Daily Archives April 13, 2011

American Express will share an exclusive rebroadcast of Grammy® award-winning rock icons Duran Duran’s “Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express” sold-out performance during a special 48 hour on-demand period. The performance was streamed live on YouTube last month from the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Directed by David Lynch, the concert included special guest performances from Mark Ronson, Kelis, Beth Ditto (The Gossip), and Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance). Duran Duran’s performance (featuring all four original members: Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Roger Taylor) came one day after their critically acclaimed 13th studio album, entitled ALL YOU NEED IS NOW (S-Curve Records), hit stores.

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Platinum selling country rocker Jason Aldean is slated to perform his multi-week No. one smash hit “Don’t You Wanna Stay” with Kelly Clarkson on FOX’s American Idol tomorrow at 8:00PM ET/7:00PM CT.  Later that night, fans can also catch Aldean perform his newest single “Dirt Road Anthem” on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS.

Aldean’s MY KINDA PARTY continues to top the charts 23 weeks after its release, now spending a third consecutive week in the No. one position on Billboard’s Country Albums chart. Additionally, “Don’t You Wanna Stay” was certified PLATINUM this week for digital sales of over one million units.

Aldean recently extended his MY KINDA PARTY tour through August with upcoming dates in Manchester, NH (4/28), Amherst, MA (4/29) and Hershey, PA (4/30)...

After receiving thousands of Tweets on its official Twitter feed from fans around the world asking the band to express its support for earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, My Chemical Romance has responded by recording the song “#SINGItForJapan,” which has been released exclusively via iTunes today, April 13^th. The band and Warner Bros. Records will donate their proceeds from the song’s sales to the American Red Cross in support of its relief efforts in Japan.

The song is a re-interpretation of the band’s single, “SING,” from current album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys...

Sky Ferreira has released a new lyric video for her song “108.”  The pop darling’s quirky sense of humor shines through on the track where she shares that her “secret lover is a hundred and eight.”  The track was produced by Sky’s mentors Bloodshy & Avant and appears on her recently released AS IF! EP available on iTunes now.

Taking Back Sunday is set to release their new album on June 28, 2011. The self-titled release marks a return to the band’s original line-up from their 2002 debut Tell All Your Friends:  vocalist Adam Lazzara, guitarist Eddie Reyes and drummer Mark O’Connell have reunited with vocalist/guitarist John Nolan and bass player Shaun Cooper, who departed in 2003.   Tell All Your Friends has sold over one million records worldwide, spawned breakthrough anthem “Cute without the ‘E’ (Cut from the Team) and launched the band as one of the most influential of its generation.

Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, All American Rejects), Taking Back Sunday is the New York Band’s fifth studio album, three of which have been certified gold.  The first song off the album, “El Paso,” has already become a fan favorite, and debut single “Faith (When I Let You Down)” will be available starting May 3rd.

A special pre-order will be available to fans starting today only at www.takingbacksunday.com.  The limited-edition package includes the new album as well as a second bonus disc with six additional demo tracks and an instant MP3 download of “El Paso”.  The pre-order also includes 11 1′x1′ posters with unique art inspired by each song off the album, with copies of lyrics handwritten by Adam on the back of each poster.  Each package will be signed by the band.

Taking Back Sunday will be sharing their new songs with fans on a nationwide summer headlining tour that also includes performances at the Reading and Leeds festivals. Full tour dates to be announced soon.  Visit www.takingbacksunday.com for more information and to view album cover art.

Taking Back Sunday track listing:

El Paso

Faith (When I Let You Down)

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Robyn stopped by The Ellen Show today for an electrifying performance of her single “Dancing On My Own.”  Robyn will be also be rocking the stage at Jimmy Kimmel tonight and at Coachella this weekend.

For an inside look into Robyn’s thoughts on her amazing fans, favorite new artists and her own music check out her backstage interview at the NewNowNext Awards.

A bad break-up may seem like the end of the world sometimes, but Kimberly Caldwell gives encouragement with the track “Taking Back My Life” from her debut album Without Regret, in stores next Tuesday, April 19th.  “Even if the relationship was a loss, you being able to come out better and stronger in the end – that’s a win,” she explains.

Fans can still pre-order Without Regret this week on Amazon.  Keep up with Kim as she prepares for her album release by following her on Twitter and Facebook.