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Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Puddle of Mudd splashes into summer

After wrapping up a run of shows in Australia and entertaining US troops in the Middle East, rockers Puddle of Mudd [ tickets ] will get busy with a massive summer run.The group's North American roadtrip gets underway July 5 in Biloxi, MS, and so far comprises about three-dozen dates that stretch through the end of August. Details are included below.Holding down the opening slot on the run will be up-and-coming rockers Rev Theory.Puddle of Mudd tackles a four-show swing through Austrlia over the coming week before heading to Iraq and Kuwait for a handful of early June concerts. More information about those shows is available at the group's website.The Los Angeles-based alt-metal quartet is supporting its October release, "Famous," which reached No. 27 on The Billboard 200 and spawned the hit single "Psycho.""'Psycho' is one of those little ditties that just pops out of nowhere," frontman Wes Scantlin said during a recent interview with LiveDaily. "When I write songs, they are either (a) really good or (b) they suck and I throw them away."?"Famous" is Puddle of Mudd's follow-up to its 2003, gold-certified sophomore set, "Life on Display.""We had a lot of time to write and then make ['Famous'], as opposed to our second record where we were writing while we were recording," bassist Doug Ardito explained in a statement. "This time, we had time to live life and have experiences to talk about."Puddle of Mudd was one of the first acts signed to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst's label, Flawless Records. The band's 2001 debut, "Come Clean," sold more than 5 million copies and spawned four radio hits: "Control," "Drift & Die," "She Hates Me," and "Blurry," the latter of which was the most-played song of 2002, according to a press release.

Wednesday, 28 May 2008

Lakeside

Artist: Lakeside

   Genre(s):
funk

Discography:

Fantastic Voyage

Year: 1996
Tracks: 8

In 1969, Dayton, Ohio native Stephen Shockley formed the Young Underground after exiting the Monterreys. Vocalist Mark Woods, wHO was a member of the local band the Nomads, linked up with Shockley to configuration a more mature-sounding Young Underground. The mathematical group initially had a record deal with Curtom Records as a result of fetching a talent competition in Chicago. However, Curtom folded shortly thereafter. While in Chicago the mathematical group renamed itself Lakeside Express, after the Lakeside Express Newspaper in Chicago.

In 1974 the emerging Lakeside Express and some other group by the list of Liquid Funk, which featured Dallas native Fred Alexander, Jr. on drums, arrived in Los Angeles around the same time. For the succeeding duo of years the bands performed at events around the greater L.A. surface area, at times hybridization paths. The members of Liquid Funk returned to Dallas, just Alexander remained in L.A. Lakeside, wHO by now had dropped the Express from their refer, was seeking extra personnel to solidify their striation. After two auditions, Alexander was welcomed into the mathematical group.

Lakeside inked a divvy up with Motown, just institute no success. Consequently, they released a lay on ABC Records, just that label went under. The salutary circumstances they were quest turned stunned to be at Dick Griffey's Solar Records. The mathematical group signed a divvy up with Griffey, and released their low Top Ten hit on Solar Records, "It's All the Way Live," which sickly at numeral four-spot on the Billboard R&B charts.

Lakeside released a legion of songs that scaled the R&B charts, simply didn't threaten the place of any other artists. However, in 1980 they went storming up the charts again with their smash number one and only single, "Wild Voyage," which was produced by the self-contained band. They followed the success of "Howling Voyage" with another Top Ten R&B unmarried, a remake of the Paul McCartney and John Lennon authoritative "I Want to Hold Your Hand." The group continued their success with the Billboard Top Ten singles "Foray into," "Unconscionable," and a string of R&B party songs and ballads.

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Sunday, 11 May 2008

Into the Wild leads Actors Guild nominations

The nominations for the Screen door Actors Club Awards feature been announced with the Sean Penn-directed 'Into the Wild' leading the short list.
The film's star, Emile Hirsch, is nominated for the C. H. Best Actor awarding, with co-stars Hal Holbrook and Catherine II Keener shortlisted in the Topper Supporting Actor and Actress categories severally.
The cast of 'Into the Wild' ar likewise nominated for the Topper Hurl prize.
Shortlisted with Hirsch for Topper Worker are George VI Clooney ('Michael Clayton'), Daniel Day-Lewis ('There Will Be Blood'), Ryan Gosling ('Lars and the Real Girl') and Viggo Mortensen ('Eastern Promises').
Cate Blanchett ('Elizabeth: The Golden Age'), Julie Christie ('Away from Her'), Marion Cotillard ('La Compete en Rose'), Angelina Jolie ('A Powerful Heart') and Ellen Page ('Juno') are nominated for Best Actress.
Connection Holbrook on the C. H. Best Support Role player short list ar Casey Affleck ('The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Henry M. Robert Ford'), Javier Bardem ('No Rural area for Old Men'), Tommy Lee Inigo Jones ('No State for Old Men') and Tom Wilkinson ('Michael Clayton').
Keener is joined on the Best Supporting Actress shortlist by Cate Blanchett ('I'm Not There'), Ruby Dee ('American Gangster'), Amy Ryan ('Gone Baby Gone') and Tilda Swinton ('Michael Clayton').
On with the stars of 'Into the Wild', the actors in '3:10 to Yuma', 'American Gangster', 'Hairspray' and 'No State for Old Men' ar too nominated for Topper Mould.
The winners testament be announced on William Ashley Sunday 27 Jan.

Cowell to produce Potts Hollywood film

The tale of Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts is to be made into a Hollywood motion-picture show produced by Herb Simon Cowell.
The former Carphone Storage warehouse salesman became the unlikely star of the TV talent show with his functioning of opera classic 'Nessun Dorma'.
His narration is to go the big screen treatment after Paramount Pictures snapped up the rights to his story, according to Variety powder store.
In response to the picture show news Cowell said: "This company got that it's another Nightstick Elliot, a story anyone in the earth stool understand."
Talking most Potts Britain's Got Talent storey he said: "This was his final stage probability and he literally decided to accede based on the flip of a coin. And despite his achiever away the back of the read, the simply difference I construe in him is that he got his dentition fixed."
The 37-year-old Welsh vocalist has sold triad million copies of his debut album 'One Chance'.

Singer Gareth Gates to marry dancer

Pop isaac Merrit Singer Gareth Bill Gates has announced that he is planning to hook up with his long-term girl Suzanne Counterspy.
The former 'Pop Idol' asterisk proposed to professional dancer Mole, his partner of five years, on Newly Year's Eve.
William Henry Gates made the declaration on his web site, saying: "I throw around really exciting news I want to share with you... After a great Christmas I proposed to Suzanne on New Year's Even, and she said yes."
"We ar both passing happy and look forward to planning our wedding and life together."
William Henry Gates is reported to be one of the contestants on the newly series of 'Dancing on Ice'.