The Daily Swarm, citing “multiple industry sources,” tonight reports Soundgarden — reforming after 12 years apart — will headline this summer’s Lollapalooza alongside Green Day and Lady Gaga.
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Perry Farrell: Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Gift’ film coming out on DVD for first time this year
The long-out-of-print Jane’s Addiction film “Gift” — a semi-autobiographical, drug-and-music filled feature created by frontman Perry Farrell and then-girlfriend Casey Niccoli — will receive its first-ever DVD release this year, Farrell announced via Twitter tonight.
Crowded House to release new album in March, announce spring UK tour
Crowded House this spring will release its second album since reuniting in 2007, an 11-track, as-yet-untitled disc that Neil Finn and Co. will support with a just-announced tour of the United Kingdom in May and June and a slot at the famed Isle of Wight Festival.
Eric Avery quits again? Jane’s Addiction writing new songs without original bassist
[tweetmeme]Core Jane’s Addiction members Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins are writing new material for what would be the band’s first album since 2003 reunion disc Strays — but they’re doing so without bassist Eric Avery, who rejoined the band last year for the first time since 1991.
Farrell this week has mentioned the new [...]
Soundgarden reunion: Chris Cornell announces via Twitter that band will reform in 2010
[tweetmeme]Grunge heavyweight Soundgarden will reunite in 2010 after 12 years apart, Chris Cornell announced via Twitter tonight at the stroke of midnight on the East Coast, confirming increasingly persistent rumors the band would reform — perhaps to headline the Coachella festival.
Cornell’s tweet reads: “The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. [...]
Video: Morrissey storms off stage after getting hit in head by drink at Liverpool’s Echo Arena
[tweetmeme]Morrissey’s reputation as the world’s most unreliable concert draw remains solidly intact, thanks to incoming reports he walked offstage just one-and-a-half songs into tonight’s Liverpool concert after a fan tossed a drink at him.
Disgruntled fans are documenting the incident on Twitter, and reports vary as to whether Moz actually was hit or not, and whether [...]
Free download: Pixies’ ‘Doolittle’ tour live EP
[tweetmeme]Midway through the band’s concert in Los Angeles tonight, the Pixies slipped fans a treat via Twitter and Facebook: a free, four-song downloadable live EP of tracks recorded during its ongoing Doolittle 20th anniversary tour.
The band’s Doolittle 20th Anniversary Live Sampler features 320 kbps MP3s of “Dancing the Manta Ray” (a “Monkey Gone to Heaven” [...]
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