NastyLittleMan.comLate rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys will get a special tribute from fans in his home town of New York City this weekend. Some enterprising Beastie Boys fans have set up a Facebook page called MCA Day, the purpose of which is for the band’s fans to share memories, “sing Beastie Boys songs in unison” and pay tribute to Yauch’s life.
If you want to take part in MCA Day, head down to New York City’s Union Square at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday.
Facebook.com/MarkTremontiMark Tremonti wants to give you another taste of his upcoming solo album, All I Was. The Alter Bridge guitarist has premiered a video on Noisecreep which features a live performance of the album’s first single, “You Waste Your Time.” All I Was is set to hit stores on July 10.
In other Tremonti news, the guitarist is current trekking across North America with his other band, Creed. In select cities, the band will be performing their debut album, My Own Prison, and their 1999 album Human Clay in their entirety.
NastyLittleMan.comLate rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys got a special tribute from lawmakers in his home state.
On Tuesday, the New York State Senate adopted a resolution honoring Yauch by taking a moment to “pause in its deliberations” to pay respect to the musician. The resolution called Yauch a "man of colossal talent and charisma" whose “creative talents have contributed to the entertainment and cultural enrichment of...the entire State of New York.”
Yauch died May 4 after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 47.
ABC News RadioBlack Sabbath has issued a statement responding to founding drummer Bill Ward's announcement earlier this week that he wouldn't be playing with the band at its three scheduled reunion concerts this year.
The message reads, "We have decided not to make any detailed comment on Bill's latest statement. There are two sides to every story."
The note also says that Sabbath has "been working hard at rehearsals making excellent progress after" guitarist Tony Iommi's cancer treatments, and reveals the group has hired a drummer to replace Ward at the upcoming concerts.
Sabbath's 2012 tour dates are scheduled for this Saturday in Birmingham, England; June 10 at the Download festival in Donington Park, England; and August 3 at the Lollapalooza festival in Chicago.
Ward released a lengthy statement Tuesday explaining he was official dropping out of the reunion gigs because he wasn't able to reach an agreement with Sabbath management on a contract that he felt fairly compensated him.
Sarah LeeColdplay fans can expect a unique “interactive” visual experience if they make it out to one of the band’s tour dates this summer.
“When you go to see [the show], it feels like you are part of something,” guitarist Jonny Buckland tells the New Zealand Herald. “You're not just going to look at four idiots up on stage, you really feel like you're stepping into something, like you're in something.”
Buckland added that the band had their stage show in mind while they were creating their latest release, Mylo Xyloto. "The idea was to make the most visual album we'd ever made, to think of it visually, so every song had a place and almost filmic quality,” explains the guitarist. “So it is more of a sort of conceptual album, and all that sort of rubbish."
You’ll get your chance to see the show when the band kicks off its North American tour on June 22 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX.
Third Man Records/ColumbiaJack White is chasing after an unusual world record -- at least that's the claim by his label, Third Man Records.
The label says that during every concert for the rest of his tour, White will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for "most metaphors in a single concert." The label asks fans not to "interfere or interject" with any metaphors heard during the shows.
The press release sent by Third Man Records was written tongue-in-cheek fashion, so it's hard to tell whether White is serious about the Guinness record. The label also noted that his album, Blunderbuss, is in the running for the world record of "the fastest-named album in history."
PiL OfficialIt’s been 20 long years since we got any new music from Public Image Ltd., but now the band has returned with a new single. RollingStone.com will stream “Deeper Water,” the first release from the band’s forthcoming studio album, This Is PiL.
"It was an improv, done in one take,” frontman John Lydon tells Rolling Stone about the track. "It's about bad influences, bad information, bad leadership. There's 'bristled bastards that will lead you to the shore, dash you on the rocks.' It’s a very difficult thing for me to trust people."
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesFor the last few months, Korn frontman Jonathan Davis has been busy creating music as his DJ alter ego, J Devil. He tells Rolling Stone that he’s tinkering with the new tracks now and “trying to find what I really want it to be.”
“It's coming out so good,” reveals Davis. “I'm just having a blast writing electronic music that's really different. When it's ready we'll pick a single, put it out on Beatport and do it the old-school way. I got some different styles I'm mashing together and I want it to be really, really right.”
Davis will certainly have the opportunity to unleash some of the new tracks live: J Devil is currently opening for Korn on their North American tour in support of their dubstep album, The Path of Totality. “We're bringing this new type of music we made to all the fans,” says Davis. “It's a dance-rock hybrid show. It's just a mixture of both scenes. It's really cool seeing metal fans and EDM fans with glow-sticks in the same room; it's pretty intense.”
Davis has said that he hopes to release the as-yet-untitled J Devil EP sometime this year.
Dave Hogan/Live 8 via Getty ImagesBono apparently is set to surpass Paul McCartney as the wealthiest rock musician in the world. NME.com reports that the U2 singer, who owns a 2.3 percent stake in Facebook, is expected see his net worth increase significantly when the social-networking company goes public on Friday.
Facebook is valued at more than $100 billion, which will make Bono's share worth in excess $1.5 billion. In comparison, the former Beatles star's fortune is estimated to be slightly over $1 billion.
Bono bought his Facebook shares for about $90 million back in 2009 through his private equity company Elevation Partners. Not a bad return on the Irish rocker's investment.
Van-Halen.comVan Halen reportedly is postponing an entire run of North American summer concerts. All of the band's previously announced dates after its June 26 appearance in New Orleans have been removed from the tour section of the group's official website, and venues across the country are confirming the postponements.
Van Halen recently extended their trek through a September 25 stop in Milwaukee, but now, more than 30 concerts -- starting with a July 7 performance in Uncasville, Connecticut -- apparently will be either rescheduled or canceled.
No statement has been issued from the band regarding the shelved shows, while a source at Uncasville's Mohegan Sun Arena told Rolling Stone that the July 7 gig was "selling pretty good -- I don't know why they would say it's being canceled."
Van Halen's tour in support of A Different Kind of Truth, the group's first studio effort featuring original frontman David Lee Roth since 1984, kicked off in February 18.
Travis ShinnOn Wednesday,Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators posted the video online for their first single, “You’re a Lie,” from their upcoming album, Apocalyptic Love.
The video features footage of the band performing the track, mixed with some scenes of a woman of going through a nervous breakdown.
In other Slash news, the ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist has announced he'll be beaming his live concert from Irving Plaza in New York City straight to your computer for free on May 22, the same day that Apocalyptic Love hits stores. You’ll be able to watch the full concert online at Slash’s Livestream channel at 10:15 p.m. ET.
JoeyRamone.comLate Ramones frontman Joey Ramone's second solo effort, …Ya Know? won't be released until Tuesday, but RollingStone.com is offering fans a free preview of the entire album now. The collection features tracks the singer recorded as demos that were subsequently fleshed out by Joey's brother, Mickey Leigh, as well as longtime Ramones producer Ed Stasium and a star-studded list of musicians.
Among the many stars who contributed to …Ya Know? are Joan Jett, The E Street Band's Little Steven Van Zandt, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, longtime Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye, and ex-Ramones drummer Richie Ramone. Little Steven also wrote the album's liner notes.
In related news, the 12th annual Joey Ramone Birthday Bash concert is scheduled to take place Saturday at New York City's The Studio at Webster Hall. The event will feature a variety of artists performing all the songs featured on …Ya Know? The show's lineup includes surviving founding Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone and several punk luminaries who played on the album. Tickets are $40, with proceeds going to the Joey Ramone Foundation for Lymphoma Research.
Warner Bros. RecordsThe Black Keys are set to make their acting debut in an upcoming episode of the third season of Comedy Central’s Workaholics. In the episode, the show’s main characters go to small claims court, where they meet frontman Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, who play “two dirtbags” with "oddly long ponytails.”
"We love the show, and we think [the cast] is awesome,” Auerbach tells MTV.com. “Everyone went to school with people like that, if you grew up in the Midwest, especially. All of that dumb s**t they talk about, it's all real. That's why it's funny."
Carney added he can relate to the show, which focuses on the lives of three telemarketers, because of his past work experience in that field. "I used to work as a telemarketer when I was about 20, and it was the worst job I ever had," explains the drummer. "But I didn't have friends to share it with, so it wasn't quite the same; it was more just plain miserable."
While it’s unknown exactly when the Workaholics episode featuring the band will air, the show's third season begins on May 29.
Cooking VinylEarlier this month, Marilyn Manson released his eighth studio album, Born Villain, which includes a cover of Carly Simon's 1972 hit “You're So Vain,” featuring guest Johnny Depp on guitar and drums. In the latest issue of Rolling Stone, Manson reveals that adding the cover track to the album was a last-minute decision.
“Johnny called me and asked if I wanted to record a song, so I went to his studio and we started playing the blues,” explains Manson. “My record was already finished, but we both thought it would be ironic to put ‘You’re So Vain’ on the album.”
Manson added that cover track fit in with the other songs on Born Villain because he wanted to explore new creative avenues while making the album. “This record is more like jazz or punk rock or dada,” notes the singer. “I wanted to take what I knew how to do and do it in a way that makes people confused. You can’t be shocking, you can only create chaos -– and confusion is the best form of communication.”
Kevin Mazur/WireImagePearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament has issued a statement reacting to the sad news of Booker T. & the MG's bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn's death on Sunday. Ament posted a picture of his bass on PJ’s website, which shows Dunn’s name etched into the neck, along with a note paying tribute to the late bassist.
Ament wrote that Dunn was one of his “favorite and most influential bassists” and that he learned a great deal from watching him play. “In 1993, the band was lucky enough to open a bunch of shows in the U.S. and Europe for Neil [Young] and his band of Booker T., Steve Cropper, Jim Keltner and Duck,” wrote the bassist. “Our band watched every minute of this all-star band and lessons were delivered nightly. Duck played deeper and with more economy than most and profoundly effected how I play with PJ.”
Travis ShinnSlash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators are the next guests scheduled for the Guitar Center Sessionsseries, which airs on DirecTV. A sneak peak of the band’s episode has been posted online, featuring performances of “Not for Me” and “Fall to Pieces” from Slash's second solo album, Apocalyptic Love, due in stores on May 22.
Each episode of Guitar Center Sessions is filmed in front of a live studio audience and includes a performance as well as a Q&A segment, sponsored by the Guitar Center chain of music stores. Slash’s episode will premiere on Friday at 9 p.m. ET.
James MinchinNext month, Linkin Park will release their fifth studio album, Living Things. In an interview with the U.K. magazine Q, multi-instrumentalist Mike Shinoda says that the band will offer exclusive remixes of songs from the upcoming album to fans who buy it from them directly.
“If you buy the record from our official website, you get [a] subscription to a monthly remix package,” he reveals. “Every month you get another remix of a song from the record by another artist…dispersed over a series of months. We're just trying to give people an incentive to go to our site."
While Living Things won't arrive in stores until June 26, you'll get the chance to check out the songs performed live when LP kicks off their co-headlining tour with Incubus on August 11 at Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, VA.
Reprise RecordsLast week, Bamboozle Festival organizers announced that My Chemical Romance would replace Blink-182, who canceled their appearance at this weekend’s event in Asbury Park, NJ because drummer Travis Barker needed to have an emergency tonsillectomy.
In an interview with The Aquarian Weekly, guitarist Frank Iero says that the band was “glad to help out” the festival and take a break from working on their fifth studio album. “We are in writing-mode right now and weren’t going to consider playing any shows, actually, but then stuff happened with Blink and we got the call,” explains Iero. “We’ve had so much history with [Bamboozle] there’s a sense of pride. It’s not someone else’s fest. It’s ours. You don’t feel that anywhere else.”
The guitarist added that the band’s songwriting process is “going really well” and that they’re just about ready to begin the recording process for their next album. “I can’t wait to start tracking,” reveals Iero. “I think we’re maybe a month away from the record button lighting up.”
RiotFest.orgAn eclectic list of artists will participate in the eighth annual Riot Fest, which will be held September 14-16 in its new location at Humboldt Park in Chicago, IL.
This year’s lineup includes AWOLNATION, Iggy & The Stooges, The Offspring, Rise Against and Coheed and Cambria, plus more. It addition, the festival will now include a large carnival featuring rides, games, vendors and gourmet food trucks throughout the festival grounds.
Tickets are available now, with three-day passes starting at $90. To see the complete artist roster and purchase tickets to the extravaganza, head over to RiotFest.org.
Travis ShinnSlash is ready for you to check out his new album. RollingStone.com got the honor of streaming online the entire deluxe version of the guitarist’s second solo album featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Apocalyptic Love. The deluxe version of the album features 13 tracks, including the current single “You’re a Lie.”
In addition, Slash is offering fans around the globe the chance to check out the band perform the new songs live -- and you don't even need to buy a ticket. The band has just announced that they'll be beaming their live concert from Irving Plaza in New York City straight to your computer for free on May 22, the same day that Apocalyptic Love will hit stores. You’ll be able to watch the full concert online at Slash’s Livestream channel at 10:15 p.m. ET.
