20 Nov

Myspace, its like Facebook only not as cool. But at least they have music:
MYSPACE MUSIC TO GLOBALLY PREMIERE NEW GUNS N’ ROSES ALBUM “CHINESE DEMOCRACY” BEGINNING NOVEMBER 19TH
LOS ANGELES–November 19, 2008— Chinese Democracy, the highly anticipated album from Guns N’ Roses, will be premiered worldwide exclusively through MySpace Music, the world’s premier music community. Beginning today, fans can stream Chinese Democracy in its entirety three days before the album will be available for purchase by visiting the band’s official MySpace Music profile. The Guns N’ Roses album exclusive on MySpace Music marks one of the biggest premieres for the company, with all MySpace territories participating.
“Guns N’ Roses is rock and roll defined. I’m as eager as everyone to hear it,” said MySpace President Tom Anderson. “It’s truly an honor to premier this album on MySpace before it’s available to the world at large.”
Chinese Democracy will be the first original recording from Guns N’ Roses since the 1991 releases of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. Guns N’ Roses has sold an estimated 100 million albums worldwide, 42 million in the United States alone. Since joining MySpace in 2005, Guns N’ Roses has made more than 400,000 friends through their MySpace Music profile. The new album will be available globally to MySpace territories including the US, Canada, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil ,UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Denmark ,Russia, Turkey, Poland, India, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Japan.
MYSPACE MUSIC TO GLOBALLY STREAM THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM BY THE FIREMAN ON NOVEMBER 20
MySpace Music proudly presents The Fireman’s new album Electric Arguments. The project is ten years in the making between Paul McCartney and Youth. Beginning today, the MySpace audience can stream the entire album for free before it goes on sale on November 25. Listeners can find it on The Fireman’s official MySpace profile. Electric Arguments, the brand new third studio album, is their first album to feature vocals from the duo.
6 Jun

I can’t believe he hasn’t played on American Television before. UK heartthrob Ed Harcourt will be on Jay Leno’s Tonight Show this evening to promote his new album (well, that is to say his 2006 album that never got released in the States) The Beautiful Lie, which came out on Dovecote Records last Tuesday. Listening to The Beautiful Lie (and his back catalogue as well) it baffles me why he isn’t as huge in North America as he is in Europe. Last March during SXSW I ended up tagging along and filming Ed and his wife Gita as he got a sweet tattoo of one of his first songs, “Sing For My Supper” on his arm in Austin, TX. Enjoy our lil’ mini doc:
ED HARCOURT TO MAKE U.S. TELEVISION DEBUT ON THE TONIGHT SHOW JUNE 6, WEEK OF ‘THE BEAUTIFUL LIE’ RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2008 - Not long since wreaking havoc on Austin, Texas during SXSW, the illustrious Ed Harcourt will return to the States from his native England to perform on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” Friday, June 6. Timed perfectly with the release of his fourth full-length album, THE BEAUTIFUL LIE, due June 3 on Dovecote Records, Harcourt will celebrate the arrival of this much-awaited LP with a national television debut.
The Mercury Prize-nominated Harcourt has been keeping extraordinarily busy on tour with the Gutter Twins overseas, where he has been joining Greg Dulli, Mark Lanegan and co. on stage following his own opening set. “Ed Harcourt’s songs are as close to cabaret tunes and 1960s pop as they are to current rock,” recently noted the NEW YORK TIMES while UNDER THE RADAR hailed ‘The Beautiful Lie’ as “his best work to date.” The WALL STREET JOURNAL was on hand for one of his acclaimed Austin performances, calling Harcourt, “a gifted songwriter in the mold of Karl Wallinger and XTC’s Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding” adding, “and thus a descendant of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.”
Lead radio single, “Revolution in the Heart,” mimics Harcourt’s larger-than-life personality, brimming with his exquisite piano playing, booming delivery, thunderous rhythms and bursting backup vocals, compliments of The Magic Numbers. The track is currently going for adds at radio, already receiving early support across the country from stations like Starbucks XM Café, KBAC and others.
This visit is a precursor to additional U.S. tour dates this summer, to be announced soon.
11 Apr
Heather Mills gets a lot of flack. It’s probably warranted. In her bitter divorce battle with ex-husband/Beatle Paul McCartney, Mills was awarded $48.6 million, which equates to over $12 million per year of marriage. That wasn’t enough for her, though, so the two are slogging it out in court.
Things are getting so bad, that Mills admits she dumped a jug of water over the head of McCartney’s lawyer, Fiona Shackleton.
“Mrs. Shackleton said something under her breath so I cleansed and baptized her,” Mills said. “I thought she looked fantastic — I thought it did her the world of good.”
It’s hard to feel sympathetic for such a creature, but did anyone ever stop to think that maybe living with McCartney wasn’t all it was cracked up to be? Maybe the guy’s a tool. Mills tried to say something nice, though, extending an olive branch of sorts to McCartney’s future love interests.
“Well I think he’s got three different girlfriends so I wish all the girls the best of luck,” she said.
Okay…maybe she is a bitch.
