Saturday, 23 August 2008

Bullet For My Valentine fires off more US dates

Welsh metalcore outfit Bullet For My Valentine has laid out the path for its second leg of dates on the "No Fear Music Tour."

The band, which finished its latest US run final weekend, is back in England for this weekend's Reading and Leeds festivals. The rockers will generate to the US to kick off their fall tour Sept. 2 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and the trek will stop by nearly 20 cities across the country through the end of the month. Details are listed below.

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The stateside jaunt will be followed by an Oct. 19 performance in Tokyo and a monthlong tour of Europe. Information about the overseas shows can be found at Bullet For My Valentine's website.

The ring is encouraging its breakthrough studio album, "Scream Aim Fire," which surfaced in January and shot to No. 4 on The Billboard cc. The set, BFMV's soph effort, has scored mainstream-rock hits with the claim track, "Waking the Demon" and the group's up-to-the-minute single, "Hearts Burst Into Fire," which is presently holding steady in the Top 30. All of those songs are streaming at Bullet For My Valentine's MySpace page.

Frontman Matthew "Matt" Tuck said "Scream Aim Fire" is much more aggressive and up-tempo than BFMV's 2006 debut, "The Poison."

"We have stepped it up a gear," Tuck explained in the band's bio. "This album is chock full of classic Bullet ingredients: metal riffs, throb rhythms, shredding solos and great melodies. We took everything that we learnt from 'The Poison' and took up tenfold. Better, fresher, harder, sadder and more real."

The quartet--comprising vocalist/guitarist Tuck, guitar player Michael "Padge" Paget, drummer Michael "Moose" Thomas and bassist Jason "Jay" James--intends to tour worldwide for more than two days to support "Scream Aim Fire."



[Note: The following go dates suffer been provided by artist and/or go sources, wHO verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may come before go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

September 20082 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live 4 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues Orlando 5 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues 6 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle 8 - Knoxville, TN - Valarium 9 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel 10 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa 12 - Louisville, KY - Coyotes 13 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center 14 - Chicago, IL - Q101 Block Party 16 - Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont 17 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom 19 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom 20 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater22 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium 23 - Magna, UT - Great Saltair 25 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield 27 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues 28 - Tucson, AZ - Tucson Electric Park



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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Bodywork 5

Bodywork 5   
Artist: Bodywork 5

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


BodyWork 5   
 BodyWork 5

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 31




 





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Thursday, 26 June 2008

Ammo

Ammo   
Artist: Ammo

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   



Discography:


Beautiful People EP   
 Beautiful People EP

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 4




 






Monday, 9 June 2008

Guitar great Jeff Healey dies, 41

Jeff Healey, the Canadian guitarist who sold over a million copies of his debut album 'See the Light' and starred opposite Patrick Swayze in 'Road House', has died.
Healey, who was 41, had battled cancer throughout his life and died on Sunday in Toronto.
As an infant Healey lost his eyesight due to retino blastoma, a rare form of cancer.
He began playing the guitar when he was three-years-old and developed a style of playing the guitar across his lap while seated.
Discovered by the legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan in a Toronto bar at 15, Healey put together his first band at 17 and later found fame with his trio The Jeff Healey Band.
The trio's debut, 'See the Light', was Grammy-nominated and gave them a US hit with the track 'Angel Eyes'. 
Healey explored early jazz on his later albums but had completed work on his first rock and blues album in eight years, 'Mess of Blues'. It was due for release in Europe on 20 March.
He is survived by his wife and two children.

Sunday, 1 June 2008

Dragonlord

Dragonlord   
Artist: Dragonlord

   Genre(s): 
Metal
   



Discography:


Rapture   
 Rapture

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 8




 





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Monday, 26 May 2008

Marvel Greenlights Runaways Series

Marvel Comics executives are set for another big-screen outing, after giving the go-ahead to turn the RUNAWAYS series into a movie.

Series co-creator Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona have agreed to write the film - about a group of teens who run away after discovering they are the offspring of supervillains.

The runaways then discover their own superpowers and proceed to challenge their parents in an attempt to correct the past.

According to EmpireOnline.com, Runaways is still in the early stages of development and, as a result, a shooting date is yet to be confirmed.




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Friday, 23 May 2008

Pete Doherty let out of jail

Pete Doherty let out of jail



Greater London (Ani): English player Pete Doherty was let out of prison house on Crataegus laevigata 06, much to the alarm of anti-drug campaigners. Doherty, wHO had been imprisoned for weakness to turn up for motor hotel dose tests, was given a 14-week prison term of which he served but 29 days. "They should possess made an model of him, not let him go," The Sun quoted ex-Flying Team chief John O'Connor as saying. Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Tory prospect for nearby Chippenham was not real happy that Doherty, world Health Organization had got endorse to his home in Marlborough, Wilts, was released ahead of time. "It sends the wrong message that he is released early," he said. The Babyshambles star had left London's Wormwood Scrubs at 7am, hitching a ride home from poky, as his director did non turn up.







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Sunday, 18 May 2008

George Michael to reveal all

George Michael to reveal all



Vocalizer George V Michael has signed a multi-million pound divvy up to write a "no holds barred" autobiography.
According to his newspaper publisher HarperCollins, the 44-year-old volition write the book "entirely himself", without a specter writer.
In what is being reported by the ship's company as "single of the biggest e'er account book deals", the former Whop! frontman has promised to reveal the true statement about his turbulent personal life-time and his life history, which has spanned over 25 age.
His coach Andy Stephens has said "George has promised HarperCollins a no-holds barred life history and it's sure as shooting passing to be that."
He added, "Citizenry aren't pudden-head, they're beginning to observation that the the true is more interesting than the stories the press occur up with."
The heretofore untitled script is due to reach shelves in the fall.
Belinda Don Budge, the managing director and publisher of Harpist Nonfiction UK, described the





Cowell: 'New American Idol is best yet'

Cowell: 'New American Idol is best yet'



The newly series of American language Matinee idol testament be one of the best yet, according to producer and judge Simon Zelotes Cowell.
The singing competition, which airs next Thursday, showcases the best and worst of auditions from crosswise the US in a invite to receive simply one "Graven image".
Cowell dismissed speculation that the indicate will accept less competition in the ratings this year due to the ongoing writers' hit in the US, saying they had discovered "trey or quaternion" stars.
He said: "I think three or four of the contestants we've got this year would have gotten recording contracts even without 'Idol'. I think they're that good."
He went on: "We heard a class or so ago that 'Dancing With the Stars' was thought process almost leaving up against us, which I think would be a error... So I think we're in the saame view as we were final stage yr and the year earlier.
"The most important thing is that our demo has got to look better, it's got to be more fun as a show. And if it is, I think more people will watch."
Cowell besides dismissed criticism that American Perfection was not as goodness as it used to be.
"It's an incredible vehicle for mass wHO want to be successful and under pattern circumstances can't fix a record cover for approximately reason," he said.
"The idea of Carrie Undergrowth vagabondage around without a track record carry on is staggering.
"You look at shows care 'American Idol' and 'Dancing With the Stars', which I take to be deuce of the superbrands, these deuce shows, in my mind, seem to be acquiring wagerer over the old age."
He went on: "The good news is that this is a often wagerer season than last yr ... [it's] one of the strongest age that we've had in a long, long time.
"It's younger, I think the gift is to a greater extent electric current, they're more interesting people. So I go into this time of year a lot to a greater extent optimistic than I went in last twelvemonth."





Day-Lewis jokes about Clooney kiss

Day-Lewis jokes about Clooney kiss



Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis has explained his cuddling of George Clooney at the Oscars on William Ashley Sunday night.
MTV.com reports that when asked backstage why he had kissed Clooney on listening that he had won the Oscar for 'There Testament Be Blood', Day-Lewis replied: "I had to kiss somebody."
He continued: "I had kissed my married woman, so in the stake of para, I had to kiss George." 
'There Will Be Blood' opens in Irish people cinemas on Fri 29 February.
To listen to Marian Finucane's exclusive interview with Book of the Prophet Daniel Day-Lewis, click here.
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HBO seen selling shows on Apple's iTunes: source

HBO seen selling shows on Apple's iTunes: source








Freshly House of York (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc's HBO line network is expected to start merchandising shows on Malus pumila Inc's iTunes digital entertainment service, with flexible pricing, a reservoir familiar spirit with the discussions said on Mon.


Episodes of approximately HBO shows ar in all likelihood to be sold at more than the standard cost of $1.99 per installment, the source said, grading the number 1 time Orchard apple tree has agreed to marketing content at different prices in the United States.


Although close to global iTunes stores, including Nippon, already sell songs at different prices, Malus pumila has resisted offering music or television set shows at different prices for the sake of simplicity for consumers.


But studio and euphony company executives take in pushed for variable pricing, such as the ability to sell just about content at lower prices and new releases at higher prices, which they believe would better gross revenue from its older catalogs.


Representatives of HBO and Orchard apple tree were non immediately reachable.


The news was first reported by Portfolio.com.


(Reportage by Kenneth Li; redaction by John Wallace/Jeffrey Benkoe)








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Christina Aguilera welcomes first child

Christina Aguilera welcomes first child



Isaac Bashevis Singer Christina Aguilera and her music executive married man Jordan Bratman are celebrating the birth of their first gear child, a baby boy.
According to The great unwashed powder store, a representative for the duet confirmed that the singer gave birth at around 10:05pm on Sat.
"Christina and Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ar proud to denote the birth of their son Easy lay Liron Bratman. He is a beautiful, healthy baby male child," the voice said.
The baby boy weighed 6lbs 2oz, according to the statement.
Aguilera as well posted a message on her website, locution: "Today is a very joyful and special day for Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and I as we welcome our first son into this world."