Joining the ranks of Madonna, Jay-Z, and Shakira, Nickelback has signed on to Live Nation Artists. Bringing touring, merchandising, and recording under one shingle. Live Nation will manage the bands touring, merchandising, sponsoring, travel packages, recorded music, licensing, non-tour sponsorship, DVD & broadcast rights, web and literary rights. Shakira signed a similar deal last week, …
David Archuleta, the number two from the latest season of American Idol has signed a deal with Jive Records/19 Recordings. The 17 year old lost the title of “American Idol” to 25 year old David Cook on the sixth season of the top-rated American Idol.
Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen will be starring in a new action comedy called ‘Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse.” The film is based on a short from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (who co-wrote Superbad together), the two will write and produce the feature. The film is about two guys dealing with the apocolypse. …
Facebook has teamed up with Live Nation to facilitate concert ticket purchases through Facebook. Facebook users can add My Live Nation to their Facebook profiles, and sync their music library with their Live Nation account, allowing the receipt of concert updates. This will only be a big deal if it: reduces the cost of concert …
I hope this documentary comes to fruition and gets released. There are few rock and roll personalities out there more respected and revered than Lemmy Kilmister. Founder and frontman of the kick-ass rock and roll band, Motorhead, Kilmister is now seen as the patriarch of the rock and roll lifestyle. And, finally, someone decided to …
Expectation were high. Super high. Usually when I get this excited for something it never satisfies me. Like Hostess cupcakes, which talk a big game about being delicious, but never deliver.
I’m not sure at what point we stop talking about the delivery medium and start refocusing on the actual music, but I’m thinking we’ve got to be approaching it. Nine Inch Nails have been one of the frontrunners in the big-name band digital download revolution. Freed from his recording contract, Trent Reznor released Ghosts: Volume …
I think it’s safe to say that if it’s a new week, you can just assume Trent’s going to give you permission to download something else. Hot on the heels of the free single release of the song, “Discipline,” which was hot on the heels of the contract-free album Ghosts: Volume I-IV, Nine Inch Nails …
This is today’s funny little news bit: Dave Grohl, frontman for Foo Fighters, drummer from Nirvana and helmer of metal side project Probot, has issued an open letter to Metallica regarding the new album:
Tom Waits has announced a new tour, covering mostly the southwest part of the US. (Not New England, sadly.) Waits says a European tour will follow. On-sale and ticket prices have not been announced yet. In typical Waits fashion, he released a strange video on his website to announce the tour. A take-off of press …