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Open-Letter Mailbag: Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas Responds To Radio “Blackmail” As any artist should know by now, if you’re going to write an open letter, we’re going to read it and discuss. Today, we examine the five-paragraph retaliation note Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas directed at Charlotte, North Carolina disc jockeys Matt & Ramona. While promoting their new greatest-hits album in the north-er Carolina, Thomas came down with food poisoning. The band was able to complete their first promotional obligation, but Thomas’ sickness and time constraints forced the band to cancel their appearance on the popular rock jocks’ radio show. Matt & Ramona responded over the airwaves by saying, according to Thomas, they “weren’t going to play our music until we apologize in person to you.” Thomas did not take kindly to the “blackmail,” nor the fact that the DJs “chose to read and make fun of letters that fans sent you.” Thomas closes out the letter with “We thank you for the years of support and are sorry it has to come to an end, but there is no way we will ever apologize after being threatened on the air.” Pwned by Rob Thomas! We listened to the clips from that show and heard the DJs claim that though Matchbox Twenty canceled on them, the band was allegedly across town making good on another promotional appearance. Then, like the drive-time talk-hosts they are, Matt & Ramona filled the air-time with jokes at Thomas’ expense (while he is by all accounts an incredibly nice guy, perhaps such jabs are the media’s way of getting even with him for making everyone hear Santana’s “Smooth” a million times). One thing we learned, though, is that the gender divide between Matchbox Twenty fans is off the charts. Of the 236 comments left following Thomas’ MySpace post at press time, only three of them came from men — and one of those men was a fake Rob Thomas. Click HERE for an update on the story. Related Stories: Rock Bloggin’:
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Published: 2007-10-25
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Matchbox Twenty Star Attacks Djs Over Blackmail BidMATCHBOX TWENTY star ROB THOMAS has blasted two callous North Carolina DJs who poked fun at his recent food poisoning problems in a letter to a local
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Published: 2007-10-25
Provider: Contact Music
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Matchbox Twenty, How Far We've Come VideoMatchbox Twenty's three albums have sold more than 28 million copies worldwide to date. They made th
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Published: 2007-09-25
Provider: Contact Music
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Rob Thomas, band donate for Katrina musicRob Thomas and his band, Matchbox Twenty, have donated $200,000 to raise money for, among other things, restoring music education ...
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Published: 2006-05-30
Provider: USA Today
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Festival Bosses Sue Animal Rights GroupOrganizers of Wyoming's Cheyenne Frontier Days festival are suing animal rights group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) after activists pressured headliners Matchbox Twenty to pull out of an appearance.[...] Read more!
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Published: 2008-04-18
Provider: StarPulse
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Rock Bloggin’: Fall Out Boy Breaks Upper Cankle, ‘Tween Girls Line Up To Sign Cast During Fall Out Boy’s performance at this weekend’s Voodoo Festival in New Orleans (see the gallery here), bassist Pete Wentz broke the bone that connects the foot to the shin. We’re assuming that’s the upper cankle, but there’s probably a more anatomically correct term for it. Wentz says the injury occurred while jumping around onstage, while other reports blame a posse of Rage Against the Machine fans sporting voodoo dolls. Either way, Wentz now has a good excuse to post pictures of his swollen Hobbit’s foot in his blog. “ive got good news and bad news, which do you want to hear first?” is the name of the post that is oddly lacking the promised good news. He does assuage fears of concert cancellations, assuring that FOB won’t miss any shows thanks to the “rocker boot” (cast) on Wentz’s “small car sized” foot. In other news, Fall Out Boy has easily defeated Matchbox Twenty in the “Fans’ Gender Divide” category. Matchbox Twenty set the bar last week with 233 ladies in 236 comments in response to their radio controversy, but FOB blows them away by operating at a slightly higher ninety-nine percent female quotient in comments. Wentz, the trophy is yours — that is, until Panic! At the Disco breaks something. Related Stories: Smashing Pumpkins, Rage, M.I.A. Cast Spell on New Orleans at Voodoo Festival Rock Bloggin’: God Speaks to Billy Corgan, Tells Him to Post Ramblings on Public Forum Pete Wentz Talks Fame, New Fall Out Boy Songs and One Hilarious Emo Gag
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Published: 2007-10-31
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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