Category: Music

The rumour mill is working overtime today, but it looks like the stories of Val Halen reforming for a tour with David Lee Roth are finally true.

The band now consisting of David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Eddie’s son Wolfgang Van Halen have apparently started planning dates for a US tour in September, although nothing official has been said yet.

In February, with huge hype surrounding them, the band called off their previously planned reunion tour and also cancelled their performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Only because in true rock ‘n’ roll fashion, Eddie had to go to rehab for a month for his drinking problems.

In a related note, we used to prank call people by playing “Jump” down the phone to them. A friend’s dad once listened to the whole song before saying “Kev, is that you?”

www.van-halen.com

Bad Religion have posted a full album stream on MySpace.

New Maps Of Hell will be their 14th album, and third since their return to Epitaph and is due out next week [July 10th]. Hit the link below to pimp the entire thing.

www.myspace.com/badreligion

Lars Ulrich has confirmed Metallica will be releasing their new album in 2008.

In a recent interview, the drummer said that the band had completed backing tracks for their new album and are aiming to release it in February next year.

On the sound of the album he said it doesn’t sound like last album St. Anger, claiming the new record is “more dynamic, and a little more varied, and it has lots of different nutty Metallica stuff on it”.

www.metallica.com

To celebrate American Independence Day [which is today, July 4th], Q-Tip has put up Work It Out on his MySpace.

This is to be the first single taken from his upcoming album The Renaissance, which is due out later this year, and is on his page at the moment and promises to be made available to be downloaded for free when America wakes up. S’nice of him innit?

www.myspace.com/qtipmusic

The Plastic Constellations have announced they will be bringing out a new album in early 2008.

The Minneapolis dwellers, who include Doomtree’s Lazerbeak, posted a bulletin on their myspace claiming they had missed the beautiful summer weather [send that over here lads!] by locking themselves in a “damp, humid, grey, unlit basement and hammering a smorgasboard of new jams that will comprise our upcoming full length record.”

The record is once again teaming the band up with Frenchkiss Records and the band promise to upload new songs to their myspace in the coming months. Awesome!

www.theplasticconstellations.com

MF Doom‘s last release MM…Food was taken off the shelves at some point a couple of years ago due to certain irregularities, but now the metal faced villain is back with a reissued version of the album.

Not only do you get the album, which contains tracks such as Hoe Cakes, Potholderz and Vomitspit, but you also get a DVD and a limited number even have scratch n sniff packaging. Pimp the video below to see what’s coming:

www.rhymesayers.com

Not only did she piss her pants on stage, but Fergie is now choking on the biggest corporate dick this side of Crossfire HQ’s golden flying penis.

The singer, that term is obviously being used loosely, is set to make £2 million from endorsing fashion company Candie’s in her songs. The label has said this is a novel way to make money, but we at Crossfire think its just another reason why she sucks.

Heap that on top of her ruining the Black Eyed Peas and there’s enough to send her to hell and back wearing nothing more than her piss-stained flammable panties.

Now take your humps and do one.

Hot off the back of her latest album and in support of new single 1234, Feist will be playing 9 shows in the UK. The dates are:

July:

17th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
19th – Manchester Academy 3
22nd – Birmingham Glee Club
24th – London Scala

September:

23rd – Nottingham Social
24th – Shepherd’s Bush Empire
25th – Dublin Tripod
26th – Glasgow Oran Mor
28th – Bristol Trinity Centre

Check out the award winning video to 1234:

www.listentofeist.com

Timbaland has announced that he doesn’t want to be in the music industry anymore.

The all-star music producer, who I often confuse for a brand of shoes, has announced that he will quit the music industry soon and name a successor to take his crown. Producing massive tracks for the likes of Nelly Furtado and squeaky-voiced Justin Timberlake, as well as releasing a solo album last year, seems to have taken its toll and bored the superproducer to death.

At least his ego hasn’t been affected, saying in an interview recently that he is throwing in the towel because “Music is boring right now. I’m too innovative for the world.” Hang on, he’s producing half the music you hear in the charts these days, isn’t he? If it’s boring, it’s your fault mate.

Media frenzy stuff at www.timbalandmusic.com