Archive for November 2nd, 2009
Green Day Revive Foxboro Hot Tubs for Surprise London Show
November 2nd, 2009
Photo: Nozu/FilmMagic Green Day waited until November 1st to celebrate Halloween, taking on their alternate identity — garage band Foxboro Hot Tubs — for a secret late-night show in London. The performance at the small Garage venue came just hours after Green Day’s final official U.K. concert at the city’s Wembley Stadium. For the Foxboro Hot Tubs show, the 21st Century Breakdown crew rifled through their entire album Stop, Drop and Roll and loaded Green ...
Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Extends Theatrical Run After $101 Million Opening Week
November 2nd, 2009
After five days in theaters, Michael Jackson’s This Is It grossed more than $101 million worldwide, making Sony’s $60 million investment in the concert rehearsal footage profitable after only one week, Variety reports. Additionally, with no DVD due out until early 2010, Sony extended This Is It’s two-week theatrical run by three weeks in North America, keeping the King of Pop in theaters through Thanksgiving.
Read our opening night review of This Is It.
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Rihanna Announces Revealing Interviews as “Ova” Hits the Web
November 2nd, 2009
A new Rihanna track reportedly titled “Wait Your Turn (The Wait is Ova)” and bound for her November 23rd album Rated R hit the Web over the weekend Rap-Up reports. Fans heard a snippet of “Wait Your Turn” when Rihanna’s cryptic “The Wait is Ova” Website first launched. The original excerpt is still posted on RihannaNow, and a comparison of the two takes suggests the new leak is actually a demo. Even unfinished, though, “Wait ...
Phish Follow Halloween Show With First-Ever Acoustic Set At Fest 8
November 2nd, 2009
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Free breakfast has become a hotel staple, but how can Phish fans be sated while camping in the middle of the scorching California desert for Festival 8? A Sunday high-noon acoustic set with gratis coffee and donuts, shaped fittingly, like the number eight.
Check out photos from Festival 8.
Most of the 40,000 in attendance (many still buzzing about the band’s Halloween monster take on the Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street) straggled in to ...
News Ticker: Lil Wayne, Elton John, Spoon, AC/DC
November 2nd, 2009
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Lil Wayne’s legal troubles are mounting: a man named Thomas Marasciullo is suing the MC along with Birdman, claiming the pair used lyrics from some Italian spoken-word recordings he did for them without permission. Marasciullo says his words appear on two albums, including Like Father, Like Son, the BBC reports.
Elton John has postponed his November 4th, 7th and 10th Face 2 Face dates with Billy Joel in Seattle and Portland due to “a serious ...