Posts Tagged ‘panic at the disco’

News for Tuesday: Barrel Full of Sunshine Edition

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

* Listen up, Americans! Kings of Leon think you have crappy taste in music!

* Like pulling teeth: Trent Reznor explains he’s getting Nine Inch Nails off the road so he doesn’t become Gene Simmons. You’ll also notice he’s coming to Oro, Ontario; see NIN while you can!

* I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! stars Sanjaya Malakar and Holly Montag are firmly denying being more than just friends. Even though Spencer Pratt insists he would “very happily hand the famed cup of superstar couple on planet Earth to Sanjaya and Holly in a second”. Spencer Pratt is such a tool.

* Calm down, young fella! Ex-Panic! At the Disco member Ryan Ross is speaking out about the breakup of the band. So now you knoooow.

* OH NOES! LeVar Burton, host of everyone’s favourite Reading Rainbow (I know I liked it), was in a car accident! Don’t worry guys, he’s gonna be okay!

* Broken Social Scene are gonna be in a movie! This Movie is Broken doesn’t follow the band directly, but seems like it has definite win potential anyway.

News for Monday: Brought to you by the letter “M” Edition

Monday, July 6th, 2009

* Never-has-anything-good-to-say Noel Gallagher has insulted Coldplay’s Chris Martin in an Italian newspaper interview for NOT doing drugs. Pretty sure that’s sending the wrong message to the kids.

* We’re pretty sure this one is fake, but here’s an interesting story about a preggers vampire-lovin’ Kristin Stewart.

* Panic! at the Disco break up! Sort of!

* MUSE fans should be aware of The Resistance this September (and it’s track listing, as can be seen on Muse’s twitter)

* Finally, your MJ news recap: the tribute is still going ahead, the estate is still in question, and the record sale numbers are still rising.

Blink-182 Announce Tour Dates

Friday, May 15th, 2009

Blink-182 - Image Courtesy of www.blink182.com

Yesterday I wrote about how Weezer, Blink-182 & Fall Out Boy were set to tour this summer and today Blink-182 announced tour dates for their summer tour. I mentioned how they could play VFest but that is now out of the question as the punk rockers will be playing the Molson Amphitheatre August 23. The recently re-united trio will hit a total of 8 Canadian cities including Toronto.

Since all three bands were mentioned together I assumed that they would be playing together but after reading an article on Billboard.com it seems like Blink will have different opening bands on certain legs of the tour. In addition to the Weezer and Fall Out Boy mentions as openers Panic At The Disco, All-American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth and Chester French have been added to the list of possible openers.

Nothing against any of the bands listed but I personally would not attend the Toronto show unless Weezer are on the bill. They haven’t released who will be their opening act on any of the days so here is my question to you. Who would you want to see as the opening band in the city you live in that they are playing at?

Here are the full Canadian dates:
July 28 - GM Place, Vancouver BC
July 30 - Saddledome, Calgary AB
July 31 - Rexall Place, Edmonton AB
August 1 - Credit Union Center, Saskatoon SK
August 2 - MTS Centre, Winnipeg MB
August 7 - Colisee Pepsi, Quebec City QC
August 8 - Bell Centre, Montreal QC
August 23 - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto ON