Guns N’ Roses were apparently not amused by a recent prank by punk rockers The Offspring. With GNR’s new album Chinese Democracy having been delayed for years, The Offspring tossed around the idea of naming their new album Chinese Democracy (You Snooze You Loose) :D.
The response they got was a cease and desist letter from Guns N’ Roses’ lawyers.
Britney Spears’s label (Jive Records) have told her to shape up or she is done for. An Australian tabloid is reporting they told her to “to lose weight and clean up her image or her career will be over.”
The results are in for the Kids’ Choice Awards, indeed the fact that it has already happened is the real clue :p. The music-themed results were as follows…
Jessica Simpson has left her record label Columbia in favour of Epic Records (a subsiduary of Sony) whose artists include Franz Ferdinand and Rage Against the Machine. Her next album is expected out before the end of the year.
WBRNashville.com have announced the track listings for The Wreckers debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty.
1. Leave The Pieces
2. Way Back Home
3. The Good Kind
4. Tennessee
5. My, Oh My
6. Stand Still Look Pretty
7. Cigarettes
8. Hard To Love
9. Lay Me Down
10. One More Girl
11. Rain
12. Crazy People
May 2nd is the date that Pearl Jam will be releasing their 8th studio album. It’s a self-titled album and will feature the single “World Wide Suicide” which is available to download from online music stores from today.
Pope Benedict has been given an iPod Nano as a gift from Vatican Radio complete with the words “To His Holiness, Benedict XVI” engraved on it and pre-loaded with religious content and classical music.
Well obviously, as the Brit Awards have been done and aired on TV and all :p.
But if you don’t know the results they are as follows…
British Male Solo Artist: JAMES BLUNT
British Female Solo Artist: KT TUNSTALL
British Group: KAISER CHIEFS
British Breakthrough Act: ARCTIC MONKEYS
MasterCard British Album: COLDPLAY: X&Y
British Single: COLDPLAY - SPEED OF SOUND
British Urban Act: LEMAR
British Rock Act: KAISER CHIEFS
British Live Act: KAISER CHIEFS
Pop Act: JAMES BLUNT
International Male Solo Artist: KANYE WEST
International Female Solo Artist: MADONNA
International Group: GREEN DAY
International Album: GREEN DAY - AMERICAN IDIOT
International Breakthrough Act: JACK JOHNSON
Outstanding Contribution to music: PAUL WELLER
The line-up for this year’s Download Festival is beginning to fall into place and it’s looking pretty impressive.
There is also a new website on it’s way which will hopefully confirm loads more acts.
Jessica Simpson has signed a new deal with her record label, Columbia Records worth $35 million.
A spokesperson for the label said “Jessica is one of the most consistent, hard-working artists we have on our roster. She really has earned this deal. But this wasn’t an exchange of money for guaranteed anything.”
