I have some great news for all you Van Halen fans. The band is currently in the studio recording an album of new music. Even bigger news is that this time around, they have their original lead singer David Lee Roth. The last time that David recorded with the band was on their best-selling 1983 release, ‘1984’. It’s been almost twenty years since Van Halen released a new studio album so you know that they’re going to make this one good. And if that wasn’t enough for you, the band is also gearing up for a reunion tour which should kick off around the same time the album is released in 2011.
If the reports are true that Steven Tyler will become part of the new panel of judges on American Idol, the rock singer will have a crazy schedule travelling the country on top of his band being on tour all over the country. Aerosmith is currently in the middle of a nationwide tour and it’s scheduled to roll through the end of September. If you know your timelines, that puts it long after the production begins on the reality TV talent show. A rep for the band still won’t confirm that Steven is locked up for AI but she did say that no matter what “The Aerosmith tour will continue on for its full scheduled run with Steven Tyler.”
Police reportedly investigated two of Bret Michaels’ tour buses earlier this week and discovered not only pot, but also several other illegal drugs that are classified as Schedule II controlled substances. The rock singer was apparently not on the bus with the illegal drugs and no arrests were made. It couldn’t have been that much if no one was arrested but I’d like to think that Bret would be smarter than that to get into that stuff after everything he’s been through. He should really be laying off that stuff after all the health scares that he’s had just this past year.
Since Christina Aguilera’s album ‘Bionic’ became a certified flop, sources are saying that her record label RCA is in rescue mode. The powerhouse singer’s album barely sold 200,000 copies in its first 5 weeks of release and even made UK history for being the lowest selling album to make it to the number 1 spot in 8 years. The pop star also had to cancel her tour. Insiders say that RCA “has done its part, but she’s headstrong. There have been candid conversations between her and the label about connectivity, but it doesn’t seem that she’s been open to that dialogue.” However, a rep for RCA and Christina’s manager Irving Azoff deny that this is going on.
Despite being injured in a very scary stage mishap during her concert in Nurnberg, Germany last Thursday, the hardcore rock star otherwise known as Pink will not be letting a trip to the emergency room stop her from doing her thing, as the singer has chosen to forge ahead with her European tour as scheduled. Pink went on Twitter to say “okay. full steam ahead people.no pain, no gain. or is it no brain, no pain? either way, i will be on that stage, even if i have to crawl:) and a HUMONGOUS thank you to everyone who sent their love and concern, nikki is also doing fine. i will buy her an ice cream later.”
Maroon 5 has a new video out for their latest single ‘Misery’. The band’s lead singer, Adam Levine, and keyboardist, Jesse Carmichael, dropped by Sirius XM Studio in NYC last week to talk about their new album ‘Hands All Over’ and their first single. Adam said “We’re getting back to what it was all about from the beginning — and luckily we didn’t stray too far before we realized that.” As for what fans can expect on their new tour which kicks off on July 30, they said “No bells and whistles, no lasers and no pyrotechnics, just a show. A good one, too.”
Miley Cyrus is showing off that she has some insightful observational skills by talking about what she considers to a double standard in her attitudes about her skanky ways versus someone like Zac Efron. The pop star who claims she doesn’t listen to pop music said “Well, I love Zac Efron, but what’s he selling? He’s gorgeous, he’s hot, I don’t go see his movie because I’m like, ‘He’s such a fantastic actor.’ He’s a great actor, but he’s hot. He’s just not in a leotard with his legs out. He has his shirt off. So what’s the difference? In ‘High School Musical’… he’s in basketball shorts and his cutoff tank top and all the girls are dying. It just isn’t as obvious when guys do it. I was on tour with the Jonas Brothers my first year and boy bands get away with a lot. For girls, it’s always going to be harder. That’s not an excuse, it just means we have to work harder.” She has a point. And if you repeat that to someone else, I will hunt you down.
Even though they were on the verge of breaking up some time ago, it seems that the tour the guys from Aerosmith have planned is still on the roll and in addition to their European dates, the band is planning a few American shows as well. This is what their still acting front man, Steven Tyler, had to say on the matter: “We’re gonna rock you into the middle of next week!’’ Interesting… Aerosmith concerts in the middle of the week… some might take a dim view of that, but hey, every lame-ass rock band concerts in the week-end. Aerosmith are just being their special selves.
It looks like Nick Jonas isn’t the only one hoping for a solid career outside of the Jonas Brothers as older brother Joe Jonas has announced plans to release a solo album himself. The singer said “There’s nothing to hide. We’re just waiting for the right timing. There’s a lot of Jonas stuff going on this year, so once there’s a place for that record, we’ll release it. You’ll hear a lot of new music from us.” The Jonas Brothers are planning a summer tour together so we’ll probably get to hear Joe’s solo stuff after that’s done. The question is if anyone cares.
Jack White is auctioning off a red and white custom made marimba used in the White Stripes’ 2005 Get Behind Me Satan tour. All proceeds will benefit flood victims in his current hometown of Nashville. The instrument has been kept in a case since 2006 and it’s ready to be bid on at eBay. I say grab the chance to get a piece of the band’s music history and help out a great cause. I wonder how the auction will go and how high the marimba will go for. If that was one of Jack’s guitars I’m pretty sure it would go pretty high.
Though Maroon 5?s third album isn?t set to be released until September, the band is already getting ready for a North American tour to celebrate the release. That record better be good! I heard that they locked themselves in a mountain in Switzerland for months working on their new music. The tour kicks off with a concert in Saratoga Springs, New York on July 30 and will wrap up on August 29 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. More tour dates are still being organized. Joining Maroon 5 on tour will be a rotating set of opening acts that include Owl City, Guster, Kris Allen, VV Brown and Ry Cuming.
Akon has revealed that Lady Gaga is travelling with a mini recording studio during the princess of pop?s ?Monster?s Ball? tour and she?s already come up with some new music for her album. The hip hop singer said ?She records while she’s on the road. I’m flying out to Europe to work on some new records with her. GaGa’s just like me. She has a tour bus with a studio in it. Some of the songs I’ve heard are going to be crazy. She’s getting bigger and better. All I’m doing at the end of the day is listening to the tracks GaGa has written and approving them for her album. She has producers that she works with outside of myself and they are coming up with some incredible records. But the beauty of it is she knows exactly what she wants. So it just makes it easier for me.?
Christina Aguilera will be going on tour around the world, starting with the US in July to promoter her newest album ?Bionic?, which will come out in June. While I would love to see her hit the stage again I have a bad feeling about this. I think she?s going to have some difficulties filling large venues. Her new song hasn?t exploded on the radio or the iTunes chart yet. And the tour comes very soon after the album?s release that I doubt how much into it people will be. But if she keeps ticket prices reasonable and delivers her hits along with new stuff, then I think the tour could do well.
Rihanna was recently announced to be the latest addition to the 2010 Lilith Fair tour stop in Salt Lake City on June 12. The Barbadian singer joins the likes of Sarah McLachlan, Colbie Caillat, Emmylou Harris, Erykah Badu, Indigo Girls, Jill Scott, Kelly Clarkson, Ke$ha, Mary J. Blige, Norah Jones, Sarah Bareilles, Selena Gomez, Sheryl Crow, Sia, Sugarland and more. Tickets for the Salt Lake City date go on sale on April 17 at LilithFair.com. Now that is a show that?s more likely to sell out as compared to dates for her Last Girl on Earth tour. Maybe that?s why she decided to take the gig. She has to make up for her own tour.
Rihanna is apparently learning how to rock out on the drums from former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker. According to People, the 22-year old Barbadian singer, who spent some time with a drum set in her video for ?Rude Boy?, is learning how to play so she can perform live on her upcoming tour of Europe. As for how Rihanna?s lessons are doing, Travis seems to be impressed with her work as he went on his Twitter to say ?She JAMS!!!!! Watch out for her!!? It should definitely prove to be a treat for anyone who would be catching Rihanna in concert.
Up and coming singer Jason Derulo, who just finished a stint on tour with Lady Gaga, is on his way into the studio to work with none other than the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna! The R&B singer said ?Lady Gaga’s as awesome offstage as she is on stage. She actually said something which was really, really cool. She looked me in my eyes and said, ?Jason, I’ve worked with a lot of talented people, I’ve seen a lot of talented people, but you’re special. You’re star.? That meant a lot coming from her. I’m about to work with Madonna, and I?ve been watching her for years. I would love to be a part of another reinvention. She?s been able to reinvent herself time and time again. I?ll probably be part of that.? I can?t wait to hear what they come up with.
He should?ve definitely stood away from those hardcore ice-creams. It seems that R. Kelly?s upcoming tour in Europe has been postponed due to the fact that the singer is having some throat problems and his doctors have definitely prohibited him to do any singing. This is what R. Kelly said for all of those disappointed European fans: “I owe it to my fans to give them the best shows possible and right now my voice isn’t up to the job.” It would be very dangerous for R. Kelly to lip-synch in that condition indeed…. who knows, people might actually catch on. So even though there is much heartbreak, this was the right call and there?s no way around it.
I was really upset to find out last year that Beastie Boys rapper Adam ?MCA? Yauch was diagnosed with salivary gland tumor but I?m happy to report that he is now on his way to making a full recovery. Now that he?s well, the band is ready to start working on their new album ?Hot Sauce Committee, Part 1?, which was postponed indefinitely after Adam?s diagnosis. Adam said ?I feel better. It was touch and go there for a while, but I am finally getting my energy back. It was really disappointing to have to hold the record and postpone the tour, but doctor?s orders. We may or may not [release the album] depending on how my health is come September. We want to but we have to play it by ear? We finished the record over a year ago, so we want to take a look at it and re-evaluate and make sure it is what we want to put out there and that we are still happy with it. I don?t think we will change it up too much.?
Some time ago, the stars of ?Glee? went on Twitter to relay news that they would be going out on tour. It?s been a while since any more details came out regarding it but I finally have them for you. The actors and singers of the hit show will be making stops in four cities for a series of shows to perform some of their biggest hits like ?Don?t Stop Believin? and ?Somebody to Love?. The cast will stop in Phoenix, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. The list of dates is as follows: Phoenix on May 18, Los Angeles on May 20 and 21, Chicago on May 25 and 26 and New York on May 28 and 29.
Taylor Swift?s latest music video for her song ?Fearless? has finally come out. The 20-year old Grammy award winning singer gave viewers a chance to see footage from both backstage and from her actually shows from all over the world. The country cutie also talked about her song saying ?When I wrote ?Fearless,? I wasn?t dating anyone. I wasn?t even in the beginning stages of dating anybody. I really was all by myself out on tour and I got this idea for a song about the best first date. I think sometimes when you?re writing love songs, you don?t write them about what you?re going through at the moment, you write about what you wish you had. So, this song is about the best first date I haven?t had yet.?
It seems the band has suddenly cancelled their Asian tour without any real explanations. There is only a very straightforward statement of The Killers? official site that reads as follows: ?The Killers have been forced to cancel their appearances in Singapore, Beijing, Hong Kong, Manila, Tokyo and Seoul due to unforeseen circumstances. The band deeply apologizes to their fans and hope to reschedule their shows in these cities soon. At this time the bands Australian appearances remain scheduled as planned.? Maybe the band found out something they didn?t like about the cities they were supposed to visit? Or maybe The Killers don?t think that videotaping any of their Asian appearances is worth a DVD so why go there anyway. ?Unforeseen circumstances? can mean so many things.
Weezer?s tour was put on hiatus after lead singer Rivers Cuomo got injured in a tour bus accident that left him with a punctured lung. The singer recently took to his Twitter to let everyone know that he was coming back. He said ?Doctor says my lung is all healed – cleared to fly to Florida for the show. Turns out I broke 5 ribs!!! RC.? Rivers was spotted limping around LAX to make his flight to Florida. He and the rest of the band have kicked their tour back in gear after having played at the Florida State University on Wednesday night.
Lil Wayne is one very lucky guy. The rapper?s tour bus was detained in Falfurrias, Texas last week after Border Patrol officers found some marijuana on board. The great part about it for Lil Wayne was that he managed to escape a citation. He and 11 others were questioned by Border Patrol last Friday night and a couple of the guys in his crew were cited for possession. The rapper obviously dodged the bullet big time or he would be serving more time in jail on top of the time he?s set to serve starting in early February. When is this guy going to learn?
If you?re like me and thinks that a crappy album would inevitably equal a crappy tour then you better brace yourself because Mariah Carey is going to be hitting the road. The Angeles Cry tour is expected to make its way around the US next year with the pop singer still shamelessly promoting her horrific album ?Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel?. Mariah even threw her husband Nick Cannon a bone as the curvaceous diva agreed t let RydazNrtist, who are signed to Nick?s NCredible Entertainment, open the shows. I don?t think this is going to be a disaster ? I know for a fact that it will.
Rihanna appeared on the UK reality competition series X Factor this past Sunday night to belt out her latest single ?Russian Roulette?. On the show, the 21-year old Barbadian singer also shared that she will be going on tour in Spring 2010 and that tickets will be going on sale in just over a week. That?s definitely some exciting news! And it seems that Rihanna herself is excited about the whole thing as she said ?I can?t wait to come back here.? I?m sure all of her fans all over Europe are pretty excited about her coming back to wow everyone with her performances.
One of Miley Cyrus? tour buses was part of a deadly crash that took place on Friday about 45 minutes south of Richmond, Virginia. The buses were on the way to Greensboro, North Carolina for a show this past Sunday when one of the 4 vehicles in the singer?s convoy drifted off the road and overturned. One person, the bus driver, died, while 9 others sustained minor injuries. State police said that the roads were wet from rain the night before but were not to blame for the crash. An investigation went on to determine why the bus drifted. Early reports are saying that the driver suffered a cardiac arrest while driving. Mind you, Miley?s concert in North Carolina went on as planned.
Robbie Williams has decided that he will no longer have any concert tours because of the terrible side effects he has endured because of them. The singer admits that he ends up in rehab or fat after every tour so now, he?s scrapping it altogether. Here?s a crazy idea ? maybe you could use some of your millions to hire a touring trainer and actually pay attention long enough in rehab so you won?t have to go back. That way, you can avoid all these issues and be able to keep your career afloat. That?s just a thought though. But if he?s hell bent on not touring anymore, at the very least, there?s less chance for us to hear him botch his own songs.
Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and the LA Lakers are getting sued by a company that claims that they all used knockoffs of their big screen in concert. Large Audience Display Systems says in a federal lawsuit filed in Texas that the concerts in question used a large audience display screen that was identical to their patented gigantic monitors. Britney uses the screen on her Circus tour. Justin used the monitors on his FutureSex/LoveShow tour and the Lakers use them for the games. The Pussycat Dolls were also involved in the lawsuit. The company wants an injunction prohibiting the defendants from using the knockoffs in the future as well as unspecified damages.
With talks of a tour and musical, all that?s left for the Spice Girls is some TV work and it looks like they?re heading that was too. According to reports, the members of the band are planning a reality/talent show to find versions of themselves for the Spice Girls musical. The band?s former manager and mastermind and owner of the Idol shows, Simon Fuller, is helping with the idea. A source said ?It’s a fantastic new way to broaden out the Spice franchise and cash in on their personalities, their story and their songs. The girls would have to work intensely on a TV show for a short period of time. But they then launch a musical which could run for months or even years. It will take on a life of its own. The concept could even be replicated in other countries. The sky is the limit with this one.?
Supposedly after the first season wraps up, a ?Glee? music tour could very well be underway come the spring of 2010. Talks for such a tour are still in the early stages and nothing is 100 percent confirmed as of yet. However, I think that it?s a genius idea! The show has been doing amazingly on iTunes, selling tracks from aired episodes and the first soundtrack, which goes on sale on November 3, will probably sell like hotcakes. Fox Broadcasting president Kevin Reilly has coyly suggested the future of a tour saying ?Certainly if these kids become stars in their own right, who knows? Live appearances. Albums. There’s lots of things that could happen.?
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