Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Country Music Night at the White House
The White House held a tribute to country music last night with stars Alison Krauss and her band, Union Station; Brad Paisley; and Charley Pride.
Here's some of what President Obama said to the guests:
"Now, I know folks think I'm a 'city boy,' but I do appreciate listening to country music because like all Americans, I appreciate the broad and indelible impact that country has had on our nation. It's touched countless lives, it's influenced all genres of music, it's helped us make the American people more hopeful, it's captured our restlessness and resilience, and told so much of our story in the process.
President Obama also made mention to Hank Williams, Willie Nelson.
View the full article here.
Source: David Goldstein
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Barenaked Ladies leave Nettwerk for Cam 8
The Barenaked Ladies have switched up their management, bolting Vancouver-based Nettwerk in favour of new L.A.-based firm, CAM 8 Management.
The Toronto band was the inaugural signing for the new firm, which was formed after a merger between Career Artist Management and Hard 8 Management.
Other CAM 8 clients include Maroon 5, Dashboard Confessional and Jakob Dylan.
Nettwerk suffered another blow in December when Canadian pop-punk star Avril Lavigne cut ties with the company, despite the fact that Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride was credited with initially discovering the Napanee, Ont., singer.
View full press release here.
Source: The Canadian Press
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Paul McCartney’s Plays the Ed Sullivan Theatre
Sir Paul McCartney continues his US tour, with dates through out July and August. Interesting how the death of Michael Jackson, adds some publicity and free PR for Paul McCartney. I guess timing is everything…
Paul recently played on the Late Show with David Letterman, ironically it is the Ed Sullivan Theatre, where Paul McCartney had played there for the first time 45 years ago with the Beatles.
There must have been so good and eerie feelings in the studio…
Paul McCartney still has what it takes to perform live, and of course the shows are always sold out.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Michael Jackson Lays his Glove to Rest
Sadly on Thursday June 25th 2009, Michael Jackson aged 50 years old, died of an apparent heart attach. Details are still sketchy as autopsy reports are not finalized; due to pending toxicology tests.
It is confirmed that Michael Jackson’s personal physician was on site, and proceeded with CPR in attempts the revive the gloved one. Paramedics had arrived and transported Michael Jackson to a near by hospital, where doctors tried in vein to revive him for close to an hour, with no success.
Currently there is an investigation by the coroners office, as it is standard procedure when death is suspicious. There is unconfirmed reports that Michael Jackson’s personal doctor had administered Demerol by injection hours before his death. It is also reported that Michael Jackson had been prescribed various pain killers such as, Dilaudid and Vicodin in addition to the Demerol injections, which could have caused his heart attach.
Michael Jackson shot to fame first with the Jackson 5 at the age of 11 years old, and then later becoming a superstar as a solo artist. A very successful artist that has won numerous awards, and currently holds the record for the artist to win the most Grammy awards 8 for a single artist, and 8 wins for his album “Thriller”
With millions of album sales world wide, Michael Jackson also holds a record as an artist with best selling album of all time with “Thriller” selling over 100 million copies world wide.
Michael Jackson is # 4 on the list of all time best selling artists, with total albums sales of over 500 million. Only three other artists beat him, which are.
The Beatles and Elvis with sales of over 1 billion world wide, and Bing Cosby at number three with over 500 million albums sold.
Michael Jackson had a major stake along with Sony ATV, for the highly lucrative Beatles catalog; in addition to his own catalog of songs.
Michael Jackson leaves behind his family and children Paris, Prince Michael, and Prince Michael II (Blanket)
By George Luker
Copyright 2009 Krule Music Group
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Britney Spears Concert Dates (Europe)
2009-06-20, DUBLIN, IRELAND, O2 Arena
2009-07-04, PARIS, FRANCE, Bercy
2009-07-05, PARIS, FRANCE, Bercy
2009-07-06, PARIS, FRANCE, Bercy
2009-07-09, ANTWERP, BELGIUM, Sportalais
2009-07-11, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Parken
2009-07-13, STOCKHOLM, SWEEDEN, Globen
2009-07-16, HELSINKI, FINLAND, Hartwell Arena
2009-07-19, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Ice Palace
2009-07-21, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Olimpiiski
2009-07-24, WARSAW, POLAND, TWKS
2009-07-26, BERLIN, GERMANY, O2 World
Go Britney Go.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Billboard Top 5 CD's
- Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow
- Lady Gaga: Poker Face
- Pitbull: I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
- Jeremih: Birthday Sex
- Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain: Blame it
from Billboard Hot 100
