Friday, July 2, 2010

Ozzy Osbourne's Scream debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 album chart. Sarah McLachlan's Laws Of Illusion fell 6 places to #9. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers' Mojo dropped 9 spots to #11. Keith Sweat's Ridin' Solo debuted at #13. Carole King & James Taylor's Live At The Troubadour fell 4 places to #15. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Journey To Regionals dropped 9 spots to #19. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music Vol. 3: Showstoppers fell 7 places to #21. Cyndi Lauper's Memphis Blues debuted at #26. Danzig's Deth Red Sabaoth debuted at #35.
Reba McEntire's "I Keep On Loving You" fell 7 places to #85 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Journey To Regionals dropped 9 spots to #11 on the U.K. Albums chart. Ozzy Osbourne's Scream debuted at #12. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Vol. 3: Showstoppers fell a place to #14. Billy Joel's Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel dropped 8 spots to #15. AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack fell 5 places to #21. Steve Winwood's Revolution: The Very Best Of Steve Winwood dropped 12 spots to #23. Gorillaz's Plastic Beach re-entered the chart at #24. Michael Jackson's Number Ones re-entered the chart at #31. Glee Cast's Glee: The Music: Season One Vol. 1 re-entered the chart at #38.
Kylie Minogue's "All The Lovers" fell 2 places to #6 on the U.K. Singles chart. Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds' "3 Lions" dropped 10 spots to #36.
Propaganda will release a deluxe edition double-CD of their A Secret Wish album on Aug. 2nd to mark the 25th anniversary of the album. The set will include the original album with various that were only previously available on cassette and vinyl as well as some previously-unreleased remixes.
Nick Cave's Grinderman project will release their new single, Heathen Child, on Aug. 30th. The song comes from their Grinderman 2 album due out Sept. 13th via Mute.
Bjork will be paying back the gesture Antony of Antony and the Johnsons gave when appearing on two songs on her 2007 Volta album. Her appearance on the song "Flétta" will be the only guest spot on their new album, Swanlights, due out in October.
Vocalist Richard Page of Mr. Mister will release, Peculiar Life, his first new studio album in a decade on July 5th. The album can be purchased directly via www.richardpagemusic.com.
Sony Music Japan International will release a new collection marking Eric Martin's 25th anniversary as a solo singer, Love Is Alive - Works Of 1985-2010, on Sept 8th. Martin says that after this release, he's off to work on songs for the new Mr. BIg album.
A new Crimson Glory box set, In Dark Places... 1986-2000, is on the way via Metal Mind Records on Oct. 5th. The band released a statement saying that they don't recognize nor sanction the new CD releases or box sets saying that they are produced illegally and the company has zero rights to market, promote, advertise, release, distribute or sell any of their material. Roadrunner Records reportedly sold the rights to the releases to Metal Mind in 2007 -- which the band claim Roadrunner never possessed.
According to Blabbermouth, Maryellen and Kevin Burns were awarded $40,000 in their lawsuit against Whitesnake, the Orpheum Theater in Boston and a promoter over significant hearing loss the couple claimed to have suffered during a concert in 2003 where they were moved from seats restricted view to closer seats near a tower of speakers.
Chicago-based hardcore punk act Articles Of Faith have announced their original members will reunite for the first time in 25 years to record an EP due out via Alternative Tentacles on Oct. 5th.
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor has signed on to score the new film, The Social Network, about the founding of Facebook. He will be working on it with Atticus Ross who has worked with him on several recent projects.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Stan Ridgway has announced that he will release his new album, Neon Mirage, on Aug. 24th.
Back awhile ago, it was reported that AC/DC were forced to pay $3,500 in highway tolls by a Romanian road crew in cash before crossing into Hungary for their next concert. It seems 4 civil servants in Romania have been fired after complaints by AC/DC's company investigated and reported the incident.
Bret Michaels is still on the mend but it seems that he will be meeting with American Idol producers in a couple weeks about filling Simon Cowell's role as a judge.
Daniel Lanois has been released from the hospital after his recent motorcycle accident. A spokesperson for the producer/musician said that he's doing much better and is back at home now.
Bad Religion have announced that the title of their upcoming album will be The Dissent Of Man when released on Sept. 28th.
According to his recent interview with Associated Press, Steven Tyler says that he has 12 songs finished right now for a solo album but plans are to finish the new Aerosmith album first.
Prince's new album, 20Ten, will be given away in copies of Britain's Mail On Sunday newspaper. The singer did something similar with his 2007 album, Planet Earth. No date has been announced for the U.S. release.
Vinnie Vincent (born Vincent John Cusano) lost his appeal in 6th Circuit Court of an order preventing him from seeking bankruptcy protection from paying over $81,000 to his former Kiss bandmates (that he unsuccessfully sued for royalties in 1997.)
MelodicRock.com has reported that Van Halen are working on a new studio album with David Lee Roth due out early next year. A new single is expected before the year ends.
Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider will see the premiere of his new reality series, Growing Up Twisted, on A&E on July 27th.
TMZ has reported that Glenn Danzig is being sued for unspecified damages in L.A. County Superior Court by a man named Guy Wilson who alleges the frontman recklessly crashed his car into the back of his car in January. Wilson claims that he has endured "pain and suffering" and "emotional distress" as a result of the crash. Danzig released his new album, Deth Red Sabaoth, on June 22nd.
Motley Crue vocalist Vince Neil was arrested on Sunday in Las Vegas for driving under the influence of alcohol. The police had been looking for him prior to his arrest because he was a suspect in a camera-smashing incident earlier that evening. He was released the following day after posting $2,000 bail. Neil just released his new album, Tattoos And Tequila, and during an interview last week about his upcoming tell-all book (due out in September) confirmed that he hadn't used drugs in two decades and had stopped abusing alcohol.
Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon has spent the last 6 months working on a new solo album, Gypsy Highway, in his home studio. The album is an acoustic collection of autobiographical songs due out this month.
Erasure's Vince Clarke has produced and mixed a new song entitled "Lovesick" by Polly Scattergood (with lyric written by Ghostgirl author Tonya Hurley.) The song is currently available at iTunes in the U.K. and U.S.
MVD Visual will release Johnny Winter: Live Through The '80s on Aug. 24th in North America. The DVD contains a collection of 18 performances by the guitarist from throughout the decade.
John Mellencamp will release the title track of his new album, "No Better Than This," as a new single on Aug. 17th.