February 22, 2007
NO DOUBT TO MAKE NEW ALBUM
Gwen Stefani says she can't wait to reform with her No Doubt band mates, and hopes to have an album out by summer 2008.
The pop singer has spent recent months promoting her second solo set "The Sweet Escape", and heads out on tour over the summer before giving birth to her second child. And after a busy year, Stefani plans to keep the momentum up with a return to pop-rockers No Doubt.
"I got an idea in my head about what we could do and now that's all I can think about - doing a No Doubt record," She tells radio station Galaxy. [Sound Generator]
Finally, No Doubt will return with some new material. As good as Gwen Stefani's music has been, No Doubt is missed by many. Their album, Tragic Kingdom, was my first album I bought. They're memories and I look forward to 2008.
Labels: in the studio, no doubt
HAWTHORNE/POISON JOIN WARPED TOUR
Hawthorne Heights have announced via a MySpace bulletin that they will appear on at least a portion of this year's Warped Tour.
Similarly, Ferret Records have confirmed that metalcore band Poison The Well will also play some dates. A complete list of confirmed acts, as well as what dates they are playing, is below.
The traveling festival will once again run from June to August 2007 all over the U.S. and Canada. The tour, in its 12th year, was founded by Kevin Lyman, who recently co-founded the Taste Of Chaos tour, entering its third year. [AP]
CURRENT WARPED TOUR 2007 LINEUP (bands playing all dates unless otherwise noted)
Agent Orange (8/23-25)
Alesana (Smartpunk Stage)
Alkaline Trio (7/31-8/7)
All Time Low (Smartpunk Stage)
The Almost (6/28-7/15, 7/24-8/25)
Anberlin (Spartpunk Stage)
The Automatic (6/28-7/24)
Bad Religion
Bayside
Big D And The Kids Table
Blessthefall (Smartpunk Stage)
Boys Like Girls
Cinematic Sunrise (Smartpunk Stage; dates TBD)
Coheed And Cambria
Cute Is What We Aim For
Drop Dead, Gorgeous (Smartpunk Stage)
Envy On The Coast (Smartpunk Stage)
Escape The Fate
The Fabulous Rudies
The Fall Of Troy (Smartpunk Stage)
Gallows
Haste The Day (Smartpunk Stage)
Hawthorne Heights (dates TBA)
Hot Rod Circuit
K-Os
The Matches
Meg And Dia
New Found Glory
Norma Jean (7/19-7/22)
Paramore
Pennywise (6/28-7/25, 8/17-25)
Pepper
Poison The Well
Set Your Goals (Smartpunk Stage)
SoTheySay (Smartpunk Stage)
The Spill Canvas
Tiger Army
Underoath (7/24-8/10)
The Unseen
The Vandals (6/28-7/1)
WARPED TOUR 2007 ROUTING (venues TBA):
06/28 San Diego, CA
06/29 Pomona, CA
06/30 Ventura, CA
07/01 San Francisco, CA
07/03 Vancouver, BC
07/05 Calgary, AB
07/07 Salt Lake City, UT
07/08 Denver, CO
07/11 Phoenix, AZ
07/12 Las Cruces, NM
07/13 San Antonio, TX
07/14 Dallas, TX
07/15 Houston, TX
07/18 Atlanta, GA
07/19 Jacksonville, FL
07/20 Tampa, FL
07/21 Miami, FL
07/22 Orlando, FL
07/23 Charlotte, NC
07/24 Virginia Beach, VA
07/25 Washington, DC
07/26 Scranton, PA
07/27 Detroit, MI
07/28 Chicago, IL
07/29 Minneapolis, MN
07/31 Milwaukee, WI
08/01 Cincinnati, OH
08/02 Cleveland, OH
08/03 Philadelphia, PA
08/04 New York, NY
08/05 Englishtown, NJ
08/07 Indianapolis, IN
08/08 Pittsburgh, PA
08/09 Boston, MA
08/10 Buffalo, NY
08/11 Toronto, ON
08/12 Montreal, QB
08/14 St. Louis, MO
08/15 Kansas City, KS
08/17 Boise, ID
08/18 Seattle, WA
08/19 Portland, OR
08/23 Fresno, CA
08/24 Sacramento, CA
08/25 Los Angeles, CA
Labels: hawthorne heights, poison the well, tour, warped tour
RARE ELLIOT SMITH RECORDINGS
Kill Rock Stars have announced they will post-humously release New Moon, a double-disc rarities collection from Elliott Smith, one of pop music's most gifted and troubled singer-songwriters, on May 8. The track list is below:
Disc 1
Angel In The Snow
Talking To Mary
High Times
New Monkey
Looking Over My Shoulder
Going Nowhere
Riot Coming
All Cleaned Out
First Timer
Go By
Miss Misery (early version)
Thirteen
Disc 2
Georgia Georgia
Whatever (Folk Song in C)
Big Decision
Placeholder
New Disaster
Seen How Things Are Hard
Fear City
Either/Or
Pretty Mary K (other version)
Almost Over
See You Later
Half Right
Elliott Smith died on Oct. 21, 2003, and his death is still under investigation. [AP]
Elliot Smith was a great musician, can't wait to hear the rare recordings, they should be epic. His music was a great idea for the movie Good Will Hunting.
Labels: elliot smith
CHRIS CORNELL LEAVES AUDIOSLAVE
Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell has left the group, citing "irresolvable personality conflicts".
Cornell said in a statement, "Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors."
There were hints of the band going their separate ways, when Rage Against The Machine (featuring Brad, Tom and Tim from Audioslave) announced they would reform and play at the Coachella festival in California this April.
Chris Cornell also recorded a solo single as the theme to 'Casino Royale', 2006's James Bond effort, 'You Know My Name'.
The band formed in 2001 after Rage Against The Machine split with their front man Zach De La Rocha in 2000. Cornell's previous band Soundgarden had split after their 1997 Australian tour. He released one solo album in the meantime.
They had three albums in their short career.
Cornell will release his second solo album 'Carry On' on April 28, produced by Steve Lilywhite. There is no word of a Rage Against The Machine recording yet. [Undercover]
I enjoyed the first album from Audioslave, the second, not so much. It's great that Rage Against the Machine is trying to try things out again with a reunion show, time will only tell how it turns out. Best of luck to Chris on his solo career.
Labels: audioslave, chris cornell, rage against the machine
SIRIUS AND XM MERGE
XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have entered into an agreement to merge.
The deal values the combined company at $13 billion.
The combination of the two companies is expected to offer a great choice of channels to customers, accelerated technology and new benefits to OEM partners.
The management line-up for the new company will be led by Sirius head honcho Mel Karmazin. Gary Parsons, Chairman of XM will chair the joint company. XM's CEO Hugh Panero is expected to exit the company following the merger.
Sirius Radio's core asset is superjock Howard Stern. XM Radio has grabbed headlines by signing Bob Dylan to host one of its programs.
The deal is subject to approval by the FCC but expected to be finalized before the end of 2007. [Undercover]
The FCC is having trouble approving this deal. They're afraid with no other Satellite alternative, XM/Sirius may jack up their prices any time they want. It is against certain laws for this to happen. I hope it doesn't, XN is way better anyway.
Labels: radio
WHITE STRIPES SIGN WITH WARNERS
The White Stripes are set to sign with a major label for the first time, according to Billboard.com.
The band are said to be "close to inking a long-term, multi-million dollar deal with Warner Bros."
The duo were dropped by indie label V2 last month. They, along with Moby and The Crystal Method, fell victim to a massive operational restructure at the company. [Undercover]
Best of luck to the White Stripes with their new record deal. They're money makers for any company, odd that they were dropped from their other label. I mean, sure, get rid of Moby, but the White Stripes? Weird.
Labels: white stripes
BLOC PARTY SPRING TOUR
Bloc Party have unveiled their second UK tour of 2007 for April - playing some of the biggest shows of their career.
The band released their second album this month "A Weekend In The City" - currently sitting at No. 2 in the UK album charts - and have confirmed plans for their second single release on April 9th to coincide with a new tour.
The London based outfit will hit the road from April 14th for six shows - including two dates in London at the Brixton Academy on April 19-20. The Monday prior they release "I Still Remember". [Sound Generator]
Dates are:
April 2007
14 - Glasgow Academy
15 - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
16 - Plymouth Pavilions
18 - Blackpool Empress Ballroom
19, 20 - London Brixton Academy
Labels: bloc party, tour
UNDEROATH SPRING/SUMMER TOUR
Underoath is taking to the road for a seven-week tour beginning next Thursday (Feb. 22) at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa. As previously reported, the trek comes on the heels of drummer/vocalist Aaron Gillespie's tour with his side project, the Almost.
The group will be sharing the stage with Taking Back Sunday through April 7 at the House Of Blues in Atlantic City, N.J. Underoath is supporting its most recent Tooth & Nail release, "Define the Great Line," which was recently certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. shipments of 500,000 copies.
The band will also play some dates on this year's Warped Tour, despite dropping off the 2006 lineup due to interpersonal conflicts. "Things are better than ever now. We've done three tours since then, so things are good," Gillespie told Billboard.com in January.
The sextet is also scheduled to perform June 30 at the 2007 Cornerstone Festival, the annual Christian music event held in Bushnell, Ill. [Billboard]
Feb. 22: University Park, Penn. (Bryce Jordan Center)
Feb. 23: Ypsilanti, Mich. (EMU Convocation Center)
Feb. 25: Birmingham, Ala. (Boutwell Auditorium)
Feb. 27: San Antonio, Texas (Sunset Station)
Feb. 28: Dallas (Palladium)
March 1: Oklahoma City (Lloyd Noble Center)
March 2: St. Louis (Pageant)
March 3: Milwaukee (Eagles Ballroom)
March 4: St. Paul, Minn. (Myth)
March 6: Des Moines, Iowa (Val Air Ballroom)
March 7: Kansas City, Mo. (Uptown Theatre)
March 8: Denver (Fillmore Auditorium)
March 9: Salt Lake City (Salt Air)
March 10: Las Vegas (House of Blues)
March 11: San Bernardino, Calif. (Orange Pavilion)
March 13: Irvine, Calif. (UCI Bren Events Center)
March 14: San Francisco (The Concourse)
March 15: San Luis Obispo, Calif. (SLO University Rec Center)
March 16: Reno, Nev. (Lawlor Event Center/Univ. of Nevada)
March 17: Boise, Idaho (Theatre at Taco Bell Arena)
March 18: Vancouver (PNE Forum)
March 20: Edmonton (AgriCom Northlands)
March 21: Calgary (Calgary Corral)
March 22: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Prairieland Park)
March 23: Winnipeg, Manitoba (Burton Cummings Theatre)
March 25: Thunder Bay, Ontario (Community Auditorium)
March 27: Ottawa (Congress Centre)
March 28: London, Ontario (Centennial Hall)
March 29: Toronto (Arrow Hall)
March 30: Montreal (Theatre Olympia)
March 31: Moon Township, Penn. (Sewall Center/Robert Morris Univ.)
April 1: Albany, N.Y. (Armory)
April 4: Wilkes-Barre, Penn. (Wachovia Arena)
April 5: Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center)
April 6: Lowell, Mass. (Tsongas Arena)
April 7: Atlantic City, N.J. (House of Blues)
Labels: taking back sunday, tour, underoath
