Category: NEWS

Triple Crown Records is excited to announce the singing of Purchase, NY natives Moving Mountains. Front-man Gregory Dunn (guitar/vocals) — rounded out by Nicholas Pizzolato (drums), Mitchell Lee (bass), and Frank Graniero (guitar/vocals) — has confirmed the rumors and is pleased to report the good news: “We know it’s been a little quiet in the…

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Five time Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Buddy Guy, will release his new album, Living Proof on October 26th.   His 11th Silvertone/Jive studio release marks an historic first as it brings together the incomparable B.B. King and Guy on the introspective and moving lead single, “Stay Around a Little…

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Hot on the heels of her # 1 album debut, Katy Perry stopped by Sesame Street to play dress up with Elmo.   Watch the ultimate California girl get stuck in a game of tag and sing a new rendition of “Hot N’ Cold” with America’s favorite furry friend.   [youtube JXiFsB4SYlc nolink]

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Avril Lavigne, award-winning singer/songwriter and philanthropist, announced today the creation of The Avril Lavigne Foundation. The Avril Lavigne Foundation will partner with leading charitable organizations to design and deliver programs, raise awareness and mobilize support for children and youth with disabilities and serious illnesses. “I have spent the last six months figuring out how to…

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Scissor Sisters will be joining Lady Gaga on the early 2011 run of her Monster Ball World Tour, beginning with the February 19th show at Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ and including two consecutive nights at New York City’s Madison Square Garden Arena (February 21st & 22nd) and shows in numerous other…

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LADY GAGA TO MAKE BEST ALBUM YET! RWD magazine reports Lady Gaga’s next studio album, titled Born This Way, is guaranteed to include some of the best work she’s ever created. The “Alejandro” star recently surprised Beyonce with some of the finished material. Bee asked her “Telephone” collaborator, “’Where the f**k do you get these…

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For the fourth consecutive year, Skope Entertainment Inc will be sponsoring the 7th Annual Korean War Remembrance Ride. The ride will be held on September 19, 2010. The American Legion Riders is a non-profit organization that rides to raise public awareness of Veterans.   Donations to benefit the Veterans at the Brockton VA. Skope CEO…

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As summer winds to a close Sheryl Crow follows up “Summer Day” with a new video for “Sign Your Name,” a track from her recent album 100 Miles From Memphis.   “Sign Your Name” is a cover of Terence Trent D’arby’s 1988 classic, and features the Memphis-born and raised Justin Timberlake on background vocals.  …

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BLACK EYED PEAS AT THE SUPER BOWL? USA Today is reporting that the Black Eyed Peas may perform during the halftime celebration at the Super Bowl in Dallas, Texas in February. The web site Sportsbybrooks.com is reporting that the group is going to perform at Super Bowl 45 next year, but the NFL has not…

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MPL and the Concord Music Group are pleased to announce the re-release of Paul McCartney & Wings’ iconic Band on the Run on November 2nd, 2010. Heralded as one of the greatest albums of all time, the GRAMMY winning, smash # 1 album – originally released December of 1973 – yielded the immortal title track…

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICK JONAS Happy birthday Nick Jonas! The singer and guitarist turns 18 today.   He will celebrate with a Jonas Brothers show in Chula Vista, California tonight.   The guys wrap up the North American leg of their trek in Irvine, California on Sunday night.   They resume their tour on October 21st…

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Great news for bands and brands; the full-service International Marketing, Publicity, Management and Distribution agency The MuseBox is thrilled to announce a merger with ace PR and Artist Development agency Magnum PR. Combining relationships and skills that can only come from a team of music-driven, innovative entrepreneurs, the merger of these two powerhouse companies creates…

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Chart topping artist and self proclaimed fantasy football legend Darius Rucker is making football easier and more exciting than your average work league with a chance to win awesome weekly prizes all season long. He’s teamed up with Athlon Sports for the free Darius Rucker “End Zone Obsession” Football Challenge kicking off this Sunday, September…

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Celebrated alternative rock favorites Urge Overkill are officially back together 15 years after the release of their last album.   The band released its first full-length, the Steve Albini-produced Jesus Urge Superstar, in 1989 through Touch and Go Records and steadily began ascending in popularity.  

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Maroon 5 have just premiered the video for their new single “Give A Little More” on VEVO.com. Join the band at the steamy party in the Paul Hunter (Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Lenny Kravitz) directed clip. The track will appear on their third studio album, Hands All Over, which is due out on September 21st.

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Fountains Of Wayne have announced a select run of dates in late September and early October on the east and west coasts. The shows will include songs from their nearly-completed new album, the long-awaited follow up to 2007’s Traffic And Weather, due for release early next year. Marshall Crenshaw and Jill Sobule will open on…

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For years, their voices have soared in harmony like the voices of a Christmas choir.   Now, more than two decades into their career, Grammy-award winning duo Indigo Girls – Amy Ray and Emily Saliers – are set to release their first holiday record, specially packaged in holiday wrapping (and containing three surprise ornaments packed…

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Mr. Zone 6 better known as “Gucci Mane” will release his anticipated follow-up album, The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted, on September 28th via 1017 Bricksquad/Asylum/Warner Bros. Records.   Led by the single “Gucci Time,” produced by and featuring Swizz Beatz, the album comes on the heels of his successful debut LP, 2009’s The State Vs.…

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On October 19th, JEMP Records will release Coral Sky, a 2-DVD set capturing Phish’s November 2, 1996 performance at Coral Sky Amphitheater in West Palm Beach, FL. The complete, uncut concert was created from archival videotapes of the multi-camera lawn screen feed and the audio was mixed from multi-track masters in stereo PCM and 5.1…

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BRITNEY SPEARS IN THE STUDIO Britney Spears is back in the studio working on new music.   Sean Garrett told E! Online that he is going to work with Spears on the effort.   Garrett co-produced and sang on “Toy Soldier” from Brit’s 2007 album, Blackout.   The Pen said that the tunes he plans…

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Los Angeles rising star metal quintet Holy Grail has been confirmed as direct support for Blind Guardian’s fall North American tour kicking off on November 19th in Philadelphia, PA at the Trocadero.   Holy Grail frontman James Paul Luna commented, “The Holy Grail guys and I are really pumped to go out with Blind Guardian.…

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Almost a year after releasing his Top 10 album Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz, Southern underground rap star Lil Boosie will be releasing his follow-up effort Incarcerated on September 28th on Trill Entertainment/Asylum/Warner Bros. Records under less than ideal circumstances.   The album, full of all new music, is led by the contemplative…

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GAGA ANNOUNCES ALBUM TITLE Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga announced the name of her highly anticipated next album.   While on stage accepting the award for Video of the Year, the pop star told the crowd that the project will be titled Born This Way, and then went on to…

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Multi-platinum singer-songwriter and Grammy Award nominee KT Tunstall will launch a headlining tour of North America this fall that begins on October 31st in Portland, OR and criss-crosses the country throughout November before culminating in a show in New York City at Terminal 5 on December 1st. New York’s Hurricane Bells will appear as support…

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Methods Of Mayhem’s new album A PUBLIC DISSERVICEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT will be released on Tuesday, September 21st via Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records and features Lee collaborating with the world.   Lee and his team, including producer Scott Humphrey, singer-guitarist J3 and others, wrote and recorded the songs for the album, then made the core components of…

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Dave Matthews Band announces a fall 2010 U.S. arena tour.   The outing will start on November 2nd at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY, and include the group’s first-ever concert at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY (November 3rd). In the middle of the tour, the band will play two consecutive two-night stands – Boston’s TD…

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7-Eleven, Inc. has scored Snoop Dogg as the fourth designer in their charitable “Coffee Cup With A Cause” program.   Proceeds from Snoop’s cup will benefit the Snoop Youth Football League (SYFL), a Los Angeles-based football club founded by the entertainer himself six years ago to help inner-city kids spend their free time in a…

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Back from his Grammy Nominated album Uncle Charlie, Charlie Wilson is gearing up to release his yet to be titled third solo album from Jive Records.   His first single, ‘You Are’ produced by Charlie Wilson and P Music Group producer Wyl-E is the perfect love song that will surely become a wedding classic.  …

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After a long hiatus, The Dresden Dolls are thrilled to announce their first live tour in 3 years! The pioneering and influential “punk cabaret” duo comprised of Amanda Palmer (piano, vocals) and Brian Viglione (drums, guitar, bass) will be kicking off a few weeks of dates starting on Halloween at Irving Plaza in NYC. The…

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GAGA BREAKS UP A FIGHT Lady Gaga doesn’t just perform onstage — she breaks up fights from there too.   According to ContactMusic.com, at her show Tuesday night in Washington, D-C, a fight broke out while she was performing her tune “Just Dance.”   Gaga halted the music and said, “Stop fighting. Do not fight…

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Disturbed have proven once again they are one of the country’s biggest hard rock bands with their new Reprise Records release Asylum, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. Asylum is the band’s fourth consecutive studio album to debut at No. 1, a feat achieved by only two other rock   groups…

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RIHANNA UNLEASHES NEW SINGLE The wait is over! Rihanna just premiered a new single called “Only Girl (In The World)” from her upcoming fifth studio album. The project has been titled Loud, and Ri Ri promised on RihannaDaily.com that the effort will include material that’s “sassy, fun, flirty, energetic.” She added, “I didn’t want to…

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EMI Music unveils today the complete tracklists and cover art for a broad selection of remastered John Lennon albums and new collections to be released on CD and digitally on October 4th (October 5th in North America). Announced last month, EMI Music’s global John Lennon ‘Gimme Some Truth’ catalogue campaign is being overseen by Yoko…

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Fervent Records’ GRAMMY-nominated artist and reigning Dove Awards Female Vocalist of the Year Francesca Battistelli is on top of the world right now with her debut album My Paper Heart topping the overall Christian/Gospel Album Chart for four weeks in a row, making her the highest selling female artist in the genre in five years.…

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Video Games Live, the explosive one-of-a-kind concert event featuring music from the greatest video games of all time as performed by top orchestras and choirs from around the world, is coming to video for the first time as Video Games Live: Level 2, set for release on CD, DVD, and DVD/Blu-ray on October 19 from…

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We at Skopemag.com get hundreds of exclusive tracks via various vendors on a daily basis. The goal for us is to share with our readers as many tracks that come in. Please note that some of these links expire so you got to get it while it’s hot! T-Pain feat. Rick Ross – “Rap Song”:…

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Guitar Center has featured Alicia Keys on the cover of their September “Hi-Tech Guide” issue to discuss the creative need and use of her Native Instruments piano software, “Alicia’s Keys.” Keys’ collaboration with Native Instruments in designing a virtual piano software is a first of its kind. The new and innovative software emulates Keys’ Yamaha…

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EMINEM AND RIHANNA ARE STILL NUMBER ONE! Eminem and Rihanna’s huge summer hit “Love the Way You Lie” will remain on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a seventh straight week. Katy Perry is hot on their heels as her latest single, “Teenage Dream,” climbs up one spot to number two, while her…

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“The Wilderness Downtown,” an interactive film by Chris Milk featuring “We Used To Wait” from Arcade Fire’s new album The Suburbs can be experienced now at www.thewildernessdowntown.com. Taking its name from a lyric from the aforementioned song–“so when the lights cut out, I was lost, standing in the wilderness downtown”–“The Wilderness Downtown” exemplifies the Google…

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Mike Midwestern has titled his new album “Inhibitors” which will be released on September 28, 2010. “Inhibitors”, his first official full length, is more or less an allegory of the death and rebirth of a family establishing its new roots. It will be available at local Twin Cities record stores and online through CD Baby…

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