About two weeks have passed since the Italian legend named Luciano Pavarotti left us and the world is still not used to that idea. His fans and people from every corner of the world go and listen to his recordings or watch bits from the opera. But for some there are more pressing problems. Like his money. His second wife has an attorney named Giorgio Bernini and he has stated that in the final months…
The [tag]Sex Pistols[/tag] are an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band and they were described by the BBC as “the definitive English punk rock band.”. They were also credited with initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom. So they formed in London in 1975 and then they stopped the band in 1978 and got back together in 1996. They performed together in 2003. Hard to understand but they are known for various…
In a stormy news flash Billboard announced that ex-[tag]Rage Against The Machine[/tag] frontman Zack de la Rocha has tied up his first solo, still untitled, album ever. Recordings on his solo album started ever since RATM’s dissolution in 2000 and number guest artists as: DJ Shadow, Company Flow, ?uestlove or Trent Reznor. With such great big names, especially production wise, this is sure to be one of the most memorable records in 2008, the probable…
Last week was one of the busiest weeks ever in terms of releases and also very publicized due to the show down between [tag]50 Cent[/tag] and [tag]Kanye West[/tag]. This weeks bares the aftershock of the previous with a lot of great releases and also it marks the end of the 50/Kanye clash, as the results will be announced sometime today, or early tomorrow morning. Both Akron/Family and [tag]James Blunt[/tag] lead the pack for new releases…
Regarded by many as the Princess of Pop [tag]Kylie Minogue[/tag] has been on a long hiatus for four year now, due to her dreadful brest cancer illness. She is a strong woman though and she managed to fight with the disease and eventually conquering it; those who’ve watched her live shows part of the Showgirl Greatest Hits tour know what I mean. Now Kylie is preparing to release her 10th studio effort some time in…
Yesterday morning it was announced that sadly [tag]White Stripes[/tag] weren’t gonna be able to perform at this weekends 15-16 September Austin City Limits Festival due to unpublicized ‘health issues’ affecting Meg White. Guess all that touring had to leave some marks. A few hours later a press statement was released on whitestripes.com, clearing what the so called ‘health issue’ was and revealing even more sad news for fans. Read on and you’ll know what I’m…
Canadian quartet Hot Hot Heat released their long awaited fifth record Happiness Ltd. today, but unfortunately picked the wrong day to do it, as they’ll get little to no attention compared to the highly publicized clash between [tag]50 Cent[/tag] and [tag]Kanye West[/tag]. HHH frontman Steve Bays told Spinner later this day, that he doens’t really think he’ll outsale any of the hip-hop artists (really?), but said he would definitely want to join the victor at…
Already a few months into their Barcelona recordings, preping a follow to 2005’s “X&Y”, [tag]Cold Play[/tag] have broken the until now studio silence and gave a little update on the progress of the new, un-titled, album. Writing on their website, the band said a short and to the point record is up ahead, no longer then 42 minutes and comprising 9 tracks(give or take). “Expect a short, concise record with no fat and at least…
This week marks the controversial showdown between two of the most famous MCs in the industry [tag]50 Cent[/tag] and [tag]Kanye West[/tag], as both of their solo albums, “Curtis” and respectively “Graduation” are being released on the same day 9/11. A while back Fiddy sparked a psychological and marketing battle, between him and Kanye, when he promised to quit solo music if West outsells him on the release day. Amazon reports that Kanye is ahead of…
It seems so, all facts lead to it, although a few months back Robert Plant denied any such rumors, in his characteristic fashion, saying “If there was one, then there wouldn’t be enough doctors to support it!”. What facts, do you say? Well for starters at the beginning of the week English ticket adverisers put ads out offering tickets for a Led show at the O2 Arena, London. News has it founding members Jimmy Page,…
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