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Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails Expected to Headline Lollapalooza
March 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are set to headline this year’s Lollapalooza, according to the Chicago Tribune. Although the festival’s lineup won’t be announced for several more weeks, “industry sources” state that both bands have been booked for the fourth annual Chicago fest, to be held August 1-3 in the city’s Grant Park. The Lolla gig would add to Radiohead’s 2008 festival resume, having already confirmed headlining slots at New York’s All Points West and San Francisco’s Outside Lands. source:RollingStone.com Read More →
Pop Music
News Ticker: Janet Jackson, Bjork, Anti-Piracy Czar, Dandy Warhols
March 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Janet Jackson will launch a multi-continent world tour in September in support of her chart topping Discipline. Jackson is also co-writing a book with her nutritionist that will examine her issues with her weight. Following Bjork’s comments about Tibet during a concert in Beijing, China’s culture ministry announced that they would “tighten control” on foreign artists that play China in the future because Bjork “broke Chinese law and hurt Chinese people’s feelings.” A bill that would employ an anti-piracy... [Read the full story]
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Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails Expected to Headline Lollapalooza
March 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are set to headline this year’s Lollapalooza, according to the Chicago Tribune. Although the festival’s lineup won’t be announced for several more weeks, “industry sources” state that both bands have been booked for the fourth annual Chicago fest, to be held August 1-3 in the city’s Grant Park. The Lolla gig would add to Radiohead’s 2008 festival resume, having already confirmed headlining slots at New York’s All Points West and San Francisco’s Outside Lands. source:RollingStone.com Read More →
Classical
Preview Jay Greenberg’s Debut Release
February 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Jay Greenberg’s debut release, Symphony #5 - Quintet for Strings, will be available in stores and for download on August 15th. To preview this album click here to view his mediaplayer. Born in 1991 in New Haven, Connecticut, he began playing the cello when he was three years old, and he later taught himself how to play the piano. His first formal lessons in theory and composition began when he was seven; three years later he enrolled as a scholarship student in both the college and pre-college divisions of New York’s... [Read the full story]
New Releases
Ben Folds <i>Live At My Space</i> DVD
February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment
available now! Click here for list of retailers who are carrying this DVD. You can also order the DVD online via Ben’s www.attackedbyplastic.com site! Filmed live at Ben’s studio in Nashville, TN on October 24, 2006 for myspace.com’s first ever live-by-request webcast (“hey play this”). Watch a clip from this DVD - Ben performing his cover of Postal Service’s “Such Great Heights”: RealVideo | QuickTime | Windows Media: lo - med - hi The tracklisting includes: opening theme there’s always... [Read the full story]
Rap/Hip-Hop
Jennifer and Julia Hudson Release Statements Regarding Their Tragedy
October 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Singer Jennifer Hudson spoke out this morning (Oct 26), addressing her fans for the first time since the gruesome discovery on Friday (Oct 24) of the bodies of their mother and brother at the South Side Chicago home where she grew up.Speaking via a blog on her MySpace page, the Academy Award winning actress thanked fans for their concern and asked for their continued support.“Please keep praying for our family and that we get Julian King back home safely,” Hudson wrote. “If anyone has…(read more) Source:AllHipHop.com Read More →
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A year after he made a critically acclaimed debut on the Sony Classical label with a self-titled album, the young jazz pianist Eldar returns with Eldar Live At The Blue Note,... [Read more]
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Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails Expected to Headline Lollapalooza
Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails are set to headline this year’s Lollapalooza, according to the Chicago Tribune. Although the festival’s lineup won’t be announced for several... [Read more]
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