The Eminem Show, Eminem’s third full-length album and the follow-up to 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP, will hit record stores in April. With Dr. Dre, who also produced the rapper’s previous two releases, Eminem co-produced the record. A portion of one new song from the album, “Cleaning Out My Closet,” is featured in trailers for 8 Mile, the rapper’s quasi-biopic and star vehicle, and can be viewed at www.shadyrecords.com. The soundtrack to the film, scheduled for a summer release, will also feature new Eminem material.
The number of songs swapped on Napster fell by more than a third, down 36 percent, in April from March as the company’s court-ordered filters blocked more pirated files, but nearly 1.6 billion MP3 files still changed hands. Technology research firm Webnoize said in a report this week that the number of files traded on the Napster service has steadily declined, from a peak of 2.79 billion in February to 2.49 billion in March and 1.59 billion in April. MP3 is a compression format that turns music into small digital files. It has spurred an explosion in the sharing of… Read more »
Seven years together and three full-length albums were apparently too much for At the Drive-In to handle. Citing a need for rest, the El Paso, Texas, rockers have unexpectedly suspended all band activity indefinitely, beginning with the cancellation of a handful of dates that were set to begin April 11 in San Diego, according to an official statement released Tuesday (March 27). “After a non-stop six-year cycle of record/tour/record/tour, we are going on an indefinite hiatus,” guitarist Omar Rodriguez said in the statement. “We need time to rest up and re-evaluate, just to be human beings again and to decide… Read more »
Sick New World announces that Metallica and Linkin Park will headline the third iteration of the festival in Las Vegas on April 12, 2025.
Believe it or not, we’ve been down with The Sickness from Disturbed for a whopping 25 years. In celebration of the milestone, the band announced a massive North American tour. Disturbed will play the beloved album in its entirety as well as their greatest hits. Additionally, they shared that Three Days Grace (with Adam Gontier back on the mic) and Sevendust will offer support on shows. Other dates will include Daughtry and Nothing More. This leg of the tour kicks off on February 25, 2025, in Nampa, Idaho at the Ford Idaho Center Arena and concludes on May 17, 2025,… Read more »
Win 2 Tickets To When We Were Young If you’re having trouble accessing the giveaway, please visit HERE. idobi Radio has partnered with When We Were Young Fest to give away a pair of tickets to the SOLD OUT Saturday, October 19 event featuring headliners My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy. Enter to win the tickets by downloading the idobi app and following the instructions listed above. Pretty Girls Make Graves End 17 Year Hiatus After their emotional farewell in their hometown of Seattle, WA, on June 9, 2007, Pretty Girls Make Graves are making their long-awaited return to… Read more »
Following the release of April 2024’s The Cycles Of Trying To Cope EP, Like Moths To Flames is back with their new single and music video for “Soul Exchange” via UNFD. Vocalist Chris Roetter notes, “‘Soul Exchange’ is a weird one. It kind of feels like the one that got away. When we were putting together the record, it was hard to find a place for it.” He continues, “The song is an encapsulation of my experience and relationship with my career. The struggles of writing and feeling like it hits no one. The feeling of falling on deaf ears,… Read more »
You Me At Six just announced the artists who are supporting them on their final run of shows in the UK and Ireland, and the lineup is stacked. Artists set to appear with the band in 2025 include The Blackout, Holding Absence, Boston Manor, Mallory Knox, Kid Kapichi, The Xcerts, and The Skints. Additionally, you may have the chance to see Champ Kind, Daytime TV, Dead Pony, Fastlane, Heights, Keep Quiet, Mouth Culture, Noisy, Not Advised, and Snake Eyes. On social media, the band shares, “We’ve shared a lot of great times on the road with some of these bands over the years. Plus… Read more »
Power Trip is making a return for the first time since 2016, and it is going to feature possibly the most incredible set of festival headliners ever. Now, that’s saying something considering that the last edition hosted The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters, and The Who. But you’re really going to want to see this. Taking place over three nights between October 6th-8th at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA, six heavyweights of music have been announced to top each night. Ready? So, Friday night, you will be treated to Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden, Saturday night… Read more »
Fresh off of a handful of tour dates supporting Marianas Trench, Grayscale has dropped their latest single, “Let Go,” which will be featured on their forthcoming fourth studio album, The Hart. Calling the album their “favorite album [they’ve] ever made,” the 12-track collection is slated to arrive on January 31, 2025. “This song is about the day you finally feel freed of that situation that’s draining you…” frontman Colin Walsh shares. “It’s sort of a ‘fuck you’ song…” Arriving as the fourth track featured on their forthcoming record following the release of “Not Afraid To Die,” “Mum II,” and “Summer… Read more »