U2 Tracks Leak After Bono Plays Stereo Too Loudly

Tags: U2 + No Line On The Horizon + Sexy Boots + Moment of Surrender + For Your Love

pamy
Posted by pamy 21 days 16 hours ago

U2 manager Paul McGuinness, who wants file-sharers to be disconnected from the Internet, has something else to complain about today. Four songs from U2’s upcoming album ‘No Line On The Horizon’ have been leaked online after Bono played them too loudly on his stereo - and a fan recorded them.

Four songs have been put online including the title track, the first single from the album ‘Sexy Boots’, ‘Moment of Surrender’ and ‘For Your Love’.

There’s no doubt that these cam-quality recordings will be particularly poor, but...

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Isaac Hayes dead at 65

Tags: Isaac Hayes

Rick
Posted by Rick 27 days 13 hours ago; via cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Musi...

Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday.

Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department.

Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff's department said.

No foul play is suspected, the agency said...

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Rihanna - “Disturbia” Music Video

Tags: Rihanna + Disturbia + Video

TiFF
Posted by TiFF 1 month 16 days ago

Rihanna’s new music video “Disturbia” was recently released, as directed by Anthony Mandler.

The vid is “disturbing” but really fun fun fun! “Disturbia” will debut on MTV’s TRL and BET’s 106 and Park on Thursday, July 24th and on VH1 on Saturday, July 26th.

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Bonnaroo fans anger as Kanye West is late

Tags: Kanye West + Bonnaroo

oxana
Posted by oxana 2 months 21 days ago; via nme.com/news/kanye-west/3...

Fans at Bonnaroo yesterday (June 15) were so angry at Kanye West for his delayed performance that they scrawled their anger in spraypaint on the portaloos at the site, angrily chanted his name and pelted glowsticks at the stage during the two-hour delay.

West was due to perform at 2.45am yesterday morning but did not emerge on stage until 4.25am.

Messages on the screens told the crowd the show would be delayed until 3.15am and then delayed again until 3.30am, reports the Associated Press.

The crowd repeatedly chanted "Kanye sucks!"...

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China to crack down on singers after Bjork outburst

Tags: China + Bjork + Tibet + Declare Independence

genda
Posted by genda 5 months 24 days ago; via reuters.com/article/enter...

China will tighten its controls over foreign singers and other performers after Icelandic singer Bjork shouted "Tibet! Tibet!" at a Shanghai concert last weekend, the Ministry of Culture said on Friday.

Bjork chanted the name of the Chinese-ruled Himalayan region after performing her song "Declare Independence", which she has used in the past to promote independence movements in other places such as Kosovo.

The performance "not only broke Chinese laws and regulations and hurt the feelings of Chinese people, but also went against the...

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Finally The Beatles are coming to iTunes

Tags: The Beatles + iTunes

felix
Posted by felix 6 months 1 day ago

Paul McCartney has reached a $400 million agreement with iTunes for the distribution of the Beatles' back catalog.

The former Beatles star, who is currently mired in a bitter divorce, officially sanctioned the Internet download service to offer the band's musical hits from albums such as "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," the Daily Mail said Saturday.

McCartney will not be the only one enjoying the profitable deal. Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr will receive a portion of the profits, as will the families of late Beatles...

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Diablo Royale will take over your town!

Tags: Adrian + Choy + Awesome + Cool + G-man + Heavy + Rock N Roll + Sweetleaf + Diablo Royale + Band + Great + Amazing

DiabloRoyale
Posted by DiabloRoyale 6 months 4 days ago; via diabloroyale.net

Rock N' Roll: loud, proud, and smothered in attitude…that's the jam that NYC hard rock quintet Diablo Royale kicks out. The band's lyrics cover everything from sexual innuendos to political satire, Choy explains: "We write about anything and everything, no subject is off limits for us because there is so much stuff that happens to you everyday, be it the girlfriend, the boss, parents, government or just stupid stuff like getting too drunk or having one of those horrible days at work …those are all life experiences that everyone can relate...

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NiN Reznor makes $750,000 even when the music is free

Tags: Nine Inch Nails + Trent Reznor + Ghosts I-IV

Valmort
Posted by Valmort 6 months 5 days ago; via arstechnica.com/news.ars/...

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails made headlines again this week as he released his new, four-part instrumental album Ghosts I-IV, at a variety of price points, including a $300 super-deluxe package. He's also giving away Ghosts I at no charge, even throwing the tracks up on The Pirate Bay for anyone to download. And it appears to be working quite well for Reznor, who has managed to sell all 2,500 copies of his $300 package without major label backing or much in the way of splashy marketing. If Reznor's earlier experiments in digital...

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Heidi Montag - Higher (Music Video)

Tags: Heidi Montag + Higher + Video

linda
Posted by linda 7 months 6 days ago

The video really does look cheap and she can't sing!

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Fil-Am Rock Group RUBBERBAND opened for Juan Dela Cruz' "PAGABABALIK" reunion!

Tags: rubberband + jdlc + teeth + rizal underground + advent call + razorback + pagbabalik + fil-am rock + fil-am music + pinoy rock

RUBBERBAND
Posted by RUBBERBAND 7 months 7 days ago; via img.photobucket.com/album...

Year 1998 - Rubberband was the only Fil-Am band to open for Juan De La Cruz' "PAGBABALIK" reunion concert held at the World Trade Center in Manila, Philippines along with other famous groups- RAZORBACK, TEETH, RIZAL UNDERGROUND and ADVENT CALL.

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