A New Dawn in Music Promotion

A €15 entrance fee reminds me of the extortionate charge you’d pay to watch your mate’s brother bash out his unique brand of death metal improv in the local badly lit, badly attended, ‘rock’ venue (and in the time it took me to say that, you would have already spent it again at the bar). But lo and behold, it is now the new recession-friendly ticket price for a series of European dates with some…

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Download: Lenny Kravitz – ‘Let Love Rule’ (Justice remix)

Justice’s latest mix of Lenny Kravitz’s late 80’s debut single, “Let Love Rule”, is packed with a lot of groove, sex and funky beats, as well as the duo’s signature sound, making it quite a interesting rehash. It provides some definitely good practice for two as well, seeing how they’re due to hit the studio to start the production of their next LP. [via Kanye West’s blog] [display_podcast]

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Velvet still haven’t found vocalist

The Velvet Revolver soap opera continues, as official sources announced that they are still loking for somebody to replace Scott Weiland. This comes as a shock, at least to me, because the word was out that the former Spacehog frontman was already the man for the job. It really gives you a bad feeling when you write something that turns out to be incorrect, but I can definitely say it wasn’t our fault. The reports…

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Lenny Kravitz: `It Is Time for a Love Revolution’

Artist name: Lenny Kravitz Album name: It Is Time for a Love Revolution Label: Virgin Records Us Gender: Soul rock Release date: February 5, 2008 ZMErating: 8 and 1/2 Website: www.lennykravitz.com Well the first thing I thought about when I heard about the album was that he’s still single, so what kind of revolution is he talking about?(bad joke, I know). Anyway, this album was intended to be a classic, but the thing is that…

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New Music Monday: 4 February

What a fine week this is gonna be, with new records from the likes of acoustic master [tag]Jack Johnson[/tag], soul/funk multi-instrumentalist [tag]Lenny Kravitz[/tag], country sweetheart [tag]Sheryl Crow[/tag] or electropop brits [tag]Hot Chip[/tag]. Fine week indeed. Jack Johnson: Sleep Through the Static Lenny Kravitz: It is Time for a Love Revolution

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Lenny Kravitz reveals new album tracklist

[tag]Lenny Kravitz[/tag]’s latest effort lands early next month and it’s tracklist has just surfaced, recently. The new record, titled “It Is Time for a Love Revolution,” spreads across 14 tracks including the already first two announced singles “Bring It On” and “I’ll Be Waiting.” After some early sampling the record sounds terribly promising, a real treat to start off the new year. The album is out February 5.

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Kravitz talks about new album

His upcoming album is titled, “It Is Time for a Love Revolution,” with songs including “Love Love Love” and “Will You Marry Me.”. But his romantic side is a bit more mature and he said the album focuses on many aspects of love, and not just romantic love. “There are spiritual love songs, and social love songs, political, sad, happy and everything in between – it’s about a lot of things,” the 43-year-old rocker said…

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Live Earth Rio may not take place

It seems that the Rio de Janeiro concert, part of the ample [tag]Live Earth[/tag] Festival set rock the world at 07.07.2007, is in serious jeopardy of not taking place, for security reasons. Brazilian officials claim they do not have enough police staff to ensure safety for the swarms of people expected to take part at the hugh concert at the Copacabana Beach and that they have to cancel the event. Live Earth officials, however, are…

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