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Rapper J-Kwon reported missing
St. Louis native J-Kwon, who made a huge splash in 2004 with the hit “Tipsy,” has been missing for almost a month, his label says.
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St. Louis native J-Kwon, who made a huge splash in 2004 with the hit “Tipsy,” has been missing for almost a month, his label says.
Taking a break from opening for Jack’s Mannequin on the “Sing for Your Supper” Tour, fun. performed it’s infectious array of pop melodies to a sold out crowd of 400 people Thursday night at esteemed college bar and concert venue, The Blind Pig in Ann Arbor.
The flashing lights and the speakers blowing smoke and static meant either something backstage was about to blow up or a fantastic performance was on the way.
Glancing at the bottle of alcohol he had just been handed, Nate Ruess of fun. exclaimed, “This isn’t going to go good!†But as the members of Jack’s Mannequin stormed the stage midway through his band’s set to wish him a happy birthday, things were in fact only getting better.
Pittsburgh has seen one of the worst winters in history this year, but the pelting snow did not stop the city’s punk-rock kids from gathering to celebrate New Found Glory’s 10-year anniversary of its self-titled effort Friday.
It will be all “Love,” all the time for Tom DeLonge’s Angels & Airwaves this year.
If it were NBA awards season, the sixth man award could have easily gone to the sold-out Starland Ballroom crowd Monday night, which sang every word from the opening band to the evening’s closer, “My Friends Over You.â€
In her 88 years, Florence Siegel has learned how to relax: A glass of red wine. A crisp copy of The New York Times, if she can wrest it from her husband. Some classical music, preferably Bach. And every night like clockwork, she lifts a pipe to her lips and smokes marijuana.
Angels & Airwaves’ third album, Love, was released free download this past Valentine’s Day on DeLonge’s musician-friendly social networking site, Modlife.
Taking a page out of the book of pop-punk veterans such as Saves the Day and fellow Philadelphia natives The Starting Line, The Wonder Years released its second full-length album aptly titled The Upsides January 26 through No Sleep Records.
