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(ASB) Roughly two weeks before Avril Lavigne's new studio effort "Goodbye Lullaby" hits stores across United States, all tracks listed in the CD is previewed in an album sampler. more more on this story

Monkees Reunite For 45th Anniversary Tour

(Gibson) The reunited Monkees (minus guitarist and songwriter Michael Nesmith) will play 10 U.K. concerts this spring to celebrate their 45th anniversary. The TV show that launched the band debuted 45 years ago, in 1966, on NBC in the U.S.

Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones and Peter Tork have all signed on for the reunion tour.

Best known for hits like "I'm a Believer, "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Daydream Believer," The Monkees were a favorite of John Lennon who likened them to The Marx Brothers. The show won two Emmy awards and The Monkees records outsold The Rolling Stones and The Beatles combined in 1967. more on this story

Glee Blame It On The Alcohol

Tonight the cast of Glee give fans their auto-tuned versions of songs from Jamie Foxx, George Thorogood, Kesha and the Human League.

Here is the synopsis and song list: Principal Figgins teaches the student body about the danger of underage drinking, and the glee club is personally touched by the message.

Meanwhile, Mr. Schuester and Coach Beiste get in a bit of trouble of their own in the all-new "Blame it on the Alcohol" episode of Glee airing Tuesday, Feb. 22 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on Fox. more on this story

Britney's New Video Just One Big Product Placement?

(TMZ) If Britney Spears made half a million dollars from product placements in her new music video ... would you hold it against her?

Sources connected to Britney's video tell TMZ ... Spears netted a cool $500,000 for various product placements in her "Hold It Against Me" video.

We're told the dating site Plentyoffish.com, one of several companies featured in the vid, forked over "a couple hundred thousand" to feature their site on Brit's computer during the vid and saw immediate results ... a 20% spike in traffic the day after the video premiered. more on this story

The Honorary Title's Jarrod Gorbel Releases New EP and Announces Tour Dates

The Honorary Title's Jarrod Gorbel's new EP Bruises From Your Bad Dreams was released digitally last week by Burning-house Records/Gorbel music. That can only mean tour dates, but first a little more about the EP:

Bruises From Your Bad Dreams follows the August release of Gorbel's lush debut solo LP Devil's Made A New Friend, and ranges from the lively relationship-battle opener "Desperate Hands" to the rolling, reassuring "Mother/Father" to the cool, airy plaint "Snow Cruncher." "Miserable Without You" is a hopeful ballad anchored by the interplay of Gorbel and Atkins' stirring, evocative voices, while the acoustic version of Devil's track "I'll Do Better" distills the song to its most heartrending and lovelorn essence. The majority of the songs were recorded with Jack Dishel (Only Son, Moldy Peaches) in Manhattan, while "Snow Cruncher" is a holdover from the Devil's sessions, laid to tape with Mike Bloom (The Elected) in Los Angeles last year.

Gorbel, formerly of The Honorary Title, is in the middle of a US headlining tour. After a short break later this month, he will hit the road again for a run of shows at To Write Love On Her Arms events on college campuses.
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Gordon Voidwell Working on Debut Album

(Girlie) Gordon Voidwell has begun work on his first full-length, which will be released later this year.

In the meantime he'll be playing shows in New York and Florida during the next few months and stay tuned for his remixes of "High Society" by Bear Hands and "Promises" by The Morning Benders.

Since dropping his The Voided Checks Mixtape for free, Gordon Voidwell has quickly been garnering acclaim for both his own material as well as the tracks he's crafted for others. He has produced songs on both Das Racist mixtapes ("Shorty Said" and "Puerto Rican Cousins"), an official remix of Twin Shadow's "I Can't Wait," and the track "Spring Fever" for battle rap king Iron Solomon. more on this story

Phonograph Offshoot Soft Swells Release First Single

Soft Swells, the new project of Tim Williams and Matt Welsh (formerly of Phonograph), are releasing their debut single, "Every Little Thing," digitally today, Tuesday, February 22 via Modern Outsider Records.

Soft Swells will celebrate the release of their first single with a hometown show at The Satellite in Los Angeles (formerly Spaceland) on Tuesday.

They will play alongside Army Navy, Sing the Body Electric and A House of Lions for A Night With Buzz Bands LA. more on this story

Sealion Sighting in Vegas

Because it was a slow news day due to the holiday and for the four or five Sealion fans who might be interested, Caesars Palace put out this earth shattering news:

Celine Dion made her triumphant return to Caesars Palace to begin rehearsals for her brand new show at The Colosseum.

The new show, which begins March 15 and kicks off Celine's three-year engagement is directed by long-time Grammys director Ken Ehrlich and produced by AEG Live. more on this story