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Alternative rock bandBirth Date :
2005Birth Place :
Los Angeles, CaliforniaClaim to fame :
Single "When Your Heart Stops Beating" (2006)
More Stars Added to 2007 Bumbershoot Fest
July 10, 2007 03:07:22
More exciting artists are being lined-up for the highly anticipated 2007 Bumbershoot Festival. Joining Joss Stone, Kings of Leon and Gym Class Heroes are Stacy Ferguson aka Fergie, John Legend, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, +44 and Tokyo Police Club.
The festival that will be held in Seattle three days in a row starting from Sept 1 will also announced its new acts such as The Apples in Stereo, Menomena, Bouncing Souls, Fleet Foxes, Head Automatica and many more.
+44's Second Set Taking Shape
May 19, 2007 02:05:23
What started off good, Punk rock act +44 is determined to get better in the next set. While busy touring with Fall Out Boy in Honda Civic Tour, the band is in its early stages of second album.
"We'll definitely be back in the studio, probably by the end of the year," said singer/bassist Mark Hoppus. "We have some ideas. We have a couple of very rough demos that we've been working on. I know that everybody has a lot of little parts of songs, and once we get into the studio we'll be putting it all together."
The Smashing Pumpkins' Hits Covered by Bands
May 03, 2007 02:05:27
Helmed by MySpace, a project is being baked for bands like Panic! At the Disco, 30 Seconds to Mars, +44 and The Academy Is... to record their favorite songs from The Smashing Pumpkins' collection.
Each band will post their version of Pumpkins' songs on their respective MySpace blog on May 14. The covered-songs will then be molded into CD that will be available along with July edition of Spin Magazine. The magazine will also feature each band's personal comment on the Pumpkins.
Sacha Baron Cohen Hits the Top Slot on AceShowbiz's Top 100 Celebrity Buzz of November 2006 Edition
December 02, 2006 03:12:43The month of November has seen great movies coming up to the surface yet none of them could gather such tremendous publication like "Borat" for sure, and the one who takes most advantage from it is certainly none other than its star, Sacha Baron Cohen.
Aside from whether it was a good or bad one, the continuous exposure undoubtedly has directed all eyes to gaze fixedly on the funnyman so that it is rather unsurprising indeed to find him seat atop AceShowbiz's Top 100 Celebrity Buzz of November 2006 edition replacing last-month's champ Leonardo Dicaprio who sadly ends up on number sixteen this time.
The Billboard 200 Occupants for Nov 22nd
November 23, 2006 09:11:50
The Game leads the pack in busy album release week. The California rapper occupies the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 with his sophomore effort "Doctor's Advocate" moved 358,000 copies in the United States in the week ended Sunday Nov 19th, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A significant drop off from the 587,000-unit first week of the Game's "The Documentary", the new album's total however was more than enough to debut the LP at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.
Meanwhile, hip-hop singer Akon debuts at 2nd spot with his sophomore album "Konvicted" sold 284,000 copies. The multi-artist hits compilation "NOW 23" falls to No. 3 after its No. 1 start last week, selling 194,000. Josh Groban's "Awake" slips two to No. 4 with 150,000, ahead of the soundtrack to Disney's former chart-topper "Hannah Montana" which remains at the 5th spot for a second week with another 114,000 copies. Keith Urban's Capitol Nashville release "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing" drops from No. 3 to No. 6 with 103,000.
+44 Putting Tour Plans on Hold So Drummer Can Recuperate
October 10, 2006 01:10:11
+44, the new band formed by Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, released a statement Monday Oct 9th, announcing that the first leg of their fall tour will be rescheduled due to an arm injury suffered by drummer Barker.
Originally scheduled to hit the road October 13 at Soma in San Diego and included stops at this weekend's Bamboozle Left Festival, +44 will now kick-off on November 8th at Jannus Landing in Tampa, FL and end November 22nd at St. Andrews in Detroit, MI.
Drummer Travis Barker May Have A Tumor in His Arm
October 06, 2006 09:10:13
Something is in the air, clearly. Just now it becomes public that Travis Barker, the former Blink-182 drummer, may have tumor in his arm.
Barker broke his right arm Sept. 9 while shooting a music video for his new band +44's song "When Your Heart Stops Beating" from the band's upcoming album of the same name. Drumming has been cited as one of the possible reasons for the unfortunate.
Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker of Blink-182 Form New Band
August 30, 2006 11:08:07
Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, both are former Blink-182 co-founders, have officially announced their newly formed band +44 on Tuesday August 29th.
+44, named after the international dialing code of Great Britain, will then have their debut album "When Your Heart Stops Beating" released via Interscope Records on November 14th later this year.
