According to a report by Spin Magazine, the surviving members of Nirvana regrouped for the first time in more than a decade at a "secret" Foo Fighters show in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. Of course, being that Nirvana was officially just a trio, all that means is that Foo Fighters' frontman Dave Grohl (pictured) was joined by original Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic. However, the duo were also joined by Nirvana's touring guitarist Pat Smear. Grohl, who sings and plays guitar for the Foos, played drums for Nirvana. The hugely influential group disbanded in 1994 following leader Kurt Cobain's suicide.
To those paying close attention, Tuesday night's reunion, while unexpected, should come as little surprise -- it's been widely reported that Grohl recently employed his old bassist's services for a track which will appear on the new, forthcoming Foo Fighters album. That album, incidentally, is also being produced by Butch Vig, who masterminded Nirvana's 1991 seminal breakthrough, 'Nevermind.'
While the Foo Fighters used the intimate show to showcase some of their new material, the short Nirvana segment saw Novoselic and Smear join Grohl on stage to perform 'Marigold' -- originally a b-side for the hit single 'Heart Shaped Box,' it's the only original composition that Grohl contributed to Nirvana. While many celebrities were allegedly spotted in the audience, we're guessing that Courtney Love was not one of them.
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The above screencap is from an e-mail that SHOWstudio are sending out today. The e-mail announces that a “new image of – and from – Lady Gaga” shot by Nick Knight will be revealed at an undisclosed time on Christmas Day. It goes on to say that Gaga herself will also tweet the image from her account simultaneously with SHOWstudio’s reveal. Fans are speculating that it could be the first promotional image from Born This Way. What do you think it is? Either way, we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us!
After revealing the title of her new album Goodbye Lullaby earlier this month, Avril Lavigne has now named which songs will make the record.
The singer's fourth studio album includes 13 songs - although Alice from this year's Alice in Wonderland soundtrack appears as a hidden bonus song at the end of the CD.
Goodbye Lullaby will be released March 8, 2011 and includes the lead single What The Hell - which will get its premiere in the US on Dick Clark's New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.
Goodbye Lullaby Tracklisting:
1. Black Star
2. What The Hell
3. Push
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Smile
6. Stop Standing There
7. I Love You
8. Everybody Hurts
9. Not Enough
10. 4 Real
11. Darlin
12. Remember When
13. Goodbye
14. Alice (Hidden Track)
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Dig the cowboy boots out of the closet, true Beliebers; Justin Bieber is going country!
The 16-year-old "Baby" singer will be recording with "These Days" group Rascal Flatts for the upcoming follow-up to his My World 2.0 album. Rascal Flatts vocalist Gary LeVox told Nashville radio station WSIX that the group was asked to collaborate by the singer personally, noting,
"(Justin) asked us to do a duet with him on his next record. It's actually a really good song!"
The singer himself confirmed the news on his Twitter account, raving,
"I love @RascalFlatts and I'm honored that they are making music with me."
Bieber capped the confirmation with a link to the video for the group's song "My Wish."
LeVox and company won't be the only ones helping the Biebs make his next album a star-studded extravaganza; Ne-Yo is also reportedly collaborating with the singer.
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After the title has been unveiled, the official tracklist of Gorillaz’ iPad-created album The Fall follows suit and appears within the blogosphere. The band’s website has further mentioned that the record will be available as a stream on Gorillaz.com, but will only be offered in limited availability for members of Sub Division. As indicated earlier, frontman Damon Albarn explained that the music was inspired by the frequent travels as part of the 2010 North American Tour.
“I did it because there’s a lot of time that you just spend staring at walls essentially. And it was a fantastic way of doing it. I found working in the day, whether it’s in the hotel or in the venue, it was a brilliant way of keeping myself well…like a diary, I literally wrote everything on the day in each place and there’s a strange sort of sound of America and its musical traditions that comes through. It feels like a journey through America.”
The Fall will begin to stream on December 25th (download-option for Sub Division-members) whereas the physical release will be sometime in 2011. Check out the official tracklist below and find a teaser for the album’s lead single “Phoner To Arizona” above.
The Fall (Tracklist):
01. Phoner To Arizona
02. Revolving Doors
03. HillBilly Man
04. Detroit
05. Shy-town
06. Little Pink Plastic Bags
07. The Joplin Spider
08. The Parish of Space Dust
09. The Snake In Dallas
10. Amarillo
11. The Speak It Mountains
12. Aspen Forest
13. Bobby In Phoenix
14. California And The Slipping Of The Sun
15. Seattle Yodel
Lady Gaga has told Newsbeat her new album, Born This Way, will be her "most innovative" work so far
Speaking backstage on the final night of her UK Monster Ball tour, she confirmed an as-yet-untitled new single would be released in February 2011, with the album arriving "shortly after".
She described the album as "a marriage of electronic music with major, epic, dare I even say, metal or rock 'n' roll, pop, anthemic style melodies with really sledge-hammering dance beats."
"It's finished and all, it's just fine-tuning everything," the pop megastar added.
'More poetic'
"It's kind of like the post-operative stage of the album. I've already done the full heart surgery. I'm just sewing myself back up again," she laughed.
During the gig she showcased one new song set to appear on the album, You And I, a piano-led rock song featuring a Guns N' Roses-style guitar solo.
"I think that lyrically this album is more poetic," she explained.
"It's really written by the fans, they really wrote it for me because every night they're funnelling so much into me.
'Mother monster'
"So I wrote it for them. Born This Way is all about my little monsters and me, mother monster," she continued.
Gaga said she would perform her new single on UK TV in 2011.
The London gig rounded off a very successful 2010 for the singer, which saw her winning three Brit awards, two Grammys and eight prizes at the MTV Video Music Awards.
And with the Monster Ball tour due to resume in north America, Canada, and Mexico from February to May 2011, Gaga is not expected to tour with a new production in the UK again until 2012.
"It's the last time I'm going to perform here until you guys hear Born This Way," she said before the gig. "It's very exciting,"
But the pop megastar revealed she will be in the UK "between February and March 2011" to debut her as-yet-untitled new single on TV.
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