Archive for January 12th, 2012
Fred Durst Documents Juice Fast on Tumblr
January 12th, 2012
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst is nearly two weeks into blogging a very difficult 60-day juice fast on Tumblr Though Durst began the project with a great deal of enthusiasm – his first post on January 2nd was an image of his new juicer with the caption "My new best...
Snoop Dogg Launching Cigar Brand
January 12th, 2012
Who knows smoking better than Snoop Dogg? The rapper is capitalizing on his infamous love for lighting up with a new line of cigars Executive Branch which he will unveil at the Coachella Festival when he headlines with Dr Dre The cigars will be made with tobacco sourced from the Dominican...
Adele, Coldplay Lead BRIT Award Nominations
January 12th, 2012
Adele Coldplay and Florence and the Machine are among the top nominated artists for the 2012 BRIT Awards the British record industry's equivalent to the Grammys The 32nd annual awards show will be held in London on February 21st Adele who scored the top-selling album in her native UK in...
Lil Wayne to Publish Prison Memoir
January 12th, 2012
Lil Wayne has signed a deal to publish a prison memoir called Gone Till November The book will be drawn from notes the rapper made while serving an eight-month sentence at Rikers Island on a weapons possession charge The book to be published by Grand Central Publishing is repped by Matthew...
Bon Iver Confirmed for Flaming Lips Album
January 12th, 2012
The Flaming Lips had a jam-packed 2011 The Oklahoma psych-rockers toured behind their Dark Side of the Moon covers album released music in a gummy skull and recorded a 24-hour marathon song on Halloween-- all before ending the year with a pair of hometown New Year's shows in Oklahoma City...
Sinead O’Connor Tweets for Help After Suicide Attempt
January 12th, 2012
Troubled singer Sinead O'Connor continues to battle her demons in the public eye Yesterday she sent out a desperate call for help on her Twitter account only revealing afterward that the post followed a suicide attempt by pills the week prior "Does anyone know a psychiatrist in Dublin or Wicklow who...
The Decemberists to Release Career-Spanning Live Album
January 12th, 2012
The Decemberists have announced plans to release We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 0411-0811) their first full-length concert album on March 13th The set which will include songs spanning their entire catalog was recorded at 12 different concerts last year while the band was on tour...
Foo Fighters, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj to Perform at Grammys
January 12th, 2012
Foo Fighters Taylor Swift Nicki Minaj Bruno Mars Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean are the first artists to be announced as performers at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards which will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on February 12th While most of those acts have performed at the Grammys in...
Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 of His Guitars to Public Schools
January 12th, 2012
In a collaboration with the Mr Holland's Opus Foundation Eddie Van Halen has donated 75 guitars to LA-area schools "Music education and families are dealing with the economic times" said the guitarist in a statement "and I wanted to help them" Playing music has provided a good life for him...
Free Download: Field Music’s Tight, Tuneful ‘A New Town’
January 12th, 2012
Click to listen to Field Music's 'A New Town' Field Music are pop formalists who've mastered a vein of melodic clever English rock music pioneered by the likes of Paul McCartney Electric Light Orchestra Elvis Costello and XTC "A New Town" a track from their forthcoming album Plumb is a fine...