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Multi-platinum rock band 311 have announced their Fall/Winter Tour starting November 11. Tickets go on sale for a number of markets starting Friday, September 11. Opening acts on select dates include State Radio, Kottonmouth Kings and one show with Slightly Stoopid. Uplifter (Volcano/Jive Records) the band’s 9th studio album was released this past June and…

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The Revelations new single “How Do I Tell Him” is gaining steam at Urban AC radio currently charting at #39 and rising with plays in major markets across the U.S. Revelations’ debut album The Bleeding Edge hits stores October 6th via Decision Records/Traffic Entertainment. Deep Soul EP is available now. [youtube KInr2LPAv1g nolink] www.myspace.com/trewilliamsrevelations

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Acetate Recording artists PRIMA DONNA have been selected by East Bay punk legends GREEN DAY as main support for their upcoming UK and Europe tour. The tour kicks off September 28 in Lisbon, Portugal and concludes November 12 in Turin, Italy, including dates in the U.K., Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, Scotland, Ireland,…

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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! Robin Guthrie “Sparkle”: SKOPE IT HERE!

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Scott Weiland, legendary lead singer of Stone Temple Pilots and multi Grammy award-winning artist, performed live at The Roxy in Los Angeles on September 9th to promote the launch of his new men’s clothing line, Weiland for English Laundry. He arrived styled in a Weiland for English Laundry lightweight, brushed silver-khaki and light blue three…

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Bowling For Soup will introduce its new album, Sorry for Partyin’, when they take to the road on the 7-Eleven Slurpee Concert Series, Flavored by Coke. The tour, which kicks off on September 18 in Fort Lauderdale, will allow fans of BFS to see the band in five cities for the low price of just…

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One of the UK’s most refreshing new talents, Fanfarlo, are poised to release their debut-album, RESERVOIR here in the U.S. on October 13, 2009 on Canvasback Music /Atlantic Records. It is with good reason that the band’s star has been on the rise since RESERVOIR became available on their website and at shows earlier this…

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Gallows, the punk rock outfit from the U.K., may not be the first band you would predict to hit the gossip rags but that’s exactly where they ended up. When Harry Potter’s own Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) arrived in disguise to watch Gallows perform at the U.K.’s Reading Festival this…

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Daughtry’s song “Ghost of Me” off of their new album Leave This Town is being used in previews for the upcoming season of CSI: Miami.   Watch one of the ads right now at DaughtryOfficial.com.

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Michael Franti played a set at the Bumbershoot festival in Seattle over the weekend and of course, he played his hit song, “Say Hey (I Love You).”   But this performance was a little different because he had a special guest join him on stage.   None other than Jason Mraz came out to sing…

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Hits Daily Double reports Jay-Z’s much praised The Blueprint 3 is estimated to sell anywhere between 300-thousand to 350-thousand units during its first week. If so, fans should expect his newest effort to debut at the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart. We won’t know officially until the Nielsen SoundScan report comes out…

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According to Rap-Up.com, Chris Brown has released a new song called “Twitter” featuring K-Mac that could potentially appear on his upcoming Graffiti album. The singer reportedly leaked the track himself, check it out now. SKOPE IT HERE!

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Activision is responding to queries regarding the usage of Kurt Cobain’s likeness in Guitar Hero 5 with the following statement “Guitar Hero secured the necessary licensing rights from the Cobain estate in a written agreement signed by Courtney Love to use Kurt Cobain’s likeness as a fully playable character in Guitar Hero ® 5.” Krist…

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Fever Ray, aka Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife, will release her new single “Seven” September 29, 2009. This digital-only single is the fourth single from Fever Ray’s critically acclaimed self-titled album. The single features remixes CSS, Martyn, Nic Chacona, Marcel Dettmann and Seth Troxler. The video is directed by Johan Renck: [youtube LN3oOo7bpks nolink]…

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Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He’s just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can’t write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies – moonlighting as a private detective – because he wants…

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Tim McGraw will give his new single, “Southern Voice,” its national television debut when he performs on “NFL OPENING KICKOFF 2009 PRESENTED BY EA SPORTS,” which will be simulcast on NBC and NFL Network tonight from 8:00 – 8:30 p.m. ET. The show celebrates the kickoff of the 2009 season. The live pregame broadcast, which…

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The Flood have just announced that their brand new song “Lethal Injection” will be included on the latest installment of the SAW movie soundtrack. The SAW VI soundtrack will drop on October 20th via Trustkill Records and will feature exclusive and unreleased tracks from metal heavyweights Everytime I Die, Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, It Dies Today…

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Jokers Of The Scene’s recent remixes for the likes of Mika, Acid Girls and Burns have been making waves in forward-thinking DJ sets and blog charts alike. But it’s their original tune “Baggy Bottom Boys” that has become a signature anthem – an enormous dance track that’s as moody as it is ecstatic. It’s a…

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Insane Clown Posse’s (ICP) newest album, BANG! POW! BOOM!, debuts at No. 4 on Billboard Top 200, with 50,000 records sold during its release week. Additionally, the record debuts as No. 1 on the Independent Chart. To date, BANG! POW! BOOM! is ICP’s best selling album upon release, which also makes it Psychopathic Records’ best…

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Jesse McCartney has teamed up with T-Pain for his latest single, “Body Language,” which is available now on iTunes. There is an exclusive video at Jesse’s MySpace page, which includes behind-the-scenes footage of McCartney on tour and in the studio recording with T-Pain.   “Body Language” follows Jesse’s last single, “How Do You Sleep” featuring…

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We’ve just found out that Mary J. Blige and Chris Brown won’t be attending or performing at Michael Jackson’s tribute showcase in Vienna. The event is being organized by Jermaine Jackson, who had stated in a press conference the two singers were a part of the line-up. Unfortunately, reps for both artists have declined such…

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Coldplay have uploaded another video for “Strawberry Swing” onto their Web site. The clip is not an official Coldplay video but the band liked it so much that they uploaded it anyway. To see if Coldplay win a VMA for their “Viva La Vida” video, tune into the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday…

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MTV News reports Lil Wayne’s 2008-2009 I Am Music and America’s Most Wanted Music Festival tours were just named the top earning summer outings for any rapper this year. And get this — collectively, the shows reportedly brought in a combined total of 42-million dollars! His current all-star festival with Young Jeezy, Drake, Soulja Boy,…

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Today in New York City, Rob Thomas is filming the video for his new single “Someday.”   It’s the second song off of his album cradlesong and opposed to the video for his first single, “Her Diamonds,” which featured Alicia Silverstone, this one is going to star his fans.   According to the singer-songwriter’s Twitter…

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Madonna’s Sticky & Sweet tour is finished but she’s still receiving criticism from people all over the world.   This time, it’s from leaders of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church.   They are blaming Madonna’s show for the death of 15 people in a boating accident.   According to Britain’s The Daily Telegraph, leaders are saying the…

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Whitney Houston tops the Billboard album chart as I Look To You becomes her fourth number one album, selling over 304-thousand copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It’s Houston’s best opening sales week since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. Elsewhere on the chart, Miley Cyrus climbs one spot to number two with her EP…

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Currently on different legs of the sizzling summer tour with Blink-182 and Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and The All-American Rejects will continue to entertain fans this fall by launching a co-headlining tour in early November. This is the first time New York quintet Taking Back Sunday has toured with Oklahoma’s The All-American Rejects.   Both…

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New York-based band Brookville and Unfiltered Records label mates The Postmarks announced today that they will co-headline a tour beginning September 29th at Hotel Utah in San Francisco. This is also the release date for Brookville’s latest release Broken Lights.   09/29 @ Hotel Utah, San Francisco, CA 10/02 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA 10/05…

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On November 10, Atlantic Records will release Hello Hurricane, the seventh full-length album from the multi-Platinum, San Diego-based rock band SWITCHFOOT. Hello Hurricane is the group’s first album on Atlantic Records and its first studio album since 2006’s Oh! Gravity, which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200. SWITCHFOOT has been hard at work…

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In 2007, after seven years together as a band, OneRepublic took the world by storm with their debut release Dreaming Out Loud. The album included the smash first single “Apologize” which shattered digital sales and airplay records worldwide, and along with second single “Stop And Stare” propelled the album to platinum plus sales.   Now…

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Dead By Sunrise, the new band fronted by Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, is coming out of the gate strong with its debut single, “Crawl Back In,” which has been one of the Most-Added tracks at Rock Radio for the last four weeks. The song is the first single from the band’s Howard Benson-produced debut album…

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Florida punk band Against Me! are currently in the studio in Los Angeles working on their second album for Sire Records with veteran producer Butch Vig. Vig produced the band’s 2007 album New Wave and is known for his work with Green Day, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins, among many others.   Against Me! frontman Tom…

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EMI Music has appointed iconic, multi-media superstar Snoop Dogg to the new position of Creative Chairman of its famed Priority Records Label, where he will apply the same unique, creative and business savvy that established him as one of the most successful stars in Hip-Hop and helped define West Coast Rap as a major musical…

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Here it is! The mastered version of Drake’s new song “Fear” has finally been released. The cut will be included on Drizzy’s upcoming re-release for his So Far Gone mixtape. Check it out today! The last line of the third verse is going to be the first line on his debut album, Thank Me Later.…

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It’s been 20 years since Lenny Kravitz released his classic album Let Love Rule and in honor of this, the rocker is heading out on a 15-city tour.   It kicks off on October 11th with the first of five shows in New York City and wraps up on November 1st with Lenny headlining the…

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