After a 13-year break, Soundgarden is releasing its new album through the Guitar Hero video game series – and its frontman believes it’s the perfect way to reintroduce the band to a new generation.
“In the obvious way, it’s going to reach a certain amount of younger people that either may or may not know about Soundgarden,” frontman Chris Cornell said in a recent interview.
“No matter what, I feel like releasing it this way is going to reach a lot of people who have not heard our music or have not heard a lot of it.
Telephantasm is a retrospective CD that features some of the grunge band’s biggest hits from its 1990s heyday, as well as unreleased cuts.
It was released this week as part of Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. It’s being touted as the first time a new album has been released in conjunction with a video game; it’s already been declared platinum, based on the games shipped. It will be released this week as a traditional CD.
Cornell said this isn’t the first time Soundgarden has had its music featured in a video game, but this new partnership is a rarity, and the Guitar Hero partnership is the perfect marriage.
“I thought about doing this ever since I’ve heard about the game and what it is. I think the musical arrangements lend itself so well to what the video game is,” the 46-year-old singer said.
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Miracles
Artists:
1. Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are
2. B.O.B. feat. Bruno Mars – Nothing On You
3. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
4. Britney Spears – Hit Me, Baby, One More Time
5. Jason Derulo – In My Head
6. Justin Timberlake – My Love
7. Lady Gaga – Just Dance
8. Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
9. Ne-Yo – So Sick
10. Michael Jackson – Black Or White
11. Snoop Dogg – Sexual Eruption
12. Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger
13. Taylor Swift – Fifteen
14. Taylor Swift – Fearless
15. Savage Garden – The Animal Song
16. Snoop Dogg feat. Justin Timberlake – Signs
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Hold a talent show or play theatre sports to break the ice and bond further.
Bring a box of old keepsakes, split in to groups (by age, height, office vs production or family groups) and get each team to pull a keepsake out of the box and tell every one why this keepsake was the best / worst memory for the group.
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Today’s announcement doesn’t include several recent internet rumours, with Soundgarden, Hole, Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots and Blink 182 all incorrectly suggested as headlining acts across various blog sites.
A second line-up announcement is due later this year.
Tickets go on sale on October 8 and cost $150 plus booking fee. Anyone who purchases a ticket in October will go in the draw to win a trip to the Melbourne leg of the Australasian festival.
The full line-up:
Tool
Rammstein
MIA
Iggy and the Stooges
LCD Soundsystem
Shihad (playing The General Electric)
Lupe Fiasco
Grinderman
Deftones
The Black Keys
The Naked and Famous
Andrew WK
Wolfmother
The Jim Jones Revue
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Primal Scream (playing Screamadelica)
Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77
Booka Shade
Six60
Die Antwoord
Vitalic
Kids of 88
CSS
Plan B
Ratatat
I Am Giant
John Butler Trio
Airbourne
Die!Die!Die!
Bulletproof
Birds of Tokyo
Street Chant
Crystal Castles
Big Day Out
January 21: Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
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Dumped from Sesame Street, US pop star Katy Perry has taken her revenge on American television.
The California Gurls singer, whose guest appearance was deemed too sexy for the long-running children’s show last week, has received a much warmer welcome from comedy sketch favourite Saturday Night Live overnight.
Perry filmed a segment for SNL’s mock chat show Bronx Beat, dressed in a skin-tight Elmo T-shirt, cut open to reveal the cleavage which offended YouTube viewers and saw her booted from Sesame Street’s New Year’s Eve episode line up.
The 25-year-old had filmed a musical number with Elmo for the show but parents complained her low-cut dress and ample cleavage was inappropriate for youngsters when the clip was previewed online.
In her poke at producers, Perry last night played the role of library volunteer Maureen, who had been told by staff to wear “looser-fitting clothing” to work around children.
Bouncing up and down on the Bronx Beat couch, a buxom Perry was consoled by hosts Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, who told her “boobs feed babies, alright.”
I see CSI last night and there’s a dead guy with worm in his eye and we can’t watch the top of boobs?” Rudolph said.
“So dumb, America.”
Perry took to Twitter on Friday to express her surprise at being axed from Sesame Street. Her fiance Russell Brand has also used the social networking site to joke about the decision.
“Sesame Street will NOT be brought to you by the number 34 or the letter D,” he wrote before asking Perry: “Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sex-with-me Street?”
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Now, Now Every Children
Minneapolis duo Now, Now Every Children may not have a tour or new record scheduled for 2010 as of yet but you can bet your bottom dollar that it’ll still be an exciting year for the pair and their fans. It was late last year that many of us were introduced to their catchy, indie-rock when they opened for platinum selling band Paramore on their UK/European tour, where they received an overwhelmingly positive response resulting in pleads for them to return and a fantastic fan website (www.nownoweverychildren.net/). Currently in the demo stages of their follow-up to popular debut Cars the band are playing shows around their hometown to keep themselves busy. Keep an eye on these two, you never quite know whats going to happen next.
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In what is sure to be a professional first, singer Katy Perry’s breasts appear to have got in the way of a television career.
The US pop star has become the latest celebrity to film a segment for children’s show Sesame Street, re-recording her 2009 chart hit Hot ‘N Cold with new, child-friendly lyrics.
The two minute clip, which is yet to go to air and features Perry chasing around puppet favourite Elmo, was posted on YouTube on Monday and is already nudging 1 million views.
While Perry’s excruciatingly hammy acting has made her the butt of internet jokes all week, it seems millions of children will be spared her performance following complaints from parents over her “inappropriate” cleavage-baring outfit. – stuff.co.nz
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New Zealand musicians are joining together for a benefit gig Band Together Concert for Canterbury, to be held in North Hagley Park on October 23.
Prime Minister John Key, Mayor Bob Parker, Auckland promoter Paul Ellis and Opshop frontman Jason Kerrison announced the upcoming show at Canterbury University today while Key was visiting students to thank them for their clean up efforts in the wake of the earthquake.
“It’s been overwhelming how many people have wanted to become involved in this project. Since I’ve been home I’ve really noticed how shook up people are by the earthquake. You don’t realise how much when you’re not here on the ground. I hope this concert will be a chance for the people of Christchurch to both let off some steam and know that the rest of the country is behind them 100% It will run from 12 noon to 10pm and will be televised live from 6pm-10pm,” Kerrison told The Press.
The line-up for the free concert contains a strong Christchurch contingent including Anika Moa, Opshop, the Feelers, Dane Rumble and J Williams alongside other household names like Dave Dobbyn and the Exponents who are reforming. Their song Christchurch (In Cashel Street I Wait) is the theme song of the event.
Kerrison says that Christchurch group Shapeshifter had hoped to be part of the event but, because of a date clash, would not be involved. However, they are hoping to stage their own fundraising shows when they can.
If you would like to donate to the Christchurch earthquake relief efforts you can visit the Red Cross website.
– Sourced from Stuff.co.nz
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The 0800 Jukebox crew.
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