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Wavves announce North American fall tour, post skydiving video
Wavves have announced a run of North American fall tour dates with Jaccuzi Boys and King Tuff, following a handful of summer shows, including festival appearances at Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, and Reading and Leeds. To make the announcement, the band posted a video of themselves skydiving. Check it out below: And here is Wavves' full summer […]
Paramore attempt to combat scalpers by rolling out paperless ticketing for upcoming tour
Paramore have posted a message, elaborating on how they are handling ticketing for their upcoming North American tour with Metric and Hellogoodbye. In an effort to keep tickets affordable and accessible to their fans, something they “fight people about,” and to combat scalpers, the band have implemented a paperless ticketing system for the best seats […]
Jimmy Eat World cover Taylor Swift once again, this time for 'Conan'
Jimmy Eat World have been covering Taylor Swift's “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” throughout their current tour, and have now filmed a high quality rendition of the track as a web exclusive for Conan. For the televised segment of the show, which aired earlier this evening, the group performed “Damage,” the title track from […]
Spinal Tap hint at 2014 reunion plans
Spinal Tap, arguably one of the most famous fictitious rock groups in history, are hinting at reunion plans for 2014. In a recent interview with The Guardian, musician/actor Christopher Guest (Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel) was asked about the possibility of future activity from the legendary rockers, and responded with: “We get asked to do shows on a […]
Jimmy Eat World to perform on 'Conan'
Jimmy Eat World are set to perform tonight, July 22, on Conan. The band are currently in the midst of a world tour to support their latest album, Damage, with the next leg of dates scheduled to kick off on Aug. 1 in St. Louis. Conan airs at 11 p.m. EST on TBS. Check out the band's performance […]
Marvel wows at Comic-Con: 'Avengers 2,' 'Guardians,' 'Thor 2,' 'Captain America 2,' and more!
Marvel's Comic-Con panel, the tentpole presentation of the San Diego convention, took place last night in the Con's famed Hall H. Though the Disney-owned entertainment juggernaut opted not to announce anything new, they unloaded TONS of exclusive details on most all of their in-development projects, and boy did they bring their A game (that's “A” […]
Morrissey cancels remainder of South American tour due to lack of funding; posts note to fans
Morrissey has, once again, canceled a tour. As we reported last week, the singer was forced to postpone- and now, apparently, cancel- 10 dates in Peru and Chile, due to severe food poisoning, while performances in Argentina and Brazil were expected to move forward as planned. The singer has now divulged, in yet another open letter to […]
Comic-Con news and trailer roundup: 'Walking Dead,' 'Catching Fire,' Superman vs. Batman, and more!
Comic-Con is well underway in San Diego and, as usual, that means a lot of big movie news and trailer premieres (and cosplay, and comics, and… surprise Metallica performances?). Over the past several years, the Con, which originally started as a strictly comics-centric event, has seen more and more Hollywood presence, and has grown to […]
FIDLAR release NSFW video for "Cocaine," starring Nick Offerman ('Parks and Recreation')
FIDLAR, who we featured as one of our “AP Recommends” bands in issue #300, have released a new music video for their song “Cocaine,” starring Nick Offerman. Offerman is best known for portraying Ron Swanson on NBC's Parks and Recreation. The video, which premiered on Funny Or Die, depicts the actor getting drunk and urinating on […]