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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Lands Role in Indie Film ‘Like Sunday, Like Rain’
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has quite a few irons in the film fire. The singer, who completed a rehab stint after an onstage meltdown at the iHeart Radio festival a year ago, is not only appearing in two upcoming Green Day documentaries. He also landed a role in 'Like Sunday, Like Rain,' an indie film drama that will star 'Gossip Girl' actress Leighton Meester.
Rancid, the Transplants Announce Summer Tour
Guitarist/vocalist Tim Armstrong will double up his workload this summer, as his main band, Rancid, embarks on a short but sweet June tour with his other project, the rap-punk supergroup the Transplants. It's only a 10-date trek that hits mostly East Coast cities and a few Canadian outposts, but we're confident that Armstrong can handle playing twice per night! He's indestructible, like the Rancid
Queens of the Stone Age Releasing New Album ‘…Like Clockwork’ Via Matador in June
Queens of the Stone Age have confirmed that they will release their sixth studio album, '…Like Clockwork,' in June via Matador Records after a long stint on Interscope Records.
Who Is the Hot Girl in the DIRECTV ‘Hawk + Clowns’ Commercial?
A puppy picked off by a hawk. Being tied down and accosted by a gaggle of clowns. According to this commercial, teose are some of the crappiest, most terrifying situations you can encounter in life. Well, that and not having the capacity to record more than one TV show at once.
Pearl Jam Working on New Album With Incubus Guitarist Mike Einziger
Pearl Jam are making progress on their new album, and it will feature a contribution from Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger. How do we know his? Well, for one thing, the axeman tweeted a photo of himself, his lady love and the one and only Eddie Vedder, frontman for PJ, revealing that he is "recording strings" for the new platter. That's just about all the proof we need that stuff is happe
Smashing Pumpkins Announce World Tour
Smashing Pumpkins will spend the next several months on a world tour that includes headline dates and festival appearances sprinkled all over the globe, the band announced today. Expect a set list that covers the group's entire songbook, from the classics of the early to the mid-'90s through 2012's 'Oceania.'
Record Store Day 2013 Brings Special Vinyl Releases by the Black Keys, Flaming Lips + More
As an official sponsor for Record Store Day, which takes place nationally on April 20 and celebrates the culture surrounding still-standing indie record stores, Warner Bros. are rolling out limited edition vinyl treats from artists like the Black Keys, the Flaming Lips and Tegan and Sara.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Ex-Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan Form Supergroup
A new supergroup is in the works, Rolling Stone reports, and it features Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready, former Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and onetime Screaming Trees' drummer Barrett Martin. The as-yet-unnamed unit still needs a vocalist, but the search is on for singers to help them crystallize their ideas and form some new ones.
Who is the Hot Girl in Buffalo Wild Wings ‘Slo Mo’ Commercial?
The babe in the Buffalo Wild Wings 'Slo Mo' commercial is the woman of your dreams, simply because she makes them come true.
Green Day ‘Broadway Idiot’ Trailer Surfaces
Green Day never thought they would go from grimy punk rock clubs to the majesty of Broadway. But that's just what they did. Some of the journey is documented in 'Broadway Idiot,' a new documentary whose trailer has just hit the web.
Pearl Jam Wrigley Field Show Is Fastest-Selling Concert in Ballpark’s History
Opened in 1914, Wrigley Field in Chicago is one of the last classic American ballparks. Pearl Jam are one of the greatest and most important rock bands of the modern era. So what do you get when these two cultural touchstones from different eras collide? The fastest concert sellout in the venue's history, that's what.
Who Is the Hot and Crazy Blonde in the Toyota Camry ‘The Ex’ Commercial?
This Super Bowl commercial for the Toyota Camry was terrifying since it portrayed the psycho ex-girlfriend almost too perfectly.