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“Fran Healy, lead singer and main songwriter of acclaimed Scottish rock band Travis, is excited to announce the release of his debut solo album WRECKORDER. Set for an October 5^th release on Ryko...”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Australian rock-n-roll export Wolfmother returns to the U.S. this summer with select performances kicking off at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 8th. The tour makes its way through ten cities with stops including the annual Sturgis Rally in South Dakota, and the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. The psychedelic rockers are also set to perform on Lopez Tonight, August 16th. The Grammy award winning foursome is celebrating the success of their recent release, Cosmic Egg, hitting platinum status in their native Australia. Wolfmother's latest single ‘Far Away’ has also been added in high rotation on the Fuse Music Network…”

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“One of the most distinctive and respected alternative-pop bands, The Posies, unite to unleash their long-awaited new album, Blood/Candy (Ryko), and launch their international tour on September 28, 2010…”

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“VANCOUVER , BC…Western Canadian rockers Eldebrock have teamed up with industry heavyweight Michael Wagener and producer Ryan Andersen to create their self-titled debut album and issue their first single, Release Me. Wagener, whose works have sold more than 92 million albums worldwide, has worked on some of rock’s most respected albums including Metallica’s Master of Puppets, Skid Row’s self-titled debut and Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tears. Credits for Andersen include Nickelback's The Long Road and All the Right Reasons.  The band’s highly-anticipated album is scheduled for release on September 14, 2010….”

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“British band Purple Melon is comprised of Tom Hill on vocals and guitar, Eric Joyce on bass, Owen Barry on guitar and Jason Ganberg on drums…in London the group attracted the attention of many leading producers, eventually recording with Paul Stacey (Oasis, Black Crowes)…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Decca Records is pleased to announce the release of the highly anticipated collaboration between two musical legends, Elton John and Leon Russell with The Union available October 19 in the U.S. (To be released October 25 in the U.K. on Mercury Records.) This album marks the first time these iconic artists have worked together since 1970. Produced by Oscar and multiple-Grammy winning producer T Bone Burnett, who took home numerous awards in 2009 for his production work on Raising Sand with Robert Plant and Alison Krause, The Union features songs written by John and his lifelong lyricist Bernie Taupin, as well as in combination with the extraordinary talents of Russell and Burnett. Recorded live in the studio with John and Russell on dueling pianos, the album features a variety of musical genres from R&B, soul, gospel, country, pop and rock. Icons Neil Young and Brian Wilson provide guest vocals on the 16-track record along with legendary R&B organist Booker T. Jones, steel guitarist Robert Randolph and a 10-piece gospel choir…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- With a career that's spanned almost two decades, six albums, a handful of EP's and DVD's and a Greatest Hits album which has chronicled it all under his belt as lead singer of the multi-platinum selling band Incubus, Brandon Boyd and Epic Records are pleased to announce the July 6th release of Brandon's first solo album entitled, The Wild Trapeze…”

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“Centennial, Colo…Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton shares the stage with some of the greatest artists in the world during a star-studded, extraordinary concert on Tuesday, July 27 in more than 475 movie theaters nationwide. Presented by NCM Fathom and Rhino Entertainment, the Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010 special two-hour event will be shown in HD beginning at 7:30pm local time across all time zones and will feature historic musical performances from the day-long Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010, which took place in Chicago’s Toyota Park on June 26. All 27,000 tickets to this year’s Chicago festival sold out in minutes – making it one of the hottest must-attend concert events of the summer. Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010 gives fans around the country a chance to experience many of the greatest moments from the legendary day-long festival, including performances by Clapton, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, BB King, Jeff Beck, Vince Gill, Sheryl Crow, Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Bill Murray and many others. Theater audiences will gain exclusive backstage VIP access to behind-the-scenes footage and candid interviews with the performers, including an introduction by Clapton himself. Tickets for Eric Clapton Crossroads 2010 in-theater event are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.fathomevents.com.  For a complete list of theater locations and ticket prices, please visit the Fathom website…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Grammy Award winners, The Derek Trucks Band (DTB), revered for their live shows, will release Roadsongs, a two disc LIVE album. After touring non-stop around the world for 16 years, The Derek Trucks Band announced in November that they are taking a hiatus for 2010, but now, fans won't have to wait to hear the band ‘live.’ To commemorate their 2009 Tour, Sony Masterworks will release Roadsongs on June 22, 2010. Roadsongs was recorded over two nights at Chicago's long-standing rock palace Park West in 2009, with a full horn section added to the group's six-piece lineup. The band's first full-length live album since 2004's Live At Georgia Theatre, Roadsongs will feature some classic DTB arrangements and extended guitar riffs, including an awe inspiring 14-minute rendition of ‘Afro Blue,’ a song popularized by John Coltrane and Derek's scorching guitar work on the gritty DTB original ‘I'll Find My Way’. The album, fueled by a road-honed balance of spontaneous urgency and collective precision, represents the culmination of sixteen years of relentless touring and musical progress, a journey that began in small Southern blues clubs, and has led to theaters, stadiums and arenas around the globe. The band's concerts have evolved into consistent, rafter-raising events performed with gospel-revival intensity, all highlighted by Trucks's dazzling, daring solos. For all those who have experienced the DTB's walk-in, crawl-out concerts, the group's new double-album Roadsongs stands as the most accurate document to date of the group at its synergistic, versatile height, onstage and under the lights. And for those hearing the group for the first time, Roadsongs promises to expand their audience and draw greater attention to the DTB - and Trucks himself…”

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“NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- NAMM, the 109-year-old not-for-profit trade association of the international music products industry, opened its 2010 Summer NAMM music products trade show today at the Nashville Convention Center, welcoming international music product manufacturers who will exhibit their innovations and retail buyers who will ultimately make decisions about which music products will be available to consumers in stores all over the world. More than 11,000 music products industry professionals from 30+ countries are expected to attend 2010 Summer NAMM to view the latest musical instruments and products from more than 370 exhibiting companies, including 70 new exhibitors…”

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“MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--True Evel: The Amazing Story of Evel Knievel will run July 10 – September 6 at the Harley-Davidson Museum and will tell the story of Evel Knievel through fascinating artifacts drawn from both the Museum’s archives and the Knievel family collection. Visitors will see legendary pieces including his signature leathers and cane, personal photographs and letters, collectors’ toys and memorabilia, and the half-motorcycle, half-rocket ‘Skycycle’ used to jump the Snake River Canyon. Setting numerous death-defying records over his career, Knievel’s bike of choice was the Harley-Davidson XR-750 and he was sponsored by the Motor Company through most of the 1970s. From Knievel’s early start in Butte, Montana, to his transformation into a larger-than-life master showman, marketer, and folk hero with international appeal, the 10,000-square-foot exhibit will engage visitors with the story of the man behind the seemingly fearless performer. The accompanying video includes Kelly Knievel, son of Evel Knievel, and Bill Davidson, Vice President of the Museum and great-grandson of Harley-Davidson co-founder, William A. Davidson, as they give a preview of the exhibit. It can also be seen at yourupdate.tv/lifestyle/harley_davidson_true_evel. This year marks the 35^th anniversary of Knievel’s famous Wembley Stadium jump in London May 26, 1975. During this pivotal stunt, Knievel crashed while trying to land a jump over 13 buses, broke his back, and announced his retirement to 90,000 fans after the show – though he didn’t actually stay retired…”

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“LOS ANGELES… /PRNewswire/ -- It's not uncommon for a musician to record more work than they release. In Vai's case, the Grammy® award-winning guitarist has a digital ocean of snippets in various degrees of completion. Some are leftovers from assorted sessions, projects that were never completed, sound check jams, or songs that were specific to a particular venture. ‘There are enough lonely, unreleased notes in my world to fill an infinity shelf,’ says Vai. In between composing new scores for his upcoming performance with the North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Vai has transformed these snippets into full, lush songs and these rarities are being released as a series of single digital downloads called VaiTunes…Vai plans to offer one track every month or so, each one representing a unique moment in his personal musical history. The releases can be purchased via iTunes and other digital music providers worldwide through www.Vai.com/VaiTunes.”

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“ Westlake Village , CA…Continuing its ongoing support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center (www.guitarcenter.com), the world’s largest musical instrument retailer, today announced that it has teamed up with rock and roll icons KISS (www.KISSonline.com), and leading digital media company for entertainment, Eventful, for a revolutionary music program: Guitar Center On-Stage, a competition that provides unsigned bands and artists the career-altering opportunity to open for KISS on their upcoming North American tour, The Hottest Show on Earth. A video announcement can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F6gH3NL7nQ.  One band from each of twenty-two markets across the United States will be chosen to play at a KISS show. At the conclusion of the tour, KISS will choose the best of the twenty-two bands to receive the grand prize that includes a $10,000 Guitar Center shopping spree. Now through September 1, 2010, bands across the country are invited to register at GCOnstage.com…”

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“Sure to be one of the most-talked-about and controversial books of the year, The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran , Bred Backstage (June 1, 2010, Igniter Literary Group—HarperCollins Publishers) is certain to become rock and roll’s version of The Satanic Verses. The book is the shocking yet surprisingly-moving memoir of Roxana Shirazi who fled the Iranian revolution and found salvation in the deliriously sexy life of a rock groupie.  The book is a collection of the extreme backstage stories; and a red-knuckled tale of jilted love and brutal revenge. Roxana believed the rock and roll myth, and when she couldn’t find anyone who lived it, she embodied it herself. She wasn’t a groupie who became a victim, but rather a feminist who made rock bands her victims - a feminist who pushed rockers to extremes that made even the most notorious stars uncomfortable…” 

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Throughout their 37-year career, KISS (www.KISSonline.com) has sold 80 million albums, played in front of millions of people and become an integral part of American culture. Now, rock's most iconic band is unleashing another assault on North America with The Hottest Show on Earth tour starting on July 23, 2010. KISS will perform such classics as ‘Detroit Rock City’ and ‘Rock and Roll All Nite’ as well as hits that they haven't played in the US in many years. The Hottest Show on Earth tour, produced by Live Nation, will trek through a mix of arenas and amphitheaters throughout North America. Tickets for shows produced by Live Nation go on sale to the general public in select markets beginning June 4 at LiveNation.com. Citi® cardmembers can access presale tickets beginning Wednesday, June 2 at 10 a.m. local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. KISS is also giving back to the United States Armed Forces by donating one dollar from each ticket sold to benefit the Wounded Warriors Project…”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)… Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, are bringing their historic European tour to the global stage via satellite to 800 movie theaters around the world in a special high definition cinematic event. These four legendary acts broke out of the underground thrash movement in the 1980s to dominate the metal world, selling millions of records and packing arenas across the globe. Despite huge demand, these musical giants have never shared the same stage until now. The legendary June 22 concert from the tour’s stop at the Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, will be presented in the U.S. in more than 450 theaters in over 140 markets at 7:30 p.m. local time on the same day by NCM Fathom. The event will be broadcast into theaters in Europe, Canada and Latin America through other international exhibitor partnerships. Delayed screenings are also planned in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand. Tickets for The Big Four: Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax are available today in the U.S. at participating theater box offices and at www.FathomEvents.com or www.thebigfourlive.com, where fans can also view the event trailer…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- AC/DC continue to dominate charts worldwide with AC/DC Iron Man 2, the official soundtrack to this summer's blockbuster movie. Released globally on April 19, AC/DC Iron Man 2, debuted at #1 in fourteen countries including United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, New Zealand, Greece, Sweden, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. AC/DC Iron Man 2 also scored top ten debuts in twenty six countries worldwide, including Canada (#2), Denmark (#3), Argentina (#3), Australia (#2), U.S. (#4), Spain (#4), Italy (#4), Norway (#4), Netherlands (#4), Spain (#4), Hungary (#4), France (#5), Finland (#5), Poland (#5), Mexico (#5), Thailand (#7), and Portugal (#9)…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Island Records/UMe will release the definitive career retrospective of one of the all-time greats of rock 'n' roll on June 8, 2010. Entitled Revolutions - The Very Best Of Steve Winwood, it is a portrait of one of the most influential musicians in rock history, a singer-songwriter, peerless vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player. With tracklistings personally selected by Steve Winwood from his five decade career, Revolutions - The Very Best Of Steve Winwood will be available in two high quality formats: a single CD for the casual fan and a four CD deluxe box set including a 52 page book for the connoisseur, with sleevenotes by writer Dylan Jones. Also included in the four CD deluxe box set and single disc is a re-recorded version of ‘Spanish Dancer.’ Taken from his 1980 second solo album ‘Arc Of A Diver,’ ‘Spanish Dancer’ is written by Winwood and Academy Award winning lyricist Will Jennings and has become a staple of Winwood's live show. The new version of the song features a new vocal by Winwood recorded at his home studio on his farm in Gloucestershire and it is mixed by Grammy Award-winning New York producer and recording artist Ben Wisch, one of the US's most in-demand piano players. A child prodigy, Winwood first performed live on stage at the tender age of 8 in his father's traditional jazz band, and joined the Spencer Davis Group at 14. His stunning vocal style was compared to Ray Charles. He left Spencer Davis to form Traffic then later teamed up with Eric Clapton in Blind Faith at the tail-end of the Sixties…In his teens Winwood played in pick-up bands for touring blues legends including Muddy Waters, BB King, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Bo Diddley….Steve Winwood will perform at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Festival on June 26 in Chicago followed by a U.S. tour with Santana.”

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“LOS ANGELES… /PRNewswire/ -- On May 11, Bon Jovi will re-release their classic studio albums as Special Editions. Each of the band's first 10 albums - Bon Jovi, 7800 Fahrenheit, Slippery When Wet, New Jersey, Keep The Faith, These Days, Crush, Bounce, Have A Nice Day and Lost Highway - will feature the original studio album tracks plus era-specific live recordings included as bonus tracks. The bonus live tracks include songs taken from sound checks and concerts held in venues from all over the world, ranging from 500 seat theatres to massive football stadiums. Many of the live versions are extended, including ‘Get Ready’ (Bon Jovi), ‘In and Out Of Love’ (7800 Fahrenheit), ‘Blood on Blood’ (New Jersey), ‘Keep The Faith’ (Keep The Faith), and a duet featuring Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland performing ‘Who Says You Can't Go Home’ (Have A Nice Day) with the band…Additionally, each ‘Special Edition’ will provide fans with the ability to gain ‘backstage access’ to The Bon Jovi Vaults -- a website being created to offer exclusive virtual content, including photos, tour memorabilia and additional live audio tracks…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- The legendary trio Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN)--David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash--have added a second leg of U.S. dates to its 2010 tour. It begins August 11 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, GA, the first of seven dates CSN will do with Tom Petty. The second leg dates--featuring CSN-only shows as well as performances with Petty--extend a previously announced CSN tour of West coast appearances in May and June, as well as European concerts throughout July. Newly added dates on CSN's tour include shows at PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ (8/19); Nikon at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY (8/20); Borgata Spa & Resort Event Center in Atlantic City, NJ (8/29); The Lawn at White River State Park in Indianapolis, IN (8/23); Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, NY (8/31); and Tanglewood in Lenox, MA (9/1). Highlights from the initial U.S. leg of CSN's tour, announced last month, include Humphrey's in San Diego (5/25-26); Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO (6/2); the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix (5/29); Portland, OR's Amphitheater at Clark County (6/11); and the Seattle area's Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery (6/12). In between the tour's two U.S. legs is a series of European dates kicking off in the U.K. on July 1 at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. Other European highlights include two dates at London's Royal Albert Hall (7/3-4); Queen Elizabeth Auditorium in Antwerp, Belgium (7/9); The Olympia in Paris (7/12-13); Auditorium Parco Della Musica in Rome (7/19); and the Tollwood Sommerfestival in Munich, Germany (7/25)…”For more info, visit www.CrosbyStillsNash.com.

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Roger Waters, co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, is commemorating the 30th anniversary of the original release of The Wall with a monumental tour featuring a full band and a newly-mounted state-of-the-art production of his epochal masterpiece of alienation and transformation performed in its entirety. Up to date details on Roger Waters' The Wall Tour, and more, may be found on the artist's newly relaunched and redesigned website, www.RogerWaters.com. Waters is personally involved with the site and will be communicating with fans through it…Originally released in November 1979, The Wall was America's top-selling album of 1980, is one of the top-selling double albums of all time, and is still in the US Top 5 best-selling albums of all time. The Wall was made into a metaphorical musical film, directed by Alan Parker with screenplay by Roger Waters, in 1982. One of the most profoundly influential albums in the history of recorded music, The Wall continues to affect pop culture while resonating with generations of music fans…”

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“TORONTO…/PRNewswire/ -- Rush - Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart - is without question one of the most inventive and compelling groups in rock history, equally famed for both its virtuoso musicianship and provocative songwriting…The Time Machine Tour is an evening with Rush, where they will perform their classics, give a taste of the future - and for the first time ever - feature the Moving Pictures album live in its entirety.The band is currently working on their 20th studio album with producer Nick Raskulinecz (co-producer from 2007's Snakes & Arrows) and in addition to their classics plan to showcase a few new tunes live this summer…This summer's Live Nation promoted tour will visit approximately 40 cities throughout North America beginning June 29th in Albuquerque, NM and finishing October 2nd in West Palm Beach, FL with stops along the way in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Holmdel, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington, and more…Citi® cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets through Citi's Private Pass® Program beginning April 13th in select markets. For complete presale details visit www.CitiPrivatePass.com. For complete tour and ticket information, visit www.Rush.com and www.LiveNation.com.”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Aerosmith, America's Greatest Rock and Roll band, will be performing in Boston's famed Fenway Park on Saturday August 14th with The J. Geils Band in what will surely be the ultimate must see show of the summer. Aerosmith and The J. Geils Band, two of the world's hardest rocking bands who call Boston their home, will play together at Fenway Park. This promises to be one of the most important shows in Rock and Roll history…Tickets will go on sale Saturday, April 17th through www.LiveNation.com...”

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“NEW YORK, NY…THE VANGUARD has one week to go until the release of their second EP, PLAYTIME!, on April 13^th.  Next week is jam packed with not only the digital release of this 6-track indie-pop melodic masterpiece but tons of fun for fans, including their album release party on April 13^th at PIANOS (158 Ludlow Street, NYC @ 8:00pm), a Best Buy in-store performance and signing (Union Square Location NYC– 4:00pm EST on April 15^th), and a JUSTIN.TV stream with acoustic performance (from 7pm EST- 8pm EST on April 16^th). Most recently, THE VANGUARD played six noteworthy SXSW 2010 showcases and topped it off with an overseas journey to the Exit Festival in Serbia as well as a UK tour. Stateside, their video for the first single, ‘Both Sides,’ has been in rotation on mtvU. Even SPIN.com calls the band buzz worthy due to its ‘bubbling melting pot of sounds, influences, and ethnic backgrounds…’”

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“Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks continue to tour the U.S. in support of his new studio album, Tangled Tales (Surfdog Records). The album is a brand-new collection of compelling and witty tunes that show why Tom Waits called him ‘fly, sly, wily, and dry!’ Tangled Tales is a more-than-worthy addition to Hicks’ already massive body of work. It is an irresistible nod to Dan Hicks’ undeniable musical legacy, and a potent reminder of all of the musical inspiration that this Great American Songwriter has spawned. Revered by, and also having collaborated with, such legendary artists as Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Bette Midler, Brian Setzer, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett, and Rickie Lee Jones – Dan Hicks serves up his unique fashion, attitude, and swagger that are embodied in his eccentricity and totally unique sound. His counter-culture appeal, which has twice landed him on the cover of Rolling Stone, has always been rooted in his songwriting. His lyrics have been touted as some of the sharpest-tongued, driest-witted, and subtly hilarious bits of irreverence ever committed to rhyme. He sets these lyrical gems to quirky tunes that trade on a bagful of jazz chords and an irresistible rhythm…”

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“Ryko is proud to add singer-songwriter Matt White to its growing family. White, a superb songwriter, vocalist, pianist and guitarist, possesses a powerful vocal range that he uses fearlessly and a naturally charismatic personality that permeates his live and recorded performances.  From a musical family, White composed all the material on his second album due out on Ryko this Fall, which will feature production from David Baron (Lenny Kravitz) and  Henry Hirsh (Lenny Kravitz), as well as engineering from Jack Joseph Puig (Weezer, Goo Goo Dolls, Sparklehorse, Shelby Lynne)…White made his mark in 2007 with his debut album Best Days (Geffen), which reached #4 on Billboard’s New Artist chart and earned him high praises from press. Rolling Stone Magazine enlisted him in their "10 Artists to Watch." Details Magazine also added Best Days in their ‘best new music bubbling from the underground,’ saying White has ‘a falsetto smooth enough to melt the icy heart of a Brooklyn hipster.’ White has toured extensively and has performed with Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, B.B. King, One Republic, Third Eye Blind and Counting Crows…”

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif…/PRNewswire/ -- The BoDeans, one of America's premier rock bands, recently signed with 429 Records and is promoting ‘MR. SAD CLOWN,’ their debut collection of fifteen new, original songs for the label, with a whirlwind schedule of events this week to coincide with the album just released…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- the new album from blues-rock guitar hero Joe Bonamassa, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Blues Albums Chart and #38 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart, a huge leap from 2009's The Ballad of John Henry which debuted at #136 on the Top 200. Other Black Rock chart success includes the #3 spot on the Independent Chart, #4 on the Internet Chart and #7 on the Rock Chart. Also bouncing back into the Blues Chart is Ballad at #2 and 2009's Joe Bonamassa: Live From Royal Albert Hall at #10. Black Rock is Bonamassa's tenth full-length solo studio album. Recorded at Black Rock Studios in Santorini, Greece and released on his own independent label, J&R Adventures, the album features thirteen tracks split between Bonamassa originals and selections by songwriters including Bobby Parker, John Hiatt, Leonard Cohen, Jeff Beck, Otis Rush, Willie Nelson, James Clark and Blind Boy Fuller. It also includes a duet with B.B. King. This disc continues Bonamassa's collaboration with producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Black Crowes)…Bonamassa has also formed a new all-star band with Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner) on drums, Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper) on keyboards, Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze) on bass and vocals. Bonamassa will be on guitar and vocals. The band is currently in the studio cutting tracks for an upcoming album to be released in late 2010 or early 2011.”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Custard/Universal Motown trio Crash Kings debut single, ‘Mountain Man’, from their eponymous debut album, catapults to the #1 slot on the Alternative Radio Charts this week. Universal Motown Records also made history with the Los Angeles based band in that Crash Kings is the first developing rock act on the label to earn the #1 alternative slot at radio. The coveted #1 lockdown is a rare feat for an emerging new rock band, further proof that the Crash Kings are quickly gathering mainstream-sized momentum. This is the first time in recent history going back a decade where a debut song from a band with no prior releases shoots to the top…”

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“East Rutherford, NJ…As the band is currently rocking and selling out arenas nationwide in the midst of its biggest tour yet, Bon Jovi has announced the addition of three incredible special guests for their series of inaugural concerts at the soon-to-be-opened New Meadowlands Stadium.  The three shows in Bon Jovi's home state are part of ‘The Circle World Tour,’ promoted by AEG Live, and will feature GRAMMY Award-winning rockers Train on Wednesday, May 26th; platinum-selling singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw on Thursday, May 27th; and pop-rock hit-makers OneRepublic on Saturday, May 29th…”

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“NEW YORK, NY - Seasick Steve’s eagerly awaited album, ‘Man From Another Time,’ arrives in the U.S. on March 30, 2010 on Ryko.  The album peaked at #4 on the UK top 40 charts and is the follow up to his platinum-selling UK album, ‘I Started Out With Nothin’ And I Still Got Most Of It Left.’  ‘Man From Another Time’ recently made its U.S. radio debut as the #2 most added album at FMQB’s Triple A/Non-Comm panel. Produced, written, recorded and engineered by Seasick Steve (with the assistance of engineer Roy Williams), ‘Man From Another Time’ is a resolutely organic album that eschews modern studio trickery in favor of the warm style of ‘live’ analogue recording. Seasick Steve performed everything on the album, aside from drums, which are credited to his longstanding Swedish sticksman Dan Magnusson.” For more info about this truly great Blues artist, visit www.myspace.com/seasicksteve

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“Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles based biker metal supergroup Angus Khan is unleashing its latest music video, this time for the song ‘Silver and Green.’ Taken from the hard rock band’s debut album Black Leather Soul, the ‘Silver and Green’ video is a sci-fi trip through videogames and the L.A. underground scene. Directed by Pramin Phatiphong for Happy Pixel Studios, the clip stars Stephanie Kim as an alien who abducts Guitar Hero gamer Matt Arzepuleta and drags him through the city nightlife until they enter an Angus Khan concert packed with sweaty, rockin’ fans and hot babes.” For more about the band, visit www.myspace.com/anguskhanrocks

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“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Craig and Charlie Reid, aka The Proclaimers are returning to the U.S. this spring for a special series of acoustic tour dates in support of the ‘Rockfield Acoustic Sessions,’ a four song EP that will be released digitally. Hot on the heels of 2009’s highly acclaimed 429 Records’ release ‘Notes & Rhymes,’ the boys are back with the lovely ‘Rockfield Acoustic Sessions’ which features re-worked versions of songs taken from that release—‘Love Can Move Mountains,’ ‘Three More Days,’ ‘Sing All Our Cares Away’ and ‘It Was Always So Easy (To Find An Unhappy Woman).’ Produced by John Williams (who worked on the band’s first recording, This Is The Story in 1987), the EP was recorded at Rockfield Studios where legendary artists such as Iggy Pop, Rush, New Order and Queen have created iconic albums. One of Scotland’s most beloved exports, The Proclaimers have spent years honing their distinctive songcraft that lies squarely within a musical netherworld where pop, folk, new wave and punk collide…” For more about the band, visit  www.myspace.com/theproclaimers. 

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“New York, NY…For one night only, THE BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB, located in the heart of New York’s West Village, will bring an inventive type of jazz and blues to the venue.  J.VIEWZ LIVE is very excited to be honored with an APRIL 5^th engagement at the club, which has hosted the likes of Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, Lionel Hampton, and Dizzy Gillespie. With two sets at 8:00PM and 10:00PM, J.Viewz will play the sound that has made them one of the most exciting new acts today. However, this performance will be a different type of J.Viewz Live with the set being divided between electro free-style jamming and soulful acoustic playing – a ‘Plugged vs. Unplugged’ type of breakdown. The mellow-jazzy-jammy vibe of J.Viewz live mixed with the intimacy of The Blue Note makes this show the Monday show to see.”

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“Justin Currie, the former lead singer of Scottish pop-rock band Del Amitri, has announced a series of dates for his acoustic U.S. tour beginning in June in support of his upcoming Ryko release and second solo album, The Great War, out May 4, 2010. The release follows on the heels of his 2007 critically acclaimed solo debut, What Is Love For, a showcase of superb songcraft and somber brilliance.  Currie returns on The Great War with a twist of haunting and mysterious lyrics combined with infectious melodies.  His ever-present genius for combining dark, moody lyrical themes balanced with newfound optimism is heard throughout The Great War…” 

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“CURA DI VETRALLA, Italy…/PRNewswire/ -- The highly anticipated music event everybody has been waiting for is here. Two years of intense work all around the world, 30 of the world's most influential and legendary musicians put together by the tireless enthusiasm of the young talented Giorgio Onorato Aquilani. Giorgio's concept for his new album is the vision of a "big mansion" hosting an unforgettable music Party. Giorgio reached out to his musicians friends and heroes like: Bobby Kimball (TOTO), David Paich (TOTO), John Mahon (Elton John), Leland Sklar (Phil Collins, James Taylor, TOTO), Simon Phillips (TOTO), Steve Gadd, Ron Carter (Miles Davis), Peter Erskine, Cherisse Osei (Mika), Charlie Morgan (Elton John), Ted Jensen, Greg Phillinganes (Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, TOTO), to name a few, and got back an incredible number of "I'm in man!!!". The Party crew so stepped up, adding their individual specialty to what has become an exceptional original music project. All the tracks are written and performed by Giorgio with the exception the only cover, which is an obscure song by Elton John called Friends. The album features two duets: Poem to life (duet with John Mahon) and At my door (duet with Bobby Kimball). Giorgio's writing, on the Party Of The Century album, can be considered ‘multi-genre’, going from British and West Coast pop/rock to jazz and symphonic.”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will take to the road this summer with his band and longtime friend and musical co-conspirator David Lindley. Comprising dates in the U.S. and Europe, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour follows the May 11 release of Love Is Strange (Inside Recordings), a 2-CD live set capturing a tour of Spain that Browne and Lindley did in 2006. The Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour begins with a month-long European leg kicking off in Bristol, UK on June 3. Other highlights include shows at the Stadpark in Hamburg, Germany (6/15), Casino de Paris in Paris, France (6/18), Hampton Court Palace and Royal Albert Hall in London (6/8 and 6/29, respectively), the Marquee in Cork, Ireland (6/23), and the Summer Pops Festival in Liverpool, UK (7/2). Stateside, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour gets underway July 20 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. U.S. dates run through late September. Highlights along the way include Humphrey's in San Diego (7/21), Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (7/23), the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA (7/24), Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO (8/5), Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX (8/13), Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta (8/15), Bank of America Pavilion in Boston, MA (8/28), Beacon Theatre in NYC (9/14), Fox Theatre in Detroit (9/18), and the Chicago Theatre in Chicago (9/23). Accompanying Jackson Browne and David Lindley on tour will be Browne's band of almost 20 years: Kevin McCormick (bass), Mark Goldenberg (guitars), Mauricio Lewak (drums) and Jeff Young (keyboards, backing vocals). They're joined by members (since 2008) Chavonne Stewart and Alethea Mills, vocalists Browne (as a mentor) met in 2001 when they were attending Washington Preparatory High School in South Los Angeles, singing in the school choir…”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Phish 3D, a 3D concert experience, is opening nationwide on Friday, April 30^th for an exclusive one week run. The more than two hour movie, presented by Action 3D Productions in association with Network LIVE and Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., highlights Phish’s Festival 8, a three-day, eight-set, 16-hour concert in the Southern California desert. In advance of the nationwide roll-out, exclusive preview screenings will be shown in nine cities -- Boston; Burlington, VT; Chicago; Denver; Houston; Los Angeles; New York; Raleigh/Durham, NC; and Washington, D.C. -- on April 20^th. In addition to experiencing this special screening, fans in attendance will take home a Phish 3D movie poster. The fully immersive music and visual experience, featuring state-of-the-art 3D technology, gives viewers the sense that they are not only at the event, but on stage with the band that Entertainment Weekly has called ‘the biggest cult band in America.’ Phish 3D features fan favorites, never before seen cover songs, and intimate footage of the band backstage and in rehearsals. Filmed in October 2009 at the band’s Festival 8, more than 40,000 devoted fans watched as Phish combined two of their most beloved traditions — the multi-day festival and the Halloween album ‘costume.’ The band’s highly anticipated ‘musical costumes’ are concerts involving the performance of an entire album by another artist—in this case, Phish covered the Rolling Stones’ album Exile on Main St. Phish 3D also features songs from the band’s first ever full-length acoustic set, as well as performances taken from the six additional sets. Tickets for the Tuesday, April 20^th screenings will be available for purchase on Friday, March 26 (individual theater on-sale dates may be subject to change). Ticketing information is available at www.phish3dmovie.com”

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“MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Briggs & Stratton, a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of air-cooled engines for outdoor power equipment, and Summerfest, recognized as the World’s Largest Music Festival, today announced entries for the second annual Briggs & Stratton Battle of the Bands competition are now being accepted at www.briggsbattleofthebands.com. The grand-prize winning band will open for a top headlining musical act at Summerfest on the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard stage June 26^th…Last year’s winner, The Run Around from Illinois, opened for the popular rock band Blues Traveler. The group met the band and received red-carpet treatment including a press tour, a luxury hotel stay, a concert-quality DVD of their performance, limousine transportation and more. The band also appears in promotional videos for this year’s contest. Bands must upload their music to www.BriggsBattleOfTheBands.com  by 11:59 p.m. on April 16. Fans are encouraged to vote for their favorite band on the site. The top 10 bands selected by online voters will then be announced. A selection committee will determine three finalists by May 7. Fans then vote for a winner to be announced on May 25. Contest entry is free and additional rules/regulations are posted online.”

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“New York, NY…42nd Street’s renowned music venue, B. B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL, is celebrating a milestone birthday this summer. With a month long celebration in June, including performances by music legends PATTI LABELLE and CHUCK BERRY, B.B. Kings is gearing up to show New York City exactly why it has been one of the premier music venues this past decade. Conveniently located in the heart of Times Square, The B.B. King Blues Club & Grill offers music fans of every genre a truly unique experience…”

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“New Rochelle, NY…Jägermeister, the brand known for decades of involvement with rock and metal bands, continues to own the concert circuit with the 2010 Spring Jägermeister Music Tour featuring Grammy Award winning American rock band KoRn. The tour, which is Jägermeister’s 16^th Music Tour, kicks off May 2^nd in South Carolina and plays over 25 shows across the nation in celebration of the upcoming release of KoRn’s ninth studio album ‘KoRn III: Remember Who You Are…’”

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“Santa Monica, CA…Sonya Kitchell, the young singer songwriter who burst onto the musical stage with her highly acclaimed albums ‘Words Came Back To Me’ and ‘This Storm’ is back with an all new collection of songs on ‘CONVICT OF CONVICTION,’ her debut recording for 429 Records.  In the winter of 2008, the multi-talented singer retreated to the isolated Massachusetts countryside to write her new songs.  Collaborating with bassist/arranger Garth Stevenson and producer Stewart Lerman, Kitchell recorded the new EP in Hoboken, NJ at the legendary Water Music studios. It was a welcome respite from the whirlwind activity of promotion and touring the world with the likes of Herbie Hancock in which the singer songwriter garnered countless accolades and fans. A 2006 review in Marie Claire raved: ‘With a voice that’s equal parts smoke and honey, 16 year-old singer/songwriter Sonya Kitchell instantly transports you to her after-hours world of jazz and soul.’  The six songs on the EP reflect the continued artistic growth of the young musician resulting in a striking project that succinctly captures a particular mood and sound for the artist. ‘CONVICT OF CONVICTION’ will be released March 23rd on 429 Records.”

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“Ryko is proud to announce the signing of 23 year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist Megan McCormick. Born in Idaho and raised in Alaska , McCormick left home at the tender age of 16 and headed to Tennessee after receiving the coveted Public Performance Scholarship at East Tennessee State University . In very short time, McCormick became an integral part of the young, independent singer/songwriter community in Nashville , garnering respect for her exceptional songwriting, beautiful vocal style and virtuoso guitar playing. McCormick is currently putting the final touches on her debut Ryko album, which is being produced and mixed by Grammy Award-winner Dave O’Donnell (James Taylor, John Mayer, Aaron Neville, Keb’ Mo’) slated for release this summer…”

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“NEW YORK…The National GUITAR Museum – the first museum in the United States dedicated to the history, evolution, and cultural impact of the guitar – announced that David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards, the last of the original Delta blues guitarists, will receive its ‘Lifetime Achievement’ Award. The award will be presented to Edwards in a ceremony at B.B. King’s Blues Club in Manhattan on March 11, 2010. Born in Shaw, Mississippi in 1915, Edwards was one of the first traveling bluesmen, sharing a life on the road with notables who have long since passed on, including Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Howlin’ Wolf. Over the course of eight decades, Edwards has performed his brand of original blues for people all over the United States and Europe – and he shows no signs of slowing down. As far back as 1942, Honeyboy’s guitar playing was recorded for the Library of Congress, and more than 60 years later he received a 2008 Grammy award for Best Traditional Blues Album…After the presentation, the 94-year old Edwards will perform a concert at B.B. King’s, located in the heart of New York’s fabled Times Square.”

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“New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall and The Bowery Presents welcome Willie Nelson & Family to the Great Stage on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 8PM.  Willie Nelson is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. Since bursting onto the country music landscape in the 1960s, Nelson remains an icon in American popular culture today.  He continues to tour and has performed in concerts and fundraisers with other major musicians, and record albums prolifically in new genres that embrace reggae, blues, jazz, folk, and popular music. Nelson’s U.S. tour kicked off last month to support the release of his new country classic disc, ‘Country Music…’”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Bullet For My Valentine (Jive Records) have announced dates for their U.S. headline tour in support of the band's upcoming third release, Fever, in stores April 27th and featuring the blistering single ‘Your Betrayal’ which was the #1 most added track on alternative radio. This marks the bands first trip back to American soil since playing the main stage at The Mayhem Festival last summer. The tour starts in Worcester, MA on April 30th at the Palladium and concludes on May 30th in Detroit, MI at the Fillmore. Joining Bullet For My Valentine on tour will be Chiodos and Airbourne. Tour highlights include New Jersey's Bamboozle Festival on May 1 and Columbus, Ohio's Rock on the Range on May 23rd. Fever was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte) and recorded in both Wales and Los Angeles. Fever is the follow up to 2008's Scream Aim Fire which has sold over one million copies worldwide and debuted at #4 on The Billboard album chart. Bullet For My Valentine have just wrapped up shooting 2 videos in support of their upcoming album and have revamped and launched a new website www.BulletForMyValentine.com, which is a one stop shop for anything Bullet!...Bullet For My Valentine are vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck, guitarist Michael Paget, bassist Jason James and drummer Michael Thomas.”

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“LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A chorus of the UK’s freshest acts will hope to take the US music industry by storm when they, along with key UK music executives and companies, take part in South by South West (SXSW), one of the world’s leading music trade festivals held in Austin, Texas, from March 15 to 21. Around 200 bands and artists, whose styles range from urban to rock to indie-pop, along with over 500 business delegates will travel to the event, many with support from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and PRS for Music Foundation and associated UK creative sector organisations. The artists including chart-topper Estelle and the queen of retro pop, VV Brown, will perform at the ‘British Music Embassy’ @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto, a venue organised and co-hosted by UKTI, AIM, PPL and PRS for Music, to showcase the best of British talent from every region…”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dailymotion and Warner Music Group today announced a new partnership to offer music videos via Dailymotion’s website in the U.S., Europe and North Africa. Visitors will be given unlimited, on-demand, ad-supported access to thousands of music videos, concerts and interviews from Warner Music’s roster of local and international acts. Under the terms of the agreement, registered users will be able to create and share video playlists. The first videos are due to be available within a month. Outside the U.S., Warner Music and Dailymotion will collaborate on the sale of targeted advertising and approved sponsorships embedded in the video experience, with Warner Music managing these sales inside the U.S. Warner Music will also have access to the editorial sections surrounding the videos, providing its roster of artists with additional promotional opportunities…Dailymotion has almost doubled its global and U.S. audience in the past year while vastly expanding its library of premium and independent music video, film, TV and short video content.”

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“LOS ANGELES… /PRNewswire/ -- Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will take to the road this summer with his band and longtime friend and musical co-conspirator David Lindley. Comprising dates in the U.S. and Europe, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour follows the May 11 release of Love Is Strange (Inside Recordings), a 2-CD live set capturing a tour of Spain that Browne and Lindley did in 2006. The Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour begins with a month-long European leg kicking off in Bristol, UK on June 3. Other highlights include shows at the Stadpark in Hamburg, Germany (6/15), Casino de Paris in Paris, France (6/18), and Hampton Court Palace and Royal Albert Hall in London (6/8 and 6/29, respectively). More European dates will be announced shortly. Stateside, the Jackson Browne with David Lindley Tour gets underway July 20 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. U.S. summer dates run through the end of September; the first U.S. leg concludes at Chastain Park Amphitheater in Atlanta on August 15. Highlights along the way include the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (7/23), the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA (7/24), Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO (8/5), and the Nokia Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX (8/13). Accompanying Jackson Browne and David Lindley on tour will be Browne's band of almost 20 years: Kevin McCormick (bass), Mark Goldenberg (guitars), Mauricio Lewak (drums) and Jeff Young (keyboards, backing vocals). They're joined by members (since 2008) Chavonne Stewart and Alethea Mills, vocalists Browne (as a mentor) met in 2001 when they were attending Washington Preparatory High School in South Los Angeles, singing in the school choir…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Aerosmith - the biggest, most enduring and thrilling band in rock history will make a spectacular return to South America for the first time since 2007 beginning in Caracas, Venezuela on May 18th with the COCKED, LOCKED, READY TO ROCK TOUR! spawning what will be the ultimate music event of the new decade. America's greatest rock and roll band will then go to Europe for 11 more knock out shows…”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--They say good things come in twos. Some 35 years after Brisbane, Australia unleashed Ramones’ precursors The Saints on unsuspecting rock fans, the port capital of the Australian state of Queensland is once again the focus of the indie rock world, home base of newly signed Ecstatic Peace/Universal Motown rockers Violent Soho. The explosive foursome’s much-anticipated self-titled U.S. debut album will be blazing into U.S. record stores and the digital domain on March 9^th…The band’s debut U.S. single, ‘Jesus Stole My Girlfriend,’ has quickly catapulted them on to the radio and digital radar…Violent Soho is currently on the road again, with plans to ignite this year’s South by Southwest Music festival with a series of Austin, TX gigs from March 18 thru the 20^th. The group will also be returning to their home-away-from-home, Brooklyn, NY on March 23^rd for a live performance at the Brooklyn Bowl with the Black Lips and Box Elders, with the formidable lineup playing the following evening at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom. Violent Soho is Luke Henery on bass, Mike Richards on drums, James Tidswell - guitars/vocals, and lead singer/guitarist Luke Boerdam. Previous Australian indie releases by the group include Pigs And TV, a well-received EP released in 2006, and 2008’s We Don’t Belong Here. Songs included on their self-titled U.S. album debut include ‘Son of Sam’, ‘Bombs over Broadway’, ‘Here Be Dragons,’ ‘Slippery Tongue,’ and ‘Outsider,’ among others.”

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“WEST PALM BEACH, Fla…/PRNewswire/ -- SunFest, Florida's largest music, art and waterfront festival, announces several national acts scheduled to appear at the 28th annual event being held April 28-May 2, along one of the most scenic sections of Flagler Drive in downtown West Palm Beach. National acts scheduled to perform include Weezer, ZZ Top, Shinedown, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Patti LaBelle, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Flaming Lips, Rise Against, B-52's, Damian Marley, Nas, Five For Fighting, Flogging Molly, Sister Hazel, Better than Ezra, Marcus Miller, Classic Albums Live, and The Charlie Daniels Band…”

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“NEW YORK, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group is pleased to announce the re-release of The Rolling Stones' album Exile on Main Street with an additional 10 never-before-heard tracks. Regarded as one of the greatest albums in rock 'n' roll history and one of the most defining of the Stones' catalogue, Exile will be available May 17, 2010, in the U.K. and May 18, 2010, in the US. Upon its release more than three decades ago, Exile on Main Street innovatively wove varying musical genres, instruments and even artists into a compelling rhythmic masterpiece. This new compilation features 10 tracks originally recorded during the Exile era and only recently discovered while working on the reissue project. The unearthed tracks which include such titles as ‘Plundered My Soul,’ ‘Dancing in the Light,’ ‘Following the River’ and ‘Pass The Wine’ have undergone a unique evolution, while staying true to the essence of the 1972 album. Alternate versions of ‘Soul Survivor’ and ‘Loving Cup’ also are a part of the Exile bonus materials. As a complement to the release of Exile on Main Street, a documentary, ‘Stones in Exile,’ has just been completed for fans to view on US Network television and through BBC Worldwide internationally. The documentary features rare, never-before-seen archival film, photos and interviews as well as new conversations with the band and the artists they influence. Produced by Oscar-winning filmmaker John Battsek and directed by Stephen Kijak, who is known for award-winning work on Cinemania, and Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, ‘Stones in Exile’ offers an uncommon glimpse into the lives of the band as they created one of the greatest albums of all time…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS today announced their 2010 North American tour and the upcoming release of Mojo, their first studio album in eight years, set for release on Reprise Records this spring. The North American tour, produced by Live Nation, will take the band through a mix of top arenas and amphitheaters across the US and Canada beginning May 6th in Raleigh, NC. Tickets go on sale beginning Monday, March 8 at www.LiveNation.com. Special guest artists on the tour will include a mix of appearances by My Morning Jacket, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Joe Cocker, ZZ Top, and Drive-By Truckers. All 2010 Tour tickets purchased online will include an MP3 download of every track on the Heartbreakers' electrifying new album, Mojo. It will work like this; once fans purchase tickets online they will receive an email with codes entitling them to download two tracks from Mojo (‘First Flash Of Freedom’ and ‘Good Enough.’) Then, on the release date of the album, currently slated for this spring, ticket buyers will be sent a download of the entire album. Also included with every online ticket purchase, to be delivered at the end of the 2010 tour, will be a selection of live tracks recorded during the tour. Mojo is a fiery statement from a band that is making some of their most exciting music over three decades into their career…”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After 35 years as ‘The World's Greatest Bar Band,’ George Thorogood & The Destroyers are back on the road and still bad to the bone. With their 2009 critically acclaimed album, ‘The Dirty Dozen,’ drawing raves from fans and critics alike, Thorogood and the band launch an extensive 2010 tour that takes them across the United States and Canada. Kicking off Feb. 26 in Bakersfield, California, it winds up June 5 in Montreal. Tour dates at: www.georgethorogood.com. George is proud to have a stellar line-up join him on the road, including original Destroyer drummer Jeff Simon, who has been in the band since 1974. Also sharing the stage is longtime Destroyer bassist Bill Blough, lead guitarist Jim Suhler and sax player Buddy Leach…Formed in Delaware in the early 1970s, George Thorogood & The Destroyers slew audiences across the country with their raucous take on classic urban rock and blues…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of the most respected and enduring forces in modern rock music, DEFTONES are proud to announce the release of their long-awaited new album entitled DIAMOND EYES, scheduled for release May 18, 2010. The Grammy Award-winning, Platinum-certified band's 6th full-length, was produced and mixed by Nick Raskulinecz (Alice in Chains, Coheed & Cambria, Foo Fighters), and recorded and engineered by Paul ‘Fig’ Figueroa (Alice in Chains, Bad Religion). As expected, DIAMOND EYES is a powerful combination of muscular impact and expansive and atmospheric clarity that propels DEFTONES through their ever-evolving new sonic terrain…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hell-raising rockers American Bang will release their self-titled major-label debut album for Reprise Records this spring 2010. The first single, ‘Wild & Young,’ officially hits radio on March 8^th, with early spins across the country already kicking in this week. The instantly anthemic debut track of ‘Wild & Young,’ along with the album’s pounding and gritty opener, ‘Whiskey Walk,’ is currently available online via all major online retailers, including iTunes. Produced by the legendary Bob Rock, American Bang is a memorable and melodic introduction to the Nashville-based rock group. The album captures the amazing grace and guts of the band’s deep musical roots and Southern accent, proving American Bang shoots straight at the heart of American rock ‘n roll. ‘From the first demos that were sent to me, I felt there was something special and different about this band,’ says Rock, who is known for his work with Metallica, Aerosmith, and Mötley Crüe. ‘They had a connection to some of my favorite classic rock bands – like Tom Petty, Humble Pie, and Lynyrd Skynyrd – but it wasn’t just nostalgia. There was a modern side to them as well. It actually kicked my ass, which doesn't happen much these days. After I saw them live, I knew I had to produce their album. It was really important for us to capture their live feel in the studio. When you hear the album, you’ll know what it’s like to see them live. And when you see them live, you’ll understand what I see in American Bang. That rock ‘n roll is alive and well in America.’ American Bang is Jaren Johnston (lead singer / guitar), Ben Brown (lead guitar), Kelby Ray (bass), and Neil Mason (drums).”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neil Young Trunk Show — a concert film starring Neil Young — will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD by Reprise Records later this year. The film is the second in director Jonathan Demme’s planned trilogy about the legendary rocker…Shot on hand-held HDCam, HDV, and Super-8mm cameras, Neil Young Trunk Show features scenes from two shows that Young performed at the historic Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA, on his 2007 Chrome Dreams II theater tour…Demme’s film credits include the Oscar-winning dramas Philadelphia and Silence of the Lambs, and the more recent Rachel Getting Married. Theatrical screenings of Neil Young Trunk Show will be held across the country for one week beginning on March 19^th.”

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“UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif…/PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), the award winning sales and marketing division of Universal Music Group, has appointed Candace Berry to Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Universal Music Distribution (UMD), it was announced today by Jim Urie, President & CEO of the company and Amanda Marks, Executive Vice President and General Manager of UMD, to whom Ms. Berry reports…UMGD consists of four major divisions: Universal Music Distribution (UMD); Fontana, a worldwide distributor of independent music labels; Vivendi Entertainment, the largest independent DVD distribution company in the U.S. and also a theatrical distributor; and Universal Music Christian Group. It distributes the music from such companies as Universal Motown Republic Group, Island Def Jam Music Group, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, A&M/Octone Records, MCA Nashville, Lost Highway, Mercury Nashville, Verve Music Group, Decca Label Group, Universal Music Latino, Universal Music Enterprises, Hip-O, UTV, Sanctuary Records, Disa, Machete Music, ABKCO, Concord Music Group, Hollywood, Lyric Street, Fonovisa, Walt Disney, Big Machine, VI Music, Sybersound, Hidden Beach and Palm Pictures. The company also represents a world-famous roster of artists: U2, Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Eminem, Sheryl Crow, 50 Cent, Sting, Jay-Z, Andrea Bocelli, Gwen Stefani, Shania Twain, Taylor Swift, Mary J. Blige, Sugarland, Maroon 5, Rihanna, The Black Eyed Peas, Akon, and Fall Out Boy, and many others.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Screamworks: Love In Theory and Practice — the new album from Finland’s hard-rock heroes HIM — opened big this week, bowing at No. 1 on the Hard Rock chart and No. 2 on both the Rock and Alternative charts. Selling 25,783 copies (nearly 30% of them in the digital space), Screamworks, which was released by Sire Records on February 9^th, also debuted at No. 25 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, the album was produced by Matt Squire (Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Saosin) and mixed by Neal Avron (Linkin Park, Weezer, Fall Out Boy). The video for ‘Heartkiller,’ the album’s first single, premiered on MySpace last month. Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice is HIM’s seventh studio album and the follow-up to 2007’s Venus Doom, which debuted at No. 12 in the U.S. and was nominated for a Grammy Award for ‘Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition Packaging.’ In 2007, HIM, which is Ville Valo (vocals), Mige (bass), Linde (guitar), Burton (keyboards), and Gas (drums) supported Metallica in Europe before joining the Linkin Park-headlined Projekt Revolution tour across America, and headlined its own U.S. theater tour. The band’s 2005 album, Dark Light, has the distinction of being the first album by a Finnish band to be certified gold in the U.S.”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Triple GRAMMY® Award winning guitarist Steve Vai will release a new album, ‘Where The Other Wild Things Are,’ on April 13, 2010 on his own Favored Nations Entertainment imprint. The 12-track album is the second companion CD to be released alongside the 2009 concert film ‘Live In Minneapolis: Where The Wild Things Are’…The live concert featured on the DVD and CDs was filmed and recorded at the historic State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN before a sold-out crowd during Vai's acclaimed 2007 String Theories World Tour. Vai chose the State Theatre for its lush acoustics and equally inspiring interior--his unprecedented guitar wizardry amazes throughout the film, as do the talents of the stellar band, an ace group of players, including two violinists, Vai put together and called String Theories. 2010 marks Steve Vai's 30th Anniversary in the music business. Vai first stepped into the spotlight in 1980 as a touring member of the legendary Frank Zappa's touring band but his indelible contribution to music came during his solo career, which includes combined sales of nearly six million albums over the last three decades. Vai is currently in the studio recording his next solo album for Favored Nations Entertainment. He will then embark on a World Tour that will take him through all of 2011.”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- The legendary trio Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN)--David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash--will tour the western United States in late spring, followed by concerts across the U.K. and Europe this summer. Additional U.S. dates in late summer, following the group's return from Europe, will be announced in coming weeks. The tour's first leg in the U.S. kicks off with a pair of festival dates in California: May 21 at the Sonoma Jazz Festival in Sonoma, CA, and May 23 at the Doheny State Beach Festival in Dana Point. Other highlights from the spring itinerary include two dates at Humphrey's in San Diego (May 25-26), Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO (June 2) the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix (May 29), Portland OR's Amphitheater at Clark County (June 11) and the Seattle area's Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery (June 12). The tour's second leg commences in the U.K. on July 1 with a concert at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland. Other European highlights include two dates at London's Royal Albert Hall (July 3-4), Queen Elizabeth Auditorium in Antwerp, Belgium (July 9), The Olympia in Paris (July 12-13), and the Tollwood SommerFestival in Munich, Germany (July 25). Additional European dates will be announced shortly. The group's 2010 touring schedule follows up a twelve-month period marked by a number of high profile performances and projects. Most recently, CSN was a featured part of the all-star tribute to Neil Young - their longtime partner in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - at NARAS' 2010 Person of the Year gala honoring Young that kicked off this year's GRAMMY® weekend festivities. In October 2009, CSN played at historic Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City. CSN was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. David Crosby has also been previously inducted for The Byrds, and Stephen Stills with Buffalo Springfield; at this year's 2010 ceremony, Graham Nash will be dual-honored as well when The Hollies join the fold. Also in 2009, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash were inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame at a June 18 ceremony in New York City. That same month marked Rhino Records' release of Demos. Featuring 12 previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1968 and 1971, Demos spotlights destined-to-be-classic songs later heard on CSN's group and solo titles. CSN's music immediately became a cornerstone of rock 'n roll with the group's self-titled 1969 debut LP, now one of Rolling Stone's ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time.’ That same year, they were honored with the GRAMMY award for Best New Artist. 1970's Deja Vu--another ‘500 Greatest’--followed, the first album from the group's four-man line-up with Neil Young (CSN&Y). Ever since--through changing times and various configurations--Crosby, Stills & Nash have continued to tour and record as ‘three together…’”

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif…/PRNewswire/ -- The Features, the first band signed to the Kings of Leon's record label, Serpents & Snakes, via a partnership with 429 Records and Bug Music, which released their critically acclaimed album SOME KIND OF SALVATION in 2009, announced an extensive U.S. tour for 2010 beginning in late February. Once considered Nashville's best kept secret, The Features have steadily built an ever-growing following for their special brand of dynamic pop rock and explosive live shows. The band has earned accolades worldwide off the strength of the stellar 2009 U.S. album SOME KIND OF SALVATION which was produced by Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, Modest Mouse) and Brian Carter @ Paradox Productions…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Leonard Cohen, Jackie DeShannon, David Foster, Johnny Mandel and Earth, Wind & Fire's Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Larry Dunn and Al McKay will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame this year, SHOF Chairman/CEO Hal David announced today. The organization, which is dedicated to recognizing the work and lives of those composers and lyricists who create popular music around the world, returns for its highly anticipated 41st annual induction and awards dinner, scheduled for Thursday, June 17…in New York City. Leonard Cohen received the Grammy 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his legendary career of artistic accomplishments in songwriting and performing. Over 2,000 covers of Cohen's songs have been recorded by artists such as R.E.M., Bob Dylan, Elton John, Judy Collins, Willie Nelson and most recently, Justin Timberlake's rendition of ‘Hallelujah’ that appeared on Cohen's 1984 Various Positions album. Cohen always had an interest in music, but it wasn't until 1966 that his focus turned to songwriting after gaining international recognition for his poetry. Before he released a single song, Cohen sold the highly successful ‘Suzanne’ to Judy Collins which later was included on his debut album, The Songs of Leonard Cohen in 1967 along with ‘Sisters of Mercy,’ and ‘So Long, Marianne.’ His next two albums, Songs from a Room and Songs of Love and Hate solidified Cohen's iconic status with ‘Bird on a Wire’ and ‘Famous Blue Raincoat.’ His multidimensional lyrics have captured fans spanning generations and nationalities for decades. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2006) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2008) for his outstanding work. Cohen's world tour, which inaugurated in May 2008, is still playing to sold-out crowds. Singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon is best known as the soulful voice behind two of the 1960s most enduring, era-defining anthems - Burt Bacharach & Hal David's ‘What The World Needs Now Is Love’ and DeShannon's own ‘Put A Little Love In Your Heart.’ Her songs have been performed by such artists as Al Green, Annie Lennox, Van Morrison, Brenda Lee, The Carpenters, The Temptations, Marianne Faithfull, The Searchers, Ella Fitzgerald and Bruce Springsteen. In the early 1960s, Jackie partnered with Sharon Sheeley on dozens of songs (‘Dum Dum,’ ‘The Great Imposter,’ ‘Breakaway,’ ‘You Won't Forget Me’). Collaborations followed with Randy Newman, Jack Nitzsche, Jimmy Page and John Bettis. In 1964, Jackie toured as an opening act for the Beatles. Writing solo, she composed the hits ‘When You Walk In The Room’ and ‘Come And Stay With Me.’ She earned a million-seller in 1969 with ‘Put A Little Love In Your Heart,’ written with Randy Myers and Jimmy Holiday. DeShannon won a Grammy for Song of the Year in 1982 for ‘Bette Davis Eyes’ with writing partner Donna Weiss. To say that everything David Foster touches turns to gold--and usually platinum--would be an understatement. This stunningly talented songwriter is a 15-time Grammy Award winner with an unprecedented 46 nominations, a recipient of seven Juno Awards, an Emmy Award in 2004 and a three-time Oscar nominee, all over the course of four extraordinarily successful decades. Foster's career path soared in the 1980's as he produced and wrote an extraordinary lineup of No. 1 singles, including Chicago's ‘Hard To Say I'm Sorry,’ Peter Cetera's ‘The Glory of Love,’ and John Parr's ‘Man in Motion’ (St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack). In 2007 he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Foster has worked with the biggest and best talents in the music industry, including Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble', Seal, Earth, Wind & Fire, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Whitney Houston and many more. Iconic songs in the Foster catalog include ‘After The Love Is Gone,’ ‘I Have Nothing,’ ‘Look What You've Done To Me,’ ‘The Prayer’ and ‘You're The Inspiration.’ Foster recently produced two top ten albums on the Billboard Top 200 Chart - Michael Buble' (‘Crazy Love’) and Andrea Bocelli (‘My Christmas’). Johnny Mandel, the five-time Grammy recipient and Oscar and Emmy Award winner is a composer, arranger, instrumentalist and record producer living a life totally steeped in musical achievement. As a teenager, Mandel was a member of Joe Venuti's orchestra, followed by employment as a player and/or arranger in bands led by Henry Jerome, Buddy Rich, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Artie Shaw. In the late 1940s and early 50s, Mandel was an arranger and composer for radio and the new medium of TV. At the same time, he played trombone and wrote arrangements for the Count Basie Orchestra. The West Coast recording scene beckoned Johnny in 1954 where he began arranging sessions for stars like Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Jo Stafford, Tony Bennett, Chet Baker and Andy Williams. Hollywood film assignments began coming in for Mandel as well, beginning with the all-Jazz score he composed for I Want to Live in 1958. Many Mandel film scores have followed, among them The Americanization of Emily, The Sandpiper, M*A*S*H*, Being There and The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. Mandel-composed standards include ‘The Shadow of Your Smile,’ ‘Emily,’ ‘Where Do You Start?’ and ‘Close Enough for Love.’ In recent years, Mandel's career has continued to flourish as he has remained busy producing and arranging recordings for Natalie Cole, Diana Krall and, most recently, for Barbra Streisand and Willie Nelson, among many others. Earth, Wind & Fire is one of the most innovative and commercially invincible contemporary Pop / R&B music forces of the 20th century. Members Maurice White, Philip Bailey, Verdine White, Larry Dunn and Al McKay are known for their signature sound of fusing Pop, R&B, Rock, Latin, Funk, Jazz and African Music to win numerous awards. Earth, Wind & Fire has received 20 Grammy nominations; winning six as a group and its founding members, Maurice White and Philip Bailey, winning two awards each. The band was also awarded the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Signature Governor's Award. Earth, Wind & Fire have earned more than 50 Gold and Platinum albums and have sold over 90 million albums worldwide. They have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (2000) and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1995). The music industry and fans have bestowed Lifetime Achievement honors from ASCAP (Rhythm & Soul Heritage Award - 2002), NAACP (Hall of Fame - 1994) and the BET Awards (Life Time Achievement Award 2002). Two Earth, Wind & Fire classic songs have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame: ‘That's The Way of The World’ (2004) and ‘Shining Star’ (2007). Earth, Wind & Fire have 12 American Music Awards nominations and four awards. The band is also known as having been the first African-American performers to sell out Madison Square Garden and to receive the MSG Gold Ticket Award. President Obama invited the band to perform at the White House for the first social event of the new administration. Through the decades their songs have been covered by recording artists such as Jerry Garcia Band, D'Angelo, Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan and many others.”

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“The Kings of Convenience show scheduled at the Warsaw this Sunday, February 14^th, has been rescheduled.  The new show date is Friday, June 4^th.  All tickets purchased for the February 14^th show will be honored for this new date. The Kings of Convenience and their record label, Astralwerks, are offering ticket buyers a free download of an exclusive KOC track, ‘Love is No Big Truth.’  Originally recorded live for Italian radio, this track will be available to all ticket holders.  Information on how to download the track will be sent to ticket holders via email along with the new show date.” 

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“New Jersey’s VTT is proud to announce a confirmed March 12 show in the band’s home state of New Jersey alongside legendary American metal band W.A.S.P. on their headlining trek. In addition to the high-profile gig at Sayreville’s Starland Ballroom, more New Jersey and New York shows are also lined up, March 27, April 24, May 2, respectively. Plans are also underway for a tour of greater America later this year, most likely in May…In the meantime VTT will continue playing in and around the Northeastern US, continuing to support its third album, ‘Symptoms Of Sin,’ an eight-track effort of driven alt-metal produced by friend and Biohazard/Suicide City vocalist-guitarist Billy Graziadei at Underground Sound Studios (Sick Of It All, Life Of Agony, Pantera). Several tracks from ‘Symptoms of Sin’ are now online at the band’s MySpace page. The band’s latest music video, for ‘Symptoms’ lead track ‘The Victim’ is also online – and currently featured at Ultimate-Guitar.com…”

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“Justin Currie, the former lead singer of Scottish pop-rock powerhouse Del Amitri, will release his second album The Great War on Ryko in May 2010. This record follows his 2007 solo debut, What Is Love For, acclaimed for its superb songcraft and somber brilliance.  On The Great War, Currie returns with a fresh collection of infectious melodies and ingenious wordplay - a combination of dark lyrical themes melded with a newfound optimism…His first single ‘A Man With Nothing To Do’ is a brilliant result of this craft. Currie evokes a sense of vivacity with its harmonious hooks and upbeat tempos, while at the same time, unveiling a certain complexity and suspicion with his solemn yet endearing lyrics. The Great War captures Currie’s bittersweet signature sound and continues break new ground throughout the set with unforgettable gems like ‘The Way That It Falls,’ ‘At Home Inside of Me’ and the epic ‘The Fight to Be Human.’  The album’s evocative songs only reinforce Currie’s career as an established solo singer-songwriter. Justin Currie was still in his teens when he co-founded Del Amitri in his hometown of Glasgow .  Between 1982 and 2002, the band evolved from resourceful D.I.Y. indie combo to international hitmakers, releasing six much-loved studio albums before amicably parting ways. In 2007, Currie released his first solo debut What Is Love For on Ryko. The release grabbed the attention of critics worldwide earning him an appearance on Sundance’s Live From Abbey Road and the #1 Album of Year by Jim Farber at The New York Daily News.” For more info, visit www.MySpace.com/justincurrie.

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“NEW YORK, NY…THE VANGUARD will release its second EP – aptly titled PLAYTIME! – on April 13^th. PLAYTIME! continues to build on the foursome’s unique brand of fun-inducing indie-pop. Eloquent lyrics, big hooks, sing-along choruses and memorable melodies are VANGUARD standards, and PLAYTIME! does not disappoint. Though THE VANGUARD has established itself firmly as a New York City band, the odds were not in the Big Apple’s favor. Perhaps the most unique characteristic of the band is its varied ethnicities. Aaron Lloyd Barr (vocals) is from Damascus, Virginia. He is joined by David Zawadzki (guitar/keys) of Przemysl, Poland, Rasko Ristic (bass) of Belgrade, Serbia and Luciano Rovner (drums) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Together they form THE VANGUARD, a band that has truly been able to meld their individual influences and experiences from different corners of the earth into an art form. Internationally, people have begun to take notice. THE VANGUARD played six noteworthy SXSW 09 showcases and topped it off with an overseas journey to the Exit Festival in Serbia as well as a UK tour…Look for PLAYTIME! Which will be released on April 13^th, 2010.”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dailymotion, one of the largest online video companies in the world, and EMI, one of the world’s leading music companies, are partnering to deliver EMI’s library of music videos to Dailymotion’s popular Web video site, mobile site and iPhone app and the Dailymotion channel on Internet connected TVs. The partnership combines EMI’s vast collection of premium music videos with Dailymotion’s massive reach of over 65 million global users. Beginning April 2010, Dailymotion users will be able to enjoy music videos from artists including Coldplay, Katy Perry, Robbie Williams, David Guetta, among others, from all of EMI's labels including Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol and Virgin, as well as the labels represented by EMI Label Services and EMI's Caroline Distribution unit. The agreement makes use of Dailymotion’s robust ad platform, which will deliver ads with EMI videos to all three screens…”

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“New York, NY…Ionia the dynamic 5-piece melodic rock band from New York is preparing to release their debut full length ‘Moral Hazard’ on April 20, 2010. Ionia has toured throughout the North and Mid East United States, as well as internationally through self-promoted and nationally promoted tours. Ionia has been gaining national attention and a burgeoning fan base thanks to powerful moving lyrics as well as catchy melodic hard-rock/metal-pop and a stage show full of physical high-jinks…As their fan base begins to exponentially grow, they've been invited to open for major label bands such as: Cancer Bats, Four Year Strong, Bring me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil, Thursday, Buck Cherry, Kill Hannah, Alice in Chains, A Wilhelm Scream and Underoath…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice — the new album from Finland’s hard-rock heroes HIM is released today by Sire Records. Recorded at The Lair in Los Angeles, the album was produced by Matt Squire (Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Saosin) and mixed by Neal Avron (Linkin Park, Weezer, Fall Out Boy). The video for ‘Heartkiller,’ the album’s first single, premiered on MySpace in January. Screamworks: Love In Theory And Practice is HIM’s seventh studio album and the follow-up to 2007’s Venus Doom, which debuted at No. 12 in the U.S. and was nominated for a Grammy Award for ‘Best Boxed/Special Limited Edition Packaging.’ In 2007, HIM, which is Ville Valo (vocals), Mige (bass), Linde (guitar), Burton (keyboards), and Gas (drums) supported Metallica in Europe before joining the Linking Park-headlined Projekt Revolution tour across America, and headlined its own U.S. theater tour. The band’s 2005 album Dark Light has the distinction of being the first album by a Finnish band to be certified gold in the U.S.”

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“LOS ANGELES, CA…likeZEBRA, the popular underground music hub, offers independent bands and artists around the world the chance to monetize their music and promote their tunes in one simple platform.  With a multitude of promotional tools that allow bands to virally connect with fans, artists are not only gaining admirers, they're gaining the opportunity to cash in on their talents…” For more info, visit www.likeZebra.com.

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premiere Radio Networks is proud to announce that Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx will launch into national syndication today. The weekday evening program will be heard on more than 30 Rock/Alternative radio stations in markets coast to coast – from Albany, N.Y., to San Francisco, Calif., and Portland, Ore., to Dallas, Texas. Originating from Premiere’s Los Angeles studios, Nikki Sixx and co-host Kerri Kasem will kick off their first week with scheduled appearances by Ozzy Osbourne and Dog the Bounty Hunter, among others. In addition, The Side Show with Nikki Sixx, a weekend music-based entertainment program, will launch Feb. 13 and 14 on Rock/Alternative radio stations. Both programs are also available through streaming at www.SixxSense.com...Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx broadcasts Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight local time. Host Nikki Sixx – co-founder/bassist/songwriter of Mötley Crüe and chart-topping band Sixx:A.M., producer, clothing designer, philanthropist, best-selling author and photographer – discusses music and lifestyle topics as he gives listeners a backstage look at the world and mind of a rock star. Joined by co-host Kerri Kasem, Sixx provides his unique perspective and attitude as the duo welcomes celebrity guests, recording artists and fascinating characters from all walks of life. All this and more…”

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“New York, NY…After three years of loyal patience, ANDREW W.K. fans can finally experience the ‘lost’ third album from the established party rocker.  Previously released in Japan and Korea in 2006, CLOSE CALLS WITH BRICK WALLS will officially become available in the United States on March 9^th,  2010, being released by STEEV MIKE, as a special two album package (the original CLOSE CALLS WITH BRICK WALLS on one disc, and an additional CD called MOTHER OF MANKIND, containing rare and unreleased material). After the recent release of 55 CADILLAC - a compilation of improvised solo piano compositions - CLOSE CALLS WITH BRICK WALLS  and MOTHER OF MANKIND deliver the slamming, inspirational music for which  Andrew W.K.  is loved, coupled with new sounds and feelings rarely associated with his traditional work. Close Calls With Brick Walls was recorded in multiple sessions throughout 2004 and 2005, using the full Andrew W.K. touring band for the first time.  With a full instrumental band, the new album includes exciting new performances, styles, and rhythms.  The lyrics are more complex although still very playful, and Andrew’s voice has grown into something much more distinct and expressive. The roots of the album and the changes it signals lie in the story behind the unorthodox path Andrew took to fame and, specifically, the dramatic contrast between his early years as part of a free-spirited music scene in his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan and the transformation in attitude and image and personality that came about after he had assumed the role of Andrew W.K…”

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“Fantastic reviews are rolling in for Allison Moorer’s upcoming Crows, available Feb 9^th, 2010 on Ryko. The Boston Globe calls this 13-track album, produced by R.S. Field (Buddy Guy, John Mayall), ‘striking’ and says ‘covering the likes of Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith, and Nina Simone on last year’s ‘Mockingbird’ seems to have rubbed off on her.’ American Songwriter’s four-star appraisal finds the album ‘coaxingly lovely in its ministrations,’ and ‘beautiful’ simply describes her performance on a recent New York Times popcast.  Internationally, the press also recognizes a certain charm from this Alabama native. BBC claims the new album ‘finds Moorer hitting her stride and going somewhere special,’ while MOJO magazine’s March issue complements her vocal style as ‘bearing a grave grace and weight-honestly forceful, not showy.’ Meanwhile, her momentum continues to build at radio. The album’s first single, ‘Broken Girl,’ was the #1 most added at Americana radio during its debut week, and is now #9 on the chart. The song was also #3 most added at Triple A/Non- Commercial and is currently at #19…”  

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“BALTIMORE…/PRNewswire/ -- Cool Music Network, LLC  and Sinclair Television Group, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. are pleased to announce an agreement for the carriage of THECOOLTV in 34 of Sinclair's markets. This partnership will put THECOOLTV in 24 million homes, representing approximately 22% of U.S. television households. THECOOLTV is a brand new 24 hours a day / 7 days a week music television network. But unlike other music channels, THECOOLTV is ‘Hyper-Localized,’ customizing its programming to reflect local demographics, music events and even local artists. Through their partnerships with local artists, music venues, promoters and major festival events, THECOOLTV has been able to cultivate a unique aspect of localism, thereby appealing to the viewers in each market. THECOOLTV's expansive video vault includes high-quality programs supplied by major and independent record labels, established and local artists and content providers. Viewers tuning into THECOOLTV can expect exciting entertainment including live concerts, music videos, and much more…”

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“New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall is proud to welcome Peter Gabriel to the Great Stage on Sunday, May 2 and Monday, May 3, 2010.  Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician, writer and video maker. He rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. More recently he has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. Gabriel has released eleven solo albums and in 1986, his album 'So' won him his first Grammy.  In 2010, Peter’s ‘New Blood’ tour is playing in select venues, including only one U.S. east coast apperance at Radio City Music Hall on May 2 and 3.  The tour, which supports Peter’s latest album 'Scratch My Back' is a live show with a 54-piece orchestra and no drums or guitars…”

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“AUSTIN, Texas…/PRNewswire/ -- The South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival, scheduled to take place March 17 - 21, 2010 in Austin, Texas, is pleased to announce a few of the bands scheduled to perform, artists that are participating on panels and exciting changes at the SXSW Day Stage. This year's SXSW Music Conference will feature some notable artists that will be speaking on panels taking place in the Austin Convention Center. Judy Collins shares her thoughts on ‘Where Goes English Folk Music?,’ John Doe joins Ian Rogers' panel ‘The Cultural Significance of Direct-to-Fan Marketing,’ DJ Spooky encourages the spread of music into established cultural institutions in ‘Performing Arts: New Frontier for Live Acts,’ Melissa Auf Der Mar exhibits her photographic side on ‘Image Makers Of Rock and Soul,’ Suzanne Vega kicks MP3 butt on ‘Music Artists: Getting A Digital Ass-Kicking,’ Andrew WK dissects rock star myths on ‘What Becomes A Legend Most,’ Chris Walla highlights his studio work on ‘Producers Adapt & Survive,’ Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth recall early gigs on ‘CBGBs Stories,’ and Anya Marina talks soundtracks on ‘Case Study: New Moon.’ Join these artists and over 350 other speakers for an enlightening look at the past, present and future of the music industry. The SXSW Day Stage also in the Austin Convention Center, presented by SESAC, will be partnering with six great radio stations from around the country who will present Day Stage performances on their airwaves. These are KCRW, KEXP, WXPN, The Current, KUT, and Mexico City's Reactor. Each station will present a three hour block of music. Highlighting KCRW's block on Saturday March 20 will be Rogue Wave, Middle East and Lissie. More artists will be announced soon. SXSW Day Stage performances take place in Ballroom D from 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.And now for the bands, a few highlights selected out of over 10,000 music applications include: !!! (Brooklyn, NY), Amaral (Madrid, SPAIN), Anita Tijoux (Santiago, CHILE), ApoptygmaBerzerk (Oslo, NORWAY), Athlete (London, ENGLAND), Bajofondo (Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA), Balkan Beat Box (Tel Aviv, ISRAEL), Band of Skulls (London, ENGLAND), Bear In Heaven (Brooklyn, NY), Black Milk (Detroit, MI), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Los Angeles, CA), BombaEstereo (Bogota, COLOMBIA), Broken Social Scene (Toronto, CANADA), Chalie Boy (Hearne, TX), Chamillionaire& Paul Wall (Houston, TX), Cymbals Eat Guitars (New York, NY), Deer Tick (Providence, RI), Evan Dando (New York, NY), Frightened Rabbit (Selkirk, SCOTLAND), Fucked Up (Toronto, CANADA), Grant Hart (St. Paul, MN), Hauschka (Dusseldorf, GERMANY), Here We Go Magic (Brooklyn, NY), Hudson Mohawke (Glasgow, SCOTLAND), Invincible (Detroit, MI), jj (Gothenburg, SWEDEN), Killer Mike (Atlanta, GA), LA Riots (Los Angeles, CA), Les SavyFav (Brooklyn, NY), MalditaVecindad (Mexico City, MEXICO), Marina & The Diamonds (London, ENGLAND), Mayer Hawthorne & The County (Ann Arbor, MI), Midlake (Denton, TX), Miike Snow (Stockholm, SWEDEN), Mr Hudson (London, ENGLAND), MundoLivre SA (Recife, BRAZIL), Murs (Los Angeles, CA), NataliaLafourcade (Mexico City, MEXICO), Pretty Lights (Charlottesville, VA), Rye Rye (Baltimore, MD), Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (Brooklyn, NY), She & Him (Los Angeles, CA), Shwayze (Malibu, CA), Spoon (Austin, TX), Steve Aoki (Los Angeles, CA), Systema Solar (Taganga, COLOMBIA), Texas Tornados (San Antonio, TX), The Drums (Brooklyn, NY), The Middle East (Townsville, AUSTRALIA), The Soft Pack (San Diego, CA), The Very Best (New York, NY), The xx (London, ENGLAND), Trae (Houston, TX), VV Brown (London, ENGLAND), and Wolfgang Gartner (Austin, TX)…This is only a portion of the bands that will be performing at the SXSW Music Festival…”

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“UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif…./PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group Distribution (UMGD), the award-winning sales and marketing division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has promoted L.J. Gutierrez to Senior Vice President of Partnership Development, it was announced today by Amanda Marks, Executive Vice President and General Manager and Cliff O'Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Group Marketing for the company. Formerly, Ms. Gutierrez served as Vice President of Retail Partnership Marketing for UMGD.In this newly-created position, Ms. Gutierrez will oversee both UMGD's partnership marketing group and its non-traditional sales group. Both areas work closely with Universal Music Group labels to maximize marketing and sales opportunities on behalf of UMG artists. Gutierrez will also seek partnerships on behalf of UMGD companies Fontana, the leading independent distribution company and Vivendi Entertainment, a full-service film distribution company…Prior to joining UMGD, Ms. Gutierrez held senior marketing and strategic alliance positions at such companies as Atari, Inc. and Virgin Entertainment Group. Her career began as a marketing coordinator with Mercury/PolyGram Records. Ms. Gutierrez received a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University.”

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“New York, NY – For the first time ever at Radio City Music Hall, AEG Live welcome Porcupine Tree to the Great Stage on Friday, September 24, 2010 at 8pm. Though singer/guitarist Steve Wilson initially came to wider attention (at least in the U.K.) with No-Man, his long-running collaboration with Tim Bowness throughout the 1990s gained as much of a reputation for Porcupine Tree. Embracing and exploring prog rock inspirations while always keeping an ear out for newer musical connections, thus sidestepping the pointless revivalism of many of the band's peers, Porcupine Tree has created some noteworthy albums and songs over the years, continuing full strength into the new millennium. Up the Downstair, Porcupine Tree's next full album, found Wilson coming fully into his own, creating a majestic, sweeping album that took the prog inspirations of the past fully into a realm of mysterious hush and beauty as much as full-on rock charge. Two collaborators on other projects, bassist Colin Edwin and keyboardist Richard Barbieri, the latter one of the core members of early-'80s pop-art geniuses Japan, guested on the album. Later that year, the two formally joined Porcupine Tree, along with drummer Chris Maitland, establishing a four-piece lineup…”

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“SANTA MONICA, CA…If you witnessed the entrancing performance by singer Imelda May accompanying Jeff Beck on ‘How High The Moon’ for the Les Paul tribute on Sunday’s Grammy® Awards broadcast, then you will surely want to see the rising Irish star live on her upcoming U.S. tour.  After opening for Eric Clapton/Jeff Beck at London’s O2 in February, May will return to the States and join Verve label mate Jamie Cullum for U.S dates. Dublin-born May, who has previously shared stages with Jeff Beck as well as Van Morrison, made her major label debut in late 2009 with Love Tattoo (Verve), which shot to #1 on the Irish charts, ahead of Bruce Springsteen and Eminem.  Throughout the U.K. and Ireland, she has won honors from ‘Rising Star of 2009’ and ‘Jazz Artist of 2009’ to “Best Female Newcomer.’  Shaking up traditional jazz with a magnificent voice that channels both Janis Joplin and Patsy Cline, her mix of jazz, rockabilly and blues yields a cool, swinging fusion both classic and oddly modern.  Her fierce, unbridled concert performances have a reputation for being impassioned events, a prime example being her interpretation of ‘Johnny Got a A Boom-Boom.’ Jamie Cullum’s third Verve album, The Pursuit, will be released March 2, 2010.  Genre-defying and wonderfully eclectic as always, Cullum mixes modern influences and an infectious devil-may-care swagger with his love of jazz and timeless standards. A 2005 Grammy® nominee, he also earned a Golden Globe nomination last year for ‘Best Original Song’ for co-writing the title song for the film Gran Torino with star Clint Eastwood. With both May and Cullum’s reputation for commanding live performances, many dates on the tour are already SOLD-OUT...”

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“NEW YORK…VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service, The Recording Academy^® and CBS have announced the launch of ‘The GRAMMY^®s’ channel, making noteworthy footage from 52 years of GRAMMY performances and GRAMMY-related programming available for free, on-demand viewing across the VEVO Network within the U.S. This new channel marks the first time The Recording Academy has made these archival performances available to the public. The announcement was made today by Rio Caraeff (President and CEO, VEVO), Evan Greene (Chief Marketing Officer, The Recording Academy) and Joe Ferreira (Senior Vice President, Network Liaison, CBS Interactive)… The GRAMMYs channel on VEVO is located at http://grammys.vevo.com”

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“WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif…/PRNewswire/ -- Continuing its support of aspiring artists, Guitar Center – www.GuitarCenter.com , the world's largest musical instrument retailer, today announced Guitar Center Presents Your Next Record with Slash, a first-of-its-kind, unsigned band competition that provides emerging artists the chance to win the ultimate career-altering opportunity: record a 3-song EP with legendary producer, Mike Clink (Guns N' Roses, Motley Crue, Megadeth) and have Slash write, record and perform on the winning artists' single. Starting today, through April 30th, 2010 bands across the United States are invited to submit their music at www.YourNextRecord.com“

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Consortium Ltd. has acquired a collection of 20,000 of the greatest pop, jazz and classical tracks of all time, from artists such as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughn, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams, Jr., Dolly Parton, The London Pops Orchestra and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, to name a few. The newly formed entertainment company purchased the catalogues of Hindsight Records, Stradivari, Otelo, Michele, Tinseltown and Kielbasa with a combination of cash and stock from Hindsight Records. Inc. The company plans to license the titles to music distributors and advertisers as the first step toward becoming a full-service entertainment firm that will provide development in catalog, film, new artists and new media. United Consortium has named Marc Offenbach, a former senior marketing executive at Sony Music, as president. Offenbach has more than 30 years experience in the music industry. He has spearheaded marketing and sales campaigns for Academy Award winning film soundtracks such as Titanic, Star Wars, and Shakespeare in Love, as well as artists such as Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Maxwell, MGMT, Adele, The Fray, and Harry Connick, Jr. United Consortium will offer artists, managers and copyright holders an alternative to the corporate business model by providing them with a home where they can freely flow their interests through the wide universe of entertainment distribution…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Just awarded the Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award at the U.K.'s prestigious Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards, blues-rock guitar hero and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa is set to release his tenth full-length solo album, Black Rock, on March 23, 2010. Bonamassa's sixth release on his own J&R Adventures imprint, the disc re-teams him with producer Kevin Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin), who most recently produced 2009's The Ballad of John Henry, which debuted at #1 on Billboard's Blues Chart in February of last year. The album release will be followed by a multi-country tour taking Bonamassa to the U.S., U.K., Europe, Russia, Japan and Australia. Black Rock was recorded at, and named for, Black Rock Studios in Santorini, Greece….”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Jakob Dylan will release his sophomore solo album, Women and Country, on Columbia Records on April 6th, 2010. Soulful yet striking and ripe with sublime beauty, Women and Country is the follow up to the artist's 2008 critically acclaimed debut, Seeing Things. This new collection finds him reuniting with acclaimed Grammy and Golden Globe winning producer T Bone Burnett (Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Crazy Heart), who produced the Wallflowers' 1996 breakthrough album Bringing Down the Horse. On the release, Jakob is also joined by Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, who provide back-up vocals to 8 of the album's 11 tracks…Recorded in Los Angeles, CA, Women and Country is the full realization of a journey Jakob Dylan began on his previous solo release Seeing Things, which hearkens back to the timeless artistry of American roots music and country blues masters…Backing Jakob Dylan up on the album's 11 songs are T Bone Burnett's s acclaimed group of musicians including Dennis Crouch (bass), Jay Bellerose (drums), David Mansfield (fiddle & mandolin), Marc Ribot (guitar), Keefus Ciancia (keyboards), Greg Leisz (pedal steel), Darrell Leonard (trumpet), Ira Nepus (trombone) and George Bohanon (horns)…”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--From the opening lines of Susan Calloway’s infectious pop rocker ‘Chasin The Sun,’ the title track from her explosive six song debut EP, the Detroit based singer/songwriter makes no bones about the stark reality and intense challenges of being an Indie artist emerging in 2010: ‘What did you think? It was gonna be easy? What did you think? They’d make you a star? The gates would just swing open and they’d all know who you are?’ Those proverbial gates are opening wider each day thanks to the strong reception ‘Chasin The Sun’ has gotten at both terrestrial and internet radio. Top 40 and Hot AC stations across the country are adding it rapidly to their spin lists, it’s already on Pandora.com and will soon be playing on XM Radio. Most artists wait for the momentum on their first project to build before seeking film and TV licensing opportunities, but Calloway’s been on the case for several years, placing a handful of the first songs she recorded as a solo artist on the hit WB/CW shows ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ ‘Summerland’ and ‘One Tree Hill.’ These early tracks, like the six newer tunes on Chasin The Sun, were produced by Gerard Smerek, who has mixed, engineered or produced projects such as Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, R. Kelly and Kid Rock…”

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“Los Angeles, CA…Through a unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records, AC/DC's music will be featured in Marvel Studios' ‘IRON MAN 2,’ the sequel to the 2008 blockbuster film.  In addition, Columbia Records will release the album AC/DC:  Iron Man 2 on Monday, April 19, 2010.  AC/DC:  Iron Man 2, features 15 classic AC/DC songs selected from ten of the band's studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008…In the U.S., the film will be distributed by Paramount Pictures and is scheduled for release on May 7, 2010. The debut video from AC/DC: Iron Man 2 is the AC/DC's classic album cut ‘Shoot To Thrill,’ which was filmed live last month in Buenos Aires during the band's highly acclaimed Black Ice World Tour, the second highest grossing world tour of 2009…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- After the release of their next album (Sting in the Tail, release date: March 23rd, Universal Music Enterprises) and a three-year mammoth tour, which will take them across five continents, one of the most successful rock bands in the world, SCORPIONS, will be ending their career. The band broke the news on their website on Sunday…During their 40-year career, SCORPIONS sold over 100 million albums and received many awards, such as the World Music Award and several Echos--the German comparison to the Grammy. Today they still play sold-out venues around the world. Not long ago, 152,000 South Americans came to 15 SCORPIONS concerts between Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City. Their song ‘Wind of Change’ has become an anthem for the fall of the Iron Curtain. The tour will launch in the band's home country Germany in May. After that, they will be touring through North America before they continue their journey through five other continents until 2012.”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clear Channel Radio today announced that it has partnered with one of rock’s most iconic institutions to create a brand new digital audio channel. Launched today, CBGB Radio captures the spirit and intensity of the legendary club formerly located at 315 Bowery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The station features music from the influential artists that performed at the venue, including Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, as well as new underground rock artists. Additionally, listeners will hear snippets of artist interviews and commentary from those who knew CBGB best…’The launch of CBGB Radio is both ironic and fantastic; ironic in that it was a never ending struggle to get the great artists and music launched from CBGBs on the radio back in the day. Fantastic in that it proves what I have always believed that the new, exciting and sometimes eclectic music of one generation becomes the pop music of the next,’ said Seymour Stein, Co-founder / Chairman of Sire Records and recipient of the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ’If only Johnny, Joey and Dee Dee Ramone, Stiv Bators of The Deadboys, or Hilly Kristal were around to hear it…’”

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“MILWAUKEE…The new Harley-Davidson Forty-Eight motorcycle is a  factory custom in the legendary tradition of the hot rod Sportster line with the raw, elemental appeal of the Dark Custom™ bikes. Riding low with a slammed suspension and featuring the classic 2.1-gallon ‘peanut’ fuel tank, the Forty-Eight backs up its bulldog appearance with the performance of its blacked out and polished rubber-mounted Evolution® 1200 cc V-Twin engine. The low solo seat, under-mounted mirrors, side mount license plate, clean rear fender and tall and fat front tire emphasize the Forty Eight’s focus on chiseled customization…Check out more on Dark Custom motorcycles at www.harley-davidson.com/darkcustom.”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Joanna Mosca’s exciting emergence onto the indie pop and adult contemporary scene this year is living proof that while great musical talents can cast their true passion aside for a time, outrunning their destiny is quite another matter. Making an empowering inspirational statement on the importance of pursuing our dreams, the New York based singer-songwriter recently hit #6 on FMQB’s AC40 chart with ‘Keep On Going,’ the infectious pop-country debut single and title track from her full length debut album. Joanna was also honored by Music Connection magazine, as one of the Hot 100 Unsigned Artists & Bands of 2009…”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Already proving to be a promising year for the songstress, Marianne Keith will grace us with her single “Meant To Be An Angel” to Hot AC radio February 8. The song, ‘Meant To Be An Angel,’ is the first single from the singer’s sophomore collection, Cathartic, consisting of 15 soul-bearing tracks of a chronological tale uncovering the cathartic process of a love lost and self-found. The album is released on Unison Music and was produced by the indie label’s Grammy-nominated duo, Bruce Witkin and Ryan Dorn. Earlier this month, Marianne performed at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel’s Indie Thursdays weekly showcase. The hotel’s show organizers were most impressed by Marianne’s set and offered the charming artist her own headlining two hour gig, slated for February. Marianne also performed at the world’s largest music trade conference, NAMM, this past weekend in Anaheim, CA. For the third consecutive year, Martin Guitars asked Marianne to give an acoustic performance at their Song Check Live stage. For the remainder of January and all of February, Marianne has landed a mini-residency at Hollywood's intimate hot spot, Piano Bar, every Thursday at 10 p.m. Marianne will perform tracks from her new album Cathartic, along with music from her debut album, Beautiful Distraction.”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL featuring KORN and ROB ZOMBIE will kick off Saturday, July 10 in San Bernardino, CA and will roll through 24 cities in the U.S. and Canada between early July and late August…Mayhem presale tickets go on sale April 2 and tickets go on sale to the general public on April 16th at LiveNation.com. Check  www.MayhemFest.com for more info…This summer's lineup turns up the heat with a main stage lineup that sees KORN and ROB ZOMBIE joined by LAMB OF GOD and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH. The JAGERMEISTER stage will feature HATEBREED, CHIMAIRA, SHADOWS FALL, WINDS OF PLAGUE and the JAGERMEISTER Battle of The Bands Winner. The second stage will spotlight ATREYU, NORMA JEAN, IN THIS MOMENT and 3 INCHES OF BLOOD. The World's Greatest Freestyle Motocross team, METAL MULISHA, will return to rev up audiences with their unique style of death-defying motorcycle stunts. Also featured on this year's tour will be the bombastic BEACHER'S MADHOUSE, a sexy costume party combined with outrageous variety acts, beautiful dancers, scantily-clad Beacher's Babies, DJ's and so much more. Comedian Jay Oakerson (seen on Comedy Central) will also be on hand to deliver an onslaught of unbridled awesomeness and raunchy rock n roll comedy…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.../PRNewswire/ -- The Austin-based band, led by charismatic singer-songwriter Casey McPherson, will make its major label album debut on Hollywood Records with New Morning. Produced by David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Sublime, The Strokes), the album arrives in stores and at online retailers on April 20. Ahead of the release, Alpha Rev will hit the road, sharing the bill with Owl City on a February college tour, then playing South by Southwest in their hometown of Austin in March…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Following the success of its nationally televised New Year's Eve performance in Times Square, Daughtry reveals plans for the second leg of its U.S. arena tour, which is scheduled to begin March 18 in Baltimore, Maryland and will continue into the summer. For the upcoming shows, singer Chris Daughtry, bassist Josh Paul, drummer Joey Barnes, and guitarists Brian Craddock and Josh Steely will be joined by special guest Lifehouse and opening band Cavo. Daughtry launched its first-ever arena tour last fall, making stops all over the American heartland before taking a break in late December. The group is currently on tour in the U.K. and Europe…The tour announcement comes as Daughtry's latest single ‘Life After You,’ continues to perform well on the charts. The song is the second from the group's sophomore album Leave This Town, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 last summer. The album's first single, ‘No Surprise,’ became the band's fourth #1 hit and the band's third single is scheduled to be released this spring…”

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“LOS ANGELES… /PRNewswire/ -- A new super group has been formed with Jason Bonham, Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa and Derek Sherinian. They are calling themselves Black Country, taking their name from the industrial area in England from which Bonham and Hughes both hail. The band is currently in the studio with producer Kevin Shirley (Black Crowes, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin) cutting tracks for an upcoming album to be released in late 2010 or early 2011. With Bonham (Led Zeppelin, Foreigner) on drums, Sherinian (Dream Theater, Billy Idol, Alice Cooper) on keyboards, Hughes (Deep Purple, Trapeze) on bass and vocals and Bonamassa on guitar and vocals, the band already has six tracks cut. The next recording session will take place in March and the band hopes to finish recording in early April…Recently named ‘The Blues Rock Titan’ by Guitar World Magazine, Bonamassa's new solo album, Black Rock, will be arriving March 23, 2010. Produced by Shirley, who has produced Bonamassa's last six solo albums, it will be released on Bonamassa's own J&R Adventures label…”

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“NEW YORK… /PRNewswire/ -- With a chart record that now spans five decades - from the '60s to the '00s - and one of the most consistently best-selling catalogs in modern recording history, Santana's torrid gumbo of blues-rock, rhythm and soul, Afro-Cuban jazz, Mexicano, and world music flavors is an enduring wonder of contemporary popular music. More than 40 summers after their trail-blazing Saturday afternoon performance at the Woodstock Music & Arts Fair on August 16, 1969, and the release of their iconic debut LP three days later, Santana occupies a unique status among surviving American bands. A decade ago in June 1999, 30 summers after Woodstock, Santana released an album destined to be the biggest of their career. Supernatural, a long-overdue reunion between producers Carlos Santana and Clive Davis, brought fresh collaborations with (in alphabetical order) Cee-Lo, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Eric Clapton, Everlast, Lauryn Hill, Mexican supergroup Mana, Dave Matthews and bandmate Carter Beauford, producers the Dust Brothers, KC Porter, Wyclef Jean, and others. The album spun off two huge RIAA platinum #1 hits – ‘Smooth’ featuring Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, and ‘Maria Maria,’ produced by Wyclef Jean, featuring his hip-hop proteges the Product G&B - the first Hot 100 #1 hits of Santana's career. They spent a cumulative half-year at #1 and paved the way for the album to amass chart honors and generate Grammy Awards® beyond anyone's imaginations or expectations (except, of course, Clive's). In commemoration, Supernatural: Legacy Edition presents the album's first new remastering - personally supervised by Carlos - since its original release. In the tradition of the prestigious Legacy Edition series, the new package adds a second disc of rarities - 11 tracks, eight of them songs that were not contained on the album, seven of them previously unissued, including outtakes, dance club mixes, and instrumental material. A 24-page full-color booklet includes rare photography and memorabilia from the Santana archives. The specially-designed double-CD package, encased in the distinctive Legacy Edition mylar slipcase, will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting February 16th through Arista/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. On February 3rd, Santana will kick off 11 of the ‘Supernatural Santana: A Trip Through the Hits’ residency show concert dates at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, running through February 21st…”

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“LONDON and NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Simon Cowell and Sony Music Entertainment today announced the creation of a new long-term global venture to focus on the production and exploitation of music, television, film and digital content. The new venture will own all of the existing Syco television and music assets, which include the global TV franchises ‘The X Factor’ and ‘Got Talent’, as well as superstar artists such as Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle and Il Divo. The new venture, which will continue to use the ‘Syco’ name, will be co-owned by Sony Music and a Simon Cowell-owned company. Syco will be based in London and will also have offices in Los Angeles. As the first project under the new Syco banner, Fox Television announced (on January 11th) that it will launch the U.S. version of the worldwide hit TV show, ‘The X Factor’, in the fall of 2011. Cowell will serve as both executive producer and judge on the U.S. version of the show…”

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“FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla…/PRNewswire/ -- The National Football League announced today that acclaimed multi-platinum pop-rock group Barenaked Ladies will co-headline with O.A.R. and join Grammy nominated phenom Robert Randolph & The Family Band on the bill of SUPER BOWL SATURDAY NIGHT, a free outdoor concert and fireworks spectacular on Ft. Lauderdale Beach Park, Saturday, Feb. 6, the night before Super Bowl XLIV. Free and open to the public, SUPER BOWL SATURDAY NIGHT is a unique entertainment event celebrating an exciting year of football and the arrival of Super Bowl XLIV in South Florida. In addition to live performances by O.A.R., the Barenaked Ladies and Robert Randolph & The Family Band, the event will feature a Super Bowl Fireworks Spectacular to conclude the evening. It will take place at Ft. Lauderdale Beach Park…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- The debate over which of the three greatest rock bands--Beatles, Stones and The Who--is the greatest has raged for decades. But there has never been any argument over which of the three has been the greatest band in concert. The Who has reigned o'er them all. Now, 22 recordings of the band's biggest and best-known hits--most of them never widely available or unreleased and 20 of them newly mixed by the band and its production team--have been collected on Greatest Hits Live (Geffen/UMe), released exclusively on the iTunes Store on January 19, 2010. Just a few weeks later, on February 7, The Who will take the stage once again when the group headlines the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida…The excitement and raw energy of singer Roger Daltrey, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon are heard live with ‘My Generation’ from an early BBC Radio session in 1965 and then in 1970 at City Hall in Hull, England, with ‘Happy Jack’ and ‘I'm A Boy,’ and ‘Magic Bus.’ The Who then move around the world to the San Francisco Civic the following year for ‘I Can't Explain,’ ‘Substitute’ and the melancholy ‘Behind Blue Eyes.’ Also from the '70s are a medley of ‘Naked Eye/Let's See Action/My Generation’ at the Charlton Athletic Football Club in 1974; ‘Pinball Wizard,’ the anthemic ‘I'm Free’ and cheery ‘Squeezebox’ in Swansea in 1976; and ‘5.15’ and ‘Won't Get Fooled Again’ at the Capital Centre in Largo, Maryland. Five recordings from the '80s—‘I Can See For Miles,’ ‘Join Together,’ ‘Love Reign O'er Me,’ ‘Baba O'Riley’ and ‘Who Are You’--are from a legendary performance at the Universal Amphitheatre in California during the band's triumphant 1989 reunion tour (with Simon Phillips on drums and a horn section). The following year, The Who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Following ‘The Real Me’ performed in Watford in 2002, a Royal Albert Hall benefit performance also that year witnessed a roaring ‘The Kids Are Alright’--both with Zak Starkey on drums. Sadly, however, they were among the final performances with Entwistle, who would pass away that June. The most recent tracks are ‘A Man In A Purple Dress’ from a 2007 show at the Nassau Coliseum in New York and a scorching ‘Eminence Front’ (with bassist Pino Palladino) in Brisbane, Australia, in March 2009.”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warner Bros. Entertainment is re-branding its in-house music label as WaterTower Music, it was announced today by Toby Emmerich, President and COO, New Line Cinema. Formerly New Line Records, WaterTower Music will begin operating under its new name immediately under the leadership of Jason Linn, who created the label in 2000 at New Line Cinema. Linn will be based in Los Angeles and report to Emmerich and Paul Broucek, President, Music, Warner Bros. Pictures. The re-branding will allow the label to clearly communicate its role in supporting all divisions within Warner Bros. Entertainment as a premiere full-service music label…The label’s most recent successes include a Grammy nomination for ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,’ a Golden Globe nomination for best original score for ‘The Informant!’ and a Broadcast Film Critics nomination for ‘Sherlock Holmes.’ Additionally, WaterTower’s upcoming soundtrack to ‘Valentine’s Day’ will feature the brand-new song ‘Today Was a Fairytale’ from multi-platinum sensation Taylor Swift, to be released February 9th…Under the New Line Records moniker, the label has released over 70 titles, including the film soundtracks to ‘Hairspray,’ ‘Sex and the City,’ ‘Elf,’ ‘The Notebook,’ ‘He’s Just Not That Into You,’ ‘The Departed,’ ‘Wedding Crashers,’ ‘Sideways,’ ‘The Hangover,’ ‘Rock of Ages: Broadway Cast Recording’ and ‘Invictus,’ among others. WaterTower is actively developing music projects for popular Warner Bros. brands such as DC Comics, Scooby Doo and Looney Tunes, as well as for the television shows ‘Supernatural’ and ‘The Mentalist.’ Its 2010 release schedule will also include ‘Sex and the City 2,’ ‘Inception,’ ‘Going the Distance,’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.’”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Bringing together their affinity for a great popular song with their outstanding live performances, acclaimed vocal quintet Celtic Thunder pay homage to cherished musical entertainers of past and present on their most ambitious project to date, IT'S ENTERTAINMENT. An impressive new CD and DVD, the spectacular musical review was filmed in front of a live audience in Toronto and spans six decades of musical styles with a set list to satisfy fans of all ages. The collection of infectious interpretations includes diverse covers such as ‘Standing on the Corner’ alongside pop numbers such as U2's ‘Still Haven't Found (What I'm Looking For),’ The Proclaimers' ‘My Life Without You’ and Leonard Cohen's timeless gem ‘Hallelujah.’ IT'S ENTERTAINMENT - the new concert special - will premiere on Public Television beginning February 27th, with airings to follow all through the month of March (check local listings). IT'S ENTERTAINMENT marks Celtic Thunder's third major Public Television concert event…”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American VI: Ain't No Grave, the sixth and final installment of Johnny Cash's critically-acclaimed American Recordings album series, will be officially released on February 26, 2010 (American Recordings/Lost Highway), the day that would have been The Man in Black's 78th birthday. As with the previous five albums in the American Recordings series, American VI was produced by Rick Rubin. American VI is deeply elegiac and spiritual, with each song its own piece of the puzzle of life's mysteries and challenges - the pursuit of salvation, the importance of friendships, the dream of peace, the power of faith, and the joys and adversities that entail simple survival. It is an achingly personal and intimate statement, as, from the end of the line, Johnny Cash looks back on a most extraordinary life. The songs on American VI are drawn from all over the musical landscape and from various eras, and include Sheryl Crow's moving ‘Redemption Day,’ close Cash friend Kris Kristofferson's ‘For The Good Times,’ ‘Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound’ by Tom Paxton, Bob Nolan's ‘Cool Water,’ the hopeful ‘Last Night I had the Strangest Dream’ by Ed McCurdy, J.H. Red Hayes and Jack Rhodes's ‘Satisfied Mind,’ Queen Lili'uokalani's song of farewell, ‘Aloha Oe,’ and the never before heard Cash original, ‘I Corinthians: 15:55,’ written over the last three years of his life. American VI was recorded by Cash's long-time engineer, David ‘Fergie’ Ferguson, and, as with its American V predecessor, tracked at the Cash Cabin Studio in Henderson, TN, and at Akadamie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research in Los Angeles, CA. Guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench, who played on all of the series' albums sans the first one, were joined in the studio by guitarists Matt Sweeney and Jonny Polonsky, as well as Smokey Hormel, who also played on American IV and V. In addition, The Avett Brothers' Scott and Seth made cameo appearances on the track ‘Ain't No Grave.’ Cash and Rubin recorded many songs between the completion of American IV: The Man Comes Around in 2002 right up until September 12, 2003, the day Cash passed. Songs recorded during this time frame were released in 2006 as American V: A Hundred Highways, and now this final grouping of songs, American VI: Ain't No Grave, ends the series that began in 1994 with American Recordings…”

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“LOS ANGELES and DALLAS… /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles and Dallas based Entertainment 3Sixty announces its official launch today. The company's primary focus is developing innovative brand partnership programs by aligning with live music properties including: artists, venues, tours and festivals that touch consumers at a true passion point. Entertainment 3Sixty's ability to navigate the entertainment world comes from its founders' 25 years of established relationships throughout the industry. The company's current client base consists of a star studded line-up of artists, record labels, concert promoters, management companies and tours and festivals including: John Mayer, George Strait, Atlantic Records, Roadrunner Records and Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival, among others. Entertainment 3Sixty is headed by sponsorship and marketing executive, Lisa Bennett (President), hailing from Omnicom and Clear Channel Entertainment (now Live Nation), Julie Curtis (Sr. Vice President), who joins the company from AEG Live and music industry leader and entrepreneur John Reese (CEO), who is the founder of Freeze Artist Management and a founder and producer of some of today's most successful music and lifestyle touring festivals including: The Rockstar Taste of Chaos and the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival among others. Reese has worked with many successful artists in his twenty year career in artist management, touring and as a record label executive. Artists Reese has worked with include Guns N' Roses, The Cure, Slipknot, The Used among many others. John Oakes (CIO) also joins the Entertainment 3Sixty Team, who with Reese founded www.DiNGLIFE.com - the music industry's largest device personalization company - and is an executive with Freeze Artist Management… As founders of Freeze Artist Management, Reese and Oakes together have represented artists that sold in excess of 100 million albums and their management roster will continue to diversify as the industry's landscape continues to shift. With the emergence of Entertainment 3Sixty, Reese and Oakes show why their flair for forward-thinking endeavors flourish by staying steps ahead of the industry by providing music fans what they want and giving leading brands an outlet to reach their target demographics. Entertainment 3Sixty President Lisa Bennett comes from the radio advertising and global marketing and sponsorship direction, bringing her years of experience from the formidable Clear Channel Entertainment (now Live Nation), Omnicom Corporation and with Irving Azoff for Frontline Management to help create fully integrated programs and brand activation as well as delivering million dollar touring partnerships for the likes of George Strait, NSync, The Backstreet Boys, Music as a Weapon Festival Tour and the legendary South by Southwest. Her ability to coordinate the right brand with the right artist and tours, as well as utilize her skillful marketing plans makes her in demand from major brands and artists alike year after year. Her counterpart on the sponsorship, branding and marketing side of the company, Sr. Vice President Julie Curtis, comes from both the venue and concert industry. With AEG Live, Ms. Curtis was pivotal in the title sponsorships for 2008's OZZFest, and Canada's Monsters of Rock. In addition, she has negotiated sponsorships for venues including Dallas' Nokia Theatre as well as deals for multiple AEG Live clubs. Her ability to move from venues to tours to festivals as well as institute original branding and sponsor/endorsement programs make her a vital component to the team. Entertainment 3Sixty will operate offices out of both Los Angeles, CA and Dallas, TX.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The countdown to the Decade of Disturbed has begun at www.disturbed1.com!...In March 2010, the band will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the release of their quadruple-platinum-selling debut album The Sickness by reissuing it with exclusive b-sides and expanded artwork, as well as a first-time-ever vinyl edition. Also in March, Disturbed will relaunch their official website with a special section, accessible by a code included with The Sickness reissue, that will contain exclusive clips, updated weekly, of the band recording their upcoming new album, due for release from Reprise Records later this year. There will also be a special DOD section that will be available for everyone. Released on March 7, 2000, The Sickness is Disturbed’s best-selling album to date, thanks to such hit singles as ‘Stupify,’ ‘Voices,’ and ‘Down With the Sickness,’ which is the seventh most downloaded track of the ’90s according to Nielsen SoundScan. Formed in Chicago in 1996, Disturbed have sold 11 million albums and six million digital tracks worldwide, and have scored eight No. 1 singles at Active Rock radio over the course of their career. Their latest album, the platinum self-produced Indestructible, debuted at Number One on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart in June 2008 and remained in the Top 10 for five weeks. Indestructible is the band’s third consecutive Number One album, following their platinum-sellers Believe (2002) and Ten Thousand Fists (2005), making Disturbed one of only six rock bands in history to score three consecutive Number One debuts with studio albums. Disturbed is singer David Draiman, guitarist Dan Donegan, drummer Mike Wengren, and bassist John Moyer. For more on the band, including news about the ‘Decade of Disturbed,’ please visit www.disturbed1.com.“

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Experience Hendrix LLC and Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Recordings will launch their monumental 2010 Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project on Tuesday, March 9, with the release of Valleys of Neptune, a newly curated album of 12 fully realized studio recordings, more than 60 minutes of music never commercially available on a Jimi Hendrix album, from the artist Rolling Stone magazine called the greatest guitarist of all time. Centered around tracks recorded during a pivotal and turbulent four-month period in 1969, Valleys of Neptune unveils the original Jimi Hendrix Experience's final studio recordings, as the group lays down the foundation for its follow-up to Electric Ladyland, alongside the guitar superhero's first sessions with bassist Billy Cox, an old army buddy he'd recruited into his new ensemble. Valleys of Neptune provides an essential, compelling, and up-til-now largely unseen view of what Jimi Hendrix was up to musically in the critical period between the release of Electric Ladyland in October 1968 and the 1970 opening of his own Electric Lady Studios, the state of the art facility in Greenwich Village where he would begin his final project, the ambitious double album First Rays of the New Rising Sun. Janie Hendrix, CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company entrusted with preserving and protecting the legacy of Jimi Hendrix, noted, ‘My brother Jimi was at home in the studio. Valleys of Neptune offers deep insight into his mastery of the recording process and demonstrates the fact that he was as unparalleled a recording innovator as he was a guitarist. His brilliance shines through on every one of these precious tracks.’ Valleys of Neptune is originality electrified, offering more than 60 minutes of previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix music, originally recorded, and newly mixed for this historic release, by Hendrix's longtime engineer Eddie Kramer, who first worked with the guitarist on Are You Experienced? in 1967. Valleys of Neptune is produced by Janie Hendrix, John McDermott (who contributes detailed liner notes to the album) and Eddie Kramer. ‘Valleys of Neptune’ has long been one of the most sought after of any commercially unavailable Jimi Hendrix recording. The song will be released as a single globally on February 2, 2010, nearly forty years after Jimi finished recording the track at New York's Record Plant in May of 1970.Other highlights on Valleys of Neptune include blazing studio covers of Elmore James' classic ‘Bleeding Heart’ and Cream's ‘Sunshine of Your Love’ as well as premier performances of original Hendrix compositions like ‘Ships Passing Through The Night,’ ‘Lullaby For The Summer’ and the original un-dubbed Jimi Hendrix Experience rendition of ‘Hear My Train A Comin'.’ Also included in Valleys of Neptune is ‘Mr. Bad Luck,’ a Jimi Hendrix Experience track, produced by Chas Chandler during the 1967 Axis: Bold as Love sessions. As part of the opening wave of releases for the Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project, Legacy Recordings will also be releasing new deluxe CD/DVD editions of Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland, and First Rays of the New Rising Sun, also available on vinyl, on March 9. Each of the essential titles in the Jimi Hendrix catalog to be newly reissued on Legacy will feature a bonus DVD featuring newly created documentaries directed by the Grammy award winning Bob Smeaton [Beatles Anthology, Festival Express, Beatles: The Studio Recordings] and featuring interviews with Experience members Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, original producer Chas Chandler and engineer Eddie Kramer. In addition, Smash Hits, Jimi's original compilation, will be reintroduced. The critically acclaimed Live At Woodstock will be available as a standard DVD as well as a Blu-ray Disc…”  

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“LOS ANGELES… /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy® Award winning guitarist Steve Vai struck gold twice recently as his latest concert film, ‘Live In Minneapolis: Where The Wild Things Are,’ went Gold in both the USA and Canada. ‘After 30 years in this business it's very rewarding to see that your contribution is still being recognized. Thanks to the fans ... really!’ said Vai. In addition, ‘Now We Run’ from the live DVD, is nominated for a Grammy® Award for Best Rock Instrumental…2010 marks Steve Vai's 30th Anniversary in the music business. Vai first stepped into the spotlight in 1980 as a touring member of the legendary Frank Zappa's touring band. In January, Vai will enter the studio to record his next solo album for Favored Nations and later this year, he will embark on a World Tour that will take him through all of 2011.”

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“NEW YORK and ATLANTA…/PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, has partnered with ad-sponsored digital music download service FreeAllMusic.com (www.freeallmusic.com) to offer consumers free, legal downloads from UMG's broad digital catalog of chart-topping musical artists. The announcement was made today by David Ring, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Business Affairs for UMG's eLabs, and Richard Nailling, Chief Executive Officer of FreeAllMusic.com. Through this agreement, thousands of tracks representing many of the world's most prominent artists are being made available now in FAM's current private beta period, where users will be offered up to 20 free downloads per month, five per week, starting every New Music Tuesday… FreeAllMusic.com is a new music service that provides consumers with downloadable, high-quality, iPod-compatible MP3s of popular songs that are advertiser-paid, free, legal, and unrestricted (DRM-free). In exchange for watching one brief video commercial per download on the FreeAllMusic.com site…”

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“Last Day Off, a Los Angeles-based band, began in 2007 when Wolf Bradley hit up his long-time friends , Andrew Macatrao on drums, to sow the seeds of what was to become Last Day Off.  In mid-2009, they added guitar player Jonathan Barron and Thaddeus Sundin on bass to the band bringing another dimension to their sound.  Their name is indicative of their take on life—the realization that on your Last Day Off anything is possible, so live life to its fullest. With a backlog of songs Wolf had been working on, the band quickly jumped into the garage and began working on the first incarnation of their sound.  They compiled a whole slew of songs that grabbed the attention of producer Billy Graziadei of Biohazard and Suicide City fame.  ‘When I first got turned on to Last Day Off, I saw the raw talent brewing within the band and wanted to help harness and cultivate what they were only beginning to touch on.’  Graziadei entered the rehearsal studio, and they all worked out different ideas within the songs. When the band was ready, they went to Underground Sound Studios and turned out an incredible debut EP entitled,  ‘Party of the Century’. Wolf’s strong, smooth vocals are very expressive as he sings heartfelt and sometimes unexpectedly humorous lyrics to upbeat catchy melodies with a punk edge, driving beats, and deliciously rich guitars.  Wolf explains, ‘All the music I have been into has had an effect on me.  I was exposed to everything from Sex Pistols to Pink Floyd.’ This is reflected in songs like ‘To Whom It May Concern,’ a classic power ballad of first love in every sense of the word, and ‘Mrs. Right’s’ pounding drum intro, intellectual bass line, with Wolf’s guitar adding a hint of a whisper.  There is just enough texture to pull listeners in and then throw them into life’s rollercoaster ride from love to rejection. This young group has already received critical attention from publications like San Pedro Today Magazine (Leona Christensen):  ‘Last Day Off is a breath of fresh air in a stale environment…..Undeniable chemistry, melodic, original, bright and beautiful.’  Andrew describes Last Day Off in his way…’We’re pretty clean livin’ dudes, no smoking and no drugs…’ as Thaddeus chimes in with ‘but girls are a different story…’”

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“New Jersey’s VTT, formed in 2005 under the moniker of Voodoo Terror Tribe, and is fresh out of the studio with the band’s third full‐length, Symptoms of Sin, an eight‐track effort of driven alt‐metal produced by Biohazard singer/guitarist – and friend – Billy Graziadei. With something more to prove than just being friends with a big name in the metal community, VTT had a busy 2009 cut out for the quartet, writing much of Symptoms of Sin’s content and playing shows throughout the Northeast before hitting Graziadei’s Underground Sound Studios to record the album. Plus they shot a self‐funded video for the album’s debut track, ‘The Victim’ all in a matter of self‐motivated months. At one time dubbed Voodoo Terror Tribe, but now preferring the acronymic equivalent, VTT’s melodic‐while‐still‐heavy, radio‐ready‐but‐still‐metal sound rides of the shoulders of Texas transplant and VTT vocalist Gil PZ’s definition of what the band should be: ‘VTT doesn’t bolster a false pretense of originality,’ he says. ‘We worry about the songs being good first; originality comes second.’ ‘We know the scene, and the scene knows us, but we’re coming at this in full force in a new way,’ guitarist and musical motivator Emir Erkal says. ‘People are excited about our new voice.’ Hailing from the working class Garden State of New Jersey – and armed with an equally blue‐collar attitude of doing it on their own – and dedication to a melodically heavy brand of music, VTT has high hopes for the near future. ‘We poured everything that we had and everything that we have become into this record,’ guitarist Erkal continues. ‘It was meticulous, grueling, stressful and insightful, but we found a new sound. It's been quite a long road, and now we wanna prove to the fans that it's all been worth it.’ With the recently released Symptoms of Sins, that’s exactly what VTT has set out to do…”

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“Starting with their self-titled 1990 debut, BIOHAZARD released eight acclaimed studio albums over a 15-year period that saw the band outlast many of heavy music's passing fads. During that time, the band was also featured prominently on two revered, Gold-certified compilations: Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath—they were represented with the album-opening cover of ‘After Forever’--and the groundbreaking soundtrack to the film Judgment Night, for which they provided the title track (a collaboration with the rap group Onyx). The band's success can be traced back to the infectious single ‘Punishment’ from their 1992 breakthrough Urban Discipline, which not only became the most-played video clip ever on the original incarnation of MTV's seminal ‘Headbanger's Ball’ program, but also provided a much-needed hit for their then-fledgling record label, Roadrunner Records. (Indeed, when the label assembled a 20th Anniversary concert in 2006 at which both past and present Roadrunner artists performed, ‘Punishment’ was the night's opening track.)  For the follow-up to Urban Discipline, BIOHAZARD graduated to major label Warner Bros. and recorded two albums: 1994's State of the World Address and 1996's Mata Leao.  The band then signed with Mercury Records for 1999's New World Disorder before aligning with SPV for their final three studio albums.  Whenever the band wasn't in the studio, BIOHAZARD was almost always on the road. Some of their most notable tours included treks alongside Slayer, Pantera and the inaugural Ozzfest. By the band's count, BIOHAZARD has performed nearly 3,000 concerts in some 60 different countries around the world…”

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“New York, NY- Singer Bebe Buell…launches her new full-length CD Sugar. Buell and her brand new Bebe Buell - Oscar Wilde rock-n-roll couture T-shirt, as part of the immensely popular Worn Free vintage rock t-shirt line. Buell released her hugely successful latest single Air Kisses, from the new CD, this past summer and will now premiere the Air Kisses for the Masses anime video, produced/created by The Nerdy Duo, at the Hiro Ballroom event. Sugar marks the charismatic Bebe Buell's first new record in ten years, being a deeply autobiographical, cinematic rock 'n roll affair...wide in scope and very emotional. The new disc offers an amazing range of original material including Black Angel, a beautifully heartbreaking tribute to her late friend, Joey Ramone, along with a smoldering rendition of Johnny Thunders' Untouchable(a song he always wanted Bebe to cover). Says The Aquarian Weekly in their recent review of Sugar.......’This CD is the real deal by a genuine prodigy of punk rock pioneers. Sugar takes chances and stands out bold in an industry that sorely needs to return to the rock and roll direction that I've heard here today. In a word: Classic !’ Buell paired up with Worn Free vintage rock t-shirts when she was approached by founder Steve Coe, who always loved the now famous photo of Buell, taken back in 1979, wearing her favorite t-shirt, with a photo of Oscar Wilde and his quote ‘I can resist anything except temptation ‘ ! Worn Free, launched in 2005, is highly acclaimed for its fully licensed, couture-quality reproductions of T-shirts worn by rock stars & pop icons like John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Debbie Harry, Rod Stewart, Frank Zappa, Joan Jett, Iggy Pop,  Janis Joplin,  Gram Parsons and many others in classic photos. Each shirt is accompanied by a hangtag/sticker in the style of a backstage pass that bears a photo of the design's original wearer and information about its provenance. Since its genesis, Worn Free has emerged as one of the world's most sought-after T-shirt lines, building a cult following of celebrities, musicians, tastemakers and die-hard rock fans. Celebrities such as Robert Downey, Jr., Katherine Heigl, Mischa Barton, Naomi Campbell, Jennifer Aniston and many others have appeared in the entertainment press adorned in these high-quality shirts, while Adrian Grenier modeled virtually an entire wardrobe of Worn Free designs on HBO's lauded series Entourage. Worn Free Founder Steve Coe and company President Greg Casey explained " Worn Free is very excited about adding Bebe Buell to our vintage rock T-shirts line, and we're especially thrilled to introduce the Bebe Buell -  Oscar Wilde shirt featuring the famous Wilde quote ‘ I can resist anything except temptation ‘ The photo of Bebe is stunning and it couldn't be a more fitting t- shirt for her to be wearing at that time !’ The new shirts will hit stores in April 2010…”

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif…/PRNewswire/ -- Grammy-nominated Mick Fleetwood (his first ever nomination outside of Fleetwood Mac!) is set to see the release of his Mick Fleetwood Blues Band's ‘BLUE AGAIN,’ the companion DVD to their 'Best Traditional Blues' category nominated CD. ‘Blue Again’ contains explosive live performances of the iconic rock drummer and Mac co-founder Mick and his Mick Fleetwood Blues Band featuring guitarist Rick Vito performing classic early Fleetwood Mac songs such as ‘Albatross,’ ‘Oh Well’ and ‘Black Magic Woman’ ( a hit for Fleetwood Mac prior to Carlos Santana's version ). The DVD will be released January 26th on 429 Records which is distributed by Fontana/Universal in the U.S. and E1 Entertainment in Canada. Mick assembled a top-notch ensemble of blues and rock musicians and released the Grammy-nominated collection of songs on CD and online in the U.S. in early 2009. Debuting at #1 on both the iTunes and Billboard Blues charts, the CD was a critical and commercial success. Produced by Mick Fleetwood and former Fleetwood Mac member Rick Vito, BLUE AGAIN was recorded live at the Marlowe Theater, Friars, Canterbury, Kent England on October 25th, 2008 and sees him teaming up on this recording with guitarist and lead vocalist Vito, bassist Lenny Castellanos and keyboardist Mark Johnstone…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Seven-time Grammy® Award winning recording artist, John Mayer, had the crowd on their feet during a taping for ‘VH1 Storytellers’ December 10 at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, NY. This exclusive performance, ‘VH1 Storytellers: John Mayer’, will air on Thursday, January 28 at 8:00 PM*. The one-hour on-air special will not only feature a showcase of his new album ‘Battle Studies,’ but will also include some Q&A time that fans enjoyed with Mayer as part of the performance. This invaluable time gave Mayer's fans a unique opportunity to engage with him and learn more about the stories behind his music…”

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“NEW YORK…VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service created in partnership by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Media Company and powered by YouTube, was the most visited U.S. web network in the Entertainment-Music category  last month with 35, 395, 000 unique visitors, according to comScore. VEVO’s number one ranking is even more impressive as the service’s December 8 launch means VEVO was not live for the full month of December, which comScore bases its results. comScore’s Media Metrix service is a recognized leader in measuring the digital world. VEVO’s remarkable launch traffic is the result of the service’s VEVO Network strategy. The VEVO Network platform represents a ubiquity strategy where its content is available on VEVO.com (the service’s marquee destination site), YouTube and through a VEVO-branded embedded player, creating the largest music video audience network online…Music videos from Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Drake, Lady Gaga, Jay Sean, Shakira, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift and Young Money are the most popular on VEVO this week.”

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“Knitting Factory Presents is welcoming their first concert production at Brooklyn’s Warsaw.  To be presented Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14^th, Knitting Factory Presents is proud to welcome Kings of Convenience with special guests Franklin for Short. The Norwegian indie-pop duo is touring in support of their latest album, Declaration of Dependence, which was released late last October.  Said Marc Hogan on Pitchfork, ’Rather than become more electronic, Kings of Convenience here choose simply to apply dance music's minimalism and sense of texture more fully to their chosen acoustic-pop form….Whether inspired by lovers, each other, or the warmongers of the world, Kings of Convenience's latest is ultimately just what its title says: a bold and beautiful assertion that we are better off together than apart.’”

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“New York, NY…Madison Square Garden Entertainment  announces the launch of a brand new added feature to msg.com, ‘Guitar Gods,’ which gives fans the opportunity to win amazing prizes and vote on their favorite ‘Guitar Gods.’ From February through April, MSGE will host a smashing lineup of ‘Guitar Gods,’ who will jam on the Great Stage of Radio City Music Hall and rock out in the World’s Most Famous Arena at Madison Square Garden. In honor of these great guitar virtuosos, MSGE will be offering one lucky fan the ultimate Guitar God prize package…” For more info, visit www.msg.com/guitar

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“New York, NY -- Three Days Grace have announced additional dates for their co-headline tour with Breaking Benjamin and Special Guest Flyleaf. The second leg of the tour will begin on February 13^th in Lowell , MA at the Tsongas Arena and conclude on March 5^th in Little Rock , AR at the Verizon Arena. The band’s most recent release Life Starts Now debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 charts making it the highest debut ever for the band. “Break” the first single from Life Starts Now has reached #1 on the Active Rock and Mainstream Rock BDS Charts and Top 5 at Mainstream Rock. The Toronto-based rock band is comprised of Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums, piano), Brad Walst (bass), and Barry Stock (lead guitar). Their first album, the self titled Three Days Grace, was released in 2003. The album generated 3 hit singles, ‘I Hate Everything About You’  which reached #2 on the  Mediabase Modern Rock charts and Top 5 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts,  ‘Just Like You’ which went to #1 on both the Mediabase  Modern Rock and Mediabase  Mainstream Rock charts, and ‘Home’ which went to #2 on the Mediabase  Mainstream Rock charts. One-X, the band's sophomore album was released in 2006 and debuted on the Billboard Album Chart at #5. That album also produced 3 #1 Mediabase Mainstream Rock singles ‘Animal I’ve Become,’ ‘Pain’ and ‘Never Too Late.’ For 2007 Mediabase ranked Three Days Grace as the # 1 artist in airplay across all rock formats (Modern Rock, Active Rock, Mainstream Rock). That same year R&R/Billboard also ranked Three Days Grace as # 1 Active Rock Artist of the Year, # 1 Rock Artist of the Year and # 2 Modern Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year. Both Three Days Grace and One-X have been certified Platinum. Three Days Grace has sold over 4 million albums worldwide.”

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“Charlie Ward discovered his passion for music from an early age when he began studying piano.  Charlie received his BA from Skidmore College in 2007 and soon after released his debut album Choke Chain.  His first released single was Straight Up, a pop rock remake of the 80’s hit recorded by Paula Abdul.  The song received great feedback from various cities across the nation, amply played in clubs and on radio stations in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Raleigh. Currently, Charlie is releasing his second single entitled, ‘I Wanna.’  The music video is currently being promoted by radio promotion company Pitch Control.  Viewers will be able to watch his video from all worldwide media platforms, including TV, internet, and SIRIUS XM Radio.” 

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“Los Angeles, CA  -  25 year old Japanese Pop Star Masumi, born in Niigata, Japan, Masumi started honing her craft early in life.  She was playing piano by the age of 4, playing concerts by the age of 6, and by her teen years had picked up percussion, cello, and voice using the perfect pitch that she possessed. By attending Kanagawa University at Yokohama, Masumi eventually made the leap to America in hopes of beginning her music career in earnest. Within a year Masumi had a demo and months later, with the help of famed producer Trevor Lawrence, Jr. (Eminem, Alicia Keys), was signed to America’s Fortress Records heralding the release of Baby You, with 10 of the most amazing original tracks you’ll ever experience.  She has soared to the position of #8 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles Sales! Masumi has enriched audiences all over California and Japan in concert, festivals, spinning nationally with drops, and is the newest Pop sensation to hit this Nation…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- LOU REED, PHILIP GLASS, JOHN ZORN, GARY LUCAS, RICHARD BELZER and SONIC YOUTH will join THE FUGS for a benefit concert for TULI KUPFERBERG, the Beat poet and original member of THE FUGS, at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn on January 22, 2010. Mr. Kupferberg, 86, has had two strokes over the last year, which have left him blind. The tickets for the concert, produced by HAL WILLNER, will help pay his medical expenses. Others performers include singer John Kruth; and Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders (who also played on early Fugs albums)…THE FUGS - the world's first major underground/punk group - will release their final, and arguably best-ever studio recording - BE FREE! FINAL CD (PART 2), on February 23, 2010. BE FREE! delivers 14 tracks of pure sonic joy, from the opening psych-rocker ‘Be Free’, to the transcendent, chill-inducing closer ‘Greenwich Village of My Dreams’. Featuring the band's 25-year-strong lineup of Steve Taylor (guitar and vocals), Coby Batty (drums and vocals), and co-producer Scott Petito (bass and keyboards) - this is a monumental recording of two great American poets and songwriters: founding Fugs Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. Tuli, unable to join the band in the studio, recorded his parts on remote equipment from his Manhattan home. BE FREE! is a fitting bookend to a remarkable 45-year career. THE FUGS have had a significant impact on the evolution of rock music, their influence was apparent in their Village contemporaries Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention and The Velvet Underground, just as it is in today's indie rock and freak folk. Last November, THE FUGS released five rare concerts and studio recordings to digital retailers. Ed Sanders will publish a new memoir covering his time with THE FUGS with Da Capo Press in 2010…”

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“WASHINGTON…/PRNewswire/ -- Experience the power of Elvis Presley and the explosive impact he had on music and popular culture in a new Newseum exhibit featuring stage costumes and other professional and personal mementos from the Graceland Archives collection in Memphis, Tenn. ‘Elvis! His Groundbreaking, Hip-Shaking, Newsmaking Story’ tells the story of Presley as he was portrayed in the news media and explores how his music and physicality pushed the boundaries of mainstream taste and free expression during a time when America was experiencing deep generational shifts. ‘Elvis!’ will open on March 12, 2010, in what would have been the King of Rock 'n Roll's 75th birthday year. Produced in collaboration with Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc., the Newseum exhibit includes a number of rare objects from the Graceland vaults that have never before been publicly displayed. See private telegrams, letters and scrapbooks that chronicle Presley's rise as a music and media sensation, as well as his death and his enduring legacy. The exhibit also includes an original Newseum-produced video featuring vintage footage of the entertainer, from performances to press conferences, shown on a dazzling 90-foot-long video wall in the Newseum's Big Screen Theater…The Newseum exhibit features rare photographs and original newspapers and magazines covering Presley's career. Artifacts on loan from Graceland include Presley's iconic 1957 Harley-Davidson motorcycle; the ‘American Eagle’ jumpsuit and cape worn during the rehearsal for his 1973 ‘Aloha From Hawaii’ concert, seen by more than 1 billion viewers worldwide; the gold and diamond belt presented to him in 1969 for breaking Las Vegas attendance records; and memorable costumes from his stage and screen appearances. Also included are rare news scrapbooks compiled by his manager, Col. Tom Parker; the coat and belt Presley wore during his historic 1970 White House meeting with Nixon; and the memorial tribute book from his funeral. ‘Elvis!’ will be on display at the Newseum through Feb. 14, 2011…visit newseum.org.”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Grammy-nominated and Billboard Magazine's group of the decade, Nickelback, announced today they have extended their Dark Horse World Tour into June 2010. With tickets for the first leg of the 2010 Dark Horse World Tour already on sale and on pace to break new sales records for the band, Nickelback adds 19 more dates to the tour and will be joined by Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown and Sick Puppies. Tickets for the new dates go on sale beginning January 16th on LiveNation.com. Nickelback fan club members will have access to presale tickets beginning January 8th in select markets. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning January 11th at 10am local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Additional information on the tour, ticket on sales, fan club membership and VIP packages is available at Nickelback.com and LiveNation.com…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Despite being the biggest-selling Irish rock artists outside of U2, with more than 35 million albums sold worldwide, the Cranberries have never issued a live album. Now, on the heels of the band's first North American tour in several years, that gap in the group's history is filled by Bualadh Bos: The Cranberries Live (Island/UMe), released January 5, 2010. Bualadh Bos (pronounced ‘boola bahs,’ Celtic for ‘clap your hands’) brings together 15 selections recorded at the height of the Cranberries' success, from 1994-1998, from Los Angeles and Michigan to Toronto, Tipperary, and even Oslo, Norway at the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize Concert. The Limerick band--singer Dolores O'Riordan, brothers Noel and Mike Hogan (guitar and bass, respectively) and drummer Fergal Lawler--debuted with 1993's Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? . The album went Top 10 and quintuple platinum and spun off the Top 10 and gold ‘Linger.’ Bualadh Bos: The Cranberries Live finds the group performing six of that album's dozen tracks (‘Wanted,’ ‘Linger,’ ‘I Still Do,’ ‘Waltzing Back,’ ‘Not Sorry,’ ‘Pretty’) at the Record Plant studio in Hollywood in 1994; one (‘Dreams’) at Feile, Tipperary that same year; and another (‘Sunday’) at Pine Knob in Clarkston, Michigan in 1996 on the Free To Decide World Tour. ‘Liar,’ a non-album single b-side, is also heard from the Record Plant performance. The follow-up album, 1994's No Need To Argue, debuted at #6 and reached seven times platinum. The Bualadh Bos live recordings from ‘...Argue’ are its #1 Modern Rock hit ‘Zombie,’ #11 Pop hit ‘Ode To My Family’ and ‘Ridiculous Thoughts,’ and all from the Tipperary concert. 1996's double platinum To The Faithful Departed also debuted at #6 before rising to #4. Its ‘Forever Yellow Skies’ and ‘Free To Decide’ are heard on Bualadh Bos in their concert versions from Toronto and Michigan, respectively, on the Free To Decide tour. Prior to the release of the band's fourth album, the Cranberries performed ‘Promises’ at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. The studio version of the song would appear on 1999's Bury The Hatchet, which debuted Top 15 and is gold. After one more album and a greatest hits package, in 2003 the band went on hiatus as the members pursued solo projects. In January 2009, O'Riordan played a set at Dublin's Trinity College with the Brothers Hogan to commemorate her being made an Honorary Patron of Trinity's Philosophical Society. The performance was their first since 2003. Playing together again made them realize how much they had missed each other and in late 2009 the Cranberries announced their reunion for North American tour dates in November and December, followed by South and Central American and European shows the following year.”

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“LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monster, the world's leading manufacturer of cables, AV accessories and power conditioning products, and Gibson Guitar, the world’s premiere musical instrument manufacturer and leader in music technology, will showcase their broad range of industry leading innovative new products at CES 2010 in Central Hall Booth # 13306. At CES, the comprehensive line of new products from both companies will be brought together by a shared corporate philosophy that can be summed up in the phrase: 'Because the Music Matters…' Monster’s CES offerings will include new ultra high-speed cables for HDMI^™ and breakthrough powered SuperThin^™ Cables for HDMI^™, new PowerNet networking and GreenPower products, advanced Apple^® accessories, as well as co-branded HP Monster^® ‘Digital Life^™’ products and more. Notably, the company will show how it is standing up to its motto that ‘Sound Really Matters’ with brand new additions to its Monsterous^® headphone family, including new trend-setting headphones from the Beats™ by Dr. Dre™” line, a collaboration with Dr. Dre and Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine…Gibson’s offerings will include the debut of the Wurlitzer Digital Lyra Jukebox as well as the next generation of robot technologies, the Gibson Dusk Tiger guitar, a killer guitar with a look and construction that has never been seen before. Dusk Tiger represents the state of the art in electric guitars, redefining what the guitar can do with the integration of pioneering technology with the most advanced design in the industry and limited to only 1,000 produced worldwide…”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)…Four-time Grammy Award–winner and eight-time Juno Award–winner k.d. lang releases her first-ever career retrospective, Recollection, 25 years after the release of her debut recording. The two-disc set will be available February 2 on Nonesuch Records. Recollection features 22 of lang’s most beloved recordings including an all-new interpretation of the Leonard Cohen classic ‘Hallelujah,’ which has become a moving highlight of her live performances…The deluxe Recollection package includes a third disc of previously unreleased recordings—many performed live—as well as a bonus DVD of music videos and rarely seen live performance footage…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Twelve-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys' latest opus The Element of Freedom (MBK/J Records) debuts at #1 on Billboard's R&B Albums and Digital Albums charts and #2 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart, according to Nielsen/SoundScan. With a total of 417,277 units sold in a week, this marks the biggest first week sales debut for a female R&B singer this year and Keys' 5th straight chart-topping debut (Keys' previous four albums debuted at #1 on the aforementioned charts). With radio stations playing five songs simultaneously from The Element of Freedom (‘Doesn't Mean Anything,’ ‘Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart,’ ‘Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down,’ ‘Un-thinkable,’ with background vocals provided by Drake, and ‘Put It In A Love Song’ featuring Beyonce) and critics such as Entertainment Weekly citing ‘Keys latest hits all the right notes’ there's no wonder why fans flocked to purchase Keys' fifth release. Keys was nothing shy of visible in the U.S. leading into the December 15 release with a marketing campaign consisting of several major highlights, including TV appearances on Dancing With The Stars, The American Music Awards, Oprah, two visits on both The Today Show and Late Show with David Letterman, Regis & Kelly, Christmas at Rockefeller, The View, BET 106 & Keys Live Special, The Colbert Report and Fuse's special television broadcast of Keys' World AIDS Day Concert… Named one of Billboard's Artists of the Decade, Keys is never one to rest on her laurels as we move into the new year. Keys will launch 2010 in high gear with a performance on Saturday Night Live on January 9 followed by an AOL Music Sessions premiere on January 14. On March 3, Keys embarks on the U.S. portion of ‘The Freedom Tour’ at Chicago's Allstate Arena. The European leg of the tour will commence late April 2010…”

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“TEMECULA, Calif…/PRNewswire/ -- From July 9th to 11th in the Southern California Wine Country City of Temecula, thousands will converge to celebrate the ‘first lady of song,’ Ella Fitzgerald, the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny Goodman. Headlining the festival, back by popular demand, is GRAMMY Award winner Poncho Sanchez for an exclusive Summer 2010 Southwest concert. More than anything, Sanchez is a storyteller. As the leader of the most popular Latin jazz group in the world today, it's his congas and seasoned ensemble that do the talking. Recently voted one of the Best City events, this year's TVIJ Festival promises to bring this annual event to a whole new level by celebrating the life and influence of Jazz Great Ella Fitzgerald. International Jazz artists and visitors from all over the globe will again flock to Temecula Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, joining thousands of other Jazz enthusiasts to enjoy a weekend filled with World Renowned entertainment…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- ‘Soldier Of Love,’ the highly anticipated anthemic first single off Sade's forthcoming album, SOLDIER OF LOVE is already making radio history. Following it's release on December 8th, the track debuted at #11 on the Urban Hot AC chart, making it the highest debut of the decade and the third highest all-time on the Urban Hot AC chart. But, that's not all! ‘Soldier Of Love’ also debuted at # 5 on the Smooth Jazz airplay chart while also becoming the first ever vocal to hit # 1 on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 Countdown. ‘Soldier Of Love’ which Sade co-produced with Mike Pela, was written by Sade along with longtime collaborators Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthew man and Paul Spencer Denman. Recorded in England and set for release on February 9th, SOLDIER OF LOVE marks Sade's first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000…”

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“It’s not every day that an underground NYC band is branded with the stamp of approval by rock zealots such as Alan Moulder, but BM LINX, with their infectious style of beat-driven electro rock, have managed to do just that and much more.  The famed British alternative rock record producer discovered BM LINX while passing through NYC and immediately fell in love with the glittery and lacquered-up myriad of rhythmic sounds that drive audiences to sway their hips and tap their feet right up until the very last strum of front man Tony Diodore’s guitar.  Moulder, after working with a veritable who's who of famed artists such as Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins and Depeche Mode (just to name a few), decided to take on BM LINX as a mixing project in his London studio.  The results are nothing short of stellar.”

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“Los Angeles, CA…International recording artists Milla Sunde and Marlow Bevan, better known as The Green Children recently released their new video for Life Was Beautiful. Within 48 hours the video received over 30,000 views on YouTube http://www.YouTube.com/thegreenchildren They have been called ‘Angels of positive change,’ by Philip Sansone, President of Whole Planet Foundation.  Marlow and Milla have been devoted to promoting positive stories that highlight the solution, not the problem. ‘Together as a community we can have a real voice and make a direct difference to the people who need it.’ As the saying goes, artists represented by Independent labels have been known to focus more on producing music than becoming wealthy and/or well known.  This is certainly the case for the duo that went independent from a label in July. To date they have released two singles, completed shooting three music videos and are currently in the studio finishing up their highly anticipated album. They are independently bringing ‘Cinematic Fantasy Pop’ to an international audience and are bringing it back fast! The extremely talented Euro-duo has channeled their passion for positive awareness to all four corners of the world one note at a time.  ‘Life Was Beautiful' is currently rotating on the following college radio stations - WHPC FM 90.3 Nassau Community College, WFDU FM 89.1 Mhz Fairleigh Dickinson University, New York, and WCWP FM 88.1 Long Island University, New York and KCSS 91.9FM California State. They will also bring a message of hope and inspiration for change to the 2010 Energy Trust Better Living Show. The Energy Trust Better Living Show, the Northwest’s largest sustainable lifestyle show, takes place Friday, March 26. The show is designed to empower attendees to become more thoughtful consumers and lessen their impact on the environment by learning about sustainable, healthy and practical lifestyle products and services.”

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“Recent emergence of the Israeli music scene and Tel Aviv’s standing as the hot, new destination for international touring bands and musicians. In 2009 alone, Israel has seen more performances by world-renowned bands and singers than in their entire 60-year history. Musical icons such as Paul McCartney, Madonna and Leonard Cohen have played sold-out shows, each to more than 45,000 fans, in Tel Aviv this summer (Madonna twice); and the new wave of music hotshots, Lady Gaga, Animal Collective, Gogol Bordello and Matisyahu have chosen Tel Aviv…Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv’s version of NYC’s Central Park, hosted several outdoor concerts last summer, including performances by Paul McCartney and Madonna to crowds of over 45,000. Beyoncé just announced three consecutive shows at Tel Aviv’s Nokia Theater in January 2010. Israeli artists such as Idan Raichel and Monotonix have already established themselves as mainstays in the North American music circuit with performances at the CMJ Music Festival and SXSW in Austin, TX. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating their 40th anniversary with world-renowned Maestro Zubin Mehta with a series of choral and orchestral concerts through July 2010… Israel hosts more than one hundred musical festivals throughout the year featuring local and international artists, and ranging from classical to world to mainstream pop and rock music.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--British rock trio Muse has announced select dates, venues, and ticket on-sale dates for its upcoming spring North American tour. The headlining trek begins February 27th in Atlanta and criss-crosses the continent, including a stop at New York City’s legendary Madison Square Garden. The band are touring in support of their fifth studio album The Resistance, which earned Muse their highest-ever debut on the Billboard album chart when it bowed at No. 3. The Resistance also notched 20 No. 1 debuts around the world. Muse’s current single ‘Uprising’ has now topped Mediabase’s Alternative Rock chart for 14 consecutive weeks, breaking the record for number of consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Mediabase Alternative Rock chart for the 2009 calendar year. The Resistance was produced by Muse and mixed by famed audio engineer Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. The band, which recently supported U2 on several American tour dates, and completed a sold-out tour of the U.K. and Europe, are performing a series of holiday radio shows this coming week and will perform on Saturday Night Live on December 19th. In other Muse news, the band has been nominated for a 2010 People’s Choice Award, which is voted on by the public, for ‘Favorite Rock Band.’”

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“PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MXP4, developer of interactive music solutions, and Island Def Jam recording artist, The Bravery today announced the launch of the alternative rock band’s first interactive album app. Created using MXP4 technology, the interactive Web app of the band’s third album, ‘Stir the Blood,’ allows fans to engage with the music to create personalized versions of the songs which can be shared with friends…”

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“LOS ANGELES… /PRNewswire/ -- Elvis Costello was 23 years old when he performed a sold-out concert at the auditorium of Hollywood High School. It was June 4, 1978 and he had been introduced to America with a controversial appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and two albums Rolling Stone would eventually rank among the 200 greatest of all time. Twenty-five years later, in 2003, Costello would be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the following year would be ranked by Rolling Stone among its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Now that historic 20-song concert will be issued for the first time in its entirety, including 11 previously unreleased recordings… released January 12, 2010. This second installment in The Costello Show live performance series of complete concerts follows Live At The El Mocambo, released September 2009…”

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“WINNIPEG, MB-- Randy Bachman and Fred Turner have announced they are currently in the studio recording a new album of original material to be released in 2010 through E1 Music Canada and embark on a world-wide tour, kicking off at the Sweden Rock Festival on June 12, 2010. Over a four year run Bachman and Turner (as leaders of BTO) earned a staggering 120 platinum, gold and silver disks notching up hits in over 20 countries. The hard rock quartet reached #1 on both the Billboard singles and album charts as well as placing a half dozen more songs in the Top 50. ‘Takin’ Care of Business’, ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet’, ‘Let It Ride’, ‘Roll On Down the Highway’, ‘Hey You’, ‘Blue Collar’, ‘Not Fragile’, ‘Four Wheel Drive’, ‘Looking Out For #1’, ‘My Wheels Won’t Turn’ – all classic rock anthems written by Bachman and Turner. After they split in the mid ‘80s, Randy and Fred went their separate ways, Randy to a solo career, the much-celebrated Guess Who reunion followed by Bachman-Cummings, as well as establishing himself as a jazz artist and radio personality (Randy’s Vinyl Tap on CBC and Sirius satellite radio is heard by millions worldwide each week). Fred carried on with the other members of Bachman-Turner Overdrive before retiring from music at the end of the ‘90s. What brought the two rock icons together after so many years? ‘The music,’ Randy explains. ‘I was recording my own album with the intention of featuring different vocalists. I asked Fred to sing on this killer track, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Is the Only Way Out,’ and it grew from there. It evolved quite naturally and organically into a Bachman & Turner album…’ Bachman & Turner is not about reliving old glories; Randy and Fred are motivated by a sincere desire to make new music…Starting March 1, 2010, check outwww.bachmanandturner.com”

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“NEW YORK, New York…Doug Morris, Chairman & CEO of UMG/Co-Chairman & Founder of VEVO, Rolf Schmidt Holtz, CEO of Sony Music Entertainment/Co-Chairman of VEVO, Elio Leoni-Sceti, Chief Executive Officer, EMI Music, Eric Schmidt, Chairman & CEO of Google and Rio Caraeff, President & CEO of VEVO joined together with over 600 tastemakers representing the music and advertising industries, consumer brands and media last night to unveil VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service. The event took place at New York City’s Skylight Studios and featured a star-studded line-up that included Bono, Mariah Carey, John Mayer, Taylor Swift, Ciara, Shania Twain, Ke$ha, Corinne Bailey Rae and Rihanna, among many others. The evening ended with exclusive live performances by Lady Gaga and Adam Lambert. Guests were also treated to the world premieres of new videos by 50 Cent and Mariah Carey. Overnight, VEVO will become the largest music video network on the web due to its partnership with YouTube. All YouTube traffic and video streams for music videos from 85% of the music market will be assigned directly to VEVO, creating the largest music video audience network online. Created as an innovative online global platform for professionally-produced music video entertainment for music fans, brands and content owners, VEVO blends the very best in top-notch music content with YouTube’s leading edge video technology and user community. In addition, VEVO’s content will be available on VEVO.com, the service’s marquee destination site, and through a VEVO branded embedded player. VEVO will also serve as a syndication platform for additional internet destination sites, expanding the reach of the VEVO brand across the worldwide web.  AOL and CBS Interactive Music Group are announced as VEVO’s first syndication partners. Through these deals, VEVO will be available across major online publishers by the end of Q1 2010. ‘This has the potential to be a true game changer for consumers, artists and brands,’ stated Mr. Morris…As a free-to-consumer, ad-supported platform, VEVO features an extensive array of professionally-produced videos, exclusive premieres, original programming and live and recorded concerts anywhere on the web from such market-leading companies as Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, EMI Music, CBS Interactive Music Group, ABKCO, Big Machine Records, Concord Music Group, Hollywood Records, Lyric Street Records, Razor & Tie Entertainment, Walt Disney Records, Wind-up Records, Caroline Distribution, Fontana Distribution, INgrooves, IODA, RED and The Orchard, among many others… In addition, VEVO announced today integrated marketing and branding partnerships with such leading companies as Colgate-Palmolive, Infiniti, MasterCard, McDonalds, Activision Blizzard, Amstel, Canon, Elizabeth Arden, MillerCoors (Peroni), Nikon, Sony and Stoli , among others, who join AT&T which was previously announced…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Boys Like Girls are continuing to solidify their success in pop music with their second album, Love Drunk, another hit single, national TV performances, a recent sold-out headlining tour and more. This week the album's second single ‘Two Is Better Than One’ (feat. Taylor Swift) broke into the top 20 at Top 40 radio and reached the top 20 on the iTunes Singles chart. Digital single sales for ‘Two Is Better Than One’ continue to grow at a fast rate with nearly 50,000 sold alone last week thanks to a recent performance on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, appearances on ‘Good Morning America’ and the ‘Today Show.’ ‘Two Is Better Than One’ marks the band's 5th charting Top 40 single in just two albums. The band will continue their reign on national TV with performances on MTV's ‘It's On with Alexa Chung’ on Tuesday, December 15 and ABC's ‘The View’ on Tuesday, December 22. The band will also share the Z100 Jingle Ball bill with the likes of John Mayer, Taylor Swift and others at the sold out concert being held on Friday, December 11 at Madison Square Garden.The December highlights for Boys Like Girls include a MTV video premiere for ‘Two Is Better Than One’ on Thursday, December 10, which includes extensive visibility on MTV, MTV Hits, mtvU, and mtv.com. The band's Rhapsody Sessions performance will also launch on December 15. The sophomore album, Love Drunk, made its debut at #8 on the Billboard Top 200…” The album also features the hit title track and first single, ‘Love Drunk,’ which soared to #8 on the pop radio chart and has sold over 1 million digital tracks to date. Boys Like Girls are Martin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Paul DiGiovanni (lead guitar, vocals), Brian Donahue (bass guitar, vocals) and John Keefe (drums).”

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“ROCHESTER, N.Y…/PRNewswire/ -- A second show with guitar legend Jeff Beck has been added to the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival - www.rochesterjazz.com  - lineup on June 18, 2010. The first Jeff Beck show, scheduled for 8 p.m. was a fast sell-out. The second Jeff Beck show will be the same day at 11 p.m. Both concerts will be in Eastman Theatre's Kodak Hall…The 2010 Festival will present more than 250 ticketed and free concerts in 18 venues all within walking distance in Rochester, NY's East End Cultural District. Last year's festival set a seventh consecutive attendance record drawing more than 133,000 music fans from all over the world. From legendary performers and familiar favorites - to rising stars and new discoveries - the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) navigates all genres of creative improvised music from all corners of the world. Artists will come from more than 18 countries. The Festival also features two acclaimed international club series, Made in the UK and Nordic Jazz Now. XRIJF was founded in 2002 and is produced by John Nugent, Artistic Director and Marc Iacona, Executive Director. It is sponsored by Xerox, M&T Bank, the Democrat and Chronicle, Eastman School of Music, Rochester Plaza Hotel, Monroe County, The Community Foundation, 13WHAM TV, Brooklyn Brewery, Michelob, Spaten Beer, Visit Rochester, Mercury Print Productions, AirTran, Harris Interactive, DownBeat Magazine, Max of Eastman Place, SUNY College at Brockport, House of Guitars, and Presentation Source.”

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“NEW YORK… /PRNewswire/ -- VEVO, the new premium music video and entertainment service, today announced an agreement in which EMI Music will join Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in providing music fans with professionally-created video content when the service debuts on December 8 in the United States and Canada. As part of this agreement, music fans will be able to view professionally-created video content from artists on EMI's labels including Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol and Virgin, as well as the independent artists and labels represented by EMI Label Services and EMI's Caroline Distribution unit. Across the VEVO Network, users will now enjoy the largest selection of premium music content featuring the broadest array of chart-topping artists found anywhere on the Web. VEVO builds upon the success of YouTube, where Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music stream many hundreds of millions of professionally-created videos per month. In addition, VEVO recently announced a content deal with CBS Interactive Music Group…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.../PRNewswire/ -- Multi-platinum rockers BREAKING BENJAMIN (Ben Burnley, vocals/guitar; Aaron Fink, guitar; Mark James, bass; Chad Szeliga, drums) currently on the road in support of their highly-successful 4th album release Dear Agony, which debuted # 4 Billboard's Top 200, #1 on the iTunes album chart and spawned a #1 rock radio hit with their first single ‘I Will Not Bow’, announced today their co-headlining tour with Three Days Grace and special guests Flyleaf beginning January 15, 2010 in Peoria, IL. Back by popular demand, the first pairing of BREAKING BENJAMIN and Three Days Grace in 2007 resulted in sell-out shows and was a massive hit with fans. ‘I'm looking forward to touring with the Three Days Grace guys again,’ said lead singer Ben Burnley, ‘this is going to be a kick ass night of music for the fans.’ BREAKING BENJAMIN are well-known for their relentless touring and diehard fans both which helped 2004's Phobia and 2006's We Are Not Alone to hit platinum status, selling over a million copies each.”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Three Days Grace will begin a co-headline tour with Breaking Benjamin in Peoria, IL on January 15th at the Peoria Civic Center.The band's most recent release Life Starts Now debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 charts making it the highest debut ever for the band. ‘Break’ the first single from Life Starts Now has reached #1 on the Active Rock BDS Charts and Top 5 at Mainstream Rock. The Toronto-based rock band is comprised of Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums, piano), Brad Walst (bass), and Barry Stock (lead guitar). Their first album, the self titled Three Days Grace, was released in 2003. The album generated three hit singles, ‘I Hate Everything About You’ which reached #2 on the Mediabase Modern Rock charts and Top 5 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts, ‘Just Like You’ which went to #1 on both the Mediabase Modern Rock and Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts, and ‘Home’ which went to #2 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts. One-X, the band's sophomore album was released in 2006 and debut on the Billboard Album Chart at #5. That album also produced three #1 Mediabase Mainstream Rock singles ‘Animal I've Become,’ ‘Pain’ and ‘Never Too Late.’ For 2007 Mediabase ranked Three Days Grace as the # 1 artist in airplay across all rock formats (Modern Rock, Active Rock, Mainstream Rock). That same year R&R/Billboard also ranked Three Days Grace as #1 Active Rock Artist of the Year, #1 Rock Artist of the Year and #2 Modern Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year. Both Three Days Grace and One-X have been certified Platinum. Three Days Grace has sold over 4 million albums worldwide.”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Epic Records is pleased to announce the release of ‘Soldier Of Love,’ the highly anticipated first single off Sade's forthcoming new body of work by the same name. ‘Soldier Of Love’ which Sade co-produced with Mike Pela, was written by Sade along with longtime collaborators Andrew Hale, Stuart Matthewman and Paul Spencer Denman. The track, featuring a pulsating and anthemic drum beat along with haunting vocals that Sade is known for, is set to hit airwaves December 8th and will kick off the countdown for SOLDIER OF LOVE. Recorded in England and set for release WORLDWIDE on February 8th, SOLDIER OF LOVE marks Sade's first studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reprise Records will release the original motion picture soundtrack to the Hughes Brothers-directed feature film Book Of Eli on January 12^th, 2010 — three days before the film hits theaters nationwide on January 15^th, 2010. The Book of Eli Original Motion Picture Soundtrack features an original score by composer/musician/producer Atticus Ross, marking his third collaboration with the Hughes Brothers and his first feature film score. Ross’ music is a unique hybrid score of electronic and organic elements; writing with his wife (Claudia Sarne) and brother (Leopold Ross), the basic tracks were recorded at his studio in Los Angeles before departing to London where it was finished in Abbey Road Studios with a full 80 piece orchestra. Ross’ other film credits include co-writing and producing ‘Go All the Way (Into the Twilight),’ the Perry Ferrell single for the hit film Twilight, the score for the Allen Hughes’ vignette for the film New York, I Love You, as well as the music to the Hughes Brothers TV show 'Touching Evil.’ Ross has also incorporated his musical style into collaborations and productions of such major artists as NIN (the albums With Teeth, Year Zero, The Slip, and the Grammy-nominated Ghosts), Jane's Addiction, and Korn. The Book of Eli stars Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, and Gary Oldman in a post-apocalyptic tale in which a lone man, Eli (Washington), fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind…”

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“NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RCA Music Group today announced it will release a full stream of Alicia Keys' upcoming album, ‘The Element of Freedom,’ exclusively to the artist’s fans on Facebook (www.facebook.com/aliciakeys). RCA Music has partnered with Involver, the leading social media technology firm, to allow Keys’ 1.2 million Facebook fans to stream the tracks from her new album directly from her Facebook Page. Visitors can listen to tracks for free and place pre-orders in advance of the December 15^th release of ‘The Element of Freedom’…The Facebook debut of ‘The Element of Freedom’ marks the fifth album release from the soulful 12-time Grammy Award winner. The album was executive produced by Alicia Keys, Jeff Robinson, Peter Edge and Kerry ‘Krucial’ Brothers…”

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“HAMBURG…/PRNewswire/ -- On December 2nd 2009, music legend Paul McCartney took to the stage to open his 'Good Evening Europe' tour in Hamburg - the city that first launched The Beatles. 12.000 fans packed into Hamburg's Color Line Arena to see Paul begin his seven date tour in the harbour-side city. The former Beatle's return to the city signifies the historic relationship between the Fab Four and Hamburg, which began almost 50 years ago. Between 1960 and 1962, The Beatles took residence in the city to perform a series of concerts in the clubs in Hamburg's Reeperbahn district. These legendary concerts created a platform on which The Beatles could hone their skills and develop themselves into the world-conquering band they later became. This mutual love and respect has never waned; Paul was quoted as saying, ‘This is my chance to bring our current show home to where it all began’. The city has never stopped embracing new music, as signified by September's highly successful Reeperbahn Festival, which saw new and established bands take over Hamburg's world famous live music venues. Hamburg also hosts the world's biggest collection of Beatles memorabilia in their Beatlemania exhibition, which has seen thousands of music fans through its door since opening in May 2009. 'Good Evening Hamburg' got off to an incredible start as Paul played a selection of solo hits and Beatles classics to a sold-out arena of fans from across the globe. Paul's unforgettable and show-stopping performance enhances the unbreakable bond between the singer and Hamburg and will forever be seen as a 'homecoming' from one of the city's most loved musicians. The concert was the perfect start for the 50th anniversary of the first ever Beatles gig played at the Indra Club in Hamburg back on August 17th 1960.”

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif. and NEW YORK…PRNewswire… -- Lionsgate, the leading next generation studio, has acquired rights through its joint venture with Wind-up Records' music publishing affiliates to songs written by innovative independent recording stars Hawthorne Heights. The announcement was made today by Lionsgate Music President Jay Faires. The deal was negotiated by Executive Vice President/General Manager Lenny Wohl. Hawthorne Heights, formed in Dayton, Ohio in 2001, building a strong following across the U.S. via repeated self-booked tours. The band was one of the first acts with the vision to embrace social networking as a tool in building an audience, and to this day continues to maintain an extraordinary level of accessibility to its fans via these platforms. Their debut album The Silence In Black And White was certified platinum for sales of 1,000,000 copies by the RIAA. The follow-up, If Only You Were Lonely, had an impressive debut at #3 on the Billboard 200 in 2006, going on to sell over a half-million copies and receiving gold certification. Hawthorne Heights recorded a third album for Victory Records in August 2008 titled Fragile Future. The band's Wind-up Records debut, Skeletons, was produced by Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, Daughtry) and will be released in spring 2010…”

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“LAS VEGAS… /PRNewswire/ -- Recently some rare and unreleased John Lennon recordings were discovered in a vault. These recordings were taped on August 19, 1980. They were done separately from the mysteriously missing video footage that was filmed at what is believed to be John Lennon's last recording session with his band prior to his death. Even more incredible, these recordings have never been released until now. Twenty-nine years ago on December 08, 1980, The Beatles fans were stunned by four senseless shots fired into the back of John Lennon. He was only 40 and had become one of the most influential musicians of all time. That night the world stood still and silent for a moment. These one of a kind Lennon recordings are available for preview at www.LennonTapes.com  along with the story about the evening these tapes were recorded. To commemorate the 29th anniversary of John Lennon's death and with the Christmas season upon us, it feels like the perfect time to get back into the Lennon spirit with these rare and precious recordings just in time to Give Peace Another Chance this holiday season…John had left The Beatles in 1970 and went on to record solo albums which all became classics. First came John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and then Imagine. The songs ‘Give Peace a Chance’ and ‘Imagine’ would create a worldwide movement. Then came ‘Happy Xmas (War is Over).’ In 1973, Lennon released ‘Mind Games’; in September 1974, Walls and Bridges and the single ‘Whatever Gets You Thru the Night’; in 1975 ‘Rock 'n' Roll’ was released, on April 18th 1975 Lennon made his last TV appearance performing ‘Imagine’; in October 1975, Lennon releases ‘Shaved Fish.’ It was in August 1980 when Lennon entered the Hit Factory recording studios in New York City, where he recorded the Double Fantasy album, and this tape was recorded the last night that he was ever in the studio with his band. Released in memory of John Lennon. We miss you.”

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“SANTA MONICA…/PRNewswire/ -- The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band featuring Rick Vito has received a Grammy nomination for ‘BLUE AGAIN’ in the category of ‘Best Traditional Blues Album.’ ‘BLUE AGAIN,’ released on the Savoy Label Group's 429 Records label, is a project showcasing iconic rock drummer and Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood and his Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, a top notch quartet of musicians featuring Rick Vito. Produced by Mick Fleetwood and Rick Vito, the recording is equal parts blues rave-up and loving homage to the early incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, revisiting the blues-based classic songs of early Fleetwood Mac along with several new compositions in riveting live performance. Released on March 17 on 429 Records (home of last year's ‘Best Contemporary Blues Album’ Grammy winner Dr. John), ‘BLUE AGAIN’ was an instant commercial and critical success which debuted in the top 20 on the iTunes Overall Chart and both the Billboard and iTunes Blues charts. The 52nd Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on January 31, 2010. ‘BLUE AGAIN’ was recorded live at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis, Missouri in February of 2008. The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band features guitarist, lead vocalist and co-producer Rick Vito, bassist Lenny Castellanos and keyboardist Mark Johnstone alongside the legendary rock drummer. The stellar recording gives classic Fleetwood Mac songs such as ‘Albatross,’ ‘Oh Well’ and ‘Black Magic Woman’ a modern and irrepressibly vibrant energy that only a live performance can provide. In addition, the companion concert performance ‘BLUE AGAIN’ DVD will be released by 429 Records in February of 2010.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warner Bros. Records’ Metallica were nominated for a Grammy Awards today for ‘Best Hard Rock Performance’ for ‘The Unforgiven III,’ a track from their two-time Grammy Award-winning album Death Magnetic. The band’s ninth studio album, Death Magnetic debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 Album chart at No. 1, Metallica’s fifth consecutive album to do so, making them the only band in chart history to have five albums debut at No. 1. It breaks the band’s tie with the Beatles, U2, and the Dave Matthews Band, all of whom have four No. 1 album debuts. In addition to debuting at No. 1 atop Billboard’s Rock, Alternative, Hard, and Internet album charts in the U.S., the album racked up No. 1 chart positions in 28 foreign countries, including the U.K., Canada, and Australia, and Top 3 chart slots in seven more, including Japan. The Recording Industry Association of America certified the album platinum just six weeks after its release on September 12th, 2008. Metallica have already won nine Grammy Awards, including five for ‘Best Metal Performance’ since drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield formed the band in Los Angeles in 1981. They have gone on to become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 100 million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in April 2009. The Grammy Awards will be handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31st, 2010. Tune in to the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards telecast, which airs that night on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young has been nominated for two 2010 Grammy Awards. ‘Fork In the Road,’ the title track from his current album, has been nominated for “Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.” In addition, Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972) has been nominated for “Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package.”  Released on April 7^th, Fork In The Road is an emotional response to the current social and ecological questions facing the world’s population. Recorded in 2008 between tour dates, Young and his band were instantly sparked playing new songs like ‘Johnny Magic,’ ‘Fuel Line,’ ‘Light a Candle’ and others, roaring through the sessions at top speed. On June 2^nd, Young released his highly anticipated collection Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972), the first of several in the Archives series of CD box sets that focus on the life of one of the most original artists of the rock era…Young will be honored as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year at its 20^th anniversary gala, to be held January 29^th, 2010, during Grammy Week. The Grammy Awards will be handed out at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31^st, 2010. Tune in to the 52^nd Annual Grammy Awards telecast, which airs that night on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. “

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dream Records/Universal Music Group announced today the signing of American Idol’s Top 10 finalist of the 2009 season MICHAEL SARVER with plans to release Sarver’s debut country music CD in the spring of 2010. Sarver’s first single from the new album titled ‘You Are,’ will be released nationally and on iTunes this coming Tuesday, December 8…The Season 8 favorite ‘Oil Rigger’ turned artist from Jasper, TX, Sarver is on tour with American Idol alumns Gina Glocksen, David Hernandez and Alexis Grace on the American Stars in Concert tour which began yesterday in Lakeland, Florida at The Polk Theatre and will end December 20 at Midland Theatre in Newark, OH. Dream Records/Universal Music Group recently launched Press Play which debuted in the Top 50 on the Billboard 200, becoming a huge iTunes success and appearing on The Today Show. Proceeds go to the development of the Dream Center and much of the recording studio equipment was donated by Grammy Award winning music producer-songwriter-musician RODNEY JERKINS….Since 1994, through its 200 outreach programs, the Dream Center feeds 30,000 people per week (one million pounds of food) in Los Angeles and houses more than 1,200 people daily each week. The Dream Center provides shelter, rehabilitation, education, basic needs, job training and more.”

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“LOS ANGELES… /PRNewswire/ -- Dashboard Confessional has been confirmed to join Bon Jovi on their upcoming North American tour. The band will join 'The Circle Tour' in February and will remain on the road until the end of April. The band will also be performing their own headlining dates in-between ‘The Circle Tour’ dates. Dashboard Confessional's latest album, Alter the Ending, is currently # 19 on the Billboard Top 200. Rolling Stone gave the album four stars and Billboard says, ‘Alter the Ending is a perfectly blended concoction of acoustic melodies, graceful harmonies and power anthems...’ Lead singer, Chris Carrabba and guitarist John Lefler are currently on an acoustic promo tour in support of Alter the Ending. Dashboard Confessional will join Bon Jovi for the following dates: February 19 Seattle, WA Key Arena February 22 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion February 24 Phoenix, AZ Jobing.com Arena February 26 Anaheim, CA Honda Center March 2 Sacramento, CA Arco Arena March 4 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center March 6 Las Vegas, NV MGM March 8 Denver, CO Pepsi Center March 9 Omaha, NE Qwest Center March 11 Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena March 13 Fargo, ND Fargodome March 15 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center March 17 Detroit, MI The Palace March 19 Montreal, QC Bell Centre March 20 Montreal, QC Bell Centre March 23 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center March 24 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center March 29 Washington, DC Verizon Center April 13 Tulsa, OK BOK Center April 15 Atlanta, GA Phillips Arena April 17 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum April 18 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center April 21 Nashville, TN Sommet Center April 22 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena.”

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“NEW YORK and SANTA MONICA…/PRNewswire/ -- Multiple Grammy winner and Oscar-nominated producer, musician and songwriter T Bone Burnett will be the executive musical producer and an executive producer for Lionsgate's ‘Tough Trade,’ the first original series pilot for EPIX (TM), the new multiplatform entertainment service from Viacom Inc., it’s Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Lionsgate, the leading next generation studio. The announcement was made today by EPIX President and CEO Mark Greenberg and Lionsgate Music President Jay Faires. EPIX launched on October 30, 2009. ‘Tough Trade’ is a provocative, contemporary one-hour drama about a three-generation Nashville music dynasty whose penchant for drink, debauchery and divorce has left them both morally corrupt and on the verge of bankruptcy. The family with little left is pinning its hopes on its former black sheep, a budding country star turned alternative rock heart throb. ‘Tough Trade’ brings viewers behind the scenes and into the living room to expose the tragic and sometimes comedic secrets, scandals and sorrows of this unforgettable American family. T Bone Burnett is renowned for his exceptional and wide-ranging work as a producer, musician and songwriter. He won five Grammy Awards for his work on O Brother, Where Art Thou? for which he wrote the score and produced the multiplatinum soundtrack, which also spawned two highly successful national concert tours, and he won Grammys for his work with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. In 2002 he was honored with the Grammy Award for Non-Classical Producer of the Year. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song for ‘The Scarlet Tide’ from the film Cold Mountain. He oversaw the music for the Grammy Award-winning platinum soundtrack to the Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line and cult classic Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski. Burnett has produced such artists as Roy Orbison, The Wallflowers, k.d. lang and Counting Crows. Songs performed by Burnett have been covered by Emmylou Harris, Arlo Guthrie, Warren Zevon and many others…”

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“SAN DIEGO… /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics is presenting ‘Creed Live,’ the third in a series of digital cinema music concerts as part of an ongoing alternative content initiative by its Digital Cinema Solutions and Services group. An exclusive, one-night-only event, the concert premieres in select U.S. theaters on December 7 and marks the band's first full live performance ever recorded. The music concert series has become a major part of Sony's efforts to highlight the potential of alternative content for providing exhibitors with an additional revenue source during non-peak times as well as an expanded menu of programming. After nearly a decade in hiatus, Creed's original line-up is featured in this performance, which was recorded live in Houston in front of 17,000 fans. The concert was shot in high definition with 5.1 Dolby Digital(TM) surround sound. The Sony digital cinema series of music concerts was developed to present exhibitors and music fans with a high-quality HD, cinematic, surround sound experience…Making the show even more dynamic, select theaters will show the concert using Sony's innovative 4K digital cinema projectors, which deliver image quality and picture resolution that is approximately four times greater than consumer HDTV…The program will also be made available for a 30-day period on Sony's BRAVIA(TM) Internet Video platform as video-on-demand IP content. The digital cinema music concerts from Sony are managed in collaboration with Media Push Entertainment LLC, and the theater venues are being booked in collaboration with entertainment industry consultants Evan Saxon and Doug Kluthe…Information about the ‘Creed Live’ event and Sony's digital cinema music concert series is at www.SonyClubDates.com. In its career, Creed has had three multi-platinum albums: 1996's ‘My Own Prison’ sold 6 million, 1999's ‘Human Clay’ sold 11 million and 2001's ‘Weathered’ sold 6 million. The last two albums debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top 200, selling a total of more than 26 million in the U.S. alone, with hits like ‘My Own Prison,’ ‘Torn,’ ‘What's This Life For,’ ‘One,’ ‘Higher,’ ‘With Arms Wide Open,’ ‘My Sacrifice’ and ‘One Last Breath.’ The DVD of "Creed Live" will arrive in stores December 8. The DVD was produced by DC3 Music Group, LLC, a new multi-media company specializing in exclusive live concerts and behind-the-scenes content from multi-platinum artists to be distributed through multiple distribution channels. More information is at www.dc3global.com and www.rockpit.com.”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Sting's new, critically-acclaimed album, If On A Winter's Night... debuted at #1 on Billboard's Classical Crossover Chart and #6 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart, following its anticipated October 27 release. To commemorate both the Deustsche Grammophon CD, which continues to dominate the charts, and the newly released companion DVD, Sting will be performing two exclusive concerts at the famed Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City on December 8 and 9. Both shows sold-out in minutes and mark the only planned U.S. dates. On Thursday, December 10, Sting will also be signing his CD/DVD at Best Buy (Broadway & 62nd) in New York City at 5PM. Throughout December, he will also be appearing on such high-profile TV programs including CBS Sunday Morning, Larry King Live, Live with Regis & Kelly, ABC News Nightline and World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson as well as MSNBC's Morning Joe. His Great Performances Public Television special, ‘Sting: A Winter's Night...’ will also have repeated airings on PBS stations, nationwide, throughout the month of December, following the commercial DVD release of the concert on November 23…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In partnership with Disturbed’s label Intoxication Records, Reprise Records is pleased to announce that it has signed Vancouver hard-rock band Art of Dying to its roster. Intoxication Records was launched in 2004 by Disturbed singer David Draiman and guitarist Dan Donegan. Its first release was the band’s live CD/DVD Music as a Weapon II. Art of Dying is a five-piece rock band fronted by Jonny Hetherington. The Vancouver-based group, which includes guitarist Greg Bradley, guitarist Tavis Stanley, bassist Cale Gontier, and drummer Jeff Brown, has built a dedicated international following since 2006 touring with Disturbed and Seether, as well as performing at such international festivals as Download and The Virgin Festival alongside Tool, Metallica, and The Deftones…Art of Dying released its self-titled debut in 2007 through iTunes. They are now hard at work on their debut for Intoxication/Reprise with producer Howard Benson in Los Angeles…Disturbed, which Draiman, Donegan, and drummer Mike Wengren formed in Chicago in 1996, have sold nearly 11 million albums worldwide. Their most recent release, 2008’s self-produced platinum album Indestructible, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 album chart and remained in the Top 10 for five weeks. It is the band’s third consecutive No. 1 album, following the platinum-sellers Believe (2002) and Ten Thousand Fists (2005), making Disturbed one of only six rock bands in history to score three consecutive No. 1 debuts with studio albums. Disturbed’s 2000 debut album, The Sickness, has been certified quadruple-platinum by the R.I.A.A.”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bug Music Publishing, the largest independent contemporary music publisher in the world, has claimed 19 songs in Billboard’s 3Q ‘09 Hot 100, up from 17 in 2Q ‘09, and the #6 spot in Billboard’s Top 10 Publisher Chart. During the third quarter of 2009 the company held shares in 19 Top 100 charting hits which included songs from Kings of Leon (‘Use Somebody’), Justin Bieber (‘One Time’ and ‘Bigger’), Chris Brown (‘I Can Transform Ya’), Foo Fighters (‘Wheels’), Uncle Kracker (‘Smile’) and Shinedown (‘If You Only Knew’), as well as Country chart topping hits by Zac Brown Band (‘Toes’), Luke Bryan (‘Do I’) and George Straight (‘Twang’). George Straight also performed the #1 hit ‘Twang’ from his top selling album at the 2009 Country Music Awards. Recent deals have included The Replacements’ legendary frontman Paul Westerberg, Tonic’s Emerson Hart, YelaWolf, Americana songstress Manda Mosher, and Cinder Road writer and singer Mike Ruocco. ‘The writers and Bug staff continue to demonstrate their understanding of today’s music listener across all genres,’ noted John Rudolph, CEO of Bug Music. ‘In the third quarter, it is encouraging to see new songs charting from both newly developing writers as well as veterans.’ Leading music industry publication Billboard recently released their 3Q ‘09 publishers rankings and share analysis. Bug Music held 4.0% of the U.S. radio airplay chart share in the Top 10 Publisher Airplay chart. Additionally, Bug Music’s share has improved up from 3.8% over the same period one year ago. In the U.K., Music Week ranked Bug Music #8 in Album share and #10 in Combined Single and Album share for publishers in the third quarter…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Muse’s current single ‘Uprising’ has now topped Mediabase’s Alternative Rock chart for 13 consecutive weeks, breaking the record for number of consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Mediabase Alternative Rock chart for the 2009 calendar year. ‘Uprising’ is the first single from the British rock trio’s fifth studio album The Resistance, which earned the band their highest-ever debut on the Billboard album chart when it bowed at No. 3. Muse’s previous album, 2006’s gold Black Holes and Revelations, peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard album chart. The Resistance also notched 20 No. 1 debuts around the world, including Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and the U.K. Muse, which is vocalist/guitarist Matt Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dom Howard, will perform on Saturday Night Live on December 19^th. In addition, the band have announced a series of upcoming holiday radio shows in the U.S, including KROQ’s legendary Almost Acoustic Christmas at Los Angeles’ Gibson Amphitheatre on December 13^th...The Resistance was produced by Muse and mixed by famed audio engineer Mark ‘Spike’ Stent. The band, which recently supported U2 on several American tour dates, are currently winding up a sold-out tour of the U.K. and Europe. They will announce details of a spring headlining U.S. tour in support of The Resistance shortly. In other Muse news, the band has been nominated for a 2010 People’s Choice Award, which is voted on by the public, for ‘Favorite Rock Band.’”

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“CHAM, Switzerland and LONDON…/PRNewswire/… Earache Records have successfully partnered with RapidShare for the promotion of Gama Bomb's new album, ‘Tales From The Grave In Space’. During the first few days, the 70 MB album received over 10,000 direct downloads from RapidShare via a link on Earache's website as well as more than 30,000 tracked downloads elsewhere….” Editor’s Note – great thrash band from Ireland - check them out at www.Myspace.com/gamabomb.

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- For many, the World's Greatest Rock Band, The Who, will be seen by one of the largest television audiences in history when the group headlines the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show on CBS Sports at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida on Sunday, February 7. The Bridgestone Super Bowl halftime show is one of the most anticipated musical events of the year. More than 151 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year's show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories. Many of the classic songs the band will perform are just a few of those included on Greatest Hits (Geffen/UMe), released December 22, 2009. The largest single-disc ‘best of’ collection from The Who in more than ten years, it is the first to span the group's entire recording career to date, from 1964 to 2006. The 19-selection Greatest Hits brings together some of rock's most important, influential and incandescent touchstones, along with an essay by renowned music critic Dave Marsh. The Who stands alone in rock music. The most explosive live act ever to appear on stage, propelled by the most staggeringly brilliant rhythm section in all popular music, layered with deafening power chords and thunderous vocal fury, The Who transcended its original billing as ‘Maximum R&B’ to become the most musically inventive and structurally innovative band of all time. Together, the four divergent personalities of The Who produced a hurricane. Each of them was a pioneer. Wildman drummer Keith Moon beat his kit with a chaotic elegance; stoic bassist John Entwistle held down the center with the melodic virtuosity of a solo guitarist; raging intellectual Pete Townshend punctuated the epic universality of his songs with the windmill slamming of his fingers across his guitar strings; and Roger Daltrey roared above it all with an impossibly virile macho swagger. They exploded conventional rhythm and blues structures, challenged pop music conventions, and redefined what was possible on stage, in the recording studio, and on vinyl. Never before or since has spiritual and intellectual brilliance sounded so gloriously furious. Alone among the great bands, The Who has found itself at the center of every major rock event-- Monterey, Woodstock, the Isle of Wight, the Concert for Kampuchea, Live Aid, the Concert for NYC. In any era, The Who is a touchstone for rock and roll greatness. They have sold over 100 million albums and won every award including Grammys/Brit Awards/Lifetime Achievement. They have been inducted into both the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and UK Music Hall of Fame. Their charitable work is legendary with millions of dollars raised over the years for a variety of causes. This work was recognized by the award of a CBE to Roger Daltrey in 2005. In spite of the loss of Moon and Entwistle, The Who remains the standard-bearer for great live rock and roll and are still one of the most in demand live acts in the business Their music still forms the backdrop to 21st century life and is all over television in such shows as CSI as well as in many movies. The 21st century has sparked a resurgence in the creative collaboration between Townshend and Daltrey: In September 2006, the band released their first studio album Endless Wire since 1982's It's Hard, which preceded a 100 show world tour and the release of a Grammy-nominated career-spanning documentary DVD Amazing Journey. 2008 saw them return to the US for MTV's Rock Honors, and a further string of US dates; that year, they also completed their first ever arena tour of Japan. This was followed by the receipt of the prestigious Kennedy Center Award at The White House and the year was topped off by some incendiary shows at London's O2. In 2009, they completed a Tour of Australia and New Zealand. Townshend and Daltrey continue to look forward with energy and optimism and time will tell what the future has in store for this most remarkable of rock acts.”

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“FALLS CHURCH, Va. Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Blues Legends David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Johnny Drummer, Big Jack Johnson, John Primer, and Aron Burton will come to national television on MHz Worldview today, November 27, 2009, in the 2-hour broadcast premier ‘Earwig Music Presents Six Generations of the Blues: From Mississippi to Chicago.’ The two-hour special is produced by the award winning roots music television production group, FrontRowMusic.tv, and takes an in depth look at contemporary Chicago Blues, tracing it's roots to rural Mississippi. Live performance footage from the 2nd annual Blues on the North concert sets the background for beautifully edited footage and interviews from the Delta and archival interviews with Blues Legends, H Bomb Ferguson, Sunnyland Slim and oral historian, Studs Terkel. Interviews with the artists follow the 30-year history of the Chicago based Earwig Records and offer a unique perspective on the Chicago Blues scene. FrontRowMusic.tv celebrates the amazing journey of the Blues with rare incendiary performances of Chicago Blues masters and passionate storytelling by Johnny Drummer, Big Jack Johnson, and David 'Honeyboy' Edwards. For blues fans this is a ‘must see’ show that will be distributed by MHz Worldview to public broadcast affiliates in DC and 27 other markets nationally, and on the internet by www.frontrowmusic.tv. The broadcast premier will be presented as a six part series and is part of ongoing roots music television programming created by the FrontRowMusic.tv network, now emerging on the national scene. Grammy Award winning producer, Scott Shuman, Silver Trumpet Award winning producer/publicist, Lynn Orman and Earwig Music CEO Michael Frank have come together to produce the Six Generations of The Blues series. Viewers can join Front Row Music Television online to watch the show, hear exclusive interviews and behind the scenes conversations with the artists. Watch Front Row Music Television online music programs anywhere in the world. To see the 2-hour concert & documentary and to find air dates for B.B. King's Bluesville interviews on Sirius XM radio with Bill Wax, television listings for the November 27 broadcast or to watch it online go to http://www.frontrowmusic.tv/ “

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“NEW YORK, November 23, 2009 - The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 37th International Emmy® Awards tonight at a Gala event held in the New York Hilton, hosted by British television celebrity, Graham Norton. A cast of international celebrities including Ed Westwick, Edie Falco, Alexa Chung, Moby, Katharine McPhee, Rachel Roy, Stephanie March, Keke Palmer, Matt Bomer, Matthew Rhys, Paul Schulze, Paula Zahn, Barbara Walters and Henry Kissinger, presented the International Emmy® statue to the winners in front of an international audience of 1,000 entertainment professionals and media executives. Winners span 6 countries across Europe, Asia and South America. This year, Brazil made history by taking home their first ever International Emmy® Award for the Telenovela India-A Love Story. Returning Emmy winning countries include Denmark taking Drama Series with The Protectors, Japan taking Comedy for Hoshi Shinichi's Short Shorts, The Netherlands taking Non-Scripted with The Phone and Germany taking TV Movie Mini-Series with The Wolves of Berlin. The United Kingdom won both Performance categories. Best Performance by an Actor went to Ben Whishaw winning for his performance as Ben Coulter in Criminal Justice.  Best Performance by an Actress was won by Julie Walters for her performance as Dr. Anne Turner in A Short Stay in Switzerland. Other than the performance categories, British programs also won in the Arts Programming, Children & Young People, and Documentary categories. ‘We congratulate tonight's winners for their outstanding achievements. All the nominated programs and performances are a true inspiration for all of us in the industry and for audiences worldwide,’ said Academy President & CEO Bruce Paisner. Sir David Frost, one of the preeminent television figures of the 20th century whose interviews with President Richard Nixon were immortalized in last year's Oscar nominated movie Frost/Nixon, was presented with the 2009 International Emmy® Founders Award by legendary journalist Barbara Walters. The Directorate Award was presented to Prof Markus Schächter, Director General ZDF by Former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger for of his outstanding leadership of ZDF for the last 7 years and to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the founding of The Federal Republic of Germany and the 20^th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall…”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/ -- Live Nation , the world's largest live music company, has joined with the iTunes Store, the world's #1 music retailer, to launch a new live music program, which debuted today. Live Nation Studios will now offer exclusive recorded and filmed concerts from its network of ‘wired’ venues for purchase and download only on iTunes. Exclusive live recordings from OK Go, Jesse McCartney, Saving Abel, A Fine Frenzy, Duffy, Plain White T's and Ziggy Marley, to name a few, have been released this week, with many more to follow…”

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“ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga…/PRNewswire/ -- Kid Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker Band will bring their unique blend of Southern rock, soul, country, heavy metal and hip hop music to American service members and their families this holiday season when they headline Tour for the Troops 2009, formerly known as Operation Season's Greetings.Kid Rock and his band will entertain American troops in Southwest Asia and families in Europe Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. Joining them will be comedian Carlos Mencia, singer/songwriter Jessie James, and members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band and the Band of the Air Force Reserve.The Tour for the Troops features performances at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Incirlik AB, Turkey; RAF Lakenheath, England; and a number of deployed locations in Southwest Asia. Kid Rock, known for his patriotism and fervent support of our troops, has been overseas four previous times to entertain the troops; this will be the first time he will be bringing his full band. Kid Rock has sold more than 25 million albums in the United States since releasing his first album in 1990, and is one of the hottest artists on today's music scene. His 2007 album ‘Rock and Roll Jesus’ went triple platinum in the United States and sold more than 5 million copies around the world. It produced the hit single "All Summer Long," a worldwide smash hit that charted No. 1 in eight different countries across Europe and in Australia.”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- The wait is now over. Epic Records is pleased to announce the release of SOLDIER OF LOVE, the highly anticipated new body of work from SADE. SOLDIER OF LOVE -- which will be released WORLDWIDE on February 8, 2010 -- is Sade's first official studio album since the multi-platinum release of Lovers Rock in 2000. Known for their one of a kind timeless sound, Sade has enjoyed phenomenal success both internationally and stateside throughout the span of their twenty-five year career. Since the release of their debut album, Diamond Life in 1984, the band has seen all five of their studio albums land in the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart selling a total of more than 50 million albums worldwide to date. They've been nominated for American Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards and have won three Grammy Awards -- first in 1986 for Best New Artist, then in 1994 for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group for ‘No Ordinary Love’, and again in 2002 for Best Pop Vocal Album with Lovers Rock. SOLIDER OF LOVE was recorded in England and produced by the band and their longtime collaborator Mike Pela.”

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“BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imagine being able to ask the Moody Blues band members a question you’ve always wondered about or hearing them describe their most crazy concert experiences … At select upcoming concerts, MOODY BLUES fans will hear more than just ‘Your Wildest Dreams,’ they’ll hear some of the legendary band members’ wildest stories as they share personal accounts from decades of international performances. The Moody Blues official fan club, which is managed by PAID, Inc. (OTCBB:PAYD), is excited to offer this once in a lifetime opportunity through special VIP experience packages available for select concerts on the group’s upcoming 2010 US and UK tours. www.MoodyBluesToday.com  launched VIP package sales including packages with the ‘story teller experience’ for the numerous concerts on the band’s 2010 North American Tour in March and 2010 UK Tour in September…”

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“STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Harman International Industries, Inc. - www.harman.com - announced today that the Company has accepted an invitation to serve as Official Sound Partner for the Today Show Pre-Thanksgiving Concert this Wednesday November 25, 2009 from New York’s Rockefeller Plaza. The outdoor performance, featuring legendary rock group Bon Jovi, is expected to draw an on-site audience of thousands in addition to live and taped segments on NBC Television’s Today Show… Harman professional audio systems will amplify the live concert action from Rockefeller Plaza, anchored by high-fidelity speakers from the Company’s popular JBL brand, which also provides a variety of home and personal audio products for the consumer sector. The Company’s systems support numerous top artists and entertainment venues, including Lincoln Center, the new Yankees and Mets baseball stadiums, and more than a dozen key venues for the recent Summer Olympics. Harman audio and infotainment systems are also installed in an estimated 20 million vehicles on the road today, including luxury brands such as Audi, BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes, Porsche, Rolls Royce and more. Bon Jovi is serving as NBC Universal’s exclusive Artist in Residence during the month of November – a relationship which includes appearances on the Today show, Saturday Night Live, The Jay Leno Show, and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. The group’s latest album, ‘The Circle,’ debuted on November 10, continuing a successful career that spans a dozen other albums with more than 120 million copies sold worldwide. Bon Jovi has performed more than 2,600 concerts in some 50 countries for more than 34 million fans since 1983…”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- Beginning New Year's Day 2010, VH1 births ‘Friday Night Alright,’ a music fan's passport to first-class rock and pop music concerts in HD from around the world every Friday night at 11 PM. The weekly global musical expedition is scheduled to begin on Friday, January 1, 2010 at 11:00 PM*. On that night, Pink's high-flying ‘Funhouse’ tour kicks off an itinerary packed with A-list performers set to roll out the first quarter of the new year including U2, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Green Day, Kanye West, Kelly Clarkson, Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, The Killers, Coldplay and Katy Perry. Jim Shearer, of VH1's ‘Top 20 Video Countdown,’ will present the series.”

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“Following up on the buzz created by his radio and internet smash cover of Rhianna's ‘Umbrella’, Scott Simons has recently released his solo debut - the ‘Start of Something’ EP - on Rostrum Records. On the radio, his simple emotive reinterpretation of ‘Umbrella’ was added on Q101 in Chicago, LIVE 105 in San Francisco, 94.9 The Sound in Cincinnati and WROX in Norfolk and was spun on many other stations - big and small - all over the US. Overseas, Scott's ‘Umbrella’ was in rotation on 2fm in Ireland and several stations in Germany…”

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“Up and coming indie-pop artist Rachel Millman is being touted as an engaging young vocalist with a beautiful voice and a big future.  Her debut single ‘Throwin’ Rocks at the Moon’ is garnering national media and radio attention and radio personalities are talking about the song’s unique title, lyrics and message.  Throwin’ Rocks at the Moon is part of Rachel’s five-song EP entitled If I Believe, which was released on September 1, 2009 from Gila Enterprises and KeyMedia Group. The EP also features ‘Waiting for Someday,’ from the forthcoming feature film ‘Secret at Arrow Lake,’ starring C. Thomas Howell and Dedee Pfeiffer…”

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“LOS ANGELES…Bud Light Golden Wheat presents the legendary rockers KISS (www.kissonline.com) on Facebook via a Ustream streaming link live from their show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles at 9 pm PST on Wednesday, November 25.  This is the first-ever live web concert for one of rock’s most iconic bands as KISS celebrates the release of their new, three-song Guitar Hero® track pack featuring Modern Day Delilah, I Was Made for Loving You and Lick It Up today. Users can watch and interact by visiting the official KISS Facebook page at facebook.com/KISS or on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kiss-live to connect with other KISS fans for a personal chat and live video experience in real-time during the show.  Users who own an Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft can click the Guitar Hero® banner at the bottom of the screen and go directly to Xbox LIVE® Marketplace on Xbox.com to purchase the KISS three-song track pack and queue it up for download to their Xbox 360 console. PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™ owners can purchase the track pack through the in-game music store in either Guitar Hero 5® or Band Hero™. KISS chose Ustream (www.ustream.tv), the leading live video platform on the web, because of its powerful platform and scalability in reaching a global audience of unlimited size.  The band wanted to connect with their legion of fans that might not have had the chance to catch them during the North American leg of their 35^th-anniversary KISS/Alive 35 tour, a 44-city tour that continues through December 15. ‘For 35 years, KISS has rocked all over the world to sold-out crowds and set the standard for what a rock show should be. This tour will solidify our place in history for having the loudest, most entertaining and hardest rockin’ show in all of music,’ said Gene Simmons. The iconic band recently made KISStory when Sonic Boom, their first album in 11 years, debuted in the No. 2 spot on the Billboard Top 200.  This was the highest-ever album debut for the legendary band. Frontman Paul Stanley produced the new album that marks a return to their signature 70s sound. In creating Sonic Boom, the band also wanted to give back by putting together a value-added release that offers three CDs for the price of one.  The release includes Sonic Boom, their centerpiece of new material including their single Modern Day Delilah, a second disk of re-mastered KISS classics such as Rock and Roll All Nite and Detroit Rock City, and a third, live disk from their show in Argentina earlier this year. Get the latest news from KISS at www.KISSonline.com and for more information about the KISS three-track Guitar Hero ® pack, visit http://hub.guitarhero.com/. Anheuser-Busch’s newest beer brand, Bud Light Golden Wheat, is the exclusive sponsor of the online concert.  The sponsorship is part of the overall launch campaign for Bud Light Golden Wheat that hit store shelves nationwide on October 5.”

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“Veteran New Orleans rockers, The Radiators, will host their first Jamaican Fan Jam at the all-inclusive Breezes Grand Negril Hotel & Spa from January 20-23, 2010.  Singer-songwriter Jackie Greene will be the Rads’ special guest and will be performing both solo and with The Radiators. Truly a unique American rock n’ roll story, The Radiators formed during a jam session in keyboard player/vocalist Ed Volker’s garage in 1978.  The band has remained together for close to 32 years and still features the same 5 original members: Dave Malone (guitar,vocals), Reggie Scanlan (bass), Camile Baudoin (guitar), Frank Bua, Jr. (drums) and Volker who is  also the band’s chief songwriter. The Radiators have recently released 2 CDs, Wild & Free (a 2 CD retrospective) and The Lost Southlake Sessions which features tracks recently unearthed that were recorded in the mid-90’s during the band’s commercial peak. Greene, who released his first CD in 2002 has been a fixture on the Americana music scene, as a member of Phil Lesh & Friends, as well as fronting his own group.  He recently finished a tour opening for Gov’t Mule in which he sat in with the band on a nightly basis.”

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“New York, NY -  Legendary Island Records group Bon Jovi caps the celebration of their 25th year on record with a second consecutive #1 debut, as their 11th studio album THE CIRCLE--released November 10th--sails into the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart on the strength of first week sales of 163,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. ‘Coming after their #1 selling tour of last year, this #1 chart debut for Bon Jovi once again proves they have a loyal fan base that transcends every change in popular music,’ said Antonio 'L.A.' Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group. ‘After two and a half decades of uninterrupted success, Bon Jovi continues to stay at the top of their game, with no signs of slowing down.’ The new album's success--which includes #1 chart debuts in Japan, Canada and Germany, and a #2 debut in the UK--is fueled by the band's current worldwide single, ‘We Weren't Born to Follow.’ Bon Jovi performed the song live at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on November 9th, at the gala 20th Anniversary commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.  The perform­ance was underscored by their appearance on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.  ‘We Weren't Born to Follow’ is currently sitting inside the Top 10 at Hot AC radio formats, and the video is in its 4th week on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown. Bon Jovi's appearance in Berlin capped two weeks of international promotion in advance of THE CIRCLE's arrival.  On Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11th (the day after the album's U.S. release), NBC Television ‘Artists-In-Residence’ Bon Jovi performed live at the Today Show's Rockefeller Plaza site.  Two days later on Friday the 13th, Bon Jovi launched the opening of the new Best Buy store on Union Square in Manhattan. Upcoming live television performances include: Bravo's Inside The Actors Studio with James Lipton (Nov. 16); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Nov. 23); NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (Nov. 20); a return to the Today Show (Nov. 25); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (Dec. 9); and Saturday Night Live (Dec. 12). ‘We Weren't Born to Follow’ was written and co-produced by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, and was produced by John Shanks, who worked with Bon Jovi on their last two albums: Have A Nice Day (2005), which featured the Grammy-winning single ‘Who Says You Can't Go Home’; and Lost Highway (2007), which debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts in the U.S. and around the world. Bon Jovi's 25 years on record are chronicled in filmmaker and photo­grapher Phil Griffin's new documentary film Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful (produced by Radical Media); and the publication of its companion book, Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful, the first ever officially authorized Bon Jovi book (HarperCollins, October 2009). Bon Jovi has set the standard for more than two decades as one of the most successful rock bands in the world.  Globally, the Grammy Award-winning band has sold more than 120 million albums, and performed more than 2,600 concerts in over 50 countries for more than 34 million fans. Bon Jovi's ‘The Circle World Tour,’ promoted by AEG Live, will kick off in Seattle on February 19, 2010.  Over the next two years, the band will visit 30 countries for 135 shows. Bon Jovi's last outing, the ‘Lost Highway World Tour,’ was 2008's top-grossing tour according to Billboard.  Tickets for "The Circle World Tour" are on sale now for North American concerts - information can be found at www.Bonjovi.com/tour.”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grammy-nominated, mega-platinum rock powerhouse Nickelback, has announced the 2010 North American leg of their Dark Horse World Tour, a Live Nation produced event. The tour will feature special guests Breaking Benjamin and Shinedown with the opening act and additional dates to be announced. The newly confirmed dates are hot off the heels of their summer and fall dates where the band played to sold out crowds around the world. Tickets go on sale beginning December 4th in select markets at www.LiveNation.com. Nickelback fan club members will have access to presale tickets beginning November 27th in select markets. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning November 30th at 10am local time through Citi's Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Additional information on the tour, ticket on sales, fan club membership and VIP packages is available at www.Nickelback.com and www.LiveNation.com. NICKELBACK DARK HORSE 2010 TOUR: April 6 London, ON - John Labatt Centre,  April 8 Toronto, ON -Air Canada Centre,  April 9 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre, April 11 Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place,  April 13 Washington, DC - Verizon Center,  April 14 Hampton VA - Hampton Coliseum (Shinedown not included),  April 16 Greenville, SC - BI-LO Center (Shinedown not included), April 17 Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum Complex (Shinedown not included), April 19 Orlando, FL - Amway Arena (Shinedown not included),  April 21 Atlanta, GA -Philips Arena, April 24 Tulsa, OK - BOK Center (Shinedown not included)… Nickelback is one of the biggest rock bands in the world, with over 35 million albums sold. The band's latest album, Dark Horse, produced by the legendary Mutt Lange, debuted at number two on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has remained on the Top 200 for 50 weeks selling over 2.4 million albums in the US alone. Nickelback is currently nominated for a 2009 American Music Award in the Pop/Rock category for Favorite Band, Duo or Group. Nickelback has enjoyed unprecedented success with their last album, All The Right Reasons, which has been RIAA certified 8X platinum. The six singles from the album totaled 12 million downloads and 6 million ringtones…In 2006 Nickelback was awarded a World Music Award for ‘World's Best Rock Group,’ a Billboard Touring Award for ‘Breakthrough Artist,’ an American Music Award for ‘Favorite Pop/Rock Album’ and a People's Choice Award for "Best Rock Group.’”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/-- Only genuine passion for an extraordinary and powerful project could bring together artists ranging from Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Randy Newman and Eddie Vedder to John Legend, Jackson Browne and Lupe Fiasco for exclusive live performances. They and others are heard on The People Speak, the soundtrack of the documentary being released December 8, 2009, in conjunction with the December 13 broadcast of the film set to air on History. The film celebrates democracy, based on the lives and experiences of ordinary Americans who, through their words and actions, changed the course of history, from the founding of this country to the civil rights movement and beyond… The People Speak features some of the world's most renowned artists, like Springsteen, who performs with just a guitar and harmonica in his New Jersey home recording studio, and Legend who sings solo backed by a piano at a Boston theatre, as well as others (including Taj Mahal, Allison Moorer, The Black Crowes' Rich Robinson and X's Exene Cervenka and John Doe) at the Malibu Performing Arts Center, where they perform both vintage and recent protest-music classics for The People Speak.”

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“New York…The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that actor Ed Westwick will join MTV’s Alexa Chung and artist Moby on stage in New York at the 2009 International Emmy® Awards. British Television personality Graham Norton will once again host the international event which will also feature an international cast of celebrity presenters including: Actor Matthew Rhys, (Brothers & Sisters), Actress Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP), CSI’s Robert Joy, Actress Stephanie March (Law & Order: SVU), Fashion Designer Rachel Roy, Discovery ID’s Paula Zahn, Spanish Actress and Model Mar Saura and Brazilian Telenovela Star Juliana Paes. Special Awards include Barbara Walters presenting the 2009 International Emmy® Founders Award to Sir David Frost and Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger presenting the 2009 International Emmy® Directorate Award to ZDF German Television Director General Prof. Markus Schächter. The International Emmy® Awards recognize excellence in television programming produced outside of the United States . 1,000 international entertainment decision-makers attend the International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York every year. This year’s partners include: Phoenix Satellite TV, TV Globo, Microsoft, Dori Media, Ascent Media, The Hollywood Reporter, Reed Midem, Sofitel Luxury Hotels, Ernst & Young and Variety. Chip Quigley, Kingdom Entertainment, will produce the show for the 9th year in a row.”

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“LOS ANGELES…/PRNewswire/… For the first time in one of popular music's most enduring and illustrious careers, Ringo Starr has decided to take charge and produce himself. The result is perhaps the most personal and impressive album of this rock legend's entire solo career. The joyous result of Starr looking in the mirror is Y Not, a groovy and deeply felt song cycle that finds Ringo leading a smaller core group of old and new friends including longtime pal and recent brother-in-law Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart and longtime Roundheads member Steve Dudas on guitar, Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on keyboards, Don Was and Mike Bradford on bass. The album also features Starr's engineer and co-producer Bruce Sugar on keyboards, as well as some special guests like Joss Stone, Ben Harper and Richard Marx on vocals, Ann Marie Calhoun on violin and Tina Sugandh -- aka Tina The Tabla Girl - on tabla and chanting. Starr's songwriting collaborators on Y Not also include familiar and new names like Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, Glen Ballard, Richard Marx, Van Dyke Parks, Gary Nicholson plus Gary Wright and his former Roundhead band member, Gary Burr. Yet no collaborator featured on Y Not is likely to receive as much attention as Starr's former bandmate and longstanding mate Paul McCartney, who adds a characteristically brilliant bass part to the inspiring ‘Peace Dream’ -- Starr's latest heartfelt plea for peace and love -- and even more notably provides his unmistakably fabulous vocals to ‘Walk With You,’ an exquisite new composition by Starr and Van Dyke Parks.‘Walk With You’ is a moving, even spiritual meditation about the lasting power of friendship, and McCartney's inspired participation on the track was a testament to McCartney's generosity of spirit and musical talent. ‘Paul was doing the Grammys, so he came over to the house and was playing bass on 'Peace Dream.' So I played him this other track and Paul said, ‘Give me the headphones. Give me a pair of cans.’ And he went to the mike and he just invented that part where he follows on my vocal. That was all Paul McCartney, and there could be nothing better. He makes it bigger and he makes it fuller. It makes the song like a conversation between us, and that was Paul's idea to do his part one beat behind me. That's why he's a gen-i-us and an incredible bass player.’ Indeed, there's a whole lot of genius on display throughout Y Not.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On December 15^th, Warner Bros. Records will release Sounds Like This Live 2, an EP featuring stripped-down versions of five songs from Eric Hutchinson’s full-length debut, Sounds Like This, which entered Billboard’s Heatseekers chart at No. 1 in September of 2007. More than two years later, Sounds Like This is the second best-selling album on the Heatseekers chart. Sounds Like This Live 2 follows Hutchinson’s Sounds Like This Live EP, which features live versions of five different songs and was released in April of 2009. ‘I wanted to continue the approach I had on the first EP, getting the songs back to their purest form – the way they were when I wrote them,” he explains. “We had a day off in Minneapolis so I went into a studio and played through the songs in one take.’ ‘OK, It’s Alright With Me,’ a Top 5 hit at Triple A radio earlier this year, is now climbing the charts at the Hot AC format, where it’s already #31* after only a month. Hutchinson joins Gavin Rossdale, David Cook and Lady GaGa in the short list of new artists to have a second single chart at Hot AC in 2009. Hutchinson has played over 400 shows since the release of Sounds Like This. In December, he’ll wrap up a three-month North American tour with Kelly Clarkson… In 2010, Hutchinson will open for Clarkson in Australia and New Zealand, where his first single, ‘Rock & Roll,’ went platinum and hit No. 1 at Pop radio earlier this year. ‘Rock & Roll’ topped the Triple A radio chart in the U.S. last December, where Hutchinson was the only new artist to score a No. 1 hit at the format in 2008. ‘Oh!,’ his latest single, is now climbing the charts at Triple A radio.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electro-art-rock iconoclasts DEVO celebrate their early recorded works from the Warner Bros. Records vaults with an expanded Ultra Devo-lux, Limited Edition four-disc set of their first and third groundbreaking albums: Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO! and FREEDOM OF CHOICE, available online only through www.clubdevo.com this holiday season. Both albums have been re-mastered from the original analog recordings and housed in DEVO-luxish packages with a plethora of audio and video bonus material including the Live at the Forum, London 2009 concert video. The package also includes an original 7-inch colored vinyl single of ‘Jocko Homo’/‘Mongoloid,’ plus an original 18” x 30” foldout poster and 16-page booklet…Each order will include a digital audio download delivered upon order. A limited number of orders will also include autographed B/W 8x10 vintage DEVO promo photos from the Warner Bros. Records vaults. These are the definitive versions of the band’s classic works, supremely packaged and loaded with previously unreleased rarities made available for the first time ever.”

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“Will Hoge steps to the fore with 'The Wreckage,' (Rykodisc), his most impassioned album of rugged and powerful rock and roll to date. The new album, Hoge's first since 2007's acclaimed 'Draw the Curtains,' features eleven new songs of heartfelt choruses and raw, emotive power that curse life's wrong turns and celebrate its triumphs. Recorded at Nashville's Sound Emporium with producers Ken Coomer (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo) and Charlie Brocco (George Harrison) and mixed by Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash), the new album was crafted with a depth of sound and musicality that undeniably breaks new ground for Hoge. Routinely performing 200 + dates per year, Hoge was temporarily sidelined by a serious traffic accident in 2008 on his way home from a recording session. After spending several months recuperating, he completed the album and recently returned to the stage with a string of sold out hometown shows in Nashville.”

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“Just months after the TFDI tour ended, the ‘bromance’ lives on! Tony Lucca, Jay Nash and Matt Duke are ready to re-live the experience with their fans by releasing the TFDI EP. During their recent tour, the trio stopped off at the League of Creative Musicians at SPACE in Evanston, IL to record four fan favorites with engineer Jim Reeves. Lucca, Nash and Duke set off on a 25-city U.S. tour on August 21, 2009 that culminated in the two-day singer-songwriter event of the year, Hotel Carolina.”

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“On November 17, 2009 Ryko will release The Joel Dorn Sessions, six songs culled from an early studio session with Leslie Mendelson and Grammy Award winning producer Joel Dorn.  Comprised of everlasting covers and original songwriting, this six-song EP harkens back to a classic era which Joel Dorn helped define and which Leslie Mendelson masters so effortlessly.  The legendary jazz and r&b producer Joel Dorn (Apr. 7, 1942 – Dec. 17, 2007) initially heard Mendelson’s first self-released solo CD in 2005 and was sufficiently impressed to offer his expertise.  Before he passed in 2007, Dorn was instrumental in landing her current recording deal with Ryko, and they worked hand and hand in the studio on these 6 tracks.  Leslie went on to record her Ryko debut, Swan Feathers with Rob Mounsey producing. Together, Dorn and Mendelson created a collection of the pristine songs filled with timeless splendor.”

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“New York, New York -- Allison Moorer is set to release her Ryko debut, Crows, on February 9th, 2010. Produced by R.S. Field (Buddy Guy, JohnMayall) at the House of David Studio in Nashville, TN, the 13-track album is a refined and lyrically honest collection of songs that is a marked stylistic departure from her previous work. Crows is the anticipated follow up to her critically acclaimed 2008 album, Mockingbird, which was a celebration of songs composed by a stunning cast of female songwriters including Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Cat Power, her sister Shelby Lynne, and more. It also follows Moorer’s first Grammy Award Nomination for the song ‘Days Aren’t Long Enough,’ a composition she co-wrote with her husband, Steve Earle, for his Grammy Award Winning 2007 album Washington Square Serenade…”

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“Rykodisc recording artists Sam & Ruby’s, THE HERE AND THE NOW is available in stores…The duo’s entrancing new album is capturing the attention of critics and tastemakers, earning them NPR’s Tell Me More and Associated Press features as well as an upcoming appearance on the acclaimed PBS series Legends & Lyrics. It’s rare when new artists meet the challenge of addressing universal themes in a unique way. Sam & Ruby have accomplished that on their latest release. If the best music sometimes defies category, then Sam & Ruby are in that special league—with a unique blend of pop, folk, R&B, and sprinkling of Americana roots. Gifted songwriters and performing artists, Sam Brooker and Ruby Amanfu came together amidst the competitive pressure of the Nashville music community, finding creative commonality despite very different backgrounds. Brooker was raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, while Amanfu was born in Ghana and eventually raised in Tennessee. Even with these diverse geographical influences, the tracks on THE HERE AND THE NOW have an emotional context that is surprisingly universal.”

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“DALLAS…/PRNewswire/: The HDNet Concert Series presents the premiere of ‘Kansas: There's Know Place Like Home’ Sunday, November 22, at 8:00 p.m. ET. Kansas delivers unforgettable live performances and this is clearly evidenced in the HDNet debut of ‘There's Know Place Like Home,’ recorded at Washburn University's White Concert Hall in the band's hometown of Topeka, KS on February 7, 2009. Joined onstage by the Washburn Symphony Orchestra, the band and special guests (former members Kerry Livgren and Steve Morse) present some of the band's classic songs not previously recorded with a symphony. This unique concert, captured in true high definition, is a must-see performance! ‘I have seen many, many Kansas shows and this one is right at the very top,’ said Producer Jeff Glixman. ‘The show contains arguably the definitive versions of 'Icarus II', 'Hold On', and others, as well as Kerry Livgren and Steve Morse appearing together for the first time.’ Add to the mix simply magnificent renditions of such Kansas classics as ‘Carry on Wayward Son’ and ‘Dust in the Wind,’ and you have one of the finest in-concert rock performances of 2009.”

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“NEW YORK…/PRNewswire/ -- MTV Networks has acquired the exclusive United States television rights to air one of the most anticipated films of the year -- Michael Jackson's This Is It. The critically acclaimed and commercially successful film becomes available to MTV Networks in 2011, and continuing through the entire six-year network window. The deal includes all domestic channels under the MTV Networks umbrella, including MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic and Palladia and rounds out the music networks' commitment to celebrating the life and legacy of Michael Jackson. The arrangement also extends to Viacom's BET Networks, including its newest channel, Centric. Channels and premiere dates will be announced at a later time. ‘The film is a true testament to Michael's musical genius, passion and commitment to his craft,’ said Van Toffler, President of the MTV Networks Music Group. ‘Michael Jackson has always been inextricably tied to our viewers as they witnessed his evolution from a talented performer to a global icon who redefined music. Now, with this film, we can help give his fans a chance to see his final performance.’”

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“STAMFORD, CT…World Wrestling Entertainment will debut Nickelback’s riveting rock single ‘Burn It To The Ground’ as the new official theme song of WWE Monday Night Raw® on November 16^th at 9 PM ET / 8 PM CT on USA Network. ‘Burn It To The Ground,’ a fan favorite from the nearly three-times platinum album Dark Horse, has sold more than 250,000 digital singles. Dark Horse, produced by legendary producer Mutt Lange and released on Roadrunner Records, debuted at number two on the Billboard Top 200 Chart and has remained on the Top 200 for 50 weeks selling over 2.4 million albums in the US alone. Monday Night Raw is the longest running weekly episodic television program in the U.S.  and continues to be one of the most watched regularly scheduled programs on ad-supported cable television. It has quickly become a “must-stop” for celebrities looking to promote their latest project with some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment, including Jeremy Piven, Shaquille O’Neal, Nancy O’Dell and  Ozzy Osbourne lining up to take the reigns of the coveted guest host position.For more information on Nickelback –Chad Kroeger (lead vocals & guitar), Ryan Peake (lead guitar), Mike Kroeger (bass), Daniel Adair (drums) --including information on the current European tour, go to www.nickeback.com.”

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“CARLSBAD, Calif... /PRNewswire/ -- NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, announced today that it will join the Coalition for Music Education in Canada in its sixth annual Music Monday event May 3, 2010, to demonstrate the importance of music education programs throughout North America, and to celebrate the many proven benefits of playing music for people of all ages. The two organizations are encouraging schools and after-school programs, organizations, groups and individuals across the U.S. and Canada to participate in Music Monday by either performing the designated Music Monday piece or a song of their choice at the exactly the same time on May 3. The song will be sung and played by all schools and participants across the U.S. and Canada at 10 a.m. Pacific time, 11 a.m. Mountain time, 12 p.m. Central time, 1 p.m. Eastern time and 2 p.m. Atlantic time, and 2:30 in Newfoundland. NAMM is also encouraging people to pick up any instrument of their choice and play anytime on that day. NAMM has supported the Coalition for Music Education in Canada's Music Monday event since its inception in 2004.”

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“CULVER CITY, Calif…PRNewswire/ -- Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT has reached a box office gross of $200 million worldwide, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today. The film has taken in $61 million domestically and more than $140 million internationally. Commenting on the announcement, Jeff Blake, Chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing and Distribution said, ‘Moviegoers and film critics everywhere have truly embraced this celebration of Michael Jackson and his music. This special film documents Michael's creative genius. We are seeing repeat business throughout the world because this movie is so rich with Michael performing his most renowned and recognized songs while offering such a unique, never-before-seen perspective on his artistry. Kenny Ortega and the filmmaking team did a brilliant job of capturing Michael creating a masterwork and it's a genuine thrill to see audiences respond to the film as they have.’ Outside of North America, the film has performed best in such countries as Japan ($27.2 million), UK ($14.3 million), Germany ($12.1 million), France ($12.1 million) and Australia ($7.2 million). Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT offers Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Covering the months from March through June, 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing numerous songs for the show. Audiences are given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT is the last documentation of Michael Jackson in action, capturing the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work as he and his collaborators move toward their goals of London, the O2, and history. Kenny Ortega, who was both Michael Jackson's creative partner for the concert tour and the director of the stage show, directed the film, which was produced by Randy Phillips, Kenny Ortega and Paul Gongaware. Executive producers are John Branca and John McClain. Sony Music Entertainment's Columbia/Epic Label Group has released a top-selling, two-disc, stand-alone companion album to the motion picture.”

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“LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Gene Simmons, Rock God and Co-Founder of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees KISS, has created the ultimate celebrity memorabilia package, the GENE SIMMONS AXE BASS. Each GENE SIMMONS AXE BASS is personally hand-numbered and signed by Gene himself. It also includes a specially designed leather case that will bear his painted demon face autographed by Gene. GENE SIMMONS has owned the ‘AXE’ trademark as well the distinctive AXE shape of his bass for over 25 years, and it is the same bass model he uses live in all KISS shows around the world. This beautiful black and silver bass guitar carved from a single extraordinary piece of wood defies all expectations… For additional information regarding the Gene Simmons AXE BASS go to: www.GeneSimmonsAxe.com.”

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“NEW YORK, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Island Def Jam Music Group has partnered with TuneCore to launch IDJ First Look [http://www.idjfirstlook.com/] today, a new web portal that provides unsigned artists with potential access to such coveted major label services as worldwide distribution and marketing.Through this new partnership, unsigned artists using Island Def Jam Firstlook will not only be able to get their music distributed to such leading retailers as the iTunes Store, Amazon MP3 and eMusic, among many others, but may have the chance to gain the attention of Island Def Jam's hit-making creative staff for possible upstreaming and/or marketing and promotional opportunities. ‘We are delighted to team up with TuneCore, a company that shares our commitment to unsigned artists and to creating even more value for music on the Web,’ stated Christian Jorg, Senior Vice President of New Media & Commerce for Island Def Jam. "As the music industry continues to transition, we believe it's crucial to offer independent musicians real opportunities to be heard and possibly discovered.’ ‘Island/Def Jam is one of the most successful and recognizable record labels on the planet. I am really excited to provide any artist that wants it unique access to reach the people within Island/DefJam with a new model; the artist, gets distribution and an association and potential larger relationship with IDJ,’ stated Jeff Price, CEO and Founder of TuneCore.”

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The promise of the digital revolution in the music industry takes another step forward with the creation today of Interscope Digital Distribution (IDD), by Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records. Through http://www.interscopedigitaldistribution.com/, IDD will work in conjunction with TuneCore to distribute new and independent artists' original music for sale on such leading retailers as the iTunes Store, Rhapsody, Amazon MP3, Shockhound, eMusic, and Napster, among many others worldwide. IDD adds a fresh twist to the digital distribution model for independent music by offering unsigned artists a unique opportunity to reach the ears of A&R executives all while providing them complete freedom of choice. Interscope/Geffen/A&M's top A&R staff will closely monitor the IDD service as a way to discover great talent. By signing on for distribution specifically through IDD, artists will have the chance to gain their attention. A number of artists may then be selected for development deals. IDD is digital DIY done right - giving music artists a platform for self-expression, allowing them to retain all of the profits from their efforts, and presenting an opportunity for them to access the resources of a major record company.”

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“NEW YORK, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Motown Republic Group, a division of Universal Music Group, the world's leading music company, today launches two new web portals designed specifically to help unsigned artists get heard. The portals, powered by TuneCore, a leading digital music distribution company, are branded under the Republic and Motown banners…Following UMG's recent agreement with TuneCore, UMRG's new portals will make use of TuneCore's leading distribution platform to provide unsigned artists worldwide distribution into the iTunes Store, eMusic, Nokia and other digital download stores. In addition, artists may have the chance to be involved in label showcases, creating and producing proper studio demos, or receiving professional reviews of their music by an artist or member of the company's A&R team. And as the careers of unsigned artists grow, they may benefit from having a number of artist-discovery, marketing and upstreaming opportunities within UMRG. ‘Now, more than ever, the Web has opened up countless opportunities for unsigned artists to distribute their music directly to their audiences and we want to collaborate with them throughout that process,’ stated Cameo Carlson, Senior Vice President of Digital Business Development for UMRG. ‘And thanks to TuneCore, we can create a portal that provides them access to digital distribution and the expertise of a major label.’ Jeff Price, CEO and founder of TuneCore.com, said, ‘It's our job to serve and connect artists with opportunities they choose and want. If an artist's goal is to be part of one of the most recognizable names in music, this relationship will potentially provide them a direct in to help them get heard and discovered by the people they want to reach, all while having complete control.’”

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“LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Christopher Wicks, designer and owner of Rock & Roll Religion, sets the stage to launch the menswear collection, Designs Inspired by the Art of JOHN LENNON by English Laundry. The official, licensed collection derived from artwork, personal style, and overall essence of one of the most iconic and influential rock and roll figures of all time, launches for Holiday 2009 with a full collection debuting for Spring 2010. As the designer and owner of brands such as English Laundry, Fender: The Clothing Collection, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Weiland for English Laundry and English Heroes, featuring lyrics from Lennon/McCartney, Mr. Wicks melds music and fashion into inspired clothing collections to reflect modern-day, wearable vignettes of rock and roll history. ‘A day without music is a day without inspiration,’ says Wicks. ‘My obsession with music and fashion goes hand in hand, and a clothing line exemplifying the aura and artwork of the brilliant John Lennon is something I've wanted to do for a long time. Both as a life-long fan and a designer, I have great respect for his music, art, style and his message.’ Designs Inspired by the Art of JOHN LENNON is a collection for both the Lennon fan and the fashion guru. Colors, silhouettes and collar shapes are based on his own wardrobe from the 60s and 70s, with detailing derived from his artwork. Elements of Lennon's drawings are incorporated in packaging, hang tags, neck labels, accents on a sleeve, inside a jacket or pronounced on a tee shirt. His ‘Give Peace a Chance’ theme is a prominent message and design throughout the collection. The sophisticated menswear collection channels ‘what John wore, incorporated with his art’ through a variety of wovens, t-shirts, and blazers. Woven shirts are designed with hand-laundered, textured fabrications and elegant cuts, tees are made with soft, organic cotton and blazers are characterized with clean lines for a sharp, well-cut look from the 60s…”

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“LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Rolling Stones Steel Wheels tour, Universal Music Group and S2BN Entertainment announce the digitally re-mastered release of Rolling Stones Live at the Max on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow, November 10, 2009. Live at the Max was the first feature-length IMAX concert film to be shot and, to this day, it holds the record as the most successful IMAX concert film of all time. Offering every fan the best seat in the house, Live at the Max features 90 minutes of classic Rolling Stones footage shot during the European leg of their Steel Wheels tour in London, Berlin and Turin, and showcases 16 songs including classic favorites such as ‘Start Me Up,’ ‘It's Only Rock 'n' Roll,’ and ‘Honky Tonk Woman.’ The digitally remastered release of Live at the Max will be launched alongside the reissue of five Rolling Stones live albums: Love You Live, Still Life, Flashpoint, the much-loved Stripped and Live Licks. Live at the Max is available online at Amazon and at local retail outlets worldwide.”

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“Dead Man’s Hand, Las Vegas ’ hottest new live-music and nightlife venue, opened its doors this weekend with two nights of high-energy rock ‘n’ roll. Co-owned by Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell and Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Dead Man’s Hand came alive with System of a Down’s John Dolmayan as he hit the stage on Friday night, along with The Starf**kers, featuring Slim Jim Phantom from Stray Cats and Teddy ‘Zig Zag’ Andreadis from Guns N’ Roses, on Saturday night. Dead Man’s Hand welcomed a bevy of VIP guests on Saturday night such as adult-film superstar Tera Patrick, celebrity chef Kerry Simon, Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, The Apprentice stars Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth and Annie Duke and professional poker players Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, Jeff Madsen and Casey Thompson.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its ongoing Archives reissue campaign with legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, Reprise Records will release re-mastered versions of the first four of Young’s classic solo albums, 1969’s Neil Young and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, 1970’s After the Gold Rush, and 1972’s Harvest. These very special reissues, which will be available on November 23rd, have each been re-mastered from the original analog master tapes by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios in Hollywood, CA. The albums are being reissued on both vinyl and compact disc…They will only be available through www.becausesoundmatters.com and www.neilyoung.com. Tom Biery, General Manager of Warner Bros. Records and vinyl enthusiast commented: ‘In all my years of working vinyl releases, I was shocked at just how incredible these Neil Young re-masters sound. There is no doubt in my mind that when listening to these recordings on the new, upgraded vinyl format, it will be as close as anyone will audibly come to actually being in the studio listening to the original master tapes. It now sounds as if you are in the room with Neil during the session.’ The four albums will also be released on 24 karat gold CDs, packaged in Gary Burden designed cardboard wallet packs. The four gold CD albums are housed in a numbered slip case, limited to 2,500 worldwide, and available only through www.becausesoundmatters.com and www.neilyoung.com...”

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“LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Triple GRAMMY® Award winning guitarist Steve Vai will be the featured guest on VH1 Classic's ‘That Metal Show’ on Saturday, November 7 at 11PM. For fans outside the U.S., it will be available online shortly after it airs.Vai will be speaking about his new concert film WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: LIVE IN MINNEAPOLIS (WTWTA), which just debuted at #4 on Billboard® Magazine's Top Music DVD Chart. The film, released by Vai's record company Favored Nations Entertainment, hit retail September 29 (a companion live audio CD came out that day as well). The Blu-ray edition will be in-stores November 10, and an online preview is available at: www.vai.com/wildthings. Later this month, Vai will have the honor of performing the National Anthem at the New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday, November 29. Of the experience, he says, "Being a native New Yorker, it's a thrill for me to play the 'Star Spangled Banner' at the Knicks game at Madison Square Garden. I may even use red, white and blue strings!" Vai will also host an in-store event at Borders (2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY) after the game. 2010 will mark Vai's 30-year touring anniversary. He first stepped into the spotlight in 1980 as a guitarist in Frank Zappa's band. His indelible contribution to music came during his solo career, which includes combined sales of nearly six million albums over the last three decades-and more musical mojo than most could even dream of. WTWTA was filmed and recorded at the historic State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN before a sold-out crowd during Vai's acclaimed 2007 String Theories World Tour. Vai chose the State Theatre for its lush acoustics and equally inspiring interior--his unparalleled guitar wizardry amazes throughout the film, as do the talents of the stellar band, an ace group of players Vai put together and called String Theories.Also in November, Vai will head to Canada for two Alien Guitar Secrets Master Classes. Alien Guitar Secrets is an unprecedented, master class opportunity offered by Steve Vai to all music students and guitar enthusiasts. This 3+ hour unique package gives student a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Vai discuss music theory, guitar techniques, the music business, and most importantly, techniques on how to discover and unlock your personal musical identity. It also includes a question and answer session, and a few attendees will be chosen to jam with Vai in this intimate environment. Steve Vai will be teaching a Master Class in Calgary on Nov. 22 at the Engineered Air Theater and another in Toronto on Nov. 24 at the Rock Star Music School. Tickets are $250 and the class is limited to 100 students. To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.vai.com/News/tourdates.html.”

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“NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The performer lineup for ‘The 43rd Annual CMA Awards’ grows even stronger with the announcement today that Kid Rock will join four-time nominee Jamey Johnson in their first televised duet. Kid Rock will also present an Award during the evening. In addition, four-time Female Vocalist of the Year winner Martina McBride will also perform. Nine-time CMA Award winners The Judds, Country Music Hall of Fame member Kris Kristofferson, and six-time CMA Award winner Lee Ann Womack have been added as presenters. ‘The 43rd Annual CMA Awards,’ hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, airs live from the Sommet Center in Nashville, Wednesday, Nov. 11 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) on the ABC Television Network. Performers already announced include Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney and Dave Mathews, Billy Currington, Vince Gill and Daughtry, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band. Previously announced presenters include Dale Earnhardt Jr.; stars of ABC's ‘The Middle’ Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton; Julianne Hough; nominee Randy Houser (for both New Artist and Music Video of the Year for "Boots On"); nominee Jake Owen (New Artist of the Year); Kellie Pickler; LeAnn Rimes; and ABC News's Robin Roberts, co-anchor of ‘Good Morning America’ and host of the upcoming ‘Robin Roberts: Bright Lights. Big Stars. All Access Nashville’ ABC television special (airing Nov. 10). Love And Theft will host the Pre-Telecast Awards. Johnson is nominated in four categories: New Artist, Album (for his Gold-certified That Lonesome Song), and Single and Song (both for ‘In Color’ which he co-wrote with Lee Thomas Miller and James Otto). He won Song of the Year in 2007 for co-writing the Strait hit "Give It Away" with Bill Anderson and Buddy Cannon. Kid Rock was nominated along with Sheryl Crow in 2003 for Vocal Event of the Year for their song ‘Picture.’ The artist, who has sold more than 25 million albums, performed on the CMA Awards last year and at 2009 CMA Music Festival in June. His most recent album is the three-times-Platinum-certified Rock N Roll Jesus. McBride is nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year, an Award she has received four times (1999, 2002-2004), tying her with Reba McEntire for the most wins in that category. The singer/songwriter/producer also won Music Video of the Year in 1994 for ‘Independence Day.’ McBride, whose current album is Shine, has sold more than 18 million albums.”

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“The critically-acclaimed UK singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore releases a holiday collection Strange Communion, November 3 via Rykodisc. This carefully crafted album is a stirring, poignant journey into the heart of the winter season filled with twists and turns of celebration, introspection and often skepticism. With deep humanist joy at its core, Strange Communion reflects on the rituals and contradictions that come with the trimmings of the holidays. From the choral splendor of ‘Sol Invictus’, her acappella opening ode with the award-winning Sense Of Sound choir, to the ethereal beauty of ‘Midwinter Toast’ and ‘December in New York’, to cover versions of obscure songs by Elvis Costello (The St. Stephens Day Murders”) and Yoko Ono (‘Listen The Snow Is Falling’), Gilmore’s crystalline voice and dazzling lyrics shine throughout this collection. Rounding off the festivities on a cheerful note, the catchy single ‘That'll Be Christmas’ indubitably adds more spice into the mix as Gilmore lightheartedly sings ‘French beer and mistletoe…faith, hope and gluttony…me missing you again, that’ll be Christmas.’ Since making her debut album at 18 years old, Thea Gilmore has blazed a fiercely independent path while earning critical acclaim and admiration from renowned artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez and Martha Wainwright.”

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- 429 Records has brought together a stellar roster of artists for a project titled ‘THE VILLAGE: A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF GREENWICH VILLAGE’--a musical homage to an influential scene that thrived during an incomparable era in the history of rock music. The Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City in the 1960s was ground zero for a musical, political and social evolution -- McCarthy and the Red Scare era was over, the Vietnam War was simmering and poised to explode, and the civil rights movement was gaining steam just as singers like Peter Seeger, Bob Dylan and Odetta were hanging out and composing fierce and fearless songs that reflected the social conscience of a generation. The neighborhood was symbolic of a shared inspiration with artists worldwide gravitating to the vibrant streets and clubs and as such helped change the course of popular music. With THE VILLAGE, modern day artists look back and pay tribute to the artists and songs that helped nurture and shape them as successful musicians in their own right. Shelby Lynne gives a musical shout out to Dylan with her version of ‘Don't Think Twice, It's Alright,’ John Oates pays tribute to an important era in his own musical development with a heartfelt rendition of ‘He Was A Friend of Mine,’ Cowboy Junkies perform their heartbreaking version of Tim Buckley's ‘Once I Was,’ and Bruce Hornsby checks in with a stunning version of The Lovin' Spoonful's ‘Darlin' Be Home Soon.’ THE VILLAGE: A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF GREENWICH VILLAGE will be released worldwide today on 429 Records.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its ongoing Archives Performance Series with legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, Reprise Records will release Dreamin’ Man Live ’92, on December 8, 2009, on CD, while the vinyl pressing will be released on January 12, 2010. The album is a complete live performance of Young’s album Harvest Moon drawn from various solo acoustic shows he performed in 1992 before the actual release of the Harvest studio recording, which makes this performance even more unique…”

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“LOS ANGELES, CA (November 2, 2009) - Weezer is telling their fans that ‘Weez in charge’ once again, as the band prepares to use its own A.P.E. Radio virtual airwaves this week to feature the brand new songs from their highly anticipated album, Raditude.  Beginning on Tuesday, November 3rd at 12:01 am, the multi-platinum band will blast out one new song at the top of each hour on ‘Radio Weezer,’ along with exclusive interviews featuring the stories behind the making of their long-awaited seventh album… ‘Radio Weezer’ is distributed across Clear Channel Radio's ‘iheartradio’ network (www.iheartradio.com).”

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“Rock superstars KISS released their new album Sonic Boom on October 6, 2009. Featuring 11 brand new KISS anthems, Sonic Boom is an emphatic statement from one of rock’s most iconic bands. Says guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley: ‘Sonic Boom is the perfect title for what we’re creating. It’s earth-shaking and deafening!’ Adds bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons: ‘Sonic Boom is our confessional: when you look in the mirror you have to come to terms with yourself. Whoever you are, be the best that you can be. In that sense, KISS is born again.’ Since Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons founded KISS in New York City in 1972, the band has sold over 80 million albums worldwide. Sonic Boom is the 19^th original studio album of the band’s 35-year recording career. It is also the first KISS studio album to feature guitarist Tommy Thayer alongside Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and drummer Eric Singer. Simmons states: ‘It’s a gift from heaven to have Eric and Tommy in the band, who are proud and honoured to put on the war-paint and go out there and play their hearts out for the fans. It feels like the same bond we had when we first started: all for one and one for all.’ According to Paul Stanley, who produced Sonic Boom, ‘KISS has never been better. I knew we were capable of making something very, very special, something defining in terms of the KISS legacy. This isn’t ‘new KISS’ – this is classic KISS!’ Sonic Boom was written and recorded in just four months. As Simmons explains, ‘KISS was touring the stadiums of South America in April 2009, and the fans were saying, ‘Where’s the new record?’ We knew it was time. On off days we’d get together in Tommy’s room, tossing licks back and forth, and it happened so fast. In May we were in LA writing and rehearsing, by June we were in the studio recording the songs, and by mid-July we were done.’ Sonic Boom was recorded in Los Angeles at Conway Studios, where the band used rare, vintage two-inch analogue tape. ‘We wanted to do it the old-fashioned way,’ Stanley says. ‘We all agreed that the albums we loved most, the ones we grew up listening to – Zeppelin, The Beatles, the Stones, The Who – were not perfect and were not made under a microscope. They were about capturing a feel.’ Simmons comments: ‘There were no more than two or three takes per song – some are literally first takes. Just plug into a goddamn Marshall and play! And we issued orders to the KISS Army’s sharpshooters to kill anything that resembles piano players, trumpets, horns, outside songwriters – anything that wasn’t intrinsically KISS...”

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“DALLAS, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: The HDNet Concert Series will extend Halloween tradition one more day with the premiere of ‘Smashing Pumpkins--The Fillmore Residency,’ Sunday, November 1, at 8:00 p.m. ET. The band is known as one of the longest-lasting and most successful alternative bands of the early '90s. In June 2007, the partially re-united Smashing Pumpkins eschewed a traditional US tour and opted for an experimental art installation in the form of two residencies - one in Asheville, NC and the other San Francisco, CA. The Fillmore Residency is a testament to the enduring talents of original members Billy Corgan, and Jimmy Chamberlin.The concert features the best-of-the-best, plus seven new tracks, some not available anywhere else, and some of the band's older numbers, from ‘Blue Skies Bring Tears,’ ‘Super Christ,’ ‘Starla,’ ‘No Surrender,’ ‘The Rose March,’ and ‘Zeitgeist.’”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premiere Radio Networks announced today it will launch Sixx Sense with Nikki Sixx on Rock/Alternative music stations in January 2010. Hosted by Nikki Sixx, co-founder/bassist/songwriter of the world-renowned band Mötley Crüe and chart-topping band Sixx:A.M., producer, clothing designer and best-selling author, the program will air nationwide Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to midnight local time. Each night, Sixx will discuss music and lifestyle topics as he gives listeners a backstage look at the world and mind of a rock star. Delivered with his unique perspective and attitude, Sixx will welcome celebrity guests, recording artists and fascinating characters from all walks of life. All this and more will be coupled with radio station playlists. In addition, Sixx will host a two-hour original weekend program titled The Side Show Countdown with Nikki Sixx. Debuting in January 2010, Sixx will air top-charting songs, showcase new and emerging artists, and welcome guests from the worlds of music and entertainment. The program will be available for air Saturday or Sunday between 6 a.m. and midnight local time…”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Republic Records has signed new rock group We Are The Fallen, it was announced today by Monte Lipman, President and CEO of Universal Republic Records. The new band is comprised of the original members of multiplatinum trailblazing band Evanescence, guitarists Ben Moody and John LeCompt along with drummer Rocky Gray, with enigmatic American Idol finalist Carly Smithson powering the vocal reins of the new group. Respected touring and studio bassist Marty O’Brien (Disturbed and Static-X, among others) rounds out the iconic fivesome. ‘We Are The Fallen represents a bold new musical turning point and we’re thrilled to be able to deliver their music to audiences hungering for their brand of passion,’ stated Lipman. ‘The combined elements of this band are a force to be reckoned with, and the entire company joins me in welcoming them to Universal Republic Records.’ Former Evanescence guitarist and co-songwriter Ben Moody also commented: ‘Carly, John, Rocky, Marty and I have been sequestered for a number of months to deliver a body of work that is going to stand the test of time. Collectively, we are thrilled to be in the very capable hands of Monte (Lipman), Avery (Lipman), and Tom (Mackay), as well as every individual at Universal Republic Records. We cannot wait to unleash our creativity in the new year.’ Carly Smithson stated: ‘The chemistry in this band has made for some incredible music. We are all so grateful for this amazing opportunity and thank our fans for the strong love and support they are already showing us in this early stage. We look forward to working closely now with our new family at Universal Republic Records to bring our music to as many people as possible.’ The group is currently recording their debut album for Universal Republic in Los Angeles and expect to release it in early 2010. The energetic creative engine behind the launch of Evanescence, Moody and the other members of We Are The Fallen found a true partner in Smithson, who always envisioned a band environment as her dream move following Idol. Moody, who left the platinum-plus breakthrough metal act in 2003, has since co-written major hits for Chris Daughtry and Kelly Clarkson among others. Evanescence’s groundbreaking 2003 album, Fallen, spent an incredible 43 weeks on the Billboard Top Ten Albums Chart, selling 15 million copies worldwide, and 7 million albums in the U.S. alone. Carly Smithson was a sixth place finisher during Season 7 of the landmark television series American Idol, duly recognized for having one of the hit shows most loyal fan bases. The fiery singer’s ‘elimination’ sent shockwaves through the ‘Idol’ blogger nation, with a critic for Entertainment Weekly even calling her dismissal ‘an embarrassing lapse in judgment.’ Her acclaimed performances on the 2008 American Idol Tour confirmed her stature as a preeminent female rock powerhouse. Check in with We Are The Fallen at their website, www.wearethefallen.com.”

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“LEBANON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marker Völkl USA, distributor of Völkl skis and Marker bindings, has partnered with Gibson Guitar Corporation to produce a series of unique electric guitars. Marker and Völkl themed guitars will be produced in Gibson’s Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee. The Völkl guitar is a black Les Paul Custom featuring graphical elements from Völkl’s newly redesigned Gotama ski model. The new Gotama is a ‘rockered’ ski that combines incredible performance in powder snow with everyday versatility. The Marker guitar is a Flying V model displaying Marker’s ‘Rule the Mountain’ logo. The aggressive design of the Flying V fits well with Marker’s popularity in the youth & freeride binding markets… Pictures can be seen at www.volkl.com, www.markerusa.com, and www.gibson.com.” 

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifehouse announces the release of their fifth studio album Smoke & Mirrors on Geffen Records December 8th. First single ‘Halfway Gone,’ co-written by Lifehouse lead singer Jason Wade, Kevin Rudolf (‘Let It Rock’) and producer Jude Cole (Rocco Deluca, Beth Orton, MoZella), has already been serviced to radio and is available on all digital outlets today! With Smoke & Mirrors; lead singer/guitarist Wade, drummer Ricky Woolstenhulme Jr., bassist Bryce Soderberg, producer Cole, and live guitarist Ben Carey have created a set that combines their live sound with great record making.Smoke & Mirrors showcases two sides of Lifehouse - songs like ‘Smoke & Mirrors,’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ and ‘Had Enough’ (with guest vocals by Chris Daughtry) have a raw and stage driven feel to them capturing the live, rock side of the band; a sound they had perfected after 10 years of solid touring. While tracks like ‘All In,’ ‘Here Tomorrow Gone Today’ and the first single ‘Halfway Gone’ are songs sure to be heard on radio for years to come. Lifehouse's multi-platinum 2000 debut, No Name Face, produced ‘Hanging by a Moment,’ a #1 alternative hit which crossed over to become Top 40's Most Played Song of 2001, while 2002's Stanley Climbfall solidified the band as a touring force. Their 2005 self-titled platinum effort yielded ‘You and Me,’ a giant hit ballad (Wade, Cole) that set a record by spending more than 60 weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart. 2007's Who We Are, also produced by the Smoke & Mirrors team, included the hits ‘First Time,’ ‘Whatever It Takes’ and ‘Broken,’ which combined sold over 3 million digital downloads. To date Lifehouse has sold over 5 million albums.”

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“LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- When it wraps up this week, the U2 360 Tour will have played to over 3 million fans in just 44 cities. With record shattering sales including the largest attendance at the Rose Bowl this evening as well as setting the all time record at New York's Giant Stadium where the audience surpassed that of the Pope - the largest rock and roll touring production ever has just confirmed the return to North America beginning June 6th at Anaheim's Angel Stadium. The tour is once again produced by Live Nation Global Touring and sponsored by BlackBerry®. Having performed in a limited number of North American cities in 2009, U2 360 is set to touch down in a new set of stadiums next summer including stops in Anaheim; Denver; Oakland; Seattle; Edmonton; East Lansing; Miami; Philadelphia and Montreal. Due to overwhelming demand, U2 360 will also return for one night only in Toronto and Chicago before finishing the North American leg in New York at the New Meadowlands Stadium.”

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“‘Cracking The Vault Day’ –  a historic day in online music history when a thousand of live concert gems, mostly from Bill Graham, legendary rock impresario, will be released for download for the first time ever.  Concert Vault which already features over 2800 rare and exclusive concerts available to stream free, having is planning an unprecedented online event on November 3: “Cracking the Vault Day,” the largest-ever simultaneous release of live concerts for download.  “Cracking The Vault Day” means that on this single occasion, 1,000 new concerts  will be released and available for download  from some of the biggest names in music history from a wide range of genres including The Grateful Dead, Santana, Twisted Sister, Miles Davis, Dolly Parton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jefferson Airplane, Miles Davis, Bonnie Raitt, Janis Joplin and many more.”

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“LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from March through June, 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius, and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new album from Florida punk band Against Me! will be called White Crosses, it was announced today. The band finished tracking the album in Los Angeles with veteran producer Butch Vig this past Saturday. White Crosses is Against Me!’s second album for Sire Records and will be released in 2010. Against Me! frontman Tom Gabel began writing the songs that will appear on the album more than a year and a half ago. Pre-production with Vig, who also produced the band’s 2007 album New Wave, began in early July and the band, which also includes guitarist James Bowman, bassist Andrew Seward, and new drummer George Rebelo (formerly of Hot Water Music), began tracking in mid-August. Against Me! spent the past two years touring non-stop in support of New Wave, which was released by Sire Records in July 2007. Called “the most invigorating, zeitgeist-capturing rock album in years” by Spin, New Wave was named the magazine’s “Album of the Year,” and also appeared in the Top 10 on Rolling Stone, Blender, and MTV.com’s year-end ‘Best Album’ lists. New Wave spawned two singles, ‘White People For Peace’ and ‘Thrash Unreal,’ which became the band’s first single to chart in the U.S. when it climbed to No. 11 on the Modern Rock chart.”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EPIX™, the premium channel created by Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Lionsgate is filling out its original programming with a live concert special by rockers Kings of Leon. Fresh off headlining stints at Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits Festival, as well as a hugely successful North American arena tour, the Nashville quartet brings its live show in support of the platinum plus-selling album, Only By The Night, to EPIX subscribers in December. Since its release, the band's fourth album has taken Kings of Leon to massive heights in America. ‘Kings of Leon has a sound that reflects their many influences as well as many different genres, and it's made them one of the biggest ground breaking bands in the world. This special is perfect for EPIX viewers and I am thrilled to be delivering it to them,’ said EPIX President Mark Greenberg. Appearances on the covers of Rolling Stone and SPIN, and performances on Saturday Night Live, The Today Show’s summer concert series on Rockefeller Plaza, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien have all helped give the band the biggest selling record of their career as well as put them in front of more fans than ever before. The special was filmed at London's The O2 arena, where three nights of shows sold out in mere minutes. The band’s enthusiasm was contagious as they rocked adoring European fans with the Grammy Award-winning ‘Sex on Fire,’ the #1 hit ‘Use Somebody’ and many other fan favorites from the band’s young but storied career. Kings of Leon’s live performance at The O2 Arena will air December 19, 2009 at 9:30 PM Eastern on EPIX and is part of an expanding slate of monthly exclusive original events featuring comedy and music superstars including Madonna, Lewis Black and Eddie Izzard.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warner Bros. Records — the No. 1 vinyl label in the country — will bring vinyl directly to the people this weekend by hosting a booth at the annual WFMU Record Fair in New York City. The event, known as a worldwide Mecca for music enthusiasts and vinyl fans, will be held October 23^rd through the 25^th at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18^th Street in Manhattan. ‘There is no better place to sell music directly to fans than at the annual WMFU show,’ says Warner Bros. Records General Manager Tom Biery, who oversees all of the company’s vinyl releases. ‘As a vinyl freak, I have been going to the show for years and have always thought that having a WBR/Reprise booth to sell our records would be a ton of fun as well as a great learning experience.’ This weekend also kicks off Warner Bros. Records’ relationship with vinyl-only indie label, Original Recording Group (ORG), which will be manning the WBR booth. At the show, Reprise Records will unveil, for the first time, legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young's first four catalog reissues, including the direct-to-fan 180-gram Limited Edition box set. Those titles, Neil Young, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush, and Harvest, have been meticulously cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering from the original master tapes (under the direct supervision of Neil Young's team) and manufactured at the world’s premiere record-pressing plant, Pallas MFG/Germany. This is the first-ever upgrade to these essential recordings on vinyl and is sure to delight both fans and audiophiles alike. Warner Bros. Records will also reveal a ‘collector's edition’ vinyl version of the new album from The Flaming Lips, Embryonic (pressed in a limited edition of 200), as well as a three-disc vinyl version of R.E.M.’s Live At the Olympia in Dublin/39 Songs, which also includes the CD and DVD, in all its glorious sound and packaging. To celebrate the company’s signing of a worldwide partnership with New Wave pioneers Devo, Warner Bros. Records will also be previewing vinyl reissues of two of the band’s classic albums: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! and Freedom Of Choice, newly mastered by Bernie Grundman on beautiful yellow and red wax. And finally, Warner Bros. Records will present a series of stunning soul 45s from the famed Loma label. With each title highly collectible upon its original pressing, these reissues are intended to enable fans to enjoy this incredible music the way it was meant to be heard—at 45 rpm. Artists in this series include The Marvellos, The Soul Shakers, Carl Thomas, and others. For those who can’t attend the WMFU Record Fair this weekend, these titles can be purchased at www.becausesoundmatters.com.”

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Bon Jovi’s 2010 “The Circle World Tour” North American Itinerary

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“LAS VEGAS– Playground, Las Vegas ’ first entertainment and nightlife complex, announces partnership with rock icons Jerry Cantrell and Scott Ian to transform its live music venue, the Rock Room, into ‘Dead Man’s Hand.’ ‘Dead Man’s Hand’ will bring several of the most influential members of the rock music community together with Alice in Chains guitarist Cantrell and Anthrax guitarist Ian all involved. ‘Dead Man’s Hand’ will offer a one-of-a-kind experience for fans to see their idols up-close as the shows will be held in the intimate, 200-person capacity venue. Designed for the biggest rock fans to call home, ‘Dead Man’s Hand’ will have live stage performances and impromptu appearances by Cantrell, Ian and many of their industry friends. ‘Dead Man’s Hand’ will be the only place in Las Vegas for rock fans to see these legendary music masters perform, and party with them, too…”  

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“New York, NY- British singer/songwriter Zara Phillips is releasing a new song entitled” I’m Legit  featuring the legendary hip hop artist Darryl “DMC’ McDaniels,”.  Zara, who’s worked with the likes of Bob Geldof and Dire Straits produced and directed the award winning  documentary, Roots Unknown and wrote a book entitled Mother Me. The single “I’m Legit” is about the importance of Americans to have the right to open adoption records . Only eight states broadly give adult adoptees access to their original birth certificates (other states allow access to some but not all adopted people). Not all adoption records are open in these states, just access to original birth certificates. Only five states have this policy.”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seven-time Grammy Award winning musician, John Mayer, will perform at the Beacon Theatre on Tuesday, November 17 at 9pm to celebrate the release of Battle Studies, his first studio album in three years. The special event, which will also air live in HD that evening on Fuse, is presented by Fuse, Madison Square Garden’s national music television network, and MSG Entertainment. To kick off the live telecast of ‘John Mayer Live From the Beacon Theatre,’ Fuse will support the release of his new album with programming throughout November, including a personal and revealing one-on-one interview special with the artist. Fuse host Steven Smith sits down with Mayer for a candid conversation about his new album, his latest collaborations and plans for the future. Fuse will air additional shows such as ‘Loaded: John Mayer,” a half-hour of John Mayer’s greatest music videos including his latest single Who Says, plus encore presentations of ‘John Mayer Live From the Beacon Theatre’ and the interview special. Beginning today, John Mayer fans can log on to Fuse.tv/johnmayer to find photos, tweets, live blogging and more. The site will feature exclusive live behind-the-scenes footage backstage, during the sound check and after the show, giving fans a can’t miss, one-of-a-kind multi-screen event…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warner Bros. Records and R.E.M. have teamed up with theatrical distributor Cinema Purgatorio to present a series of sneak preview screenings of the band’s concert documentary This Is Not A Show: Live at the Olympia in Dublin. The 60-minute film, which includes concert and backstage footage shot at the Irish capital’s Olympia club by noted French filmmakers Vincent Moon and Jeremiah, will screen in movie theaters, rock clubs, college campuses, and other venues across the country throughout October and early November. Current shows are listed at http://cinemapurgatorio.com/movies/r-e-m-this-is-not-a-show with dates so far noted below. Cinema Purgatorio are actively soliciting suggestions for more places to screen. This Is Not A Show is the hour-long video portion of R.E.M. Live At the Olympia—a brand-new live CD+DVD that Warner Bros. Records will release on October 27^th, 2009. The two-CD audio portion, produced by Jacknife Lee, features 39 songs that capture the best moments from the band’s “working rehearsals” at the fabled Dublin venue during which singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, and bassist Mike Mills tested out new songs for R.E.M.’s 2008 studio album Accelerate. Live At The Olympia ventures back to July 2007 when R.E.M. set up camp at the Olympia Theatre and tested new material over five nights before fired-up, capacity crowds comprised of fan-club members, friends, family, and fans from all over the world who were privy to R.E.M.'s so-called  ‘experiment in terror,’ as guitarist Peter Buck puts it. ‘We were just trying to do something we hadn't done before,’ Buck says, ‘which meant there was no relaxing during the set. Every second we were playing something we didn't know all that well. Which was kind of good — there were all kinds of terror elements going on during that show.’”

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“The Knitting Factory in conjunction with the Royal Flush Festival is proud to present Melissa Auf der Maur in a rare NYC appearance, her first since her 2004 debut solo album.  Known for her work with both Smashing Pumpkins and Hole as well as her heralded solo work, Auf der Maur is offering the Royal Flush Festival a sneak peek of her self-produced new project Out Of Our Minds, a multi-media concept album featuring an album, comic and film directed and edited by Tony Stone. ‘I can't think of a better way to share this multi-faceted creation than by playing Knitting Factory and screening at Anthology Film Archives as part of the hard rocking Royal Flush Festival,’ said Auf der Maur. ‘My wicked new live band and I are determined to make a lasting and loud impression on New York City and friends of Royal Flush.’ Opening for Melissa Auf der Maur are Blacklist, Mike Edison and the Space Liberation Army featuring legendary guitarist Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, Jeff Buckley), and Black Taxi. Edison's show is based on stories of sex and drugs from his new book, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go.The Royal Flush Festival celebrates its fifth year as NYC's coolest event for independent film.  The festival is a four-day event with feature length docs and narratives, short films, horror, music videos and animation. In addition to a great lineup of movies, they also host underground art events, live music shows and interactive panels throughout the weekend.”

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“LONDON and NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Group is pleased to announce the reissue of five Rolling Stones live albums on November 10, 2009 in the US. Recorded between 1975 and 2002, Love You Live, Still Life, Flashpoint, the much-loved Stripped and Live Licks, showcase the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band in its natural habitat--on stage. Taped in front of rapturous audiences in stadiums and arenas, and also documenting the more informal theatre and club shows beloved of their diehard fans, these albums feature high-octane renditions of the group's biggest hits "Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Brown Sugar," "Tumbling Dice," "Miss You," "Start Me Up" - as well as great covers of material originally recorded by Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Eddie Cochran, the Miracles, the Temptations, Bob Dylan and B.B. King. Continuing UMG's comprehensive release program which has already seen reissues of the group's post-1971 studio albums, as well as the reappearance of the Jump Back compilation, these five albums bring the story of the Stones as a peerless live attraction up to date, and will be available in stores and digitally. The reissue of these five Rolling Stones live albums will be launched in conjunction with the digitally remastered release of Live at the Max celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels tour. Originally issued as a double-vinyl album in October 1977, Love You Live captures the band at a time when their Canadian escapades were making headlines around the world. Released a year after their triumphant appearance at the Knebworth Fair, it made the Top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic. The album includes the acknowledged classics "Honky Tonk Women," "Happy" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," and the medley "If You Can't Rock Me/Get Off Of My Cloud" taped during the band's record-breaking run at London's Earls Court in May 1976. Going back to their rhythm 'n' blues roots as if they were at the Crawdaddy Club or Eel Pie Island in the early sixties, they revived "Mannish Boy," a song most commonly associated with the father of Chicago blues, Muddy Waters, the Willie Dixon composition "Little Red Rooster," made famous by Howlin' Wolf and a chart-topper for the Stones in 1964, and two more Chess label favorites--Bo Diddley's "Crackin' Up" and Chuck Berry's "Around And Around." Still Life (American Concert 1981), the album's full title, was released in the summer of 1982, just as the group was headlining stadiums across the world, and also made the Top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic. Arguably the Stones' most commercially successful live recording to date, it spawned two hit singles, their infectious take on the Miracles' "Going To A Go-Go," and their revival of Jerry Ragovoy's "Time Is On My Side," popularized by Irma Thomas and first recorded by the group in 1964. It also includes a swaggering cover of Eddie Cochran's "Twenty Flight Rock" as well as romps through the Stones' sixties classics "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Under My Thumb" and "Let's Spend The Night Together." First issued in April 1991, Flashpoint is a Stones live album with a difference, since it boasts two studio cuts exclusive to this release, the politically charged "Highwire," a comment on the Gulf War reminiscent of the group's epochal "Street Fighting Man," and the louche "Sex Drive." The album featured outstanding versions of "Ruby Tuesday" and "Paint It, Black" alongside the rockers "Sad Sad Sad" and "Rock And A Hard Place" from the Steel Wheels album, as well as the rarely played "Factory Girl," from the seminal Beggars Banquet, while guitar hero Eric Clapton guested on "Little Red Rooster." Having pioneered the concept of alternating big shows and back-to-basics gigs, the Stones put yet another spin on the live album with Stripped in November 1995, and were duly rewarded with another transatlantic Top Ten entry. During the Voodoo Lounge tour, their first with bassist Darryl Jones, the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world simply kicked back in Lisbon and Tokyo studios and revisited Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" and "Little Baby," the Willie Dixon composition first recorded by Howlin' Wolf. They also cherry-picked highlights - "Shine A Light," "Angie" - from intimate shows at legendary venues like the Paradiso in Amsterdam or the Olympia in Paris. This low-key approach afforded the group the opportunity to explore its acoustic, country-flavored repertoire, "Wild Horses," "Dead Flowers" and "Sweet Virginia" in particular, though their inspired reworking of Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone," from their memorable gig at London's Brixton Academy, remains the album's undisputed highlight. Documenting the lengthy 2002-2003 tour in support of the career retrospective 40 Licks, Live Licks is another great addition to the Stones' catalog of concert recordings, and put in a strong chart performance on its release in November 2004. The shows mixed best-loved songs with unexpected gems from the band's huge back catalogue, and the two CDs mirror that approach. The first one comprises favorites such as "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)" and "Gimme Shelter" while the second one relies on rarely played deep cuts like "Monkey Man," "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," "Rocks Off," "Beast Of Burden," "When The Whip Comes Down," "Neighbours" and "Worried About You" from the chart-topping albums Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street, Some Girls and Tattoo You. These albums all retain the original track listings and sleeve design.”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premiere Radio Networks announced today the launch of London Calling, a new two-hour weekend music program hosted by UK radio veteran and XFM London personality Ian Camfield. The program will debut October 10, 2009. Produced by Redefined Media, an award-winning UK production company, London Calling will originate from London and air internationally on Saturdays or Sundays. Delivered from the center of the UK music scene, London Calling will feature the biggest music acts in the world, such as Coldplay, Duffy, Radiohead and Amy Winehouse; cutting-edge British music and new artists; and iconic bands such as The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and The Beatles. In addition, Camfield will count down the top five songs each week based on sales and radio airplay on the British charts. Special segments will include ‘Import-Export;’ a highlight of the top non-UK artists creating a buzz in London, and ‘Great Britons,’ a tribute to artists who have made an impact on the world music scene.’ ‘I’m delighted to be working with Premiere Radio Networks on this new program,’ stated Camfield. ‘The UK music scene hasn’t been this exciting since the last ‘British Invasion’ in the 1960’s, so I look forward to showing the world just how good the music is on my side of the pond!’” 

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“Jimi Hendrix Gear… is the first book to focus exclusively on the guitars, amps, and effects Hendrix used, picturing many of his surviving instruments. Aiming to sort fact from fiction, as far as is possible at nearly half a century’s distance, Guitar and Bass editor Michael Heatley examines all of Hendrix’s equipment, providing a nuts-and-bolts analysis of each of his guitars (including serial number, history, and provenance), his amps choices, and his singular use of revolutionary effects from wah-wahs to overdrives to bizarre-o pedals like the Fuzzface…”

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“LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U2 smashed the house record last night (September 24) at Giants Stadium. The previous attendance record was held by Pope John Paul II after his visit to the stadium in 1995. With concert goers in excess of 84,472 it was a fantastic night at Giants Stadium. Speaking from the stage at the end of the night Bono said, ‘News just in. We've broken every record for attendance in this stadium - including the Pope. Sorry Bruce - we know it's your birthday and all.’ Before adding later, ‘I know they're knocking this place down...we probably won't be here again before the wrecking ball but it was a magic place for us as well as the Giants.’ U2 360 Tour continues its North American tour with dates in Washington, Charlottesville, Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa, Dallas, Houston, Norman, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles before finishing the year off at Vancouver's BC Place Stadium. U2 360 Tour also just confirmed that the tour will be extended through 2010. Announced yesterday, the tour has confirmed stops in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain and Portugal. For complete tour and ticket information, visit: www.U2.com.”

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“NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The most recent original full-length entries in the David Bowie catalog are his REALITY studio album (released September 2003), and subsequent live DVD, A REALITY TOUR (October 2004), which presented his world tour of October 2003 through June 2004. A REALITY TOUR was the highest-grossing global tour of 2004 and one of the most critically acclaimed tours of Bowie's career…Now Bowie fans can rejoice over the news that A REALITY TOUR has finally been remastered as a double-CD. Sweetening the package are three bonus tracks performed on the tour but not included on the original DVD: ‘China Girl,’ ‘Breaking Glass’ and ‘Fall Dog Bombs The Moon.’ The 33-song configuration will be available at all physical and digital retail outlets starting January 26, 2010 through ISO Records and Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.”

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“LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- 2009 has been quite a year for Morrissey. He's toured relentlessly, performing to sold-out audiences around the world. His 9th studio album, Years Of Refusal, saw Morrissey tie his highest US chart debut on the Billboard 200, and he's overseen upgraded and remastered versions of his '90s works Southpaw Grammar and Maladjusted. Crowning what is undoubtedly his most productive year since his solo career began in 1988, SWORDS compiles 18 select songs released as b-sides of his 13 hit singles from his last four albums. As an artist who has always ensured his b-sides are of as outstanding quality as his singles and album tracks, SWORDS features some of Morrissey's finest material. 12 songs are collaborations with guitarist Alain Whyte, the rest co-written with guitarists Boz Boorer and Jesse Tobias, and former keyboardist Michael Farrell. In keeping with the three remarkable studio albums covered in this period -- 2004's You Are The Quarry, 2006's Ringleader Of The Tormentors and Years Of Refusal -- the music is powerful and adventurous. The richness and expression of Morrissey's voice has never been greater. With unmatchable style, wit and insight, truths beneath the surface are laid bare. There are moments of personal reflection: ‘Munich Air Disaster 1958,’ for example, is a heartrending lament for the Manchester United players who died in the infamous plane crash, and for those who were left behind. The live cover version of David Bowie's 1973 song ‘Drive-In Saturday’ reveals a little more of Morrissey's own teenage self, with its lyrics of amorous confusion modified to rhapsodize over The New York Dolls rather than the Rolling Stones. Chrissie Hynde makes a rare appearance, singing backing vocals on ‘Shame Is The Name.’ The album was compiled by Morrissey who is surely in the rudest of creative health. They're subtly assembled and sequenced -- the feeling of approaching extinction in the beautiful ‘The Never-Played Symphonies’ followed by a promise of a reunion in the afterlife on ‘Sweetie-Pie.’ As Morrissey said of the Tour Of Refusal in March, ‘all of our answers will be in our songs.’ Initial quantities of SWORDS will come with a bonus disc featuring eight superb live performances recorded in Warsaw in July this year. This will include songs from Morrissey's last two albums and 1994's Vauxhall And I, plus The Smiths' ‘You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby,’ first heard on the group's 1986 b-side collection The World Won't Listen. In October and November, Morrissey and his band will also tour the UK and Europe, with new American dates scheduled for later in the year. SWORDS will be released in the UK on October 26th and November 3rd in the US.”

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“LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Bon Jovi has built one of the biggest success stories in rock music history - now that story will be told by the band themselves. The documentary, WHEN WE WERE BEAUTIFUL, premiering Saturday, October 24th at 9 PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME, offers an intimate glimpse at these globally celebrated icons who remain, at their core, a band of brothers from New Jersey. Directed by filmmaker and photographer Phil Griffin and produced by Academy Award -and Emmy -winning producers @radical.media, the documentary was filmed on the road and behind the scenes with the band during their 2008 Lost Highway World Tour, which famously came to a close with a historic concert in New York City's Central Park. At the height of their success-with another number one album and the number one grossing tour of 2008 in Billboard magazine -- Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful reveals the secrets behind this legendary band's determined and charismatic leader Jon Bon Jovi, and band members Richie Sambora, David Bryan, and Tico Torres. Threading intimate band-member interviews with scenes of life on the road, WHEN WE WERE BEAUTIFUL vividly portrays how the band made it through the rough patches, how they reach consensus on their priorities, and how Jon leads them with strength and compassion. Avid Bon Jovi fans will find plenty of new reasons to be so devoted, but anyone can revel in this exploration of the work that goes into the success and longevity of this band's magnitude.”

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“NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Answer, from Northern Ireland, has been selected to continue as the only opening act for the final North American encore leg of AC/DC's Black Ice World Tour. The itinerary kicks off October 1st at the US Airways Arena in Phoenix, AZ and concludes on November 8 in Houston, TX at the Toyota Center. The Answer will also headline their own club shows on off days throughout the tour. The Black Ice World Tour represents The Answer's third tour of America with AC/DC. Their mammoth sound is often compared to Black Crowes and Free, and is fully primed for stadium and arena shows. In Europe, they've opened concerts for the Rolling Stones, The Who, Aerosmith and just completed a tour of Europe with AC/DC. In addition, the group has headlined tours in the U.K., Europe, Japan and Australia.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Resistance — the new album from British rock trio Muse — debuts at No. 1 on the Alternative, Rock, and Internet album charts, and No. 2 on the Overall Digital Album chart this week. In addition, Muse have scored their highest-ever U.S. debut on the Billboard album chart with the No. 3 bow of their fifth studio album, which sold 128,481 copies (the band’s best-ever sales week) in its first seven days of release and No. 1 on the top 200 Canadian albums chart. Muse’s previous album, 2006’s gold Black Holes and Revelations, peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard album chart. The Resistance is also an international smash with 16 No. 1 debuts around the world, including Canada, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and the U.K., where the album sold close to 150,000 copies, making it the best-selling album by a UK artist this year. The Resistance’s impressive chart debut is due in part to Muse’s stunning live appearance on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13^th where the British rock trio performed their No. 1 Alternative Rock radio hit ‘Uprising.’ Another track from the album, ‘I Belong To You,’ has been confirmed for inclusion on the upcoming soundtrack to the motion picture New Moon…”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The week of November 22nd Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and Reprise Records will release The Live Anthology, a multiple-disc set of recordings drawn from thirty years of live performances. The collection brings together material from 1978-2007 culled from hundreds of hours of live concert recordings covering every era of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ tours and represents the best tracks as chosen by producers Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate. The Live Anthology will come in multiple configurations including a 5CD collector’s deluxe box set available only at Best Buy that will include a first-of-its-kind audio-only Blu-ray disc. The collector’s deluxe package will be in Best Buy stores on November 22^nd. All other configurations will be in stores and available online on November 24^th. The release of The Live Anthology comes on the heels of two sold out tours, the Grammy winning documentary Runnin’ Down A Dream (directed by Peter Bogdanovich), and a headline performance at the Super Bowl XLII halftime show. Now, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - one of rock and roll’s greatest touring bands – will mark their unparalleled string of successes with the release of this landmark collection of live recordings that is unlike anything previously available—the band’s story told through the music alone. The producers made no fixes or overdubs, letting the newly-mixed original recordings showcase the invention, spontaneity, craft, and the musicianship that has made Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers among the most celebrated live performers of their time. Along with powerful interpretations of their own classic hits and originals, The Live Anthology features the band tackling some of their best-loved cover material, from classics to obscure beauties to unexpected adaptations. The theme from Goldfinger, the Zombies’ “I Want You Back Again,” the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil,” early Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well,” Booker T. and the MGs’ “Green Onions,” James Brown’s “Good, Good Lovin’” and many more. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers travel wide, paying their musical debts through song and showing just how confidently the band moves across genres and over time.”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four years ago, Matt Bekker was a shy Seattle area high school student who, after getting thrown out of several rock bands for being ‘too jazzy,’ wrote his first song with the John Mayer-Dave Matthews-David Gray vibe—and found an instant natural expression. Now he’s earning the praise of KZOK 102.5 FM Classic Rock Morning Show Host Bob Rivers as ‘One Of Today’s Next Great Singer-Songwriters.’ Matt recorded that song with a friend, and much to his surprise, the track received airplay on some local radio stations—truly the First Of Things To Come, the name of his upcoming debut EP on the new Seattle based indie label Sound Records as part of Bekker, the acoustic pop/rock band the singer, songwriter and guitarist fronts with keyboardist, bassist and backing vocalist Bryan Watson. The October release of First Of Things To Come follows an exciting whirlwind year and a half since Watson became a permanent member of the band. Together, they toured over 50 colleges in 10 states in a span of six months, including a recent stretch of 61 days and 31 colleges in nine states, from their home base of Washington to Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California While they gig in Seattle about five times a month and have headlined at hometown hotspots like El Corazon, The Columbia City Theatre, Studio Seven, KTUB, The Old Redmond Firehouse and The Lyons Den, Bekker and Watson also regularly perform for sororities and frat houses and at major events like a recent festival at Oregon State where they performed with R&B artists Sisqo and Swayze. While Bekker mostly hits the road as a duo, recently as a three piece they shared the stage with 2007 American Idol runner-up Blake Lewis at an acoustic benefit show in Seattle. They’ve also played with artists like Butch Walker, Blue Scholars and Pedro the Lion and placed in the Top Eight out of over 7,000 bands at a national battle of the bands contest hosted by Bodog.”

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“NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Universal Republic band Godsmack capped their acclaimed tour with Motley Crue - Crue Fest 2 – in style this past week, scoring their 5^th 1 Single at Active Rock, notching the coveted top spot at Active Rock and the Mediabase format with their first single in nearly three years, ‘Whiskey Hangover.’ The song was released sans-album, a special gift to fans in celebration of the band’s acclaimed live slot on this one of this summer’s hottest rock tours. The tour finally wound down on September 5th in Darien Lake, NY, with critics like 411Mania.com hailing both the tour and ‘Whiskey Hangover’ as vintage Godsmack: ‘Hangover’ is a welcome return to the band’s well-established sound. Powerful…’ The new song arrived in mid-June as the first 'sanctioned' Godsmack offering since their widely acclaimed Greatest Hits package, Good Times Bad Times….Ten Years of Godsmack was delivered to fans at the end of 2007. “Whiskey Hangover” reigns as a record-breaking 17th Top 10 single for the Boston band, extending Godsmack’s ownership of the most Top 10 hits in active rock history. The band also has parked a rarified 14 songs in the Top Five more than seminal superstars such as Linkin Park and Metallica. Known for their own relentless touring regimen, Godsmack has also established one of the most formidable live repertoires in rock, having been among the most in-demand live acts of recent years, including acclaimed appearances at past Ozzfests, sold out tours with other mega-headliners such as Metallica, and the star attractions of multiple sold-out arena jaunts throughout the world. Considered one of the definitive alternative hard rock bands of the modern era, 2008 marked the tenth anniversary of Godsmack’s self-titled debut album. For more than a decade, the uncompromising band, fronted by the charismatic Sully Erna, have enjoyed an incredible run, selling nearly 14 million albums - highlighted by scores of sold-out international concerts, stages shared with legends, a remarkable 17 hit singles, 4 platinum records, 1 gold EP and three Grammy nominations. One of the few rock bands to have scored double-digits in the radio single format, their most recent studio album, 2006's Godsmack IV, became another platinum-plus trailblazer for the formidable foursome, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top albums chart (their 2^nd #1 debut following 2003’s Faceless) and harking back to the thunderous arc of multiplatinum masterpieces like their 5 million selling breakthrough debut album and 2000’s Awake. Godmack’s releases include Godsmack (1998), Awake (2000), Faceless (2003), The Scorpion King soundtrack (2002), Otherside EP (2004), Godsmack IV (2006), and Good Times Bad Times...Ten Years Of Godsmack (2007). The digital domain is abuzz with rumors that the band is headed back into the studio at the end of this year to begin recording a new studio album.”

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“CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Vans Warped Tour^®, also known as “punk rock summer camp” to its fans, celebrates its 15^th anniversary with a special theatrical event in more than 460 movie theaters on Thursday, Sept. 17^th. The Vans Warped Tour 15^th Anniversary Celebration one-night event is a first in movie theaters and will feature two-hours of all-star headliner performances recorded in Los Angeles including exclusive, theater-only appearances from several top acts who have kick-started their careers on the Vans Warped Tour, as well as special behind-the-scenes access footage. Tickets to the Vans Warped Tour 15^th Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 17^th at 8:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. CT / 6:00 p.m. MT and 8:00 p.m. PT (tape delay) are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, please visit the Web site (theaters and participants may be subject to change). Presented by NCM Fathom and 4Fini, this exclusive Vans Warped Tour 15^th Anniversary Celebration event will include performances from some of the tour’s most popular artists, including 3OH!3, The Aggrolites, All-American Rejects, Bad Religion, blink-182, The Decaydance All Stars, Ice T, Katy Perry, NOFX, Ozomatli, Pennywise, Rise Against and Underoath, most captured live at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on September 6^th. Vans Warped Tour will make a donation to Musicares in association with this event. Offering a wide-range of programs and services to members of the music community, Musicares^® ensures they have a place to turn to in times of financial, medical and personal need. ‘This event has been specially created to give Vans Warped Tour fans a chance to gather nationwide in celebration of 15 incredible years and hear these amazing bands who got their start here,’ said Dan Diamond, vice president of Fathom. ‘One-of-a-kind performances from super groups, special behind-the-scenes access, red carpet clips and an exclusive, theater-only performance from Katy Perry are just a taste of what fans will experience from the comfort of their local movie theater.’ The Vans Warped Tour is North America's longest-running touring festival. Appealing to everyone from traditional punk fans to backpacking hip hop kids to metal heads, the traveling punk rock circus has its finger on the pulse of the most fiery acts in music. ‘I consider Warped Tour to be an essential summer rite of passage for bands and crowds alike,’ said Pete Wentz of The Decaydance All Stars. ‘I have met some of my best friends there and was introduced to new music, baby wipe showers and dry shampoo for the first time. More than anything I look forward to it every summer as a daylong escape for one hot day. And it’s especially cool that people are going to see the Warped Tour in a new setting – movie theaters – with the Anniversary special.’ The Vans Warped Tour 15^th Anniversary Celebration appears on the big screen in high-definition with Cinema Surround Sound in 466 select AMC Entertainment Inc., Celebration! Cinema, Cinemark USA Inc., Cobb Theatres, Georgia Theatre Co., Goodrich Quality Theaters, Hollywood Theaters, Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, Marcus Theatres, National Amusements and Regal Entertainment Group movie theaters, as well as Arlington Theatre (Santa Barbara, CA) and Carolina Asheville (Asheville, NC), through NCM’s exclusive Digital Broadcast Network. The Vans Warped Tour 15^th Anniversary Celebration is being executive produced by tour founder Kevin Lyman and head of marketing and sponsorships Sarah Baer; event media strategist Spencer Proffer serves as co-executive producer and Hank Neuberger CEO of Springboard Productions is in charge of filming the event with his acclaimed team.”

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“BENTONVILLE, Ark., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KISS fans ready for the new SONIC BOOM CD/DVD release Oct. 6 can own a piece of KISStory when Walmart stores unveil "KISS Korners" in Electronics departments and Halloween aisles in October. Stores will offer in special areas KISS T-shirts, wigs, makeup, limited edition KISS M&M candies, and even KISS Mr. Potato Head spuds of all four band members through Halloween. For Detroit City Rockers and beyond, the exclusive KISS CD/DVD package, SONIC BOOM, and KISS kollectibles will be available in all Walmart stores nationwide.”

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“CLEVELAND, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Indie rock band Red Wanting Blue is coming to Ohio's North Coast to help launch United Way's annual campaign. The Columbus-based band will perform at West Sixth St.'s Barley House starting at 6 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 23. The concert will be opened by special guest Mike Genovese. The event is being sponsored by Oswald Companies, a risk management and insurance brokerage company based in Cleveland. A donation of $10 is being requested at the door as all proceeds will be donated to United Way's annual campaign. Red Wanting Blue released its seventh album, "These Magnificent Miles," last year without any major record label support. The band is playing venues throughout the Midwest where it has developed a tremendous grassroots following of loyal fans.”

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“LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will close out 2009 with a Solo Acoustic Tour in the United States. Browne's solo acoustic concerts--in which he accompanies himself, alternately, on guitar and piano--are perennial fan favorites. Featuring a different set list every night, Browne pulls songs from throughout his four decades-long career, takes requests from the house, and injects storytelling and repartee with the audience into the mix. Browne's 2009 Solo Acoustic Tour kicks off with a November 1 show at the Forum in Harrisburg, PA. Currently, the tour wraps on December 7 in Des Moines, IA with a concert at the Civic Center. The complete schedule and the latest updates--as well as information on special fundraisers and seating--can be found online at www.jacksonbrowne.com. These are Browne's first solo acoustic dates since early 2008. The magic of Browne's intimate solo performances can be experienced through two live albums recorded on previous solo acoustic tours in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia: the GRAMMY -nominated Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 (2005) and Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 ('08). Both albums are available on Browne's own independent label, Inside Recordings. In his four-star review of Vol. 2 for Rolling Stone, Anthony DeCurtis wrote, ‘Between songs, Browne speaks about his life and music with moving candor. . .This is Browne at his best, engaging his audience, his own experiences and the world around him, all in songs that will not lose their resonance any time soon.’The 2009 solo acoustic dates follow a full year on the road for Browne, touring with his band in support of his latest studio album, 2008's Time The Conqueror (also available on Inside). Bookended by legs in the U.S., the just-completed Time The Conqueror World Tour also traveled to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and Europe. Produced by Browne and Paul Dieter, Time The Conqueror features ten original songs including ‘The Drums Of War,’ ‘Going Down To Cuba,’ ‘Just Say Yeah’ and the title track. In a review for MOJO, Phil Sutcliffe wrote, ‘Browne delivers elegantly considered weight and truth. . .His grand yet unpretentious imagery shows why he's admired by such diverse peers as Springsteen and Randy Newman.’ Browne's newest original song, ‘Here,’ is featured in the motion picture Shrink, serving as dramatic punctuation over the end title credits. Released July 31, 2009 from Roadside Attractions, Shrink stars Academy Award -winning actor Kevin Spacey, and the cast also features Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Robert Loggia, Keke Palmer, Pell James, Mark Webber, and Dallas Roberts. Since his acclaimed 1972 self-titled debut album, Jackson Browne has defined a genre of songwriting and performing that is charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. Two of his albums, Late For the Sky and The Pretender, are on Rolling Stone's list of the ‘500 Greatest Albums of All Time.’ He's been recognized with inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2004) and the Songwriter's Hall of Fame (2007), with recent humanitarian honors including the John Steinbeck Award and the Chapin-World Hunger Year Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award. www.jacksonbrowne.com.”

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ultimate HITMAN, David Foster, is embarking on a quest to find his next vocal superstar, in conjunction with the 2009 North American HITMAN, DAVID FOSTER & FRIENDS TOUR. The 15-time Grammy Award Winner, Emmy winning songwriter / producer and three-time Oscar nominee has partnered with NAMEDROP.COM to present the HITMAN Talent Search, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be discovered by one of the music industries’ giants. Through the HITMAN Talent Search, emerging artists in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Boston, Atlanta, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, Los Angeles, San Jose and Vancouver will compete to be the next mega artist discovered by the collective collaboration of David Foster and the enthusiastic fans in each city that the tour visits. A winning artist will be selected from each of the 10 cities of the Tour and flown to Vancouver, Canada, for a final live showdown at the farewell concert of HITMAN, DAVID FOSTER AND FRIENDS November 8^th, 2009. The eventual winner will have an up-close-and-personal music session with the HITMAN himself and secure themselves a place on the 2010 HITMAN, DAVID FOSTER AND FRIENDS TOUR. Talent can begin submitting video auditions to NAMEDROP.COM on September 14, 2009, where all contest details, rules and application forms will be available.”

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“NEW YORK, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Music Entertainment and Experience Hendrix L.L.C. have agreed to a monumental catalog licensing deal to set the stage for a worldwide campaign to make all of Jimi's extraordinary music, including classics, never before heard archive recordings, and filmed concerts available through every type of media.Legacy Recordings, Sony's catalog music division, will issue definitive deluxe editions of the classics released during Jimi's all too brief career including GRAMMY Hall Of Fame Inductees ‘Are You Experienced’, ‘Axis: Bold As Love’, ‘Electric Ladyland’ and (outside the US) ‘Band of Gypsys.’ In addition, Legacy will also release those posthumous compilations produced by Experience Hendrix during its stewardship. Each title will also be available through major Digital Service Providers. Dagger Records, Experience Hendrix's ‘official bootleg’ division, now in its eleventh year, offers recordings of great historical significance. The company has also sponsored numerous Experience Hendrix tours that have showcased contemporary artists performing the music of Jimi Hendrix in concert to underscore the never ending vitality and inspiration of Hendrix's music. Participating artists on these tours have included Robert Randolph, Carlos Santana, Paul Rodgers, Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, members of Pearl Jam, Aerosmith, the Doors, Los Lobos and many others. Details about the 2010 Experience Hendrix Tour will soon be revealed. This historic partnership will include Legacy's participation in Dagger Records, the Experience Hendrix tours and other Hendrix-related businesses.‘Jimi's legacy and vision were unique and there will never be another that reaches his unparalleled genius. He was the greatest guitarist ever,’ said Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix. ‘We are confident that our new relationship with Sony Music will honor my beloved brother's legacy and will deliver Jimi's special 'Message Of Love' across the globe. We look forward to the creative partnership and ground breaking releases that this new relationship will engender to bring Jimi's music to successive generations of fans.’ ‘No artist has ever transformed the pop music landscape as profoundly or as permanently as Jimi Hendrix,’ said Adam Block, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Legacy Recordings. ‘We are proud to be partnering with Experience Hendrix, keeping the sound and spirit of Jimi's music alive for future generations around the world.’"

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“BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Due to unprecedented demand, Reprise Records has sped up the manufacturing of Michael Bublé’s highly anticipated ‘Crazy Love’ CD, (his first in over two years) and it will now be released on Friday, October 9^th, four days earlier than previously scheduled, it was announced today by his record label. Bublé, a multi-Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter has sold over 22 million CDs worldwide which clearly brought the fan demand for his latest release, produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica to a dizzying level. The Canadian singer’s previous CD, ‘Call Me Irresponsible’ was a Number One album in 15 countries. His 2005 CD ‘It’s Time’ charted for two solid years. Bublé has also co-written and performed two Number One singles ‘Everything’ and ‘Home.’ ‘Haven’t Met You Yet,’ a Bublé penned first single from ‘Crazy Love’ has just been released at radio. A video for the single is scheduled to be filmed within the next two weeks. ‘Crazy Love’ includes Bublé’s always unique spin on classics from ‘Cry Me A River,’ to ‘Georgia On My Mind’ along with the Van Morrison classic, ‘Crazy Love.’ Bublé is also expected to make several major TV appearances in conjunction with the CD’s release.”

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“SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- 429 Records, the ever expanding arm of the Savoy Label Group (SLG) and home of the finest in rock, alternative and Americana artists, is proud to announce the signing of seminal Portland rockers Everclear to the label! In an auspicious multi-record deal, the band will initiate the collaboration with IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT -- a collection of newly interpreted recordings of some of their greatest hits. The brainchild of front man Art Alexakis, the album also includes two new Alexakis-penned songs, "Here Comes the Darkness" and "At the End of the Day." IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT will be released on 429 Records on October 6th in North America, in Australia by Universal Australia and Europe by Proper Music Distribution. The band will hit the road in support of IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT playing shows across the U.S. through the end of the year starting in the Northeast October 5th. Also, fans can expect a collection of all new songs in the spring of 2010 courtesy of 429 Records. The band will embark on an extensive spring/summer tour around its release.”

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“LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Wednesday, August 26, at 8:20 p.m. former Bush frontman, Gavin Rossdale, will perform live at the Donate Life Concert Series at The Grove ending the summer concert series presented by Palm, Inc. and the new Palm® Pre™ phone and produced by Bruce Sterling for AEI Entertainment Brokerage Firm. The British singer and guitarist will perform songs from his debut solo album “WANDERlust,” which includes the mega-hit single “Love Remains the Same.” Best known as the singer/songwriter/guitarist for the post-grunge rock band Bush, Rossdale’s unique voice and edgy style won him a loyal fan following. The band’s hit debut album “Sixteen Stone” produced chart-topping singles such as “Glycerine,” “Comedown” and “Machinehead,” leading Bush to the forefront of modern rock in the mid-90s. The free performance will also feature performances by talented singer and musician, Amy Kuney, whose music has been featured on One Tree Hill and Gilmore Girls and Varsity Fanclub, the up-and-coming boy band making waves with its dance-oriented pop and R&B songs.”

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