Radiohead Cancel Shows, Release Statement On Stage Collapse

Jun 21st 2012

Radiohead will cancel seven European shows in response to last weekend’s tragic stage collapse in Toronto. Their official statement, via Dead Air Space:

Hello everyone,
As you will probably have heard the roof over the stage collapsed at our show in Toronto killing crew member Scott Johnson and injuring three other crew members. The collapse also destroyed the light show – this show was unique and will take many weeks to replace. The collapse also caused serious damage to our backline, some elements of which are decades old and therefore hard to replace.
Whilst we all are dealing with the grief and shock ensuing from this terrible accident there are also many practical considerations to deal with & consequently we have to try and reschedule the following shows:
June
30 Roma Hippodrome Capanelle
July
1 Firenze Parco delle Cascine
3 Bologna Arena Parco Nord
4 Codroipo Villa Manin
6 Berlin Wuhlheide
7 Berlin Wuhlheide
9 St Triphon Carriere des Andonces
We aim to announce the new dates for these shows on Wednesday 27th of June and will also supply information on how to obtain refunds on tickets if you cannot come to the show on the new date.
We will start playing live again at Les Arenes Nimes, Bilbao BBK festival and Lisbon Optimus Alive festival.
We will make every effort to offer the fans the very best show possible under the circumstances – thanks for your understanding and support.

We’ll keep you posted next week when those shows are rescheduled.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - "Everybody's On The Run" (Official ...

June 20, 2012

Noel Gallagher new video for 'Everybody's On The Run' 

Photo: PA

Noel Gallagher has debuted his new video for 'Everybody's On The Run', which features The OC actress Mischa Barton getting her dress stolen. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to watch the video.

The video, which is set in Los Angeles, stars Gallagher as a taxi driver who picks up Mischa Barton and drops her off, only to drive off with her dress stuck in the door, leaving her forced to chase after him in her underwear.

The track itself will be released on August 6 and will be accompanied by a new remix of Gallagher's previous single 'AKA...What A Life!' by the Amorphous Androgynous.

The mix follows the band's previous reworking of 'If I Had A Gun', which was retitled 'Shoot A Hole Into The Sun' and appeared on previous single 'Dream On'. Gallagher is currently working on an album with the band which he recently revealed to NME, will come out some time next year.

Check out the official vid...nice!

The Killers - Battle Born: Official Album Trailer

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge (Video)

RHCP Fans Found Anthony Keidis' "Under The Bridge" Bridge

The bridge has been found! We think...Apparently Red Hot Chili Pepper superfans have discovered the location of the dreadful bridge that Anthony Kiedis diligently sings about in that positive song that you've probably heard once or twice, "Under The Bridge". Sense the sarcasm? Kiedis has failed to provide exact coordinates of the bridge's location for the past twenty years due to the negative effect it has on his life (I mean just listen to the lyrics..), so Vulture did some serious extensive research in search of the mythed about bridge. It's location apparently lies in MacArthur Park in LA. As Vulture writes, "It links Sixth and Union — the intersection Kiedis claims he was walking toward — with the drug dealers at Seventh and Hoover. And, unlike the other bridges, it provides a discreet location for private time with personal demons."

Van Halen "Panama" HQ Live from The Amway Arena Orlando Florida April 12...

Van Halen Postpone Summer Tour Dates

All shows after June 26th pulled from band's website

David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen of Van Halen perform in Sunrise, Florida.

 

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Van Halen have abruptly postponed all tour dates after their June 26th show in New Orleans with no explanation.
The band yanked more than 30 long-planned dates, including shows in Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Salt Lake City and El Paso. Local promoters United Concerts and AEG issued statements regarding some postponed shows to local media, including the Salt Lake Tribune and Las Cruces Sun-News, but no details have been offered yet about rescheduled dates or refunds.
Nearly all of the tour is promoted by Live Nation, whose reps wouldn't comment. The band's rep also had no comment. A source with knowledge of the tour tells Rolling Stone that Van Halen's members "hate each other." Adds the source, "The band is arguing like mad. They are fighting."
News of the postponed tour dates surprised several arena reps, who are featuring upcoming Van Halen shows prominently on their websites. "You want to know the absolute fuckin' truth? I have no fuckin' idea," another concert-business source with knowledge of the tour tells Rolling Stone.
"It's selling pretty good – I don't know why they would say it's being canceled," says a source at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, where the band was supposed to perform on July 7th.
Several of the non-canceled dates have nearly sold out, including this Saturday's show in Minneapolis and June 20th in Dallas. "We're selling really well," says Jack Larson, vice president and general manager of the Xcel Energy Center. "We're looking forward to it."
After decades of touring with Sammy Hagar (and, for a brief period in the late 1990s, Gary Cherone), Van Halen reunited with David Lee Roth for a 2007 tour and hit the road again with him in February. The band released its first new album with Roth, "A Different Kind of Truth," earlier that month. It sold 187,000 copies in its debut week and hit Number Two.

Fortunately, I was able to see them last April...here's a quick vid:

Beastie Boys album sales rocket after MCA's death

Photo: Tim Cochrane

Sales of Beastie Boys albums have rocketed since the death of Adam 'MCA' Yauch last Friday (May 4), Billboard reports.

The hip-hop trio sold 55,000 albums last week, up from 4,000 the previous week – which is a 1,235 per cent increase in sales.

This means that 'Licenced To Ill', which was the first rap album to ever enter the US Billboard 200 chart, is now at Number 18 after 19,000 copies were sold.

The band's other albums – 'Paul's Boutique', 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two', 'Ill Communication', 'Check Your Head' and ' Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science' are also now back in the Billboard 200.

In addition, Beastie Boys sold 151,000 downloads last week, up 949 per cent gain from the 14,000 they sold the week before.

Billboard predict that sales could be even bigger next week, after a full week's impact from Yauch's death is seen on the charts.

In total, the band released eight albums. Their last album, 'Hot Sauce Committee Part Two', was released last year. It was originally planned for released in 2009 but was delayed after Yauch was diagnosed with cancer of the preaortic gland and lymph node in July of that year.

Unreleased Beastie Boys with Dave Chappelle (Hey Viacom, sue me bitches!)