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Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins will be spending most of the fall season out on an arena tour that kicks off Oct. 10 in Seattle. While only the cities on the trek have been announced at this point with the venues and dates to follow in the near future, the Pumpkins will find themselves traveling from coast to coast with stops in several major cities along the way. The
There’s no doubt the Foo Fighters rock, and it’s usually pretty hard when they do. But their efforts were not exactly embraced by everyone in the surrounding Belfast area Tuesday night (Aug. 21) as a number of people filed noise complaints during the band’s set on the opening night of Tennant’s Vital festival. The BBC reports that the Belfast City Council received 120 complaint calls, while the local police also
Linkin Park have reached a milestone that many bands can only dream about in the current music scene. Billboard reports that the group’s debut disc, ‘Hybrid Theory,’ has reached 10 million in sales. The group’s introductory effort was released in 2000 and sold an additional 3,000 copies this past week to bring its total to just over 10 million in sales. That makes ‘Hybrid Theory’ the 20th album to reach
Despite his best efforts, it looks as though Papa Roach singer Jacoby Shaddix‘s vocal issues are ongoing. P.O.D. revealed the news in a tweet, explaining that they were asked to step up to the main stage Tuesday night (Aug. 21) to make up for Papa Roach’s absence. ? They tweeted, “Headed to Grand Rapids. Papa Roach dropped off today’s show so we’re covering their slot last minute. Prayers 4 Jacoby
Here’s a look at the top stories of the day on Loudwire and around the Web: – While wishing the late Layne Staley a happy birthday today, reflect on Alice in Chains history by checking out the 10 Best Alice in Chains Songs. [Loudwire] – So Nickelback‘s Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne are getting married, and Twitter definitely exploded with some funny comments. Wonder what’s on the wedding night playlist?
Now that Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger and pop songstress Avril Lavigne are officially set to tie the knot , the Canadian lovebirds have an incredible amount of planning to do for their big day. With a seemingly endless amount of daunting tasks awaiting the bride and groom before they actually tie the knot, we've decided to give the two a bit of help to plan the wedding. Of course, we won't be lending our services to pick out flower arrangements or dresses for Avril's bridesmaids; we'll be working on the most important part of the occasion — the wedding night. It would be irresponsible for us to allow the musical duo to bump uglies without a proper playlist to set the mood, so here it is, our official Chad Kroeger & Avril Lavigne Wedding Night Playlist:
It seems like whenever a Presidential race begins, some politician rubs a musician the wrong way by using their music as a campaign theme. In 1984, Bruce Springsteen went after Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan for using ‘Born in the USA,’ Foo Fighters barred John McCain from playing ‘My Hero’ during his campaign, and now, Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider had denounced the use of ‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’ by