Sara Bareilles learning to enjoy mainstream success

2010-08-28T04:00:04Z

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Sara Bareilles is a very nice woman who broke through to music's mainstream by writing songs that sweetly and eloquently tell people precisely where they can go. Don't be fooled by the video to "King of Anything," the lead single off her sophomore album for Epic, "Kaleidoscope Heart," due Sept...

Pearl Jam to mark 20 years at Young's charity gig

2010-08-24T23:30:09Z

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam fans, save the date: guitarist Stone Gossard says the closest thing to a 20th birthday gig for the band will be a slot on the bill of Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit in Dave Draiman should be relaxed. After all, he's calling from sunny San Francisco, where he's enjoying a beautiful summer day with his girlfriend before he embarks on a yearlong tour with his band, Disturbed. The group's last three albums have all debuted at No. 1 on the U2 have postponed one of their two concerts in Spain next month due to a general strike called by the country's unions on the same day, the band announced Thursday. "Due to the scheduled general strike in Spain, on September 29th, U2 promoters have today announced that the date for the U2 concert in Seville, currently set for that same day will ...

Kings of Leon reject "Glee" request

2010-08-18T21:30:08Z

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With everybody from Paul McCartney to Madonna clamoring to get their music on "Glee," at least one act is refusing to license its music to the TV show. Courtney Love, management firm settle lawsuit over sale of rights to Nirvana, Cobain catalog

Court records show a management firm and Courtney Love have settled a $1 million lawsuit over the profits of the sale of Nirvana's publishing catalog. Love is the widow of former Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain

Memorable homecoming for Aerosmith, J. Geils Band

2010-08-16T18:15:11Z

BOSTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Local heroes Aerosmith and the J. Geils Band teamed for a blockbuster evening that was long on hits and short on fouls at Boston's Fenway Park Saturday. It might have been ...

Ga. trestle from R.E.M. album may become trail

2010-08-13T09:00:09Z

Ga. county looks for funds to save, convert railroad trestle known from R.E.M. album

An aging Georgia railroad trestle known for gracing a 1980s R.E.M. album may be preserved as part of a trail network if voters approve a county sales tax plan. Officials in Athens, Ga., where the band formed, say they won't decide ...

Rock band Weezer honors "Lost" star on new album

2010-08-11T11:00:18Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Lost" may have just ended its six-season run, but one of the TV show's stars is now immortalized on the new album by rock band Weezer. A headshot of Jorge Garcia, the larger-than-life comic actor who played Hugo "Hurley" Reyes on the castaway seri...

Bono back after surgery, U2 predicts record tour

2010-08-06T15:45:30Z

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - U2 frontman Bono burst back onto rock's center stage on Friday after a two-month absence for a back injury, as the Irish band resumed what its manager predicts will be the most lucrative concert tour in history. U2 shook a packed Olympic stadium in the northern...

Rock band Weezer signs to Epitaph

2010-08-05T11:15:17Z

NEW YORK (Billboard) - After spending 16 years on Geffen Records, Weezer has gone the indie route and signed to Epitaph Records. The group's label debut, "Hurley," is due in stores September 14, preceded by first single "Memories." Epitaph owner Billboard) - Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan collapsed onstage Thursday night in Tampa, Fla., falling into his drummer's kit as the band performed its 1995 hard rock hit "Bullet with Butterfly Wings...

Rockers Rage Against the Machine target Arizona law

2010-07-21T16:02:32Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Militant rockers Rage Against the Machine said on Wednesday they would headline a concert to raise money for organizations challenging a new Arizona law that targets illegal immigrants. The show, the group's first in its L...

Guns N' Roses members, past and present, stay busy

2010-07-21T16:01:25Z

DETROIT (Billboard) - It's not hard to get a Guns N' Roses fix these days, whether from members past or present. The current incarnation of GN'R, led by singer Axl Rose, has just announced an appearance on August 13 at the Rock 'N Rev Festival in Sturgis, S.D., th...

Bono's back: U2 rocker ready to roll after surgery

2010-08-04T12:20:06Z

Bono's back: 50-year-old U2 rocker says he's ready to roll after surgery postponed US tour

Bono's back. The 50-year-old frontman for Dublin supergroup U2 has announced he's fully recovered from emergency back surgery in Munich in May — and has apologized t...

US rapper Missy Elliott arrives in Israel

2010-07-14T09:16:51Z

US R&B star Missy Elliott arrived in Israel on Wednesday as the Jewish state wrestled with another standoff with an aid ship trying to run its blockade on Gaza. Over the past six weeks, a raft of international artists have cancelled visits since Israel launched a commando raid on a Gaza-bound foreign aid flotilla which left nine Tur...

"Blurring" the Lines Between Gaming and Spot-free Cleaning

2010-07-11T11:15:12Z

Blur, the video game, an okay diversion, while Ionic Clean really hits the spots

"Blurring" the Lines Between Gaming and Spot-free Cleaning

By Jim Bray
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Keep your "ion" this column if you want to blur the ugly reality of cleaning things with the fantasy of competition driving in which you can zap the competition right off the track.

Huh, you say? Well, this column is about two very different products that are aime...

The Edge, Stevie Wonder light up 'magic' Glastonbury

2010-06-27T09:15:55Z

Stevie Wonder was set to close Glastonbury's 40th birthday celebrations Sunday after a sun-drenched weekend of music described by festival founder Michael Eavis as "total magic". Surprise performances from Kylie and U2 guitarist "The Edge", who joined Muse on Saturday night, were to be...

Killers' singer Flowers to debut album in September

2010-06-24T11:45:36Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brandon Flowers, the lead singer for U.S. rock band The Killers will release his debut solo album titled "Flamingo" on September 14, Island Records said on Thurs...

Israelis welcome Elton John amid boycotts

2010-06-17T13:16:12Z

Some 50,000 Israeli fans welcomed Elton John at a one-off concert Thursday amid relief the pop icon performed after a string of artists cancelled gigs in the Jewish state. Israel faced a wave of recent cancellations after a deadly May 31 Israeli naval raid on a foreign aid flotilla that left nine activists dead. Israel's Channel One television hailed John as a "single righteous artist in a sea...

U2 is providing the soundtrack to ESPN's soccer

2010-06-10T13:30:24Z

ESPN using U2's music as soundtrack to World Cup soccer coverage

ESPN is using U2's music as a soundtrack to its World Cup coverage. The band struck a deal with the network for its music to be featured in promotions of World Cup coverage, and spots have been running since April. ESPN uses footage from the band's 2009 con...

Lebanon activists call for Placebo gig boycott over Israel

2010-06-08T09:16:24Z

Lebanese activists called Tuesday for a boycott of British rock band Placebo on the eve of its Lebanon gig for performing in Israel in the wake of the deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. "You are not welcome in Lebanon," Lebanese writer and editor Samah Idriss said at a news conferen...

Israel slams 'cultural terrorism' as Pixies cancel gig

2010-06-06T09:15:26Z

Israel is falling victim to "cultural terrorism," a top music promoter charged on Sunday, after US alternative rock group The Pixies cancelled their first-ever gig in the Jewish state. The band was to have performed a single gig on Wednesday as part of a five-day music festival in Tel Aviv, but pu...

US rockers The Pixies cancel Israel gig

2010-06-06T06:15:30Z

US alternative rock band The Pixies on Sunday cancelled their first-ever performance in Israel, the Tel Aviv promoters said in a statement, without giving any reason for the last-minute decision. The group was to have performed a single gig on Wednesday as part of five-day music festival in Tel Aviv, but pulled out just days after a deadly Israeli naval ...

Gorillaz to fill U2 slot at Glastonbury

2010-05-26T12:15:50Z

Damon Albarn's "virtual band" Gorillaz will replace rockers U2 to headline UK's Glastonbury Festival, after the Irish megaband pulled out, organisers said Wednesday. The world's largest greenfield music and performing ar...

Gorillaz to play Glastonbury after U2 drop out

2010-05-26T08:30:20Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Damon Albarn's band Gorillaz will play at the Glastonbury festival next month following the withdrawal of U2, festival organizers said on Wednesday. Gorillaz, best known as a cartoon virtua...

Stone Temple Pilots show maturity on album, tour

2010-08-04T12:19:05Z

Stone Temple Pilots bring new maturity on the road and to first new album in almost a decade

As he reflects on Stone Temple Pilots' history, frontman Scott Weiland quietly breaks into song: "The long and winding road." His band mates — guitarist Dean DeLeo, bassist Reuters) - U2 frontman Bono left hospital in Germany on Tuesday after undergoing emergency surgery on his back, but the injury has forced the Irish band to postpone the entire North American leg of its world tour. U2 is also almost certain not to be appearing at

Lasers, iPods, for a funeral of a lifetime

2010-05-17T10:00:33Z

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Death need not be a grim affair, especially for the living, and at a new columbarium in Singapore, the deceased can depart, rock concert style. Unlike most traditional Buddhist funeral ceremonies that follow cremation, there is no incense and no monks offering prayers at the Nirvana Memorial Garden columbarium, where the urns holding the remains of the...

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2010-05-14T02:18:34Z

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Weezer readies new music, "Pinkerton" reissue

2010-06-12T00:49:24Z

DETROIT (Billboard) - Even though its contract with Geffen Records has expired and it hasn't made any decisions about its future course, Weezer is hatching a variety of plans. "We're always planning and scheming something," bassist INDIO, Calif (Hollywood Reporter) - The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival ended its 11th year on a playful note Sunday as former Clash members Reuters) - British band Blur will release its first single for seven years later this month, although only 1,000 copies of the limited edition vinyl record will go on sale, NME music magazine reported on Friday. The two songs, recorded two weeks ago, follow the band's reunion shows last summer and are part of an initiative to support Record Store Day on April 17...

Doherty's ex-band Libertines reforms for UK gigs

2010-04-01T03:15:46Z

British rock star Pete Doherty's old band The Libertines confirmed they were reforming and played together for the first time in six years late Wednesday. The band recorded two albums before splitting in 2004 over Doherty's erratic behaviour but will be performing sets at Britain's Reading and

Libertines reform to play summer gigs

2010-04-01T03:15:37Z

Neil Young documentary captures raw energy of live show

2010-06-12T18:37:40Z

AUSTIN, Texas (Hollywood Reporter) - Following up on 2006's "Neil Young: Heart of Gold" with the second film in an anticipated concert trilogy, Jonathan Demme returns with "N...

Record industry hits back at 'myth' of go-it-alone stars

2010-03-09T09:16:15Z

Record industry bosses hit back Tuesday at the "myth" that musicians no longer need them to become successful, insisting the Internet can help raise their profile but cannot make them stars. The success of the Arctic Monkeys, the British band who made their name through fan websites, and Radiohead's decision to release an album for free online, have sparked debate about whether r...

Gorillaz issue 3rd album with Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed

2010-03-08T03:00:05Z

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Virtual band Gorillaz released its third album "Plastic Beach" on Monday, with Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed and Bobby Womack among the eclectic list of guests featured. Underlining the cartoon group's star...

Thai court should have seized all Thaksin wealth: minister

2010-03-04T00:16:23Z

Thailand's finance minister has said the country's Supreme Court should have seized all of fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune instead of only part of his wealth. In comments on his Facebook page, Korn Chatikavanij took aim at Friday's...

Jane's Addiction member quits after Australia tour

2010-03-03T12:00:16Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The bass player with Jane's Addiction has quit the band, and will reportedly be replaced by former Guns N' Roses rocker Duff McKagan. Eric Eastern Europe's biggest rock festivals, blaming the economic crisis. Santana, The Killers, Patrice, Moby, Motorhead, Ayo, Orbital, ...

Radiohead's Thom Yorke names new band Atoms For Peace

2010-04-16T06:57:23Z

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Radiohead front man Thom Yorke on Thursday revealed the name of his new band -- Atoms for Peace -- and announced a series of U.S. tour dates. The British alternative rock singer first intr...

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2010-09-01T22:29:09Z

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2010-08-18T15:45:20Z

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2009 file photo, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler attends the Glamour Magazine 2009 Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

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2010-08-18T04:15:57Z

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2010 file photo, U2 singer Bono performs in Turin, Italy. (AP Photo/Massimo Pinca, file)

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2010-08-13T08:45:23Z

A music fan watches Green Day's performance during the fifth annual concert festival at Lollapalooza in Grant Park Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010., in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

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2010-08-04T12:55:23Z

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Sara Bareilles learning to enjoy mainstream success

Pearl Jam to mark 20 years at Young's charity gig

Kings of Leon reject "Glee" request

Memorable homecoming for Aerosmith, J. Geils Band

Ga. trestle from R.E.M. album may become trail

Rock band Weezer honors "Lost" star on new album

Bono back after surgery, U2 predicts record tour

Rock band Weezer signs to Epitaph

Rockers Rage Against the Machine target Arizona law

Guns N' Roses members, past and present, stay busy

Bono's back: U2 rocker ready to roll after surgery

US rapper Missy Elliott arrives in Israel

"Blurring" the Lines Between Gaming and Spot-free Cleaning

The Edge, Stevie Wonder light up 'magic' Glastonbury

Killers' singer Flowers to debut album in September

Israelis welcome Elton John amid boycotts

U2 is providing the soundtrack to ESPN's soccer

Lebanon activists call for Placebo gig boycott over Israel

Israel slams 'cultural terrorism' as Pixies cancel gig

US rockers The Pixies cancel Israel gig

Gorillaz to fill U2 slot at Glastonbury

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