Artist name: Spice Girls Album name: Greatest Hits Label: Virgin Gender: Pop Release date: November 9, 2007 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: http://www.thespicegirls.com The long announced and discussed reunion took place and the next obvious marketing move would be to release their greatest hits. That was easy. What they did was that they played it safe. They are not going to make any new fans and some old fans are going to dislike it, but they managed…
Today, folk icons [tag]Eagles[/tag] have managed to blow away the Billboard 200 charts, with their first studio album in 30 years, surpassing [tag]Britney Spears[/tag] much talked about come-back by a 2-1 ratio. “Long Road Out of Eden,” which sold 711,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan tops this week’s Billboard 200, with Britney Spears’ “Blackout” ocuping second place after 300,000 albums sold. Long Road Out Of Eden was made available exclusively to…
The Canadian artist is going to embark on a tour to support Te Best Damn Thing, her latest album that was nominated at MTV Europe Music Awards this year. She announced details of ‘The Best Damn Tour’ this afternoon at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go in L.A. “I’m excited to go out and play live and perform,” Lavigne said during a small concert. “I have the most fun when I am performing for the fans. I think that…
Next week will see the legendary pop rock band [tag]The Goo Goo Dolls[/tag] release their long awaited best of volume, titled “The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 – The Singles.” For their fans however they have something a little more special in mind. In an exciting promotion for their forthcoming release, the Goo Goo Dolls, one of the great American rock and roll bands of our generation, will perform a free 30-minute concert…
Synthpop duo, [tag]Erasure[/tag], have teamed up with platinum awarded artists Cyndi Lauper once again, on “Early Bird” a bouncy electronic duet between Lauper and Andy Bell available on their recently released “Storm Chaser” EP. The whole song is centered across the two singing, accompanied by a wall of synth beats and a oh-uh-oh chorus, that brings back a sense of ’80s vibe to it. It’s a excellent listen for all you retro fans and provides…
The English duo Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, that form genre-busting pop pioneers Goldfrapp, have just announced the date for their upcoming fifth studio effort “Seventh Tree” on February 26th. Written and produced entirely by the band, in their own studio located deep into the English countryside, ‘Seventh Tree’ follows up the critically acclaimed ‘Supernature’ album, released in March 2005. Supernature went platinum in the UK and went on to sell over a million copies…
So far it’s been a busy and fulfilling year for Sheffield homeboy Richard Hawley, releasing what seems to be one of the best records of the year once with his fifth solo album Lady’s Bridge. Hawley’s hometown of Sheffield is a key thematic element on Lady’s Bridge. As with the mythical Sheffield lovers meeting place, Coles Corner, Hawley’s new album is named after another local landmark. “Lady’s Bridge is the oldest bridge in the city,”…
The Montreal base, pop punk quintet Simple Plan is set to make their long-awaited comeback into the mainstream next week, once with the release of their first single 2 years: “When I’m Gone.” The single’s world premiere will take place online at the band’s website www.simpleplan.com, on October 29 6pm EDT/3pm PD and will see the Canadians divulging exclusive details of their upcoming new album and taking questions from die-hard fans around the world.
Buffalo native trio, The Goo Goo Dolls are without a doubt one of the most iconic pop-rock bands of the ’80s and early ’90s, becoming, as time passed by, one of the most globally respected and loved songwriting forces in popular music history. In Recent months, the Buffalo natives set the all-time record for the artist with the most Top 10 hits in Hot AC Radio (Adult Contemporary Music) ever with twelve. This past week,…
This is about the band named Heart. They are a sister act and they have been singing for three decades; sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson — the core of Seattle act Heart — have shown a knack for holding their own. They have released anthems like “Magic Man”, “Barracuda” and “Crazy on You” in the ’70s and they have made chart-toppers of “Alone and All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You”. Their legacy…
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