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Shakira is shaking it (with her hips that “don’t lie”) into the studio to record her latest album, due out this year via Epic, with Pharrell Williams and Wyclef Jean. According to http://Billboard.com, the feisty Columbian singer has also recorded a duet for the as-yet-untitled album with Calle 13 and may collaborate with Algerian artist Khaled as well. The album will be Shakira’s last for Sony Music before she enters into a multi-rights deal with Live Nation. Although Shakira has been out of...
•Keith Urban Tickets-Keith Urban to Tour in Spring 2009
More good news for country rocker Keith Urban! The husband of fellow Aussie and actress Nicole Kidman (the couple recently welcomed their first child, Sunday Rose, into the world) will hit the road in North America next spring in support of his upcoming as-yet-untitled new album, which is slated for release March 31 via Capitol Nashville. Although no dates have been confirmed, Urban is expected to kick off his tour in May 2009 and stay on the road through the summer. One single from the...
•John Mayer Tickets-John Mayer in the News For Music, Not Romance!
John Mayer has been in the news recently, but not for his music! The “Your Body Is a Wonderland” singer has endured constant media attention due to his relationship with Jennifer Aniston, but Mayer is finally putting a focus back on music. The multi-Grammy Award winner played a show following the Grammy nominations broadcast December 3. The concert, called “Grammy Nominations Live! – Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night,” was an exclusive, untelevised event at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre. The...
•Ryan Adams Tickets-Ryan Adams Steps Back in the Studio
Alt-rock darling Ryan Adams just doesn’t quit! The critical favorite is back in the studio despite his latest effort with his band the Cardinals, Cardinology, being barely a month old! The new material is loosely being titled Dear Impossible, and Adams is working with engineer Noah Goldstein on over a dozen new songs such as “Firefly,” “Please, Hold One” and “Your Name Here.” Adams has described the new material as similar to 2004’s Love Is Hell and wrote on his blog that it is “like a more...
•Oasis Tickets - A Brand New Stage
The sibling rockers have been with each other for years, 36 years to be exact, since Liam, the youngest of three Gallagher siblings, was born. The rocking two have been working together since 1993 and now after almost two decades together, older brother and lead confidant to Liam wants his younger bro to start recording on his own. The Gallagher rockers each have their own ideas about what’s going to happen at the end of their world tour, which is currently trekking through North America with a...
•State Radio Tickets-Rock-Reggae Group State Radio to Hit the Road
Socially and politically vocal rock-reggae band State Radio recently unveiled plans to tour across the nation in early 2009. First State Radio frontman Chad Stokes Urmston will embark on a pair of solo shows Dec. 6-7 at the Brattle Theatre near the band’s Boston hometown before the whole band takes the stage in Washington D.C. at the 9:30 Club Dec. 26 for a “welcome to the neighborhood” party for President-elect Barack Obama. The tour will then hit The Rock in Tucson, Ariz. Jan. 14 before...
•Velvet Revolver Tickets- Velvet Revolvers Leaves RCA
Velvet Revolver asked to be released from its record contract with RCA in order to find a new vocalist to replace Scott Weiland, and the label obliged. According to a statement from the band, they “felt they needed to have complete freedom to go through whatever process it would take to accomplish the goal… freedom from any timelines, pressures, influences or interests other than finding THE best guys.” Velvet Revolver’s manager Carl Stubner released a statement conveying the band’s...
•Madonna Tickets-Is Madonna the New Oprah?
It looks as if Madonna is following in Oprah’s footsteps, as the perennial pop star plans on opening a school in Malawi. Madge first became interested in the poverty-stricken African nation, where one million children are orphaned by AIDS, a few years ago and subsequently adopted one of those orphans, her three-year-old son David. Madonna plans on opening her own girls school in Malawi in the near future and tells the harrowing history of Malawi in her documentary, I Am Because We Are. The...
•No Doubt Tickets- No New No Doubt Album in 2009
In late November No Doubt fans rejoiced when the new wave/ska band announced plans to release a new album in 2009, but No Doubt drummer Adrian Young told http://RollingStone.com that they may have to wait a little bit longer for a new record. No Doubt has been on a five-year hiatus and are slated to end their break with a gig at next year’s Bamboozled festival (their first confirmed concert) as well as a subsequent tour. Young told http://RollingStone.com: “We’ve been working on a new record on...
•Bonnaroo Music Festival Tickets- Phish Rumored to Headline Bonnaroo
It appears as if Bonnaroo may be brought back to its jam band roots, as the jam band of all jam bands, Phish, is rumored to be headlining the 2009 festival. The lineup for the premier East Coast multi-stage, multi-day event won’t be revealed until February 2009, but http://RollingStone.com recently reported that sources close to Phish say the band will top the bill for two nights of the four-night festival. Phish frontman Trey Anastasio took the Bonnaroo stage (err, one of them) solo in 2002...
•The Fray Tickets- The Fray Reveals Track Listing For Upcoming Album
The Fray’s forthcoming eponymous album will be released Feb. 13 via Epic, and the band recently released the track list. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album’s lead single “You Found Me,” which was written by singer Isaac Slade and confronts the question of why bad things happen to good people, has already sold 278,000 copies in just three weeks of its U.S. digital release. “Enough for Now” is autobiographical, as it was written after the death of Slade’s grandfather. Slade told...
•U2 Tickets- New U2 Album on the “Horizon”
A new U2 album, No Line on the Horizon, is slated for released March 3 via Interscope Records. The album, which is the iconic band’s 12th studio effort, was produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite and was expected to be released before the end of 2008 after being recorded in Dublin, New York and Fez. The band decided to push back the release date for No Line on the Horizon fearing it wasn’t complete yet. Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine told http://Billboard.com, “I...
•Lil Wayne Tickets- Eight Grammy Nominations For Lil Wayne
New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne took home the most nominations for the 51st Annual Grammy Awards—eight total! Wayne was rewarded for his hit 2008 album Tha Carter III, which spawned hits like “A Milli” and “Lollipop.” Although Wayne has been in the rap running for over a decade, it was Tha Carter III that tipped him over onto the mainstream, and collaborations on other artists’ albums this year only helped his cause. Tha Carter III is the year’s top seller with 2.7 million copies sold, and was the...
•Bruce Springsteen Tickets- Springsteen Releases New Song Via Amazon and MySpace
Proving he’s still “The Boss,” Bruce Springsteen has released his second new single from his latest record, Working on a Dream, jointly through MySpace Music and Amazon. The song, titled “My Lucky Day,” was available for download exclusively through the two services for one week starting Dec. 1 and the sites also hosted a live in-the-studio video for the song (http://Amazon.com) also boasted an extra two minutes of behind-the-scenes clips.) The title track for Springsteen’s upcoming release,...
•Blink 182 Tickets- Travis Barker Says No Blink 182 Reunion
In November former blink-182 and current +44 bassist Mark Hoppus revealed that he and his former Blink bandmates Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge were talking about a reunion. The previously estranged trio has been spending time together in the wake of the tragic plane crash that killed four people and seriously injured Barker and DJ AM this fall. Although Hoppus’ blog didn’t explicitly state that the band was reuniting in the studio, it nonetheless led to speculation of a full-fledged blink-182...
•Bonnaroo Music Festival Tickets- 2009 Bonnaroo Dates Announced
The eighth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival will be held in its usual Manchester, Tenn. location (an hour southeast of Nashville) June 11-14. Although a lineup announcement isn’t expected until early next year, the first round of tickets’ pre-sales began Dec. 4. The festival promoters have taken the economy into consideration, as the first batch of tickets was available for the first time as part of a payment plan with five installments of $50. Bonnaroo won the Top Festival honor at the Billboard...
•Britney Spears Tickets-Britney Spears Celebrates 27!
Britney Spears had a whole lot more than her 27th birthday to celebrate on Dec. 2! The pop star’s comeback was in full force on Dec. 2 with a circus theme to commemorate her album Circus, also released that day. New York nightclub Tenjune was transformed into a full-fledged three-ring circus for Brit’s birthday bash, which was attended by her mom Lynne as well as celebs like Jeremy Piven, Lance Bass and Ciara. Wearing a low-cut Roberto Cavalli cocktail number and a loose up-do, Spears and the...
•Guns N’ Roses Tickets-Dr Pepper Offers a Rebuttal to Guns N’ Roses
The Dr Pepper-Guns N’ Roses saga continues! The famous rock band has been bad-mouthing the soda company after it failed to live up to its promise to give out free Dr Peppers on its website if GNR’s Chinese Democracy was released this year, and now Dr Pepper has responded to the band saying, “We are disappointed that Gn’R’s lawyers are turning a fun giveaway into a legal dispute.” The Dr Pepper Snapple group claims that GNR’s own Axl Rose and his management company approached the soda makers...
•Creed Tickets-Creed to Reunite in 2009?
According to sources at http://Billboard.com, Creed is planning to reunite for a 2009 tour. The band, which is fronted by Scot Stapp, has not taken the stage together since their bitter split in June 2004 and fans are sure to be thrilled by the news. Check out http://www.stubhub.com for Creed tickets to see the band back together again.
Before Creed was propelled into the realm of rock stardom with their hit song “Higher,” which remained on the radio airwaves for a record-breaking 17 weeks,...
•Amy Winehouse Tickets-More Trouble for the Talented Amy Winehouse
Troubled yet talented U.K. songstress Amy Winehouse was admitted to a private London clinic Nov. 23, and not for the first time. According to BBC spokesperson Chris Goodman, Winehouse’s camp released a statement saying that the 25-year-old Grammy winner suffered a reaction to medication she was taking as part of her ongoing treatment (he declined to say what specific medication Winehouse was taking.) The soulful singer landed herself in the hospital, London’s University College Hospital to be...
•Backstreet Boys Tickets-Backstreet’s Back, Alright!
Alright! The Backstreet Boys are back—all of them, Kevin Richardson included—and took the stage Nov. 23 in Los Angeles for the last performance of their Unbreakable tour. Richardson stepped on stage to join his fellow Backstreet Boys for “Shape of My Heart” and the crowd went wild. Carter, Howie, Brian and A.J. recently expressed their desire for Kevin to return to the Backstreet Boys lineup (he was absence from the group’s performance during the TRL finale earlier in the month) but weren’t...
•Bob Dylan Tickets-Dylan Does New York
Bob Dylan performed his 100th and final show of 2008 Nov. 21 on 175th Street at the United Palace Theater in New York and once again paid tribute to his favorite city. The performance was reminiscent of when Dylan took the stage at Madison Square Garden just two weeks after 9/11 and declared, “You don’t have to ask me how I feel about this town. Most of these songs were written here and the ones that weren’t were recorded here.” The 67-year-ol d proved that age is just a number, kicking off his...
•Britney Spears Tickets-Britney’s Back…On the Cover of Rolling Stone
Britney Spears is back on the cover of Rolling Stone in a belly-baring t-shirt with a corresponding article in which the pop star is candid about her oh-so-public meltdown. The issue hit stands Thanksgiving week and signaled another step in the right direction for Britney’s return to the top. Britney’s new album, Circus, is slated for release on December 2, her birthday, and she is sure to cap off her comeback with a tour, so check out http://www.stubhub.com/britney-spears-tickets for Britney...
•Fall Out Boy Tickets-Fall Out Boy: The Band After Pete’s Baby
Fall Out Boy has taken a break from making music, and their upcoming album, Folie a Deux, has been pushed back to a Dec. 16 release date to allow Pete Wentz to become a father. http://MTV.com sat down with the band a few days after Wentz and wife Ashlee Simpson welcomed their first child, Bronx Mowgli, into the world. Although Wentz wasn’t available for comment on how his new role as a father will affect the band’s upcoming schedule, Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump did comment on the band’s...
•Good Charlotte Tickets- Good Charlotte Delivers the Hits
Although a greatest hits album was the inspiration for Good Charlotte’s The Greatest Remixes, released Nov. 25 via Epic Records, the band decided their career was too young for a hits album and stuck with remixes instead. Guitarist Benji Madden told http://Billboard.com, “We just feel like even though we’re in the process of making our fifth album and we have had a lot of hits, we’re a little too young for a greatest hits (album).” His twin brother and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden echoed...
•Nickelback Tickets- Nickelback to Tour in 2009
Nickelback’s latest album Dark Horse was released in November 2008, and the Canadian band is set to hit the road in North America in support of their sixth studio effort February 25 in Nashville. The tour runs through April 23 in Columbia, S.C. and will be supported by Saving Abel and Seether. The first single from Dark Horse, “Gotta Be Somebody,” has already sold 570,000 downloads in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. Nickelback frontman Chad Kroger told http://Billboard.com that the...
•No Doubt Tickets-No Doubt Reunites After Five Years Apart
After a five-year hiatus, No Doubt is back in business! The new wave/ska band that first found fame in the ‘90s recently revealed that they have plans on touring in 2009 and hope their stint on the road will inspire new material for a forthcoming album. While No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani was busy having her second child with rock husband Gavin Rossdale of Bush, the rest of the band began work on their first album since 2001’s Rock Steady. Although no dates or locations have been revealed,...
•Citizen Cope Tickets- Citizen Cope to Tour in 2009
Citizen Cope, aka singer/songwriter Clarence Greenwood and his band, will hit the road in early 2009 for a string of dates across the South into the late winter. Citizen Cope will stop at The National in Richmond, Va. (Jan. 30), The Lyric Oxford in Mississippi (Feb. 9), Stubb’s Bar-B-Q/Waller Creek Amphitheater in Austin (Feb. 14), Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge, La. (Feb. 21) and NorVa in Norfolk, Va. (Feb. 28) among other locations. Cope is expected to release a new acoustic solo album before...
•Bruce Springsteen Tickets-New Album for the Boss
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will release a new album, the aptly titled Working on a Dream, January 27, 2009 via Columbia Records. On November 16 excerpts from the album’s title track were debuted during NBC’s NFL halftime show and Springsteen and his famed band are slated to take the stage as headliners for the half time show of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009. If you can’t afford the pricey Super Bowl tickets to see the Boss live, try...
•Blink 182 Tickets-Blink 182 to Reunite?
Punk trio blink-182 parted ways not so amicably in 2005 but Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker are on speaking terms again, fueling rumors of a highly anticipated reunion. Mark Hoppus wrote about a possible reunion on his blog, saying that the trio is considering coming back together after the recent death of blink producer Jerry Finn and the survival of drummer Travis Barker in the recent plane crash (DJ AM was also a survivor). “We’re just reconnecting as friends after four years of...
•The Who Tickets-Flashback for the Who
The DVD The Who at Kilburn was released on Nov. 18 to commemorate the legendary rock band’s performance at the Gaumont State Theatre in Kilburn, London in December 1977 and Who frontman Roger Daltrey doesn’t know why. Daltrey told Billboard, “I just remember it was kind of a weird day. We did the show in the afternoon, which is not the best time of the day to be on form, especially for (drummer) Keith Moon.” The documentary was produced by Jeff Stein, and although Who biographer Johnny Black...
•Taylor Swift Tickets-Taylor Swift’s Sophomore Album Soars
Don’t worry about the sophomore slump for country music teen queen Taylor Swift, as her sophomore album Fearless recently debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums chart. Swift scored the best sales week for a country album in a year, since the Eagles’ Long Road Out of Eden release last November. Released by Big Machine, Fearless sold 592,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. Swift also notched six new entries in the Billboard Hot 100 subsequent to the...
•Kanye West Tickets-New Kanye West Mixtape Precedes Upcoming Album
A new Kanye West release hit the web November 17, and it wasn’t his newest album, 808s & Heartbreak, which is slated for release just before Thanksgiving weekend. Sky High, a new West mixtape featuring remixes of tracks the rapper produced for various big-name hip-hop DJs and producers, served as a little taste for fans anxiously awaiting 808s & Heartbreak. Compiled by DJ Benzi and Kanye’s friend Plain Pat, Sky High was released on http://Imeem.com first and then distributed to hip-hop blogs...
•Paul McCartney Tickets-McCartney Seeks Beatles’ Blessing to Release Track
Sir Paul McCartney is in a bind. He wants to release “Carnival of Light,” arguably one of the Beatles’ most experimental tracks, but he needs permission from the other living Beatle, Ringo Starr, and from the estates of George Harrison and John Lennon. The 14-minute “Carnival of Light” was recorded in early 1967 and McCartney recently told BBC Radio 4 that “the time has come for it to get its moment.” The recording has never been bootlegged and McCartney continued to cite his reasons for...
•Jimmy Eat World Tickets- Jimmy Eat World Celebrates Clarity Anniversary
If you are an emo music fan your collection is not complete without Jimmy Eat World’s 1999 album Clarity. The band is celebrating the album’s 10th anniversary with a ten-show tour that kicks off Feb. 23 in New York and concludes March 7 in Tempe, Arizona after making stops in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco and San Diego. Although Clarity debuted at No. 30 in Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and only remained there for two weeks (signal Jimmy Eat World’s...
•Lupe Fiasco Tickets-Is This Really the End For Lupe Fiasco?
Rapper Lupe Fiasco recently announced that his upcoming triple disc album LupEND may be his last, and although his label, Atlantic Records, has declined to comment, his fans are already starting to worry. Fiasco previously explained that END stands for “everywhere,” “nowhere” and “down here” and also told Billboard last December that LupEND was going to be the title of his last album because “END” shows up when you finish playing a video game. No release date for Fiasco’s record has been...
•Lily Allen Tickets - New Lily Allen Tops Charts Across the Pond
English songstress Lily Allen has notched her second U.K. number one single with “The Fear,” her first being her smash debut single “Smile” in the summer of 2006. Allen’s sophomore album It’s Not Me It’s You will be released February 9 via Regal/EMI across the pond and Capitol in the States. The 23-year-old Allen, who is under near-constant tabloid speculation, recorded the 12-track album at Eagle Rock Studio in Los Angeles with producer/songwriter Greg Kurstin, who also helmed Allen’s debut...
•Bonnaroo Music Festival Tickets- Phish, Springsteen, Beastie Boys, NIN to Play Bonnaroo
Phish, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Nine Inch Nails, the Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Al Green, Snoop Dogg, Wilco and Elvis Costello will head the bill for the 2009 Bonnaroo Music Festival, to be held at its usual Manchester, Tenn. location June 11-14. Bonnaroo will be the only festival stop for the reunited Phish in 2009 and will also be the only North American festival stop for the Boss. Phish will play two distinct shows on the Bonnaroo main stage on two different nights, a two-set...
•Coachella Music Festival Tickets - The Kills Set For Coachella
Among the many acts billed for the Coachella Music Festival is the Kills, and the U.K. band’s performance in Indio, Calif. kicks off a 22-city tour that will span the U.S. and conclude May 21 in Pamona, Calif. The bluesy punk duo is comprised of vocalist/guitarist VV, aka Alison Mosshart (formerly of Florida punk outfit Discount), and drummer/guitarist/vocalist Hotel, aka Jamie Hince. The pair came together after Discount disbanded in 2000 when VV and London-based musician Hotel first began...
•Coldplay Tickets - Chris Martin Banned From the Coldplay Studio?
Coldplay’s latest album Viva La Vida or Death and All his Friends debuted at number one in no less than 17 countries, garnered the U.K. band seven Grammy nominations and sold nearly 7 million copies. So is the Chris Martin-fronted group taking the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach on their next release, also to be helmed by prolific producer Brian Eno? Nope; according to http://MTV.com, Coldplay is currently in their West London studio working on a new batch of songs with Eno and...
•Kelly Clarkson Tickets - New Kelly Clarkson Single Tops Hot 100
Kelly Clarkson’s new single “My Life Would Suck Without You” made a record-breaking jump from 97-1 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week and currently remains atop the chart. Clarkson’s new single is also doing well on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, moving up 38-19 and becoming her fastest top 20 hit. “My Life Would Suck Without You” is off Clarkson’s upcoming and as-yet-to-be-titled fourth album, which will be released March 17.
Kelly Clarkson was the first wide-eyed country girl to take home the...
•Phish Tickets - Live Nation Fails Phish Phans
Live Nation unveiled their new ticketing service on Friday (Jan. 30) with the sale of tickets for Phish’s reunion tour, and failed on their first major tryout. Phishheads flocked to the Live Nation page to secure tickets to the band’s highly anticipated reunion tour and the increased traffic caused the site to freeze, resulting in users losing tickets while in the process of purchasing—and many an angry Phish phans! A spokesman for Live Nation told http://RollingStone.com, “At the moment of the...
•Taylor Swift Tickets - Taylor Swift to Headline Her Very Own Tour
As she continues to ride the Billboard charts, young country star Taylor Swift will embark on another journey—her first headlining tour. Taylor Swift’s tour will kick off in Evansville, Ind. April 23 and, according to http://Billboard.com, will feature multiple costume changes and a fairy tale theme. Swift’s sophomore album Fearless has spent eight straight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and moved 2.4 million since its November 2008 release. The tour will be in support of the album,...
•Death Cab For Cutie Tickets - Death Cab For Cutie Prepares For Spring Tour
Indie darlings Death Cab for Cutie will hit the road this spring, starting with an April 7 performance at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA. Ra Ra Riot will open for the entire tour, which Cold War Kids will support Death Cab in April followed by Matt Costa in May. Death Cab will weave its way through the nation with stops in Miami (at the Langerado Festival), Washington, D.C., Louisville, Memphis, Omaha, Chicago, Sacramento, Austin, New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta and more. Check out...
•Modest Mouse Tickets - Modest Mouse Returns to the Road
Modest Mouse will embark on a 12-date U.S. tour next month, starting with a Feb. 22 show in Oakland, Calif. and wrapping up March 8 at Miami’s Langerado Festival. Former Granddaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild will replace Johnny Marr, who has joined U.K. rock band the Cribs, on stage and the Mimicking Birds will open. The Mimicking Birds are the latest band signed to Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock’s Glacial Pace record label. Modest Mouse will also make stops in Visalia, Calif., Los Angeles,...
•Hilary Duff Tickets - More Acting Stuff For Hilary Duff
Hot on the heels of a recent network television gig, actress/pop star Hilary Duff may be starring in a remake of the story of Bonnie and Clyde. Duff would (obviously) play Bonnie to Kevin Zegers’ Clyde in a retelling of the tale of the infamous 1930s bank robbers. Depression-era lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were outlaws who captivated the public and their story has been featured on the big screen multiple times, most notably in the classic 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde starring Warren...
•Coachella Music Festival Tickets - Coachella Lineup Finally Announced
After months of anxiously waiting for the big reveal, the lineup for the 2009 Coachella Music Festival has been announced—and it doesn’t disappoint! The headliners for the 10th Coachella, which will be held April 17-19 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, California, are Paul McCartney, the Killers and the Cure. Other big names confirmed for the premier So Cal festival are My Bloody Valentine, Amy Winehouse, Morrissey, Leonard Cohen and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Check out...
•Usher Tickets - Usher's New Music Tackles Politics
Straying from his usual soulful crooning about ladies and love, Usher is tackling politics in his new music. The R&B singer attended President Barack Obama’s inauguration and told http://MTV.com that he dedicated a new song (which will appear on his forthcoming new album) to the voter-registration process. Usher took the stage at the “We Are One” inaugural concert in Washington D.C. the Sunday prior to the inauguration of our 44th president and said his political experience over the past few...
•Flight of the Conchords Tickets - Flight of the Conchords Spring Tour
The New Zealand music-meets-comedy duo that is Flight of the Conchords is set to swoop down on North America for a tour this spring, beginning in Tampa, Fla. The tour is timed to correspond with the conclusion of the second season of Flight of the Conchords on HBO, as well as the pair’s sophomore full-length released on Sub Pop (the album title and release date have yet to be revealed). After Tampa, Flight of the Conchords will make two more stops in Florida (Coral Gables and Orlando) before...
•Katy Perry Tickets - First Headlining Tour For Katy Perry
We know she kissed a girl (and liked it), but has Katy Perry headlined her own tour? The answer is no, but that changed last weekend when the 2008 breakout star launched her first headlining tour Jan. 23 at the Showbox in Seattle. The provocative pop singer is slated to take the stage at the 51st annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 8 as part of the My Grammy Moment promotion in which a lucky fan will get to perform alongside Perry in the telecast, but then she will resume her tour. Katy Perry will...
•M.I.A. Tickets - Oscar Nod For M.I.A.
The 2009 Oscar nominations were announced on January 22, and while fans of Bruce Springsteen may have been disappointed that the Boss wasn’t nominated for “The Wrestler,” Sri Lankan MC M.I.A. took home a nod for “O.. Saya” from indie blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire. The pregnant Brooklyn resident, who is engaged to Benjamin Brewer (singer and guitarist for The Exit), responded to the news by stating, “This is a great honor. Thank you to all the people who are surrounding us and the making of a...
•Beyonce Tickets-Beyonce Takes on the Role of the Iconic Etta James
A recent marriage, an album and now a movie on the way for Beyonce, is there anything she can’t do? The pop star’s cover of Etta James’ iconic “At Last” will be the lead song for the upcoming soundtrack for Cadillac Records which will debut Dec. 2 via Columbia. The film chronicles the rise and fall of famed label Chess Records and Beyonce stars as James. Beyonce told Billboard about the experience, saying: “I realized that Etta James was so unapologetic, bold and strong that playing her was a...
•Rihanna Tickets-Indonesia Will Have to Wait For Rihanna
Rihanna was scheduled to perform in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia for a crowd of 6,000 on Nov. 14 but had to cancel the tour over security concerns. A spokesperson for the event organizer Show Master Live, Dive Purnomo, said the 20-year-old singer was scheduled to perform for a sold-out crowd but changed her mind while in Australia. The nation was among several that issued a travel advisory to citizens in Indonesia after the executions of three Islamic militants convicted in the 2002 Bali...
•Akon Tickets-Akon Dishes About His Upcoming Album Freedom
Akon is set to release his forthcoming album, Freedom, December 2 via Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal Records and the rapper told Billboard that while there are some typical Konvict tracks on the record he is going in a new direction as an artist. The 34-year-old artist said he changed the sound because, “Everyone adapted to the Konvict sound already, so we had to switch it up. Now we’re bringing the whole Euro-club sound. That’s where we’re headed with it.” Sure enough, the album’s single “Right...
•AC/DC Tickets-AC/DC’s Grasp Around No. 1 Spot Remains Strong
During Election Week 2008 Barack Obama became the 44th United States President and the first African American to hold our nation’s highest office, and it was a good week for AC/DC as well. The famed rock band spent their second week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for their most recent album, the Columbia-released Black Ice, which at that point sold 271,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan. Black Ice, which is available exclusively at Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club and on...
•Austin City Limits Festival Tickets- Austin City Limits Signals the End of Festival Season
Musical festival season is officially over, and it was a great one, wasn’t? The season of music festivals, which began last spring with Coachella and was followed by a string of others with kooky names like Bonnaroo and Lollapallooza, has come to a close with Austin City Limits. The Texas festival marked the end of the 2008 music festival season and even though it took place in September, just as fall was beginning to creep in, the 90-degree Texas heat allowed for festival fans to break out the...
•Beyonce Tickets-2009 Tour For Beyonce
Beyonce has just announced plans for a 2009 tour in support of her upcoming yet-to-be-titled album, which hits stores Nov. 18. Jay-Z’s wife and R&B’s leading lady will play international dates in spring 2009 before coming back to play shows in North America early next summer.
Beyonce Giselle Knowles began singing, dancing and displaying her emerging diva as a young girl growing up in Houston, Texas. Beyonce and her cousin Kelly Rowland and two friends LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett formed...
•Smashing Pumpkins Tickets-The Pumpkins Celebrate 20 Years With a Tour
Billy Corgan and company will celebrate their 20th anniversary of the Smashing Pumpkins will a fall tour that kicks off in Nov. 1 in Cleveland. The Pumpkins promise not to repeat any songs on the set lists for the multiple-night engagements (for which special ticket bundles will be available). The first night of the tour is being called “Black Sunshine” and the second “White Crosses.” The Pumpkins will deliver two nights each at the Chicago Theatre and Auditorium Theatre in their Windy City...
•Beck Tickets-Beck is Back on Tour
Beck kicked off his seven-week North American tour at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada. The show opened with “Devil’s Haircut” and continued on a 23-song set that weaved tracks like “Chemtrails” and “Gamma Ray” from his most recent album, the Danger Mouse-produced Modern Guilt, in with old favorites like “Loser,” the song perhaps most responsible for introducing the world to the quirky singer and his Beat-like poetry (“In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey/Butane in my...
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