News: Manic Street Preachers’ “Journal for Plague”, Perez Hilton on tour, Radiohead still exists
Fan-favorite Manic Street Preachers will be back with Journal for Plague Lovers, which all of the UK critics (Mojo, Q Magazine, Uncut, Sunday Times, The Guardian) have unanimously agreed that this is their best album yet.
Title of the new album is named after Richey Edwards’ journal, whose lyrics and notes have written the entire Journal for Plague Lovers album! Yes, Edwards disappeared in 1995 (people have pronounced him dead as a possible suicide). I believe he drowned himself in River Severn, however conspiracists thinks he’s still alive – like Elvis is alive…. Anyway, I remember even before his death, he guy was crazy! He often cut and scar his arms and not too shy about it either.
Well, if you pre-order the album, you’ll get it by 9/15/09 – however, the digital version of the album, you will get right away if you want to hear the album now. The $10 digital order also comes with a bonus digital remixed album, available 9/15.
Of course, they’re be on tour to promote the album in the US. I believe the album’s already out in the UK.
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September Mon -21 Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s
Tue- 22 Vancouver, Canada @ The Commodore Ballroom
Thu-24 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Fri- 25 Los Angeles, CA @ The Avalon
Mon-Sep-28 Denver, CO @ The Bluebird Theatre
Wed-Sep-30 Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity Theatre
October Thu-01 Chicago, IL @ The Metro
Fri- 02 Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre
Sun- 04 Toronto, Canada @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Tue- 06 Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live
Wed- 07 New York City, NY @ Webster Hall
Thu- 08 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Since I don’t have the new album for review (yet), enjoy this previous Edwards song, “Motorcycle Emptiness” from their debut album Generation Terrorists.
“The most revered and feared celebrity blogger” Perez Hilton apparently loves music. Other people I’ve spoke with at SXSW (where Perez Hilton hosted his own shows), have remarked to me that he tends to like “pop shit” – such as help made Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Mika, into stars.
Well Perez Hilton have gathered a few artists on an upcoming tour, all the details are on perezhiltonpresents.com. For critics who calls it ‘pop shit’, the lineup will prove them wrong, especially because we love the co-headliners Ladyhawke and Ida Maria.
Here are the dates of the upcoming Perez Hilton tour:
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September 10th Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
September 12th Washington, DC 9:30 Club
September 13th Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
September 14th Boston, MA House of Blues
September 16th New York, NY The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
September 17th Toronto, ONT Opera House Concert Venue
September 19th Chicago, IL Metro
September 21st Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Café
September 22nd Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
September 23rd Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
September 25th Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
September 26th Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
September 28th Seattle, WA The Showbox @ The Market
September 29th Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
September 30th San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
October 2nd San Diego, CA House of Blues
October 3rd Hollywood, CA Avalon
I’m am assuming Hilton will be there to MC the event/introduce the band – so if you’re a celebrity blogger trainspotter, you should check out a show.
Finally, I spotted our W♥M twitter with: “New Radiohead Song: ‘These Are My Twisted Words’ – FREE DOWNLOAD – http://tr.im/wysC” from 11:45 AM Aug 17th. Sure enough, it’s a new Radiohead song, for free.
Jonny wrote this, via radiohead.com:
So here’s a new song, called ‘These Are My Twisted Words’.
We’ve been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished. We’re pretty proud of it.
There’s other stuff in various states of completion, but this is one we’ve been practicing, and which we’ll probably play at this summer’s concerts. Hope you like it.
08/19/2009 11:04:46 ♥ vu (
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