ON “THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN” OCTOBER 30
“With the Alice In Chains app, we wanted to represent every song on Black Gives Way To Blue as an interactive and immersive experience,” says Jeff Zakim, Senior Director, Global Digital Marketing, EMI Music. “We achieved that with the custom-designed Interactive Tracks. The interactivity is furthered by giving fans the ability to share, comment and connect across Fan Wall posts, email, Facebook and Twitter.”
Designed and developed by Mobile Roadie, Streetwise Concepts & Culture (www.streetwise.biz) and EMI Music, the app amplifies the sound and vision of Alice In Chains' new album, Black Gives Way To Blue. The app features a plethora of highlights, including:
* Full audio streaming of three songs (lead single “Check My Brain,” “A Looking In View” and “Acid Bubble” from Black Gives Way To Blue.
* Full video streaming of "Check My Brain" and "A Looking In View." Both the audio and visual material will be updated on an ongoing basis.
* Rare photos, breaking news, tour dates, band bio, discography, fan wall for commenting and access to Alice In Chains merchandise, tickets, web site and band mailing list.
* Facebook and Twitter integration allowing fans to carry the interactive experience with them, as well as post and share with friends.
Among the songs featured on the app, which will be available in most major markets, is lead single "Check My Brain," which continues to hold the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top Rock Songs Chart. Fueled by the hit single, Black Gives Way To Blue entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5, with sales exceeding 126,000 copies.
The debut followed a flurry of activity surrounding the band, including heavy radio and video airplay (the “Check My Brain” video is currently featured on MTV2’s Elite 8), a sold-out U.S. buzz tour, rave reviews, and back-to-back performances on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Next up is an October 30th performance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” followed by a trio of headlining radio dates in Texas, and then a headlining tour of Europe, set to kick off November 12th in Glasgow. On December 11th, the band will headline night one of KXTE's Holiday Havoc '09 show at the Joint in Las Vegas.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
Oct. 22 San Antonio, TX Bone Bash @ AT&T Center
Oct. 23 Grand Prairie, TX KEGL Freakers Ball @ Nokia Theatre
Oct. 24 Houston, TX Buzzfest @ Woodlands Pavilion
Nov. 12 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland
Nov. 13 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Academy
Nov. 14 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Nov. 16 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 17 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 19 Tilburg, Holland 013
Nov. 20 Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal
Nov. 21 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
Nov. 23 Dortmund, Germany FZW
Nov. 24 Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna
Nov. 25 Warsaw, Poland Stodola
Nov. 27 Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
Nov. 29 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Nov. 30 Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick
Dec. 2 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
Dec. 3 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan
Dec. 6 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Dec. 7 London, UK Brixton Academy
A Fine Frenzy To Release 'Oh Blue Christmas' EP November 3rd; Tour Dates
Oct 19, 2009
OH BLUE CHRISTMAS EP
"It was the most wonderful thing," says the singer of the recording sessions for Oh Blue Christmas, which saw the band expanding its sound with accents from horns, mandolins, and pedal-steel guitars. "We all holed up in (producer) David Bianco's lovely studio, which was built in the '70s and hasn't changed much since then—and though it was the sticky, hot LA summer outside, inside, it was snowy, delightful Christmastime."
The EP is coming out while A Fine Frenzy is in the midst of a nationwide tour, which concludes at Anaheim, CA's House of Blues on November 18; rising stars Landon Pigg and Among the Oak & Ash are opening the shows. Highlights from a special preview concert in East Hampton, New York, which was filmed over the summer by the public television series Live from the Artists Den, can be seen exclusively on hulu.com (www.hulu.com/artistsden).
The early response to Bomb in a Birdcage (which was a Number One Top Pop Album and & on the Top Overall Album iTunes chart and reached > on the Amazon MP3 Best Sellers chart) has been extraordinary. Billboard wrote that the album’s songs “churn like giddy summer romances, nailing the delicate balance of charming and smart,” while Vogue described the album’s first single, “Blow Away,” as “irresistible” and “sunny without being saccharine.” VH1 and MTVU added “Blow Away" to their rotations, and the song was AOL's “Video of the Day” on September 17.
The album is the follow-up to 2007’s One Cell in the Sea, which reached Number One on Billboard’s “Heatseeker” charts, and received rave reviews in publications from Entertainment Weekly to Paste to People. A Fine Frenzy was chosen as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist; appeared on The Tonight Show, The CBS Early Show and The Late Show with David Letterman; and toured extensively alongside the likes of Rufus Wainwright and Brandi Carlile.
Born in Seattle and raised in Los Angeles, 24-year-old singer and songwriter Sudol was active on Twitter (@AFineFrenzy) long before it became a cultural phenomenon—to the point that she now has over a million followers, making her one of the top ten musicians on the service, alongside super stars like Britney Spears and John Mayer. The surprising decision to record Oh Blue Christmas before Bomb in a Birdcage was even released—a choice sure to delight her fans—is evidence that Sudol and her bandmates are truly bursting with creative energy.
"We basically put down six songs in five days," says Sudol, "recording everything together around an invisible campfire, everyone picking up different instruments and playing them on a moment's notice. There was definitely some holiday magic in the air that week."
A FINE FRENZY ON TOUR:
Tuesday, October 20 Austin, TX The Parrish
Thursday, October 22 New Orleans, LA Parrish @ HOB
Friday, October 23 Atlanta, GA The Loft
Saturday, October 24 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
Sunday, October 25 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
Wednesday, October 28 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
Friday, October 30 Philadelphia, PA World Café
Saturday, October 31 Washington, DC Birchmere
Monday, November 02 Boston, MA Paradise
Wednesday, November 04 Chicago, IL Park West
Thursday, November 05 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
Monday, November 09 Seattle, WA Neumos
Tuesday, November 10 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
Thursday, November 12 San Francisco, CA Great American
Friday, November 13 Sacramento, CA Boardwalk
Sunday, November 15 Phoenix, AZ Martini Ranch
Tuesday, November 17 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
Wednesday, November 18 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Alice In Chains Featured Guests On Nationally Syndicated Radio Show ROCKLINE
Oct 16, 2009
Alice In Chains will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show ROCKLINE on Monday night October, 19 at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET.
Fans are encouraged to call to speak with the band at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For a station near you and for information regarding how to log onto the Internet for the broadcast go to www.RocklineRadio.com
The show will then be streamed for two weeks on the Rockline website beginning the afternoon following the broadcast.
Adelitas Way Hits The Road With Breaking Benjamin
Oct 13, 2009
BREAKING BENJAMIN
Lead Single Invincible Featured on ESPN’s Countdown To Monday Night Football
No. 1 on Billboard’s Regional Heatseekers
Top 10 at Active Rock Radio
LOS ANGELES, CA –Las Vegas rockers, Adelitas Way will hit the road with Breaking Benjamin this winter in support of their self-titled debut, which released July 14th on Virgin/EMI Music and debuted at <6 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Chart. The tour will kick off in San Antonio, TX on Sunday, November 29 and will include a number of radio holiday shows through of Midwest.
The album’s kick off single, the power-rock anthem “Invincible,” has earned < Regional Heatseekers in this week’s Billboard and has climbed to top 10 on the Active Rock radio chart. “Invincible” has already been tagged as WWE Superstars theme song, been used for spots promoting the 2009 season of Monday Night Countdown on ESPN and will be used in the new WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2010 Video Game, which hits stores October 20. Since then, the single has been streamed nearly 300,000 times on Adelitas Way’s MySpace page.
Adelitas Way is fronted by singer Rick DeJesus, who grew up in a rough Philadelphia neighborhood that was ravaged by drugs and poverty. In 2005, he seized an opportunity to move to Las Vegas where he met up with lead guitarist Chris Iorio and drummer Trevor Stafford. They were later joined by guitarist Keith Wallen and bassist Derek Johnston when they started to record the album in Chicago. Soon the quintet was opening for artists like Chris Cornell, Hinder and Tantric, generating an impressive industry buzz that resulted in their signing with Virgin.
Produced by the Grammy-nominated Johnny K (Disturbed, Plain White T’s, 3 Doors Down), the band’s debut album is filled with hard, edgy modern rock anthems spotlighting the shredding blues style of teenage axe-slinger Iorio and the propulsive, grunge-like drums of Huntington Beach, CA native Stafford, a veteran of Ozzfest band Shuvel. N.Y. bassist Johnston and West Virginia guitarist Wallen bring a combination of indie, hardcore and classic rock influences to the band’s distinctive sound.
Adelitas Way, whose name comes from an unplanned visit to a Tijuana brothel, is currently on tour with Shinedown and Sick Puppies. You can check out their first single “Invincible” and other music from Adelitas Way on the group’s MySpace page (www.myspace.com/adelitasway) and at www.adelitaswaymusic.net.
Current Tour Dates:
With Shinedown & Sick Puppies:
October 14 Little Rock, AZ Metroplex
October 15 Hattiesburg, MS Remington Hunt Club
October 16 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
October 17 New Orleans, LA UNO Lakefront
October 18 Biloxi, MS Hard Rock
October 19 Augusta, GA James Brown Arena
October 20 N. Myrtle beach, SC House of Blues
October 21 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
October 23 Nashville, TN Municipal Auditorium
October 24 Charlotte, NC The Uptown Amphitheatre
Additional Dates (No Shinedown)
October 27 Knoxville, TN The Valarium w/Tantric
October 28 Evansville, IN Woody’s Bar & Grill w/ Halestorm
October 31 Atlanta, GA Center Stage Complex w/Constellations
November 1 Pascagoula, MS Thunder Tavern –WCPR show
November 14 Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan /Planetfest – WPLA
November 20 Tampa, FL The Ritz Ybor
November 21 Las Vegas, NV Cherry Nightclub
With Breaking Benjamin:
November 29 San Antonio, TX Sunken Garden Amphitheatre
December 2 Lubbock, TX The Pavilion
December 5 Wichita, KS The Cotillion
December 6 Springfield, MO Shrine Mosque
December 8 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
December 9 Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls Convention Center
December 16 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room @ Murat Centre
This Is War iTunes Pre-order is available now!
Oct 13, 2009
The new 30 Seconds To Mars album isn't available until December 8th but you can pre-order your copy now! Click here!
Attention fans in Los Angeles! Grab your bike and join us for a one of a kind event Sunday 10.11
Oct 09, 2009
This Sunday night, October 11th and Monday night, October 12th we will be filming a one of a kind night time mass bicycle ride through the streets of Los Angeles as part of the short film for Thirty Seconds to Mars' new single “KINGS + QUEENS”.
We would love to invite you to join us for The Ride.
Its a one of a kind adventure and we will be shutting down streets, tunnels, bridges, Santa Monica Pier and even Hollywood Blvd.
We start at shooting at 6pm. YOU WILL NEED YOUR OWN BIKE. If you'd like to come on this special ride with us please respond to this email ridenow123@Gmail.com with your name and photo by Friday October 9th @ 6pm so we can know who is coming and can get you details.
If you want to be featured prominently and/or have a specialty bike, we would like you to be there the full time for continuity purposes. If you just want to join the fun feel free to come and be a part of it all.
We shoot the big rides SUNDAY NIGHT 6PM onward and MONDAY 6PM onward.
Some info...
SUNDAY is DOWNTOWN
MONDAY we shut down HOLLYWOOD BLVD and SANTA MONICA PIER. Fun.
PLEASE specify if you can only come one of the days and which day that would be.
If you've never experienced a night ride with hundreds of people it is sure to be a night you will not soon forget!
Let's take back the city for a night, or two.
YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
Alice In Chains Enter Billboard Top 200 At No. 5 With 'Black Gives Way To Blue'
Oct 07, 2009
ALICE IN CHAINS ENTER BILLBOARD TOP 200 AT NO. 5
LEAD SINGLE “CHECK MY BRAIN” HOLDS NO. 1 SPOT
ON BILLBOARD TOP ROCK SONGS AND ALTERNATIVE CHARTS
BAND TO PERFORM ON “THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN” OCTOBER 30
Los Angeles, CA (October 7, 2009) – Fueled by hit single “Check My Brain,” currently No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Rock Songs and Alternative Charts, new ALICE IN CHAINS album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE (Virgin/EMI) entered Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5 with sales exceeding 126,000 copies.
The debut comes amidst a flurry of activity surrounding the band, including heavy radio and video airplay (the “Check My Brain” video is currently featured on MTV2’s Elite 8), a sold-out U.S. buzz tour, and back-to-back performances on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last Tuesday and Wednesday.
The album has also been drawing rave reviews from both sides of the pond: Playboy gave it four stars, calling it “Alice In Chains’ Back In Black.” NPR’s “All Things Considered” lauded the album for being “unexpectedly vibrant” and sounding “liberated.” Entertainment Weekly praised its “…vertigo-inducing hard rock riffology, fevered acoustic ruminations, and gloomy proclamations, delivered with admirable force and brio.” Metal Hammer called it “a masterpiece” and “Alice In Chains’ finest hour.” Kerrang! described the record as “spine-chilling” and HITS magazine called it “…one of the year’s most, if not exactly pleasant, certainly gratifying surprises.”
Next up is an October 30th performance on NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien,” followed by a trio of headlining radio dates in Texas, and then a headlining tour of Europe, set to kick off November 12th in Glasgow.
Alice In Chains is guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, guitarist/vocalist William DuVall, bassist Mike Inez and drummer Sean Kinney.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
Oct. 22 San Antonio, TX Bone Bash @ AT&T Center
Oct. 23 Grand Prairie, TX KEGL Freakers Ball @ Nokia Theatre
Oct. 24 Houston, TX Buzzfest @ Woodlands Pavilion
Nov. 12 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland
Nov. 13 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Academy
Nov. 14 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Nov. 16 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 17 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 19 Tilburg, Holland 013
Nov. 20 Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal
Nov. 21 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
Nov. 23 Dortmund, Germany FZW
Nov. 24 Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna
Nov. 25 Warsaw, Poland Stodola
Nov. 27 Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
Nov. 29 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Nov. 30 Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick
Dec. 2 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
Dec. 3 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan
Dec. 6 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Dec. 7 London, UK Brixton Academy
New Track "Kings And Queens" LISTEN NOW!
Oct 06, 2009
Click here to listen to "Kings And Queens" from the forthcoming release THIS IS WAR!
One new cover revealed!
Oct 05, 2009
One of the images that will be used on covers after the Faces of Mars campaign and in countries that we were unable to do Faces of Mars in:
Alice In Chains Hit No. 1 On Billboard Modern Rock Chart, On Jimmy Kimmel Live Tonight And Tomorrow
Sep 29, 2009
“CHECK MY BRAIN” MAINTAINS NO. 1 SPOT ON BILLBOARD ROCK SONGS CHART
BAND PERFORMING BACK-TO-BACK NIGHTS ON “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE” TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
Los Angeles, CA (September 29, 2009) – ALICE IN CHAINS have hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Chart with lead single “Check My Brain.” This is the second chart dominated by the riff-driven hit, which also shot to No. 1 on Billboard’s Rock Songs Chart. The track’s video, directed by Alex Courtes (U2, White Stripes, Wolfmother), is currently featured on MTV2’s Elite 8 and can be seen here.
Spotlighted by Spin as “one of the catchiest songs of Alice In Chains' history,” “Check My Brain” appears on the band’s eagerly awaited new album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE (Virgin/EMI), which arrives in stores today.
The album has been drawing rave reviews from both sides of the pond: Metal Hammer called it “a masterpiece” and “Alice In Chains’ finest hour.” Kerrang! wrote: “…Black Gives Way To Blue is a spine-chilling return.” Rock Sound called it “the mother of all comebacks,” describing it as “…classic-era Alice In Chains and then some.” Playboy gave the record four stars, calling it “Alice In Chains’ Back In Black.” Revolver praised the album for its “dense tapestry of heavy guitars and soaring melodies,” and Reuters wrote: “the heavy guitars, submerged vocals and thunderous rhythm section assures fans that the band has lost none of its menace.”
Tonight Alice In Chains (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, guitarist/vocalist William DuVall, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez) will celebrate the album’s release with the first of a two-night performance on the hit ABC-TV show “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The quartet will deliver an electrifying blend of classic hits and new favorites, including “Check My Brain” and “Your Decision.”
The band has been previewing songs from the album during their current sold-out buzz tour, which wraps September 30th at the Avalon in Los Angeles. Next up is a trio of headlining radio dates in Texas, followed by a headlining tour of Europe, set to kick off November 12th in Glasgow.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
Sept. 30 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon
Oct. 22 San Antonio, TX Bone Bash @ AT&T Center
Oct. 23 Grand Prairie, TX KEGL Freakers Ball @ Nokia Theatre
Oct. 24 Houston, TX Buzzfest @ Woodlands Pavilion
Nov. 12 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland
Nov. 13 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Academy
Nov. 14 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Nov. 16 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 17 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 19 Tilburg, Holland 013
Nov. 20 Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal
Nov. 21 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
Nov. 23 Dortmund, Germany FZW
Nov. 24 Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna
Nov. 25 Warsaw, Poland Stodola
Nov. 27 Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
Nov. 29 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Nov. 30 Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick
Dec. 2 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
Dec. 3 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan
Dec. 6 Nottingham, UK Rock City
Dec. 7 London, UK Brixton Academy
My Favorite Highway Re-Ups For The Road With Forever The Sickest Kids On 'The Cheap Date Tour'
Sep 24, 2009
RE-UPS FOR THE ROAD WITH FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS ON ‘THE CHEAP DATE TOUR’ LATE FALL 2009
New Single and Video, 'SAY SO,' Heats Up at Radio and Cable Music Outlets
My Favorite Highway joins an ace collection of emerging bands for "The Cheap Date Tour," including Forever the Sickest Kids, The Rocket Summer, Sing It Loud, and Artist vs Poet. Young acts Vita and Down With Webster will also be joining selected dates.
Meanwhile, the vibrant, addictively hooky single and video clip "Say So" remains a steady building burner at top 40 radio through this early fall, and the video, shot with witty references to the plot and visuals of the Eighties comedy classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, is an add on The N and MTVu's fan-driven Freshman video countdown. To date, My Favorite Highway has drawn nearly 7 million song plays on MySpace.com -- with nearly 900,000 for "Say So" alone -- and over 50,000 friends on the social networking site. They also keep close contact with their growing following on Facebook, Twitter and the SayNow personal message network.
MySpace Music is a major co-sponsor of "The Cheap Date Tour." Taco Bell is also co-sponsoring, as part of the company's "Feed the Beat" program. Substream Music Press and clothing specialist Credentials are also major sponsors.
Alternative Press commented earlier this year, “If the polished power-pop and fresh-faced press pictures are any indication, quartet My Favorite Highway could be speeding down the same road of radio singles and success that the All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls have enjoyed.” Since the release of HOW TO CALL A BLUFF, the band has been singled out as "Buzzworthy" on MTV.com, "About To Pop" on AOL Popeater, and the "Next Big Thing" on iTunes.
Before signing with Virgin Records, the suburban Washington, DC-based group, comprised of David Cook (vocals, piano, guitar), Will Cook (bass), Bobby Morgenthaler (drums) and Pat Jenkins (guitar, vocals) independently released two EP’s, using the proceeds from digital and physical sales as seed money to record the independent version of the full-length How To Call A Bluff. Their album tracks have been heard recently on the popular MTV shows Newport Harbor, and The Hills and in the trailer for the latter's spin-off The City. The Virgin Records release of HOW TO CALL A BLUFF was produced by Paul Barber, and mixed by Jeff Juliano (John Mayer, Lifehouse, OAR).
For more info on My Favorite Highway,
visit www.myfavoritehighway.com or www.myspace.com/myfavoritehighway
and on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/mfhband
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MY FAVORITE HIGHWAY
on THE CHEAP DATE TOUR, FALL 2009
10/25 Oklahoma City, OK Coca-Cola Events Center
10/27 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
10/28 Des Moines, IA People's Court
10/29 St. Paul, MN Station 4
10/30 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
10/31 Chicago, IL House of Blues
11/01 Sauget, IL Pop's
11/03 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
11/04 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo's
11/05 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
11/06 Washington, DC American University -- The Tavern
11/07 Baltimore, MD Sonar
11/08 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
11/09 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
11/11 Farmingdale, NY The Crazy Donkey
11/12 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
11/13 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe
11/14 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
11/15 Boston, MA House of Blues
11/18 Greensboro, NC Greene Street Club
11/19 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11/20 St. Petersburg, FL State Theater
11/21 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
11/22 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
11/24 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theater
11/25 Dallas, TX House of Blues
11/27 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
11/28 Houston TX The Meridian
11/29 Pharr, TX Jagz
12/01 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theater
12/02 San Diego, CA Soma
12/03 Hollywood, CA Avalon
12/04 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom, Regency
12/05 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Joss Stone To Release Brand-New Album, Entitled COLOUR ME FREE, On 10/20
Sep 24, 2009
BRITISH SOUL SINGER AND SONGWRITER’S FOURTH ALBUM TO BE SOLD EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH TARGET IN THE U.S.
STONE TO PERFORM A DUET WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON ON THE JAY LENO SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 24TH
British soul singer and songwriter Joss Stone will release her fourth studio album, entitled Colour Me Free, on October 20th on Virgin Records. The physical CD will be available exclusively from retail chain Target in the U.S., while the digital version will be sold exclusively through iTunes. The first single from the album is “Free Me.” The album will be released on November 2nd outside of North America.
Stone wrote and recorded Colour Me Free at Mama Stone’s, the live music venue that her mother runs in Wellington, England. She co-produced the album herself, along with producer/songwriters Jonathan Shorten and Conner Reeves, who also worked on Stone’s 2004 platinum-certified album, Mind, Body & Soul.
“I woke up one morning and wanted to make an album,” Stone says. “It's very, very raw — basically a bunch of musicians, writers, and myself just jamming. The album was not dictated or forced. It was an organic process where each musician was given the freedom to create their sound. It’s an honest and accurate representation of where I am as an artist and person right now. I am really proud of the music and excited to have people hear the songs.”
An eclectic mix of pop, soul, R&B, funk, hip-hop, and gospel sounds, Colour Me Free features a host of guest artists, including Jeff Beck and Sheila E. on “Parallel Lines,” Raphael Saadiq (who produced her 2007 gold-certified album Introducing Joss Stone) on “Big Ole Game,” rapper Nas on “Governmentalist,” and saxophonist David Sanborn on “I Believe It To My Soul.”
The 22-year-old Devon, England-born Stone has sold more than eight million albums worldwide, and been nominated for four Grammy Awards and three Brit Awards. She is known for a string of memorable live performances, including a tribute to Janis Joplin with Melissa Etheridge at the Grammy’s in 2005, an appearance at the Super Bowl half-time show with Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and India Arie in 2006, and the Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium in London in 2007. Also that year, Stone won her first Grammy, for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals, for her collaboration with Legend and Van Hunt on Sly Stone’s “Family Affair.” In 2008, Stone performed The Who’s “My Generation” on CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors television special honoring Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey. Earlier this year, Stone performed on American Idol with Smokey Robinson and made her television debut portraying Anne of Cleves in the Showtime series The Tudors.
The track-listing for Colour Me Free is as follows:
Free Me
Could Have Been You
Parallel Lines (featuring Jeff Beck and Sheila E.)
Lady
4 And 20
Big Ole Game (featuring Raphael Saadiq)
Governmentalist (featuring Nas)
Incredible
You Got The Love
I Believe It To My Soul (featuring David Sanborn)
Stalemate (featuring Jamie Hartman)
Girlfriend On Demand
Green River Ordinance Is At It Again... See The Band Everyone's Buzzing About, Touring This Fall
Sep 23, 2009
SEE THE BAND EVERYONE’S BUZZING ABOUT
TOURING THIS FALL WITH KATE VOEGELE
"Outside" fueled some highly memorable moments on MTV's massively successful show’s The Hills and “On Your Own” was used repeatedly as the sign off song on ABC’s So You Think You Can Dance. CNN.com recently featured the rising talent in a segment that brings audiences closer to the band as they gun towards stardom (click here to watch). Green River Ordinance have also given the gift of their undeniable pop rock to Good Day Tulsa, Your Hour in Wichita, The Daily Buzz, Music Mix USA, Good Morning Texas, Fox Morning News Kansas City, Kare 11 Minneapolis and Good Day Atlanta.
In addition, their album sales keep growing. Every week more fans experience Out Of My Hands in all its glory, recently the band broke the record for most CDs sold at a performance at the Nokia Theater, in New York City.
Meanwhile, they keep infiltrating the airwaves. Jim Ryan of SIRIUS-XM-THE PULSE lauds the lads, "I really liked the song when I first listened, I loved it after seeing them play live! They were the opening act, that had the entire audience just loving them...GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE is a band you audience needs to hear!" Mark Adams with Houston’s MIX 96.5 adds on to their stellar live reputation saying "It's cliché' to say, But you should hear them live. Great musicians, powerful vocals, compelling lyrics, and commanding stage presence. They tore up The House of Blues/Houston a couple of weeks ago and the crowd loved them. GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE is the real deal and "Come On" is the record more people need to hear"
So "Come On," and hear what everyone’s talking about, check out Green River Ordinance this fall on tour with Kate Voegele.
Tour Dates:
Oct 7 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
Oct 8 Norfolk, VA The Norva
Oct 9 Asbury Park, NJ The Wonderbar
Oct 10 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
Oct 11 Hartford, CT Webster Underground
Oct 13 Troy, NY Revolution Hall
Oct 14 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Oct 16 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
Oct 18 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall
Oct 19 Murray, KY Curris Center at Murray State University
Oct 20 Memphis, TN Hi Tone Café
Oct 21 Little Rock, AR Juanita’s Cantina Ballroom
Oct 22 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
Oct 23 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
Oct 24 McAllen, TX Buddha Mansion
Oct 26 Austin, TX Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Oct 28 El Paso, TX Take 2
Oct 29 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
Sick Puppies Hit No. 1 On Active Rock Radio Chart With Lead Single "You're Going Down"
Sep 21, 2009
ON ACTIVE ROCK RADIO CHART
WITH LEAD SINGLE “YOU’RE GOING DOWN”
ON TOUR NOW WITH SHINEDOWN
JOINS NICKELBACK ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA NOV. 10
The hard hitting fight anthem appears on the band’s latest album, Tri-Polar (RMR/Virgin Records/EMI Music), which released on July 14. Revolver spotlighted Sick Puppies as one of their Bands To Watch in this month’s issue on stands now (November 2009). In addition, “You’re Going Down,” served as the theme for WWE’s Extreme Rules PPV broadcast this summer, will be used on WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 Video Game (out October 20) and scored them an Unleashed video premiere on MTV2 & MTVu.
Sick Puppies has joined forces with Shinedown on tour until October 24 and will then head back to their homeland of Australia to support Nickelback starting November 10 in Brisbane at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.
Sick Puppies relocated to Los Angeles four years ago, and introduced themselves to the world with their song, “All The Same,” which was used for video that was shot in a Sydney shopping mall featuring their friend Juan Mann, who held up a hand-written placard offering “Free Hugs,” a clip seen by more than 50 million viewers on YouTube alone, spurring six-figure sales of their RMR/Virgin Records/EMI Music major label debut, Dressed Up As Life. In recent times, SICK PUPPIES (Shimon Moore, guitar and vocals, Emma Anzai, bass, Mark Goodwin, drums) completed a two-month headline tour, and a series of gigs supporting Evanescence, Deftones, Velvet Revolver, Chris Cornell, Flyleaf, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
On Tour w/ Shinedown
9/22/09 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
9/24/09 Blackfoot, ID El Rey Events Center
9/25/09 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
9/26/09 Glendale, AZ KUPD Summer Scorcher @ Phoenix Event Complex (no Shinedown)
9/28/09 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues - Las Vegas
9/29/09 Modesto, CA Modesto Center Plaza
9/30/09 San Diego, CA House of Blues - San Diego
10/3/09 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom
10/7/09 San Antonio, CA Sunset Station
10/9/09 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
10/10/09 El Paso, TX KlAQ Locofest @ Cohen Stadium
10/11/09 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
10/13/09 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Pavilion
10/14/09 Little Rock, AR The Metroplex
10/16/09 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
10/17/09 New Orleans, LA UNO Lakefront Arena
10/19/09 Agusta, GA James Brown Arena
10/20/09 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
10/21/09 Orlando, FL House of Blues
10/23/09 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10/24/09 Charlotte, NC Uptown Amphitheatre
On Tour w/ Nickelback
11/07/09 Aukland, NZ Vector Arena
11/10/09 Brisbane, AU Brisbane Entertainment Centre
11/11/09 Brisbane, AU Brisbane Entertainment Centre
11/13/09 Sydney, AU Sydney Acer Arena
11/14/09 Sydney, AU Sydney Acer Arena
11/16/09 Melbourne, AU Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
11/17/09 Melbourne, AU Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
11/19/09 Hindmarsh, AU Adelaide Entertainment Centre
11/21/09 Victoria Park, AU Burswood Dome
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www.youtube.com/sickpuppies
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The Almost Create A New Retail Model Pre-Release Of "Monster Monster" Full-Length Nov. 3
Sep 16, 2009
EMI, HOT TOPIC AND THE ALMOST CREATE A NEW RETAIL MODEL PRE-RELEASE OF MONSTER MONSTER FULL-LENGTH NOV. 3
SPECIAL TWO-DISC PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AT HOT TOPIC OCT. 6, INCLUDES BLANK DISC FOR FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD DAY OF RELEASE, EP ALSO ON SALE AT ALL TOUR DATES
Tooth & Nail/Virgin Records (EMI) rock band The Almost have created a Monster.
Monster Monster is the five-piece rock group’s sophomore album, the follow-up to 2007’s Southern Weather, which scored a #7 Modern Rock single in “Say This Sooner,” a slot on MTV’s prestigious Discover & Download program and a quarter-million in sales after debuting in the Top 40 on the Billboard Top 200 with 29k+.
Formed by Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie along with guitarists Jay Vilardi and Dusty Redmon, bassist Alex Aponte and newest member, drummer Joe Musten, The Almost’s Monster Monster represents the culmination of two years of touring, with the resulting disc a melding of the group’s individual talents into a truly collaborative effort. Before the release, The Almost will release a new video to fans, which will be followed by their lead anthemic rock single “Hands.”
The album is slated for release on Nov. 3, but will be preceded by a Limited Edition special five-track EP entitled the Monster EP, featuring three album cuts and two B-sides. The EP will be available on Oct. 6 exclusively at Hot Topic stores, the band’s website, as well as on the band’s upcoming tour. The Monster EP will come in a special two-disc digi-pack, with a choice of five different covers. In an unprecedented new model for music delivery, EMI and Hot Topic will offer this Limited Edition EP packaging, which includes one disc with the EP’s music and a second blank CD with Monster Monster’s full-length artwork, lyrics and printed track listing on the physical CD, but no music. Fans will be able to download every song through a special promotional code on the day of actual physical release, Nov. 3, from ShockHound.com the MP3, merch and editorial site (http://www.ShockHound.com/ ), which is a division of Hot Topic, Inc. The version streeting on Nov. 3 will not include the special five-cover packaging or the Limited Edition EP.
“We feel strongly that physical retail is still viable and important. We are using the highly successful instant gratification model proven in the digital world but putting our own spin on it and bringing it to 681 Hot Topic stores,” says Randy Nichols, manager of The Almost.
During the tour, the band will make stops at select Hot Topic stores for exclusive in-store performances and signings.
Gillespie, who played all the instruments on The Almost’s first album, is thrilled the way the group began to mesh on Monster Monster, and the band itself is raring to go out and play the new songs for their rabid, loyal fan base.
“This now feels like a real band,” he says. “Everyone gave up a piece of his own agenda for the good of the final result. And that’s how you end up with something special. They supplied the bricks and we built this house together.”
The Almost begin their own headlining tour Sept. 23 at the State Theater in St. Petersburg, FL. through Oct. 6 at SOMA in San Diego, CA, with The Used jaunt beginning the very next day, Oct. 9, in Las Vegas.
“We plan on hitting it as hard as we can,” says Vilardi. “We’d like to leave and not come back for two years.”
Headlining Tour:
Sep 23 State Theatre St. Petersburg, FL
Sep 24 Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sep 25 The Venue Gainesville, FL
Sep 26 Finlay Park Columbia, SC
Sep 27 The 7 Venue Douglasville, GA
Sep 29 Visulite Theatre Charlotte, NC
Sep 30 ROCKETOWN Nashville, TN
Oct 1 New Daisy Theatre Memphis, TN
Oct 2 Bricktown Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK
Oct 3 Zombie’s San Antonio,TX
Oct 5 Club Congress Tucson, AZ
Oct 6 Soma-Sidestage San Diego, CA
Supporting The Used:
Oct 9 House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
Oct 10 Salt Air Theatre Magna, UT
Oct 11 The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
Oct 13 The Myth St. Paul, MN
Oct 14 Beaumont Club Kansas City, MO
Oct 15 Riviera Theatre Chicago, Il
Oct 17 The Fillmore-Detroit Detroit, MI
Oct 18 Pageant St. Louis, MO
Oct 20 Kool Haus Toronto, ON
Oct 21 Metropolis Montreal, QC
Oct 23 House of Blues Boston, MA
Oct 24 Crocodile Rock Allentown, PA
Oct 25 Sonar Baltimore, MD
Oct 27 Roseland Ballroom New York, NY
Oct 28 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Oct 30 House of Blues Myrtle Beach SC
Oct 31 (orl)House of Blues Lake Buena FL
Nov 1 The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
Nov 3 House of Blues New Orleans, LA
Nov 5 House of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX
Nov 6 House of Blues Houston Houston, TX
Nov 7 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
Nov 9 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
Nov 10 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
Nov 11 Warfield Thatre San Francisco, CA
Nov 13 Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
Alice In Chains Hit No. 1 On Billboard Rock Songs Chart With "Check My Brain"
Sep 15, 2009
“CHECK MY BRAIN” VIDEO PREMIERES ON MTV2’S “UNLEASHED” – PLAYING EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR
BAND ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
The riff-driven track appears on the band’s highly anticipated new album, Black Gives Way To Blue (Virgin/EMI), available September 29th. Playboy gave the disc four stars, calling it “Alice In Chains’ Back In Black,” Revolver praised the record for its “dense tapestry of heavy guitars and soaring melodies” and Reuters wrote “the heavy guitars, submerged vocals and thunderous rhythm section assures fans that the band has lost none of its menace.”
The “Check My Brain” video premiered yesterday on MTV2’s “Unleashed,” airing every hour on the hour. It also debuted on MTVu, as well as on MTVMusic.com, MTV2.com and MTVu.com. The clip was directed by Alex Courtes, whose credits include U2's "Vertigo," Wolfmother's "Woman" and the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army." The video can be seen here: http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/alice-in-chains_check-my-brain/
The band (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, guitarist/vocalist William DuVall, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez) has been previewing songs from the album during their current sold-out buzz tour, which wraps September 30th at the Avalon in Los Angeles. Alice In Chains will celebrate the release of Black Gives Way To Blue with a special two-night performance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on September 29th and 30th. Next up is a headlining tour of Europe, set to kick off November 12th in Glasgow.
Tour dates are as follows:
Date City Venue
Sept. 15 Toronto, ON The Opera House – SOLD OUT
Sept. 16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues – SOLD OUT
Sept. 17 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall – SOLD OUT
Sept. 19 Chicago, IL House of Blues – SOLD OUT
Sept. 20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave – SOLD OUT
Sept. 21 Minneapolis, MN First Ave – SOLD OUT
Sept. 24 Seattle, WA Moore Theater – SOLD OUT
Sept. 26 Portland, OR Roseland Grill – SOLD OUT
Sept. 28 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore – SOLD OUT
Sept. 30 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon – SOLD OUT
Nov. 12 Glasgow, Scotland Barrowland
Nov. 13 Birmingham, UK Birmingham Academy
Nov. 14 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
Nov. 16 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 17 London, UK The Forum
Nov. 19 Tilburg, Holland 013
Nov. 20 Antwerp, Belgium Trix Zaal
Nov. 21 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
Nov. 23 Dortmund, Germany FZW
Nov. 24 Prague, Czech Rep. Lucerna
Nov. 25 Warsaw, Poland Stodola
Nov. 27 Budapest, Hungary Petofi Csarnok
Nov. 29 Vienna, Austria Gasometer
Nov. 30 Munich, Germany Thearterfabrick
Dec. 2 Milan, Italy Alcatraz
Dec. 3 Fribourg, Switzerland Fri-Son
Dec. 4 Paris, France Bataclan
A Fine Frenzy Kicks Off Fall Headline Tour
Sep 11, 2009
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM BOMB IN A BIRDCAGE IN STORES NOW
A Fine Frenzy recently played a special preview concert in East Hampton, New York, which was filmed by the public television series Live from the Artists Den. Highlights from this remarkable performance, which showcases Sudol’s on-stage charm and the group’s dynamic new sound, can now be seen exclusively on hulu.com (www.hulu.com/artistsden). A Fine Frenzy is also scheduled to appear on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson later this month, with further television appearances soon to be announced.
The early response to Bomb in a Birdcage (currently sitting at < Top Pop Album and reaching & on the Top Overall Album iTunes chart and > on the Amazon MP3 Best Sellers chart) has been extraordinary. Billboard wrote that the album’s songs “churn like giddy summer romances, nailing the delicate balance of charming and smart,” while Vogue described the album’s first single, “Blow Away,” as “irresistible” and “sunny without being saccharine.” VH1 and MTVU have already added “Blow Away" to their rotations, and the song will be the “Video of the Day” on AOL on September 17.
The new album is the follow-up to 2007’s One Cell in the Sea, which reached Number One on Billboard’s “Heatseeker” charts, and received rave reviews in publications from Entertainment Weekly to Paste to People. A Fine Frenzy was chosen as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist; appeared on The Tonight Show, The CBS Early Show and The Late Show with David Letterman; and toured extensively alongside the likes of Rufus Wainwright and Brandi Carlile.
Born in Seattle and raised in Los Angeles, 24-year-old singer and songwriter Sudol was active on Twitter (@AFineFrenzy) long before it became a cultural phenomenon—to the point that she now has over a million followers, making her one of the top ten musicians on the service, alongside super stars like Britney Spears and John Mayer. Now she is looking forward to connecting with all of these fans on the road.
“On the last tour,” Sudol says, “I discovered that I love rocking out and having a good time. So this time, I wanted to stretch and grow and push myself. I wasn’t interested in doing more of the same, that doesn’t inspire me. And now, I can’t wait to get on the road with this stuff! It’s going to be quite an undertaking, but I’m up for it.”
A FINE FRENZY ON TOUR
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Austin, TX The Parrish
Thursday, October 22, 2009 New Orleans, LA Parrish @ HOB
Friday, October 23, 2009 Atlanta, GA The Loft
Saturday, October 24, 2009 Birmingham, AL Bottle Tree
Sunday, October 25, 2009 Nashville, TN 3rd & Lindsley
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
Friday, October 30, 2009 Philadelphia, PA World Café
Saturday, October 31, 2009 Washington, DC Birchmere
Monday, November 02, 2009 Boston, MA Paradise
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 Chicago, IL Park West
Thursday, November 05, 2009 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line
Monday, November 09, 2009 Seattle, WA Neumos
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
Thursday, November 12, 2009 San Francisco, CA Great American
Friday, November 13, 2009 Sacramento, CA Boardwalk
Sunday, November 15, 2009 Phoenix, AZ Martini Ranch
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
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30 Seconds To Mars, New Studio Album Set To Hit Tuesday, December 8th
Sep 11, 2009
New Studio Album ‘THIS IS WAR' set to hit December 8th on EMI’s Virgin Records
The Face of Mars Cover Campaign Starts September 11th
First Single “Kings and Queens” at Modern Rock Radio Early Oct
In an innovative and exciting move, Thirty Seconds to Mars’ upcoming release, This Is War, will have 2000 different album covers featuring individual photos of fans from around the world. Starting Friday, September 11th at 12pm PDT fans will be able to submit photos to be used for the covers by pointing their browser to http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com. The first 2000 photos to be uploaded that follow the proper specifications will become album covers. The campaign will run until 2000 usable covers have been uploaded to thefaceofmars@gmail.com.
Thirty Seconds To Mars’ Jared Leto (vocals, guitar, songwriter), Shannon Leto (drums) and Tomo Miličević (guitar) teamed up with their fan community, The Echelon, earlier this year to record sounds for the upcoming record in a groundbreaking event they dubbed, “The Summit”. The band invited The Echelon members to travel to Los Angeles to take part in an impromptu recording session at Hollywood’s Avalon Club. It was so successful that since then Thirty Seconds to Mars decided to hold summits in 8 more countries across the world (Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Mexico, United Kingdom, Canada) in order to give their biggest supporters an opportunity to be a part of their new album.
With over 100 million views on YouTube, 40 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook, Thirty Seconds To Mars have always been quick to embrace digital culture and with the immense success they had with The Summit, decided to use that same digital technology to offer their fans a chance to get involved in the record making process through Twitter as well. The Digital Summit kicked off on Monday, August 10th and through the twitvid.com technology allowed fans to record sounds and vocals from their personal computers and mobile devices for inclusion on the album. The Digital Summit was a top 10 trending topic on Twitter during the two week promotion, garnering sixty thousand page views and 3000 unique sound recordings submitted from fans across the world.
Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds to Mars have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds to Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit platinum status after almost two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one by one. The media caught on too, Alternative Press raved that the band "...just might be rock's best-kept secret. He [Jared Leto] sings with a range and ease that makes cathedrals jealous" while the Washington Post exclaimed, "hard-driving guitar riffs and powerful vocals carry this head banging outfit all the way to the rock-race finish line." The record spawned two Top 5 Modern Rock singles, From Yesterday and The Kill and the latter set a radio record for the longest-running hit in the history of Modern Rock radio play when it remained on the national airplay chart for more than 50 weeks following its & peak in 2006. From Yesterday was the band’s first < at the format and its epic video was the first American music video ever shot in the People's Republic of China. Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 500 live performances under their belts since the release of A Beautiful Lie, including major festival shows like Lollapalooza in the United States, Holland’s Pinkpop Festival and Japan’s Summer Sonic, which has earned them a growing, loyal, global fan base.
For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars please visit http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/
Massive Attack Set To Release New EP Oct. 6th Followed By New Album In February 2010
Aug 31, 2009
For Immediate Release
MASSIVE ATTACK SET TO RELEASE NEW EP
ON OCTOBER 6TH FOLLOWED BY
NEW ALBUM IN FEBRUARY
(August 26th, 2009 -New York, NY) – Legendary trip-hop duo Massive Attack have announced the release of their first new material in three years – an EP of four new tracks due for release on October 6th from Virgin Records. The lead song “Splitting The Atom” features Robert Del Naja (3D), Grant Marshall (Daddy G) and Horace Andy, while TV On The Radio frontman Tunde Adebimpe guests on “Pray For Rain”. The EP also has remixes of two new tracks; “Psyche” featuring Martina Topley-Bird is given the re-rub by Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid who have recently remixed Bat For Lashes and The Big Pink, while the Guy Garvey fronted “Bulletproof Love” is stripped back to a minimalist reworking by Christoff Berg, who alongside Van Rivers & The Subliminal Kid produced the Fever Ray eponymous album.
Massive Attack will release their much anticipated fifth studio album In February, 2010. This time around sees collaborations with Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe.
Over the last three years Robert Del Naja has written and produced soundtracks for a number of films and documentaries, including ‘Trouble In The Water’, ’44 Inch Chest’, ‘In Prison My Whole Life’ and ‘Gamorra’, the latter for which he won the David Di Donatello Award for Best Song. Earlier this year, Massive Attack won the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award at the Ivor Novello Awards. Massive Attack will headline this year’s Bestival on Friday, September 11th ahead of their first full UK tour in three years that begins on September 17th in London.
For more information on Massive Attack, visit www.massiveattack.com
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EP Tracklisting:
1. Splitting The Atom
2. Pray For Rain
3. Bulletproof Love (Van Rivers and The Subliminal Kid Remix)
4. Psyche (Flash Treatment)
Green River Ordinance Add Dates with NeedToBreathe and Serena Ryder
Aug 21, 2009
Green River Ordinance Add Dates with NeedToBreathe and Serena Ryder
"Come On" is Second Most Added Song On Hot AC
Sets Record for Most CDs Sold at Nokia Theater NYC
Los Angeles, CA August 21, 2009 – Even though summer is coming to an end; Green River Ordinance's rock road trip isn't stopping anytime soon.
Fort Worth's favorite sons will join NeedToBreathe and Griffin House for a number of shows leading through early September. After that, the band will go back out on the road with Serena Ryder for the second leg of the tour alongside NeedToBreathe. If you haven't had a chance to catch Green River Ordinance yet, don't miss them now! Their live sets have become even more dazzling, and fans can attest.
The band has just finished up highly successful summer tours with Collective Soul, Gavin DeGraw and American Idol winner David Cook. In that time, Green River Ordinance's "Come On" became the 2nd most added song to Hot AC during its impact week. Listeners are responding with continued requests for the song. The people are speaking, and they're loving Green River Ordinance!
In addition, CD sales of the band's Virgin Records debut, Out of My Hands, have been consistently increasing for eight consecutive weeks as the album launches up the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. A testament to the power of their live show, Green River Ordinance broke the record for most CD's sold at The Nokia Theater in NYC—even outselling headliner David Cook.
Press outlets across the country are paying heed as well! Green River Ordinance have introduced the world to their infectious pop rock by appearing on Good Day Tulsa, Your Hour in Wichita, The Daily Buzz, Music Mix USA, Good Morning Memphis, Good Morning Texas, Fox Morning News Kansas City, Kare 11 Minneapolis and they've been confirmed for Good Day Atlanta on August 28th.
If Green River Ordinance isn't your new favorite band already, they will be VERY soon!
Dates:
W/ NEEDTOBREATHE AND GRIFFIN HOUSE:
Aug 21 Majestic Theater Madison, WI
Aug 22 House of Blues w/ Fastball & Sugar Ray Houston, TX
Aug 24 People's Court Des Moines, IA
Aug 25 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO
Aug 27 Rhythm & Brews Chattanooga, TN
Aug 28 40 Watt Club Athens, GA
Aug 29 Greenfield Amp Wilmington, NC
Aug 31 Headliners Music Hall Louisivlle, KY
Sept 1 The Basement Columbus, OH
Sept 2 Musica Akron, OH
Sept 3 Sonar Baltimore, MD
Sept 4 Heirloom Arts Danbury, CT
GREEN RIVER ORDINANCE:
Sept 8 Curris Center Murray, KY
WITH NEEDTOBREATHE AND SERENA RYDER:
Sept 16 State Theater Falls Church, VA
Sept 18 The Note West Chester, PA
Sept 19 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
Sept 20 Higher Ground Burlington, VA
Sept 21 Highline Ballroom New York, NY
Sept 23 Is Venue Charlottesville, VA
Sept 24 The Square room Knoxville, TN
Sept 25 Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
Sept 26 The Music Farm Charleston, SC
Win A Trip To See Ben Harper and Relentless7!
Aug 18, 2009
The winner of this Fuel TV contest receives a 4 day, 3 night trip to Austin, TX, including hotel, airfare, a guest, and more!
For full details and contest entry, go HERE.
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Premiere New Video For "Pen & Paper" On Shockhound.com
Aug 17, 2009
THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS
PREMIERE NEW VIDEO FOR SINGLE “PEN & PAPER”
ON HOT TOPIC’S SHOCKHOUND.COM
LOS ANGELES, CA - Virgin Records platinum-plus rockers THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS will partner with Hot Topic’s Shockhound.com to premiere their new video for single “Pen & Paper” off their sophomore album LONELY ROAD, which debuted this year at #14 on Billboards Top 200 chart. The 48 hour exclusive premiere will begin on August 17 at Shockhound.com (http://www.shockhound.com/videos/661-the-red-jumpsuit-apparatus-pen---paper).
The video was produced and directed by former Chicago agency producers, Nathan Brown (producer) and Chris Folkens (director). RJA asked the duo to work on their new video after seeing the Telly Award-winning music video trilogy Folkens directed for Chicago-based band The Lifetime. RJA decided to shoot the video for Pen & Paper in their hometown of Middleburg, Florida at frontman, Ronnie Winter’s home this past June before hitting the road for their summer tour. Pen & Paper is about removing all the fake people from their lives. The video features RJA and their hometown friends getting rid of those individuals in a creative way while getting some aggression.
Brown and Folkens have plans to shoot RJA’s next music video in Chicago. They are also working with the band on a branded integrated experience that partners RJA with a brand name, creating an online interactive experience involving fans in a music video like never before.
LONELY ROAD was produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Daughtry, Less Than Jake, Hoobastank, P.O.D., All-American Rejects, Seether) has already been praised for its “million-dollar hooks,” “flat-out perfection,” and “bold, fearless vocals” (Alternative Press).
RJA’s Virgin Records debut, DON’T YOU FAKE IT, debuted in August 2006 at No. 25 on the Billboard Top 200, and ended its 62-week album chart run in October 2007. The release included hit singles Face Down & Your Guardian Angel, which overwhelming demand turned into a sales phenomenon and has since added to their over 56 million plays on MySpace (Face Down over 24 million & Your Guardian Angel reaching over 26 million).
RED ALERT:
Sick Puppies Hit The Road With Shinedown For U.S. Tour This Fall
Aug 11, 2009
SICK PUPPIES HIT THE ROAD WITH
SHINEDOWN FOR US TOUR THIS FALL
New Video “You’re Going Down” Set To Premiere on MTV2 & MTVu’s Unleashed
Single Climbing at Modern, Active, and Rock Charts
Teaming up with Samsung -Fans Can Enter To Win Samsung LCD TV, Memoir Phone & More Through The Month of August
LOS ANGELES, CA – Australia’s rock trio, Sick Puppies will hit the road with Shinedown this fall in support of their recent release, Tri-Polar, which was released on July 14 on RMR/Virgin Records/EMI Music. The tour will kick off in Madison, WI on September 14 at The Orpheum Theater and will include stops in Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, and Nashville.
Sick Puppies’ recently shot a new video for their hit single “You’re Going Down,” which also served as the theme for WWE’s Extreme Rules PPV broadcast last month. The band decided to take a less predictable route to back the popular fight anthem. The video involves kids, neighborhood bullies, and a massive water balloon fight that takes place in a pristine suburban setting. The video will premiere on MTV2 and MTVu’s Unleashed Tuesday, August 11. The lead single “You’re Going Down,” continues to gain momentum at radio charting Top 15 at Modern, Top 10 at Active Rock, and Top 30 at Rock formats.
The Aussie rock trio has teamed up with Samsung Mobile™ and T-Mobile to support the release of the independent film Rock Prophecies, which is about the band’s good friend, legendary rock photographer Robert M. Knight, who originally took the group under his wing when they came to America, introducing them to the people who helped kick-start their stateside career. Samsung has sponsored showings of the film along their last tour, promoting their camera phone, under the banner, Samsung Memoir Presents Rock Prophecies. The band will play an exclusive party for Rock Prophecies screening sponsored by Samsung in New York on August 13 at Top of The Rock at Rockefeller Center.
In addition, Sick Puppies are currently running a Tri-Polar giveaway contest online. The contest runs through August 24 and fans will have a chance to win a 32” LCD TV, Samsung Memoir phone and Samsung Blue Tooth headsets.
Current Headlining Tour:
8/7/09 Portland, ME The Station
8/8/09 Syracuse, NY WKRL
8/9/09 Rochester, NY
8/11/09 New York, NY Highline
8/12/09 Philadelphia, PA The Note
8/13/09 Baltimore, MD Recher Theatre
8/14/09 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
8/15/09 Charlotte, NC Amos
8/16/09 Hilton Head, SC Shoreline
8/18/09 Columbia, SC Headliners
8/19/09 Atlanta, GA The Loft
8/20/09 Orlando FL House of Blues
8/21/09 Tampa, FL The State Theatre
8/22/09 West Palm, FL Respectable Street
8/24/09 Ft. Walton The Swamp
8/25/09 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity
8/26/09 Layette, LA Nite Town
9/5/09 Seattle, WA Bubbershoot
9/8/09 Colorado Springs, CO BlackSheep
9/9/09 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
9/11/09 St. Louis, MO Pageant
9/12/09 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless
9/13/09 Dayton, OH
With Shinedown:
9/14/09 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
9/15/09 Walker, MN Northern Lights Casino
9/18/09 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
9/19/09 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort & Casino/Grand Theatre
9/21/09 Medford, OR The Medford Armory
9/22/09 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
9/24/09 Blackfoot, ID El Rey Events Center
9/25/09 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
9/26/09 Glendale, AZ KUPD Summer Scorcher @ Phoenix Event Complex (no Shinedown)
9/28/09 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues - Las Vegas
9/29/09 Modesto, CA Modesto Center Plaza
9/30/09 San Diego, CA House of Blues - San Diego
10/3/09 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom
10/7/09 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
10/9/09 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
10/11/09 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
10/14/09 Little Rock, AR The Metroplex
10/16/09 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
10/17/09 New Orleans, LA UNO Lakefront Arena
10/19/09 Augusta, GA James Brown Arena
10/20/09 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
10/21/09 Orlando, FL House of Blues
10/23/09 Nashville, TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
10/24/09 Charlotte, NC Uptown Amphitheatre
Elton John Makes Guest Appearance On New Alice In Chains Album
Aug 11, 2009
ELTON JOHN MAKES GUEST APPEARANCE
ON NEW ALICE IN CHAINS ALBUM
ROCK LEGENDS COLLABORATE ON TITLE TRACK FOR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALICE IN CHAINS ALBUM
BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE
ALBUM IN STORES SEPTEMBER 29
Los Angeles, CA (August 11, 2009) – Among the many highlights on Black Gives Way To Blue, the highly anticipated new album from ALICE IN CHAINS, is a special guest performance by Elton John. The two rock legends collaborated on the album’s stunning title track, “Black Gives Way To Blue,” a heart-stirring tribute to Alice In Chains’ late lead singer Layne Staley. The album arrives in stores September 29.
“We were thinking about adding piano to the track and a friend suggested we call Elton,” recalls guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. “I remember laughing and saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll get right on that.’ But I decided it was worth trying and wrote Elton an email explaining what that song means to us—that it’s a real, raw openhearted song for Layne. We sent him the track and got a call shortly after saying he thought it was beautiful and that he wanted to play on it. We were blown away. Elton John is a huge influence on me as a songwriter and having him on that song is an amazing honor for us.”
“I’ve long been an admirer of Jerry Cantrell and when he asked me to play on ‘Black Gives Way To Blue,’ I was very flattered and couldn’t resist,” says John. “It was a great recording session with Alice In Chains for a beautiful song. “
About the collaboration, Cantrell says, “Elton was finishing his Red Piano run in Vegas, so we flew there and hung out for a few hours. Walking into a studio and seeing the sheet music for that song on Elton’s piano made it meaningful on so many different levels. The whole experience was pretty magical.”
BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE is Alice In Chains’ first new studio release in more than 10 years. The quartet (guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and guitarist/vocalist William DuVall) recorded the album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters) at Studio 606 in Northridge, CA and Henson Studios in Hollywood.
The full track listing is as follows:
“All Secrets Known”
“Check My Brain”
“Last Of My Kind”
“Your Decision”
“A Looking In View”
“When The Sun Rose Again”
“Acid Bubble”
“Lessons Learned”
“Take Her Out”
“Private Hell”
“Black Gives Way To Blue”
On August 22, band will join Tool and Linkin Park for the first-ever Epicenter show at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA, to be followed by a headlining tour set to kick off September 4th at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. For show information, please visit www.aliceinchains.com.
Over the course of their remarkable career, Alice In Chains has garnered multiple Grammy nominations, sold more than 17 million albums worldwide, wrote and recorded 11 top 10 hit singles and stood atop Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart with two No. 1 records.
Tour dates are as follows (additional shows to be confirmed):
Date City Venue
August 22 Pomona, CA Epicenter
Sept. 4 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sept. 5 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
Sept. 7 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Sept. 8 New York, NY The Fillmore
Sept. 11 Nashville, TN WBUZ Buzzfest
Sept. 12 Indianapolis, IN X-Fest
Sept. 13 Dayton, OH X-Fest
Sept. 15 Toronto, ON The Opera House
Sept. 16 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Sept. 17 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
Sept. 19 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Sept. 20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave
Sept. 21 Minneapolis, MN First Ave
Sept. 24 Seattle, WA Moore Theater
Sept. 26 Portland, OR Roseland Grill
Sept. 28 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
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Adelitas Way Locks In Fall Tour, Opening For Shinedown
Jul 30, 2009
OPENING FOR SHINEDOWN
Adelitas Way Debuts at #16 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Chart; Single "Invincible" Climbing Charts at both Active & Rock Charts
LOS ANGELES, CA –Las Vegas rockers, Adelitas Way will hit the road with Shinedown this fall in support of their self-titled debut, which released July 14th on Virgin/EMI Music and debuted at #16 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Chart. The tour will kick off in Richmond, VA on Friday, September 11 and will work its way across the Midwest and West coast then travel back ending in Orlando.
To mark the release of its self-titled debut, Adelitas Way recently celebrated at the Palms Casino Resort in its hometown of Las Vegas on the album’s street date. A select number of fans who purchased their CD at ZIA Records along with local radio contest winners, gained entry to a private concert by Adelitas Way at The Lounge at the Palms Casino Resort and the after-party at Moon. Preceding their debut celebration, Adelitas Way appeared at WWE’s Monday Night RAW in Orlando.
The album’s kick off single, the power-rock anthem “Invincible,” has already been tagged as WWE Superstars theme song, been used for spots promoting the 2009 season finale of the hit series “CSI: Miami” and is currently available on iTunes. Since then, the single been streamed nearly 200,000 times on Adelitas Way’s MySpace page and is building national airplay as it climbs at both Active and Rock radio charts.
In support of the single, the band shot their video for “Invincible,” which was directed by Dale Resteghini, (Fallout Boy, Hawthorne Heights, Alter Bridge). Adelitas Way wanted to create an epic video that would awaken the fight in anyone who is in need. The video focuses on everyday people who are faced with life challenging circumstances, while delivering an inspiring message of hope and perseverance. The video will appear on AOL’s NoiseCreep.
Adelitas Way is fronted by singer Rick DeJesus, who grew up in a rough Philadelphia neighborhood that was ravaged by drugs and poverty. In 2005, he seized an opportunity to move to Las Vegas where he met up with lead guitarist Chris Iorio, guitarist Keith Wallen, drummer Trevor Stafford and bassist Derek Johnston. Soon the quintet was opening for artists like Chris Cornell, Hinder and Tantric, generating an impressive industry buzz that resulted in their signing with Virgin.
Produced by the Grammy-nominated Johnny K (Disturbed, Plain White T’s, 3 Doors Down), the band’s debut album is filled with hard, edgy modern rock anthems spotlighting the shredding blues style of teenage axe-slinger Iorio and the propulsive, grunge-like drums of Huntington Beach, CA native Stafford, a veteran of Ozzfest band Shuvel. N.Y. bassist Johnston and West Virginia guitarist Wallen bring a combination of indie, hardcore and classic rock influences to the band’s distinctive sound.
Adelitas Way, whose name comes from an unplanned visit to a Tijuana brothel, is currently on tour with Saliva and will head out with Sick Puppies on August 13th. You can check out first single “Invincible” and other music from Adelitas Way on the group’s MySpace page (www.myspace.com/adelitasway) and at www.adelitaswaymusic.net.
Current Tour Dates: August 19 The Loft August 20 House of Blues August 21 The State Theatre August 22 Respectable Street Café August 24 The Swap August 25 Varsity Theatre With Shinedown: September 11 The National September 12 Xfest 2009 (WAMX) September 14 Orpheum Theatre September 18 The Knitting Factory September 19 Grand Theatre September 21 September 22 Showbox SoDo September 24 Blackfoot, ID El Ray de September 25 The Great Salt Air September 26 September 28 House of Blues September 29 September 30 House of Blues October 3 Grand Ballroom @ October 5 Marquee Theatre October 9 Verizon Wireless Theatre October 11 Palladium Ballroom October 14 Metroplex October 17 UNO Lakefront October 20 House of Blues October 21 House of Blues
A FINE FRENZY CELEBRATES MILLION-FOLLOWER TWITTER MILESTONE WITH FREE DOWNLOAD
Jul 23, 2009
A FINE FRENZY CELEBRATES MILLION-FOLLOWER
TWITTER MILESTONE WITH FREE DOWNLOAD
SECOND VIRGIN RECORDS ALBUM, ‘BOMB IN A BIRDCAGE,’ TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER, 2009
(July 23, 2009, New York, NY) – Joining a select club of music notables, Virgin Records’ A FINE FRENZY marks a milestone in its close online relationship to its fans, as the band surpasses 1 million-plus Twitter followers. To celebrate the moment and to thank and acknowledge all of A FINE FRENZY’s fans, the band is tweeting a free MP3, an acoustic version of the lead-off single, “Blow Away” that was recorded during a recent visit to Cincinnati radio station Q102. The album version was released digitally on July 14 and has been added to dozens of Hot AC and AAA radio station playlists already, while the band's second album BOMB IN A BIRDCAGE is scheduled for digital and physical release on September 8, 2009.
To show gratitude for all the love and support, an acoustic version of “Blow Away” from a performance at WKRQ in Cincinnati can be redeemed here: http://bit.ly/XT1QF
AFF frontwoman, singer-songwriter Alison Sudol (@AFineFrenzy), tweeting long before Twitter became a social magnet and a cultural marker, had already been among the top 10 most-followed musicians on the service for months, rubbing shoulders with top-line music celebrities Mariah Carey and Britney Spears; the inveterate blogger and online wit John Mayer; hip-hoppers P. Diddy, 50 Cent, and Soulja Boy; actor/singer Ashley Tisdale; Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and Coldplay.
The breezy, propulsive album version of “Blow Away” shares the tuneful charm and whimsical language of AFF’s debut, while BOMB IN A BIRDCAGE as a whole adds new colors and textures reflecting what Sudol describes as a previously-unnoticed “wild side…I’m a quiet person with a loud streak, and this record is a testament to that.”
Seattle-born and Los Angeles-raised Sudol released the first A FINE FRENZY album, One Cell In the Sea, in 2007, reaching Number One on Billboard’s “Heatseeker” charts. The band was chosen as a VH-1 “You Oughta Know” artist, and received rave notices in Entertainment Weekly, Paste and People, among others. Touring alongside the likes of Rufus Wainwright and Brandi Carlile, Sudol also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The CBS Early Show and The Late Show with David Letterman. She made her acting debut on the crime drama series CSI: NY and has also shot fashion spreads.
SICK PUPPIES’ TRI-POLAR DEBUTS IN BILLBOARD TOP 40
Jul 22, 2009
AUSSIE BAND ENJOYS BEST CHART BOW TO DATE AS THEY LAUNCH SAMSUNG MOBILE™-PROMOTED TOUR WITH FEATURED SCREENINGS OF ROCK PROPHECIES FILM
Thanks to an unprecedented promotional and marketing campaign, which included a launch party/showcase at the famed Capitol Tower, as well as their current headlining tour, Powered by Samsung Mobile™ (in conjunction with The Agency Group), Aussie rock sensations Sick Puppies’ Virgin/EMI Music album, Tri-Polar, debuts this week at #31 on the Billboard Top 200, with a total of 16.5k in sales. It is the band’s best-ever chart bow.
Sick Puppies’ new single, “You’re Going Down,” which also served as the theme for WWE’s Extreme Rules PPV broadcast last month, cracked the Top 20 at both Active and Modern Rock stations such as WRIF Detroit, WIYY Baltimore, WCHZ Augusta, KLAQ El Paso, WHXR Portland. WSUN Tampa and WJRR Orlando. The WWE website is currently offering downloads of “You’re Going Down” through an iTunes purchase link.
The July 7 record release/tour launch event at Capitol’s famed Tower, co-sponsored by Samsung Mobile™ along with T-Mobile, featured a screening of Rock Prophecies, the documentary about the band’s good friend, legendary rock photographer Robert M. Knight, who originally took the group under his wing when they came to America, introducing them to the people who helped kick-start their stateside career. Samsung will also sponsor showings of the film along the tour route, promoting their camera phone, under the banner, Samsung Memoir Presents Rock Prophecies.
Sick Puppies are also currently featured on Joost.com’s “Countdown to Release” feature with a series of webisodes that document the making of the album at www.joost.com. They have also released a variety of exclusive content at iTunes, Napster.com and Walmart.com.
Insert the Tri-Polar CD into your computer and it will direct you to a site with access to free downloads of a pair of trailers from Rock Prophecies featuring the Sick Puppies, as well as an exclusive, previously unavailable bonus track.
Samsung’s sponsorship of the tour will include several Sick Puppies’ acoustic performances on site at T Mobile locations, a national radio promotion, as well as flat-screen and camera phone giveaways in designated markets as part of a “Roadie for a Day” promotion, with winners getting a chance to experience a day with the band, including tickets to the show in their city.
Sick Puppies will also offer three text and photo blogs a week shot with their Samsung Memoir camera phones at www.rockprophecies.com and www.SickPuppies.net/SamsungMemoirMoments. In addition, Samsung will include insert cards in the first 60,000 units of the new album, which will lead you to bounus content at www.sickpuppies.net/bonus.
Sick Puppies relocated to Los Angeles four years ago, taking the world by storm with their song, “All The Same,” used for a video shot in a Sydney shopping mall featuring their friend Juan Mann, who held up a hand-written placard offering “Free Hugs,” a clip seen by more than 10 million viewers on YouTube alone, spurring six-figure sales of their Virgin/EMI Music major label debut, Dressed Up As Life.
ON TOUR:
Wed 7/22 Columbia MO Blue Note
Thu 7/23 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
Fri 7/24 Milwaukee, WI Rave 2
Sat 7/25 Ft. Wayne, IN Pieres
Sun 7/26 Flint, MI The Machine Shop
Tue 7/28 Pontiac, MI Crofoot
Wed 7/29 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection
Thu 7/30 Toledo, OH Headliners
Fri 7/31 Chestwick, PA Chest-A-Area
Sat 8/1 Albany, NY EdgeFest
Sun 8/2 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
Tue 8/4 Allentown, PA Croc Rock
Wed 8/5 Poughkeepsie, NY Chance
Thu 8/6 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
Fri 8/7 Portland, ME The Station
Sat 8/8 Syracuse, NY WKRL
Sun 8/9 Rochester, NY
Tue 8/11 New York, NY Highline
Wed 8/12 Philadelphia, PA The Note
Thu 8/13 Baltimore, MD Recher Theatre
Fri 8/14 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
Sat 8/15 Charlotte, NC Amos
Sun 8/16 Hilton Head, SC Shoreline
Tue 8/18 Columbia, SC Headliners
Wed 8/19 Atlanta, GA The Loft
Thu 8/20 Orlando FL House of Blues
Fri 8/21 Tampa, FL The State Theatre
Sat 8/22 West Palm, FL Respectable Street
Mon 8/24 Ft. Walton The Swamp
Tue 8/25 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity
Wed 8/26 Layette, LA Nite Town
Sat 9/5 Seattle, WA Bubbershoot
Tue 9/8 Colorado Springs, CO BlackSheep
Wed 9/9 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
Fri 9/11 St. Louis, MO Pageant
Sat 9/12 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless
Sun 9/13 Dayton, OH
www.sickpuppies.net
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MySpace: www.myspace.com/sickpuppies
YouTube: www.youtube.com/sickpuppies
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sickpuppies
A Fine Frenzy's daring sophomore album, 1st single "Blow Away" on iTunes
Jul 14, 2009
BOMB IN A BIRDCAGE, TURNS UP THE VOLUME
"BLOW AWAY" AVAILABLE NOW ON ITUNES
On September 8, 2009, A FINE FRENZY—led by Alison Sudol—will release Bomb in a Birdcage on Virgin Records, the follow-up to 2007’s critically acclaimed One Cell in the Sea. While the debut established Sudol as one of the most talented young singers and songwriters around, the new album reveals another side of A Fine Frenzy.
"I think some people may be surprised,” says 24-year-old Sudol. “They think that I’m all fragile and ethereal, but I have a wild side, too. I’m a quiet person with a loud streak, and this record is a testament to that.”
One Cell reached Number One on Billboard’s “Heatseeker” charts, and A Fine Frenzy was chosen as a VH1 “You Oughta Know” artist. The album received rave reviews in publications from Entertainment Weekly to Paste to People. Songs from the album were licensed to numerous television shows, and Sudol appeared on The Tonight Show, The CBS Early Show and The Late Show with David Letterman. The young redheaded singer made her acting debut on CSI:NY and turned up in fashion spreads, but she received even more attention for her literary interests, including a band name taken from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream.
“Blow Away,” the breezy, propulsive first single from Bomb in a Birdcage now available on iTunes, illustrates that the new album retains the tuneful charm and whimsical language of the debut, while adding new colors and textures. Lengthy tours alongside the likes of Rufus Wainwright and Brandi Carlile contributed to Sudol’s attraction to different sounds.
“On tour,” she says, “I discovered that I love rocking out and having a good time. I started listening to as much music as I could. I didn’t want to limit myself. I wanted to stretch and grow and push myself. I also wanted to have fun.”
The pivotal point for Bomb in a Birdcage was “Stood Up,” a sweeping rock ballad. “It was the most unruly I’d ever been,” says Sudol. “I was scared by it at first and wanted to put it aside. But the songs I tend to love the most in the end are often the ones that, initially, I wanted to do away with.”
Born in Seattle and raised in Los Angeles, Sudol retains a close relationship to the outdoors, and to the spirit of fantasy she found in writers like Lewis Carroll and C.S. Lewis. But she’s far from being some kind of romantic Luddite. In fact, she was active on Twitter (@AFineFrenzy) long before it became a cultural phenomenon—to the point that she now has over half a million followers, making her one of the top ten musicians on the service, alongside folks like Britney Spears and John Mayer.
The cliché is that an artist puts her whole life into her debut, and then has to crank out a followup while touring and feeling commercial pressure for the first time. But on Bomb in a Birdcage, Alison Sudol has challenged herself, and reached heights that even she couldn’t imagine.
“I felt like being daring,” she says. “I wasn’t interested in doing more of the same, that doesn’t inspire me. And now, I can’t wait to get on the road with this stuff! It’s going to be quite an undertaking,
but I’m up for it.”
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Buy "Blow Away" on iTunes!
Follow A Fine Frenzy on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/afinefrenzy
www.afinefrenzy.com
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ADELITAS WAY PARTNERS W/PALMS CASINO RESORT FOR 7/14 ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
Jul 10, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KOMP, KXTE And ZIA Records Will Send Fans To Exclusive Event Celebrating Release Of Band’s Self-Titled Debut Album
Set to Appear AT WWE’s Monday Night RAW Live Event In Orlando On July 13th
Adelitas Way will mark the release of its self-titled debut on Virgin/EMI Music with a special celebration at the Palms Casino Resort in its hometown of Las Vegas on the album’s street date, July 14th. A select number of fans to purchase their CD at ZIA Records will gain entry to a private concert by Adelitas Way at The Lounge at the Palms Casino Resort and the after-party at Moon. They’ll be joined by contest winners from local radio stations KOMP and KXTE. Preceding their debut celebration, Adelitas Way will appear at WWE’s Monday Night RAW in Orlando, which airs live on USA Network at 9pm ET/8pm CT.
The Palms will promote the event on its marquis, where fans can catch a 15-second sneak peak of the video for lead single “Invincible.” The full video, directed by Dale Resteghini, (Anthrax, Jim Jones, Mudvayne), will play on screens throughout the casino that day.
A shredding, rock anthem, “Invincible” was tapped by CBS for spots promoting the 2009 season finale of the hit series “CSI: Miami.” Currently available on iTunes, “Invincible” is being used as the theme to the weekly WWE Superstars show airing Thursdays at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific on WGN America. In addition to their Monday Night RAW appearance in Orlando the band will also participate in a live chat with fans that evening at http://www.wwe.com.
Adelitas Way is fronted by singer Rick DeJesus, who grew up in a rough Philadelphia neighborhood that was ravaged by drugs and poverty. In 2005, he seized an opportunity to move to Las Vegas where he met up with lead guitarist Chris Iorio, guitarist Keith Wallen, drummer Trevor Stafford and bassist Derek Johnston. Soon the quintet was opening for artists like Chris Cornell, Hinder and Tantric, generating an impressive industry buzz that resulted in their signing with Virgin.
Produced by the Grammy-nominated Johnny K (Disturbed, Plain White T’s, 3 Doors Down), the band’s debut album is filled with hard, edgy modern rock anthems spotlighting the shredding blues style of teenage axe-slinger Iorio and the propulsive, grunge-like drums of Huntington Beach, CA native Stafford, a veteran of Ozzfest band Shuvel. N.Y. bassist Johnston and West Virginia guitarist Wallen bring a combination of indie, hardcore and classic rock influences to the band’s distinctive sound.
Adelitas Way, whose name comes from an unplanned visit to a Tijuana brothel, is currently on tour with Saliva and will head out with Sick Puppies on August 13th. You can check out first single “Invincible” and other music from Adelitas Way on the group’s MySpace page (www.myspace.com/adelitasway) and at www.adelitaswaymusic.net.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
July 23 Mechanicsburg, PA West Shore Hardware Bar
July 24 Cleveland, OH Voinovich Park
July 28 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
July 29 Farmington, NM Gators Bar & Grill
July 30 Tempe, AZ Tempe Marketplace
July 31 Murray. UT Murray Theatre
August 2 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
August 8 Greenville, SC The Handlebar
August 9 Murfreesboro, TN 527 Mainstreet
August 13 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
August 14 Jacksonville, NC Hooligan’s
August 15 Charlotte, NC Amos’s South End
August 16 Hilton Head, SC Shoreline Ballroom
August 18 Columbia, SC Headliner’s
August 19 Atlanta, GA The Loft
August 20 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
August 21 St. Petersburg, FL The State Theatre
August 22 West Palm Beach, FL Respectable Street Café
August 24 Fort Walton Beach, FL The Swap
August 25 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre
BEN HARPER & RELENTLESS7 “FLY ONE TIME” VIDEO ON AOL, 7/8
Jul 08, 2009
TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN PERFORMANCE SET FOR JULY 31
UPCOMING FESTIVAL APPEARANCES INCLUDE LOLLAPALOOZA AND AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
LOS ANGELES, CA – The new video for Ben Harper and Relentless7’s track “Fly One Time” will debut on July 8 on AOL Music’s homepage and AOL’s Spinner.com. The video features clips of amazing footage depicting the highs and lows of life through the eyes of incredible athletes and humanitarians. Professional Cyclist Lance Armstrong, Pro-Big Wave Surfers Laird Hamilton and Dave Kallama, Pro-Skater Christian Hosoi, Sport Climber Lynn Hill, Tightrope Walker Nick Wallenda, Olympian Jesse Owens and spiritual leader, the Dalai Llama are all featured.
The video for “Fly One Time” will also premiere internationally in Italy on MTV on July 8th and on Sympatico/MSN in Canada on July 20th. MSN in France and AOL.de in Germany will premiere the video in the coming weeks.
Ben Harper and Relentless7 will also perform the new single on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on Friday, July 31st.
Ben Harper and Relentless7 are in the midst of a world tour supporting their new album White Lies For Dark Times, which was released on May 5th and debuted at No. 9 on Billboard’s Top 200 Chart. This marks Ben Harper’s 3rd consecutive Top 10 Billboard debut. In addition, the album reached the top 10 charts in France (#6), Italy (#7) and Switzerland (#7).
The press is raving about the new album. The Associated Press gives the album an “A,” calling it “another superb collection” while USA Today says “Harper revisits his blues-rock roots with renewed energy.” White Lies For Dark Times is a “Critics Choice” at People Magazine and Spin dubbed it “an impressive array of American music, ranging from muddy blues to eerie folk to Hendrixian wah-wah.”
Ben Harper and Relentless7’s energetic live performance is the heart of the band. On April 22, they performed to over 100,000 fans at the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy for the Nat Geo Earth Day Festival. The entire set also aired live on the internet for fans across the globe to watch. The band brought the same energy to Manchester, Tennessee in June where they rocked an overflowing tent with an explosive set at Bonnaroo 2009.
The band is scheduled to perform at festivals across the country and abroad including Mile High, Fuji Rock, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festival. Fans can also look forward to a legendary Austin City Limits television performance to air in October on PBS.
July 9 Ottawa, ON CAN Cicsco Ottawa Bluesfest
July 11 Masontown, WV All Good Festival
July 12 Montreal, QC CAN Montreal Jazz Festival
July 18 Commerce City, CO Mile High Music Festival
July 25 Niigata, JPN Fuji Rock Festival
July 26 Burnaby, BC CAN Virgin Festival
Aug 8 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza
Sept 20 Tempe, AZ Fall Frenzy
Oct 4 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
SICK PUPPIES’ SUMMER TOUR TO BE POWERED BY SAMSUNG MOBILE
Jul 06, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 06, 2009
AUSSIE BAND PREPARES TO HIT THE ROAD IN SUPPORT OF TRI-POLAR ALBUM RELEASE JULY 14, WILL INCLUDE SCREENINGS OF ROCK PROPHECIES FILM
Aussie rock sensations Sick Puppies’ upcoming summer tour in support of the July 14 release of their highly anticipated, sophomore Virgin/EMI Music album, Tri-Polar, will be sponsored by Samsung Mobile in a multi-leveled promotion that will include a gala launch party/showcase at the famed Capitol Tower on July 7. Dates for the Sick Puppies… Powered by Samsung Mobile tour dates have been announced and can be found at www.sickpuppies.net. The headlining and co-headlining concerts will include appearances at mid-size theatres and larger summer festivals, starting mid-July and lasting through September.
The July 7 record release/tour launch event, co-sponsored by Samsung along with Makers Mark, and Archie’s Ice Cream (www.archiesicecream.com), will also feature a screening of Rock Prophecies, the film about the band’s good friend, legendary rock photographer Robert M. Knight, who originally took the group under his wing when they came to America, introducing them to the people