Bjork is going from helping Iceland’s environment to aiding her homeland’s floundering economy by seeking investors for a venture capital fund aimed at financing new businesses in her home country. Audur Capital hopes to raise $11.8 million (or 1.5 billion kronur) by the end of March to reinvest into “environmentally friendly businesses and technologies.”
[via Rollingstone]
Coldplay didn't let their fans have a Christmas without a gift from the band! The band allowed fans to login to the Coldplay website and download the Thin White Duke remix of their Satrabi-esque hit "Viva La Vida." The guys also posted a breif video of the the live rendention of "Jingle Bells' from a recent concert.
McMurray said, "It's a really cool-looking guitar because it's smashed and held together with duct tape and Kurt Cobain wrote on it."
Sluggo obtained the guitar after a NIRVANA gig in New Jersey, before the band became successful. Cobain smashed the guitar during the show and needed one for the next gig. He happened to be staying at the apartment of Sluggo, who offered one of his guitars in exchange for the smashed one, also asking Cobain to sign it.
The price is the second highest for a piece of NIRVANA memorabilia. Cobain's Mosrite Gospel Mark IV guitar sold at a 2006 auction for $131,000.
La Coka Nostra have officially signed with Suburban Noize Records for the release of their upcoming debut "A Brand You Can Trust", which will be released through the label in early 2009. The group will embark on the Bring Tha Noize Tour alongside Kottonmouth Kings, Blaze Ya' Dead Homie, Big B, Potluck and Short Dawg beginning in late February through early April.
"It's official! La Coka Nostra has joined forces with Suburban Noize to bring you our debut album, 'A Brand You Can Trust'. We are very excited to be working with Kevin Zinger and the entire Sub Noize family and look forward to finally unleashing the LCN war machine upon the current candy-coated, watered-down and auto tuned-out musical landscape that popular rap music has become," says La Coka Nostra's ILL BILL aka the Cult Leader. "This record is a no holds barred burst of hardcore hip hop to the fullest, representing everything we love about this art form but feel is missing from the game right now. To show you we're not alone in our thinking we're bringing Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Bun B, Psycho Realm, Immortal Technique & the Alchemist along for the ride. We know a lot of ya'll feel the same way we do, so we're using our voice to speak for those that may not have this opportunity. That's why La Coka Nostra is 'A Brand You Can Trust'. Album in stores first quarter 2009!"
Maybe once in a musical era's lifetime does a revolutionary collision occur at the four-way intersection of underground, old school, new, and mainstream. Such an anomaly has finally materialized within a hip-hop world that has – for all intent and purpose – otherwise been tapped out. Founded on a new breed of rappers, but further injecting the mix with iconic veterans of the game the result is LA COKA NOSTRA.
Composed of members Ill Bill, Slaine, Everlast, DannyBoy, Dj Lethal and Big Left, La Coka Nostra is a breath of fresh air in these days of contrived airbrushed rap music.
BRING THA NOIZE TOUR 2009:
Feb 25 Petaluma, CA @ Phoenix Theater Feb 26 Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre Feb 27 Portland, OR @ Roseland Feb 28 Seattle, WA @ Showbox Mar 01 Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Mar 03 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Mar 04 Billings, MT @ Shrine Auditorium Mar 05 Rapid City, SD @ Rushmore Hall Mar 06 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium Mar 07 St. Paul, MN @ Myth Mar 08 Fargo, ND @ Playmakers Mar 09 Sioux Falls, SD @ Ramkota Exhibit Hall Mar 11 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues Mar 12 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Club Mar 13 Detroit, MI @ Clutch Cargos Mar 14 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts Mar 15 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall Mar 17 Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room Mar 18 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues Mar 19 Cheswick, PA @ Gravity Nightclub Mar 20 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium Mar 21 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Mar 22 Philadelphia, PA @ Theater of Living Arts Mar 23 New York, NY @ BB Kings Mar 26 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution Mar 27 Saint Petersburg, FL @ Jann Landing Mar 28 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerad Mar 29 Sauget, IL @ Pops Mar 31 Tulsa, OK @ Cains Ballroom Apr 01 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club Apr 02 Wichita, KS @ Cotillion Ballroom Apr 03 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium Apr 04 Magna, UT @ The Great Salt Air
Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler is going to spend more time in rehab.
A court commissioner in Los Angeles agreed Friday to place Adler in a state-sanctioned drug rehabilitation program and keep Adler out of prison.
Adler's court appearance came a day after TV audiences watched him graduate from a drug-treatment program that is the focus of VH1's show "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew."
Adler missed a court appearance last week, but told the court on Friday that he had been in another rehab program that he completed just earlier in the day.
Los Angeles police arrested the rocker in July. He was charged with felony drug possession and a misdemeanor count of being under the influence of drugs. Adler will remain on probation while he tries to complete the state program.
Columbia Records is excited to announce that on March 17, 2009, Coheed and Cambria will release Neverender, The Children of the Fence boxset, a release that is possibly as ambitious as the event itself.
Neverender marked the triumphant culmination of the band's four-album album cycle. The historic four-night event featured the band performing each of their four albums in their entirety on four consecutive nights, October 22-25 2008 at New York’s Terminal 5 and was the first time that Coheed had performed the saga that connects the albums in order. The band performed in front of nearly 11,000 of their most passionate fans, who flew in from all over the world, organized for months in advance to carpool and share hotel rooms, lined up all day in the rain to get the best spots on the floor. Selling out in three hours, Neverender’s New York dates prompted a tide of demand that spawned three other sold-out Neverender stands, in LA, Chicago, and London.
The box set documents the New York stand (as well as clips from all 3 other cities) in one massive package that will include four live DVDs, four live audio CDs, one documentary DVD, a 10x10 hardcover 48-page photo book and a 7-1/2” custom metal dragonfly. A condensed two-disc DVD will also be made available. Pre-sales for the box began on Friday, Dec 12. Fans who pre-order it will get their names included on a “Children of the Fence” page inside the book. The first 3,000 copies will be signed by the band.
Coheed and Cambria begin a tour with Slipknot on Jan, 23rd. Full tour dates are below.
01/23/09- Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, MN
01/24/09- Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO
01/25/09- Mid America Center - Council Bluffs, IA
01/27/09- Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum - Madison, WI
01/28/09- Wells Fargo Arena - Des Moines, IA
01/30/09- Allstate Arena - Rosemont, IL
01/31/09- The Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, MI
02/02/09- Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, IL
02/03/09- Pepsi Coliseum - Indianapolis, IN
02/05/09- Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
02/06/09- Tsongas Arena - Lowell, MA
02/07/09- Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
02/09/09- Greensboro Coliseum Complex - Greensboro, NC
02/10/09- Cricket Arena - Charlotte, NC
02/11/09- Bi-Lo Center - Greenville, SC
02/13/09- 1st Mariner Arena - Baltimore, MD
02/14/09- Rupp Arena - Lexington, KY
02/15/09- Sommet Center - Nashville, TN
02/17/09- Gwinnett Center - Duluth, GA
02/18/09- UCF Arena - Orlando, FL
02/19/09- Pensacola Civic Center - Pensacola, FL
02/21/09- Concrete Street Amphitheater - Corpus Christi, TX
02/22/09- Nokia Theatre - Grand Prairie, TX
02/23/09- BOK Center - Tulsa, OK
02/26/09- Verizon Wireless Theater - Houston, TX
02/28/09- El Paso County Coliseum - El Paso, TX
03/01/09- Freeman Coliseum - San Antonio, TX
03/03/09- Denver Coliseum - Denver, CO
03/04/09- Tingley Coliseum - Albuquerque, NM
03/05/09- Jobing.com Arena - Glendale, AZ
03/07/09- The Forum - Inglewood, CA
03/08/09- Cox Arena - San Diego, CA
03/10/09- Citizens Business Bank Arena - Ontario, CA
Eagles Of Death Metal have added some new tour dates in the New Year. No more details were provided by their PR peeps but the dates are below:
Feb 3rd - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern Feb 4th - Hollywood, CA - Henry Fonda Theater Feb 5th - San Francisco, CA - the Fillmore Feb 6th - Reno, NV - New Oasis Feb 7th - Hard Rock Hotel, Wasted Space - Las Vegas, NV Feb 9th - Scottsdale, AZ - The Martini Ranch Feb 12th - Oklahoma City, OK - The Diamond Ballroom Feb 13th - Little Rock, AR - Juanita's Cantina Feb 14th - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note Feb 15th - The Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI Feb 17th - Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theater Feb 18th - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theater Feb. 19th - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theater Feb. 20th - Toronto, CA - Phoenix Concert Theater
According to Rolling Stone, the rumors that Phish will headline Bonnaroo appear to be true. Reliable sources close to band members tell the magazine that Phish "will top the bill for two nights, restoring the fest to its jam-friendly roots." The festival, taking place June 11 - 14 in Manchester, TN, does not typically release the artist lineup until February, so stay tuned to the Bonnaroo website for the most up-to-date information.
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