General Music News

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 9/8/2006, 9:39 am

keane Cancels North American Tour. ( from MYSPACE TODAY)

N.AMERICAN TOUR CANCELLED
Keane have taken the difficult decision to cancel their North American tour, including the recently rescheduled dates.

Tom Chaplin is currently being treated for alcohol and drug addiction and will not return to the road until he, and the doctors handling his recovery, feel that he is ready to do so.

Tom's bandmate Tim Rice-Oxley said: "Obviously it's crucial that Tom is given the time to get better properly. With the first dates in America only a fortnight away, his doctors feel there is undue pressure on Tom to rush through rehab and get back out on the road. That's why, between the three of us, we've decided to cancel the North American tour. We'd like to apologise to the fans who've bought tickets, but we've done this in the best interests of our friend - which, ultimately, is in the best interests of the band too. At this stage we plan to go ahead with the tours of the UK and Europe in October and November. We'll be keeping in close touch with Tom and his doctors about how he's progressing and we'll keep you posted."

This means Keane's following US/Canadian shows are all cancelled.

SEPTEMBER
Wed 13 - New York, Carnegie Hall
Tue 19 - Montreal, St Denis Theatre
Wed 20 - Toronto, Hummingbird Centre
Sat 23 - Baltimore, V Fest
Sun 24 - Boston, Bank of America Pavilion
Mon 25 - Atlanta, Tabernacle
Tue 26 - Upper Darby, Tower Theater
Wed 27 - New York, Hammerstein Ballroom

OCTOBER
Sun 1 - Vancouver, Orpheum Theater
Mon 2 - Seattle, McCaw Hall
Wed 4 - Portland, Schnitzer Concert Hall
Sat 7 - LA, Greek Theatre
Sun 8 - Berkeley, Greek Theatre

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 9/8/2006, 7:35 pm

HAHAHA my friend just bought keane tix today.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 9/9/2006, 10:51 pm

BrandNew wrote:september 9, 2006
The new album will be released on November 21st, 2006.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 9/10/2006, 7:16 am

OOOOOOOHHHHH.

That should be a fun kick in the pants.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 9/20/2006, 5:55 pm

some of you may know already... Final Fantasy (aka. Owen Pallett) won the Polaris Music Prize for Canadian album with "best artistic merit" last nite at the awards ceremony.

full list of nominations:

Broken Social Scene - S/T
Cadence Weapon- Breaking Kayfabe
Deadly Snakes - Porcella
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
Sarah Harmer - I'm A Mountain
K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher
Malajube - Trompe L'Oeil
Metric - Live It Out
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

Final Fantasy recieves $20,000 by taking home the Polaris Prize.

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 9/24/2006, 8:24 pm

:gasp: i've heard good things about that

beat some tough competition too

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 9/28/2006, 7:49 pm

NEW RUFUS WAINWRIGHT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH/S:

according to stereogum.com:

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/003510.html

no mention of canada, which is bizarre... i've looked in his official site/myspace, but there is no news on this.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 9/28/2006, 7:52 pm

weird

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/3/2006, 10:16 am

Okay, its offical, everyone stop looking! The worlds worst music video has finally been made!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZxUtZ2ZgI

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 10/3/2006, 4:54 pm

You might be right. This is still the best music video ever though:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_pl2R0IyYic

EXCEPT I FOUND AN UNRELEASED VERSION

where they crash a Justin Timberlake/Christina Aguillera concert (I assume from 2003, because I remember that's why JT got to play at the SARS fest in Toronto) and also a gay pride parade, which is absolutely hillarious.

check it out

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t5kABXgxrvQ

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/3/2006, 5:35 pm

Haha, its true. That is one of my favorite videos. I didn't know about the unreleased one. Highly amusing.

GetBent · Post by **GetBent** » 10/4/2006, 8:33 am

This may be old news, but it still angers me. Cryptopsy did a European tour, then were supposed to start the Canadian tour in Halifax on Sept 30th. The pansy ass bastards decided they wanted 5 days rest after Europe instead of 4, and cancelled! What the hell! If I never meet Lord Worm I'm gonna kick him in the shin.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/4/2006, 11:55 am

ooohh that blows.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/4/2006, 6:06 pm

New Brand New album is rumored to be titled "The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me."

Thoughts?

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 10/4/2006, 7:16 pm

It should be called: http://imdb.com/title/tt0436231/

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 10/5/2006, 5:20 pm

Random Name wrote:Okay, its offical, everyone stop looking! The worlds worst music video has finally been made!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AZxUtZ2ZgI

agreed.

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 10/5/2006, 9:00 pm

Random Name wrote:New Brand New album is rumored to be titled "The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me."

Thoughts?

Fight Off Your Demons was a better title. The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me is a seriously dumb album title. Might work for a song, but not for an album. I'd prefer if it ends up being a false rumor, but what really matters is the quality of the music on that shiny little disc.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/6/2006, 12:04 pm

I dont think its false because the track list has been released too

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/9/2006, 1:37 pm

Apparently the lead singer of controller.controller left.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 10/13/2006, 2:07 am

beck news!

KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” program will air a special Beck live, in-studio performance on Halloween – Tuesday, October 31st. The show airs from 9am to 12pm PT, and Beck’s performance will take place around 11am PT. If you live in Los Angeles, you can tune in to 89.9 FM. Otherwise, you can stream the show live online at www.kcrw.org.

Also, production kills in Toronto have resulted in great floor seats being released for Beck's show on Monday at the RICOH Coliseum. Get them here before they sell out:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/10003 ... orcatid=60