Category: Music News

Jared Leto has responded to the news of Virgin suing 30 Seconds To Mars.

The band have been taken to court by the label for not releasing an album which they were contracted to. However, the singer countered:

“We had been signed to our record contract for 9 years. Basically, under California law, where we live and signed our deal, one cannot be bound to a contract for more than 7 years. […] It is a law that protects people from lengthy, unfair, career-spanning contracts. […] We have been sued because roughly 45 days ago we exercised our legal right to terminate our old, out of date contract, which, according to the law is null and void.

If you think the fact that we have sold in excess of 2 million records and have never been paid a penny is pretty unbelievable, well, so do we. And the fact that EMI informed us that not only aren’t they going to pay us AT ALL but that we are still 1.4 million dollars in debt to them is even crazier.

We have lost many of the people that were near and dear to us at Virgin/EMI and crucial to the success of 30 Seconds to Mars. There is not a single employee at Virgin Records who was working at the company when we signed.”

www.thirtysecondstomars.com

Innerpartysystem have announced some headline dates for the UK.

The band will be showcasing their upcoming single Die Tonight, Live Forever [out September 22nd] and self-titled album [released September 29th] on the following dates in October:

4th – Oxford Zodiac
5th – Liverpool Barfly
6th – Birmingham Bar Academy
7th – London Barfly
9th – Manchester Roadhouse
10th – Middlesbrough Sumofest @Cornerhouse
11th – Leeds Garage @ The Cockpit
12th – Glasgow Barfly
15th – Cardiff Barfly

www.myspace.com/innerpartysystem

Mark Ronson has hit back at Noel Gallagher’s claim that he should write his own songs.

Writing on his MySpace blog, Ronson said:

“Noel Gallagher said I should ‘learn three chords on the guitar and go write a tune’. So I just wanted him to know that I’m actually taking guitar lessons from Jay-Z right now and he’s already taught me both chords to ‘Wonderwall’ (tune!). In fact, it’s so much fun having Jay teach me all of Noel’s songs on the guitar (hooray!) that I’m thinking of doing an Oasis/Jay-Z remix album a la ‘The Grey Album’. Potential titles are ‘Champagne Superhova’ or ‘Definitely Jay Z’. I’ll keep you posted.”

www.markronson.co.uk

Dancehall star Busy Signal is set to release his new album.

Loaded will be released on September 22nd and will feature Tic Toc and Unknown Number. After having been a part of Bounty Killer’s The Alliance, Busy Signal went out no his own and release Step Out on Greensleeves Records. Look out for a Busy Signal Buzz Chart entry soon!

www.myspace.com/onebusysignal

Reports are suggesting Virgin are suing 30 Seconds To Mars.

The label have apparently taken action against Leto’s band because of a failure to deliver a new album. The band, who sold over a million copies of their last album, A Beautiful Lie, are claimed to have signed a contract which required them to release three albums.

www.thirtysecondstomars.com

This October sees the release of AC/DC’s first studio album in eight years.

The long awaited album, ‘Black Ice‘ will be released on October 20th through Columbia Records.

The electricity will already be flowing with leading single, ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Train‘ gets dropped on the 28th August. Not to mention a newly edited and extended director’s cut of ‘No Bull‘, the video of the bands historic performance in Madrid in ’96, due to hit shelves worldwide on September 8th.

Back in Black Ice, this Autumn looks set to be a non-stop melee of electrifying rock ‘n’ roll. Get stuck in AC/DC.

Everyone’s favourite Canadian punks, Fucked Up, are treating us to not one but two UK tours this side of summer.

The band are around from this week, including sets at the Lock Up Stage at Reading and Leeds Festival. If you can’t make those then fear not as they will be returning for full UK tour in November.

New album, The Chemistry Of Common Life is to be released on the 13th October.

Here are the dates…

August
Mon 18th – Esquires, Bedford
Tue 19th – ULU, London (w. Mindless Self Indulgence)
Wed 20th – Limelight, Belfast
Thu 21st – Whelans, Dublin
Sat 23rd – Reading Festival (Lock Up Stage)
Sun 24th – Leeds Festival (Lock Up Stage)
Mon 25th – 1 in 12 Club, Bradford
Tue 26th – The Sazerac (formerally Clockwork), London

November
Fri 7th – 93ft East, London (w. Don Caballero)
Sat 8th – Freebutt, Brighton
Sun 9th – Barfly, Birmingham
Mon 10th – Zodiac, Oxford
Tue 11th – The Cavern, Exeter
Wed 12th – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
Thur 13th – Sugarmill, Stoke
Fri 14th – The Bodega, Nottingham
Sat 15th – The Kasbah, Coventry (club night)
Sun 16th – King Tuts, Glasgow
Mon 17th – The Corporation, Sheffield
Tue 18th – Cockpit, Leeds
Wed 19th – The Roadhouse, Manchester

Gallows will be putting a brand new song up for download on their MySpace at 7pm tonight [August 18th].

Gold Dust won’t be on the new album but is a taster of what’s to come as the Watford punks finish off their follow up to Orchestra Of Wolves. In the meantime, check out this video below of the band at the Newquay Boardmasters modelling the latest in rain-wear fashion. Avit pack-a-mack.

www.myspace.com/gallows

Friday funny…

Eastern Electrics have confirmed Switch and Skull Juice will be added to the bill.

The event, which takes place in London on 23rd and 24th August, will have three stages. Check out who is playing where below:

SATURDAY 23RD – GATES 2PM – 5AM

VICE PRESENTS – 2pm – 10pm
Black Affair LIVE
Switch
Man Like Me LIVE
Micachu LIVE
Skull Juice
Pure Filth Djs
Stop Making Sense

NEON NOISE PROJECT – 9pm – 5am
Cut Copy (DJ Set)
Hercules & Love Affair (DJ Set) TBC
Jerry Bouthier (Boom Box)
Tronik Youth

TRAILER TRASH – 10pm – 5am
Zombie Disco Squad
Popof LIVE
Hannah Holland
Joe & Will Ask LIVE
Mikki Most
Ian Robinson

SUNDAY 24TH – GATES 2PM – 5AM

MULLETOVER – 2pm – 10pm
Raresh
Guillaume and the Coutu Dumonts
Geddes
Simon Morell

DISCO BLOODBATH – 9pm – 5am
I-F (Viewlexx)
Maurice Fulton (DFA)
Dan Beaumont (Disco Bloodbath)
Damon Martin (Disco Bloodbath)
Ben Pistor (Disco Bloodbath)

RESIDENT ADVISOR – 10pm – 5am
Cassy
Gerd Janson
Appleblim
Will Saul

www.easternelectrics.com