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Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, the Dave Matthews Band’s first studio album in four years, will be released on June 2nd by RCA Records. On Friday, June 5th, Dave Matthews Band will perform on NBC’s “TODAY” show on Rockefeller Plaza, marking the first morning television appearance in the band’s career.

With its celebratory spirit and lyrical ruminations on fragile mortality, the album pays tribute to saxophonist LeRoi Moore, the band’s fallen partner. Moore passed away in the summer of 2008 while the group was on tour and midway through making the album. “When Roi died, it shook the whole band and left us saying, ‘What do we do now?’” recalls Matthews. “We knew that first of all, we had to finish this record that he was already in love with. So all of us went back in with the attitude ‘We can’t mess around with this one, because this one is an ode.”

When the remaining members regrouped in a New Orleans, LA studio in early 2009 to complete the album, they found they were able to integrate much of the material Moore had recorded during their 2008 sessions in Charlottesville, VA and Seattle, WA. “It’s so powerful to have Roi here with us for one last time on an album,” says violin player Boyd Tinsley. Guitarist Tim Reynolds, trumpeter Rashawn Ross and saxophonist Jeff Coffin also played on the album and will join the band on tour.

Produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), Big Whiskey has been hailed by Rolling Stone as the group’s “heaviest album yet, both musically and emotionally,” which went on to note: “Throughout, Carter Beauford beats out elaborate, propulsive groves; bassist Stefan Lessard lays down Flea-style funk bass lines; violinist Boyd Tinsley plays cresting, intense runs; and Matthews mirrors Moore’s saxophone lines with scatlike singing.” Billboard, in a cover story on Dave Matthews Band, praised Big Whiskey

Matthews created all of the artwork for Big Whiskey, including the richly detailed cover illustration that puts a GrooGrux spin on New Orleans’ traditional Mardi Gras parades while evoking the joy and the sorrow expressed in the album’s songs. Matthews has designed logos and other elements in the past, but this is the first time he has created the entire packaging for a Dave Matthews Band album. For a limited time, fans can have fun unscrambling the cover at aveMatthewsBand.com.

Big Whiskey is the follow-up to 2005’s Stand Up, the fourth consecutive Dave Matthews Band studio album to enter The Billboard 200 at No. 1. It will be available in three versions: standard, deluxe (with Scenes from Big Whiskey, a documentary on the making of the album) and super-deluxe, which includes bonus tracks, a photo book and lithographs in addition to the CD and documentary. Check out www.Billboard.com for an exclusive preview of footage from Scenes from Big Whiskey.

The track listing for Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is as follows:

1. Grux
2. Shake Me Like A Monkey
3. Funny The Way It Is
4. Lying In The Hands Of God
5. Why I Am
6. Dive In
7. Spaceman
8. Squirm
9. Alligator Pie (Cockadile)
10. Seven
11. Time Bomb
12. My Baby Blue
13. You and Me

Green Day have just released a behind-the-scenes look at their new video for “Know Your Enemy.” The clip, while short, gives a glimpse into what’s in store for fans in the forthcoming video. The Matthew Cullen (Weezer) directed video was shot in Los Angeles and will make its premiere on April 24th via 250+ MTV on-air and online outlets worldwide.

For fans that can’t wait for the video, Green Day have released the lyrics to the entire album on their official site GreenDay.com. 21st Century Breakdown hits stores May 15th.

21st Century Breakdown Tracklisting
ACT I HEROES AND CONS
Song of the Century
21st Century Breakdown
Know Your Enemy
¡Viva La Gloria!
Before The Lobotomy
Christian’s Inferno
Last Night On Earth

ACT II CHARLATANS AND SAINTS
East Jesus Nowhere
Peacemaker
Last Of The American Girls
Murder City
?Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
Restless Heart Syndrome

ACT III HORSESHOES AND AND HANDGRENADES
Horseshoes and Handgrenades
The Static Age
21 Guns
American Eulogy
a) Mass Hysteria
b) Modern World
See The Light

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The Deluxe Edition of Demi Lovato’s debut album Don’t Forget is available today! The limited edition CD+DVD includes hits like “Get Back” and “La La Land” as well two brand new tracks. The DVD features a live performance, making of the videos, a photo slideshow from the album photoshoot, behind the scenes at Jonas Brothers’ Burnin’ Up tour plus never before seen footage from the studio! Head over to Amazon to grab the Deluxe Edition today.
Track listing:
1. La La Land
2. Get Back
3. Trainwreck
4. Party
5. On The Line – Feat. Jonas Brothers
6. Don’t Forget
7. Gonna Get Caught
8. Two Worlds Collide
9. The Middle
10. Until You’re Mine
11. Believe In Me
12. Behind Enemy Lines * Bonus Track
13. Lo Que Soy (This Is Me – Spanish Version) *Bonus Track

Demi Lovato is set to release a Deluxe Edition of her debut album Don’t Forget on March 31st. The limited edition CD+DVD will include hit songs “La La Land” and “Get Back” as well as 2 brand new tracks. The DVD Experience features “Don’t Forget” live performance, “La La Land” and “Get Back” music videos, Demi in the studio, behind the scenes at Jonas Brothers’ Burnin’ Up tour, photo slideshow and more!

Demi just wrapped up a slew of NYC press dates to promote her new Disney Channel Show “Sonny With a Chance.” The new series will premiere on the Disney Channel, February 8th at 8pm/7 central with 2 back to back episodes.

Be sure to check out Demi’s video for “La La Land” featuring footage from the new show.

Deluxe Edition Track Listing:

1. LA LA LAND
2. GET BACK
3. TRAINWRECK
4. PARTY
5. ON THE LINE
6. DON’T FORGET
7. GONNA GET CAUGHT
8. TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
9. THE MIDDLE
10. UNTIL YOU’RE MINE
11. BELIEVE IN ME

*Bonus Tracks*
12. BEHIND ENEMY LINES
13. LO QUE SOY

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“Get On Your Boots,” the first single from U2’s new album No Line On The Horizon, will be released on January 19th on Interscope Records. The album is currently available for pre-order and will be released on March 3rd.

Produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, sessions for No Line On The Horizon began in Fez, Morocco, and continued at the band’s Dublin studio, New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and Olympic Studios in London.

The album will be released in a standard format with a 24- page booklet and in digipak format. The digipak includes an extended booklet and the album’s companion film “Linear” by Anton Corbijn. A limited edition 64-page magazine will also be available, featuring the band in conversation with artist Catherine Owens, and new Anton Corbijn photographs. No Line On The Horizon will be released on 180gm vinyl.

The cover artwork for the album is an image of the sea meeting the sky by Japanese artist and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.

The full track listing is as follows:

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Magnificent
3. Moment of Surrender
4. Unknown Caller
5. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
6. Get On Your Boots
7. Stand Up Comedy
8. Fez – Being Born
9. White As Snow
10. Breathe
11. Cedars Of Lebanon

Full format information is available at u2.com

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With an explosive VMA performance and # 1 hit already under her belt, P!nk’s riding high on the way to the release of Funhouse on October 28th. The album is now available for pre-order which will score you an exclusive bonus track, “This Is How It Goes Down,” not available on the regular version once the pre-order ends as well as a bonus “So What” video. Funhouse includes the # 1 hit single “So What” in addition to other new tracks including “Sober,” “I Don’t Believe You,” and much more.

Funhouse Track Listing

1. So What
2. Sober
3. I Don’t Believe You
4. One Foot Wrong
5. Please Don’t’ Leave Me
6. Bad Influence
7. Funhouse
8. Crystal Ball
9. Mean
10. It’s All Your Fault
11. Ave Mary A
12. Glitter in the Air
*Deluxe edition includes:
13. Why Did I Ever Like You
14. Could’ve Had Everything
15. “So What” Bonus Video
16. This Is How It Goes Down (pre-order only)

Want to hear Vanessa Hudgens’ Identified Head over to AOL’s exclusive listening party to get a feel for the twelve new tracks

Track List

1. Last Night
2. Identified
3. First Bad Habit
4. Hook It Up
5. Don’t Ask Why
6. Sneakernight
7. Amazed
8. Don’t Leave
9. Paper Cut
10. Party On The Moon
11. Did It Ever Cross Your Mind
12. Gone With The Wind

The highly anticipated CAMP ROCK soundtrack is finally here! Be sure to pick up a copy featuring the Jonas Brothers and newcomer Demi Lovato before the movie premieres on the Disney Channel this Friday, June 20th. In case you miss the big debut, catch the movie again on ABC on June 21st or ABC Family on June 22nd. The soundtrack is available on iTunes

Tracklist

1. We Rock – Cast of Camp Rock
2. Play My Music – Jonas Brothers
3. Gotta Find You – Joe Jonas
4. Start the Party – Jordan Francis
5. Who Will I Be – Demi Lovato
6. This is Me – Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas
7. Hasta La Vista – Jordan Francis and Roshon Bernard Fegan
8. Here I Am – Renee Sandstrom
9. Too Cool – Meaghan Martin
10. Our Time is Here Bonus Track – Demi Lovato, Meaghan Martin and Aaryn Doyle
11. 2 Stars – Meaghan Martin
12. What It Takes – Aaryn Dolye

The Spill Canvas is set to release the digital EP Honestly, I’m Doing Okay, on May 13th. The EP features acoustic versions of No Really, I’m Fine standout tracks “All Over You” and “Saved” as well as a previously unreleased b-side “Lay It On Me.”

Fans can purchase Honestly, I’m Doing Okay exclusively through Amazon on May 13th.

Honestly, I’m Doing Okay – track listing

1. Lay It On Me
2. All Over You
3. Saved (acoustic)
4. Gold Dust Woman
5. All Over You (acoustic)

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Tokio Hotel may be looking to make MTV their permanent home with consecutive days on TRL’s countdown (reaching the #2 spot), a free download on Discover & Download, a tour diary on Buzzworthy and now a LIVE performance in TRL’s studio. The band will perform “Ready, Set, Go!” from Scream, their first U.S. album, which will hit stores May 6th, the day of the TRL performance.

For those who can’t wait until May 6th, today you can catch part 3 of Tokio Hotel’s tour diary right here on MTV’s Buzzworthy.

Tokio Hotel have just announced the track listing for their May 6th U.S. release of Scream. What promises to be the biggest release to date, Tokio Hotel have added a U.S. exclusive of “Live Every Second” as well as a bonus track titled “1000 Oceans.”

Track Listing:

Scream in stores May 6th
01. Scream
02. Ready, Set, Go!
03. Monsoon
04. Love is Dead
05. Don’t Jump
06. Live Every Second (U.S. EXCLUSIVE)
07. On the Edge
08. Sacred
09. Break away
10. Rescue Me
11. Final Day
12. Forgotten Children
13. By Your Side
14. 1000 Oceans (Bonus Song)
15. Durch den Monsun
(German Version from “SCHREI” Studio CD)

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