The Last Goodnight Week: Stay Beautiful

 Stay Beautiful was another song that was written early on once we were in LA. The grooves in this song are among my favorite on the album. I felt that this was the first song I wrote where we had an upbeat tempo musically, and vocally the performance was as upbeat and on point. 

Live we've been able to play with it a little more and have fun with the song as a band. I knew it was something special when I'd have it in my car playing, and people would ask who and what it was without me telling them that it was our music. 

Hear for yourself and grab more info on the band, tour dates and more right- here

Good Charlotte Fall Off Stage

The group were only two songs into the concert in Brisbane when Thomas fell, spraining an ankle. He then picked himself up, climbed back on stage and carried on playing. 

After the concert, Thomas was taken to hospital and X-rayed, but was found not to have broken any bones.- more on this story

Prodigy Going to Prison

The G-Unit star - real name Albert Johnson - was indicted on one charge of gun possession at Manhattan Supreme Court in New York on Tuesday (09Oct07). 

The charge relates to Johnson's arrest last October (06), when New York cops pulled over his Chevy Suburban Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) for making an illegal u-turn- more on this story

MC Hammer RIP? Not Quite

The U Can't Touch This hitmaker - real name Stanley Burrell - was reported to have passed away in a mix-up with another man who shares his name. 

According to his representative, fans read about the death of a man called Burrell and assumed it was MC Hammer- more on this story

AC/DC DVD Boxset

The first AC/DC release since the band came to Columbia Records earlier this year, the AC/DC Plug Me In DVD collection brings together for the very first time an astonishing five hours of definitive live concert and television performances -- many of them previously unavailable -- chronicling the on-going career (now in its fourth decade!) of a groundbreaking rock & roll powerhouse whose music transcends the test of time.- all the details, tracklistings and preorder deal link

Chart Boss

Repeating the success he had in the UK last month, Springsteen's album sold 335,000 copies in the first week alone. 

According to the sales company Neilson Soundscan, they are the singer's best first week sales since his 2002 album, 'The Rising' - which sold 525,000 copies.- more on this story

Britney For Halloween

Recently, songs from Britney's Spears' forthcoming album, along with unfinished material and demos represented as completed legitimate songs, were leaked on-line. 

A label spokesperson stated, "due to these numerous unauthorized on-line leaks, the label is doing everything possible to prevent and avoid any further illegal distribution of songs including moving up the release date of the album to October 30th." - 

Kottonmouth King For President Tour

"We've totally revamped the set for this new upcoming Cloud 9 tour and we're going to dig into some of the classic Kottonmouth tracks and new material. We're looking forward to the music in front of the people and unifying the underground."

The Cloud 9 Tour will also become the campaign trail for Kottonmouth Kings visual assassin Pakelika, who recently announced his bid for the 2008 Presidential election. - more on this story

Cat Power Jukebox

The album will feature mostly covers with the exception of a few Chan Marshall originals including "Metal Heart" and recent crowd pleaser "Song To Bobby", previously unrecorded. 

The albums release is set for January 22nd on Matador. This weekend Cat Power sets out on a brief southern tour.- dates are here

Nine Inch Nails Eye Year Zero Sequel

In addition, Billboard understands Reznor, in keeping with past practices, will not decide how to actually release, market and promote the next album until the music is finished.

There will be new NINE INCH NAILS product before the end of the year, however. The remix album "Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D" is due November 20 via Interscope and feature remakes of "Year Zero" songs by Fennesz, the Faint, Ladytron and Saul Williams, among others.- more on this story

50 Worst Album Covers Of All Time

The quite delightful pieces of artwork featured on the list include cross dressing, garish costumes, Eighties disasters, Beastiality, David Bowie parodies, boring bastards, horny grannies and prophetic terrorist acts. The lot. 

Not just limited to bands from over the decades, more recent culprits include Razorlight, Hard-Fi and the return of the might MC Hammer.- 50, 35 and 19 are a riot! No. 4 should have been No 1. Truely warped. See the list but be warned do not view on a full stomach

Flaming Lips Halloween parade

The Flaming Lips Halloween Parade will invade Oklahoma City from October 26-27. The band's looking for a 1,000 fans (18 and over, sorry kids!) to participate in the March of a Thousand Flaming Skeletons.

There is a $25 fee to participate, but that allows you to take home your skeleton costume and a special edition t-shirt. more info on that- here

Bigelf To Finally Hex America!

Flaunting a sound that interfuses all the best elements from the late 60's/early 70's rock movement, Bigelf create timeless songs that drip with surging guitar riffs, remarkable Hammond organ playing and some of the best vocal harmonies heard this side of Abbey Road. Often described as "a cross between PINK FLOYD and BLACK SABBATH" and "The Evil Beatles", Bigelf channels all of its influences and delivers music that shares an appeal with metal enthusiasts, classic hard rock fans and vintage prog-heads alike. Bigelf has firmly established its own identity through years of developing and modifying their own DNA into a powerful new kind of music in the tradition of the great rock acts from the past and is a cutting edge, musical experience unlike anything else out there today. 

On the Stateside release of Hex, Bigelf frontman/keyboardist Damon Fox explains, "Whenever I talk about Hex I like to quote the fans. An Elfhead in Brazil once told me, 'Without bands like Bigelf there will be no future. Rock needs heart, strength and open minds. The masters of the past have shown us the way. It's easy, we just need to be honest and do the right thing.' Wow, I couldn't of said it better myself." He continues, "People today want real music. They're almost dying for it. We're prepared to bring it and change people's lives just like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin did 30 years ago. I'm serious." - [this is definitely a CD to grab if you're a rock fan. See them live if you get the chance too, you won't regret it!] more on this story

Bono Not a Spice Girl

It had been reported that the U2 star had penned a song for the group, who release their album on November 12th. 

"We're great fans of the Spice Girls," Paul McGuiness told the Sun. "But rumours that Bono is to join them as a sixth member are sadly not true."
- more on this story

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