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Following the success of high-energy singles “According to You” and “Shut Up and Kiss Me,” Orianthi showcases her softer side with her new single “Courage,” featuring Lacey from Flyleaf.

Grab the track – which features yet another stand-out guitar solo – now on iTunes. Orianthi and Lacey are set to film the song’s music video in the coming week, so stay tuned to Orianthi.com over the next month for the video’s debut, as well as all the latest news and updates.

Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst has leaked a new track from the band’s upcoming album, Gold Cobra. The track is titled “Walking Away”. Why the leak? Because he is awesome and fans have been anxiously awaiting new music from the band.

Durst tweeted:

“New song leak “Walking Away ” @http://www.thelbgc.com/walkingaway – play it loud and enjoy”

Limp Bizkit’s highly anticipated new album still has no official release date. The band recently unveiled the cover artwork for Gold Cobra which you can check out below. Click here to check out Fred Durst’s Twitter page and here for the band’s official website.

The album is expected to feature guest appearances by a host of hip-hop artists, including WU-TANG CLAN rapper Raekwon, Paul Wall and WU-TANG CLAN producer Mathematics.

The album is the band’s first since 2005’s The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) and the first with Limp’s original lineup since Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water a decade ago.

“Gold Cobra” tentative track listing:

01. Introbra
02. Douchebag
03. Why Try
04. 90 To 10
05. Rock Ship
06. Brand New Meaning
07. Shark Attack
08. Darkside Of The Moon
09. GFY
10. Venomous (LBGC)
11. Walking Away
12. Loser
13. Dance Floor
14. Back Porch
15. Angels
16. Middle Finger
17. Thank You
18. Outrobra

Thirty Seconds to Mars is announcing the continuation of its Faces of Mars campaign. Starting today, everyone that lent their image to the first Faces of Mars campaign in support of the band’s wildly successful launch of This Is War will now be able to view their contribution in mosaic form.  The interactive mosaic can be found at this location >. For the ultimate Faces of Mars experience, fans can share the mosaic with friends via Twitter and on their Facebook wall where others can interact with the mosaic without leaving their friends page.

Started in 2009 to help launch the band’s new album, the innovative Faces of Mars campaign called on friends, fans and other notable persons to submit  photos that were used to create over 2000 individual album covers for This Is War. The fan participation contributions did not stop there, events called The Summit were organized in 9 different countries around the world, and then expanded to online, The Digital Summit, where fans were invited to record a variety of sounds, choruses and verses to be used in the album. Their efforts can be heard on various tracks throughout This Is War.

Fresh off the heels of winning the 2010 Kerrang Award for Best International Band, it was announced yesterday that multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars has been nominated for four 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. They picked up nominations for Video Of The Year, Best Rock Video and Best Art Direction for their Bartholomew Cubbins directed “Kings & Queens” video. “Kings & Queens,” the first single from their 3rd studio album This Is War (Virgin Records) spent 3-weeks at #1 on the alternative radio airplay charts in January.  The video features band members Jared Leto, Shannon Leto and Tomo Milicevic participating in an underground critical mass, crank mob bike ride through the streets of Los Angeles in middle of the night.  Thirty Seconds to Mars was nominated for 2 previous VMA’s at the 2006 awards, winning the MTV2 Award for “The Killl.”

Since the December 9th, 2009 release of This Is War, Thirty Seconds to Mars have been experiencing several career highs. They just celebrated their third #1 single at alternative radio with the title-track “This Is War.” “Kings & Queens” hit #1 in January and the platinum-selling A Beuatiful Lie’s “From Yesterday” reached #1 in 2007.  This Is War’s third single “Closer To The Edge” will impact radio later this month.   It is already climbing the airplay charts throughout Europe and was just A-listed by Radio One in the UK.  In December, “The Kill” was voted the #1 alternative song of the decade by AOL Radio listeners. In addition to their MTV 2010 VMA nominations, Thirty Seconds to Mars was the most nominated band at the 2010 Kerrang Awards with 4 nominations, winning the award for Best International Band.  They have  won 3 previous Kerrang Awards an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award and a Fuse Award.

Last week, Thirty Seconds to Mars announced new dates for the stateside return of their “Into the Wild” tour starting August 30th in Syracuse, NY and running through Oct. 16th at the Deluna Festival in Pensacola, FL.  Neon Trees, Violent Soho and New Politics are supporting on select dates. All upcoming tour dates are available at http://thirtysecondstomars.thisisthehive.net/blog/tour/ .  The first leg of the tour took them to 89 cities in 27 countries where they played in front of over 1.3 million ecstatic fans.  The European leg of the tour was the band’s first arena headline tour and they sold out shows around the globe including gigs at London’s Wembley Arena and Paris’ Bercy Arena.

“Into The Wild” Fall U.S. Tour Dates

Aug 30 – Syracuse, NY – New York State Fair
Sep 01 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar w/ Violent Soho
Sep 02 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues w/ Violent Soho
Sep 03 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva w/Violent Soho
Sep 04 – Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues w/ Violent Soho
Sep 05 – Hampton, NH – HB Casino w/ Violent Soho
Sep 08 – Providence, RI – Lupo’s w/ Violent Soho
Sep 09 – Hartford, CT – The Webster w/ Violent Soho
Sep 10 – Worcester, MA – Palladium w/ Violent Soho
Sep 11 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights w/ Violent Soho
Sep 13 – Niagara, NY – Rapids Theater w/ Violent Soho
Sep 14 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo w/ Violent Soho
Sep 16 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue w/ Violent Soho
Sep 17 – Fargo, ND – The Venue w/ Violent Soho
Sep 18 – Winnipeg, MT – Burton Cummings w/ Violent Soho
Sep 20 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Center w/ Violent Soho
Sep 21 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall w/ Violent Soho
Sep 22 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theater w/ Violent Soho
Sep 23 – Medford, OR – Medford Academy w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Sep 26 – Los Angeles, CA – Epicenter
Sep 30 – Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom w/ Anberlin, Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 02 – Clive, IA – 7 Flags Event Center w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 03 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 06 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 07 – Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 09 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 11 – Louisville, KY – Expo Five w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 12 – Nashville, TN – Rocketown w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 13 – Charlotte, NC – Fillmore w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 16 Pensacola, FL – DeLuna Festival

Tommy Lee

“Time Bomb”, a brand new song from MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee‘s Methods of Mayhem project, can be purchased via Amazon and iTunes. A 30-second audio sample of the track is also available.

“Time Bomb” is the second track that has been released off of Methods of Mayhem’s new album, ”A Public Disservice Announcement”, which is scheduled for release on September 21 via Loud & Proud Records, a Roadrunner Recordsimprint focusing on established artists.

A Public Disservice Announcement features Tommy Lee collaborating with the world. Starting in October of 2009, Lee and his team — including producer Scott Humphrey, singer-guitarist J3 amongst others — wrote and recorded songs for the new album, then made the core components of each available for download on thepublicrecord.com to anyone anywhere who wished to add their playing or otherwise re-interpret the music.

“A Public Disservice Announcement” tracklisting:

01. Drunk Uncle Pete
02. Time Bomb
03. Louder
04. Fight Song
05. Blame
06. Two Ways
07. Talk Me Off The Ledge
08. Only One
09. All I Wanna Do
10. Back To Before
11. Party Instructions

Bret Michaels recently joined Jimmy Buffett on stage in Detroit, MI to perform the fan favorite, “Margaritaville.” The two musicians share the stage and vocal responsibilities as the on looking crowd sings along. Watch the video on YouTube now!

Bret Michaels’ independent album Custom Built roars onto the Billboard Top 200 charts this week at #14 and proving that an independent artist and underdog can succeed alongside industry favorites. Michael’s is currently at #4 on the Rock Album chart as well as #1 for both the Independent Albums and Hard Rock Albums chart. Showcasing Michaels’ diversity as a singer and songwriter, the album contains tracks such as “Nothing to Lose” featuring Miley Cyrus; “Go That Far,” a club remix of the theme from Michaels’ record-breaking reality show Rock of Love; and “What I Got,” a remake of the popular Sublime song which features a new verse added by Michaels, who has been performing the song live
for enthusiastic fans all summer.

Visit www.bretmichaels.com for more information and pick up Custom Built on iTunes now!

Tune in to FOX’s hit show So You Think You Can Dance this Thursday, July 29th at 8/7c to see guitar goddess Orianthi rock the stage.  Currently on tour with American Idol’s Adam Lambert, Orianthi will perform Thursday along with fellow tour-mate Allison Iraheta.

Watch the video here for her second single “Shut Up & Kiss Me,” which can be found along with her first hit “According to You” onBelieve (II) – out now in stores and on iTunes.   For all the latest news and updates visit Orianthi.com.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:

7/28/10 – Costa Mesa, CA – OC Fair and Event Center OC Fair – Pacific Amphitheatre
7/30/10 – San Diego, CA – AEG Symphony Hall
7/31/10 – Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino The Beach at Mandalay Bay
8/12/10 – Upper Darby, PA – Live Nation Tower Theatre
8/13/10 – Bethlehem, PA – ArtsQuest Musikfest
8/14/10 – St. Jean, QC – DKD Events St-Jean Balloon Festival
8/16/10 – Concord, NH – Kirschner Concerts Capitol Center for the Arts
8/19/10 – Hyannis, MA – The Music Circus Cape Cod Melody Tent
8/20/10 – Cohasset, MA – The Music Circus South Shore Music Circus
8/21/10 – Hampton, NH – Live Nation Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
9/4/10 – Rockford, IL – Meridian Entertainment Group On the Waterfront
9/10/10 – Thackerville, OK – Gary Osier Presents Winstar Casino
9/18/10 – St. Petersburg, FL – Ruth Eckerd Hall, Inc. / Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field
9/21/10 – Puyallup, WA – AEG / Western Washington Fair Western Washington Fair

Linkin Park is slated to release their new album, “A Thousand Suns” (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros.) on September 14th, 2010. The album is co-produced by Rick Rubin (U2, Johnny Cash) and Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda, who last joined forces to produce Linkin Park’s 2007 release, Minutes To Midnight. Check out the tracklisting and art work below.

Linkin Park - 'A Thousand Suns'

“A Thousand Suns” tracklisting:

01. The Requiem
02. The Radiance
03. Burning In The Skies
04. Empty Spaces
05. When They Come For Me
06. Robot Boy
07. Jornada Del Muerto
08. Waiting For The End
09. Blackout
10. Wretches And Kings
11. Wisdom, Justice, And Love
12. Iridescent
13. Fallout
14. The Catalyst
15. The Messenger

Source: www.mikeshinoda.com

Multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars have added new dates to the U.S. return of their massively successful “Into The Wild” world tour.   The new U.S. leg will start on August 30th in Syracuse, NY at the New York State Fair and run through Oct. 16th in Pensacola, FL at Deluna Festival The band has also revealed that Neon Trees, Violent Soho and New Politics will be opening on select dates (full schedule below).

Thirty Seconds To Mars leads the 2010 Kerrang Award nominations with 4 nominations including best album (This Is War), best video (Kings & Queens), best live band and best international band.  Fans have until next Wednesday, July 21st to vote for the winner and can register to vote at http://awards.kerrang.com.  The band is winner of 3 previous Kerrang awards, 1 in 2007 and 2 in 2008.

Thirty Seconds to Mars began the “Into the Wild” tour in early 2010 in support of their 3rd studio album This Is War(EMI’s Virgin Records).  The first leg of the tour took them to 89 cities in 27 countries where they played in front of over 1.3 million ecstatic fans.  The European leg of the tour was the band’s first arena headline tour and they sold out shows around the globe including gigs at London’s Wembley Arena and Paris’ Bercy Arena.  The band will play festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel, and throughout Eastern Europe before returning home for the new U.S. dates.

This Is War was released in December, 2009 and has since spawned 2 hit singles.  The first single “Kings & Queens” shot to #1 at alternative radio where it remained for 3-consecutive weeks.  The follow-up “This Is War” has spent the last 8 weeks at #2 on the chart.  “Closer To The Edge” has been selected as the album’s third single and will impact radio next month.  It is already climbing the airplay charts across Europe and has been A-listed on Radio One in the UK.

Alternative Press praised This Is War with 4/5 stars and The Los Angeles Times declared that the album is “the most confident sounding thing the band has done.” This Is War debuted at #2 on the alternative album and digital album chart, selling nearly 71,000 albums in the first week of release.  The album has 2000 different album covers, as friends, fans, musicians, artists and many other notable persons submitted their own photos to be used on individual covers as part of the band’s innovative Faces of Mars campaign.  Not only are fans on the album’s different covers but thousands of fans from around the world can be heard singing on tracks throughout the album.  The band invited fans to attend summits in 8 different countries and online, where they recorded a variety of sounds, choruses and versus for the album.

Formed by brothers Jared and Shannon Leto, Thirty Seconds To Mars have over 100 million views on YouTube, 50 million plays on MySpace and more than one million fans on iLike/Facebook. The band have won numerous awards and accolades, including an MTV Video Music Award, three MTV EMA’s, an MTV Latin and Asia Award, a Fuse Award, and three Kerrang! Awards. Thirty Seconds To Mars’ sophomore record, A Beautiful Lie hit multi-platinum status after two years of heavy touring and winning fans over, one-by-one, garnering the band a growing and loyal fan base.

For More information on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: http://www.thirtysecondstomars.com/

Follow Thirty Seconds To Mars on twitter: www.twitter.com/30secondstomars

For photos and other press materials on Thirty Seconds To Mars, please visit: www.emimusicpublicity.net

Register to vote for the Kerrang Awards at http://awards.kerrang.com

Into The Wild” Fall U.S. Tour Dates

Aug 30 Syracuse, NY – New York State Fair
Sep 01 Baltimore, MD – Sonar w/Violent Soho
Sep 02 Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues w/ Violent Soho
Sep 03 Norfolk, VA – The Norva w/ Violent Soho
Sep 04 Atlantic City, NJ – House of Blues w/ Violent Soho
Sep 05 Hampton, NH – HB Casino w/ Violent Soho
Sep 08 Providence, RI – Lupo’s w/ Violent Soho
Sep 09 Hartford, CT – The Webster w/ Violent Soho
Sep 10 Worcester, MA – Palladium w/ Violent Soho
Sep 11 Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights w/ Violent Soho
Sep 13 Niagara, NY – Rapids Theater w/ Violent Soho
Sep 14 Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo w/ Violent Soho
Sep 16 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue w/Violent Soho
Sep 17 Fargo, ND – The Venue w/ Violent Soho
Sep 18 Winnipeg, MT – Burton Cummings w/ Violent Soho
Sep 20 Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Ctr w/ Violent Soho
Sep 21 Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall w/ Violent Soho
Sep 22 Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theater w/ Violent Soho
Sep 23 Medford, OR – Medford Academy w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Sep 26 Los Angeles, CA – Epicenter Festival
Sep 29 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Sep 30 Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom w/ Anberlin,Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 02 Clive, IA – 7 Flags Event Center w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 03 Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 04 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s w/Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 06 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 07 Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 09 Plymouth, MI – Compuware Arena 89X Radio Fall Festival
Oct 11 Louisville, KY – Expo Five w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 12 Nashville, TN – Rocketown w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 13 Charlotte, NC – Fillmore w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 15 Tampa, FL – Ritz Ybor w/ Neon Trees, New Politics
Oct 16 Pensacola, FL – DeLuna Festival Festival