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March 3rd, 2010 by Hannah

After reports surfaced that Aerosmith would be performing with Steven Tyler at the UK’s Download Festival this summer, the band has officially announced that they’re back together and going on tour. The Cocked, Locked and Ready to Rock tour in the UK and Europe will begin in Sweden at the Rock Festival on June 10 and move around the rest of the continent. The tour schedule is as follows: Sweden on June 10th, UK on June 13th, UK on June 15th, Romania on June 18th, Greece on June 20th, Holland, on June 23rd, Belgium on June 25th, Spain on June 27th, France on June 29th, Czech Republic on July 1st and Italy on July 3rd.

January 22nd, 2010 by Hannah

The dates and bands for the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival have been announced! The three-day affair will be held on April 16 to April 18 with the likes of Jay-Z, Vampire Weekend, Muse, Faith No More, David Guetta, Gorillaz, DJ Lance Rock, Aeroplane, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, Gossip, Mew, Sia, Corrine Bailey Rae, Shooter Jennings, Thom Yorke, Mutemath and many others. Will you be going to the show? I’m still pretty iffy about this given that the usually indie-friendly event has Jay-Z as its headliner. The meaning of the whole thing kind of got lost on me.

January 12th, 2010 by Hannah

Mariah Carey may be a diva but she’s an honest one. Unlike other celebrities who have given slurred speeches and denied being under some sort of influence, the singer admitted so. In case you forgot, Mariah’s acceptance speech last week for an award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival was nothing short of awkward. According to Mariah, she was already buzzed on champagne when she took to the stage to accept her award. She said “We’d been sitting there, celebrating this whole time and having little splashes, and I hadn’t eaten. If people don’t understand me and they just think I’m this girl that stands by a microphone and sings ‘Hero’ then they’re definitely not gonna get me. But if people knew me they’d understand and have a sense of humor. And basically that’s what gets me through life.”

November 26th, 2009 by Hannah

The UK better be ready to rock because U2 is about to come at them in a big way! For the 40th anniversary of the Glastonbury festival this coming summer, the Irish band has decided to make their inaugural performance. It’s being said that both the rockers and the people at Glastonbury were tickled pink about the news, calling it an iconic moment. With Bono confirmed, the festival may also rope in some other huge names for the event, including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Coldplay. If all of those bands are confirmed to perform, the show will absolutely be a rocker’s paradise!

October 30th, 2009 by Hannah

Lilith Fair has finally decided to come back. The ultimate festival of girl power was announced to start up again almost six months ago. Now, locations of the much anticipated all-female music festival can now be revealed. There’s still no word as to when and who will be performing but the tour’s new website is offering a free mp3 download of Sarah McLachlan’s ‘Angel’, live from the 1998 Lilith Fair. The tour will have stops all over the major cities of the US, some stops in Canada as well as a show in London. I’m excited for this. I wonder if this is where Sarah will debut some of the new music that the singer is reportedly working on.