As OZZY OSBOURNE gears up for the August 14 launch of the 2010 OZZFest, the multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has released “Life Won’t Wait,” the second single from his worldwide smash Epic Records album SCREAM, which entered the charts in June in the Top Ten in more than 10 countries.…
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SUM 41 CANCEL WARPED TOUR DATES
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Sum 41 has been forced to cancel their return to the Vans Warped Tour. The band was a crowd favorite, playing over 20 dates during the seven week summer tour that took them to cities all over the United States and Canada. The band had taken leave to play Summer Sonic festival dates in Japan…
GUITAR HERO RELEASES NEW APPS FOR IPHONE/IPOD
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Summer is getting even hotter with the addition of three new, rockin’ song packs for the Guitar Hero App for iPhone and iPod touch from Activision Publishing, Inc. Whether hanging out in the sand or by the pool, road tripping across the country or chilling at home, players will be able to rock…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 13th, 2010
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JAY-Z AUCTIONS NEW AIR FORCE 1 SNEAKER ThisIs50.com has learned Nike has teamed with Jay-Z to release an executive new sneaker for the Air Force 1 collection. Hov’s All Black Everything sneaker was inspired by the World Basketball Festival, which he also performed at on Thursday in New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Nike…
QUEENSRŸCHE’S TRIPLE-PLATINUM ‘EMPIRE’ REMASTERED AND EXPANDED
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Queensrÿche has partnered with Capitol/EMI for the September 28 release of an expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of the band’s triple platinum-certified breakout album, Empire. The new 2-CD and digital packages both include the remastered album, featuring six hit singles, including the #1 smash “Silent Lucidity,” as well as 13 bonus tracks, among them 10 previously…
DISTURBED RELEASE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “ANOTHER WAY TO DIE”
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Multi Platinum recording artists Disturbed have just released a video for their new single, “Another Way To Die”, which can be seen here. The band have also just released a teaser trailer for their upcoming DVD, “Decade of Disturbed.” The DVD will be included in the deluxe edition pre-order and as a digital download with…
NEIL YOUNG LAUNCHES TOUR OF THE GULF COAST IN SEPTEMBER
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Music legend Neil Young will perform several shows in the Gulf Coast in September to aid residents affected by the oil spill. Young has teamed up with his friend John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods, Inc., which will donate 100,000 pounds of chicken products to be distributed to the Bay Area Food Bank. Tyson will…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 12th, 2010
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NEW KANYE WEST SONG! Kanye West wasn’t kidding when he tweeted that he had a song so great that he wanted to leak it. The rapper just released a new track called “See Me Now” featuring Beyonce and Charlie Wilson. The No I.D.-produced cut will appear on Ye’s forthcoming fifth studio album, formerly titled Good…
FANS WHO SIGN UP AT WWW.INCEPTIONSCORE.COM RECEIVE BONUS TRACKS
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Due to the overwhelming success of Inception: Music From The Motion Picture – Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer’s dramatic score to the blockbuster sci-fi actioner “Inception,” Warner Bros. Records will make available two previously unreleased bonus tracks to fans who sign up via email at the soundtrack’s website: www.inceptionscore.com. The two bonus tracks, “Projections” and…
BILLY RAY CYRUS’ NEW BAND BROTHER CLYDE RELEASES SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM
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Billy Ray Cyrus’ new band Brother Clyde is releasing their self-titled debut album “Brother Clyde” August 10th on Buena Vista Records, via Fontana Distribution. The hard-rocking new group features Billy Ray Cyrus on vocals. On drums is Samantha Maloney, who’s played with Mötley Crüe, Hole and Eagles of Death Metal. Jamie Miller of theSTART and…
WEEZER RETURN TO INDIE-ROCK ROOTS WITH NEW ALBUM
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Influential multi-platinum, Grammy winning alternative rock band Weezer have announced plans to release a new studio album entitled Hurley this September 14th on Epitaph Records. Starting today, fans are invited to pre-order the physical album now at www.EpitaphStore.com or on Amazon.com. The album’s first single, “Memories,” can be streamed now at www.MySpace.com/Weezer and purchased…
G. DEP RETURNS WITH ‘GHETTO LEGEND’ NEXT MONTH
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Famous Records president, Jeffrey Collins is happy to announce that former Bad Boy recording artist G. Dep, recently signed with Famous, for the distribution & promotion of his new album “Ghetto Legend”. G. Dep’s first commercial release for several years will be released worldwide in late September, through the Universal digital network and will be…
ELEKTRA CELEBRATES 60TH ANNIVERSARY
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2010 marks the 60th Anniversary of Elektra Records, one of the most revered labels in the history of modern music. In celebration, the company has launched Elektra60.com, an innovative, interactive digital experience that tells the stories of the legendary artists, the music, and the culture that have defined the label over the past six…
TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES 2010 WINTER TOUR
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra, one of the top selling concert acts in the world creates one of the most captivating concert experiences on the road today. Insistent on giving their fans the most “value for their dollar,” TSO puts on an over-the-top audio/visual spectacular complete with lasers, pyrotechnics and state of the art lighting with a ticket…
SONGCIRCLE.COM LAUNCHES SONGWRITING CONTEST
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Newly launched independent music development and A&R community SongCircle Music (formerly The New York Songwriters’ Circle) today announced it is accepting entries for its fifth annual songwriting contest. The SongCircle’s contest has quickly become a hotbed for discovering aspiring artists and has helped launch the careers of previous grand prize winners Kate Voegele (Interscope),…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11th, 2010
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U2 TOPS LIST OF L-A SHOWS U2 is the number one requested concert in Los Angeles, according to Stubhub.com. The website compiled a list of the top five most requested tickets in the Los Angeles-metropolitan area. U2 tops the list, followed by Lady Gaga, Muse, Dave Matthews Band and Roger Waters. Lady…
“DINNER WITH ANDREW W.K.” WORLDWIDE CONTEST
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Iconic rocker, speaker, television star and hard partier Andrew W.K. is proud to announce a new contest for members of his PARTY CREW (the street team run by Andrew and his friends). — The contest allows one lucky winner to live out their party fantasies and enjoy DINNER WITH ANDREW IN NYC! [youtube 1WbVqS0SWAs nolink]…
INDEPENDENT GRIND TOUR 2010
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This fall, TECH N9NE hits the road with the some of the biggest names in independent Hip Hop. Starting Sept. 15 for six weeks, the Kansas City star brings audiences the chillest West Coast rap and the hottest Midwest Hip Hop. “TECH N9NE’s Independent Grind Tour 2010” melds a wide range of audiences into a…
MTV PREMIERES NEW KATY PERRY VIDEO
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The video for Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” has just premiered on MTV.com and VH1.com! This is the title track from Katy’s sophomore release due out on August 24th. Tune in to MTV at 8pm ET tonight for the broadcast premiere of the video.
ZOO SEVEN NEW VIDEO “LIFESAVER”
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Zoo Seven has created a one of a kind music video for the title track to their recently released Executive Music Group debut album, Lifesaver. The amazing stop motion visuals, created by Zoo Seven frontman Del Currie, features the band’s plastic animal friends coming together to dance, crowd surf, and let loose as they enjoy…
WIZ KHALIFA LIVE IN BOSTON / VIDEO
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This past Saturday (August 8), Wiz Khalifa headlined at this year’s Boston Urban Music Festival. The annual free show, a collaboration between the mayor’s office and HUB media, also featured local hip-hop act M-Dot, as well as Harvard graduate singer/rapper Ryan Leslie. However, with chants of “We Want Wiz!” growing throughout the afternoon, it became…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: Young Buck “My Campaign”
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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! Young Buck “My Campaign”: SKOPE IT HERE!
GODSMACK’S SULLY ERNA TO DEBUT SOLO ALBUM
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Sully Erna, best known as singer and main songwriter of acclaimed rock band Godsmack, is branching out from his rock roots this year with his debut solo album, Avalon, which is set for release on Universal Records September 14th, 2010. Already a proven commodity as the front man of one of today’s most successful…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 10th, 2010
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GAGA GOES CROWD SURFING Lady Gaga didn’t only perform at Lollapalooza over the weekend — she went crowd surfing too. According to many different outlets, the “Bad Romance” singer jumped into the crowd during the Semi Precious Weapons’ set at the Chicago festival, wearing an outfit made of fishnets and not too much more.…
SERJ TANKIAN ANNOUNCES NEW STREET DATE FOR SOLO ALBUM
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Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and political activist Serj Tankian has postponed the street date of his new solo album, entitled Imperfect Harmonies, in order to package the recording in the same tree-free paper he has used for his previous release, Elect the Dead. The eco-friendly paper was not available to create the packaging for Imperfect Harmonies…
NORML TEAMS WITH CYPRESS HILL & SLIGHTLY STOOPID
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The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), a Washington DC-based marijuana advocacy group, has partnered with jam-based dub rock heavyweights Slightly Stoopid and hip-hop juggernauts Cypress Hill on the Legalize It 2010 tour for a YouTube based video contest to raise awareness for California’s Prop 19, the initiative to regulate and tax…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: J. Keys “I Like It (Keys to the City)” feat. Adeline
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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! J. Keys “I Like It (Keys to…
DEREK DEGRATE RELEASES DEBUT ALBUM
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Derek DeGrate Releases New Album, Brother of DeVante and Dalvin of the Multi-Platinum R&B Group, JODECI. DeGrate is the surname of the family that has brought new flavor to the music industry for decades. Now Derek DeGrate steps out with a solo project, also featuring the production of Dalvin DeGrate of JODECI and Justin Burton-DeGrate.…
PRIMARY WAVE SIGNS CROWFIELD
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Primary Wave’s JV partners, Rick Smith and Scott Frazier are at it again with their latest signing, Crowfield. Crowfield joins the roster with Saving Abel (Virgin), Taddy Porter (Primary Wave Records/EMI), Volbeat (Universal Germany), and Brent James and the Contraband. Charleston, SC band, Crowfield, is next in line to take the sound of…
MTV RADIO’S MORNING FACTS FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 9th, 2010
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EMINEM STILL NUMBER ONE ON HOT 100 CHART Eminem’s “Love the Way You Lie” featuring Rihanna keeps pace to stay on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a third straight week. The song also notches its sixth week at the summit of the Digital Songs chart, selling another 300-thousand downloads last week,…
D-LOC NEW VIDEO “PLAYA” FEAT SAINT DOG
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Kottonmouth Kings’ D-Loc has released the video for “Playa” featuring Saint Dog online. The song is the latest single from D-Loc’s upcoming solo album “Made For Kings”, which hits stores on August 17th, 2010 through Suburban Noize. [youtube EYNcWQY5DVU nolink] www.subnoizestore.com
RICK ROSS SCORES WITH NEW SINGLE “B.M.F.”
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TEFLON DON is more than just the title of the new fourth album by Def Jam recording artist Rick Ross – it’s a title of respect earned the hard way by the man who ruled Miami’s underground rap scene, and then came out of the shadows to make the three biggest scores of his career…
HOBNOB WINES LAUNCHES 2010-2011 EDITION OF CREATIVE JUICES MUSIC PROGRAM
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HobNob Wines, the approachable, sociable wines for the style-conscious millennial consumer “at the center of it all,” announces the launch of the 2010-2011 edition of their indie music program, Creative Juices, online at www.hobnobwines.com. Creative Juices offers users access to free music downloads, videos, exclusive content, and more from emerging indie music artists. Previously featured…
SKOPE EXCLUSIVES: The Villains “You Don’t Have To Say”
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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! The Villains “You Don’t Have To Say”:…
TAMAR KAPRELIAN DEBUT ALBUM SAMPLER
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The countdown to Tamar Kaprelian’s debut album has begun! Sinner or a Saint is set to drop on August 24th, and in the meantime, fans can download a sampler featuring four of the tracks. For only $2, you can get 4 songs from the album before it’s released including “New Day,” “Sinner or…
YELLOWCARD SIGNS TO HOPELESS RECORDS
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After two-and-a-half years, the music that provided a soundtrack for rebellious-yet-sensitive, coastal-dreaming pop-punk kids of the early 00’s is back. YELLOWCARD have put the break to rest with the announcement of a brand new record on a new label and tearing into life on the road again. Returning to their pre-major label indie beginnings, Yellowcard…
NEW VIDEO BY A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
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“I Lived My Life To Stand In The Shadow of Your Heart” is the fourth single from the band’s critically acclaimed record Exploding Head. Directed by Sian Alice Group’s Ben Crook (Spiritualized, Fratellis, Black Lips) the video was shot during the band’s London show on May 25th, 2010 and marks the first official appearance of…
AVENGED SEVENFOLD’S NIGHTMARE IS THE NO. 1 ALBUM
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Avenged Sevenfold has cemented their status as one of the country’s favorite rock bands with their highly personal fifth studio album Nightmare, which bowed at No. 1 on Billboard’s album chart and also No.1 on Billboard’s Hard Music, Digital, Internet and Alternative Album Charts. Its No. 1 debut is the band’s highest first-week chart position…
RAPPER TECH N9NE HAS #1 INDEPENDENT ALBUM IN THE COUNTRY
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TECH N9NE has the Hip Hop Midas Touch. Every CD he has touched for his past three releases has reached # 1. And once again, the first week Billboard Chart results for Tech N9ne Collabos: The Gates Mixed Plate are in — #1 Indie Album, #4 Rap Album, #13 on Billboard’s Top 200. After the…
LADY GAGA IN CONJUNCTION WITH EARLOOMZ OFFER ULTIMATE FAN EXPERIENCE
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Leading the revolution where art, fashion and technology meet, Earloomz, announces the availability of its line of licensed Bluetooth headsets featuring Lady Gaga. Combined with advanced Bluetooth technology, superior comfort, functionality, and pop culture images and artwork, Earloomz are the stylish extension of one’s personality. And who better sets herself apart from the norm to…
