TI READY TO RELESE HIS HOMIE BIG KUNTRY KING / VIDEO
July 17, 2008
Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist Big Kuntry King has announced early details of his much anticipated new album, “MY TURN TO EAT.” The collection – which features the single, “Da Baddest (Feat. Trey Songz)” – will be available in stores and all digital retailers on September 9th.
UNDEROATH NEW ALBUM DATE / TOUR DATES
July 17, 2008
As the final notes ring out on LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, it’s clear that UNDEROATH–who’ve built their career on being both heavy and experimental–have delivered their most accomplished album to date. Succinct and resolute, there’s no denying the power of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, due out September 2 on Tooth & Nail/Solid State as the follow-up to 2006’s rapturously received and gold-certified Define The Great Line.
Now headlining the Hot Topic stage of the Mayhem Tour, UNDEROATH perform daily from 6:25-7:00pm at the festival, joining hard music heavyweights Slipknot, Disturbed, Mastodon and Dragonforce, among others. During days off from the Mayhem tour, UNDEROATH will play a series of headlining dates with The Red Chord supporting. Next, in early September, UNDEROATH will headline an eight-city U.K. trek, to be followed by dates in Germany, Italy, South Africa and Australia. In October and November, look for UNDEROATH to return to the U.S. for a major headlining run–kicking off at Honolulu’s Pipeline Café (3,000 cap) on October 4–before touring Central and South America.
DATE CITY VENUE
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour-Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 7/15 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
Wed 7/16 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/17 St. George, UT The Electric Theater
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour–Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 7/18 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Sat 7/19 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
Sun 7/20 Denver, CO Coors Amphitheatre
Tue 7/22 Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Wed 7/23 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/24 Little Rock, AR The Village
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour–Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 7/25 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Sat 7/26 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sun 7/27 Houston, TX Sam Houston Race Park
Tue 7/29 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Wed 7/30 W. Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
Headlining off date with The Red Chord
Thu 7/31 Charleston, SC Music Farm
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour–Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Fri 8/1 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless
Sat 8/2 Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
Sun 8/3 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Headlining off-date with The Red Chord
Mon 8/4 Albany, NY Northern Lights
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour–Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 8/5 Boston, MA Tweeter Center for Performing Arts
Wed 8/6 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Fri 8/8 Toronto, ON Downsview Park
Sat 8/9 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sun 8/10 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival tour–Hot Topic stage: 6:25-7:00pm
Tue 8/12 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Wed 8/13 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Fri 8/15 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center
Sat 8/16 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Sun 8/17 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
Tue 8/19 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Underoath European Headlining Tour
Sat 9/6 Manchester, UK Academy 2
Sun 9/7 Glasgow, UK Garage
Mon 9/8 Birmingham, UK Academy 2
Wed 9/10 Cardiff, UK University Solus Room
Thu 9/11 Norwich, UK Waterfront
Fri 9/12 London, UK Astoria (Mean Fiddler)
Sat 9/13 Leeds, UK Cockpit
Sun 9/14 Portsmouth, UK Wedgewood Rooms
Tue 9/16 Berlin, Germany Kato
Wed 9/17 Köln, Germany Luxor
Fri 9/19 Roncade, Italy New Age Club
Sat 9/20 Cesena, Italy Vidia Club
Tue 9/23 Durbanville, SA The Barnyard Theatre
Wed 9/24 Umhlanga, SA The Wavehouse
Thu 9/25 Boksburg, SA Black Dahlia
Fri 9/26 Eikenhof, SA The Lido
Sat 9/27 Lonehill, SA The Rustic Theatre on Main
Underoath Australian Headlining Tour
Tue 9/30 Sydney, AUS UNSW Roundhouse
Wed 10/1 Melbourne, AUS Billboard
Thu 10/2 Brisbane, AUS The Arena
Underoath Headlining
Sat 10/4 Honolulu, HI Pipeline Cafe
ED LAURIE SIGNS WITH DANGERBIRD / MP3
July 17, 2008
Dangerbird Records is home to a cornucopia of hot young talent: Silversun Pickups, Dappled Cities, The One Am Radio and Sea Wolf to name a few. So when signing someone new to the roster it is best to take note and, given the diversity of the aforementioned acts, check all sonic expectations at the door.
BLESSID UNION OF SOULS ARE BACK WITH NEW ALBUM
July 17, 2008
After rotating band members, management companies and record labels over the past few years, BLESSID UNION OF SOULS—founders lead singer/songwriter, Eliot Sloan and bassist Tony Clark, along with six year vets Bryan Billhimer (guitars) and Shaun Schaefer (drums)–are back with the band’s sixth studio album, CLOSE TO THE EDGE. It’s due out September 16 on Torque Records (distributed by Sony/Victory/Red). The first single, “Could’ve Been With You,” is currently being serviced to radio stations nationwide and will be made available on iTunes in the coming weeks.
With CLOSE TO THE EDGE, the Cincinnati band embarks on an album that is more indicative to what the four of them bring to the table musically. Taking eight tracks from their previously independent album, PERCEPTION and adding four fresh new songs to the record, the band is back in full force with a new outlook on their careers.
Blessid Union Of Souls fans can be reassured that they have not abandoned the song writing integrity that helped establish them as one of the premier groups of the past decade. Their knack for simple, sing along melodies can be heard in the instantly likeable “I’ll Be There” and their taste for intriguing themes is evident in their opening track, “Back From The Dead,” which is an emotional, personal piece about recovery from addictions.
“CLOSE TO THE EDGE, in its entirety and its title, represents exactly where we are as a band,” explains lead singer Eliot Sloan. “There’s a sense of urgency in this record that was completely unintentional and I think it turned out better than anyone in the band expected. It’s the record we’ve been trying to make for the last 5 years, and to hear it as a completed work, knowing it’s about to be released to the masses, has us feeling like this is the first record we’ve ever released.”
Blessid Union Of Souls has been blessed indeed since their 1995 debut. They’ve had eight Top 40 hits including “I Wanna Be There,” “Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me)” and “I Believe,” which reached #1 in the U.S., Southeast Asia and England while becoming the fourth most played song of 1995; they’ve performed worldwide with The Goo Goo Dolls, Bon Jovi, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan and with Mike and The Mechanics at two sold-out shows at Royal Albert Hall in England; their songs have been heard in movies with Jodie Foster, Jim Carrey and Penny Marshall, as well as on TV shows like “Cold Case,” “All My Children,” “Dancing With The Stars” and “American Idol.”
KEYSHIA COLE REGAINS THE #1 SPOT ON BILLBOARD
July 17, 2008
Definitely avoiding the sophomore jinx, Grammy-nominated and award-winning Geffen Records superstar singer/songwriter, Keyshia Cole, continues to deliver the hits with her third (3rd) #1 single, “Heaven Sent,” from her near-double-platinum-selling sophomore album, Just Like You.
PSA: NORTH DAKOTA/ORANGE COUNTY FIGHTING FOR LIFE
July 17, 2008
“I hate the hardship that this disease placed on my family, and nothing sucks more than watching your little brother go into diabetic shock.”
KID ROCK BOUNCES BACK IN THE TOP 5 / TOUR DATES
July 17, 2008
After debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart 40 weeks ago, Kid Rock’s “ROCK N ROLL JESUS” is once again a top 5 album, climbing to #5 on this week’s chart.
DEVIN THE DUDE INKS WITH RAZOR & TIE ENTERTAINMENT
July 17, 2008
Razor & Tie Entertainment has announced the signing of veteran urban lyricist Devin The Dude to an exclusive worldwide multi-album recording contract. With a knack for humorous rhymes and light-hearted storytelling, Devin possesses a strong fanbase garnered from four previous studio releases. Complex Magazine has dubbed Devin, “the Richard Pryor of rap”, while Slate refers to him as “one of hip-hop’s best-loved underdogs among both fans and peers”. The Florida-born, Houston-raised Devin has indeed earned his reputation as “the rappers’ rapper”, guesting on the albums of such high-profile artists as Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, De La Soul and Jay Z.
QUOTED: THREE SIX MAFIA ROCK OUT
July 17, 2008
On their new album, Three 6 Mafia have a track with the rock band Good Charlotte. Juicy J told us how the collab began.
“Coincidentally we where on the plane together heading to L- A and we started talking, we were like ‘Hey we gotta hook up some time and hang out’ and they ended up coming to our house and we hung out and this and that, and we did a song together, a track that they had produced already and did the hook on and we did the verses on it. Is a crazy song. It ain’t no rock song is like some Three 6 Mafia music.”
Three 6 Mafia’s Last 2 Walk is in stores now.
LINKIN PARK TALKS PROJEKT REV
July 17, 2008
The U-S leg of Linkin Park’s Projekt Revolution got underway last night in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Chester Bennington sat down with Rolling Stone magazine to talk about why they do the tour year after year. He told the mag that he takes pride in giving bands that he loves more exposure, as well as creating a summer tour with a friendly atmosphere. To read the full interview, log on to RollingStone.com. Projekt Revolution heads to Burgettstown, Pennsylvania tomorrow.
