Billy Joe, singer of Green Day loses it after he discovered his set time was shortened to make room for more acts.
“With nearly a quarter of a century of music under their belts they certainly have plenty of material. So perhaps it is understandable why Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong went on a foul-mouthed tirade after his band’s playing time was cut to make way for Usher at the iHeartRadio festival in Las Vegas.The 40-year-old Dookie star flew off the handle when he discovered 20 minutes were getting shaved off their set to make room for more mainstream acts. “The video of the rampage is here.
The Top 8 Emerging Artists…
1) The Unlikely Candidates – Follow My Feet
2) Sonnet – Oh You’re The One
3) Irontom – Mind My Halo
4) Dynasty Electric – Eyes Wide Open
5) Bess – Better Off Without You
6) Shannon Labrie – Secret
7) Kingsfoil – What Your Mother Taught You
8) A Lion Named Roar- This Won’t Last For Long
Buzz Track: 30k
Check out the track 30k from singer-songwriter Jana Fisher. She is based out of NYC and writes spunky folky piano pop. She has a new EP entitled Ideals & Deals coming out October and will promote her EP performing at coffee houses and listening rooms, such as Googie’s and Sidewalk Cafe in NYC, Cannon Coffee in Pittsburgh, and Black Fox Lounge in DC.
Contact: jana@janafisher.com
Buzz Track: Only Human
Indie-Alt-Pop Swedish act Hurricane Love are receiving lots of buzz from the press as well as publishers and labels throughout Europe. The band just won the International Final of Emergenza. Check out the track Deep Under Water as well as the acoustic video for the song at YouTube. For fans of Maroon 5 and Neon Trees.
Contact: contact@hurricanelove.com
Dave Matthews scored another #1 album selling 266,000 in its first week — according to Nielsen SoundScan. Away From the World has become the sixth straight record to reach #1.
“The act’s last album, 2009’s “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King,” started with a more robust sales sum: 424,000. In fact, “Away From the World’s” opening figure is the band’s smallest launch for a studio release since 1996’s “Crash” bowed at No. 2 with 254,000.
Little Big Town’s “Tornado” No. 2 start gives the country quartet its highest charting album ever — and its best sales week (113,000). Hot off the success of its first No. 1 Country Songs hit “Pontoon,” the act also nets its second No. 1 on the Country Albums chart with “Tornado.” (Billboard)