A fan on the Green Day community forums said he ran into Billie Joe recently and the singer revealed that a new album was being worked on and would hopefully be out “in the fall.” He posted a photo of him with Billie for the non-believers.
A man in San Fransciso is suing Kanye West and TIDAL for fraudulently claiming that the artist’s new album, The Life of Pablo, would be available exclusively on the service.
“We fully support the right of artists to express themselves freely and creatively, however creative freedom is not a license to mislead the public,” Baker-Rhett’s attorney Jay Edelson wrote in a statement. “We believe that we will be able to prove to a jury that Mr. West and Tidal tricked millions of people into subscribing to their services and that they will ultimately be held accountable for what they did.”
The Lumineers have their first number one album on the Billboard 200. Deftones appear at number two with 71,000 copies sold (69,000 pure album sales).
Chris Stapleton’s Traveller dips 2-3 with 48,000 units (down 34 percent), while Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo descends 1-4 with 47,000 units (down 50 percent). The album fell 95 percent in traditional album sales, falling from a 28,000 start to a little more than 1,000 copies sold. (Much of its first week sales were bolstered by pre-orders not delivered until after the album saw a wide release on April 1. Those pre-orders were sold as part of a ticket/album bundle to his Yeezy 3 fashion show held at Madison Square Garden and screened via a live stream in movie theaters. The remaining sales were from Tidal and West’s official website.)
The Kills have released their new video for “Heart of a Dog.”
Riverboat Gamblers will release their new single “Massive Fraid” on June 24th. Pre-orders are now up for a variety of packages.
Twenty One Pilot’s new video for “Heavydirtysoul” can be found on YouTube or by hitting read more.
Taylor Swift’s latest ad for Apple Music features her selecting Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle” to lip sync to while getting ready to go out. She mentions loving the song in middle school, and now I feel even older.
MxPx has had to cancel their upcoming Australian Tour this May. A video update from Mike Herrera can be found below.
I talked with our friends at the Hard Rock Online Rock Shop and we’re going to keep the pre-order up for the second edition of our AP.net commemorative logo pin for another week. Thanks so much to everyone that’s picked one up so far, we’ve sold way more than I think anyone was expecting, and it’s pretty damn amazing. If you’d like one of the gold versions of the pins — make sure to get your order in.
It’s been well-documented how tumultuous the nearly 30 year career of Sacramento rock band Deftones has been. From the tragic loss of original bassist Chi Cheng, to the in-fighting, to the passive approach the band took to recording their mid-2000’s records – it’s somewhat remarkable that Deftones didn’t break up years ago. Instead, the band has unleashed Gore, their most fascinating release since 2001’s breakthrough White Pony.
The new song “Honey” by Moose Blood is now up on Spotify and Apple Music. The song comes from the upcoming album, Blush, due out August 5th on Hopeless Records.
Update: Post updated with the official video.
John Feldmann (Goldfinger), Mike Herrera (MxPx), and Travis Barker (Blink-182) all rocking out together? Oh, be still my little music mended broken heart.
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Panic! at the Disco and Halsey teamed up last night at Coachella for a combination of “New Americana” and “I Write Sins Not Tragedies.” A video can be found below.
Mew’s new song “Count to Ten” is on the new Transformers Roll Out compilation album.
Axl Rose will be taking over vocal duties for AC/DC on their tour.
AC/DC band members would like to thank Brian Johnson for his contributions and dedication to the band throughout the years. We wish him all the best with his hearing issues and future ventures. As much as we want this tour to end as it started, we understand, respect and support Brian’s decision to stop touring and save his hearing. We are dedicated to fulfilling the remainder of our touring commitments to everyone that has supported us over the years, and are fortunate that Axl Rose has kindly offered his support to help us fulfill this commitment. AC/DC will resume their Rock Or Bust World Tour with Axl Rose joining on vocals. The European stadium tour dates begin on May 7 in Lisbon, Portugal and run through June 12 in Aarhus, Denmark as previously announced (see below for full itinerary). Following this European run of dates with AC/DC, Axl Rose will head out on his Guns N Roses, Not In This Lifetime Summer Stadium Tour. The 10 postponed U.S shows will be rescheduled and announced imminently, also with Axl Rose.