It's been a while since we have had a fan poll. So we figured for this holiday weekend we would kick off a new one. For this poll we are asking you to submit your selection for your favorite singers. Once the poll is closed we will publish your selections and move on to the next poll! It really is as simple as that. Submit your vote in the box below (you can vote for up to five different singers).
"We're on a mission from God!" , not quite the Blues Brothers, instead it was Arsonists Get All the Girls who officially addressed the recent departure of vocalist Cameron Reed, who has subsequently been replaced by Jared Monnette. They say in part, "Cameron decided to leave the band shortly after recording vocal tracks and prior to a Mexican tour, his explanation being God told him to leave the band because he was acting selfishly and wasn't putting enough time into focusing on God." more. And here we thought God had more important things to worry about.
A dead body has been discovered by the cleaning crew at the Bonnaroo Festival, which took place last weekend. The body is a man in his 20s, and is thought to be from Alabama. He was found dead in a tent on Tuesday more
Beck has announced a new project called "Record Club," where he and other musicians will cover another artist's album in its entirety. The record will be recorded in one day with "nothing rehearsed or arranged ahead of time," with a song uploaded once a week on Beck.com and other artists' websites.more
Katy Perry is attempting to block an Australian fashion designer from trade-marking her clothing range with the brand name Katie Perry. The irony here? Katie was born with the name and the poptart wasn't. more
Portugal. The Man were in a van accident as they travel in support of their forthcoming album, The Satanic Satanist due out July 21, 2009.more
Bret Michaels will be on The Danny Bonaduce Show next Tuesday at 8:30am to talk about kicking off the Def Leppard/Poison tour in Camden that day and the now infamous Tony Awards Wall Injury. The Danny Bonaduce Show airs on 94 WYSP in Philly. Not in Philly? Don't fret, you can listen online right here
Chickenfoot - the all-star rock band consisting of 2 parts Van Halen (Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony), 1 part Red Hot Chili Peppers (Chad Smith), and Joe Satriani, will perform the entirety of their debut eponymous album at London's 02 Shepherds Bush Empire on Thursday June 25th. The concert has been sold out for months and will be the band's only UK concert this summer.
Motorhead has announced extra U.S. tour dates alongside Nashville Pussy and Reverend Horton Heat. The currently confirmed dates are listed here
According to the latest Warped Tour newsletter, video game producer Harmonix is planning a series of Warped themed track packages featuring some of the performers at this years tour.more
Kings Of Leon will launch their own record label imprint as part of a new deal with independent music publisher Bug Music.more
Pinback have announced a tour of the US and Canada, scheduled to kick off October 17 in Tempe, AZmore
Releases by Kings Of Leon, MGMT, Lily Allen and Black Eyed Peas were all cut to a fraction of their price on Wednesday, in a mistake some reckon could alter this Sunday's UK charts more
The Guitar Hero Smash Hits 2009 Music Awards are up and running! Fans can vote for their favorite songs and artists in a variety of categories. Bands up for awards include Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Avenged Sevenfold, Ozzy and Jane's Addiction! Cast your vote here.
ZZ Top will be starring in the next episode of VH1 Storytellers. The show, taped at Chicago's Congress Theatre in the spring premieres Saturday, June 27 at 10 PM on VH1 and will air on VH! Classic and Palladia, MTV Network's high-definition music channel on Saturday, July 4th at 9 PM. Users will be able to view the complete episode at Storytellers.VH1.com beginning June 27 with an online exclusive performance of "Legs." Right now, you can go online for a sneak peek performance of "Sharp Dressed Man." Check it out: Storytellers.VH1.com.
Paul McCartney will pen an original score for the animated feature High In The Clouds, an adaptation of a children's book he wrote with Geoff Dunbar and Philip Ardaghmore
Skindred has changed the name of their forthcoming new EP from 'Jumping The Shark' to 'Shark Bites And Dog Fights.'more
Jonas Brothers are on track to score their second No. 1 album in less than a year as "Lines, Vines and Trying Times" is on course to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart next weekmore
In a new interview, Moneen revealed the title and release date for their upcoming album. The record is titled The World I Want to Leave Behind and is due out September 15, 2009.more
Britney Spears suffered memory loss as she opened the first night of her Circus tour in Manchester, England - she gave a shout out to the country's capital, London.more
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A heavy metal fan by the name of Andy Xiong has taken it upon himself to record a "power metal" version of the Katy Perry smash hit "I Kissed A Girl" featuring the original vocal track by Katy and the rest of the instrumentation by Andy himself. Listen here
Black Eyed Peas' "The E.N.D." bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 304,000 -- the hip-pop act's best sales week ever.more
Summer is just around the corner, but Sting has another season on his mind. The singer announced today (June 17) that his next album, "If On a Winter's Night...," will be inspired by his favorite time of year and feature two original compositions as well as traditional songs, carols and lullabies from the British Isles. The album is slated for release October 27 on Deutsche Grammophon.more
Poison singer Bret Michaels has told People.com that he has no plans to file a lawsuit over the incident this month's Tony Awards when he got clocked in the head by a descending set piece during his band's performance.more
Lollapalooza 2009, which runs August 7-9 at Chicago's Grant Park, has revealed its daily schedule. White Lies, Fleet Foxes, The Decemberists and Of Montreal will kick things off on Friday, with Kings Of Leon and Depeche Mode playing competing sets at the end of the night. more
A man has filed a lawsuit against Rihanna for allegedly being a bad neighbor. Christian Moeller filed suit against the pop star in a Los Angeles court yesterday (June 16), claiming that she, her friends and associates frequently wait and park their cars on his property, and that a security camera points to his property. [cool, you can sue for that? What about annoying dogs that bark 24/7?] more
Scott Weiland tells ArtistDirect "I'm in the studio working on new STP music. It's coming along really, really well! We have about 18 songs written, and vocals are written on about ten of them." Read the full interview here
Poison The Well is currently looking for extras to participate in the video they're filming on Sunday, June 21st in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.more
Mariah Carey is talking aim at Eminem in her new single after the rapper suggested he'd bedded the singer in the lyrics of his track Bagpipes From Baghdad.more
Nelly Furtado and producer Timbaland are facing legal action from record label executives in Finland over accusations the pair borrowed segments of someone else's song to create the track Do It.more
MySpace said Tuesday it is cutting nearly 30 percent of its work force in a bid to become more efficient, bringing its staffing level more in line with its more popular rival, Facebook.more
Two more Miley Cyrus shows have been added at London's O2 arena after the U.S. pop singer sold out her first British and Irish dates in minutes, according to promoters AEG Livemore
Simple Minds are pleased to announce 'The Stranglers' as their very special guests at Norwich Blickling Hall on Friday July 17th.
The California Supreme Court has refused to intervene or delay Chris Brown's preliminary hearing.more
Dragonforce has announced a lengthy tour of the United Kingdom later this year. The band states: 'Grab your tin helmet and prepare for the invasion, the mighty DragonForce will be bringing a full-scale production to a town near you' more
Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee are confirming a split. In a statement, the pair said that they remain "caring friends with admiration and respect for each other." more
Modest Mouse have announced details of a North American tour, set to kick off on August 17 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.more
New Kids On The Block has cancelled its August tour of Australia, pinning the blame on the worldwide recession. [translation: lack of interest?] more
Billy Morrison (Camp Freddy, Circus Diablo, The Cult) has issued the following update: "I am currently learning and rehearsing a set of The Wildhearts songs (as well as two or three of Ginger's solo songs) because I got an e-mail out of the blue asking me if I wanted to play guitar in a 'put-together' solo band with Ginger [The Wildhearts frontman] to do two shows in Los Angeles. more
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