Rock Band Kiss Announces 2010 European Tour

The hair metal band Kiss announced on their website news of their new European tour. The concert dates have been scheduled for the summer of 2010. The tour, Sonic Boom Over Europe: From The Beginning To The Boom, appears to get its name from their 2009 album Sonic Boom.

For all of us that cannot make the European tour dates you can still catch Kiss live on their Global performance via Facebook on November 25, 2009.

Beyonce Crowd Surfs During Concert In London

When thinking of Beyonce the last thing that comes to mind is crowd surfing. During her concert in London on November 16, 2009 singer Beyonce was seen by fans crowd surfing. This video shows her wild moment.

Band Thrice Continues Tour Without Guitarist Teppei Teranishi

Thrice recently announced news that their Guitarist Teppei Teranishi had to leave their current tour due to a family emergency. The guitarist departed from the band sometime yesterday and their is no word when or if he will be returning. I offer my deepest condolences to Teppei and his family. Whatever the problem is I wish them a speedy and complete recovery.

The good news is that the tour will continue. Friends of Thrice of split up the songs and different musicians will be filling in throughout each show. Below is a live video of the band playing during Bamboozle 2009.

Tayor Swift Presented With Four Awards At CMA

According to RollingStone Magizine Tayor Swift had a big night during the County Music Awards. After kicking off the County Music Awards with her song "Forever and Always," Taylor Swift went on to win a variety of honors. The young artists took home four awards that night. Among these was the award for Entertainer Of The Year. After receiving the award Taylor became the youngest artist to win this prestigious honor. She also took home an award for Video Of The Year for her song Love Story. Other awards Tayor was presented with included Best Female Vocalist and Album Of The Year.

John Mayer Tweets About Brittany Spears Lip-Synching

John Major posted to Twitter on Saturday, November 7 to let fans know that if they plan on attending a Brittany Spears concert anytime soon, expect to experience a concert full of lip-syncing.

John Mayer's Twitter post read, "If you're shocked that Britney was lip-syncing at her concert and want your money back, life may continue to be hard for you."

Gutiar Hero 5 Review

Looking at the new Guitar Hero 5 you will notice that there are many similarities to the previous version. The notes will still displaying from a scrolling down screen. The guitars are still made of plastic with clicking buttons, and you still have a mic, guitar, bass, and drum kit.

What is the big deal? Why all the hype? For the new features of course. The biggest improvement I noticed is the "Party Play" mode. Party Play allows you to have play through random songs without having to start a new game after each one is finished. It acts almost like a jukebox.

Metallica Has An iPhone App

Metallica announced the release of their new iPhone application. The application allows iPhone users to view videos they have downloaded using their LiveMetallica account. You will find your downloaded videos under the "Listen" tab. It will also allow these same users to stream the latest concert film for free.

The application is sold for $0.99. You can find the Metallica iPhone application by going to the iPhone application store and typing in "Metallica."

Rap Artist Jay-Z

I was recently introduced to a few songs by Shawn Corey Carter, AKA Jay-Z. I was impressed after hearing his song The Hard Knock Life. If you are not familiar with the song, Jay-Z raps over a song from an old movie called Annie. After listening to The Hard Knock Life, I searched Youtube for a few other songs by the rap artist. Sure enough I found a few other songs which borrow from other popular bands.

The band 3 Doors Down has their song Hear Without You featured in a Jay-Z remix. Linkin Park and Jay-Z can been seen together in a song called Numb Encore (see video below).



I think the integration is great. Obviously this is not the first time an artist has done this. It is, however, good to hear music of different genres mixing together. Genres, to me, are merely restrictions that keep music stagnant. I hope that we will continue to see more and more of this in the future. It is nice to hear artists such as Jay-Z, Carlos Santana, Slash, and so on collaborate with other artists.

Interview With Orange County Front Man Casey McDonald Of Operation Overload

I recently meet up with the front man Casey McDonald from Operation Overload. Here is the right up.

Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special

If you tuned into season four of American Idol you may recognize the name Carrie Underwood. Carrie won season four and has been in the spotlight as a country music star.

Besides winning American Idol, Carrie has a few other big events coming up in her life. December 7 will be a special day for Carrie Underwood and The Fox Network. Carrie will be hosting a new holiday special where the singer will be performing music from her new album, according to Yahoo! News. The Fox special will be titled "Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special." Some of the expected guests include Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton and David Cook.

The new album is expected to be released on November 3, 2009.