Collection of Exclusive, In-studio Sessions@AOL Recordings to Hit Streets October 14th America Online, Inc., the world’s leading interactive services company, and Atlantic Records have announced the forthcoming release of Sessions@AOL, a compilation CD featuring some of the best performances from AOL(R) Music’s groundbreaking program, Sessions@AOL. Due in stores on October 14th, the album will feature tracks from a diverse array of talent, performed in small studios or rehearsal spaces where the artists had complete creative control over the delivery of their songs. As a result of the unique settings in which these artists performed for AOL, the album includes rare… Read more »
Los Angeles – America Online is set to reveal a dramatic new addition to its public Web presence Tuesday (April 19) with the announcement that it will make thousands of music videos available for free and on demand. The media company disclosed an agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG), and a deal with Warner Music Group is expected shortly. Additional labels already are in negotiations as well. AOL has begun encoding the videos and plans to put them up at www.aolmusic.com gradually as the technical work is completed, beginning this week. America Online senior vp programing Bill Wilson said that… Read more »
America Online, Inc. today announced that Staind will perform a live special edition of BroadBAND Rocks(TM), broadcast exclusively on AOL(R) for Broadband on May 17 at 8:00 PM at AOL Keyword: Staind. AOL members will be able to watch the band perform hits from their certified Platinum albums and songs from their new CD, 14 Shades of Grey, scheduled for release on May 20 on Flip/Elektra. The show will take place at New York City’s Manhattan Centre. “AOL for Broadband has become one of the most popular destinations for online music exclusives, special concert events, and previews,” said Lisa Hook,… Read more »
To celebrate the return of ‘Loki,’ we’ve highlighted a few bands who were once on top of the world but have seemingly become a nostalgic memory, left sitting like sand on the bottom of an hourglass, lost in the depths of our iPod nanos.
Check out the guests this week on idobi Radio!
It doesn’t take much to get the Eminem rumor mill churning, and the rapper did just that on Tuesday with a mysterious post on his Twitter account.
Conor Oberst sits in a dive bar, pulling on Winston Lights and throwing back intermittent gulps from a beer bottle. This isn’t the downtown New York- or Los Angeles-variety “dive” with the beautiful people and the perfectly curated juke box. This is the suburban Omaha sort, where a handful of pear-shaped, geriatric regulars sit drinking, solo, at two in the afternoon, mumbling conversations to themselves. The juke box plays only AC/DC. Oberst, better-known as Bright Eyes, is here — away from his handlers, bandmates and friends that dot the frigid Omaha landscape — to confront the perception, more or less,… Read more »
Ruben Garay, the webmaster of World of Britney (worldofbritney.com) and arguably her biggest devotee, has announced plans to shut down the six-year-old site in the wake of the “Toxic” singer’s recent run of questionable behavior. “As Britney keeps losing her identity and credibility within fans and industry people, so is [World of Britney],” Garay writes. “I believe Britney is unfortunately done (for me at least). No matter what anyone thinks or how they may disagree, it’s very hard to maintain the respect needed to keep things going.” The Web shrine, which bears the motto “Dream, Create, Deliver, Inspire” and has… Read more »
Burbank, CA – Multi-platinum, Grammy® Award-winning rock group Green Day will embark on a two-month North American tour, kicking off in Chicago on August 10th. The band, with Jimmy Eat World in the support slot, will be playing arenas and stadiums across the continent. Tickets for most of the shows will go on sale May 14th with the exception of Washington, DC, and Minneapolis, MN, which will go on sale May 13th, and Boston, MA, which will go on sale 5/21. East Rutherford, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago are already on sale. Following the footsteps of previous singles “American… Read more »
Burbank, Ca – On the heels of selling out the U.K.’s Milton Keynes Stadium, Grammy Award-winning trio Green Day will perform three stadiums this summer/fall as part of an extensive North American tour. The band is scheduled to perform on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning, top-rated late-night comedy-variety series, “Saturday Night Live,” this Saturday, April 9th, with guest host Cameron Diaz. Dates for the tour are still to be announced, but the stadium shows and on-sale dates are as follows: Sep 1, 2005 – E. Rutherford, NJ – Giants Stadium Sep 24, 2005 – San Francisco, CA – SBC Park Oct 8,… Read more »
