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Coachella Acts Might Miss Festival Due to Volcanic Ash
April 16th, 2010
A volcanic eruption that occurred under an Icelandic glacier on Wednesday, April 14th, has set off a series of unforeseen events that might force a few Britain-based artists scheduled to perform at this weekend’s Coachella festival to cancel their slots. The Cribs with Johnny Marr, Bernard Sumner’s Bad Lieutenant and Gary Numan are just a few of the bands affected by the volcanic ash that lingers in the skies above Europe, all but shutting down ...
Jay-Z Sues Red Sox Slugger David Ortiz Over 40/40 Club Name
April 16th, 2010
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The heated Yankees-Red Sox rivalry has branched into the rap game. Jay-Z, a diehard Yankees fan who even wore the team’s cap on the cover of Kingdom Come, is suing Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz for allegedly using the name of Jigga’s 40/40 Club chain for his own nightclub in the Dominican Republic without permission. In a lawsuit filed yesterday, Jay accuses Big Papi of naming his Santa Domingo nightclub ...
Type O Negative Singer Peter Steele Dead at 48
April 15th, 2010
Peter Steele, the deep-voiced singer, songwriter and bassist for Brooklyn’s goth-metal outfit Type O Negative, has passed away at the age of 48. In an e-mail to CBS News, the band’s manager Mike Renault confirmed Steele’s death, writing “Peter passed away last night. As of now it appears to have been heart failure. That’s all the details we have right now.” Steele was rumored to have been ill in the days leading up to his ...
Wilco, MGMT, Hole Announce Record Store Day Exclusives
April 15th, 2010
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Wilco, Hole, MGMT and Monsters of Folk are the latest artists to contribute exclusive releases for this year’s Record Store Day, which will arrive at independent music shops this Saturday, April 17th. Wilco will offer up their live album Kicking Television as a deluxe vinyl box set complete with four LPs, eight extra tracks not on the original release and a bonus CD. Only 1,000 of the reissued Kicking Television will be made, so ...
“Glee” Ratings Nearly Double as Show Returns From Hiatus
April 15th, 2010
Glee left the airwaves four months ago as our favorite new cult TV show and came back as a genuine ratings monster. The hour-long musical series nearly doubled its audience upon returning to Fox this week. According to Reuters, 13.7 million people tuned in to Glee Tuesday night, compared to the 7.3 million average viewers the program pulled in prior to its break. Glee benefits from a strong lead-in in American Idol — though the ...
Tour Tracker: Modest Mouse, Cheap Trick, Stardeath & White Dwarfs
April 14th, 2010
Modest Mouse return for a July trek, Cheap Trick plot co-headlining dates with Squeeze and Blondie (the schedule varies by city), and Stardeath & White Dwarfs help the Flaming Lips perform Dark Side of the Moon before embarking on their own jaunt. Full dates for all three tours below.
Modest Mouse
July 1 – Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center
July 2 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Theater
July 6 – Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads
July 9 ...
Eminem Announces New Album “Recovery” Out June 22nd
April 14th, 2010
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This morning, Eminem killed Relapse 2. But by the afternoon, he explained his puzzling tweet (”There is no Relapse 2“) by announcing he’s finishing up work on another new album titled Recovery. The follow-up to his 2009 comeback LP Relapse will be released on June 22nd, just over a year after its predecessor hit stores. On Recovery, Slim Shady collaborates with Just Blaze, DJ Khalil, Jim Jonsin and Drake producer Boi-1da.
As Rolling Stone ...
On the Charts: Justin Bieber Back on Top, Slash Debuts High
April 14th, 2010
Photo: Mazur/KCA2010/WireImageJustin Bieber reclaimed the Number One spot he relinquished to his mentor Usher last week as My World 2.0 ruled the chart despite a 65 percent sales decrease to 102,000 copies, making it the lone album on the Billboard 200 album chart to surpass 100K, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Usher’s Raymond V. Raymond swapped places with the Bieb by coming in Number Two in its second week with 92,000 copies. The biggest surprise on ...
“American Idol” Bandleader Rickey Minor Joins Leno’s “Tonight Show”
April 14th, 2010
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Just one day after Kevin Eubanks officially announced he’ll be leaving Jay Leno’s Tonight Show in May, the late-night show quickly revealed who will fill Eubanks’ job as bandleader: American Idol musical director Rickey Minor, who will make his Tonight debut on June 7th. Minor becomes Leno’s third bandleader in Jay’s tenure as Tonight Show host, following Branford Marsalis and Eubanks.
“It is a privilege for all of us to have Rickey on board,” Tonight ...
Eminem Tells Fans “There Is No Relapse 2″
April 14th, 2010
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“There is no Relapse 2,” Eminem wrote on Twitter in the wee hours of this morning, effectively putting to rest any chance that the promised sequel to his 2009 comeback album Relapse will be released in the near future — if ever. The rapper didn’t indicate whether another fresh album would replace the disc or if he’s simply scrapped plans for a new LP entirely. However, as Rolling Stone previously reported, Slim Shady tweeted ...