News Ticker: R.Kelly, Widespread Panic, Achozen, RIAA R.Kelly, via his remix for Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body,” announced that his new album is titled 12 Play: Fourth Quarter and that it will be released “soon.” Widespread Panic have been recruited to headline Sunday night after Bonnaroo after the Allman Brothers canceled their performance. Achozen, a collaboration between System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian and Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, will begin to digitally release songs from their new album next week. The band describes their music as “heavy hip-hop.” The RIAA spent $2.8 million lobbying in Washington D.C. last year. The group spent the majority of that figure on efforts to limit copyright violations. [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-17
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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News Ticker: Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers, Guns N’ Roses, Bill Cosby Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Dylan will follow up his critically acclaimed autobiography Chronicles with a children’s book entitled Forever Young. The forty page picture book is due to hit shelves October 6th. Gregg Allman’s recovery from Hepatitis C has forced the Allman Brothers Band to cancel their performance at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival. Bonnaroo organizers will fill the vacancy with a “big announcement” this Thursday. Contrary to previous reports, Axl Rose will not star in a reality TV show documenting the release of Chinese Democracy. Details about Bill Cosby’s hip-hop album Cosby Narratives Vol. 1: State of Emergency have emerged. The comedian executive-produced and co-wrote the album, but will not spit rhymes, instead leaving rapping duties to a trio of newcomers. [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2008-04-15
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Bob Dylan, Afternoon News Roundup
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News Ticker: Metallica, “Rock Band,” Allman Brothers, David Byrne With their new album due out later this year, Metallica is whetting their fans’ appetites with a new site called “Mission Metallica.” The band entices fans to “Experience the album… before it’s done.” The site will launch in May. MTV announced that Rock Band will begin selling full album downloads. First up: Judas Priest’s Screaming for Vengeance on April 22nd. The Allman Brothers have canceled this year’s run at NYC’s Beacon Theatre due to Gregg Allman’s recovery from Hepatitis C. The band promises to return to the venue in 2009 to celebrate their fortieth anniversary. Twenty-seven years after collaborating on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, David Byrne and Brian Eno are working on a new album, due out in 2009. The duo will reportedly tour together as well.
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Published: 2008-04-18
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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The Who Pen New Tunes, Prince Sues the Pirate Bay, My Bloody Valentine Reunite According to the Who’s Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend is already working on new material for the follow-up to 2006’s Endless Wire. “At the moment Pete’s writing new material. I haven’t heard anything. He’s told me some of the ideas which sound really intriguing again, and as usual from Pete, it’s never dull,” Daltrey says. Fans endured a twenty-four year wait between 1982’s It’s Hard and Wire, so this is some real progress. Not content with just suing his own fans (and writing songs about it), Prince’s purple wrath will now result in lawsuits aimed at torrenteers the Pirate Bay. While the site has already survived multiple attempts to shut it down, Prince and Internet-piracy slayer Web Sheriff have filed lawsuits in three countries (United States, Sweden, France) to try to sink the Pirate’s ship. My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields has revealed on VBS.tv’s Soft Focus that his shoegazing band has reunited and is working on a new album as we type. It’s been a Who-like sixteen years since the band released their epic Loveless. Jay-Z dedicated a moment of silence to Donda West, Kanye’s mother, during his set last night at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom. It was a somber moment in an otherwise upbeat week for Jay, as his American Gangster is expected to cruise to the top of the Billboard charts on the strength of sales in the 450,000 range. The Dave Matthews Band will add to their already large volume of live recordings with Live at Piedmont Park, a CD/DVD documenting the band’s September 8th, 2007, performance in Atlanta. The set features three new DMB songs, as well as appearances by opening act the Allman Brothers’ Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes.
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Published: 2007-11-13
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup
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