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Monday, February 23, 2009

The White Stripes Perform Together On Conan O'Brien's Last Ever Show!

The White Stripes made a very special appearance together to perform "We Are Going To Be Friends" on the last ever Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

It was nice to see the pair together and performing a little twist on a great track.

Check it out here if you didn't tune in on Friday night...

Monday, February 16, 2009

M.I.A. Has A Baby Boy

Congrats to M.I.A. and her new baby boy! She made it through the Grammys labor free and now has finally popped.

Check out the MySpace blog she posted for her fans:

T O F A N S F R I E N D S O N F A M I L Y . M Y B A B Y I S H E R E
HAPPY VALENTINES!

SUNDAY NITE I CA M E HOME FROM THE GRAMMY'S STILL IN THE MOOD TO PARTY , I COUDA EASILY GONE OUT BUT I WENT HOME INSEAD , LUCKY I DID!! COZ MY EARLY STAGE LABOUR KICKED IN AROUND 2 AM .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfndz8pW9WY

MY BABY WAS BORN WEDNESDAY , HE IS HEALTHY , FINE , BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST AMZING THING EVER ON THIS PLANET, OF COURSE IM HIS MUM!!!

ME AND BABY ARE PUTTING OUR TOUR DATES FOR 2010 TOGETHER
AND MAKING MIX TAPES
AND FIGURING OUT A WAY TO BREAK OUT OF THE HOSPITAL !

HOPEFULLY THE WORLD IS BEEN TICKING ALONG AND I AINT MISSED MUCH!

C U SOON ,

AND MY BABY BOY SAYZ HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you didn't catch M.I.A. about to pop on the Grammys then here it is:

Friday, February 13, 2009

Lily Allen - The EPK

Lily Allen's EPK for her new album "It's Not You, It's Me" has been placed on everyone's favorite online video channel, YouTube.

It features tracks for the record and Lily discussing a little bit about the writing process and her songs. Its quite sweet...

Thursday, February 12, 2009

The White Stripes To Play The Last Ever Late Night With Conan O'Brien

The White Stripes and Conan have had a bit of a love affair for a while now. Remember the five night stint the band did to promote "Elephant"?

Well, Conan has asked the duo back to perform at his last show ever in the current time slot on February 20th.

What they will perform, I don't know. Any suggestions?

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

PJ Harvey and John Parish - New York Tour Date!!!!

I don't know the other dates but i do know that PJ Harvey and John Parish have announced a live date in New York!

the show will take place on march 26th at Irving Plaza

The ticket pre-sale will be on February 13th.

The tour date comes in support of the duo's second album together titled "A Woman A Man Walked By"

Hopefully more dates to come....!!!!!!!!

UPDATE! There will be two more dates in the U.S. so far, Los Angeles and SXSW.

Here are the additional dates:

March 21 - SXSW
March 26 - El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Lily Allen's Doing Oprah!

Some things are going right in the land of Lily Allen right now!

After her MySpace Secret Show tonight at the Bowery Ballroom it all go uphill from there as she will doing an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show! I guess changing management was a good thing after all, eh?

Date and time to be announced!

Friday, February 06, 2009

Kings Of Leon Announce U.S. Arena Tour

The Followill boys have come a long way since their first record. Now on record #4, the band has stepped it up and are doing a full fledged arena tour across the country. Hey, if you can sell out Madison Square Garden, you shouldn't have too much trouble elsewhere

Here are the tour dates:

APRIL 2009

19 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena (On Sale 2/13)
21 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre (On Sale 2/13)
22 - Pittsburgh, PA - Palumbo (On Sale 2/13)
24 - Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center (On Sale 2/20)
25 - Philadelphia, PA - Spectrum (On Sale 2/13)
27 - Norfolk, VA - Constant Convocation Centre @ ODU (On Sale 2/14)
28 - Raleigh, NC - Koka Booth Amphitheatre (On Sale 2/13)
30 - Charlotte, NC - Bojangles' Coliseum (On Sale 2/13)

MAY 2009

04 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre (On Sale 2/14)
05 - Orlando, FL - UCF Arena (On Sale 2/13)
07 - Miami, FL - Bank United Center (On Sale 2/13)
08 - Tampa, FL - Sundome (On Sale 2/13)
10 - Charleston, SC - North Charleston Coliseum (On Sale 2/13)
12 - Cincinnati, OH - National City Pavilion (On Sale 2/14)
13 - Cleveland, OH - Tower City (On Sale 2/13)
19 - Phoenix, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre (On Sale 2/14)
21 - San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (On Sale 2/22)

Thursday, February 05, 2009

Likely Looks: Oasis - Falling Down

Oasis has a good swipe at the Royal Family on the latest video for "Falling Down".

Directed by WIZ, the clip shows a fake royal princess being completely snubbed by the band at an event that they are both attending. She goes to shake their hands and gets well...nothing but a stare.

They've even managed to throw in a little bit of real life too with Prince Charles being spliced into the mix at the end.

Here is the video:

Lily Allen To Do MySpace Secret Shows In Support Of "It's Not Me, It's You"

Get ready for next week to be Lily Allen week! So far, she's announced a special deal when purchased the album on MP3 via Amazon for only $3.99.

Plus, she'll be doing 3 MySpace Music Secret Shows in London, Tokyo and New York. The only one confirmed is Tuesday, the day the album is released in the U.S. at Bowery Ballroom.

Stay tuned for this space for details on where to get a wristband etc.

The Black Lips Attempt To Conquer India

Everyone loves a bit of controversy and what band is better to give that to you then The Black Lips. After attempting to conquer India with their music, they ended up practically getting kicks out of the country for their insane on stage antics.

Check out a preview here and stand by for the whole documentary coming soon!

Lux Interior R.I.P.

The legendary Lux Interior, frontman of The Cramps, passed away yesterday at the hospital in Glendale, California at 4:30 AM PST yesterday due to an existing heart condition.

My condolences go out to his family.

Bloc Party Take On Girls Aloud

On a visit to BBC's Live Lounge on January 30th, Bloc Party decided to add a little bit of bubblegum pop in their lives and cover Girls Aloud.


Listen to Bloc Party's take on it here:
Bloc Party - Call The Shots (Girls Aloud cover)

If you want to check out the original, you can watch the video here:

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Which one do you like better?

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Florence and the Machines Hearts Kelly Clarkson

Florence and the Machine teamed up with Mark Ronson at the Diesel U:Music Studios to do a lovely cover of Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone". Florence of course adds an absolutely lovely set of pipes to her take on the pop classic.

This song might be covered almost as often as "Umbrella" was back in the day or Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy".

Lily Allen North American Tour Dates Announced!

Lily's back! She'll be hitting the road in support of her album "It's Not Me, It's You" in the U.S. and Canada starting in April.

Support will come from Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.

The tour dates are as follows:

April
1 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
2 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern
4 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
6 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
8 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
9 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
12 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
13 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
15 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
17 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
18 Philadelphia, PA - TLA
19 Boston, MA - House of Blues
20 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
22 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theater

More dates to come!

Monday, February 02, 2009

Bonnaroo Reveals 2009 Lineup

All I can say is Bruuuuuuuuuuce! Bonnaroo has come a long way since it first started...

Here is the lineup:

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Phish (2 Shows)
Beastie Boys
Nine Inch Nails
David Byrne
Wilco
Al Green
Snoop Dogg
Elvis Costello Solo
Erykah Badu
Paul Oakenfold
Ben Harper and Relentless7
The Mars Volta
TV on the Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gov't Mule
Andrew Bird
Band of Horses
Merle Haggard
MGMT
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The Decemberists
Girl Talk
Bon Iver
Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
of Montreal
Allen Toussaint
Coheed and Cambria
Booker T & the DBTs
David Grisman Quintet
Lucinda Williams
Animal Collective
Gomez
Neko Case
Down
Jenny Lewis
Santogold
Robert Earl Keen
Citizen Cope
Femi Kuti and the Positive Force
The Ting Tings
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Kaki King
Grizzly Bear
King Sunny Adé
Okkervil River
St. Vincent
Zac Brown Band
Raphael Saadiq
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Crystal Castles
Tift Merritt
Brett Dennen
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
Toubab Krewe
People Under the Stairs
Alejandro Escovedo
Vieux Farka Touré
Elvis Perkins In Dearland
Cherryholmes
Yeasayer
Todd Snider
Chairlift
Portugal. The Man.
The SteelDrivers
Midnite
The Knux
The Low Anthem
Delta Spirit
A.A. Bondy
The Lovell Sisters
Alberta Cross

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Lily Allen's "The Fear" Goes To #1

Lily Allen has scored his second #1 single with "The Fear" this week. It seems to be a trend now...her first single on each album has went to #1

She ended Lady GaGa's 3 week reign at #1...oh well.

Congrats Lily!