A Mass of Candlemass Releases Coming

The band has also announced that a brand new album will be recorded in Autumn for an estimated release in Spring, 2009. On top of that, Candlemass are going to re-release a mass of albums - details here

Once Nothing Drop Off Tour

Lambgoat reports: Once Nothing (Solid State Records) has dropped off their current tour with Becoming The Archetype, A Plea for Purging, and Inhale Exhale, which runs through mid-May.

Bassist Steve Lucarelli explains:"Sometimes things in life happen that are more important than others, one of these things is obviously family. One of the things that this band has always been about is family, and that comes first, above all.

"That being said, one of our families is in need, and so we are dropping off of the Bring Your Own Beard Tour. I know this is a bummer, we'll make it up to you guys that were coming to the shows." - more on this story

Little Big Town Ride for a Cure

PR reports: Platinum artists Little Big Town will take to the streets at the second annual Ride For A Cure motorcycle ride on Sunday, June 8, 2008 benefiting the T.J. Martell Foundation.

The ride will kick off at the Harley-Davidson of Cool Springs and end at the future location of Harley-Davidson of Columbia for a field party where Applebee's will provide a post-ride barbecue lunch followed by a special jam session with Little Big Town and friends.
Celebrities and special guests participating in the ride include Darryl Worley, Lonestar, Gary Chapman, GAC's Storme Warren, Heidi Newfield, Bo Bice, Jennifer Hansen, Mark Nestler, Trent Tomlinson, Ira Dean, Keith Anderson, Chuck Wicks, Jeff Allen, Charles Kelly of Lady Antebellum, James Otto and Christian Kane, to name a few. - more on this story

Free Futureheads download

antiMusic reports: RCRD LBL.com sent this lil gift over you: We are very pleased to bring you an unreleased, exclusive track from UK post/punkers the Futureheads.

The track is a remix of their new single "The Beginning Of The Twist" by Atephoald.

RCRD LBL.comis the only place you can get it! So go get it - here

Vegoose Goes Kaput

idolator reports: At this point, you're probably so sick of festival news (although the lineup for the London Auto Show has been announced!) that a festival un-announcement at least represents something of a reprieve.

So! The Las Vegas mini-Bonnaroo Vegoose seems to be kaput, with attendance in recent years never quite reaching the heights of its 2005 inaugural run.

To the organizers' credit, Vegoose ran a slightly different show, with the festival itself running during daylight hours and ticketed concerts taking place in local casinos and theatres at night. - more on this story

Labels Sue Playlist Site

Reuters reports: Nine major record labels filed suit against an online music provider on Monday, accusing Project Playlist Inc of a "massive infringement" of their copyrights to the songs of artists such as U2 and Gwen Stefani.

Project Playlist enables its users to easily find, play and share music with others for free, according to the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

The website compiles a vast index of songs on the Internet and users can "quickly and easily search the index for recordings by their favorite artists. At the click of a mouse, Project Playlist instantly streams a digital performance of the selected recording to the user, who can listen to it on his or her computer or mobile device," the lawsuit said. - more on this story

Glastonbury Lineup Announced

Gigwise reports: The full line up for this years Glastonbury Festival has been revealed, a day after a supposed leaked version appeared in the media.

This year's festival, which runs from, June 27th-29th, will be headlined by Jay-Z, The Verve and Kings of Leon. The only slot which has yet to be confirmed is the penultimate show on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday.

The full line-up announcement has confirms that Panic At The Disco, Massive Attack and Groove Armada will headline the Other Stage. Other acts confirmed for this year's festival include The Cribs, The Enemy and Pete Doherty, who is currently serving a 14-week prison sentence. - more on this story

Free Coldplay Hits The Web Along With Another Free Show

antiMusic reports: The free download of Coldplay's new single is being called a hit by Billboard magazine as the band's frontman announced during a radio interview that they would be playing a free show in Barcelona. Billboard declared with their headline that "Coldplay Download Freebie Proves A Hit" after they found the band's official site sluggish while trying to get their hands on the free download of "Violet Hill," the first single from "Viva La Vida," the band's new album that is set to hit stores on June 17th.

Yesterday the band announced that would be playing free shows at London's Brixton Academy on June 16 and Madison Square Garden in New York on June 23. Then today Chris Martin told Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1 that the band would soon announce a free show in Barcelona.

Didn't grab the song yet? It's at coldplay.com. Now on a narcissistic sidenote, a blogger mentioned our headline for the article where we published the tracklisting for the album. We always take any chance we can get at humor and dubbed the article "10 Reasons to avoid the new Coldplay CD" Said blogger didn't think it was very funny and was so confused in anger that he or she called the article a review and credited it to the New York Times. It's not every day we get mistaken for the Times. Of course, we make stuff up we tell you we made it up. =) - the blog

Why Teens Aren't Buying Music

antiMusic reports: It used to be smart for record companies to target most of their music to teenagers. But those days are long gone and the music industry still has figured that out. While half of their sales are for older releases, purchased by old customers, they still chase that illusive young demographic. Where did they go?

However, today teens are given the choice between spending money on prefab pop or emo groups put together by a record company execs specifically targeted their dollars and a variety of other forms of entertainment. The Wall Street Journal seems to know what the kids that are supposed to be buying CDs are spending their cash on instead: "The latest installment in the Grand Theft Auto series is expected to shatter sales records for videogames when it hits stores Tuesday."

Just successful will this game be? The Journal turned to Evan Wilson, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, and he "predicts first-week Grand Theft Auto IV sales could be more than $400 million." It's no wonder that we are see more and more of a push for music in games and are even seeing game soundtracks. But when you consider that the main growth market in music is download sales and the biggest buyers there are between 36 and 50, you have to wonder why the labels are targeting audiences that grew up with music and not video games. Just some food for thought. - Check out the Wall Street Journal for more on Grand Theft Auto IV sales and some controversy.

Elvis Gets Punked

antiMusic reports: You'll never think of the music of Elvis Presley the same way after you hear what punk supergroup G.G. Elvis and the T.C.P. Band do to the King's classics! Here is a little about how they are resurrecting Elvis for a new Generation:

Mental Records is pleased to announce the release of G.G. Elvis and the T.C.P. Band "Back From The Dead" for worldwide distribution on June 24, 2008. This utterly insane group of comedic mutha' f*ckers manically combines the very best (and worst) of the "King of Rock" Elvis Presley and self-professed "King of Punk" G.G. Allin into a smash up punk rock Elvis tribute the likes of which the world has never seen. We're talkin' tight comedy-fused high-intensity music, masterfully mixed with well-known punk rock cover songs of Elvis classics. So in other words… PARTY!

Hailing from Oxnard, California (Ventura County just north of L.A.) the band features some of the "Nardcore" nest including members of NOFX, Agression, Bad Samaritans, Ill Repute, Stalag 13 & Dr. Know. - more on this story

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