AC/DC to embark on North American tour

The Aussie hard rock veterans, AC/DC, have just finished mapping the first North American leg of their upcoming massive tour, in preparation for the much anticipated “Black Ice” album. The band is set to get onboard the rock train immediately after Black Ice gets out, as Brian Johnson and co. will first salute those about to rock in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on October 28th, after calling it a wrap on December 18th in Charlotte, NC. Along…

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Kanye with what’s possibly a new album + tours

At last Sunday’s Disney VMA’s Kanye West premiered a new song, performing the new drumline-backed Love Lockdown (stereogum). Now, apparently Kanye’s not only rolling out new songs, but also a new album. No official word has been released by either Kanye or his publicist, but retail sites like Amazon and Target are listing LP4 under the title 808’s & Heartbreak with a release date of 12/16, so this seems as real as it can be….

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Jedi Mind tricks on 2008 tour!

The Philly hip-hop group, Jedi Mind Tricks, are prepping their sixth full length studio effort “A History of Violence” for the October 14th release date. To support it, the highly controversial rap quartet are set to head over on a cross-country promotional tour. Check out the full schedule bellow.

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The blue screen of death at NIN show

Photo by LtRandazzo A flickr user posted this yesterday, after attending a Nine Inch Nails show, most probably in Saint Louis’ Scottrade Center, on August 20th. The pic perfectly surprises the much feared blue screen of death, that’s been haunting computer geeks around the world! CTR+ALT+DEL :( Anyway, the Windows 98 error screen was obviously faked by NIN, as fun thing. After all, Trent is notoriously known as a huge “Apple fan,” and righteously so…

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Jack White talks upcoming James Bond theme song dueting with Alicia Keys + new Raconteurs dates

Awesome photoshop by BrooklynVegan

I found myself pleasantly surprised this morning when I found out Jack White and Alicia Keys will produce and perform the next 007 theme song, “Another Way To Die,” for the upcoming James Bond uber flick Quantum Solace. For the noobs out there, Quantum Of Solace, directed by Marc Forster and staring Daniel Craig as James Bond, will be released theatrically on November 7th 2008. The Keys/White…

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Coldplay adds further dates to ginormous tour

Seems like Coldplay is expanding and further expanding its Viva La Vida tour, in support of their so-so decent latest album, every few months or so, which isn’t a bad thing at all. This time the band have mapped some further European dates in September, as well as some US dates in late October/beginning of November, just after barely completing their recent North American trek. If they keep adding dates like crazy, they might end…

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Les Savy fav on short ’08 trek

The post-punk New Yorkers of Les Savy Fav are set to go on tour this fall, that’s sure to delight their fans around the country, although the dates are stretched quite thinly. More dates, however, are sure to come up in time. Just be patient, and the band might just come to a city near you. Their latest album, “Let’s Stay Friends,” is out now via French Kiss Records. Les Savy Fav – 2008 Tour…

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Metallica on 2008 North American tour

What a weekend for Metallica. After providing a world class performance at Texas’ Ozzfest, where they also revealed a new song Cyanide, the influential metal icons also mapped an extensive North American tour, in support of their upcoming album, Death Magnetic, which seems to be complete! The Sword will open all dates with Lamb Of God, Machine Head, and Down opening select dates Dates, plus an awesome artwork of the new album, right after the…

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Kings of Leon reveal new tracklist and head on tour + new MP3

A few days ago we unveiled a new song by the Kings of Leon, off their upcoming forth album Only By the Night, titled Crawl. Now the Nashville kin have return with some really major updates. First, they’ve unveiled the tracklist for the new album, comprised of 11 brand news songs, and second they’ve mapped the dates for their latest tour, set to kickoff this fall. The tour will support Only By the Night and…

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