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Bleachers (the new project from Jack Antonoff of fun.) have released a new song titled “Shadow.” The track is taken from Bleachers’ upcoming album, which is due out later this year via RCA Records. The album’s debut single, “I Wanna Get Better,” was released earlier this year and has a music video that was directed […]

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, fun.’s Nate Ruess revealed that he is deep into writing a new album—the band’s follow-up to 2012’s massive hit, Some Nights. The singer explains that while the process of making the album is moving along, he doesn’t want to rush into it after a long touring cycle for Some […]

Bleachers, the solo/side project of Fun.’s Jack Antonoff, have released a new music video for the single “I Wanna Get Better.” Co-produced by John Hill (MIA, Jay-Z, Empire Of The Sun), the track is taken from Bleachers’ upcoming debut album, which is due out later this year via RCA Records. The video was directed by […]

Fun.'s Jack Antonoff has unveiled a brand new solo/side project, Bleachers, complete with a debut single, “I Wanna Get Better,” and a handful of tour dates. Additionally, Jack, who fronted New Jersey's Steel Train before joining Fun., took to his blog to explain the project's origin and why he choose to keep it a secret, also revealing details on a collaboration […]

The first performances for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced today, and they include: Daft Punk, Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragons and Pink and Nate Russe (fun.). Nate Ruess and Pink will be performing their Grammy-nominated hit, “Just Give Me A Reason,” together for the first time on network television. The duo are up […]

Long Island natives The Republic Of Wolves are streaming their new song “Keep Clean”, featuring Will Noon of fun. and Straylight Run on drums. Check out the new track below!   “Keep Clean” can be found on the band's upcoming full-length No Matter How Narrow, due out December 17. You can pre-order the new album and stream […]

Nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards have been announced, and there are definitely some surprises in the bunch. To be nominated, the music in question had to have been released between October 1, 2012, and September 30, 2013. Some highlights among the nominees, in alphabetical order: Capital Cities: Best Music Video (“Safe And Sound”) […]

Seeing as the holiday shopping season started at 12:01 a.m. Nov. 1, and people are at the point in their lives where they're willing to harvest their best friend's kidney and sell it on the black market for a chance to score the new Xbox Kindle iPhone Nook 5SC3G, it’s the perfect time to showcase […]

The Format, former band of fun.'s Nate Ruess and Destry's Sam Means announced vinyl reissues of both of their full-length albums, Interventions + Lullabies and Dog Problems, earlier this week, before promptly selling out every copy in less than a day, the latter in just five hours. While standard, black vinyl copies of Interventions + Lullabies were still available (as opposed to the orange vinyl, limited […]

The Format, former band of fun.'s Nate Ruess and Destry's Sam Means managed to sell out every pre-order copy of the vinyl reissue of their sophomore album, Dog Problems, just five hours after it was announced yesterday afternoon. The band's debut, Interventions + Lullabies, which celebrated its tenth anniversary yesterday, was also announced to receive the the vinyl reissue treatment, and also just managed to sell […]

The Format have officially confirmed earlier hints of not only a deluxe vinyl reissue of their debut album, Interventions + Lullabies, which was released ten years ago today, but also a vinyl reissue of their second and final full-length, Dog Problems. Additionally, the group's single “Swans” will be reissued as a die-cut 7-inch. Check out a tweet […]

The Format, former band of fun.'s Nate Ruess and Destry's Sam Means just posted a tweet, hinting at new developments. Means, however, appears to have divulged even more information through an earlier Instagram post, spelling out the likely nature of today's forthcoming announcement. Check out the post, below: This clue gives away quite a bit. Its caption reads:  “We'll just […]

The Format, former band of fun.'s Nate Ruess and Destry's Sam Means, have posted a vague tweet, hinting at new news. The group announced an indefinite hiatus in 2008, and both Ruess and Means have been active with their respective new projects since, with fun. propelling Ruess to an unprecedented new level of fame and recognition. The […]

Fun. frontman Nate Ruess is set to guest perform with rock legends Queen at this weekend's iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas. Both Queen (plus guest frontman Adam Lambert) and fun. are slated to perform tomorrow night, Sept. 20, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. It is unclear how many songs Ruess will collaborate on, though Billboard notes […]

Tegan And Sara have recreated the music video for their hit single “Closer,” from their latest album Heartthrob, featuring an entirely canine cast, for The Pet Collective– easily the duo's most adorable move since their collaboration with Taylor Swift.  Here's the original “Closer” video: And “Closer” with dogs: Plus a behind the scenes look at […]

Fun. had to sit out last night's Gentlemen Of The Road Stopover festival date with Mumford And Sons and more due to singer Nate Ruess' doctor's orders. A last minute replacement was made by John Fogerty, who made up for Fun.'s abscence in St. Augustine, FL. Ruess posted an explanation to fans on the band's […]

Fall Out Boy, fun., Skrillex and Twenty | One | Pilots have all been nominated for MTV's 2013 VMAs. This will be the 30th VMAs, and MTV has decided to broadcast from Brooklyn for the first time ever at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. fun., Thirty Seconds to Mars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Capital Cities and P!nk featuring […]

Passion Pit vocalist Michael Angelakos filmed a live cover of fun.'s “Carry On,” at Soundcheck in Nashville, Tenn., for VEVO's “Unexpected Covers” series, last month while the band were in the area to perform at Bonnaroo. The cover, which features vocal assistance from Erin McCarley, Carla Cappa, Lauren Strange, and Sunny Fitz, is a stripped-down, piano rendition […]

Fun. are scheduled to play the White House on the Fourth of July, as the performers for the Fifth Annual “Salute to the Military” USO Concert Event. The performance will be available to stream live on the White House's website. According to the press release, the celebration will include a barbecue, family-friendly games, a musical selection by “The […]

fun. stopped by the Today Show this morning to kick off the Toyota Summer Concert Series in Seaside Heights, N.J. Watch an interview with the band, along with performances of “We Are Young,” “Carry On,” and “Some Nights,” below: The Grammy-winning trio are set to tour with Tegan and Sara later this summer. A full list of dates is available […]