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Posted Fri 6 Mar 2009 11:24AM GMT
Guns N Roses could be set to follow-up the, er, moderate success of
last year's comeback album, 'Chinese Democracy', with a worldwide
stadium tour this summer, according the Rolling Stone.
The
claims comes via 'industry insiders', though t More »
Posted Fri 6 Mar 2009 11:18AM GMT
Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows has quit the band, after five years
on the job. He told NME: "The past five years in Razorlight have been
an amazing experience. I am very proud of everything that myself,
Johnny [Borrell], Carl [Dalemo] and Bjorn [ More »
Posted Fri 6 Mar 2009 11:16AM GMT
So, turns out that yesterday's Chris Brown court hearing was to
officially charge the R More »
Posted Thu 5 Mar 2009 12:32PM GMT
Chris Martin says that the track he gave to Natalie Imbruglia for
her upcoming 'Come To Life' album is the best track he's ever written.
The Coldplay frontman says: "A bit annoyingly we've given her the best
Coldplay song of all time, but because More »
Posted Thu 5 Mar 2009 12:29PM GMT
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to appear at a charity concert
in New York next month but it's not clear whether they will play
together or not. McCartney has been named headliner of the event at
Radio City Music Hall on 4 Apr in aid of The Dav More »
Posted Thu 5 Mar 2009 12:22PM GMT
Well, given that there's been almost no official information
released on this story, it's been gliding along on rumour and idle
speculation for some time now. But who are we to stop the flow of
rumour and idle speculation?
The
latest twis More »
Posted Thu 5 Mar 2009 12:20PM GMT
Word has it Universal Music is close to negotiating a deal with
YouTube regarding the two companies collaborating on a premium music
video service.
The
new service, working title Vevo, would be a video-based website
featuring pop promos f More »
Posted Wed 4 Mar 2009 1:08PM GMT
More good news despite the recession news. Well, good
news for those in the secondary ticketing market. Less so for those
promoters and artist managers who hate the growth of ticketing touting.
Secondary ticketing website Seatwave has said that th More »
Posted Wed 4 Mar 2009 1:06PM GMT
Neil Young has come out in support of Warner Music in their licensing squabble with YouTube.
As
much previously reported, just before Christmas Warner pulled all its
content from the video sharing website after the two companies failed
to More »
Posted Wed 4 Mar 2009 1:03PM GMT
Oh dear, if you're running a rock and/or metal festival this year
and it's not Download, you should probably pack up and go home because
you cannot top this. Download has just announced that Faith No More
will headline its 2009 event, which takes More »