My Chemical Batman, Old AC/DC Outsells New Slipknot, MTV Full of Sh*t, Gumby Quits, Lou Reed Delay, B.B. King and Motorhead Chart Highs and more was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (antiMusic) My Chemical Romance bassist, Mikey Way has just been tapped by DC Comics to write an 8 page story for an upcoming Halloween issue of one of their titles. The rumor is that it will have something to do with Batman but that isn't confirmed.AC/DC has six albums in the Australian Top 50 this week (including one in the top 20) with collective sales that have outstripped the country's No. 1 album, SLIPKNOT's "All Hope Is Gone". more
MTV's PR hacks are full of sh*t! We all should know this but last week they hyped the fact that lipsyncing poptart Britney Spears would open this year's VMAs "setting the tone for a night of can't miss moments." Can't miss moments? Bullsh*t! What viewers got instead was "Thank you so much. Thank you for all the love. I'm here tonight to celebrate a very important birthday, the 25th anniversary of the VMAs. This is the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and it starts right now." In a way this fits as this year's VMA picks are about as uninspiring as Brit's comments. What's funnier is the mainstream press making a big deal out of this appearance. If you have some minutes to kill and actually care to read more, Reuters has a report
Some 13,000 Andrew Bird fans packed Chicago's Millennium Park Wednesday night, necessitating the closure of the park's Pritzker Pavilion seating bowl as the crowd overflowed onto the concrete steps at the bowl's back section.
The UK release date for "Lou Reed's Berlin" DVD, has been moved from October 6th to the newly confirmed release date of October 27th.
3 Doors Down adds Lancaster rock band Negative Space to their lineup on their September 13th performance at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. They will start the night of rock off at 6:30pm followed by other chart toppers Finger Eleven, Hinder and 3 Doors Down. Negative Space has been touring to promote their recently released album "Storylines."
With his 83rd birthday fast approaching, blues legend B.B. King has just scored the highest-debuting solo album of his career. "One Kind Favor" debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard 200 this week. more
Janet Jackson presented her music-making brothers -- Michael, Tito, Jackie, Marlon, Jermaine and Randy -- with the lifetime achievement BMI Icon award following a musical tribute at the award show celebrating R&B and hip-hop's top hitmakers. While Tito, Jackie, Marlon and Randy reunited to accept the award, Jermaine and Michael didn't attend the Wilshire Theatre ceremony. more
With the August 26 release of Motorizer, Motorhead has broken their own sales records and Billboard top 200 chart debut history, Their first week of sales has placed Motφrhead in the top 100 overall charts (#82 to be exact), and top 5 on the Indie Charts. more
Mayhem are planning a U.S. tour in early 2009. The trek will reportedly consist of 21 shows and will kick off in the early spring. more
Back When have broken up. The band has issued the following statement: "After six years together, we have decided to call it a night. The four of us are still most definitely friends. No nasty fight. No bad breakup. It was just our time. There will be no last show. more
Joe Thrasher have issued the following update from departed guitarist Gumby: "I am no longer the bass player for Joe Thrasher. It was a decision that have been dwelling on for a few months now, and only just realized that the best course of action would be me to step down from the band. - more
