Pick of the Week: Atreyu 11/26/2010

Atreyu
w/ Bless The Fall, Chiodos, Architects, Endless Hallway
Marquee Theatre, Tempe
6:00 PM, All Ages
11/26/2010

New Beatles Yellow Submarine™ Collectible Series by KnuckleBonz

Series is launched with the first release shipping next week in time for the holidays: The Beatles “Blue Meanie” Rock Iconz statue from The Yellow Submarine Animated Film.

John, Paul, George, and Ringo collectibles from the film will debut in early 2011.

WILMINGTON, N.C., Nov. 23, 2010 — KnuckleBonz® Inc. is excited to unveil a series of limited edition statues in their Rock Iconz® series representing characters from the animated film classic The Beatles, Yellow Submarine. KnuckleBonz is working closely with Apple Corps. Ltd. to create this series. The company creates limited edition statues and these will be highly collectible, with only 3000 of each statue created.

These collectibles are licensed and approved by Apple Corps, Ltd. Live Nation Merchandise, Inc. The Beatles North America Licensing Agent brokered the deal. All figures are 1/9 scale (approximately 9″ high), hand-painted, numbered and each comes with a certificate of authenticity.

The first release in the series is the “Blue Meanie”, the Yellow Submarine’s arch villain. The “Blue Meanie” by KnuckleBonz is shipping next week from www.knucklebonz.com in time for holiday delivery. The “Blue Meanie” Rock Iconz will be very exclusive with only 1968 statues created in this limited edition.

KnuckleBonz creates hi-end sculpture that features rock’s most highly influential artists. Dedicated to honoring rocks greatest through master artistry, KnuckleBonz has established the music-based collectible series: Rock Iconz.

Pricing and Availability

The Beatles “Blue Meanie” Rock Iconz Statue is scheduled to ship November 29, 2010 and is available at http://knucklebonz.com/beatlesbluebeanie.html and through select retailers worldwide. The Yellow Submarine Rock Iconz statues of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr will debut in February 2011. See http://knucklebonz.com/beatles.html for more information. Only 3000 of each of these statues will be created. Pre-orders are available now. Each figure is sold separately; SRP is $115 USD. This is a limited edition series created by KnuckleBonz.

‘The Beatles’ is a registered trademark of Apple Corps Limited and Apple Group of related companies (‘Apple’).

KnuckleBonz, Inc. is committed to fine craftsmanship and the artistry of creating hand-crafted statues for music fans and collectors. More information can be found on these and other Items from KnuckleBonz at www.knucklebonz.com.

Taylor Swift Announces SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011

4-Time Grammy Winner Taylor Swift To Headline 87 Stadium And Arena Shows In 19 Countries In 2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Taylor Swift announced today that she will tour the world in 2011 in support of her blockbuster Speak Now album, which shattered sales records with over a million copies sold in its first week of release.

Taylor is currently slated to play 87 shows in 19 countries spanning four continents on the TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011, which kicks off February 9th in Singapore.

The 2011 dates will include six stadium shows – Foxborough, MA’s Gillette Stadium, Detroit’s Ford Field, Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field, Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, and Dallas’s Cowboys Stadium. Taylor’s 15-month, 107-date FEARLESS 2009 / 2010 Tour sold out arenas and stadiums in 88 cities in five countries.

Taylor will play shows throughout Asia and Europe during the first quarter of 2011, before kicking off her North American tour on May 27th in Omaha, Neb. SPEAK NOW Tour dates are planned for later in the year in Australia and New Zealand. The North American leg of the tour is sponsored by COVERGIRL®, and ticket prices start at $25.

The SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 is one of the most-anticipated musical experiences of the year, as Taylor’s live show is renowned for her incredibly high-energy theatrical presentation of graphics, sets and visual elements, all conceptualized by Taylor herself. During the course of her show, Taylor plays a variety of instruments and has multiple wardrobe changes. Each show, Taylor performs hit after hit from her three Big Machine Records albums, including the chart-topping “Mine,” “Love Story,” “You Belong With Me,” “Our Song,” and “Fifteen.”

“Swift’s fans don’t just believe in her savvy songwriting and gracious, magnetic stage presence. They trust her as a peer,” raved the Los Angeles Times . “And if the unerring pleasures of her set – and the crowd’s Beatles-sized reactions – were any indication, they’ll be trusting her for a long time.” The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic wrote: “Swift shoots to superstardom. Her two-hour set at the sold-out arena showed a level of creativity – and more important, sincerity – which many other acts don’t reach for decades, if ever. There is a new master of the stage in pop music moving quickly up the ladder.”

“I’m so excited to go back out on tour again in 2011!” says Taylor. “The FEARLESS Tour was so much fun and even more unforgettable than I ever imagined, and I can’t wait to get back out and play my new music from Speak Now! The fans have been so amazing, and I’m thrilled to play in new cities around the world and meet even more of my fans in 2011!”

The TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR 2011 will include the following:

DATE
CITY
February 9 Singapore
February 11 Seoul, South Korea
February 13 Osaka, Japan
February 16 17 Tokyo, Japan
February 19 Manila, Philippines
February 21 Hong Kong
March 6 Brussels, Belgium
March 7 Rotterdam, Holland
March 9 Oslo, Norway
March 12 Oberhausen, Germany
March 15 Milan, Italy
March 17 Paris, France
March 19 Madrid, Spain
March 22 Birmingham, UK
March 25 Belfast, Northern Ireland
March 27 Dublin, Ireland
March 29 Manchester, UK
March 30 London, UK
May 27; 28 Omaha, Nebraska
May 29 Des Moines, Iowa
June 2; 3 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
June 4 Orlando, Florida
June 7 Columbus, Ohio
June 8 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 11 Detroit, Michigan
June 14; 15 St. Paul, Minnesota
June 18 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 21 Buffalo, New York
June 22 Hartford, Connecticut
June 25 Foxborough, Massachusetts
June 30 Greensboro, North Carolina
July 1 Knoxville, Tennessee
July 2 Louisville, Kentucky
July 8 Charlotte, North Carolina
July 9; 10 Atlanta, Georgia
July 14 Montreal, Quebec
July 15; 16 Toronto, Ontario
July 19; 20 New York, New York
July 28 Grand Rapids, Michigan
July 29 Indianapolis, Indiana
July 30 Cleveland, Ohio
August 2; 3 Washington, DC
August 6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 9; 10 Chicago, Illinois
August 13 Lexington, Kentucky
August 14 St. Louis, Missouri
August 18; 19 Edmonton, Alberta
August 23; 24Los Angeles, California
September 1; 2 San Jose, California
September 3 Sacramento, California
September 6 Portland, Oregon
September 7 Seattle, Washington
September 10; 11 Vancouver, British Columbia
September 16 &; 17 Nashville, Tennessee
September 21 Tulsa, Oklahoma
September 24 Kansas City, Missouri
September 27 Denver, Colorado
September 28 Salt Lake City, Utah
October 4 Little Rock, Arkansas
October 5 New Orleans, Louisiana
October 8 Dallas, Texas

Taylor Swift is a four-time GRAMMY winner, the top-selling digital artist in music history, has had singles top both the Country and Pop radio charts, and had the #1 best-selling album in any genre of music in 2009. With 1,046,718 copies sold in the US in the first week of release, last month her Speak Now album scored SoundScan’s biggest single-week sales total since 2005 and is the biggest debuting country studio album in history. With the release of Speak Now, Taylor made history on the Billboard Hot 100, charting a record-breaking 11 songs from one album in a single week. Taylor, who writes all of her own songs, has career record sales now in excess of 17 million albums and 31 million song downloads.

The North American leg of the TAYLOR SWIFT SPEAK NOW WORLD TOUR is sponsored by COVERGIRL®, and produced and promoted by The Messina Group (TMG.) The COVERGIRL® sponsorship is an expansion of the partnership announced earlier this year, when Taylor was named the newest COVERGIRL®. Taylor’s COVERGIRL® campaign is set to launch in January of 2011. TMG is a partner of AEG Live, one of the top live entertainment companies in the world, which produces world tours featuring internationally renowned artists and regional concerts and festivals.

For more details, log on to www.taylorswift.com.

STREAM OF MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE’S “LIVE IN LA” CONCERT TONIGHT

DATELINE — Burbank, CA — With My Chemical Romance’s highly anticipated new album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys now released internationally, fans around the world can tune in tonight, via an exclusive global stream on MTV.com and VH1.com, to a live concert celebrating the album’s release.

The band has just announced that an embeddable link to the show, held at the House of Blues in Los Angeles, will be made available on MTV.com, enabling fans to share the live stream with one other via their blogs and social networking pages. The “Live in L.A.” concert begins at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT. Fans in the UK and Ireland can view the show at MTV.co.uk.

Linkin Park Announces North American Tour Dates

OZZY OSBOURNE With Very Special Guest SLASH

January 26 – Comerica Theatre

(October 29, 2010 – Phoenix, AZ) OZZY OSBOURNE will kick off his fall North American arena tour November 12 in Victoria, B.C and has just added a second leg of U.S. dates which will get underway January 16th in Omaha, NE. The six-week 2011 trek, part of the multi-platinum Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s in-progress 18-month world tour, will includes an intimate show January 26 at the Comerica Theatre (formerly Dodge Theatre). OZZY’s longtime friend and musical collaborator Slash will open the show. Tickets for this special performance go on sale Next Saturday November 6 at 10am at livenation.com.

OSBOURNE recently completed a run of overseas festival appearances and headlining overseas performances including his first ever concert in Israel: a September 28 OZZFest show at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv. The Tel Aviv show was described by the www.ynet.co.il as “one of the most important rock events in Israel, if not THE most important…There is no one that can contest Ozzy Osbourne’s charisma and madness. Park Hayarkon was awash with energies and foam at the main performance of the Ozzfest…” Elsewhere www.mako.co.il noted: “We have waited for years and finally it happened–Ozzfest arrived to the holy land. And as much as the anticipation was high – it shrinks in comparison to the real thing that happened on stage. Ozzy Osbourne lifted Tel Aviv with a crazy show. Osbourne managed to lift people up as only he can do. With simplicity and (relative) modesty, the prince of darkness gave his heart and soul with big love to the Israeli crowd and managed to jump and touch every single one of the tens of thousands of fans present.” The www.mouse.co.il added, “The crowd was versatile and colorful, the other bands on the bill were great, but the real star of Ozzfest was, undoubtedly, Ozzy Osbourne. The metal legend last night at Hayarkon Park gave a show worth living for.”

The fall dates will coincide with the October 5 release of an expanded two-CD version of the SCREAM album. This “Tour Edition” package will feature seven bonus songs: a mix of previously unreleased tracks and live recordings. Epic will also issue a four-sided vinyl edition that includes five bonus tracks: the three aforementioned songs from the SCREAM sessions and the live version of “Let Me Hear You Scream,” along with the single version of “Life Won’t Wait” (the second single from SCREAM).

Tickets go on sale Next Saturday, November 6 at 10am at livenation.com. Tickets are priced at $85.00, $59.00 and $39.50. Tickets are also available at the box office. To charge by phone call 800-745-3000. All tickets are subject to applicable service charges and fees. Dates and times are subject to change without notice.

Pick of the Week: Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson: To The Sea Tour 2010 Tickets

• All Ages

Lady GaGa Returns March 26, 2011

LADY GAGA SELLS OUT AROUND THE GLOBE WITH HER 2010 MONSTER BALL TOUR AND ANNOUNCES EXTENSION TO
2011 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

MARCH 26, 2011 – US AIRWAYS CENTER

Tickets go on-sale this Saturday 10am at LiveNation.com

Phoenix – September 28, 2010 – Lady Gaga has captivated audiences around the globe with her stunning international smash, The Monster Ball tour, presented by Virgin Mobile. In 2010 the tour has taken her throughout Europe and North American, where she received rave reviews everywhere she stopped. With the majority of North American dates already sold out, Lady Gaga has announced she will be extending her North American 2011 tour. The 2011 North American Monster Ball Tour, produced globally by Live Nation and presented by Virgin Mobile, will begin on February 19th, 2011 at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, taking her spectacular show to top arenas and a host of new cities. The tour stops in Phoenix on Saturday, March 26th at US Airways Center.

Critics around the world raved about the first leg of The Monster Ball Tour, which Gaga described as “the first-ever pop-electro opera.” The Sun called it “breathtaking stuff” and “the best live show you will see this year,” while London’s Independent wrote: “Gaga’s got it, which is why, right now, the whole pop world wants to take a ride on her disco stick.” Writing about her show at Radio City Music Hall, the New York Times noted that “her Monster Ball tour always provided something worth a snapshot: a sci-fi tableau, perhaps, or a skimpy, glittery costume. The more her image gets around, the better Lady Gaga does.”

“In just 2 years Lady Gaga has become an international superstar, selling out everywhere in the world,” said Arthur Fogel, CEO Global Touring and Chairman – Global Music Live Nation.

Lady Gaga is touring in support of The Fame Monster, which was released on November 18th, 2009, by Streamline/Konlive/Interscope. The album is the follow-up to 2008’s Grammy Award-winning album The Fame, which spawned the No. 1 singles “Just Dance” and “Poker Face.” Combined, The Fame and The Fame Monster have sold 13.5 million albums worldwide, while Lady Gaga’s current singles, “Just Dance,” “Poker Face,” “Lovegame,” “Paparazzi,” “Bad Romance” and “Telephone” have combined sales over 50 million worldwide. At this year’s BRIT awards, she took home awards for International Album (The Fame), International Female Solo Act and International Breakthrough Act. At the 2010 MTV VMA’s Lady Gaga took home a record 8 wins including ‘Video of the Year’.

Her music videos have received a combined total of over 1 billion views online – the first artist to reach this number. Lady Gaga has made another video milestone with “Bad Romance” becoming the most viewed video of all-time on YouTube.com.

Tickets (general admission floors and reserved seating in the stands) for The Monster Ball go on sale for Phoenix beginning this Saturday, October 2 at 10am at LiveNation.com.

Citi® cardmembers will also have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday September 28th, 10am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details visit www.citiprivatepass.com.

Virgin Mobile customers will have access to presale tickets beginning Tuesday, September 28th at 10am local time. “It’s hard to enhance a Lady Gaga tour, but Virgin Mobile will once again spice things up by bringing her fans and our customers one-of-a-kind experiences and memorable moments,” said Bob Stohrer, VP of Marketing for Virgin Mobile USA. “We’ll also build on our important partnership with Lady Gaga around the issue of youth homelessness, continuing to raise awareness and inspire volunteerism for young people in need.” For details visit www.virginmobileusa.com.

Pick of the Week: Paramore 09/15

Honda Civic Tour presents Paramore with Tegan and Sara

• All Ages

Pick of the Week: Green Day

Green Day with special guest AFI Tickets

• Misc

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