Category: NEWS

OH!3’s new album, Streets of Gold, will be released on June 29th. The first single “My First Kiss” featuring Ke$ha , debuted #2 on iTunes overall chart and Top 10 on the Hot 100 week of release. The duo currently hold the #1, 2 and 3 spots on iTunes Alternative Songs chart and are featured…

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Steveshot is pleased to announce the release of the single “Catch” on sale for $.99 on CD Baby and other fine music download sites. “Catch” combines a hypnotic guitar riff with multiple drums & percussion and a single voice to create something a little different. The lyrics are interesting, especially the ‘humpty dumpty’ verse. www.cdbaby.com/cd/Steveshot…

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Multi-platinum band EXTREME’s newly released live concert DVD ‘Take Us Alive,’ will premiere on the HDNet Concert Series, June 6th at 8:30 PM ET. The band performed and recorded this “in your face” live concert in their hometown of Boston at the House of Blues. This is EXTREME’s first live DVD/CD showcasing their flawless performance…

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GAGA’S ALBUM NOT COMING OUT CHRISTMAS TIME Lady Gaga was very revealing in her interview with Larry King on Tuesday night, and that included some information about her highly anticipated sophomore album.   The pop star said that the effort will not be coming out before Christmas, and that the reason she was being honest…

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Robyn and Kelis will kick off a North American co-headlining tour on July 23rd at The Music Box in Los Angeles. The two recently exchanged tweets about the outing, deciding to name it the “All Hearts” tour. Robyn and Kelis have selected UK sensation Dan Black and Far East Movement, Robyn’s Cherrytree Records label mates,…

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Keaton Simons (CBS Records) will join legendary rock artists REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar on their “Love On The Run” co-headlining cross-country summer tour, kicking off June 24 at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT. Download MP3: “Without Your Skin” SKOPE IT HERE! With a depth and richness similar to some of the best singer/songwriters…

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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack is now streaming exclusively at www.eclipsesoundtrack.com for 24 hours only.   The soundtrack is available in stores and online next Tuesday, June 8th via Chop Shop/Atlantic. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse hits theatres Wednesday, June 30th.

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Bay Area punk rock group Heartsounds will release their latest album Until We Surrender on June 15 via Epitaph Records.   The band will kick off a tour in support of their album beginning in late June. Formed from the ashes of now defunct melodic death-metal band Light This City, Heartsounds consists of founding members…

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GAGA IS A BIG TIPPER Lady Gaga is apparently one heck of a tipper.   According to British paper The Sun, the “Bad Romance” singer went out to an English pub in Birmingham on days off in between shows on her Monsters Ball tour, and supposedly picked up the tab for the whole bar, signed…

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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! Nicki Minaj feat FLo Rida “Your Love”:…

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Following seven triumphant South American ‘Cocked, Locked, Ready To Rock Tour’ dates (the final one playing this evening in Costa Rica, the largest concert in that country’s history) and eleven upcoming European dates, America’s Number One rock and roll band will be more than warmed up and ready to arrive in the US in what…

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MAROON 5 TALK NEW ALBUM Summer is just around the corner, but a lot of Maroon 5 fans can’t wait for it to come and go.   That’s because the band’s new album, Hands All Over, comes out on September 21st, and the day just can’t come soon enough.   The band recorded the album…

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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! Kanye West feat. Dwele “Power”: SKOPE IT…

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Country/pop crossover band Sons of Sylvia just premiered the music video for their first single, “Love Left to Lose,” off of their successful debut album Revelation. The day after the release Sons of Sylvia performed the song on American Idol – after the performance, Revelation immediately made its way to the top 10 on the…

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BlackDiamondSkye featuring Alice in Chains, Deftones, and Mastodon, now has an interactive tour poster with dates, buy links, updates, and audio streams from all three bands. BlackDiamondSkye is shaping up to be the most anticipated tour of the Fall, and it kicks off September 16th in Chicago.

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Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Papa Roach have announced plans for their new album, Time For Annihilation…On the Road and On the Record on August 31st and their move to Top Independent Rock label, Eleven Seven Music.   Papa Roach continue to push their musical limits and are currently perfecting a unique hybrid listening experience, which will consist…

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Singing sensation Fefe Dobson is taking over as the “sound of Style” this summer.   For 14 weeks from Saturday, May 29 through Monday, September 6, the music and videos of the critically-acclaimed 21 Music/Island Records artist will be featured on The Style Network, as well as on its Web site, mystyle.com.   As part…

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Acclaimed Canadian musician Meaghan Smith will join Sarah McLachlan, Kelly Clarkson, Mary J. Blige and others on the 2010 Lilith Fair this summer. Smith will join the traveling celebration of women in music for shows at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis on July 16th and First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Chicago on July…

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GWEN IS NOT PREGNANT Rumors have been floating around recently that No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani is pregnant, but it’s simply not true.   A rep for the rocker told E! News that she and hubby Gavin Rossdale aren’t expecting any additions to their family.   The couple already has two sons, Kingston and Zuma.…

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Dave Matthews Band will launch an extensive North American tour tomorrow, with the first of two shows at The Comcast Theatre in Hartford, CT. The group will headline the closing dates of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN (6/13), the HullabaLOU Festival in Louisville, KY (7/25) and the Mile High Music Festival…

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Big Head Todd and The Monsters announce the release of their brand new studio album, Rocksteady, due July 20 on Big Records through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group. In support of Rocksteady, Big Head Todd and The Monsters will hit the road for a sprawling summer tour, including big plays at Colorado’s Red Rocks…

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Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announced today that Boston Ballet will embark on a five-week tour of Spain in June and July 2010, taking the Company to six cities in various regions of the country. Boston Ballet will travel to Barcelona, Madrid, San Sebastían, Santander, Granada, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with 22 performances of…

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Adam Young was a mere teenager in Owatonna, MN when he wrote and recorded his first collection of songs under the moniker Sky Sailing.   Never expecting these early recordings to see the light of day, he’s excited to be able to share these songs with you on July 27th when Universal Republic releases An…

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Syracuse NY’s most internationally beloved export Ra Ra Riot will issue its second full length album, The Orchard, August 24 on Barsuk in the U.S. International release dates will be confirmed and announced shortly. Produced by Ra Ra Riot and Andrew Maury and mixed by Chris Walla (with one assist from Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij),…

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The Arcade Fire is set to release its third full-length studio album, The Suburbs, on August 3rd on Merge in the U.S. and its own Sonovox label in Canada. Written, arranged, performed and produced by the Arcade Fire and co-produced by Markus Dravs, The Suburbs was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past…

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LATE is back with his second video from his new album ‘UK Rapscallion’. The album is now available to download from iTunes, Amazon, 7 Digital and all the other leading MP3 download sites, and the CD being available at the start of June. Here LATE goes in over a solid Tricksta produced track and utlises…

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Summer is here and it’s time for budding musicians to drop their school bags, pick up their axes, drum sticks and microphones and rock out to 18 hot new tracks for Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero ® 5 and Band Heroâ„¢.   Featuring new music from Grammy ® Award winners the Stone Temple…

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Infinite Arms, Band of Horses’ third full length LP and first for Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia, has sold over 45,000 records in the week following its May 18 release, debuting at #7 on the U.S. album chart. Infinite Arms also debuted #2 in Norway, top 10 in Canada, top 20 in Australia and New Zealand, making an…

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CD Baby, the world’s leading online distributor of independent music, announces the launch of a digital singles program. For only $9 per track, CD Baby will digitally distribute the song to their large network of download stores, including iTunes, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody, Spotify!, CD Baby and many more. The one-time $9 signup fee per song…

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SLASH TALKS ABOUT RIHANNA’S HOMAGE In her latest video, pop star Rihanna dresses as Slash and now, the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist is talking about the homage.   The rocker told MTV News that he was actually supposed to be in the clip for Rihanna’s “Rockstar 101” track but with his album just coming…

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Barbadian heartthrob Jaicko is ready to take the states by storm with the release of his debut album, Can I, on June 1st, which will be available digitally in the US and Canada.   Already a bonafide superstar in his native Barbados and fresh off of winning the Barbados Music Award for Best R&B Star,…

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To call it “long-awaited” or “eagerly anticipated” would be the understatement of the year – as hip-hop’s most daring pioneers the Roots release their 9th studio album (and third for Def Jam Recordings) on June 22nd, HOW I GOT OVER. The album, which takes its name from Clara Ward’s gospel classic (made popular by Mahalia…

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Alternative singer/songwriter Shwa Losben will independently release his second solo record Good Times, Good Times on Tuesday, May 25. The fan-funded album is a collection of catchy, yet sophisticated rock songs recorded in Fall 2009. Drawing on influences from Pulp to Pearl Jam, the record contains ten hook-laden songs and marks a major musical leap…

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“Nightmare,” the new single from Southern California’s Avenged Sevenfold, is the No. 1 Most Added track at Active Rock Radio in the United States this week.   It is also the No. 1 Rock Song on iTunes in the United States selling over 23,666 units in its first day.   Additionally, across the pond in…

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BRITNEY SPEARS RULES TWITTER Britney Spears is officially the Queen of Twitter.   The pop star has surpassed Ashton Kutcher as the most followed person on the social networking site, having close to five-million followers.   Brit has since thanked her fans on her page for making her number one.   If you’re the one…

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Last Gang Records is pleased to announce a multi-release deal with Finnish producer and executioner Huoratron (pronounced whore – a – tron). Setting the stage for the full-length release in early 2011, Last Gang will release PREVENGE, a deluxe digital masterpiece containing Huoratron’s previously released EPs Corporate Occult and $$ Troopers. The release will be…

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Following the success of her sophomore album release Battlefield (19 Recordings/Jive Records) and 2009 tour with the Jonas Brothers and Britney Spears, the unstoppable Jordin Sparks will launch her summer headlining tour beginning this June.   Jordin’s tour will hit over 35 major theatres across the U.S., ending on July 18th.     Tickets for…

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Tommy Lee has rocked every continent multiple times, sold millions of records with Motley Crue and on his own, done everything a musician dreams of doing, except he’s never made a record with the entire world.   The new Methods Of Mayhem album, now entitled A PUBLIC DISSERVICEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT, is set for release on September…

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Bay Area trendsetters, The Pack, are preparing to hit the road with Chiddy Bang, the buzzworthy hit makers who are currently enjoying rave reviews of the mash-up styled sound. The ‘Opposite of Adults’ tour, will also feature performances by XV and 2am Club. The first leg of the tour hits 15 cities beginning on June…

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Fyfe Dangerfield, founding member and frontman of the UK band Guillemots, will release his first solo album, Fly Yellow Moon through Downtown Records on May 18th. The album was recorded at Urchin Studios in the UK, at the same building where Fyfe recorded the first Guillemots EP. [myspace 105000594 nolink] www.myspace.com/fyfedangerfield

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