Archive for January 5th, 2011
Rock & Roll Circus Promoters Respond to Allegations of a ‘Riot’
January 5th, 2011
The producers of a punk rock show at New York's Lincoln Center — inspired by Mick Jagger's 1968 Rock & Roll Circus — insist that a violent incident at the show Monday night was not a riot as reported by several media outlets and blogs The Rock & Roll Circus a...
Digest: Ginuwine Sells Alcoholic Chocolate Milk; Bill Murray Crashes Karaoke Party
January 5th, 2011
Ginuwine Promotes Boozy Chocolate MilkGinuwine's latest single is called "Drink of Choice" and as it turns out he has something very specific in mind The R&B singer has become the spokesman for Adult Chocolate Milk a beverage that is pretty much exactly what it sounds like — a 40-proof version...
Is Toni Braxton Posing for Playboy to Alleviate $10-50 Million Debt?
January 5th, 2011
Toni Braxton is hoping to cash in big for flaunting her best assets The 43-year-old singer who estimated she was between $10 million and $50 million in debt when she filed for bankruptcy in October is mulling an offer from Playboy to pose for the iconic men's magazine PHOTOS '90s...
Katy Perry Sells Most Digital Singles in Dismal Year For Record Sales
January 5th, 2011
The record industry is still in very bad shape Over the course of 2010 album sales in the United States fell 128 percent to 3262 million units from 3739 million units in the previous year according to sales figures released by Nielsen SoundScan Though there is plenty in the SoundScan...
Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal: Why They Split
January 5th, 2011
So what rhymes with Gyllenhaal? Taylor Swift 21 may be hard at work penning her next break-up ballad — sources confirm to UsMagazinecom that she and Jake Gyllenhaal 30 have ended their brief romance PHOTOS See what other Hollywood stars are hooking up "Jake reached out to her and started all of this...
Michael Jackson Was Too Sick To Rehearse Before Death
January 5th, 2011
The preliminary hearings in the trial of Dr Conrad Murray the doctor charged with manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson have only begun — but there have already been a few bombshell revelations and allegations Michael Jackson Immortalized According to Los Angeles District Attorney David Walgren the prosecutor in the case...
Digest: Pearl Jam Plan 20th Anniversary; Cee Lo Records with Gwyneth Paltrow
January 5th, 2011
Pearl Jam to Celebrate 20th Anniversary2011 marks Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary as a band and the group plans to celebrate throughout the year They are playing some of their plans a bit close to the vest on their official site but the grunge icons have promised deluxe reissues of their...
Daily Digest: Tenacious D Begin Work on New Album; Japan Bassist Dead at 52
January 5th, 2011
Tenacious D Prep New AlbumComedy rockers Tenacious D are in the process of writing their first album in four years Frontman Jack Black says the duo are halfway through writing the record which is not connected to a film and is planned for release in late 2011 [Paste]Japan Bassist Dies...
The Strokes Return to ‘Classic Sound’ for New Album
January 5th, 2011
In an interview with Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe The Strokes' bassist Nikolai Fraiture confirmed that his band have finished recording their first album in five years The currently untitled disc is now in the mixing stage and should be in stores "by March" Fraiture said Outside Lands Festival - Furthur...
Courtney Love Sued For Twitter Defamation
January 5th, 2011
Hole singer Courtney Love is heading to trial in Los Angeles later this month as the defendant in the first high-profile Twitter defamation lawsuit Love is being sued by Dawn Simorangkir a fashion designer she attacked in a series of tweets — as well as posts ...