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Rumours about TWO new albums from U2 pick up steam

July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Las Vegas, New Album, Re-worked Songs, Songs of Surrender, U2

Earlier this month, the Red Hot Chili Peppers announced that they were going to release a second album in 2022

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Music Industry 

Are we getting a brand new album from Kate Bush this fall? Hear me out.

July 12, 2022July 13, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Hidden Pearls, Kate Bush, Muspy, New Album

Kate Bush is all the rage today, thanks to the resurrection of “Running Up That Hill” via Stranger Things. In

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Recommended Music 

Muse is still in a dystopian mood with their new single, “Compliance” (and the album looks dark, too)

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Authoritarianism, Dystopian, Matt Bellamy, Muse, New Album

Matt Bellamy apparently had a rough time with COVID and is most concerned with the rise of authoritarianism around the

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Music News 

Arcade Fire is teasing music in a REALLY clever way

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Marketing, New Album

Arcade Fire knows a thing or two about marketing, especially when it comes to building hype around a new release.

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Green Day continues to tease new music involving the “1972” project

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1972, Green Day, New Album

Green Day has been posting clips of them working in the studio, so it’s safe to assume that we’ll see

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Music News 

KIALLA is releasing a coronavirus album created in real time

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Coronavirus, Epidemic Music Group, KIALLA, Kovid-19 Marathon, Music, New Album

We’ve all seen the artists live-streaming performances in the past week, an effort to remain sharp and creative while providing

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Stoked for Ozzy’s new album? Prove it with ink

February 8, 2020February 7, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Montreal, New Album, Ozzy Osbourne, Tattoo, Toronto

It’s the kind of media stunt that’s so obvious and so good, you wonder why it didn’t happen earlier.  Ozzy

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Music News 

UPDATE: Pearl Jam tap Canadian photographer for artwork for new album, GIGATON (Oh, and the tour will start in Toronto)

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Augmented Reality, Climate Change, Concert Tour, Gigaton, New Album, Pearl Jam, Toronto

For a band that’s been around for 30 years and is one of the foundational building blocks of alternative rock,

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Music News 

It looks like the Foo Fighters have started work on their new album with this picture of a bathtub

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, New Album

We’re due for another Foo Fighters album in 2020 and it looks like Dave and Co. are only too happy

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Music History 

Thanks For The Dance – New Leonard Cohen

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Leonard Cohen, New Album, Thanks For The Dance, The Goal

When word started coming down about a new Leonard Cohen album there was real buzz. Since his death in 2016

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24 hours after announcing a jump from one label to another, blink-182 drops a new single

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blink-182, BMG, New Album, Sony

On Thursday, word came down that blink-182 was jumping from BMG (an indie label these days) to Columbia (part of

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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