Coming this Fall, LCD Soundsystem, alongside Hot Chip will join forces for a series of shows across North America. Below is the full details on when they may hit a city near you, for now, the band is currently underway with their international tour with their next show set for tomorrow in Australia. Check out the dates after the jump!
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In the recent “ArtsBeat” column of the New York Times, they provided an in-depth review on Kanye’s upcoming, much-speculated music video for his moving single, “Power.” Below is some insight on what to expect, and from the sounds of it, Ye’s visual interpretation of the song appears to be “‘Apocalyptic”
In a coming video for his single “Power” that was created by the artist Marco Brambilla, Mr. West is seen standing imposingly with a heavy chain around his neck. As Mr. West raps, the camera slowly zooms out in one continuous, unedited take to reveal him in a classical structure, surrounded by female attendants who are partly or entirely nude; some kneel before him on all fours, others wear devil horns and still others are suspended upside down from the ceiling. The Sword of Damocles hangs precariously over Mr. West’s head, and behind him an unseen executioner is preparing to strike him with a blade. (ArtsBeat was allowed to watch a portion of this video but was not permitted to post it.)
Source: NY Times
The legendary Gil Scott-Heron shares his plans on upcoming performances all around the world. He’s recently added several New York dates as you can see below, the most recent event taking place next Thursday on August 5h at Marcus Garvey Park in upper Manhattan. Full details below on the cities and dates.
Gil Scott-Heron – 2010 Tour Dates
Jul 30 Luzern, Switzerland – Blue Balls Festival
Aug 01 Kassel, Germany – Kulturzelt Kassel
Aug 05 New York, NY – Marcus Garvey Park
Sep 04 Portlaoise, Ireland – Electric Picnic Festival
Sep 08 Paris, FR – La Vilette Jazz Festival
Sep 10 New Port, UK – Bestival
Oct 07 New York, NY – BB King’s
After his appearance at the Facebook headquarters, Kanye West visits another digital powerhouse to present Acapella-versions of songs off his forthcoming untitled album. Not only that he finally set up his own account today, ‘Ye also blessed the Twitter-offices with some lyrical heat. Before this second tour stop, Mr. West also thanked the Facebook staff for the warm welcome:
To all my friends at Facebook,
Many times in life I’ve had to deal with moments of doubt. And as it’s been a minute since I’ve performed any fresh material in front of an audience, this could’ve been one of those moments… but it wasn’t. Your energy was a gift so electric, so genuine, that it really helped me give my best. The energy was so inspiring I had to keep going!
I just hope you got as much from me as I got from you…which was everything!Love to all my fans, especially at Facebook.
Kanye West
In n case you haven’t noticed by now, “rocking suits is the new movement”.
In related news, Rap Up reports that KiD CuDi’s album Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager has been pushed back again. The official release date is now October 26.
Kanye West has finally given in and joined the ranks of thousands who have joined the social-networking conglomerate, Twitter. He didn’t waste anytime updating his fans as he’s just announced the changing of his album title.
The album is no longer called “Good Ass Job” I’m bouncing a couple of titles around now
Stay tuned.
Kanye West seems to be fully engaged in the promotional campaign for his much anticipated fifth album Good Ass Job. Much to the surprise of his audience, ‘Ye showed up at the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, California yesterday (July 27th). He performed four songs from his forthcoming lonplayer, including “Mama’s Boyfriend”, “Lost in the World”, “Chain Heavy”, and “Sweat on My Face”. You can check his Acapella performance after the jump.
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After their announcement of their plans to embark on a world tour, Gorillaz have confirmed their North American concert dates today. The band is set to launch their first show on October 3rd at the Bell Centre in Montreal, alongside some of the more major venues such as New York’s Madison Square Garden and the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. Tickets for the cities of New York, Boston, Detroit, Houston, Camden N.J., Los Angeles and Phoenix will become available on August 6th via LiveNation, with pre-ordering available on August 4th for CitiBank members. Check out the dates after the jump.
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Offered is the trailer for Yeah Yeah Yeah’s concert film Live In London which has been released on iTunes today. The Nick Wood-directed visual features 80-minute film with 16 songs from the trio’s December 1, 2009 show at the 02 Academy in Brixton.
Offered is the official trailer for Arcade Fire’s concert at the Madison Square Garden on August 5th. It is not clear whether the visual was directed by Spike Jonze or Clyde Henry but it sures heats up the anticipation for this event. For those of you that won’t be in New York that night, there’s good news. The acclaimed indie outfit will stream this show via a live YouTube webcast. As the “theme” for this teaser serves the band’s new single “Rococo” which will appear on their forthcoming The Suburbs. The album will be available the 2nd of August in the UK and the 3rd in the US and Canada. You can pre-order your copy here.
Source: CoS
Bad news for those that have been impatiently waiting on KiD CuDi’s new album – Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager. Without disclosing details, reports indicate that the anticipated longplayer has been pushed back to September 28th, thus ruining the much talked about G.O.O.D. Music Day. However, Kanye West’s Good Ass Job is still slated for the September 14th-release.
Source: Rap-Up
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