"Elvis In Concert" To Tour In Europe

“Elvis Presley in Concert,” the production that reunites Elvis’ former bandmates live on stage with a video-projected Elvis, will tour Europe in February and March of 2010, it was announced today. After multiple, sold-out concert tours and a hiatus of nearly two years, worldwide public demand is at an all-time high for this Elvis concert experience.

This latest tour will include engagements in England, Ireland, Scotland, Holland and other European countries to be announced soon. Ticket sales for the engagements in England will begin April 21 at 3 p.m. GMT for Elvis Insiders, members of the official online fan community at Elvis.com/Insiders, and on April 24 at 3 p.m. GMT for the general public.
source: business wire

Aeorosmith 2009 Tour VIP Presale On Now

* VIP experience presales for the AEROSMITH 2009 Tour presented by Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® with special guest ZZ Top are available now via www.AeroForceOne.com
* Experience package options include: meet & greets with Steven TylerJoe Perry, photo opps on-stage, pre-concert parties with special appearances by Joey Kramer, and Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® jam sessions
* The 43-date North American tour starts June 10 at the Verizon Amphitheatre in St. Louis and hits most major cities prior to its scheduled conclusion September 18 in Philadelphia.
* VIP packages are offered thru the official Aerosmith fan club managed by PAID, Inc. (OTCBB: PAYD)

Aero Force One brings you the only thing better than Aerosmith’s 2009 Tour…meeting band members, back stage tours, exclusive preshow parties AND primo seats on the tour! An Aerosmith fan’s dream come true! Your chance for presale orders of the Wheels Up experience package including a meet & greet with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry as well as other incredible VIP fan experience packages for the first events on the mega 43-date AEROSMITH 2009 Tour starts now through Aerosmith’s official fan club, Aero Force One (www.AeroForceOne.com). Check back frequently for onsale information listing VIP experiences for additional concert dates.

Joey Kramer, Aerosmith drummer, said, “Our VIP fan experiences on the 2009 Tour offer incredible opportunities for fans to experience Aerosmith up close and personal. Being part of Aerosmith for many years has been an incredible ride from the wildest parties you can imagine and playing in front of millions of people around the world, to the hard, soul-searching work of climbing back from the edge of darkness that ultimately led to us earning the music industry’s most prestigious honors. It continues to be an amazing ride, which after all is said and done, wouldn’t be possible without the best fans in the world. I’m excited to be meeting fans at the back stage parties to share some of the intense behind-the-scenes and personal stories from life and the road that will blow them away.”

Available exclusively through Aero Force One, packages include perks such as appearances by Aerosmith members --STEVEN TYLER (vocals), JOE PERRY (guitar), and JOEY KRAMER (drums) -- at meet & greets and pre-concert parties. Packages may also include Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® jam sessions, concert photo books, back stage tours to chat with Aerosmith’s crew and instrument techs, autographed merchandise, bags of swag, giveaways and more! Fans who purchase tickets elsewhere may add the pre-concert party.

“It’s always an amazing experience to meet your favorite artists -- and all the more incredible to see them in concert after you’ve met them,” said Greg Rotman, CEO of PAID, Inc. celebrity services, which manages Aero Force One. “We’re especially thrilled to join with Aerosmith in offering the broadest selection of fan experience packages in Aero Force One’s history including multiple options for fans seeking the experience of a lifetime at an Aerosmith concert. No matter which packages fans choose, they can be assured they’ll receive the VIP treatment from start to finish with ’fan-focused value’ only offered through Aero Force One.”

For fast access to VIP sales, visit www.AeroForceOne.com in advance to join AF1 or make sure your membership is current. Fans without Internet access, can call +1 508-791-3853 in the USA, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. EDT.
source:business wire

The Jonas Brothers surprised screaming fans last night at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California, when they showed up in person at a midnight screening of their new film, “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.” It was their first stop on their SURPRISE THEATER INVASION tour in which they will personally visit movie theaters in cities across the nation during the opening weekend of their new film.

“We couldn’t be more excited about this,” Kevin Jonas said. “It’s going to be a whirlwind trip, and I can’t think of a better way to launch our new film.”

Joe Jonas said: “I hope the fans we surprise at the movie theaters we visit have as much fun as I know we are going to have.”

“We love giving back to the fans, because they give so much to us, and I think this is a great way to show how much we appreciate them,” said Nick Jonas.

The boys have teamed up with NetJets Inc. and Marquis Jet for this nationwide event, enabling them to reach their fans in all these cities in just a few days.

Fans can stay connected with Kevin, Joe and Nick at each stop of their Surprise Theater Invasion this weekend with exclusive videos available only on V CAST Video from Verizon Wireless. Fans with V CAST-enabled phones will be able to see the boys as they travel the country, greet their fans and launch “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience”! For more information go to: JONAS BROS CONCERTS

source: business wire

Bono & The Edge Swings Spider Man To Broadway

The first official announcement of the “Spider-Man” musical has confirmed the show’s February 2010 opening at Broadway’s Hilton Theater -- although at this point, one of the only bits of news revealed about the much-discussed project is the fact that the tuner has a subtitle.

SOURCE:VARIETY

Kid Rock Beer?!

Kid Rock joins the long list of musicians who are venturing into the beverage making business. Following such others as 50 Cent, Willie Nelson, Diddy, Dr. Dre and Sammy Hager; Kid Rock (aka Robert Richie) has teamed up with Drinks Americas have established "The American Bad Ass Beer Company". Final crafted products will be presented to Kid Rock for tasting and selection in the coming week. Drinks Americas plans to introduce the product in the spring.

For further information concerning Drinks Americas and the products that they represent, please visit their website at drinkamericas.com

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U2, Kid Rock, Rhianna To Appear at Grammys

U2, Kid Rock, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, and Rihanna are the latest performers announced for the 51st Annual GRAMMY® Awards. They join previously announced performers Kenny Chesney, Coldplay, Jennifer Hudson, Jonas Brothers, Lil Wayne, Paul McCartney (with special guest drummer Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters), Katy Perry, Radiohead, T.I. and Justin Timberlake, Carrie Underwood, and Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, T.I. and Kanye West in a special performance of their hit single "Swagga Like Us." Actor Simon Baker (CBS' "The Mentalist"), actor/musician Jack Black, current three-time GRAMMY nominee Duffy, current nominee Josh Groban, three-time GRAMMY-winning jazz musician and current nominee Charlie Haden, actor Samuel L. Jackson and Academy Award®-winning actress and current GRAMMY nominee Gwyneth Paltrow will appear as presenters. The music industry's premier event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 8, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide, and covered online at GRAMMY.com and CBS.com, on Twitter at "theGRAMMYs," on Facebook at "The Recording Academy," on YouTube at "51stGRAMMYs," and on Last.fm at "the51stgrammys." Additional performers, presenters and special segments will be announced soon.

souce: business wire

Coldplay and The Killers Team Up For Charity

Coldplay's Chris Martin

Coldplay and the Killers will play a joint gig February 18 in London for an elite group of 2,000 fans. Becoming one of them requires entering a lottery; winners will be allowed to buy a ticket for £50 (about $71).

All proceeds go to international charity network War Child, which aids children in war-torn countries. And it's a promotion for the February 16 release of the album "War Child: Heroes," a collection of 15 covers that include Beck doing Bob Dylan's "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," TV On The Radio doing David Bowie's "Heroes" and Franz Ferdinand's cover of the Blondie hit "Call Me."

The lottery registration, in London, opens at 9 am January 30 GMT (that's 1 am PST) and runs through February 3, with winners notified by February 6. The performances follow the 2009 BRIT Awards, with each band playing 45-minute sets at London venue Shepherd's Bush Empire.

To sign up for a War Child newsletter that will alert you with all the information about the show and the tickets, click here: Newsletter or this upcoming link for registration and ticket info: Registration
source:Variety

Fleetwood Mac To Tour After Five Years

It's been five years since their last tour, but Stevie Nicks says chemistry is still strong among the members of Fleetwood Mac. Nicks says they're gelling as they prepare for their "Unleashed" tour.

She says the magic is still there, and they're all excited to get back out on the road.

The group — which these days consists of Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie — announced last month they were going on tour for the first time since 2003. Now they've announced new dates that include Philadelphia, Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles.

The tour kicks off March 1 in Pittsburgh
source:AP
Fleetwood Mac

Greatful Dead Plan 19-City Tour

The remaining members of the legendary rock band Greatful Dead are planning a 19 city tour this year beginning in April in Greensboro, N.C.

The group, which now just calls itself The Dead, announced its plans Thursday.

Original band members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann have toured sporadically since the 1995 death of guitarist Jerry Garcia, but struggled to get along personally and artistically. They told Rolling Stone in November that they've worked out their differences, aided by a successful October benefit concert in Pennsylvania for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Pearl Jam Announces Re-Issue of TEN

PEARL JAM ANNOUNCES THE REISSUE OF BAND’S DEBUT ALBUM, TEN
Ten, the debut album that sold 12 million copies and introduced the world to Pearl Jam in 1991, will be reissued in four (4) new and expanded editions. Pre-orders of the Super Deluxe Edition are available, through the Ten Club at PearlJam.com. All four editions will be available for purchase on March 24, 2009. The reissue of Ten serves as the launch of a planned two-year catalogue re-release campaign leading up to the band’s 20th anniversary in 2011.

For more Info:PEARL JAM

Billboard's Top 25 Songs of 2008

After scoring the first million-plus sales debut in three years, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III easily cruised to the top of the 2008 album chart, selling nearly 2.9 million copies, per Nielsen SoundScan.

With a mean grille, wobbly lyrics and smash hits like "Lollipop" and "A Milli," the mixtape king certainly helped the music biz from tanking even worse, but Tha Carter III is still the first year-end best-seller in the SoundScan era to move fewer than 3 million copies. SoundScan began tracking albums in '91.

"Lollipop," the rapper's first-ever Hot 100 chart-topper, also ruled the most cell phones last year with nearly 2.4 million ringtones sold.
Taylor Swift, Coldplay, TI and Beyonce also topped the list.
A clever DJ found a way to showcase all of the songs in a clever five minute video:




For the full story click here:
Billboard 2008

source:Billboard.com,Eonline;photo:Lil Wayne MySpace Page