ALBUMS and LYRICS MUSIC ->News: Februari 2008

Rabu, 27 Februari 2008

Coldplay to release new album with EMI

Coldplay to release new album with EMI
By Giannis Tsagarakis \| Published 02/23/2008 \| Music News \| Unrated

British band Coldplay will be releasing its long-awaited new album with EMI, the troubled record label that has been abandoned by Radiohead, it was reported today.David Holmes, Coldplay's manager, has been reported as saying that the group plans to release its fourth album through EMI early this summer.The band are currently putting the finishing touches to it and recently quashed rumours that it is to be called Prospekt.Writing on their official website on January 30, from Devon in the UK, the group said: "Back home for a few days. A brief rest before the final push. "Another five weeks and we should be home and dry: another ten mixes and re-recording one of the songs from scratch." At that time the band did nothing to dispel the rumour that they were considering quitting EMI, which was taken over by Guy Hands' private equity group Terra Firma for 3.2bn last year. Indeed, Mr Holmes told The Times newspaper last month that "Coldplay have a lot of options."Some artists are rumoured to have threatened to abandon the company, including Robbie Williams, whose manager Tim Clarke, has accused Mr Hands of "behaving like a plantation owner" at EMI.However, of the furore surrounding EMI, Coldplay's manager, Dave Holmes, told Billboard.com yesterday: "When all that was going on we were over here in the studio, so we kind of steered clear of all that. We've got a great plan in place. "We're just about finished. They're in the final mixing. They'll start mastering, and away we go. It's a fantastic record. They've really put the work in." The band have been working on the untitled album since November 2006.Mr Holmes told Billboard.com that Coldplay's fourth album is set for an early release this summer, with a tour of North America and Europe to follow. Last month, Mr Hands confirmed plans to offload a number of artists. He told the Daily Telegraph: "About a third of the artists who sign with EMI never make an album."We're going to drop a fair number of them. You've got to get them to a level where you can provide a super service."EMI currently has more than 14,000 acts under contract. Mr Hands also plans to slash around 6,000 jobs.A spokesman for EMI said: "Coldplay is working on the album and it will be released by EMI's Parlophone label". Source:telegraph.co.uk

Lopez Gives Birth to Twin Boy and Girl

Lopez Gives Birth to Twin Boy and Girl
By Giannis Tsagarakis \| Published 02/24/2008 \| Music News \| Unrated

Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday, making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies.Lopez representative Simon Fields told People magazine the babies were born shortly after midnight on New York's Long Island, with the 5-pound, 7-ounce girl arriving first, followed by her 6-pound brother minutes later. The location was not identified."Jennifer and Marc are delighted, thrilled and over the moon," Fields told the magazine. Lopez' publicists and agent did not return telephone calls from The Associated Press early Friday.Ending months of speculation, Lopez confirmed her pregnancy at a Miami concert in November. Her father, David Lopez, told Telefutura's "Escandalo TV" earlier this month that the 39-year-old singer was expecting twins.Lopez and Anthony, 38, married in 2004. The twins are her first children, and his third and fourth.Photos of the babies won't come cheap. The first pictures of the twins are rumored to be going for nearly $6 million to People magazine, according to a report in Advertising Age citing people familiar with negotiations. Source:music.aol.com

Jack Johnson To Join Radiohead At New Music Festival

Jack Johnson To Join Radiohead At New Music Festival
By Giannis Tsagarakis \| Published 02/23/2008 \| Music News \| Unrated

Jack Johnson has been unveiled as the other headliner at this years inaugural All Points West Festival in New Jersey. Johnson joins Radiohead – who will headline the first two nights of the event, which runs from August 8th-10th. Other acts confirmed for the festival include Underworld, CSS, Cat Power, The New Pornographers and Black Kids. The festival itself will take place in Liberty State Park with festivalgoers being ferried to and from the festival site.The event has been organised by the same people responsible for the West Coast Coachella Festival in California. This report is provided by gigwise.com

REM announce massive stadium dates

REM announce massive stadium dates
By Giannis Tsagarakis \| Published 02/25/2008 \| Music News \| Unrated

REM have followed the announcement of their highly-anticipated new album with confirmation of major live dates in the UK this summer.The band's 14th studio album, Accelerate, is scheduled for release at the end of March and they will return to these shores in August, to play four stadium shows. August 24 will see Michael Stipe and co take to the stage at Lancashire County Cricket Club, the home to the Arctic Monkeys' massive gigs last summer. The 25th sees the band play Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, before the band move on to Southampton's Rosebowl on the 27th and, finally, a show at the 80,000-capacity Twickenham Stadium on the 30th.Tickets for the gigs go on sale this Friday, February 29, and will cost a by-no-means-cheap 45pounds. The March show at the Royal Albert Hall, also featuring Robyn Hitchcock, Foals and Duke Spirit is already sold out. Further performances this year will come at the Oxegen and T in the Park festivals.The first single from Accelerate, Supernatural Superserious, is available now on digital release. Source:guardian.co.uk

Eminem In Memoirs Mix Up

Eminem In Memoirs Mix Up
By Giannis Tsagarakis \| Published 02/24/2008 \| Music News \| Unrated

If you hadn't already heard, Eminem is working on his memoir- yes that's right the Detroit rapper is going to be writing more than just lyrics!In initial reports, UK Publisher Orion Books confirmed the release date as October 16th 2008 and said that the book which will be entitled “Eminem: The Way I Am,” would provide a unique insight into the rapper, including unseen photographs and lyric sketches.These reports however, have been slammed by the rapper's spokesperson referring to this as “inaccurate information”, saying “the book is still in the process of being written and edited." "There is no firm release date scheduled, although it is anticipated to arrive in the latter part of this year,” “The news about the project today came from the U.K. publisher, who is not involved in the day-to-day editing or creation of the book."So Slim Shady fans will have to wait a little longer for what promises to be a very interesting read. This report is provided by mtv.co.uk

Jay-Z storms Linkin Park gig

Jay-Z storms Linkin Park gig
By Giannis Tsagarakis \| Published 02/25/2008 \| Music News \| Unrated

Jay-Z stormed the stage at a recent Linkin Park gig in New York. The surprise performance stunned the audience at Linkin's sold out Madison Square Garden show last week, with Jay coming on stage just as the band were about to close the show.Jay, who is headling Glastonbury this year, joined the band for their 2004 collaboration, Numb.Linkin Park and the rapper then went on to treat crowds to a version of, Jigga Who, Jigga What. Source:ananova.com

Senin, 04 Februari 2008

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The Kooks Plan March Return

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 12/8/2007 | Music News | Unrated

HMV have a March 24 release for the second album from The Kooks. The Brighton 4 piece enjoyed huge success with their debut effort 'Inside in/Inside Out' which give the band an impressive 7 top 40 hit singles.
The Breeders are back

The Breeders are to release a new album called 'Mountain Battles' on April 7 2008, their first album since 2002's Title TK, the track listing is:'Overglazed', 'Bang On', 'Night Of Joy', 'We're Gonna Rise', 'German Studies', 'Spark', 'Istanbul', 'Walk It Off', 'Regalame Esta Noche', 'Here No More', 'No Way', 'It's The Love', 'Mountain Battles'.

…and so are Boy Kill Boy
Boy Kill Boy will release their second album called 'Stars and the Sea' on February 11. The follow up to 2006's 'Civilian' will feature singles No Conversation and Promises.
Supergrass and Portishead
March 31 is a date that some retailers have for the forthcoming albums from both Supergrass and Portishead. 'Diamond Hoo Ha' will be Supergrass' follow up to their 2005 effort 'Road To Rouen' whilst Portishead’s third long player awaits a title. Thanks for the info to albumvote.co.uk

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Coachella Promoters Launching NYC-Area Fest

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 01/15/2008 | Music News | Unrated

Sources say Coachella producers AEG Live/Goldenvoice will stage a summer festival with major headliners at Liberty State Park, just across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan. The event will not carry the Coachella brand.Liberty State Park has hosted a handful of concerts in recent years, most notably a Radiohead show shortly before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The new event gives AEG/Goldenvoice a major summer presence in the area, where it will compete with the new Vineland festival. That event, promoted by C3 Presents and Melvin Benn's Festival Republic, will be held Aug. 8-10 at a 500-acre, privately-owned farm in Vineland, N.J., about 40 minutes outside of Philadelphia.Meanwhile, an announcement is expected in the coming days revealing the lineup for this year's Coachella festival, to be held April 25-27 in Indio, Calif. This report is provided by billboard.com

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Bauhaus Bowing Out With New Album

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 12/5/2007 | Music News | Unrated

The good news for Bauhaus fans: the group is eyeing a March 4 release for "Going Away White," its first studio album since 1983. The bad news: there will be no further activity from the legendary goth band, who reunited in 2005 for the Coachella festival and later toured the world."We were getting along really well, but there was an incident that occurred," drummer Kevin Haskins tells Billboard.com, declining to elaborate further. "Some of us just felt that we didn't want to carry on as a working unit."As such, "Going Away White," which the band is releasing digitally via iTunes and on CD via its own Bauhaus Music imprint through Redeye Distribution, will close the book on Bauhaus. Haskins, guitarist Daniel Ash, bassist David J and vocalist Peter Murphy recorded the album last year after entering the studio "with nothing prepared," according to Haskins.

"I was concerned because history most of the time has proved that when groups reform and record, it doesn't work out," he says. "We all decided, let's just give it a go and see if it's working.What emerged were songs Haskins says stay true to the original Bauhaus spirit, including "Adrenaline" and "Endless Summer of the Damned," which were performed during a summer 2006 tour with Nine Inch Nails."Now, there's a little bit of an empty feeling because we can't tour with it," Haskins admits. "All the same, it's something we're very proud of, and we feel a lot of people will be interested to hear it." Source: billboard.com

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Pop star Lily Allen 'loses baby'

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 01/18/2008 | Music News | Unrated

Sad news from mouthy pop star Lily Allen, after it was announced she has had a miscarriage.The 22-year-old singer is said to be understandably ‘distraught’ after losing the baby on her return from a romantic break in the luxury island paradise of the Maldives with boyfriend Ed Simons.

Although Lily had admitted last month that being pregnant was a huge surprise, she had immediately changed her party lifestyle and commented how much she was looking forward to being a mother.She planned to settle down with boyfriend Ed, one half of the Chemical Brothers.Her spokesman said: “We can confirm that Lily suffered a miscarriage. She and Ed will be making no further comment. Source:megastar.co.uk

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REM have shot a new video in a New York City sex shop.

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 01/24/2008 | Music News | Unrated

The group filmed part of the promo for new single Supernatural Serious at Babeland on Rivington Street in Manhattan on Monday.
'Babeland' co-owner Claire Cavanah tells Billboard.com she was thrilled to get a call from the group's manager hours before bandmates Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills showed up to "play" to stunned shoppers.
She says: "We were thrilled."
REM performed a 30-minute set in the store's window. The trio took over the Italian restaurant next door for other scenes.The track will be the first single from the band's upcoming album, 'Accelerate'.

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Guns N' Roses song mistaken for death threat

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 12/17/2007 | Music News | Unrated

A lyric from a Guns N Roses track was mistaken for a death threat by a teacher in America.The school teacher at the Booth Free School in Roxbury Connecticut thought she was being threatened when she heard the words :“'You’re in the jungle/Baby, you’re gonna die’” over the public address system in the school.The lyrics from ’Welcome to The Jungle’, heard after hours by the teacher on Wednesday (December 12), led her to call the police and barricade herself in her classroom.

When the police arrived, they found three teenagers playing karaoke with the PA system.Police handcuffed the teenagers but released them after they children told the officers they were alone in the building and had not meant any harm, reports The Rock Radio.Sergeant Brian Van Ness told the Associated Press: “These things happen. Lucky it was humorous. You kind of have a gut feeling. As soon as we got there we spoke to the three kids. They understood.” Source: nme.com

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Spice Girls kick off reunion tour with splashy concert

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 12/3/2007 | Music News | Unrated

The Spice Girls kicked off their reunion tour Sunday, the first time all five members of the group have toured together in almost 10 years.

When they took to the multi-level stage, the famous quintet sparkled in gold and bronze outfits by Italian designer Roberto Cavalli.They opened with their signature song, "Spice Up Your Life," followed by "Stop" and "Say You'll Be There."The show was the first with all five of the original group since Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell quit to pursue a solo career in 1998. Their last album, "Forever," released in 2000 and without Halliwell, fared poorly. They broke up in 2001.

As they prepared for the concert, the Spice Girls said they were excited and nervous about their big night."You know what, so much time has passed, so much water has gone under the bridge, it's just great to all be back together," said Melanie Chisholm, also known as "Sporty Spice."Chisholm dismissed the notion that there was any tension among the women."I don't think we ever thought it was the four of us and Geri," she said. "Us coming back together has been five individuals coming back together."Just hours before they took the stage, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham's husband, David, gave each member of the group a special bracelet to mark their return.Other members of the Spice Girls are Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton and Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown.The Spice Girls were one of the biggest acts of the '90s with more than 55 million records sold. Other stops on their reunion tour include Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New York, London and Madrid, Spain. Source:freep.com

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Heath Ledger's Last Hours

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 01/25/2008 | Music News | Unrated

Funeral reportedly set for Friday in New York.More details have emerged regarding the death of Heath Ledger in a New York apartment on Tuesday, providing insight into the 28-year-old Australian actor's final hours.According to The Associated Press, police estimate Ledger's time of death between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. Ledger's housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, said she arrived at the apartment at around 12:30 p.m., and approximately 30 minutes later entered the actor's bedroom to change a light bulb and found him lying in bed, face down, with a sheet pulled up to his shoulders. Solomon told police she heard Ledger snoring and left the room, thinking nothing was wrong.

A massage therapist, Diana Wolozin, arrived just before 3 p.m. for a scheduled appointment, the AP reports. When Ledger failed to answer his bedroom door, Wolozin said she called his cell phone; there was no answer. The masseuse told police she then entered Ledger's bedroom and began setting up her massage table. Then, according to the wire service, Wolozin attempted to stir the actor from his sleep, but he was unresponsive. She told police that Ledger's body was cold to the touch. More Here
Source: mtv.com

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» Beyonce sings the blues

By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 01/28/2008 | Music News | Unrated

Beyonce Knowles is to return to the big screen to play blues legend Etta James. The forthcoming movie called Cadillac Records will see the former Dreamgirls actress star as the Grammy Hall Of Fame singer.Multi-talented Beyonce will appear alongside Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright and US comic Cedric the Entertainer in the movie, to be directed by Darnell Martin.Shooting for the 1950s film is due to start in March in Mississippi and New Jersey. Source: ananova.com