Archive for October 5th, 2009
DJ AM’s “Gone Too Far” Addiction Series To Air October 12th on MTV
October 5th, 2009
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MTV announced today that Gone Too Far, an eight-episode reality series hosted by the late Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein about young addicts between ages 20 and 25 struggling with drug problems, will begin airing next Monday, October 12th. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Goldstein died of an accidental overdose in his New York apartment on August 28th, just days after filming of the series wrapped. Considering the circumstances of Goldstein’s death, it was unclear ...
U2 Join Lady Gaga, Scarlett Johansson and More for Gavin Friday Benefit at Carnegie Hall
October 5th, 2009
“We had all kinds of grand ideas,” Bono said onstage at Carnegie Hall, early in an October 4th concert honoring Irish singer-songwriter-provocateur Gavin Friday. Bono was recalling his teenage years in Dublin, running through the streets with Friday and the future members of their bands, U2 and Friday’s tribal punk surrealists the Virgin Prunes. “We invented these great events in our imagination,” Bono went on, noting that Friday, at one point actually had the ...
Eminem Teams With 50 Cent, Gets Past “Punch Lines” on “Relapse 2 ”
October 5th, 2009
With Relapse 2 reportedly due out by year’s end, Eminem appeared on his Sirius radio station Shade 45 this weekend to talk about his new album, the second prong of a two-tier attack that launched with the release of Relapse earlier this year. But even though Em was on his home turf, he was still elusive about Relapse 2 and failed to divulge information like an estimated release date or potential singles.
Eminem did talk ...
Dead Weather, Arctic Monkeys, Passion Pit and More Rescue a Muddy Day at Austin City Limits
October 5th, 2009
With fat dark clouds lurking overhead, there was a sense at the beginning of Day Three of the Austin City Limits Festival that, if it rains again, we’re all doomed. It didn’t rain. But we were all doomed. By mid-afternoon, when the clouds had cleared for good the festival grounds metastasized into a fetid swamp, with a layer of mud on top of the mud, and a layer of lost or abandoned flip-flops on top ...
Farm Aid Returns to the Heartland With Mellencamp, Young, Wilco
October 5th, 2009
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Farm Aid 2009 hit St. Louis’ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre yesterday with Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson leading a pack of performers that also included Wilco, Jason Mraz and late addition Gretchen Wilson. Local farmers and families packed the venue’s lawn eating locally produced meats and produce and donning shirts that read “Stop Factory Farms” and “Farmers Kick Ass.” The show marks the first Farm Aid for Missouri, and the ...
News Ticker: Def Jam, The Killers, Mr. Magic, Mercedes Sosa
October 5th, 2009
Def Jam’s 25th Anniversary Collection, due October 6th as a five-disc crate, features a 59-page color booklet and tracks spanning from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee LL Cool J’s “I Need a Beat” and the Beastie Boys’ “Paul Revere” to Rihanna’s “Umbrella” and Young Jeezy’s “Put On.”
The Killers have resolved their legal dispute with former manager Braden Merrick with a confidential settlement. Merrick had sued the band for breach of contract after dissolving ...
Pearl Jam Rule Austin City Limits With Ferocious Closing Set Featuring Ben Harper, Perry Farrell
October 5th, 2009
For the last 17 years, the going story on Pearl Jam was that they were a band that prided themselves on a willful disregard for expectations. The bullet-points are so frequently recited they can almost be announced in unison: their repudiation of the music video, their now-legendary tussle with Ticketmaster, their insistence on releasing their records on vinyl a week before they came out on CD. Lately, the group shucked the whole major label system, ...
Thom Yorke Dances Up a Storm at Official Debut of New Solo Band
October 5th, 2009
Photo: Shearer/Getty Thom Yorke likes to boogie, and he wants you to, too. “I hope you dance, because this is a dance record,” he said by way of introducing “Skip Divided,” one third through the first of a two-concert solo stand last night at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre. “You can just sit there like you’re at the cinema, but I hope you get down.”
The Radiohead frontman himself had been following his own advice since ...
Lady Gaga Fights Madonna, Debuts “Bad Romance” on “Saturday Night Live”
October 5th, 2009
Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera stepped up to kiss the Queen of Pop’s ring — well, Madonna herself — at the 2003 VMAs, and Lady Gaga got her chance to pay homage this weekend on Saturday Night Live. But rather than play it straight, SNL cast the two in a mock catfight that pit Gaga (the night’s musical guest) against Madge (in town promoting best-of collection Celebration). It all went down during a “Deep House ...