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Free Avril
Posted in Avril Lavigne, Concert, Rock, Rumor, Tickets Sale on the March 7, 2008
It’s pretty well known that Avril Lavigne has been having a hard time moving tickets for her tour. A few days before it kicked off, she was still having problems with sales that they’ve taken very costly measures just to get bodies in the concert venues. MuchOnDemand recently did a give away for Avril concert tickets recently and they gave away a whopping 8 tickets! 2 tickets is the standard giveaway for a radio station. If that doesn’t sound like trouble to you then you have some problems. But she has to fill those seats one way or another. She’s losing money either way, might as well have someone laugh at that fact.
Pete Wentz Cares
Posted in Ashlee Simpson, Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz, Rock on the February 29, 2008
If you think Pete Wentz is all about hair products and being Ashlee Simpson’s pimp and/or arm candy, think again. The Fall Out Boy bassist actually cares. Pete was in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday with Invisible Children – the non-profit organization aimed at raising awareness of the plight of children displaced by the bloody war in the Central African nation of Uganda. The so-called invisible children are kidnapped from their homes and forced to fight in the war. Pete was able to meet with members of congress including Senator Russell Feingold to try and bring more attention to the very serious issue.
Jonas Brothers Rock the Future
Posted in Jonas Brothers, Music Bands, Performance, Record Label, Rock on the February 21, 2008
20-year old Kevin, 18-year old Joe and 15-year old Nick, collectively known as the Jonas Brothers, performed at the Chevy Rocks the Future event at the Buena Vista Lot at The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California on Tuesday. Chevy introduced its lineup of gas-friendly and gas-free vehicles as well as new green technology at the event.
Those Jonas boys just love being nice. Nick said “Being eco-friendly is important to us. We worked with our record label to come up with the first-ever CD-VU+ format, a 100-percent recyclable package.” I never even knew such a thing existed in the music industry.
Adam Levine’s Christmas Shopping
Posted in Adam Levine, Fashion, LOVE, Maroon 5, Rock, Rumor on the December 27, 2007
Maroon 5 front man Adam Levine and his girlfriend Rebecca Ginos were spotted spending some major dough on some last minute holiday shopping in Beverly Hills last Saturday. The 28-year old Adam and the 21-year old cocktail waitress from Teddy’s Rebecca spent that afternoon picking up some designer duds at Yves Saint Laurent and Prada and were seen waiting for the valet to bring his Mercedes out front.
If you haven’t heard of how the couple met, Adam shared it on the Howard Stern Show earlier this year. They apparently met on Rebecca’s 21st birthday and boy was she given a birthday gift. Adam gladly admitted that “We had sex the first night we met”. Classy.
Blunt says Sad Songs due to coldness
Posted in FUNNY, James Blunt, Music, Music People, Music Review, Rock, Singers, Song on the December 18, 2007
Have you listened to James Blunt’s recent album? All The Lost Souls. I have it, along with his first, and despite liking it I don’t listen to it very often. The reason being is it depresses the hell out of me.
But the singer says it’s no wonder being as he was freezing cold when he wrote it. James took himself off to Ibiza for three months expecting some peace and quiet in warmer climates. Mistakenly so.
He explains, “I wrote some more miserable songs. It was freezing. Some Spaniard stole my boiler. I was sitting there in a hat, coat and fingerless gloves. If the songs sound sad, you can understand why.”
Any volunteers to keep him warm on the next journey girls? Or perhaps James, you just need to research the expected weather before taking yourself off for three months at a time…
Mariah Carey Effortless
Posted in Josh Groban, Mariah Carey, Music, Music Chart, Music Review, New LP, Pop Music, Records Sale, Rock, Singers, Song, Top List on the December 14, 2007
Here’s some proof that Mariah Carey is pretty much a household name. She doesn’t have a new album out yet she has a Top Ten single without even exerting any effort. She better thank the people who said that digital downloads count for something towards chart success. Her ‘All I Want for Christmas’ is #8 this week in the US according to Soundscan.It looks like people are really into the holiday spirit as Josh Groban’s Christmas album actually took the top spot by selling over 500,000 records this past week and he’s showing no signs of slowing down. Who knew Santa can be a big capitalist ploy?
John Mayer is Gangsta
Posted in John Mayer, Music, Music People, Performance, Rap Music, Rock, Rumor, Singers, Snoop Dogg, Song on the December 13, 2007
Who knew that John Mayer has it in him to be a gangsta? He’s a closet Snoop Dogg fan!
Paparazzi caught up with the ever-eccentric crooner as he left a party at the Chateau Marmont on Monday. He was pimpin’ in the passenger seat of a black Mercedes as a Snoop rhyme was blasting from the speakers.
In a poor attempt to avoid answering any pap questions, John actually pulled a Paris Hilton by talking on a cell phone. But he actually one-ups the blonde socialite by having a phone at each ear! How would it even be possible to carry a conversation on two phones with people screaming questions at you?
Leona Lewis is Still on Top
Posted in Alicia Keys, Amy Winehouse, Debut Album, Girls Aloud, Hip-Hop, Jodie Aysha, Leona Lewis, Mariah Carey, Music Bands, Music Chart, Music People, Music Review, New Single, R&B, Rap Music, Rock, Shayne Ward, Singers, Soulja Boy, Take That, Timbaland on the December 11, 2007
Leona Lewis’ ‘Bleeding Love’ continues to reign over the UK singles’ charts. The list was announced on Sunday and it marks the seventh week that Leona has been on top. The X-Factor winner’s debut CD ‘Spirit’ is also at the top spot of the albums’ chart and it’s been there for the last four weeks.
But ‘Bleeding Love’ is facing some stiff competition this holiday season. The rest of the singles chart, in order, is made up of T2 featuring Jodie Aysha with ‘Heartbroken’, Girls Aloud with ‘Call the Shots’, Timbaland with ‘Apologize’, Take That with ‘Rule the World’, Alicia Keys with ‘No One’, Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse with ‘Valerie’, Mariah Carey with ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’, Shayne Ward with ‘Breathless’ and Soulja Boy with ‘Crank That (Soulja Boy)’.
Free Avril
Posted in Avril Lavigne, Concert, Music, Music People, Performance, Pop Music, Rock, Rumor, Singers, Tickets Sale on the November 29, 2007
News broke out that Avril Lavigne’s Spring 2008 tour is not selling well. In light of that, Avril is settling for a free concert. While it’s not really that bad to hear, when you find out that it’s for the opening of Best Buy in Canada, yeah it is bad.
The Canadian sell out’s concert will be at the Swangard Stadium on December 2 at 1 PM for the free concert. The first 350 people at any Best Buy store in the Lower Mainland on Wednesday and Thursday before noon will get a pair of tickets for the show. There are also free VIP passes and autograph passes being given away.
Let’s Head to the Top
Posted in Album Release, Alicia Keys, Celine Dion, Debut Album, Divas, Josh Groban, Music, Music People, Music Review, Performance, Pop Music, Records Sale, Rock, Singers on the November 28, 2007
When you make predictions, there’s always this chance that it won’t come true. But in the case of Alicia Keys, it did come true and was even better than we thought.
The Soundscan numbers are in and Alicia’s new album ‘As I Am’ sold 742,426 copies in the US since it debuted last week. That’s amazing! What’s even more amazing is that it sold three times as many copies as the #2 disc sold.
Josh Groban took the second spot with his Christmas album ‘Noel’ which sold 223,306 copies even though it’s been out for a few weeks already. Celine Dion’s ‘Taking Chances’ took 3rd by selling 214,381 copies.
RHCP Sue
Posted in Celebs, Hit Song, Music, Music Bands, Music People, Music Review, New Single, Performance, Photography, RHCP, Rock, Singers, Song, Video on the November 26, 2007
When you go off to use something, make sure someone else doesn’t own it, k?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers filed a lawsuit earlier in the week against Showtime Networks over a new show called ‘Californication’. And if your memory can go back to 1999, the band released a hit album and a hit single with the same name. The said album was even named as one of Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Albums of All Time.
The suit alleges that Showtime violated federal trademark law. In a statement made by lead singer Anthony Kiedis, “’Californication’ is the signature CD, video and song of the band’s career. For some TV show to come along and steal our identity is not right.”
Jonas Brother Takes a Spill
Posted in American Music Awards, Jonas Brothers, Music, Music Award, Music Bands, Music People, Music Review, Performance, Photography, Pop Music, Rock on the November 25, 2007
It’s not much news anymore when a celebrity takes a fall on stage. But when that celebrity happens to be a big teen sensation and the performance aired for all the world to see, it’s big news again.
Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers took a spill when he and his brothers performed at the 2007 American Music Awards on Sunday at the Nokia Theatre in LA. He tripped over part of their set up and fell on some broken glass. Ouch! It looks like he even cut his hand on some of the shards and bled.
Joe made like a true performer though when he popped right back up and continued to sing.
Chris Brown Still Tops Chart
Posted in Alicia Keys, Celebs, Chris Brown, Hip-Hop, JAY-Z, Pop Music, R&B, Rap Music, Rock, Sean Kingston, Singers, Song, Soulja Boy, Top List on the November 19, 2007
Chris Brown’s Kiss Kiss hit has claimed a third week at the top of the singles chart. The track held off competition from Alicia Keys’ No One, which jumped up a spot to number two on the new chart. I Like His Song Wall to Wall as well. What’s excited me is that I always love it when there are fresh new stars that top the charts rather than having the likes of Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Kanye West dominate the charts. It argues well for the music industry to have new stars on the scene like Soulja Boy and Sean Kingston. Timbaland’s Apologize slides to three, while Soulja Boy’s Crank That (Soulja Boy) refuses to slip out of the top five - it holds steady at four. Three week’s at the top is like it has to be great music and people are buying the CDs a lot give the number the thrust to remain on top of the singles chart.
Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between
Posted in Album Release, Celebs, Live Music, Music, Music Bands, Music People, Music Review, New Single, Records Deal, Rock, Song, Streetlight Manifesto on the November 18, 2007
Although Somewhere in the Between is the third full-length release by Streetlight Manifesto, longtime fans are more likely to view it as the band’s sophomore effort. 2006’s Keasbey Nights was, for all intents and purposes, a refurbished replica of the Catch-22 album by the same name, complete with the same vocalist and few (if any) musical changes. This makes Somewhere in the Between the band’s first effort of all-original material in nearly five years, and Streetlight Manifesto is no longer the fresh-faced group that once rose from Catch-22’s ska/punk ashes. They’ve spent a half-decade on the road, touring with ska stalwarts like Reel Big Fish while weathering lineup changes and several robberies of their equipment-filled van. Losing treasured bandmates and expensive instruments would dampen anyone’s spirits, and Streetlight Manifesto does sound a bit less reckless here, but not at the expense of the group’s peppy ska/punk appeal. The rasp is still there, but so is a focused tone that we haven’t heard before, particularly during the subdued intro to “Down, Down, Down to Mephisto’s Café.” Despite his improved vocals, Kalnoky remains the most punked-out member of the band, whose other members play their horn lines and guitar chords with crisp, bright precision. It’s this balanced relationship — clear orchestration and jaunty tempos paired with rasped melodies about the macabre (”Would You Be Impressed”), war (”Watch It Crash”), and sin (”Forty Days”) — that ultimately governs the album, and even if Somewhere in the Between can’t match the raucous nature of the band’s debut, it’s nevertheless a catchy follow-up.
Carrie Underwood and Keith to Tour
Posted in Carrie Underwood, Concert, Keith Urban, LOVE, Life Style, Music, Music Award, Music People, Performance, Photography, Pop Music, Rock, Rumor, Singers, Tickets Sale on the November 17, 2007
She’s snagged a couple of Country Music awards and a ‘Gossip Girl’ hottie in the form of Chace Crawford. It seems that Carrie Underwood is on a roll and now, she’s taking Keith Urban with her.
She has reportedly signed on for a 24-city tour with Keith Urban that’s set to kick off next year. The ‘Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride Tour’ is sure to make headlines as Keith and Carrie are two of the hottest things in country music right now. Tickets for their joint tour will go on sale come December 1.
I can already see country music fans lining up.