It was more than three years ago now when we addressed the rumours that My Chemical Romance were splitting up so it is good to see they are still going strong and could be set to release new material in the not-too-distant future.
Various news reports have been circulating today which reveal that the NJ rockers are to go back into the studio once their summer tour is over. The band are due to headline at Leeds and Reading next weekend so, if true, this is more excellent news for fans of the four-piece.
Apparently, singer Gerard Way told the crowd in Chicago, when they performed on Saturday night, once the tour (with Blink 182) is finished then they would be spending the autumn recording new material.
They have been promoting their fourth studio album ‘Danger Days (The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys)’ during the tour, but it looks likely that it won’t be the latest release for too much longer.
It has been reported this week that the controversial Michael Jackson tribute concert, which has already caused divisions within the family of the deceased star, has encountered further criticism after they decided to book veteran rockers Kiss.
Promoters Global Live quickly moved to distance themselves from their invitation to the band after it emerged that bassist Gene Simmons had made comments last year regarding Jackson’s child molestation accusations. He said to Classic Rock magazine that there was “not a doubt” the singer was guilty of these crimes.
In an embarrassing U-turn, the organisers deemed the original booking an “oversight”, but disgruntled fans were enraged they had even been booked in the first place.
It is something which has sparked a lot of debate this week, but the pop-punk trio are still to confirm or deny the rumours as to whether their latest track entitled ‘Amy’ is written about the 27-year-old singer who was found dead at her home last month.
Green Day were performing 15 of their new tracks to an intimate audience in Costa Mesa, California, and the song’s lyrics strongly suggest that it is a tribute to Amy Winehouse. Lyrics like “27 gone without a trace” and “Did you tattoo a lucky charm” have only fuelled the rumours.
Make your own mind up…
Either way, the gig managed to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and gave fans an appetite for fresh material from the band.
Posted on 4th August 2011 by Daniel Higginbotham in Other
In this day and age it is hard to believe that back in the 1960s Rolling Stone was the place to go for all things rock. Over the years the magazine has been heavily criticised for expanding its content to first politics and then pop culture in general, while forever harking back to the romanticised 60s and 70s decades.
One of the reasons why the mag rose to prominence and has remained there ever since was down to putting rock music photography at its roots, with its now-famous front cover pictures still featuring the world’s biggest celebrity icons which sometimes do happen to be rock stars.
However, while it may not be an authoritative resource for rock devotees any longer - with artists like Lady Gaga, U2 and Katy Perry featuring more prominently in modern times -it still manages to generate interest for rock music fans even if the subject is just one part of a wider remit.
Posted on 4th August 2011 by Jessie in Uncategorized
Once you buy lottery tickets and have already gone through the process of selecting your lucky numbers, you can sit back and relax in the knowledge that you have done all you can to try and ensure your numbers are drawn out of the machine in the daily or weekly lottery game.
Playing the lottery on a local, regional, national or international basis can be so much fun. The first stage of the process is to pick out your numbers. This can be achieved by thinking up numbers which have meaning to you personally, such as a birth date or lucky number, or you can go for a lucky dip and put it in the hands of fate to decide.
Lotteries have traditionally only been open to those living in the country of origin, but now geography is no longer a barrier for entry. You can decide to play any lottery game online, such as the popular Mega Millions or Powerball draws, while being able to check the results straight away; all you need is access to the internet.
Now you can look up results from well-known games like the NJ Lottery and the Florida Lotto at just the click of a mouse button. There are lottery websites for you to search results from popular lottery draws which have taken place in the recent past.
As soon as a lottery draw has taken place and the results have been officially recorded you can find out how you did by viewing the page which displays the lottery you took part in, such as the California Lottery. All the popular lottery draws from around the world can be found on a lottery website.
Don’t hang around waiting. Check the latest lottery results and see how you fared. Hopefully you will found out you are now the proud owner of the winning lottery ticket, with access to a life-changing amount of money.
Looking for information, tips, advice or just to see if you have won the Florida Lottery visit the www.alottery.com web site.
It certainly doesn’t take much to put people in a frenzy these days. Take sell-out rockers Kings of Leon, who have just cancelled their US tour midway through due to “internal sicknesses and problems”, whatever those are. Straight away fans were tweeting that the world had come to an end and the Kings were no more.
Drummer Nathan and bassist Jared moved to quell the Twitter talk that the band was splitting up because of Caleb’s vocal problems and other issues, but I’m sure that come September when they are due to return to the road, there will be further scrutiny of the singer’s every move.
