GREEN DAY’S 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN RELEASED WORLDWIDE
First Single “Know Your Enemy” Remains No. 1 at Alternative Radio
21st Century Breakdown, Green Day’s highly-anticipated eighth studio album, was released worldwide on Friday May 15th, by Reprise Records. The album is the follow-up to 2004’s two-time Grammy Award-winning punk-rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.
The album’s first single, “Know Your Enemy” is already capturing the imagination of listeners across the country. It has been No. 1 at Alternative radio for three weeks and is the band’s ninth No. 1 single at the format, making them the artist with the second most No. 1’s of all-time at Alternative.
Green Day, which is singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, are preparing to launch their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years. The tour begins July 3rd at Seattle’s Key Arena and will cross North America through the summer, including a July 27th stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, before finishing up with a show at the Forum in Los Angeles on August 25th. Please visit greenday.com for all cities, venues, and ticket on-sale dates.
Everyone has been calling Kris Allen’s victory over Adam Lambert an American Idol upset. What’s so upsetting about it? It’s not like Kris isn’t talented. But when you’ve pretty much orchestrated a finale show that showcased Adam more than Kris, it would be upsetting to you. Kris only got to perform one song with Keith Urban while Adam got to sing a medley with rock icons KISS. Heck, even Danny Gokey got to sing more songs than Kris when Danny sang a medley with Lionel Richie. Add to that, the final performance of the two before the winner was announced was with Queen. Adam’s star was made to shine brighter than Kris’ that night but I guess the producers didn’t expect a rally of fans for Kris.
Simon Cowell’s mum said the music mogul was a “difficult child” when he was younger, she has revealed.
The 49-year-old, famous for his role as a judge on The X Factor and American Idol, is featured in a new documentary called Where Did It All Go Right?
His mum Julie Cowell, 82, said: “He was a difficult child, he knew what he wanted and sent you barmy getting it. He was one of these children who made up their mind from a very early age and was very competitive as a child.”
His brother Nicholas Cowell added: “Simon once reversed into the driveway and smashed into my dad’s car breaking the glass. He picked up the glass and dropped it at the front of the house.”
He added: “He then let off the handbrake of dad’s car and rolled it up to the glass and drove off. My mum was the last person to use dad’s car, so Simon suggested Mum has left the handbrake off!
He added: “We were always in trouble, always doing something.”
Maybe “again” is missing from that title. Whether it is a repeated experience or not, Amy Winehouse seems to have wound up in the hospital after partying with a bunch of her friends in St. Lucia. A source said the following about the singer’s new lap through a medical facility and the impact it will have on her upcoming concerts: “Amy’s concert might as well be canceled now. She’s not going to make it. It’s not worth her while even if she does make it, it will be a shambles. She is not ready for it.” Amy Winehouse is not ready for a whole number of things… her liver probably feels the same way. But then again, what would a concert of hers be if she didn’t show up hammered and tried to perform? There just wouldn’t be any justification for it.
Katie Price has spoken out for the first time about her break-up from husband Peter Andre and said she doesn’t want them to split.
The couple have been married since September 2005 and it was recently revealed they are separating, but Katie said it is not her decision.
She said: “I don’t want us to split up.” She added: “I love my husband, but I can’t sit around crying. This is a new story and a new chapter in my life and I know the truth.”
The 30-year-old has flown to the Maldives with their two young children Junior, three, and Princess, 22 months, and spoke out about claims the marriage split came because of her drinking habits.
She said: “Pete can’t blame this on me drinking. I hardly ever go out, and over the five years of our relationship I have probably been out 20 times – which is unusual for a woman of 30.”
She added: “I’m not a party girl and I don’t drink at home, so when I go out I can get drunk quickly.”
The Pussycat Dolls singer and her boyfriend, Lewis Hamilton, are apparently planning to get engaged this summer. Nicole Scherzinger said the following about the upcoming prelude to marriage: “Would I get married? For sure and, yeah, the Dolls can be the bridesmaids. But I have to get engaged first. Late July is looking good. Marriage is a seal of love. On my solo album I have sung about how much I love that and what the whole process would mean to me. Who needs a reason to seal their love?” This all sounds fine and dandy, but wasn’t an engagement supposed to be something surprising and exciting? How can you plan something like that? Do they even have the day and hour figured out… or are they leaving that as the surprise part?
Beyoncé has revealed there was more hype around her performance on The X Factor than when she performed at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.
The 27-year-old singer sung some of her tracks on the British talent show before performing a duet with contestant Alexandra Burke, who went on to win the show.
Talking about her performance on The X Factor, she said: “The day after I performed, I’ve literally never had so many people say they watched me. Every single person I met said: ‘I saw you on The X Factor.’ And I was like: ‘This is weird.’
She added: “Even appearing at the inauguration of our President wasn’t the same.”
Beyoncé also performed at this year’s Oscars ceremony but she said she was more nervous for her performance at Obama’s inauguration.
She said: “I have to say the inauguration was more nerve-wracking than the Oscars.”
She added: “I was nervous at the Oscars as well, especially all that choreography and all those songs squished into the five minutes, but you know it’s nothing like the inauguration.”
“That was just… mind-blowing… Everyone could feel it, it was something spiritual.”
Eric Clapton supposedly recently approached the guitarist from the band Manic Street Preachers, Richey Edwards, in order to try a collaboration. Eric Clapton apparently did this while the two were being treated in the same facility, as bassist Nicky Wire related: “Richey was in The Priory and Eric Clapton was there and he offered to come round and jam, that was one of those moments where you couldn’t write anything funnier, in a tragic situation.” Yep, no more funny from the tragic situaiton. But hey, Manic Street Preachers can always go for something a little more… sad, eh? After all, it’s not always sunshine and butteflies… especially when the dope stops coming.
The band that is currently opening for Oasis’ tour this Summer in the UK wants the headlining of the concerts to be the other way around. The Enemy’s front man, Tom Clarke, expressed the band’s point of view: “I don’t think Noel needs to do it any more. He’s doing it for the love of it. That’s the dream. That’s when you can say you’ve made it.” And of course, when the bigger band’s guitarist is doing it all just because he loves it, then it means The Enemy should be headlining. Interesting theory on Tom Clarke’s behalf… I can’t wait to hear what Oasis has to say about it, especially considering Liam Gallagher’s extraordinarily patient and understanding nature.
The Jonas Brothers are hustling as the band of brothers were spotted in London at the Empire Leicester Square for the UK premiere of their movie ‘Jonas Brothers in 3D’ on Wednesday. Hundreds of tween girls screaming at the top of their lungs came out to show their support for the guys. For their sakes, I hope that their movie will do better overseas than it did in the US. Talk about a major bummer. If they still do poorly overseas, it goes to show that their star is really on a downward spiral now. And I doubt that tweens would want the Jonas Brothers to be washed up before Nick even turns 18.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was spotted taking a swing at someone this past Tuesday in Las Vegas. He’s not getting into any trouble though as he was just on the set of his new movie ‘Get Him to the Greek’. It looks like he’s really focusing on being an actor now. In the scene, the 39-year old rapper and producer drags actor Colm Meaney away and races after a car containing funny men Russell Brand and Jonah Hill. The ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ spinoff is about a record company intern who is hired to accompany out-of-control rock star to a concert at LA’s Greek Theater.
Lady Gaga paid a visit to ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ and performed a stirring rendition of her international smash, “Poker Face”. Watch her tear it up on the keys AND the dance-floor!
“Poker Face” on Ellen:
Brand new remixes of Lady Gaga’s latest single “LoveGame” by Dave Aude, Space Cowboy & Robots To Mars are available today! Download them from iTunes now!
Ashley Tisdale checked in with a new video blog from her radio promo tour. Watch her visit Y100 in Miami, play some new tracks for a group of fans and even stop by 7-11 in her PJs. Be sure to check back on AshleyTisdale.com for updates leading up to the release of her album Guilty Pleasure!
Ashley Tisdale Video:
Pussycat Dolls’ brand new single “Hush Hush; Hush Hush” is available now! The Dolls put a new spin on a track from their album Doll Domination – adding a sample from Gloria Gaynor’s 70s classic “I Will Survive.” Listen to the track below, and head over to iTunes to grab it today.
The American Idol contestant seems to have come to the end of his long road. It seems that Danny Gookey will be going home after all. Even though one initial prediction by Paula Abdul saw Danny Gookey competing against Adam Lambert in the finale, it seems that he will be cashing in his chits sooner than expected. Still, he does want to show us all that he is a real man as this is what he said before the announcement that sent him home: “I think we’ve had enough suspense, enough commercials, enough fooling around, let’s just get to it.” Really profound stuff… it’s like Danny Gookey has some Scottish ancestry.
The upcoming edition of XXL is going to feature a collaboration between Eminem and Marvel Comics in anticipation of the release of the rapper’s new album ‘Relapse’, which has already leaked online. In addition to the comic cover art, the magazine will include the first part of the triumvirate’s special edition ‘Punisher’ comic which co-stars Eminem. Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief commented on the collaboration saying “When we learned that Eminem is a fan and collector of Marvel comics, we could only imagine what would happen if The Punisher and Slim Shady met up in the Marvel Universe. This was a unique partnership and the team had a blast working with Eminem and incorporating the rapper into the Marvel fold.”
Even though Adam Lambert seems to be the favorite for the first place on American Idol, his competition is not likely to be giving up to easily. Kris Allen goes for a very bold song choice by doing Kanye West’s “Heartless”. The surprising part is that he does it only with his voice and guitar… a bold move for which he is commended by the judges… even Simon Cowell who says that with this performance, Kris Allen managed to wipe away the failure of his first song for the evening. It’s a really tough race it seems and Kris Allen has a good starting speed… especially considering that he actually made Kanye West’s music sound like real music.
The judge from American Idol recently stated that he believes that Adam Lambert is the one who will take home the trophy for the contest this season. Simon Cowell made this all so shocking statement on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Monday. The reason Simon Cowell invoked for his premonition is the fact that Adam Lambert “has got swagger”. Well, if Simon Cowell says it’s going to happen, then it’s most likely going to happen… even though it is all so unpredictable. Still, maybe the judge is a bit of a rascal and he’s using his position of a vector of opinion in order to make the whole contest a bit more… interesting. Either way, there are just a few weeks left to go.
Lady Gaga’s comments always seem to be as unique as the singer’s style. The ‘Poker Face’ singer recently made another pop culture prophecy by comparing the fandom of iconic rock band The Beatles to the current-day Jonas Brothers mania. Lady Gaga mused “Now we have the Jonas Brothers representing the return of the superfan.” I’m not too sure about that. If memory serves me right, didn’t the Backstreet Boys, Hanson, NSYNC and even the New Kids on the Block bring back the superfan over a decade ago? I guess Lady Gaga wasn’t even aware enough of those fandoms to have made the comparison.
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A former medical employee who sold information from the private records of Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett to a tabloid, has died.
Lawanda Jackson, 50, pleaded guilty to selling the medical records of high-profile celebrities who had been treated at UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles.
The US attorney’s office says it is now moving to dismiss the case against Jackson, who was due to be sentenced this week.
Jackson sold information from the records of Spears, Fawcett and other high-profile patients to the National Enquirer, authorities said. The publication has not been charged.
Her cause of death was not disclosed. However, Jackson’s federal public defender, Angel Navarro, said she died on March 24 from complications of breast cancer.
