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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.
Check it
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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 […]

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 […]

Coheed and Cambria’s new record, “No World For Tomorrow,” has debuted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, marking the band’s highest debut in its career as well as its highest chart position. “No World For Tomorrow” marks the apex and final chapter of “The Amory Wars,” the conceptual, apocalyptic storyline which runs through […]

The Plain White T’s new video for “Our Time Now” makes its premiere today on MySpace. The follow up to international smash hit “Hey There Delilah” from Every Second Counts can be seen Here:
You can also catch Plain White T’s on tour with Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes and Cute Is What We Aim […]

Check out Armor for Sleep’s new video for “Williamsburg” off of their new album Smile For Them that hit stores today. Fans can rock out to the stand-out track while getting a lesson in Hipster 101 from the band. “Williamsburg” is currently available for voting on MTV’s TRL at mtv.com/ontv/dyn/trl/TRLvoting.jhtml.
Smile For Them […]

The Plain White T’s along with 30 other bands across the country will Rock for Darfur in an effort to aid the United Nation’s effort in what’s said to be “the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis.” A portion of ticket sales from the Plain White T’s November 10th show in Bridgeport, CT will go directly to […]

Tokio Hotel will release Scream America! a limited edition two-song single December 11th! The latest from Tokio Hotel will feature “Scream” and “Ready Set Go!” remixed by Jade Puget of AFI and Blaqk Audio and will be available in stores everywhere.

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