Monday, 8 September 2008
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle smiles on 'Fortune's Favor'
The members of Great Big Sea [ ] feel fortunate to been able to make a living translating the traditional folk songs of their region--the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador--into stone numbers. It's a sentiment the chemical group expresses in the deed of conveyance of its latest record album "Fortune's Favor."
"The title comes from one of the songs, 'England,'" lead singer Alan Doyle said during a phone interview from his Newfoundland home. "It's basically an expression of luck. We feel rosy to be able to do this for a decade and a half. A lot of the songs that are on the record kind of express our contentment and our general acknowledgment of good fortune.
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"We've done our share of work, just a lot of bands that have worked strong, for whatsoever reason, have collapsed under its own weight for one reason or some other. We've been lucky to have fans who have supported us for such a long time."
Fans throughout the United States will be able to see Great Big Sea on its major US go, which kicks off tonight. For the itinerary, go through below.
"It's been steadily growing for a x or so that we've been playing there," Doyle said virtually US audiences. "Everywhere we've played, it's always grown steadily. The momentum of it has been identical rewarding, to be honest. The last tour that we did for the last record was the first time the US passed Canada in ticket sales and stuff so it's very, very electrifying and very exciting."
In concert, Great Big Sea plays a "mixed udder" of hits and deep cuts, changing its go down list every night.
"We're not a band that has a pile of choreography or loops," Doyle said. "We have an interactive kind of night. The custom of music here at Newfoundland where we're from is very inclusive. It's not care a recital where you envy a virtuoso. It's more like the charles Herbert Best singer is the guy wire who gets the most people to sing along. The best accordion player is the guy world Health Organization fills the dance floor the most often. Music is around a solemnization and fashioning it a great night."
[Note: The following go dates have been provided by creative person and/or tour sources, wHO verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]
August 200815 - Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Rocks the Harbor16 - Akron, OH - Lock 3 Live17 - Philadelphia, PA - Philly Folk Fest19 - Edgartown, MA - Outerland (Martha's Vineyard)21 - Rehoboth, Delaware - Bottle and Cork (Dewey Beach)22 - Vienna, VA - Wolftrap30 - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Halifax CommonsSeptember 20089 - London, Ontario - Western Fair10 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theatre11 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre12 - Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre13 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Celtic Fest14 - Indianapolis, IN - Music Mill16 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues17 - Columbus, OH - Southern Theatre18 - Pittsburgh, PA - Byham Theatre19 - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre20 - Albany, NY - Irish FestOctober 20081 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre2 - San Francisco, CA - Palace Theatre3 - Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues4 - Santa Barbara, CA - Lobero Theatre5 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Cal Poly Tech Theatre7 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre8 - Albuquerque, NM - El Ray Theatre9 - Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre10 - Murray, UT - Murray Theatre11 - Boise, ID - Egyptian Theatre12 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre22 - Rochester, NY - German House23 - Keene, NH - The Colonial Theatre24 - Boston, MA - The Orpheum26 - Charlotte, NC - Dana Auditorium28 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse29 - Raleigh, NC - Fletcher Theatre30 - South Orange, NJ - South Orange PAC31 - Burlington, VT - Flynn TheatreNovember 20081 - Portland, ME - Merrill Auditorium2 - Lebanon, NH - Opera House17 - Kingston, Ontario - K-Rock Centre18 - Barrie, Ontario - Barrie Molson Centre19 - Hamilton, Ontario - Hamilton Place20 - Kitchener, Ontario - Kitchener Memorial Auditorium22 - Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors Centre26 - Thunder Bay, Ontario - Thunder Bay Community Auditorium27 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre28 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place29 - Regina, Saskatchewan - Conexus Arts Centre30 - Edmonton, Alberta - Northern Alberta Jubilee AuditoriumDecember 20081 - Calgary, Alberta - Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium3, 4 - Vancouver, British Columbia - The Centre for Performing Arts
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Saturday, 9 August 2008
Sinamore
Artist: Sinamore
Genre(s):
Other
Metal: Gothic
Discography:
Seven Sins a Second
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
A New Day
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Beck, Black Crowes to headline San Diego festival
The 24th annual festival will be held on the streets of downtown San Diego September 19 and 20.
Also on the bill for the weekend festival are Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Justice, Spoon, The Hives, Cat Power, Hot Chip, New Pornographers, Spiritualized, Cold War Kids, Foals, Eagles Of Death Metal, TV On The Radio, Tokyo Police Club, Tegan and Sara, Sea Wolf, The National and X, the LA punk band that performed at the inaugural Street Scene in 1984.
Tickets are set to go on sale Monday (June 16). For further information, visit Street-scene.com.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
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Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Reese Witherspoon - Witherspoon Is Top-earning Actress
REESE WITHERSPOON is Hollywood's highest paid actress, according to a new study.
The Legally Blonde star pulls in an estimated $15 to $20 million (GBP7.5 to GBP10 million) per film, putting her at the top of the new Hollywood Reporter rich list, ahead of Cameron Diaz and Nicole Kidman.
Renee Zellweger, Halle Berry and Julia Roberts also make the new trade top 10.
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Longoria's husband sues celeb site
The Associated Press reports that basketball star Parker alleges the site X17online posted "false and defamatory" messages about him.
The lawsuit said: "This is false. It never happened. And X17 had to know that the story was false, or, at the very least, it had to have entertained serious doubts about the credibility of its supposed source."
The lawsuit also said that the website never contacted the couple or their representatives before publishing the allegations, and refused to retract them after being told the allegations were false.
Tuesday, 3 June 2008
John Lennon - Ono Loses Imagine Case
JOHN LENNON's widow YOKO ONO has lost her legal bid to sue a filmmaker for using the former BEATLE's hit track IMAGINE without permission.
Ono and Lennon's two sons Sean and Julian joined publisher EMI Blackwood Music Inc to launch legal action against the filmmakers of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.
In a lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Manhattan, New York in April (08), Ono demanded Premise Media Corporation, C+S Production LP and Rocky Mountain Pictures ban the track in its movie.
They also sought unspecified damages.
But on Monday (2Jun08), U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein found in favour of the filmmakers based on a "fair use" doctrine.
Stein ruled: "That doctrine provides that the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes of criticism and commentary is not an infringement of copyright."
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Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Drunk Brothas
Artist: Drunk Brothas
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
The Muzik Speaks Vol. 1
Year: 2004
Tracks: 18
Scarlett Johansson's On-Screen Kiss With Penelope Cruz
Monday, 26 May 2008
Jolie heads 2007 humanitarian poll
The poll of 606 people by humanitarian web site Reuters AlertNet put the 32-year-old star ahead of U2 singer Bono, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Jolie works as a UN goodwill ambassador and has tried to raise awareness of the problems facing Africa.
Peter Walker, Director of the Feinstein International Famine Center at Tufts University in the US, said: "Someone like Angelina Jolie comes across as having more integrity than some celebrities and a greater sense that she doesn't just do this for the publicity."
Commenting on Jolie's work for UNHCR, UNHCR spokesman Peter Kessler said: "She does this in a very low-key way. She goes out to see for herself, to get up close and very personal. She doesn't travel with film crews, and I think that is real testimony to her dedication to the cause."
While Bono ranked second behind Jolie, he also had enough negative votes to feature in the top five least-liked humanitarians - along with Bob Geldof.
Spielberg leaves his Olympics post
In a statement, Spielberg said the Sudanese government shouldered the bulk of responsibility for the crimes in Darfur, but said China should be doing more to end the human suffering there.
Actress Mia Farrow, who had been pressing the director to end his involvement with this year's games, said his decision sent the right sort of message to Beijing.
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington is quoted in the New York Times as saying that the Darfur issue was neither an internal issue for China nor was it caused by China.
The spokesman is also quoted as saying that it was completely unreasonable, irresponsible and unfair to link the two as one.
Edith Bowman reveals pregnancy danger
The 33-year-old star, who is five months pregnant with her first baby, told the Evening Standard that she has a bicuspid aortic valve, which increases her chances of dying in childbirth.
The DJ said that she will require a Caesarean section and that doctors must monitor her closely throughout her pregnancy.
Bowman said: "We get to find out the baby's sex later this month but I'm like, 'there are really more important things to worry about right now than the colour of baby clothes'."
"Basically I need these extra scans early in the pregnancy and I'll have to have a Caesarean because no-one - including my heart specialist - sees the point in putting my heart through unnecessary stress."
Bowman was diagnosed with the condition in summer 2004 after suffering palpitations and tiredness while working at the Glastonbury Festival.
She said: "It was shocking, obviously. But once you get your head around it, you realise there's nothing you can do except try and get on with life."
"I was told that the greatest risk is deterioration and that I may need a valve transplant later on, which is scary. But for now, it seems fine."
Add Music Here, Get it There, and Listen Everywhere
SAN DIEGO, April 10 -- MP3tunes -- http://www.mp3tunes.com
-- has launched AutoSync, new technology that makes it possible for people
to automatically move their digital music between their own computers,
without having to connect cables or portable drives or even burn CDs.
Included with every MP3tunes Music Locker, AutoSync provides the music fan
with a powerful, yet easy-to-use, tool for managing their digital music
collection.
For instance, with AutoSync it's now possible for consumers to buy MP3s
from Amazon while at work and have the new music available for immediate
listening on the family computers when they get home. AutoSync works by
first automatically detecting when a person has added new music to their
computer, whether singles, albums or even playlists. After the music is
backed-up to their password-protected MP3tunes Locker, it's then instantly
synced from the Locker to any other PC specified by the consumer.
"People should be able to enjoy all the music they own through any PC,
and not have it trapped in one machine, where access is limited and the
music is at risk of disappearing in a common hard drive crash," commented
Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3tunes. "With AutoSync, you don't have to worry
about the laborious process of transferring your music from one PC to
another -- it instantly happens, with no extra steps to take or
applications to launch. But the PC is only the beginning. AutoSync for
popular mobile devices is up next, and we look forward to rolling out
AutoSync for your car's audio system by the end of this year."
Fully compatible with iTunes or any other PC music management system,
AutoSync technology keeps all the music secure and available through all
the PCs in the person's life, from the office to home, and also provides
easy transfer to numerous mobile devices. To create a free MusicLocker with
Autosync, visit http://www.mp3tunes.com.
About MP3tunes:
MP3tunes is a Music Service Provider (MSP) with a digital Music Locker
delivering online storage and unlimited listening, coupled with specialized
applications for streaming optimization. MP3tunes gives users a simple and
secure way to sync personal music collections to a private and secure
online Music Locker and listen through any web browser, along with a
growing number of cutting-edge home entertainment and mobile devices,
including the Logitech Squeezebox Duet network music system, Reciva
Internet Radios, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3, and Windows Mobile
devices, via its open Music API (Application Programming Interface). The
company was started in 2005 by Michael Robertson, the original founder of
MP3.com. For more information, please visit http://www.mp3tunes.com.
Zac Efron in Me and Orson Welles
Based on a novel by Robert Kaplow, the film is set in 1937. The director of 'A Scanner Darkly' has cast the pre-teen idol as a student living in New York, who strolls into the legendary Mercury Theatre founded by Orson Welles.
Once there he gets cast in Welles' production of 'Julius Caesar' and spends a week learning from the legend.
The Hollywood Reporter also reveals that Christian McKay has been cast as Welles, with Ben Chaplain set to play the actor George Coulouris.
Busta Rhymes - Rhymes Associate Arrested In Stockholm
Rapper BUSTA RHYMES' associate SPLIFF STAR has been arrested on suspicion of drug possession in Stockholm, Sweden.
Spliff Star - real name William Lewis - was arrested on Monday (12May08) after police raided the hotel rooms used by Busta Rhymes and Lewis.
According to AllHipHop.com, nothing illegal was found in Rhymes' room, but police recovered an unidentified substance in Lewis' hotel suite.
Lewis - who first appeared alongside Rhymes as the Flipmode Squad in 1996 on his album The Coming - was released from police custody, after giving a urine sample for drugs testing.
Rhymes - real name Trevor Smith - is currently serving three years probation for assaulting a fan and his former driver in two separate incidents in 2006.
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