Electric Century, the new project from Mikey Way formerly of My Chemical Romance, will release an exclusive EP in honor of Record Store Day on April 18th.
Electric Century (featuring Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance and Dave Debiak of Sleep Station and New London Fire) have released their new single “Let You Get Away”.
Last week Green Day announced the dates for their massive summer tour supporting May 15th’s 21st Century Breakdown, and now the band has confirmed the venues they’ll be hitting on their 38-date journey across the U.S. and Canada. The band will be playing indoor arenas rather than amphitheaters. The trek starts July 3rd at Seattle’s Key Arena and ends August 25th at Los Angeles’ Forum. Green Day have not booked any festival dates. Following is a list of the official tour dates and accompanying venues. July 3 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena July 4 – Vancouver, BC @ GM… Read more »
Despite the fact that Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown will only have three days of sales rather than a full seven when retail figures are compiled next week, the album is projected to debut at Number One. Even with its unorthodox release date (albums traditionally hit stores on Tuesdays; Breakdown is due on Friday, May 15th), the LP is still expected to come close to the band’s career-best when 267,000 copies of American Idiot sold during its debut week in 2004. With a handful of weak-selling chart returnees and no other major debuts out this week, Green Day are all… Read more »
A month and a half after their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, is released, Green Day will hit the road for their first tour in three years, according to the band’s reps. The North American trek kicks off July 3rd in Seattle and heads to Canada. The 38-date journey wraps August 25th in Los Angeles. The band hasn’t announced any venues yet, but when Rolling Stone first listened to Breakdown, we reported the band was looking to book indoor arenas rather than amphitheatres. Rolling Stone’s David Fricke reported from one of the band’s warm-up gigs in California last week,… Read more »
Green Day played the biggest show of its week-long tour of the San Francisco Bay Area April 14th, performing its upcoming album, 21st Century Breakdown, in its entirety. After only eight full rehearsals of the opera and those two club dates, the six-piece Green Day – Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool with guitarist Jason White, keyboardist Jason Freese and guitarist Jeff Matika – had the Quadrophenia-like hang of 21st Century Breakdown’s classic rock melodies and lifetime-punk drive down solid. “I”m not fuckin’ around,” Armstrong crowed in “Horseshoes and Handgrenades,” and there was no insecurity in the way… Read more »
What do ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” the Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party!)” and John McCormick’s cut of “Star-Spangled Banner” have in common? They’ve been selected as the “Songs of the Century” as part of a fifth-grade music-education project backed by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America. In an effort to promote a better understanding of America’s musical heritage, the NEA and the RIAA released the list of 365 “Songs of the Century” on Wednesday, including recordings like the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie” and Miles Davis’ “Bitches Brew.” The list is… Read more »
A Rocket to the Moon have announced that their summer tour with The Maine, This Century, and Brighten will be their last.
The Maine will independently release their 4th album Forever Halloween on June 4th. In addition to the new record, The Maine will embark on a US headlining tour from June through July with support from A Rocket To The Moon, This Century, and Brighten.
