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Bands on TV (Week of May 13th)
Vampire Weekend Top The Charts
Vampire Weekend have the number one album in the country this week:
Vampire Weekend scores its third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the band’s Father of the Bride bows atop the list.
The set earned 138,000 equivalent album units in the week ending May 9, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 119,000 were in album sales. Both sums represent the largest for any rock album in 2019.
Starset Announce New Album
Against Me! Announce Full Record Shows
Against Me! have announced a new tour where they’ll play two nights in a row and perform four of their albums in full.
The band will play Searching For A Former Clarity, New Wave, White Crosses, and Transgender Dysphoria Blues; the first two albums on night one and the other two on the second night.
Spotify’s Postal Address Insanity
Josh Centers, writing at TidBITS:
Apparently, Spotify requires address verification to try to ensure that all family members are in the same household, so presumably, those addresses need to be entered identically. Did my wife type out the word “bypass” in our address, or did she use an abbreviation? Did she put our box number on the first or second line? Wanting to make sure I got it right, I asked her to check the address format on her account.
One Ok Rock Talks Working with Ed Sheeran
One Ok Rock’s Taka Moriuchi talks with Rock Sound about working with Ed Sheeran.
Missy Elliot and Justin Timberlake Get Honorary Degrees
Justin Timberlake and Missy Elliot received honorary degrees from the Berklee College of Music.
(If any college out there wants to hook me up with an honorary degree send me an email.)
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Evanescence Aiming for 2020 Album Release
Amy Lee of Evanescence talked with Sirus XM and says a new album should be coming in 2020.
The Faim Announce New Tour Dates
The Faim have announced a new world tour.
The National Release Short Film
The National have shared a new short film called I Am Easy to Find.
Whitney Has Announced Some New Tour Dates
Whitney has announced some new tour dates.