This is pretty amazing, reminds of of the good ole Aerosmith / Run DMC days. The best part about 50 Cent and Fall Out Boy playing shows is going to be the diverse crowd. So often we go to shows and we look around and see the same people, this will be a chance for  diverse audience to come together and enjoy both types of music – Hip Hop and Pop/Punk. 50 Cent asked Fall Out Boy if they wanted to do some shows this month – He came up with the idea, and we were like, ‘Yeah. Totally. Yeah. Why not?,” front man Patrick Stump said.  Fall out boy has been on tour with Paul Wall, so this is not too new to them. However, 50 Cent has never toured with a rock group before. Some Fall Out Boy fans are pretty disgusted with the whole idea of it, but why? I guarantee you all those Fall Out Boy fans will walk out new 50 Cent fans.

We don’t have exact dates yet but news tells us that 50 Cents first tour date with Fall Out Boy is scheduled to be April 14 at Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO.

Kicking off their tour on May 17th in Atlanta, GA, Coldplay will be playing 16 US dates. Will they be playing in your town? The British formed band will than head for Canada for a few dates. On April Fools Coldplay came out with a statement on their site saying  that they plan to record their next album not in a traditional studio, but on a modified Boeing 727 aircraft, in zero gravity.

“Later this year, the band will board a modified Boeing, which can provide zero gravity for periods of 20-25 seconds at a time,” a statement on the site read. “Wearing self-designed outfits based on early Russian cosmonaut suits, they will be joined by producer/collaborator Brian Eno, who will use custom-made ‘heavy’ microphones to record the sessions on a 1969 analogue cassette player.”

“We’ve been searching for the right environment to record the perfect snare drum sound for many years now,” Chris Martin added, “and I’ve just got a gut feeling that zero gravity is the place to do that, y’know?”

[via mtv]

For anyone who doubted U2 when hearing their first single “Get On Your Boots” , you were wrong. Their new album, No Line On The Horizon , has been #1 on billboard the past few weeks, and doesn’t seem to be budging. On June 30th U2 will be embarking on their worldwide 360 tour. We are still waiting for more US dates, as of now we only have Chicago, Boston, and New York.  Keep you posted on the latest!

There is only a handful of dates that you will be able to see Taylor Swift and Keith Urban together, will they be in your town? The two musicians have clashing tour dates. Below are the dates they will be touring together:

June 5th – Cincinnati, OH – US Bank Center
June 6th – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
June 7th – FT. Wayne, IN – Memorial Coliseum
June 27th – Des Moines, IA  – Wells Fargo Arena
June 28th – Moline, IL – Mark of the Quad City’s
June 31st – Boston, MAL – TD Banknorth Garden
August 1st – Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Center
August 8th – Kansas City, MO – Sprint  Center

These are the dates we have so far, and you can see more on Taylor Swifts MySpace. They may possibly play a few more together, POSSIBLY!

According to their MySpace blog Blink 182 is back and ready to go:

Hi. We’re blink-182. This past week there’ve been a lot of questions about the current status of the band, and we wanted you to hear it straight from us. To put it simply, We’re back. We mean, really back. Picking up where we left off and then some. In the studio writing and recording a new album. Preparing to tour the world yet again. Friendships reformed. 17 years deep in our legacy.

Summer 2009.

Thanks and get ready…

Pretty cool stuff: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=17448649&blogID=469520866

A couple months after they headline Super Bowl XLIII on Feb. 1st, Springsteen and the E street band will be kicking off their North American tour. The tour begins April 1st in San Jose, see the dates below. Bruce Springsteen has been very political the last few years, giving him even more reach to his fans. Springsteen performed live at Barack Obama ‘s Inaugural celebration.

April 1: San Jose, Calif. (HP Pavilion at San Jose)
April 3: Glendale, Calif. (Jobing.com Center)
April 5: Austin, Texas (Frank Erwin Center)
April 7: Tulsa, Okla. (BOK Center)
April 8: Houston, Texas (Toyota Center)
April 10: Denver (Pepsi Arena)
April 15: Los Angeles (LA Memorial Sports Arena)
April 21-22: Boston (TD Banknorth Garden)
April 24: Hartford, Conn. (XL Center)
April 26: Atlanta (Philips Arena)
April 28-29: Philadelphia (Wachovia Spectrum)
May 2: Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum)
May 4: Hempstead, N.Y. (Nassau Veterans Mem. Col.)
May 5: Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena)
May 7: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
May 8: University Park, Pa. (Bryce Jordan Center)
May 11: St. Paul, Minn. (Xcel Energy Center)
May 12: Chicago (United Center)
May 14: Albany, N.Y. (Times Union Center)
May 15: Hershey, Pa. (Hersheypark Stadium)
May 18: Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center)
May 19: Pittsburgh (Mellon Arena)
May 21, 23: E. Rutherford, N.J. (Izod Center)
May 30: Landgraaf, Holland (Pink Pop Festival)
June 2: Tampere, Finland (Ratinan Stadion)
June 4-5, 7: Stockholm, Sweden (Stockholm Stadium)
June 9-10: Bergen, Norway (Koengen)
July 2: Munich, Germany (Olympiastadion)
July 3: Frankfurt, Germany (Commerzbank Arena)
July 5: Vienna (Ernst Happel Stadion)
July 8: Herning, Denmark (Herning MCH)
July 11: Dublin (RDS)
July 16: Carhaix, France (Festival des Vielles Charrues)
July 19: Rome, Italy (Stadio Olimpico)
July 21: Turino, Italy (Olimpico di Torino)
July 23: Udine, Italy (Stadio Friuli)
July 26: Bilbao, Spain (San Mames Stadium)
July 28: Benidorm, Spain (Estadio Municipal de Foietes)
July 30: Sevilla, Spain (La Cartuja Olympic Stadium)
Aug. 1: Valladolid, Spain (Estadio Jose Zorrilla)
Aug. 2: Santiago, Spain (Monte Del Gozo)

I recently talked to Neverset Guitarist, Kyle Mathis. It looks like Neverset will be releasing an album sometime in early 2009. I am really looking forward to it, this band has great talent and one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen. Follow them here.

When asked why Mötley Crüe chose an unknown band for their new tour in an interview with Rolling Stone, Vince Neil says “Kiss took us out when we were just playing clubs, and then when Ozzy took us out it really broke Mötley Crüe. Those bands took chances on us. So why not give back and take a chance with a new unknown band?” Neil told the Stones reporter that anyone who goes to the concert will be sure to see a lot of “eye candy” and “theatrics”. Motley Crue kicks off their tour with The Last Vegas in early 2009.

Bon Jovi is just about to come off of their “Lost Highways” tour and they aren’t even phased. They are already writing new material according to guitarist Richie Sambora and will be releasing a DVD of the tour in 2009.

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Check out “Without Me” by Neverset below.