Photos by Earl Gardner of Particle’s Transformations show at The Fonda in Hollywood on February 24th, 2006. This was the first Particle show with new members, Scott Metzger and Ben Combe.
30 Seconds to Mars combines the heartbreak and anguish of contemporary teen icons like Dashboard Confessional with all the sincerity of hair band power ballads, translating sunset strip fantasies to the 21st Century via self-doubt and impotence, and ending up blasting cock rock without the hard-on.
Pearl Jam will return to the road May 9 in Toronto, a week after the release of its eighth studio album. As previously reported, the self-titled set will be the band’s first for J Records. First single “World Wide Suicide” is available for free download from Pearl Jam’s official Web site.
At deadline, only the first leg of the tour has been confirmed, with dates running through a June 1 and 3 stand in East Rutherford, N.J. Acclaimed rock act My Morning Jacket will support on this portion of the outing. The rest of the band’s 2006 touring plans will be announced in the coming weeks.
“World Wide Suicide” is off to a blazing start at U.S. rock radio outlets, clocking in as the track with the largest total audience at the format in the past 24 hours, according to Broadcast Data Systems.
Here are Pearl Jam’s tour dates:
May 9-10: Toronto (Air Canada Centre)
May 12: Albany, N.Y. (Pepsi Arena)
May 13: Hartford, Conn. (New England Dodge Music Arena)
May 16: Chicago (United Center)
May 19: Grand Rapids, Mich. (Van Andel Arena)
May 20: Cleveland (Quicken Loans Arena)
May 22: Auburn Hills, Mich. (Palace of Auburn Hills)
May 24: Boston (TD Banknorth Garden)
May 27: Camden, N.J. (Tweeter Center)
May 30: Washington, D.C. (MCI Center)
June 1, 3: East Rutherford, N.J. (Continental Airlines Arena)
Source billboard.com.
Slayer has lined up a new batch of tour dates as the group’s original four members work on their first album together in more than 15 years.
The tour starts on the ominous date of 6/6/06, and is dubbed The Unholy Alliance Tour – Preaching to the Perverted.
Arenas and amphitheatres in 17 U.S. cities are booked through late July, with more dates to be added soon.
Lamb of God, Mastodon, Children of Bodom, and Thine Eyes Bleed will support.
Slayer’s Tom Araya, Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman haven’t recorded an album with drummer Dave Lombardo since 1990’s Seasons In The Abyss. Paul Bostaph, who handled drum duties through most of the ’90s, left the group after 2001’s God Hates Us All.
“Dave’s been back with us, playing live, for a couple of years now, and we’re all looking forward to recording together again,” Araya said.
“It feels really good being back with the same guys I started out with,” Lombardo added. “The chemistry is definitely there, that’s the exciting part of it, to capture that chemistry again. And that’s what is happening.”
Slayer is recording in a Los Angeles studio with longtime associate Rick Rubin in the executive producer’s chair. The band plans to have the album out this fall.
The upcoming shows will be the group’s first road trip since headlining the Jagermeister Music Tour in late 2004. That same year, they also toured with Slipknot and Ozzfest.
Source pollstar.com.
The Dresden Dolls will release their sophomore album, “Yes, Virginia,” April 18 via Roadrunner. It’s the follow-up to their 2004 self-titled debut, though some of the songs here have been waiting in the wings for close to six years.
“I’m an impressionable songwriter, I don’t set things in stone,” head Doll Amanda Palmer tells Billboard.com. “We liked to shape and polish these songs over time.” The 29-year-old pianist/vocalist says she allowed herself “more simplicity” on the album and moved away from the Dolls’ signature cabaret sound.
“As a younger songwriter, I felt the need to over-complicate things to sound more impressive,” she says. “On this one, there’s three-chord songs. And they sound f*cking great.”
Source billboard.com.
