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Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert was found dead on the band’s tour bus on Saturday just hours before they had a scheduled concert in Washington DC. The cause of death is still unknown but word is going around that Calvert’s asthma may have played a part.

The band has since posted a message on their website expressing their sadness and regret over losing their band mate and friend. They insist that Casey wasn’t doing anything illegal and they hope that for the sake of Casey and his family to not succumb to what gossip may spread.

My condolences go out to Casey’s family and the rest of Hawthorne Heights.

Columbia Records is proud to announce that Coheed and Cambria will be supporting Linkin Park on all dates of their upcoming national tour. The tour goes from February 12 to March 10 and will be hitting 19 cities, including Madison Square Garden in New York. The dates come on the heels of Coheed’s successful sold-out 25-date national headlining tour that wrapped at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom on November 29, 2007.

In their live review of the Los Angeles show at The Wiltern, the “LA Times” raved:

“Self-indulgence is frequently seen as a crime in modern rock music, but without it there would have been no Led Zeppelin or ‘Sgt. Pepper,’ no Ziggy Stardust or System of a Down. Overreaching sometimes pays off. And few young bands reach further than the prog-metal act Coheed and Cambria, for whom the extremes of time and space hardly seem to be enough,” and concluded that the band had “epic sound and fury.”

Coheed are touring to support their fourth record, “No World for Tomorrow,” which debuted at #6 on the Billboard top 200, giving the band their highest debut in their career as well as its highest chart position. Radio continues to show huge support across the country for the album’s first single, “The Running Free” (charting on both Alternative and Active charts) while critical response to the album has been fantastic. Besides being highlighted in fall preview features in “New York” magazine, “USA Today” and the “New

York Times,” “Blender” magazine said that with the release of the new record, “Coheed have found their sweet spot.” David Fricke in “Rolling Stone” noted the band’s “impressive resolution in the decisive pop arc of the mutating riffs and slippery time signatures,” and concluded, “there is plenty worthy of rewind here.” “Revolver” gave the record four stars in their lead review and said that, “this record feels like the beginning of something new,” as it marks Coheed’s “ascent from the geek-metal underground to the heavy-music mainstream.”

Coheed and Cambria (Sanchez – vocals, guitar; Travis Stever – guitar; Mic Todd – bass) spent the first half of 2007 working on “No World for Tomorrow” in Los Angeles with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Rush, Stone Sour) and mixer Randy Staub (Metallica, Nickelback). Coheed recruited Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters to play drums on the record, while ex-Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Chris Pennie is now a permanent fixture in the band and has taken their live shows to new heights.

“No World For Tomorrow” has sold over 100,000 copies in four weeks, and the Linkin Park dates mark the first time the band has played in arenas.

The tour dates are as follows:

DATE CITY VENUE

2/12 Omaha, NE Qwest Center Omaha
2/13 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Ctr
2/15 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
2/16 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
2/18 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless
2/19 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
2/21 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
2/22 Montreal, QU Bell Centre
2/23 London, ON John LaBatt Centre
2/25 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
2/26 Nashville, TN Sommet Ctr
2/29 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Ctr
3/1 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
3/2 El Paso, TX Don Haskins Ctr
3/8 West Valley City, UT E Center

The Hives have just released a video for “Fall is Just Something Grown Ups Invented” featuring a personal performance for Cartoon Network. The new high-energy single is now playing as the network’s fall theme song. The Hives’ new album, The Black & White Album, is available in stores, and the band is currently on tour in Europe until 2008.youtube.com/watch?v=LENxc9hVHVs

Spice Girls fans in Buenos Aires have something to rejoice for once again. It seems that the email which was sent to fans who signed up for tickets about the concert getting nixed was the work of some mischievous creature. Yeah, you guessed it. The girls’ site was hacked and nasty things happened!A spokesman from the all girl power group says that “This is not the case and this email is 100% unofficial and has nothing to do with the Spice Girls.” The Buenos Aires date is still being finalized, as are dates in Cape Town, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney.

If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen. And that’s what Celine Dion just did when she cancelled a concert planned for next year in Halifax, Canada because she didn’t like what the local media and residents were blabbing on about her.

Celine’s manager and husband Rene Angelil released a statement about it saying “I’m not saying that all people in Halifax are negative, but … this is a question of feeling. We’re humans. If you would go to a city and you read day after day … ‘This is not the place for you, you shouldn’t have come, I expected someone else,’ I don’t know how you would feel about going there.”

Say goodbye to Celine Halifax.

The Jonas Brothers took to the stage at the 2007 American Music Awards where Joe took a spill right at the top of their performance. Joe put up a blog about it recently and talked about what went on through the whole thing.

He said that after he fell, he saw the smiling faces of the fans and knew that he had to get up and go on with the show. Joe had so much fun performing that he didn’t even notice that he was bleeding until someone backstage pointed it out to him. And it seems that he got cut not only on his hands but on his leg too.

Does he feel no pain or what?

If you’re still in doubt, the 2007 American Music Awards held on Sunday should be all the proof you need that 2007 is the year of Rihanna. Not only did she rock the red carpet, she also rocked her performance and took some awards home while she’s at it.

Rihanna did a medley of two of her hits ‘Umbrella’ and ‘Hate That I Love You’. She performed a classical rendition of ‘Umbrella’ complete with the whole string section. Then, Ne-Yo came out to perform their duet. Later on in the night, the Barbados hottie picked up Favorite Female soul/R&B Artist beating out Beyonce and Fantasia.

R Kelly did it again. He might deny it, his label might deny it, but we all know it’s true. R Kelly can’t stand a double tour with a person that threatens to become to tour star. He must be the only one to get all the attention, otherwise…he continues touring alone.
It’s not the first time when a double concert tour needs to be ended. Some years ago, R Kelly parted the tour he was taking with Jay Z.
The Double Up tour he is on had as a performer along his side a young rap singer, called Ne-Yo. It seems that the 24 year old was getting too much attention, and Kelley probably got offended.

‘Slash’, an autobiography was written by Slash himself along with Anthony Bozza (who also helped write Tommy Lee’s book ‘Tommyland’). The book is an intensely personal account of struggle and triumph, filled with stories of women, drugs, lawsuits, rehab, riots, and all sorts of debauchery.

A big part of the book is that for the first time, Slash tells the tale that has yet to be told from the inside of Guns ‘N’ Roses: how the band came together, how they wrote the music that defined an era, how they survived insane, never-ending tours, how they survived themselves, and, ultimately, how it all fell apart.
‘Slash’, a book is sure to swirl up controversy with its brutally honest stories straight from Slash himself. Readers can find more info on the book, Here

MTV2’s rebroadcast of the MTV European Music Awards Tokio Hotel’s award acceptance and performance. They received the Interact award which was presented to the band that generated the biggest buzz on the web beating out Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and 30 Seconds to Mars for the honor. Tokio Hotel brought the rain indoors as they closed the show with a dramatic performance of “Monsoon.”

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Please check out the new video for the infectious track “All Over You” from The Spill Canvas. The song can be heard on their Sire Records debut No Really, I’m Fine.

Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=DV3tLQ2uGzs

It was a particularly freezing cold November night in Camden and up and coming London rockers Slaves To Gravity were playing the home leg of their current UK tour.
The 4 piece looked fresh faced and enthusiastic to be playing in their home town and as it was still early days in the tour exhaustion obviously was a long way off yet. The band weren’t the only ones ready to play either. The venue was at least half full when STG came on stage and it was easy to see those watching were friends and followers. They were singing every word and dancing to the sexy Rock and Roll this band produce.
Judging by the crowd Slaves To Gravity seemingly appeal to the lovers of the smooth and sexy. The tight trousers, the big hair, the leather and all that comes with it. Their music also oozes with sex appeal, its dirty, skin-tight and clad with pure rock and roll aggression.

Stripping away the glossy production and grandiose dynamics that sent their debut album Albatross soaring, Classic Crime get back to basics with the Seattle Sessions. If anything, the stripped back arrangements and rawness of the sound feeds the immediacy and intensity of Crime’s music, further accentuating the drama inherent in the lyrics and Matt MacDonald’s vocals. And drama washes across this set, themed around touring’s heavy toll. “I’m so lost,” MacDonald cries out on “Far from Home,” the album’s emotional denouement, as the band struggles to stay afloat under waves of homesickness. The C&W tinged “Drink in My Hand” is a romantic number intercut with road angst, with MacDonald lamenting, “I am almost nowhere, and I’m getting there fast. Bitterness spills over the heavy hitting “Wake Up (Ship Wreck),” and drips across the folky “The Test,” as the band sarcastically raise a glass to “the promise of glamorous living.” It feels so ludicrous the pursuit of this dream, we thought we’d be there long ago,” perfectly sums up the mood of the set and band itself. But they’re not the only ones far from home and fearful of the future, with the evocative “When the Time Comes” drawing veiled references to Iraq and Afghanistan. Filled with impassioned songs, each beautifully delivered, and backed by superb guitar work and strong rhythms, this sublime set is very different from Crime’s electric work, but just as magnificent.

That’s right Boyzone fans, your favorite band is touring and this is your chacne ot see them perform live onstage before your very eyes! With as many fans as this band has sprinkled all throughout teh world, you had better believe that there is going to be some stiff competition to ensure yourself seats to see them live, so make sure you act fast to get yourself Boyzone tickets as quickly as you can!
Highlights of Boyzone’s tour include stints at such locales as O2 Arena in London, United Kingdom on May 30, Wembley Arena in London, United Kingdom on June 1, Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, United Kingdom on June 3, Cardiff International Arena in Cardiff, United Kingdom on June 6, Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom on June 13, Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, United Kingdom on June 19 and S.E.C.C. in Glasgow, United Kingdom on June 23 as well as a slew of other locations and performances.
You know you aren’t going ot want ot miss out on this chance to see Boyzone perform live, so make sure you act fast and get yourself tickets to attend one of these concerts

Fans now have the opportunity to follow Ashley through an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the making of Headstrong. These 45 minutes of exclusive nonstop footage give a glimpse into Ashley’s hectic life including promoting her album and touring with the High School Musical cast. The DVD also contains a three song video trilogy featuring songs the “He Said She Said”, “Not Like That” and “Suddenly” from her album Headstrong. Ashley has been busy promoting the DVD with a cross-country mall tour sponsored by Red by Marc Ecko.

The video for the first single off of Headstrong, “He Said, She Said,” has become a Youtube sensation with nearly 5 million views. It also reached #1 status on MTV’s TRL countdown thanks to the support of Ashley’s fans.

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He’s been battling YouTube uploaders and several fan sites over the use of material in any way possible and people have gotten mad over it. But now, Prince is looking to make nice with his supporters the best way he knows how. And that’s through song all you purple-loving people.

Prince released a new track on his site called ‘PFUnk’ and even gave the song to PrinceFansUnited.com. It’s a site that was formed by 3 of the largest Prince fan sites as a way to fight back against Prince’s orders of cease and desist.

Make up your mind Prince! Either you’re with them or against them!

The Hives are the featured artist on Myspace! The Hives have also launched an exclusive listening party for their brand new album The Black & White Album on their Myspace page. Fans now have the chance to listen to The Black & White Album in it’s entirety before the album is released on November 13th.Please visit
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Get a behind the scenes look at the making of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ video for “Your Guardian Angel.” Follow Ronnie, Duke, Elias, Joey, and Jon as they shoot their video, talk about the concept and bring their passion to life.

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Beyonce was snapped giving a warm hug to a hanbok-clad (traditional national costume) girl who brought her bouquets of flowers at Incheon Airport on Thursday in Seoul, South Korea.

The singer is scheduled to play her first set of concerts ever in Korea on the 9th and 10th of November as part of her B’Day World Tour. Before jetting off to Korea, Beyonce also performed at a concert in the Philippines where she played to a sold out crowd at the Fort Bonifacio Open Field in Metro Manila.

I’m guessing that the only reason people are still fawning over her in other places is because she’s from some place other than theirs and their not being saturated with her stuff.

In an unprecedented move, Billboard has decided to revise their charts by allowing records sold at only one retailer to appear on the lists. As a result, Britney Spears did not take the top spot on the albums’ chart but rather surrendered it to the Eagles.

Britney’s ‘Blackout’ was expected to sell 350,000 copies based on projections. However, it only sold 290,000 copies since its release last week. By contrast, Carrie Underwood’s latest CD sold 527,000 copies on its debut week. The Eagles’ double disc, their first album of original material in 28 years which is only available at Wal-Mart, sold over 700,000 copies.