Doors Manzarek & Krieger Add Fuel
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Kirby Organization) - Doors founding members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger have chosen ex-Fuel lead singer Brett Scallions to front their project Riders On The Storm, filling the void created when The Cult's Ian Astbury departed the group last month. "Brett is on board ...
| The Police: Additional Sell-Outs Announced!
LOS ANGELES,CA. (Top40 Charts/Live Nation) - The Police tour continued its sales streak this weekend with additional sell-outs in Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, St. Paul and Dallas - where sales were so strong that a 2nd show date was announced and sold out. Tickets in Hartford, Hershey, Edmonton ...
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Celebrity Rock Group 'Scrap Metal' Adds Special Guests to 2007 Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival Show
Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Scrap Metal Official website) - Celebrity Rock Group 'Scrap Metal' scheduled to perform during the 2007 Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival in Nashville (March 27-31st) confirmed today the special guest performances by C.J. Snare of Firehouse whose hits include "Love of a ...
| Legendary Rockers Help Celebrate the Deuce's 75 Year Roll
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ BonspeedMedia/ Petersen Automotive Museum/ www.petersen.org)- It was four legendary musicians backed by Jimmie Vaughan's band that took the stage for charity on Friday night at the Petersen Automotive Museum. Jeff Beck, Michael Anthony, Jimmie Vaughan and Billy F. Gibbons ...
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Leonard Cohen's 40th Anniversary as a Columbia Artist Celebrated in 2007
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Leonard Cohen Fans Website) - Like the ancient scriptures themselves, whose parables and lessons have always inspired the poetry and songwriting of 72-year old Leonard Cohen, the verses and cadences of his first trilogy of Columbia albums recorded between 1967 and 1970 have continued ...
| Avalon Receives 25th Dove Award Nomination
Brentwood, TN. (Top40 Charts/ Sparrow Records) - Avalon received the 25th Dove Award nomination of its stellar career this week from the Gospel Music Association, another landmark achievement for the vocal group that released its debut album ten years ago. The quartet is currently nominated in the ...
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Elliott Yamin To Release His Self-Titled Debut CD On March 20, 2007
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Hickory Records) - March 20th marks the release of Elliott Yamin, the debut album from one of American Idol's most memorable contestants. Set for release on Hickory Records ( a label affiliated with Sony ATV Music Publishing where Yamin is signed as a writer,) the CD boasts ...
| 'Heavenly Voices,' a New PBS Concert Special Starring Ryland Angel, Giorgia Fumanti, Sasha & Shawna With The Tim Janis Ensemble
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Manhattan Records) - PBS is hosting a Musical Soiree at your place and everybody has a front row seat! On March 1, 2007 PBS stations nationwide will begin airing Heavenly Voices, a new HD-TV live concert event filmed on November 7, 2006 at the historic Olympia Theater ...
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Back Porch Records Announces SXSW '07 Artist Line-Up
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Back Porch Records) - Back Porch Records, the eclectic roots-rock label that recently became part of Manhattan Records and the Blue Note Label Group, has announced a special evening at this year's South By Southwest featuring a slate of the label's emerging artists. Included ...
| Salvador Santana's New Take on the Santana Gem 'Evil Ways' Opens the CD A Song For My Father, Featuring Young Artists Saluting Legendary Dads
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Salvador Santana Website) - Salvador Santana's fresh spin on the classic Santana hit "Evil Ways" is the album-opening track on the disc A Song For My Father, a compilation of acclaimed young music artists recreating timeless tunes originally made famous by their legendary ...
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'Fire Bug' Won The UK Singer/Songwriter Awards 2007
LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Fire Bug Official Website) - The international UK We Are Listening - Singer/Songwriter Awards announce Fire Bug as the superior winners of the first round for their new video "Walk Again" filmed on location in Death Valley. "Walk Again" is taken from the forthcoming "End of ...
| UKs Finest Steel Pulse In Concert March 6th
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ STEEL PULSE Official Website) - STEEL PULSE has been perfecting their original and distinctly high- energy style of reggae music for a quarter of a century. As the only British reggae group to win a Grammy Award (for Babylon the Bandit in 1985), their international success ...
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DJ Mag Top 50 Clubs of the World: Pacha New York & Cielo
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ DJ Mag) - While we may not agree with DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ Poll, their Top 50 Clubs poll looks pretty good to us. Maybe it's because it's the world's biggest DJs that are doing the voting, not some 18 year old trance addict dork. Kudos to New York's own Pacha outpost and ...
| Kenny Loggins To Be Inducted Into Hollywood's Rockwalk!
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Kenny Loggins Official Website) - There are certain voices in popular music that can be identified as soon a song starts. Kenny Loggins possesses such a voice, and for the past three decades he has led his fans on a creative journey that's encompassed numerous hit singles ...
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Vinnie James Announces The Release Of His Long-Awaited New Album 'Songs For The Long Journey'
Glasgow, Scotland, UK (Top40 Charts/ Vinnie James Official Website) - Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and ex-RCA/BMG recording artist Vinnie James has announced the Valentine's Day release of his new album, "Songs for the Long Journey," After a hiatus of more than a decade, the much anticipated ...
| 'REFLECTIONS: THE VERY BEST OF STEVIE NICKS' CD/DVD Package Scheduled for March 27, 2007 Release
BURBANK, CA (Warner Bros. Records) - Stevie Nicks, one of the most successful female artists in rock history and the embodiment of the transcendent power of music, is scheduled to release "REFLECTIONS - THE VERY BEST OF STEVIE NICKS" on March 27th; it was announced today by her label, Reprise Records. ...
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Phenomenal NYC-Based Beatles Tribute Band The Fab Faux Return to L.A.'s House of Blues Sunset Strip to Stage Their World-Famous, Note-for-Note Live Recreation of The White Album, in Sequence, on Friday, April 20
LOS ANGELES,CA. (Fab Faux) - It's an often-heard regret among music fans that they never got to see the Beatles play live - a rarity even for those who were concert-goers back in the day, given the legendary band's short tenure and dearth of live dates. It's also a widely repeated maxim that NYC-based ...
| ROCKRGRL To Present Women Of Valor Award To Fanny, The First All Female Band To Release Major Label Album
BOSTON, MA. (Top40 Charts/ Berklee College of Music) - ROCKRGRL and Berklee College of Music announce a collaboration to present the ROCKRGRL Women of Valor Award to pioneering rock group Fanny, the first all-female band to release an album on a major label. The event takes place Friday, April 20, 8:15 ...
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Woodstock: The Mystery Of Destiny: A Rock Opera
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ www.myspace.com/davidyoungmusic) - In the tradition of the classic rock operas like: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Who's "Tommy", and TSO's "Beethoven's Last Night", this album is a masterpiece in an 18 song musical celebration. Our story takes place the original site of the Woodstock ...
| Debut CD By EverBlue Creates Major Buzz In The Music Industry
Asheville, NC (Top40 Charts/ Glass Onyon PR) - Not just another band from L.A., with the release of their debut CD, formidable rock group EverBlue , is about to set the music industry spinning on its ear. Described as, "A sexy, soulful and emotion filled blend of passionate singing, masterful musicianship, ...
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