Green Day win "Best Rock Album" at the Grammys; Paramore, MGMT shut out
In addition to performing “21 Guns” with the cast of the American Idiot musical, Green Day took home the “Best Rock Album” nod at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards for 21st Century Breakdown. They also won the award in 2005 for American Idiot. In other categories, Silversun Pickups and MGMT were beaten out by the...
Travis Barker performs with Drake, Eminem and Lil Wayne at the Grammys
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker took the stage at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards Sunday night with rappers Drake, Eminem and Lil Wayne during Drake’s performance of “Forever.” Barker remixed the song late last year. You might also recall that it was one year ago at the Grammys that Blink-182 announced their reunion. Here is a...
1997 go on "indefinite break"
Victory Records outfit 1997 have announced that they are going on an "indefinite break from playing shows." A statement from the band on their MySpace page says: "We each feel like its a time in our lives where we need to do some soul-searching and find some new ways to express ourselves. we have been...
Coffee Shop: Can any good come from the Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger?
In what’s possibly the biggest merger since Jim and Pam, the Ticketmaster/Live Nation deal–which has been under review since it was announced as a possibility last year–has gone through. (The difference here is that instead of bringing together two adorable Office dwellers, it’s the joining of the biggest ticket seller in the U.S. and the...