The Birthday Massacre Ready To Release Looking Glass EP
Media, PA (Top40 Charts/ Metropolis Records) - It has been quite a buzz-heavy eight years for multi-genre'd rock band The Birthday Massacre (TBM). Building within different scenes and creating their own niche of 80s electronica with aggressive cinematic rock with a keen eye towards artistic integrity, ...
| Cougar Magnum Is The 'Next Big Thing' In American Rock Music
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Cougar Magnum Official Website) - Cougar Magnum has just begun their first-ever out-of-state adventure, "The Green Light Tour," tracking up the east coast in support of their brand new EP, "The Greens." Sporting matching green t-shirts, a big green banner, some green lights, ...
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Above & Beyond 'Anjunabeats 100' CD/DVD: U.S. Tour Dates & Coachella
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Ultra Records) - Above & Beyond 'Anjunabeats 100' is the culmination of the first vinyl century of one of the UK's most accomplished & unswerving independent dance labels. 3 DJs and 1000's of meticulous & painstaking A&R man-hours have brought Above & Beyond's brainchild ...
| Luke Doucet, Songwriter, In-Demand Guitarist, Marries Crazy Horse Rhythm And Guitars With Twang; Tells Tales Of Drifters And Ne'er-Do-Wells On 'Blood's Too Rich'
SYDNEY, Australia (Top40 Charts/ Phantom Sound & Vision) - The drifters, loners and ne'er-do-wells on Luke Doucet The White Falcon's new album 'Blood's Too Rich' (Six Shooter, June 24th) really get around. Take the weary, eponymous hero of opener "Long Haul Driver," on the road for 2000 miles, or the ...
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Motley Crue Announces Crue Fest 2008, the Summer's Loudest Show on Earth
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Live Nation) - During a press conference held today in Los Angeles, Motley Crue, the world's most notorious rock band, revealed that this summer, they will bring the next generation of rock's superstars out on the road with them for what will undoubtedly be the hottest ...
| MTV's 'Making The Band 4' Takes the Show on the Road
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - After record-breaking back-to-back No 1 album debuts by Danity Kane and Day26, P. Diddy decided it was time to put the hardest working bands in show business on a national tour. In addition, P. Diddy revealed that MTV cameras will document the tour for ...
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Death Cab For Cutie's New Album 'Narrow Stairs,' In Stores On May 13, 2008
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Atlantic recording group Death Cab For Cutie has released the much-awaited new video for "I Will Possess Your Heart," the first single from their upcoming album "NARROW STAIRS" (see below for video links). Death Cab For Cutie once again push the envelope ...
| Neil Diamond Live Concert Tour of a Lifetime
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ AEG Live) - To the delight of his millions of fans, legendary singer, songwriter and performer Neil Diamond will return to concert stages this summer for a 37-city North American tour, promoted nationally by AEG Live. Tickets for the North American tour, scheduled to ...
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Legendary Punk D.O.A. Announces 30th Anniversary Tour!
Burnaby, BC. Canada (Top40 Charts/ Sudden Death Records) - In the past thirty years D.O.A. have released: 13 albums, 20 singles, EPs and 7"s, 10 videos and been apart of 14 compilations. D.O.A. have sold one million albums in their storied career. Band Leader Joe Shithead Keithley has gone on to start ...
| Absentstar Sea Trials Available In Stores Today
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - Canvas Back Music and Columbia Records present the CD release of Absentstar's Sea Trails in stores today! Sea Trials, the major label debut from rising young Chicago-based rock band Absentstar, will be released April 15, 2008 on Canvasback Music/Columbia ...
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UK Soul Sensation Adele Coming To America In Support Of No 1 UK Chart-Topping Debut Album '19'
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - The critically acclaimed UK soul singer Adele will return to this side of the Atlantic for a series of North American concerts in May-June in support of the stateside release of 19, her No 1 UK chart-topping debut album. One of the year's most eagerly-anticipated ...
| MGMT, 'The Best New York Band About,' to Follow up Triumphant South by Southwest Appearances With Performances at This Year's Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lolapalooza Festivals
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - Fresh from the group's triumphant performances at this year's South by Southwest Music Conference, the mind-bending futurist rock/pop ensemble MGMT will head out on a series of select North American club dates (please see full itinerary following) in ...
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V Factory to Join the First-Ever Nationwide 'Bandemonium' Tour Launching May 1st in Las Vegas
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Every generation needs its own pop idols to scream for, and this spring, a new generation will get its dose when the five mad-talented young singers and dancers in pop vocal group V Factory hit the road for the first-ever "Bandemonium" tour. They ...
| Grammy 'Best New Artist' Nominee Ledisi On Tour This Summer
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Verve Records) - "Funkafied soul singer" (Time Out NY, 2.14.08)) Ledisi will perform selections from her GRAMMY nominated major label debut "Lost & Found" (Verve) on tour this summer. The New York Times calls her "a large, raw talent with a sunny personality" and declares her ...
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Liam Finn Confirms Tour Dates With Laura Veirs
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Yep Roc Records) - Liam Finn, whose debut release 'I'll Be Lightning' (Yep Roc) has made him a breakout artist for 2008, has added additional dates to his US tour. After wowing audiences on the road with Eddie Vedder in April, Finn will tour for two weeks in Europe, returning ...
| Bullet For My Valentine: Cancel Dates
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ SONY BMG MUSIC Entertainment) - Regrettably, Bullet For My Valentine has had to drop off the final five dates on the Taste of Chaos tour. Band bassist Jay James rushed back to the UK this past Friday night to be with his 2-year old daughter who had been hospitalized. Bullet's ...
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Montreal's The Ease Down Hit The USA
MONTREAL, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Ease Down Official Website) - THE BAND: The Ease Down blends Canadian Indie rock with Broadway-infused playfulness and rootsy songwriting of by-gone eras. Bandleader Ben Wilkins grew up as the home-schooled son of an Evangelical minister in London, Ontario. Heavily influenced ...
| Tegan & Sara Confirm Appearance On 'The Tonight Show'
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sire Records) - TEGAN AND SARA have confirmed a live appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" set for Wednesday, April 23rd. "The Tonight Show" airs Monday through Friday at 11:35 p.m. on NBC. Check local listings for details. In great news for fans, Tegan and Sara ...
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Rev Theory 'Light It Up' On The Road To Support June 10, 2008 Release
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope/ Van Howes Records) - The road is about to become home for New York City's Rev Theory, who kicked off their first tour in support of forthcoming release "Light It Up" (Interscope/Van Howes Records) Tuesday in Denver, CO. The 12-date run alongside Seether and Flyleaf ...
| Theory Of A Deadman's Single 'So Happy' Reaches No 1 At Rock Radio;The Band Is Set To Kick Off North American Tour
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Roadrunner Records) - Theory of A Deadman's latest single "So Happy" has reached No 1 at Rock radio, a first in the band's history. "So Happy" is the lead track on Scars & Souvenirs, released last week on Roadrunner Records. The album saw the band's highest Billboard Top ...
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