It was reported earlier that former boy band member JC Chasez had a tax lien placed against him by the state of Mississippi. Now, the former NSYNC singer is speaking out becuase he wants everyone to know that JC isn’t broke. His manager explains that “This is a dispute between ‘NSync and the state of Mississippi that stems back from an ‘NSync performance in the state. Since ‘NSync no longer exists, the state is going after each member individually.” And since JC “was the principal member of ‘NSync, the front guy, so they are going after him first. This is still an open dispute with ‘NSync as a whole and ‘NSync is looking to get it all resolved.” I thought Justin Timberlake was the front man.
On November 2 at 11 p.m. ET, Fuse, the national music network, will televise the worldwide premiere of Nirvana Live at Reading, the band’s legendary, never-before-released 1992 Reading concert. The show, marking the first time that Nirvana fans will experience the epochal August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at UK’s Reading Festival, will debut as an hour long broadcast the night before the limited edition 90 minute CD+DVD Deluxe Edition is by Geffen/UMe.
Featuring 25 songs including “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “All Apologies” and “Come As You Are,” Nirvana’s performance at Reading ranked No. 1 in Kerrang Magazine’s “100 Gigs That Shook The World” chart and was voted as “Nirvana’s No. 1 Greatest Moment” by fans in a recent NME poll.
“Fuse is excited to provide Nirvana fans with the first opportunity to witness this historic music event since the concert 17 years ago,” said David Weier, vice president, programming, Fuse. “Not only are we airing a highly anticipated, never-before-seen concert in more than 65 million homes, we are providing Nirvana’s loyal fan base with companion programming for a comprehensive and unique viewing experience.”
Leading up to the premiere of Nirvana Live at Reading, Fuse will air “Loaded: Nirvana,” a half-hour of Nirvana’s greatest music videos at 10 p.m. ET, followed by “Videos That Rocked the World: Smells Like Teen Spirit,” a celebration of the legendary music video which was a breakthrough for music, entertainment, culture and society.
While the show’s centerpiece was a performance of nearly the entire Nevermind tracklist, also noteworthy were early performances of three as yet unrecorded songs which wouldn’t be released until 2 years later on In Utero: “All Apologies,” “Dumb,” and in its first ever public performance, “Tourettes.” The career-spanning setlist also reached back to the band’s 1989 Sub Pop debut album, Bleach, for “Blew,” “About A Girl,” “School,” “Negative Creep” and first single “Love Buzz,” and even further back to the mid-’80s for “Spank Thru.” Other songs from the Reading set would appear in studio form on the Incesticide compilation later in the year: “Aneurysm,” “Been A Son” and “Sliver.” Additionally, the band played a pair of beloved covers by two bands that helped shape the formative Nirvana sound– “The Money Will Roll Right In” by Fang and “D-7″ by The Wipers.
The former Busted band member has recently expressed his wishes for the band to be reunited. Matt Willis wrote the following on his twitter page: “Right! Busted! In answer to when are we getting back together… I honestly don’t know! But I like to think we have serious unfinished business. Charlie was not fun to be in a band with towards the end. I’m not sure I’d want to be in a band again with him! I still think Charlie is a cool guy but he made things a bit miserable.” So, Matt Willis wants the band back, but he doesn’t want Charlie Simpson to be in it anymore… and bear in mind, this is a three-man band we’re talking about here. Oh well, I guess a bicycle is always way cooler than a tricycle so it might not be that bad an idea.
After five years of not having to deal with douche bag Fred Durst, he’s coming back on to the scene as the crappy nu-metal outfit Limp Bizkit announced that they are set to reunite this year, with a new album in the works and a world tour scheduled to kick off in the spring. The group’s front man has been blabbing about their comeback because the band is “disgusted and bored with modern music”. If they’re planning to “save” music in 2009, I’d tell them to stop being delusional and get their realities checked. They’d be doing the industry a favor by just staying away.
Here’s some interesting news for whatever is left of Blink 182 fans. The trio is scheduled to present at Sunday’s Grammy Awards show. They are not going to be performing though. However, the fact that they’re all going to be together on the same stage signals to me that the guys are seriously considering a reunion tour. Maybe all that talk about it not happening was just to throw everyone off of the plans. I think they should do a reunion tour. They may not have been the greatest band ever but they were a lot of fun to listen to and watch.
Multi-platinum Island Records’ five-man band Saliva has completed its aptly-titled fifth album, Cinco Diablo, set to arrive in the physical and digital marketplace on December 16th – the ultimate alt-metal post-grunge must-have CD this twisted holiday season! The new album’s first single pick, “Family Reunion,” was #1 Most Added at Active Rock and Modern Rock radio and is already on over 75 stations at both formats.
In advance support of Cinco Diablo, Memphis favorites Saliva continue their never-ending headlining tour schedule with Jet Black Stare, Drowning Pool, and Tantric through Nov. 11th (Veteran’s Day) in Texas. Saliva will play a halftime NBA homecoming gig at FedEx Forum in Memphis on Halloween, when the Grizzlies host the Magic.
Cinco Diablo is the long-awaited followed to Blood Stained Love Story, Saliva’s fourth album, released nearly two years ago in January 2007. It gave the band the highest Soundscan debut of their career – #19-bullet on combined first week sales of 30,000 copies. The album also spun off one of Saliva’s highest-charting singles, “Ladies and Gentlemen,” which rose to #1 at Active Rock and #2 at Mainstream Rock. “Ladies and Gentlemen” was heard in a Sony Playstation commercial last year, and was also used in Wrestlemania and Ultimate Fighting show Wired. The song matched the success of their biggest single to date, “Always,” which hit #1 at Active and Modern Rock back in 2002 (from the Back Into Your System album).
After fourteen long years, the New Kids on the Block reunited on stage for their first concert at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Thursday night.
The fans were going crazy and screaming their hearts out!
Member Danny Wood said it felt “good”; they also said that a screaming fan threw her bra at Joey McIntyre.
Looks like they haven’t lost their mojo!
In shock and confusion, Joey threw the bra back. Hahaha! That must’ve hurt the girl’s ego!
Don’t call it a comeback just yet but Metallica is set to come out with a new album. This will be the first album for the band in 5 years as their last album, ‘St. Anger’, was released back in 2003. The band’s latest effort ‘Death Magnetic’ which was produced by Rick Rubin will be released by Warner Bros. on September 12th. The first single from the album will be ‘The Day that Never Comes’ which will have its video debut soon. The disc will also feature a song titled ‘The Unforgiven III’ which is being dubbed as a sequel of sorts to 1991’s ‘The Unforgiven’ and 1997’s ‘The Unforgiven II’.
Billboard is reporting that the Backstreet Boys have already started working on the follow-up to last year’s ‘Unbreakable’. The group has already recorded some new material for their sixth studio album while on their European tour and plan to hit the studio again after their tour of North America which kicks off on Tuesday in St. John’s, Newfoundland and wraps up on September 6 in Seattle. Howie Dorough says “We’re looking at getting back into the studio quite quickly. We want to hopefully have something ready to go or at least be heavily into it by the end of the year and have something out towards the beginning of next year.”
The photos may not be of good quality but don’t you dare mistake the blurry images for an illusion. The New Kids on the Block are definitely back – three of them at least. After on again/off again rumors that the boy band that spawned all boy bands would be hanging tough once more, paparazzi caught Donnie, Joey and Jordan hanging out with a fan in the ATL airport while they were on their way to boy band land, Orlando, Florida. Sources are saying that it’s where they’re establishing their base to work on some new music. It look like the reunion is definitely on.
Despite recently claiming he wanted to get back into the music business and prove that former bandmates Take That are not better than him; Robbie Williams seems to have had a change of heart. Looking chubby and out of shape, the Rudebox star says he may never hit the road again claiming the last tour almost killed him. He has also said that he may not even release a proper album this year.
The reason behind this seems to be that Robbie is enjoying the recluse lifestyle too much. He says, “I do have to say, the more time I’m spending away from public life, the more I like it. Unfortunately I have a massive competitive urge that wants me to put out three albums a year. Which one will win? I’m sure as soon as I get bored I’ll be back. But right now there’s a soy vanilla latte and mince pie waiting for me in the kitchen.”
Robbie is clearly in a quandary about whether to hang up his mic for good. He was recently spotted with a ridiculous hermits beard and admitted, “Christmas was a glutton feast – I neither fit into my pop star trousers or my bed for that matter.”
His last album ‘Rudebox’ was a complete flop, Take That’s reunion is reaching new heights; without him, and former band mates have been quoted saying things like “There is no place for Robbie in Take That anymore.” Some might say Robbie Williams is pretty washed up.
But Rob has other ideas. Reports show that he plans a huge musical comeback in 2008; apparently because he is so jealous of his former band’s success he wants revenge.
A source close to the singer said: “Things haven’t been going that well for Robbie recently and he’s been having a bit of a break from recording. His last album, ‘Rudebox’, was panned by critics, which was made worse by the fact Take That are doing so well, without him. Robbie has now decided enough is enough and it’s time to reclaim his crown. He is working on new material and he reckons this is the best stuff he has ever come up with. There could even be another hit like ‘Angels’.”
Cult rockers My Bloody Valentine will play their first live gigs in 16 years when they take to the stage in the summer of 2008. Kevin Shields’ British group revealed their tour plans on Thursday, one week after announcing their reunion. The rock icons, which are planning to release a new album before the end of this year, will play gigs in London, Manchester and Glasgow in June and July. The group last played live in 1992, and have been inactive since 1995. They have also been linked to the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in California.
British girl band the Spice Girls may be breathing a huge sigh of relief. Toronto beat Baghdad, among other contenders, in an online poll to decide where the 1990s pop sensations would play a special performance as part of their world tour, the group said on Friday. Haha, so if incase Baghdad won over the other cities would the Spice Girls have performed there, I think no ways even if the US troops deloyed there would have given security assurances. They would have been scared for their lives at the every moment if the results for the poll showed the warn ravaged city as the winner. If US troops with hi-tech guns cannot defend themselves then how could the Spice Girls save their lives with mics in their hands and headphone over the head as a shelter. I won’t blame they either as Middle East Asia is today one of the most war prone places in the world and one would only choose to go there if one wish for an easy suicide attempt.
Motown music legend Stevie Wonder has announced his first US tour in more than a decade. The 57-year-old, will start the tour in San Diego on 23 August, with the final concert in Boston on 20 September. I do know if I am right or wrong, but more than music releases I can see that there more and more singers that are wanting to make world tours this year, and especially those who have been out of the limelight in recent years, the first that come to my mind is the world tour of Spice Girls who are getting to together at the year of the year. It means fun and music for all the fans, its going to be an all out celebration of music with former greats playing to audiences around the world. In 2005, he released his first album in 10 years, A Time to Love. It debuted at number five on the US album charts and has sold 469,000 copies to date
The Spice Girls have put the rumors to rest after weeks of speculation. They have announced that they will be reuniting to do eleven concerts in eleven different locations around the world in December and January. All five of the original Spice Girls are back, including Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice. She had been the first to leave the group in 1998. Many things have changed for the girls since they called it quits. There are seven children between all of the girls and Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice is currently expecting her first. A TV documentary will follow later. To me this seems like one of those cases of making money and reliving your glory years. Nobody seems to have really missed them since they’ve been gone and I don’t see how eleven shows constitute of a reunion of any kind. It sounds like a money making scheme or a desperate attempt to get back the level of success that they once had.
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