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Lady Gaga recently announced the dates for the 2010 North American Monster Ball Tour. Tickets for the princess of pop’s show will be going on sale on March 19th. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, the singer said “It’s still called Monster Ball, but it’s more of a musical and less of a concert. It has a New York theme, it’s a story, and the story is that me and my friends are in New York and we’re going to the Monster Ball, and we get lost.” The tour will kick off with a June 28th concert in Montreal and will wrap up on September 19th in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Lady Gaga announced tour dates
Lady Gaga will kick of first gig in Montreal on june 28
Lady Gaga North American Tour Dates List:

June 28 – Montreal, QC at Bell Centre
July 1 – Boston, MA at TD Garden
July 4 – Atlantic City, NJ at Boardwalk Hall
July 6- New York, NY at Madison Square Garden
July 11 – Toronto, ON at Air Canada Centre
July 14 – Cleveland, OH at Quicken Loans Arena
July 15 – Indianapolis, IN at Conseco Fieldhouse
July 17 – St. Louis, MO at Scottrade Center
July 20 – Oklahoma City, OK at Ford Center
July 22 – Dallas, TX at American Airlines Center
July 25 – Houston, TX at Toyota Center
July 28 – Denver, CO at Pepsi Center
July 31 – Phoenix, AZ at US Airways Center
August 3 – Kansas City, MO at Sprint Center
August 11 – Los Angeles, CA at Staples Center
August 13 – Las Vegas, NV at MGM Grand
August 16 – San Jose, CA at HP Pavilion
August 19 – Portland, OR at Rose Garden
August 21 – Tacoma, WA at Tacoma Dome
August 23 – Vancouver, BC at General Motors Place
August 26 – Edmonton, AB at Rexall Place
August 30 – St. Paul, MN at Xcel Energy Center
September 1 – Milwaukee, WI at Bradley Center
September 4 – Detroit, MI at The Palace of Auburn Hills
September 5 – Pittsburgh, PA at Consol Energy Center
September 7 – Washington, DC at Verizon Center
September 8 – Charlottesville, VA at John Paul Jones Arena
September 14 – Philadelphia, PA at Wachovia Center
September 16 – Hartford, CT at XL Center
September 18 – Charlotte, NC at Time Warner Cable Arena
September 19 – Raleigh, NC at RBC Center

Paramore’s lead singer Hayley Williams and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo rocked out together at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center last week in Florida. Florida State University took the top spot in the T-Mobile Motorola Cliq Challenge and won a free Weezer concert and $10,000 for the school’s enrichment. Hayley was the surprise guest at the show and DJ Steve Aoki spun beats. What I would have given to see that show! I’m a big fan of both bands, moreover, both singers. Maybe they could do a tour together. I would definitely pay for several shows to see that one over and over again.

Katy Perry, or at the very least the singer’s friends, seem to be very smart. The Twitter obsessed singer recently shared that her friends make sure that she doesn’t do anything stupid when she parties it up. Katy explained “Sometimes, whenever I go out — not when I’m on tour but when I’m at home and I’m out and I’m celebrating — if I have a couple of drinks my friends will take away my phone in fear of me buzz Twittering because you never know what I might say. And I’m glad they do it too.” I wonder if she has any friends that she can share with Courtney Love.
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Coldplay star Chris Martin is to bring his hit band back to his home town of Exeter for the first time in almost 10 years.

The British band will be playing a charity gig for 500 fans at Exeter Castle on December 19 to raise money for Mencap.

Martin, 32, said that it will be a “really, really special night” and he added: “We’re proud to support Mencap and, for me, it’s exciting to play my home town. We haven’t played there since 2000.

“I don’t think there could be a better way to end the decade.”

Tickets for the Big Noise Session go on sale on the Little Noise Sessions website from December 8 and cost £50.

The concert will be hosted by Radio One DJ, Jo Whiley, who is also a Mencap ambassador.

Leighton Meester gave concertgoers a heck of a surprise when the ‘Gossip Girl’ actress turned singer decided to crash a Cobra Starship and Boys Like Girls concert at the Nokia Theater in Times Square, New York City last week. During the concert, the 23-year old jumped up on stage and sang ‘Good Girls Go Bad’ with Cobra Starship lead singer Gabe Saporta and the rest of the band. The crowd went absolutely wild! Maybe Leighton should just ditch her TV gig completely and just focus on her music career. It seems that even that’s doing better than ‘Gossip Girl’ ratings.

It’s been a while since Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas broke up but it seems that they aren’t stopping with their disses any time soon. Joe took another stab at his country singer ex-girlfriend at one of the Jonas Brothers’ UK concerts in Birmingham last week. During the band’s song ‘Much Better’, Joe adds a subtle “wah wah wah” after the “tears on her guitar” lyric. Neither of them seem to be giving it a rest. I wonder why. Could it be that they still harbour some feelings for one another? Sorry if that’s the case Joe because I would rather see Taylor with Taylor Lautner.

Miley Cyrus decided to make a couple of changes to her lyrics at her concert in Kentucky earlier this week. In the Disney star’s song ‘7 Things’, Miley changed a line from “your games” to “you’re gay”. Of course, everyone on Twitter is talking about it. The big question is, was it just an innocent slip of the tongue from the singer or has she forgotten that she is an advocate for gay marriage? If Miley still had her Twitter account, I’m sure we would have already known the answer a few minutes after her concert. See, it was useful for some things.

Since Britney Spears arrived in Australia, there has been non-stop criticism from the media about her lip synching her concert. The rest of the world responded with a collective “Duh!”. Now, the pop singer has something to say. Brit said “I hear there is a lot of controversy in the media about my show. Some reporters have said they love it and some don’t. I came to Australia for my fans!” Aussie DJ Havana Brown has been the opening act for both the European and Australian legs of the tour and she was surprised by the reaction to Britney’s concerts in Australia. She said “I think it’s quite well known that she has lip-synched in the past. I don’t think it’s any surprise to anybody. There was nothing like that in Europe. I think everyone knew what they were in for, and I think everyone should know here as well. I’m not quite sure what the fuss is about.”

Kelly Clarkson revealed in a new radio interview that she has started working on her 5th studio album and says that it’s going to be really different. The American Idol alum also said that she may not have time to write the whole album as she’s going to be on tour to promote her latest album ‘All I Ever Wanted’ until March 2010. That may be a good thing considering she’s made the mistake before with her disaster of an album ‘My December’. It’s good to have others helping the singer because more often than not, they know what they’re doing.

The singer recently came out and admitted that she’s working on her next album and it’s going to be different from those before it. This is what Kelly Clarkson said on the matter: “If I end up liking stuff that I’ve done then I’ll include it, but if I like other stuff better I’ll use that. Sometimes you’re just more inspired I guess, and sometimes if you have records that come you really close together it might be more other people’s songs. Because there’s not enough time to write and sing and perform and do everything.” No, doing all that stuff is for those wimpy musician fellows, Kelly Clarkson is in the music industry… she’s an industrial entrepreneur and industrial entrepreneurs don’t have time to make their own music and perform it and all that other crap relating to art!

To celebrate the debut of the world’s largest cruise ship, Rihanna will be boarding the Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas on November 19th for a private concert. I never had an idea that those types of things have a huge draw, considering that they got the Barbadian singer involved. Rihanna will be performing as a part of the big ship’s three night preview voyage, being the first performer on the boat’s Aqua Theater, before the 5400-passenger ship officially sets sail in December. I wonder how much she’s getting paid for this gig. It must be huge. And I can just bet that she’s going to get the best room on the whole ship.

California, US: U2 have confirmed via video blog that their sold-out concert at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California, Sunday 25th October 2009 will be streamed free, in full and live on YouTube. It’s the first time a show of this size will be streamed live.

The Rose Bowl show is the penultimate U2 show this year – with more to come in 2010 – and already is set to host the venue’s biggest ever audience of over 96, 000 fans. The 360˚ Tour, which has been critically acclaimed and “re-invents rock’n’roll”*, will now boast unique access for fans worldwide – as fans in territories yet to be visited by the tour, or not at all, will be able to enjoy the whole show online. Managed in partnership with Live Nation, this sell-out tour has broken attendance records in most venues it has visited – its success due in part to increased capacity coupled with a lower ticket price and great sight lines afforded by the stunning in-the-round stage set. Visit U2.com or youtube.com/u2official for details of how to join in this ground-breaking on-line event.

U2 manager Paul McGuinness said – “The band has wanted to do something like this for a long time. As we’re filming the LA show, it’s the perfect opportunity to extend the party beyond the stadium. Fans often travel long distances to come to see U2 – this time U2 can go to them, globally.”

YouTube will be streaming live across five continents. The show will be available in the usual You Tube way, as video-on-demand, following two full replays – after the live stream – on both U2.com and You Tube.

“YouTube is thrilled to be able to provide our global audience with a live streaming performance from one of the world’s greatest bands” – Chris Maxcy, Director of YouTube Partner Development. “We are always looking for new ways to connect fans around the world with their favourite artists, and this is the perfect opportunity to do just that.”

Kris Allen performed a special concert for Seton High School in Cincinnati, Ohio last Thursday. The school had won a contest and raised over $5000 for breast cancer research. The 24-year old American Idol champ sang his hit single ‘Live Like We’re Dying’ for the first time live and the singer even did a cover of a Britney Spears classic, ‘…Baby One More Time’. Apparently, the song is Kris’ favorite song to sing in the shower. Interesting. I bet a lot of the fan girls suddenly started imagining him in the shower minus singing the Britney song. Am I right?

Breaking Benjamin lead singer Ben Burnley is going to be part of Xbox Live’s “Game With Fame” series tonight (10/15)! Ben will be playing “Call of Duty 4″ with the gamertag “BreakBen GwF” (make sure you put the space between BreakBen and GwF!) between the hours of 7pm-9pm EST. Anyone can play so all you need to do is log into XBox live and play “Call of Duty 4″. Make sure to bring your “A” game!

Breaking Benjamin have also just released their new album Dear Agony on September 29th. The album made a big splash at iTunes, debuting at Number 1 on the album chart.

Breaking Benjamin are also about to embark on a fall tour with Rev Theory, Sick Puppies (select dates), The Veer Union (select dates), and Adelitas Way.

Tour dates are as follows:

11/29/09 Sunken Garden Amphitheatre, San Antonio, TX

12/2/09 The Pavilion, Lubbock, TX

12/5/09 The Cotillion, Wichita, KS

12/6/09 Shrine Mosque, Springfield, MO

12/8/09 Val Air Ballroom, West Des Moines, IA

12/9/09 Sioux Falls Convention Center, Sioux Falls, SD

12/14/09 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO

12/16/09 The Egyptian Room at Murat Centre, Indianapolis, IN

“I Will Not Bow” video:
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=62208288

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With the success of her first ever American tour, the phenomenal Kylie Minogue has been offered a residency in Las Vegas, joining the ranks of amazing performers like Elton John, Bette Midler and Cher. The singer’s supportive sister Dannii Minogue spoke of Kylie saying “The response from her shows in America have been phenomenal. They love her out there. She was nervous about going over for the first time, but it has gone better than she expected…I’m so proud of her. She called to tell me how well everything has been going and about the Vegas offer…Kylie’s show is perfect for Vegas, it’s so theatrical. She has loved performing out there.”

After an unfortunate incident, the All American Rejects were forced to cancel last weekend’s shows. The band’s lead singer Tyson Ritter performed last week while sitting in a wheel chair with a leg brace during their gig in Tampa, Florida. However, it looked like the pain was just too much to bear and led the band to cancel their next three shows. The band posted a message on their website saying “The All-American Rejects are sorry to announce the cancellation of three upcoming show dates—two dates in support of Blink-182 and one headlining date in Atlantic City. Lead Singer Tyson Ritter sustained an injury while on tour and is taking necessary precautions for a speedy recovery. The All-American Rejects will return to the stage stateside when they kick-off their co-headlining tour with Taking Back Sunday on November 3rd in East Lansing, Michigan.”

Watch KSM’s newest webisode to get a behind-the-scenes look at their last show on Demi Lovato’s tour.

After giving Kate, Shelby, Shae, Katie and Sophia some words of wisdom backstage, Demi surprises the

girls during their farewell performance dressed in a KSM T-shirt and sunglasses along with other friends

on tour for a dance party. The band talks about how much they’ll miss the road and the great friends

they’ve made along the way.

Be sure to tune in to Good Morning America this Thursday October 8th between 8:30-9:00 AM to watch KSM

rock a performance of “Read Between The Lines.”

Demi Lovato Joins KSM On Stage Video:

U2 Announces European Tour Dates for 2010
In the midst of the North American leg of their 360° Tour, U2 has announced their fall 2010 European Tour dates. The 12-stop tour will hit Germany, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, France, Spain, and Portugal. Tickets for many of the shows went on sale as early as this week, with more presales scheduled for October 5th-7th. Visit U2.com for all the information.

Also new on the U2 website are some pictures from the band’s most recent tour stops. Check out the photo gallery here.

U2’s twelfth studio album No Line on the Horizon, as well as their I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight Remix EP are available now on iTunes.

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EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

8/10/2010 Frankfurt, DE – Commerzbank Arena

8/12/2010 Hannover, DE – AWD Stadium

8/15/2010 Horsens, DK – Casa Arena

8/20/2010 Helsinki, FI – Olympic Stadium

8/25/2010 Moscow, RU – Luzhniki

8/30/2010 Vienna, AT – Ernst Happel Stadium

9/03/2010 Athens, GR – Olympic Stadium

9/06/2010 Istanbul, TR – Ataturk Olympic Stadium

9/15/2010 Munich, DE – Olympic Stadium

9/18/2010 Paris, FR – Stade De France

9/29/2010 Seville, ES – Olympic Stadium

10/02/2010 Coimbra, PT – Stadium

Pop-rockers Honor Society debuted at #18 on the Billboard Top 200 this week, moving over 22,000 units of their debut album, Fashionably Late. The band kicked off their second headlining tour on Monday, September 21 in Minneapolis, MN and will continue a run of nearly 40 dates with shows across the United States and Canada including an appearance on The Today Show on Friday, September 25.

The release of Fashionably Late caps off a busy summer for Honor Society as they joined the Jonas Brothers on their World Tour 2009 performing to nearly 1 million fans throughout North America. Honor Society simultaneously headlined their own club tour called The Full Moon Crazy Tour where they brought their high-energy live shows to sold out venues including the Blender Theater in New York City and over 1,500 fans at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.
See below for what the press is saying about Honor Society and Fashionably Late and visit HonorSocietyMusic.com for more info and a full list of tour dates.

Rolling Stone

“Over You” (3 stars) — delivers “shiny heartbreak that splits the difference between *NSYNC and Maroon 5 – all riffing synths… and tunefulness.”

Entertainment Weekly

Honor Society are “crafty pop rock dudes” with songs that “shimmer with freeze-dried funk licks…”

People Magazine

“…fans will likely swoon over …” whose “strongest tracks include the power ballads ‘Where Are You Now’ and ‘Goodnight My Love’ both showcasing Bruno’s emotive tenor. ‘My Own Way’ is an infectious pop-rocker.”

Dallas Morning News

Honor Society are “purveyors of that frenetic catchy-crunchy pop sound of the day…”