Former N*Sync member Lance Bass came out of the closet publicly yesterday. I still don't care about N*Sync. Or however it is you spell their name. [MTV]
According to an article also found at mtv.com, this year's Warped Tour attendance is slightly down, but founder Kevin Lyman still thinks the tour will draw in excess of 600,000 people by its end in Montreal, Quebec. Headliners AFI and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts are drawing large crowds, as are(comparatively speaking) lesser-known acts like Emery and Cartel on the side stages. I'm pretty stoked for August 13th in Montreal. If you want some pictures of the Cincinnati stop, look over here.
P2P file-sharing network Kazaa, an ancient predecessor to Soulseek, has settled with the music biz for a cool $100 million to be paid to the world's four major record companies...how screwed up is it that there are four major record companies on the entire planet? FOUR! That's unbelievable. Back in May, 2003, it's interesting to note, Kazaa's ownership declared it the most-used network in the world, at 239 million downloads. UPDATE: The figure is between a hundred and a hundred and fifteen million dollars.
Hold the phone, people, big news a-comin': A Tribe Called Quest are reuniting for a dozen(and possibly more) tour dates this fall! Tribe are the headliners of the 2K Sports Bounce Tour(whatever), promoting a video game that I probably will never even see, let alone play. Last year's headliners? The Roots. I like where this is going. The tour touches down in Toronto for its lone Canadian date at the Kool Haus, September 17th.
Big tour for punk rock kids in September: Bad Religion are coming back to Canada, alongside Dropkick Murphys. Here's the skinny:
Sept. 18 - Centre De Foire, Quebec City
Sept. 19 - Stade Uniprix, Montreal
Sept. 20 - Civic Center, Ottawa
Sept. 21 - John Labatt Centre, London Ont.
Sept. 22 - Arrow Hall, Toronto
Sept. 25 - MTS Centre, Winnipeg
Sept. 26 - Praireland Park, Saskatoon
Sept. 27 - Shaw Conference Center, Edmonton
Sept. 28 - Calgary Corral, Calgary
Sept. 30 - PNE Forum, Vancouver
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Congratulations are in order to an acquaintance of mine, Thrice singer Dustin Kensrue, as he and his wife are having a baby daughter; the announcement was made a couple weeks ago on his personal Myspace account. I do miss stuff sometimes. Man, I can't wait to have kids of my own sometime.
Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger has been charged with DUI. The incident happened in Surrey, B.C., and he's expected in court there August 25th. The hitch is that Nickelback are scheduled to play a show in Houston that day. Hmmm. It also happens to be the day before my beloved mother's birthday! Happy birthday, Mom!!!!! [chartattack]
Stolen without remorse from Chartattack.com, in an interview with Anberlin frontman Stephen Christian:
Q: What's the funniest thing you've ever read about Anberlin?
A: They misspell our name all the time. They spell it AmberLynn. Amber Lynn, I guess, was a porn star in the '70s and we had no clue when we came up with the name. A lot of the time, you can tell if the promoter watches porn by the way he spells our name.
Not sure if it's a joke or not, but Saosin's new record, their major-label bow, will be entitled Sound Raptors, which is, in a word, awesome. A new song is also up on their Myspace. [punkhardcore]
Vagrant Records has made their entire video library available at PunkRockVids, featuring the likes of From Autumn to Ashes, Senses Fail and many more.
Like American cycling needs this headache: fresh off winning the Tour de France, Floyd Landis is under investigation for doping, having been discovered to have an "abnormal" amount of testosterone in his system; a second positive test will see his title stripped. This after Lance Armstrong's years-long battle with the worldwide media over this controversial little topic. Nice. [Relevant]
The White Stripes will appear in an episode of The Simpsons on September 17th; Bart becomes a drummer in the show, and keep an eye out for a White Stripes-parodying music video! This to begin the show's eighteenth year on the air. Unreal.
Wow: XM Radio is tanking in a big way, reporting second-quarter financial losses of - steady now - $231 million. That's both completely unexpected and rather believable, if you think enough about it.
Misery Signals have a new record coming soon; here's a couple songs to listen to. From the album. Which is new. And coming out soon. Yes. [noisetheory]
Posted by mike at July 27, 2006 09:24 PM