American Idol judge Randy Jackson recently spent some time to chat with the media during a conference call and RockStar Weekly was there to capture the entire interview.
On Thursday, February 18, a diverse group of more than 50 young Canadian artists -- from indie darling Emily Haines to renowned rapper Kardinal Offishall -- assembled at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC, to record a song to aid the victims of earthquake ravaged Haiti. Scheduled for re [ ... ]
With the news that The Smashing Pumpkins bassist Ginger Pooley has left the band to raise her new baby with her husband, Billy Corgan has announced that he will look for a new bassist in the same manner as he found new drummer Mike Byrne last year: via an open audition process (see below f [ ... ]
Phil Collins will be the 2010 recipient of the Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Annual Awards dinner on Thursday, June 17 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. "Phil has churned out a massive stream of classic songs that have resonated with audiences aroun [ ... ]
Classic rock band Pink Floyd has won a lawsuit to stop EMI Music from selling individual tracks as downloads from their albums, reports FMQB. A London judge ruled that the label must sell Pink Floyd records only as full albums in sequential track order. Though Pink Floyd's last contract wi [ ... ]
With tickets only going on sale for his April 13 show in Vancouver, tour promoter Live Nation has quickly added a second show to the tour. O'Brien will be now be performing at the Orpheum Theatre on April 13 and 14. Tickets for the second show are now on sale at Ticketmaster. Seattle, [ ... ]
BUFFALO THEORY MTL, the band featuring members from Ghoulunatics and Arseniq33 has posted two brand new songs entitled “TRAPPED” and “A THOUSAND TIMES” to their MySpace page. These songs are from pre-production work the band did a couple of weeks ago and are m [ ... ]
EARTH have joined up with label mates WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM for a week-and-a-half long West Coast tour for this April. The string of dates will also include opening support from instrumentalist Cello performer Lori Goldston, who will also be part of EARTH's live lineup for the tour.
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Conan O’Brien will headline a live comedy/music review that begins a two-month, 30-city tour on April 12th. The aptly titled “Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television” tour kicks off in Eugene, Oregon, and will take Conan and a cast that will include longtime sid [ ... ]
Kristen Stewart visited "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Wednesday, March 10 to talk about the Oscars, her recent visit to London and to promote her new film "The Runaways." Stewart also played a "Minute to Win It" game with Leno and guest Guy Fieri. She s [ ... ]
Heart performed, in Victoria on Monday night (March 8), to a very appreciative audience and showed that this sister act from Seattle can still KICK IT OUT. Opening their show with “Barracuda” the ladies got the evening off to impressive start. Following with the big rock tune “Nev [ ... ]
Billy Talent are riding a punk rock wave of success this week as they kick off their 19-date Canadian tour in Victoria. Supporting their new album Billy Talent III, the band has just received four Juno nominations, among them album and song of the year. Delivering high-octane intensity from their fi [ ... ]
Going to see an indie band is always dicey – you never know if you’re going to be subjected to just downright awful music or will be surprised and delighted by the evening’s entertainment. The other night I attended TV Heart Attack at Club 29/29 in Vernon, BC, with this thought in [ ... ]
There’s nothing better in metal than a bone-crunching band that can deliver tight and exciting riffs, crunchy beats and stunning vocals. Charred Walls Of The Damned is all of the above and a bit more. If Iron Maiden was to come out as a new band today, they would sound very much like the music [ ... ]
Having never seen the David Bowie Reality Tour DVD, this newly released two CD set with bonus tracks has clearly outlined what I’ve been missing. Virtually a greatest hits collection performed live, A Reality Tour clearly shows an artist proud of his history and one that’s having a good [ ... ]
Janet Jackson’s impressive catalog of albums have gone gold or platinum many times over, she was a trail-blazer for R&B, rap and pop’s coalition - along with awe inspiring choreography by Paula Abdul, she virtually invented the dance video as we know it today. All of this after getti [ ... ]
TAT is a female fronted rock trio from London, England that spent the summer touring North America as part of the Warped Tour, performing on the Hurley stage, supporting their Oct. 2008 CD Soho Lights. Although RockStar Weekly tends not to review CDs that are more t [ ... ]
With a giant cross-Canada tour coming up in March with fellow rockers Hedley, Stereos and Fefe Dobson, we wanted to check in with Canada's great pop-punk rockers Faber Drive to see what's in store. The band is hot on the release of their sophomore album can’T keEp A SecrEt and the hit single G-Get Up And Dance. can'T keEp A SecrEt spans several genres of contemporary music, some fam [ ... ]
Jayde Nicole is a proud Canadian. She was awarded the Playboy Playmate of the Month for January 2007 and was named the 2008 Playmate of the Year in the June issue of the famous men's magazine. She is the first Canadian Playmate of the Year in 26 years, and the third over all, the previous two being Dorothy Stratten and Shannon Tweed.
A prominent feature on her body is a tattoo of the word & [ ... ]
Bruce Kulick has been playing professionally since 1975. He first gained notoriety as a member of the touring band for Meat Loaf's classic "Bat Out Of Hell" album in 1977, playing dual guitars with his brother Bob. Shortly after, Bruce formed the band Blackjack with then aspiring singer Michael Bolton. After the release of two albums, Blackjack folded and Kulick considered jo [ ... ]
RockStar Weekly had the pleasure of being part of the conference call with Randy Jackson one of the judges from the hit TV show American Idol. Jackson, a Grammy Award-winning producer, is a 20-year music industry veteran. He started out playing bass guitar at age 13, and got his big break when he joined the band Journey. He spent eight years as vice president of A&R at Col [ ... ]
Montreal guitarist and songwriter Kevin Jardine is a man of many talents. Not only is he a member of The Monarchy and the recently reunited Slaves On Dope, he also owns his own studio and produces a variety of up-and-coming artists. The studio is where Kevin shines and where he likes to work. He takes a band into his studio and goes beyond the basic record process to assist them with other ele [ ... ]
If Stereos lead guitarist Miles Holmwood wasn't in a cool rockin' band, he'd want to play football. The CFL fan had a chance to experience part of his dream when his band recently warmed up the crowd at the 97th Grey Cup in Calgary, Alberta on November 29. Since they couldn't cheer on their favourite Edmonton Eskimos, they cheered for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who lost the game in a disapp [ ... ]
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