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The Kooks are set to play Rumsey Playfield in Central Park among other venues in their forthcoming US tour. The jaunt, which kicks off September 10 at the Rumsey Playfield, also known as Summerstage, will see the band perform at venues both big and small including the House Of Blues in Dallas, Texas. To purchase tickets for any upcoming show head over to Ticketmaster.
If you’re planning on illegally downloading Guns N Roses leaked tracks from their forthcoming album, ‘Chinese Democracy’, you better think twice. Kevin Skwerl, the blogger who leaked nine tracks from the forthcoming album has been questioned by the FBI. Two agents visited Skwerl at his office and questioned him about the source of the files which he posted on his blog Antiquiet last week before removing them after a take down notice from Axl Rose’s attorneys. Skwerl, who is a former employee of Universal Music, was asked by the agents to hand over the original files which he did not have. Speaking to rollingstone.comSkwerl said he wasn’t worried about any legal action that might come from posting the tracks saying:
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“I’m not so worried about that. It’s a legal grey area since it wasn’t for download, it wasn’t a finished product. We aren’t sure who owns the recordings. I feel like I might survive this.”
The tracks were removed from his blog after ““a really cool guy from the Gn’R camp” asked for the take down.”He was trying to reach out and see if I’d go without a fight, which is more or less what I did,” said Skwerl.
The Killers and The Jesus And Mary Chain are just a couple of the bands set to headline this year’s US Download Festival. The three-city festival will take place in three separate cities. The festival kicks off in San Francisco at the Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View on July 19. The following day (July 20) the festival takes place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The final day will be held at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. Each location will have a slightly different lineup. For more information visit Downloadfestival.com.
Cut Copy are set to release a single from their new album ‘In Ghost Colours‘. The single, ‘Hearts On Fire‘, will be release on July 5 and will feature remixes of the song by Midnight Juggernauts, Holy Ghost!, and Knightlife. The band, who are in the midst of a European tour, have also added a few more dates to the jaunt.
If a band’s success is measured by the number of times their music is played on the radio, then Coldplay would be beyond successful. Chris Martin and Co. are set to have their very own US radio station on XM Radio’s channel 51. The station will only last one month and will coincide with their upcoming North American tour in support of their new album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends‘, which kicks off July 14 in Los Angeles. ‘30 Days of Coldplay‘ will feature exclusive live performances from the band as well as interviews, rare tracks and more. The station will broadcast from July 15 until August 15. XM Radio is a pay-for-service satelite radio.
Are Former Libertines‘ Pete Doherty and Carl Barat writing songs together? Well according to The Sun they are. The pair had been reportedly writing songs together for a musical before Barat’s hospitalization for acute pancreatitis a couple weeks ago. The songs are so good, however, that the two are thinking of keeping some for themselves to record together. According to The Sun an “anonymous” source said the “songs have been pouring out of the pair and now they’re considering holding back a few compositions to record and maybe release in the future.” Although The Sun has, in the past, been wrong on a few things, let’s hope they aren’t wrong on this one.
Coldplay appeared on the Daily Showwith Jon Stewart last night (June 25). Chris Martin and co. played ‘42‘ and ‘Lost!‘ from their recently release album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends‘.
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The Chemical Brothers are set to release a ‘best of’ compilation album this summer. ‘Brotherhood‘, which will feature two discs, is set to hit the shelves September 1. The compilation album will include 14 past singles as well as new track ‘Keep My Composure‘ which features Spank Rock. Disc two of the album will feature a series of tracks the band made under the name Electronic Battle Weapons for DJs to test in clubs.
The Verve debuted a new single Monday (June 23) that is currently streaming on the band’s MySpace page. The track, ‘Love Is Noise‘, is from their forthcoming album which is due out August 19 in the US.
Brian Wilson is among the latest addition to the forthcoming Newport Folk Festival. The three day event, which takes place August 1-3 in Newport, RI, will also see performances by Cat Power, The Black Crowes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Jimmy Buffett and many more.
