Monday, October 24, 2011

Iron Maiden release new book

Iron Maiden ended their seven-month long world tour on August 6 in London`s O2 Area. The tour is captured by photographer John McMurtrie who made over 600 images throughout the whole tour. The book is called Iron Maiden: On Board Flight 666.

You can also check out the promo video below:




Pearl Jam released "Not For You" video

Director Cameron Crowe premiered his documentary about Pearl Jam called Pearl Jam 20. After screenings in selected theaters and television premiere last week, he released video for song "Not For You". It features footage of the band`s tour in mid 90`s during which they started becoming really famous. Fame actually made the leader Eddie Vedder uncomfortable.

Check the video on IMDB.com.

New releases

Finally, new Coldplay album, Mylo Xyloto, is out today. I am sure that many people waited for this one. Also, there is new Machine Head album out.
Here`s full list of new albums I recommend you to pick up:

Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
Cradle Of Filth – Evermore Darkly
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
Machine Head – Unto The Locust
Paul Simon – Songwriter
She & Him - A Very She and Him Christmas

Song of the day: The Strokes - "Last Night"


Sunday, October 23, 2011

Leonard Cohen announces new album

Leonard Cohen has announced that he will release first new album since 2004`s Dear Heather. New album will be called Old Ideas.


It will contain 10 previously unreleased songs. He said that he played some of them live and allegedly people like it.

Cohen also hopes that he will go on tour in support of his new album. However, he is not sure whether he will really do that. We`ll see.

Listen to Garbage`s first new track since 2007

Below you can hear new track from Garbage. Well, it is not really a new track, but cover of U2`s "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" which will appear on U2`s Achtung Baby tribute album. It is called AHK-toong BAY-bi and it will be available with new issue of Q Magazine on October 25.

Garbage will also release new LP. The drummer and producer, Butch Vig, told that it will be hopefully out in late March or early April.

Watch Noel Gallagher`s High Flying Birds perform on Jonathan Ross

Noel Gallagher`s High Flying Birds performed on Jonathan Ross last night (October 23). They performed "AKA...What a Life" from their self-titled album which came out this week.

Chris Cornell announces details about new LP Songbook

Frontman of The Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, announced that he will release new LP called Songbook. It will be an acoustic album which will feature Soundgarden`s, Audioslave`s and The Temple of Dog`s tracks.

It will also contain two covers. First will be Led Zeppelin - "Thank You" and the second is John Lennon`s classic "Imagine".

The album will be out on November 21.

Songbook tracklisting:

"As Hope And Promise Fade"
"Scar On The Sky"
"Call Me A Dog"
"Ground Zero"
"Can't Change Me"
"I Am The Highway"
"Thank You"
"Cleaning My Gun"
"Wide Awake"
"Fell On Black Days"
"All Night Thing"
"Doesn't Remind Me"
"Like A Stone"
"Black Hole Sun"
"Imagine"
"The Keeper"

Noel Gallagher UK and Ireland 2012 tour dates revealed

Noel Gallagher`s High Flying Birds have announced UK and Ireland tour dates for 2012. Gallagher and his band is set to play seven arena shows in 2012.

Noel Gallagher`s High Flying Birds 2012 tour dates:

Manchester MEN Arena (February 13)
Belfast Odyssey Arena (February 16)
Dublin O2 (February 17)
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (February 23)
Glasgow SECC Hall 4 (February 24)
London O2 (February 26)
Birmingham NIA (March 1)

Noel Gallagher is currently starting his UK tour today (October 23) at Dublin, Ireland.

Rise Against announce US tour dates

Rise Against is set to play plenty of shows in US during December. They still tour in support of their latest album Endgame which came out earlier this year.

Rise Against December tour dates:

December 2, 2011 - Verizon Theater, Grand Prairie, TX
December 4, 2011 - Brady Theater, Tulsa, OK
December 6, 2011 - 1st Bank Center, Broomfield, CO
December 8, 2011 - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
December 10, 2011 - Selland Arena, Fresno, CA
December 17, 2011 - Fillmore, Detroit, MI