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Rocker Mark Mallman plans to perform his song 'Marathon 3' at a performance at the Turf Club in St. Paul, Minn. that will begin on Oct. 7 but, because the song is so long, he won't finish playing it until Oct. 10. It's not only a four-day concert, it's also a four-day song -- 78 hours in all, non-stop, featuring a rotating cast of nearly 100 special guests and over 400 pages of lyrics. And you thought Phish played long songs...
Suffice it to say, this will be the first time Mallman performs the song in its entirety, although the concept...
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Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Deaths Rich Cronin, the lead singer of '90s boy band LFO, died Wednesday after a long battle with leukemia, TMZ reports. Cronin suffered a stroke and died in the hospital this afternoon, his brother said. He was 35 years old. Cronin and his band, LFO, ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop News, BustedThe Boombox Music Blog: WideAwake At this point, ownership of famed gangster rap label Death Row has passed hands so many times that it's hard to know who exactly is in charge. In the label's post-Suge Knight era, ownership was taken over by Lara Lavi, the leader of a ... Read mo
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Famous Couples, Gut Reactions, Music News Jessica Simpson is the queen of the schoolgirl crush. Whenever she's dating a new man, she shouts about him from the mountaintops (Twitter and magazine covers). She takes silly photos of herself with her beau and shares them with the world. And ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?, ExclusiveThe Boombox Music Blog: WireImage | Getty Images Earlier this year producer Bangladesh -- the man behind hits for the likes of Ludacris and Beyonce -- put Lil Wayne on blast for failing to pay his $500,000 production bill, but it seems that the two have settled their ... Read mo
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Music News, Videos, Interviews College is tough -- even tougher when you're trying to launch a music career. Yet Mike Posner makes it look easy. Just a few short months after his graduation from Duke University, Posner is heating up the pop charts with his debut album '31 Seconds ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Music News It's no secret that Hanson's video for 'Thinking 'Bout Somethin'' pays homage the 1980 film 'The Blues Brothers,' but when the guys made a pit stop on their Shout It Out tour to do a radio interview in Chicago, they really opened up about the ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop News, R&B News, FashionThe Boombox Music Blog: Getty Images (2) Diddy and Jennifer Lopez are officially getting back together, but this time around it will be all business. The twosome both appear in Macy's upcoming Find Your Magic commercials, along with fellow celebrity designers Donald ... Read mo
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As the release date for Linkin Park's 'A Thousand Suns' inches closer, the band continues to debut more new songs to give their legion of fans a taste of the new album, with 'Blackout' and 'Waiting for the End' being the two latest cuts released. 'Blackout' is one of the screamiest Linkin Park songs we've heard in quite some time. The aggro vocals are punctuated by plenty of scratching and loads of thumping beats. Three minutes in, it gets contemplative before bursting into a full-on sonic assault.
Once you get your fix from 'Blackout,' you can move...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Scandal, Britney Spears Fernando Flores, who once worked as a bodyguard for Britney Spears, is filing a lawsuit against the pop star. According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Flores alleges that Spears sexually harassed him during his tenure with her. He also ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?The Boombox Music Blog: WireImage (2) Soulja Boy has issued a challenge to Fabolous. Fab publicly criticized Soulja Boy via Twitter last week, referring to him as "StupidBoySwag," after a video of the 20-year-old MC's alleged cocaine stash was leaked by notorious rap ... Read mo
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Singer Clare Burson had always wanted to know about the early life of her Jewish grandmother, Helga Rabinowitsch. Yet Rabinowitsch was reluctant to talk about it with her granddaughter and for good reason: Helga, then 19, and her younger brother Axel left Germany on Nov. 9, 1938. Later that night, a pogrom occurred in which 91 Jews were killed and over 7,000 Jewish businesses were destroyed, an event now known as Kristallnacht. Both Rabinowitsch and her brother ended up in America and never saw their parents again.
It was this desire to know more...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Ethan Miller, Getty Images Though one might not peg Timbaland as one of the most successful artists to grace the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, it might come as a surprise that Timbo has scored the most hits. The Virginia native has officially ... Read mo
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Our best wishes go out to James Otto for a speedy recovery. The country-soul crooner has been forced to put his concert and media tours in support of his upcoming album on hold due to illness.
"Dear Friends, I want to share with you that I was admitted to the hospital yesterday for an abdominal illness and will be canceling my shows this weekend -- 9/10 in Clarksville, Tennessee and 9/11 in Berea, Ohio," James writes in a statement to the media and fans. "I have been feeling badly on and off for a while now but didn't...
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For Maximum Balloon, the new solo project from TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek, the musician/producer enlisted an all-star cast of guests for the band's first album, including bandmate Kyp Malone, Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O, Shivaree's Ambrosia Parsley, Dragons of Zynth's Aku and legendary Talking Heads singer David Byrne.
So, what was Sitek looking for in these collaborators? "People who could tolerate my bulls---," he tells Spinner with a laugh. "It was more about fun than anything else. Just winging it, that's about it."
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Kevin Mazur, WireImage Nicki Minaj continues to rack up accolades for her work, scoring four solo nods at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards. Minaj is nominated for Rookie of the Year, Lyricist of the Year, Hustler of the Year and in the Made-You-Look ... Read mo
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Music News Are you ready for Willow Smith? The 9-year-old daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith released her first single, 'Whip My Hair,' this week and is reportedly in talks with Jay-Z's Roc Nation label, readying her place as the heir to her father's ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
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Kings of Leon have finally given their fans a taste of their new material with the song, 'Radioactive,' which debuted Tuesday on the radio and as a video. The track is the first single off the band's upcoming fifth album, 'Come Around Sundown,' which is due out Oct. 19 in the US.
The gospel-tinged track is a mix of the band's earlier southern rock influences with the streamlined sound of their Jacquire King-produced 2008 breakout, 'Only by the Night.' To reinforce that back-to-basics notion, the sepia-laden video shows the Followill clan...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Music News, Videos, Exclusives When it comes to writing catchy piano-driven songs, Matt White is a seasoned professional. The singer-songwriter began his musical career at a young age but it wasn't until after his graduation from the University of Wisconsin that he drew in a ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
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Billy Ray Cyrus's run as a TV star opposite his daughter, Miley Cyrus, may have ended when 'Hannah Montana' went off the air earlier this year, but that doesn't mean his days sharing time on the small screen with his children are history. The singer and actor will next appear with his son Trace in a new TV series, 'UFO: Unbelievably Freakin' Obvious' on cable's Syfy network.
The reality show, which has father and son traveling across the country to investigate conspiracy theories, is a perfect fit for the duo, Billy Ray...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Charts, Albums, Country NewsLady Antebellum have reclaimed the top spot on Billboard's Top Country Album chart, but an Oscar winner is nipping at their heels. Ryan Bingham, whose 'The Weary Kind,' from the film 'Crazy Heart,' earned the Academy Award for Best Original Song earlier this year, entered the album chart this week at No. 2 with his latest album, 'Junky Star.' It's the only debut within the Top 30 on that chart for the week. The disc also places at No. 19 on the Billboard 200.
Lady A's 'Need You Now' is still the year's best-selling album in any genre and...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Music News, Videos Lady Gaga stopped her performance short at her 'Monster Ball' in Washington, D.C. last night, after a fight broke out in the crowd. "Stop the music! Stop fighting! Do not fight at this show," Gaga exclaimed to the unseen offenders, leading the rest ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, BustedThe Boombox Music Blog: Kevin Mazur, WireImage The law seems to be working in Foxy Brown's favor, just in time for her birthday. The Brooklyn rapper, who turned 32 this week, escaped a trip back to jail for violating a restraining order, after prosecutors dropped all but ... Read mo
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Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson came to musical prominence in the '70s, a decade in which muscle cars like the Camaro and Trans-Am were rock stars in their own right. The iconic sisters' new album, 'Red Velvet Car,' and the track 'Wheels' brings to mind that era with a recurring automobile motif.
When the Wilson sisters visited AOL's L.A. studios for a video chat about the new album, guitarist Nancy explained the origins of the title track. "We started working on the song, 'Red Velvet Car,' and we went, 'Wow, this album is about...
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Brandon Flowers has said that he wants the Killers to get back together next year, and revealed he is 'missing' the band while he is on hiatus and exploring a solo career.
Speaking to the Metro, Flowers said of his band reconvening, "We don't have a date set but it will be next year. I miss them sometimes. We've shared a lot of experiences together. When the blows come its nice to have people there to share them with."
Flowers' debut solo album 'Flamingo' was released on Sept. 6 after a first single, 'Crossfire,' emerged in July. He plays a seven-date solo...
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Alan Jackson knows exactly how many No. 1 hits he's had in his 20-year career: 34. And now the country superstar is celebrating that achievement with the aptly-titled, '34 Number Ones,' two-disc set, hitting store shelves November 23.
The 37-track collection includes several of the Georgia native's best-known hits, including his first No.1, 'Here in the Real World,' the Jimmy Buffett duet, 'It's Five o'clock Somewhere' and the Grammy-winning hit, 'Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)'. In addition to the 34 chart-topping tunes,...
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Despite the fact that half of all weddings end in divorce, having your favorite band serenade you in the church might make going through with it worth the risk. A lucky couple from Norway found themselves in that position last weekend when Band of Horses -- who were in town to perform at the Dognvill Festival in Tromso on Sept. 4 -- played a lilting rendition of 'Marry Song' before vows were exchanged.
Ben Bridwell and his bandmates performed for the happy couple, known only as Njal and Elin, and their guests. A YouTube video of the event...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, TelevisionThe Boombox Music Blog: Andrew H. Walker, Getty Images B.o.B warmed-up for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards last night when he sat in the hot seat across from talk show comedienne and this year's VMA host Chelsea Handler. The Hotlanta native stopped by her E! show 'Chelsea ... Read mo
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Fans desperately waiting to read Jimmy Page's official take on the Led Zeppelin story shouldn't hold their breath, but for now, anyone with a spare £445 lying around get their hands on the next best thing. As previously reported by Spinner, 'Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page,' a glossy 500-page photographic retrospective of the legendary guitarist's musical life is out soon. But that is "probably as good as it's going to get" for the foreseeable future, according to Page.
"This visual documentary, and then possibly, if I ever get around to it, doing a book that...
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Any diehard Liz Phair fans who aren't blown away by her newer, experimental material now have a huge incentive to buy her latest album, 'Funstyle.' According to Pitchfork, the new LP will also include her rare Girly Sound tapes, which launched her career in the early '90s.
The three cassettes were recorded by Phair in her parents house on a four-track machine and were passed around by many of her early fans. She eventually sent one of the tapes to Matador, which signed her and released her debut album, 'Exile in Guyville,' in 1993. Many of the...
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Noel Gallagher did the unthinkable at Tuesday night's (Sept. 7) GQ Men of the Year Awards ceremony at London's Royal Opera House -- he gave his approval, albeit qualified, to one-time Britpop nemesis Damon Albarn for Gorillaz's victory in the Best Band category.
Gallagher told The Sun, "Gorillaz definitely deserve some kind of award -- if only for having 104 people on stage at Glastonbury. What a f------ rider that must've been to organise -- more complicated than a Big Brother shopping list!"
However he was less impressed with the English men's magazine picking...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Stones Throw Records Madlib samples nearly every genre and style of music, especially excelling at digging up relics and morphing them into new, interesting collaborations. His most recent case of seemingly oddball partnership is with Krautrock ... Read mo
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Sir Paul McCartney is to be honoured by the Kennedy Center for his contribution to American culture, it has been announced.
The award will be presented to the former Beatle at a state dinner on Dec. 4, while the following day there will be a gala event at the White House.
Other recipients of the award this year include Oprah Winfrey, country music's Merle Haggard, composer Jerry Herman and choreographer Bill T. Jones.
Kennedy Center chairman David M Rubenstein said that those receiving the award had "spent their lives enriching, inspiring and elevating the cultural...
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They're both gorgeous blondes with waves of glorious musical talent. They're also two of the most famous female stars ever to be spun from the ranks of 'American Idol.'
But sometimes their adoring public can't seem to remember which is which ... Is it Kellie Pickler? Or is it Carrie Underwood?
Bubbling with laughter, Kellie tells OK magazine that a lot of fans will call her "Kellie Underwood " and likewise, a lot of fans will call Carrie "Carrie Pickler!" But Kellie points out that she and Carrie are "totally different --...
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If the bizarre manner of his untimely death wasn't tragic enough, friends of late ELO member Mike Edwards have revealed a extra layer of bitter irony to his passing.
The classical cellist, who joined Jeff Lynne's eclectic Birmingham ensemble in 1972 following the departure of co-founder Roy Wood and original cello player Hugh McDowell, was killed last week in Devon when a 600kg hay bale rolled down a hill and struck the van he was driving. According to the musician's acquaintances, prior to his accident Edwards had recently returned to full health and good spirits...
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Canadian deathcore peddlers Despised Icon will close the file on their career with a final tour. After four full-lengths and the type of touring schedule that will make you weary just looking at it, the band will do a victory lap with on final U.S. and Canadian tour this fall.
The band declined Noisecreep's request for a rundown of the top three Despised Icon shows in the band's history, because it's done and over for them, and they've got nothing to promote other than these final dates.
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Gretchen Wilson has had some remarkable memories throughout her career, including her first No. 1 song, her CMA Award win for Top Female Vocalist and some cool collaborations with Hank Williams Jr., Kid Rock and Heart. What means just as much to the Redneck Woman are the special, unexpected moments she has experienced with some of her heroes.
"I remember Hank [Williams, Jr.] coming over one time completely unexpected, and he brought me presents in the back of a pickup truck," Gretchen tells The Boot. "He had somebody drive him...
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John Lennon's killer Mark Chapman has failed in his sixth attempt to gain parole on Tuesday (Sept. 7) and will now have to wait until August 2012 before he can re-apply.
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has consistently opposed his release, as she considers Chapman to be a threat to her and Lennon's two sons, Julian and Sean. The New York Daily News (via ABC) quoted her lawyer Peter Shukat as saying Ono was "very pleased" to hear of the decision to keep Chapman incarcerated.
Chapman, who shot Lennon in New York in December 1980, was interviewed via video by New York...
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The Xx won the Mercury Prize 2010 on Tuesday night in London for their debut album 'Xx'.
The band had been hotly tipped to take the prize, despite a late surge of betting on rival Paul Weller, who was nominated for 'Wake Up the Nation.'
The trio -- Romy Madley Croft, Oliver Sim and Jamie Smith -- appeared genuinely surprised when they accepted the award from muscian and TV host Jools Holland. "Thank you so much," bass player and singer Sim said. "We've had the most incredible year and it has just felt like every day we've just woken up to something incredible we...
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Now approaching age 76, Leonard Cohen has announced what is ominously being billed as his "final four North American dates." Thankfully, the context appears to just be for his current world tour, which began in 2008 and saw the iconic performer play three-hour marathon concerts to packed arenas and venues everywhere; however, Cohen himself did hint at retirement several times along the tour path. Even when his career was in full swing, Cohen often took an excessively long time between albums and tours as he pursued other interests and he would drop...
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Like their infamous jams themselves, Phish have been nothing but a constant flurry of activity since reforming last year. With tickets for Phish's fall tour set to go on-sale this weekend, the band has announced a number of other projects for fans to look forward to and, you know, discuss in online message groups for the next few weeks.
First up, in October, Phish will release 'Coral Sky,' a DVD of their legendary performance at the Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, Fla. from Nov. 2, 1996. A longtime fan favorite, this show is...
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Tours and Concerts, ExclusiveThe Boombox Music Blog: Getty Images Over Labor Day weekend, Lupe Fiasco descended upon his hometown at Chicago's first-ever North Coast Music Festival and unleashed some new material off his forthcoming album 'Lasers,' which looks like it will veer towards rap-rock. ... Read mo
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The Finnish cannot be stopped. The Finnish Metal Tour will return to the U.S. in 2011, and it will feature headline sets by folk metal madrigal makers Finntroll and Ensiferum. Barren Earth and Rotten Sound will serve as the support acts. Regardless of the geographical origins of the bands on the tour, one thing is certain: this tour is full-on folky and metallic. The tour is scheduled to begin on Jan. 31 and to roll through March 4 and metalheads will be certain to rock the 'folk' out.
In a statement, Ensiferum bassist Sami Hinkka said, "Greetings from the...
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Talk about slipping under the radar! Two Nashville celebs tied the knot over the weekend, and managed to keep not only the ceremony, but their entire relationship, under wraps until they became husband and wife!
Trailer Choir's Mark Fortney (better known to fans as 'Butter') and Emily Robertson, from Carter's Chord, tied the knot Monday (September 6) in a secret ceremony. Carter's Chord were the first to make the big reveal, posting the news on their Twitter page. "So...Emily surprised everyone and got married tonight to Butter from...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, MoviesThe Boombox Music Blog: Getty Images Is it a hoax or not? That was the big question when Joaquin Phoenix's hip-hop odyssey 'I'm Still Here' premiered at the Venice Film Festival Saturday night (Sept. 4). Phoenix, who has been a recluse since retiring from acting and ... Read mo
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Sir Paul McCartney is recognized as one of the most successful songwriters in the history of popular music, and as such, his recent visit to one of the world's most important places for songwriters was accompanied by honorary induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The presentation took place on July 26, prior to his acclaimed performance at Music City's Bridgestone Arena.
Roger Murrah, board chairman of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation (pictured above, left, with McCartney and CMA board member/songwriter Bob Di...
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?The Boombox Music Blog: FilmMagic | Getty Images A representative for actor Sean Penn has responded to Wyclef Jean's allegations that the actor abuses cocaine, denouncing Wyclef's them as "ludicrous." Penn, who has spent the last six months working on the Haitian relief ... Read mo
Zur Detail-Ansicht...Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Deaths, TV News, WTF Back in the day, Mike Tyson and Tupac Shakur were good friends, but there was one thing they never did together that Tyson regrets to this day -- they never got stoned. "He always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
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When Spinner recently spoke with Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard about his longtime side project Brad, we couldn't resist asking about the differences between the ways Eddie Vedder and Brad vocalist Shawn Smith approach music. Both bands come from that Northwest grunge tradition, but as we found out, Gossard sees them as quite different.
"How Shawn works, he's very spontaneous," Gossard tells Spinner. "Fifty percent of the time, the first vocal you here is the first vocal he went out and sang. Ed is so into poetry, so into words. He's done...
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Billy Currington's 'Pretty Good at Drinkin' Beer' has taken over the top of both the Billboard and Country Aircheck/Mediabase country charts this week. Lady Antebellum's 'Our Kind of Love' comes in second place, followed by Lee Brice's 'Love Like Crazy' at No. 3.
Billy already hit gold once before with songwriter Troy Jones, and he turned to him again for another hit song. "When I first heard it, I heard it on the same CD [demo] as 'People Are Crazy.' It was written by the same guy," Billy tells The Boot. "I don't...
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