Archive for May 1st, 2012
Tom Morello Leads Occupy ‘Guitarmy’ Through New York for May Day
May 1st, 2012
The Occupy movement that mobilized thousands of protestors last fall was mostly quiet through the winter in New York as both the cold and the NYPD chased demonstrators out of their makeshift camp in Zuccotti Park But the movement officially relaunched on May 1st in honor of International Workers' Day with...
Scott Weiland Talks ‘Avengers’ Tune, STP Anniversary Tour
May 1st, 2012
The coming months will be busy ones for Scott Weiland who has several projects confirmed or in the planning stages First up "Breathe" a new solo song on Avengers Assemble the soundtrack to The Avengers out today on Marvel Music/Hollywood Records (the film hits theaters on Friday) "Dana [Dufine] my manager...
New Details on Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ Documentary
May 1st, 2012
New details have emerged about Dave Grohl's upcoming documentary Sound City about the famous recording studio of the same name located in Van Nuys California reports Variety"Sound City is a film about America's greatest unsung recording studio" said Grohl "Deep in California's sun-burnt San Fernando Valley tucked away behind the train...
Exclusive: Linkin Park and Incubus Chat With Fans
May 1st, 2012
Members of Linkin Park and Incubus will chat with their fans tomorrow on RollingStonecom at 100 pm ET/1000 am PT ahead of their co-headlining outing on the 2012 Honda Civic Tour Linkin Park are also releasing Living Things a new album co-produced by legendary producer Rick Rubin on June 26th Submit your...
Skrillex Slips Marley Collaboration Into Packed Fest Schedule
May 1st, 2012
The lineup for this year's Outside Lands festival in San Francisco is stacked with heavy hitters Metallica Stevie Wonder Neil Young and Crazy Horse Jack White and the Foo Fighters The next two names on the list? Beck then Skrillex who is more blown away than anyone by the...
Jessica Simpson Gives Birth to Baby Girl
May 1st, 2012
Jessica Simpson gave birth to a baby girl Maxwell Drew Johnson on Tuesday morning Us Weekly reports Born a healthy 9 lbs 13 ounces Maxwell is the first child for Simpson and her fiancé Eric Johnson "Mother and baby are doing just fine" a source told Us The source also said Maxwell's...
Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton Blast Eric Church for Anti-’Voice’ Comments
May 1st, 2012
Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton have responded to harsh words from fellow country star Eric Church about televised singing competitions in the new issue of Rolling Stone In the Rolling Stone story Church criticizes both the judges and contestants on shows like American Idol and The Voice on which Shelton is...
The Wanted: We Were Told Not to Look At Britney Spears
May 1st, 2012
When British boy band the Wanted opened for Britney Spears they were told not to look at the pop superstar group members said in an interview with Fresh 1027 "We signed a confidentiality thing that we should never say anything about what happened but let’s tell it anyway" said member Tom...
‘Once’ Leads Tony Awards Nominations
May 1st, 2012
Once the stage musical based on the film starring musicians Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová leads the nominations at the 66th annual Tony Awards with 11 nods including best musical director actor actress and choreographer the New York Times reports Other top nominees are Peter and the Starcatcher and The...
Song Premiere: Karmin’s ‘I’m Just Sayin”
May 1st, 2012
Click to listen to Karmin's 'I'm Just Sayin'' Over the past year former internet stars Karmin ditched their viral YouTube covers and embraced their songwriting chops On "I'm Just Sayin'" the duo channel their quirky hip-pop style into a feel-good track about hard work and perseverance "'I'm Just Sayin''" was one...