Archive for January 25th, 2012
Postal Service to Issue Miles Davis Stamp
January 25th, 2012
More than 20 years after his death jazz legend Miles Davis is being honored by the US Postal Service with his very own stamp This year the Kind of Blue trumpeter will be immortalized in a collection of musically-themed stamps that will also honor the singer Edith Piaf according to The...
On the Charts: The Black Keys and Coldplay Prove Rock’s Staying Power
January 25th, 2012
WINNER OF THE WEEK Rock music For more than a year we've been reporting on the moribund sales and radio impotence of what was for decades the most dominant genre in pop music Last year we remarked numerous times on the Cakes Strokes and Hollywood Undeads that surged up the...
Simon Cowell to Launch DJ Talent Show
January 25th, 2012
Simon Cowell has announced plans to launch a new talent competition searching for the world's best new DJs The show which does not yet have a title will loosely follow the format of Cowell's hit talent shows The X Factor American Idol and America's Got Talent "DJs are the new...
Coldplay, Jon Stewart, Mumford and Sons to Headline First Secret Policeman’s Ball in New York
January 25th, 2012
A much-loved British television tradition will travel across the pond this spring when Coldplay Jon Stewart Stephen Colbert and Mumford & Sons stage the first Secret Policeman's Ball in New York The Stateside adaptation of the longstanding British benefit shows will be held March 4th at Radio City Music Hall Like...
ABBA to Release First New Song in 18 Years
January 25th, 2012
ABBA have announced plans to reissue their final album The Visitors with a previously unreleased song on April 23rd "From a Twinkling Star to a Passing Angel" a demo recorded around the time The Visitors was released in 1981 will be the first new ABBA recording released since the box...