Metallica to perform at Call of Duty

Metallica to perform at Call of Duty

Rockers Metallica will play the launch event in California for the new Activision video game "Call of Duty: Black Ops" before heading back out to finish their sold out tour of Australia.

The launch event is set to take place Thursday (11/4) at Santa Monica Airport's Hangar 8. In addition to the Metallica performance, the event will "honor the six branches of the Armed Forces," and raise $1 million for The Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit founded by Activision to help soldiers with the transition to civilian life.

"We are honored to have Metallica partner with us to pay tribute to the brave servicemen and women who have risked their lives at war only to return home to find their biggest challenge is searching for a job," stated Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "Today, the unemployment rate for veterans is 21% higher than the rate for all Americans, with veterans' unemployment topping 500,000. We believe that the business community can and should do more. Through The Call of Duty Endowment, we are committed to raising millions of dollars for job assistance and training programs for veterans and raising public awareness for this serious issue."

Formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica have become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and playing to tens of millions of fans the world over. They have scored several multi-platinum albums, including 1983's Kill 'Em All (3x), 1984's Ride the Lightning (5x), 1986's Master of Puppets (6x), 1988's ...And Justice For All (8x), 1991's Metallica (also known as "The Black Album" - 15x), 1996's Load (5x), 1997's ReLoad (3x), and 2003's St. Anger (2x). Their latest album, Death Magnetic, was certified platinum just six weeks after it debuted atop the Billboard Top 200 Album chart in October 2008. The band released a groundbreaking Guitar Hero® edition of Death Magnetic, which was the largest selling download album on the platform at the time. They also released Guitar Hero®: Metallica® in 2009 with Activision.

Metallica have also garnered numerous awards and accolades, including nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video Music Awards, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum last year. According to Metallica's website, tickets will not be sold, but a limited number of passes will be awarded to members of the band's Met Club.

Cardiology - Good Charlotte's Fifth Album

Good Charlotte's fifth album was released on November 2, 2010. Describing the sound to MTV news, Joel Madden said it would sound a lot like Blink-182. Joel Madden went on to say in the same MTV interview that "There's nothing dance-y on the record, though, at all, which is different from our last one," further implying a movement away from the sound of Good Morning Revival. On December 3, 2008 Kerrang! magazine announced that Good Charlotte would be releasing their fifth studio album, Cardiology in 2009. The title of which, according to Joel, comes from the lyrical content of the album, which he explained is "all connected to the heart". Madden also added that they had already written 20 songs for the new album, and are said to be heading back to their pop-punk roots.

The band frequently tweeted during the recording process, giving updates to fans. In late July 2009, Joel Madden mentioned that they were close to track listing the album. On August 9, 2009, Benji Madden mentioned on his twitter that they had yet to record the songs but they were written. On the August 25, 2009 Benji announced on the official Good Charlotte website that the band were in the final stages of tracking and recording the album. At the time, the album was being produced by Howard Benson, who is known for such albums as My Chemical Romance's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, and The All-American Rejects' Move Along. However, the band didn't feel right about the sound of the album because Howard Benson focused on making it a commercial success. On January 24, 2010 Good Charlotte announced they had finished the album, but were going to completely scrap it and record with a different producer, Don Gilmore, who also produced their first and fourth records, the self-titled CD and Good Morning Revival.

Good Charlotte released their first single "Like It's Her Birthday" from the new album on August 24, 2010. The band posted the song online August 5, 2010, and wrote on their website that if the YouTube video of the song receives more than 100,000 views, they will post another song from the album. The video reached 100,000 views on August 15, 2010 and the band released "Counting the Days" as a video on their YouTube channel and announced that it will be the second single from the album. The music video for Like It's Her Birthday has camoes from The Maine's lead singer John O'Callaghan and guitarist Kennedy Brock and Boys Like Girls's lead singer Martin Johnson and guitarist Paul DiGiovanni.

Cardiology unfolds just as you’d expect it to, with a consistent batch of songs that border on blatantly formulaic, but provide enough catchy melodies to make you forget all of that as you sing along. Although the guitars are distorted and the percussion is driving, you’d be hard-pressed to call this a rock album, unless your entire music collection consists of Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.

At times, Cardiology feels a bit forced (see “Introduction to Cardiology”) or overly gimmicky (“Counting The Days”), but there are some solid musical moments in between. Good Charlotte does attempt to expand its horizons on several tracks, but too often it backfires; “Like It’s Her Birthday” begins with a Franz Ferdinand-esque guitar line and Enrique Iglesias hooting before it returns to typical pop fare.

For a “rock” band, Good Charlotte doesn’t do quite enough rocking on Cardiology, and to compare this album’s “1979″ to the Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979″ shows just how wide music executives have stretched the rock genre to accommodate mainstream tastes and reach the teeny-bopper ears that dominate parents’ purses.

The final track on Cardiology is the titular track, and it’s another example of Good Charlotte trying too hard that comes off sounding awkward – is it a joke, or is the band trying to make a statement? Hard to say, but two things are certain – Good Charlotte to stick to its proven formula, and, joke or not, Good Charlotte is laughing all the way to the bank.

Dave Grohl's Reunion

Dave Grohl admits teaming with former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic and producer Butch Big again was a strange experience. Dave Grohl found working with his former Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic "a little weird".

The Foo Fighters frontman is joined by the bassist on a track on his current group's new album and admits he found recording together again for the first time in over a decade bizarre, particularly as the studio session was overseen by Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana's defining 'Nevermind' LP.

Dave said: "To be in the same room as Krist and Butch for the first time in so long was a little weird. But it was cool that we survived. As he was leaving here I said in a cute voice, 'I love you, Krist', and he said in a similar voice, 'I love you, too!' "

It is not known is Krist played either bass or accordion on the track, which is expected to be included on Foo Fighters' forthcoming seventh album.

Whether Krist will be playing accordion or bass in the track is something that has not been made public. This track is going to be a track in the upcoming album of the Foo Fighters.

In the year 1994, the front man of Nirvana Kurt Cobain killed himself and the group was extremely popular during that time. While Dave’s present band is as successful as Nirvana, he still fears about the band’s survival. Dave Grohl said that he sees new bands come up and sells a lot of copies and he thinks to himself that these bands will destroy the Foo Fighters. Then he thinks that it was exactly what had happened to him when he was a kid.

Foo Fighters New Album
Dave Grohl talks summer fests...

Tickets for Foo Fighters' back-to-back July 2nd and 3rd shows at Milton Keynes Bowl go on sale today. The band may also headline 2011's T In The Park a few days later. Dave Grohl told NME that the band would be playing all of the "big ones", though he couldn't say which ones just yet.

Grohl said the Foo Fighters new album, out in the first half of 2011, is made for stadium shows. "I want to play the album at night live in front of 70,000 people," declared Grohl. "It's a festival album because it fucking rocks!"

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Kings Of Leon on MTV Europe Music Awards

Kings Of Leon on MTV Europe Music Awards

The Kings Of Leon rode Southern swagger (and some seriously tight trousers) to success in Europe long before fans in the States were singing along to anthems like "Use Somebody." So you'd think they'd be plenty confident heading in to Sunday night's (November 7) 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards, where they're performing and are up for two awards: Best Live Act and Best Song. But, you'd be wrong. See, in both categories, the Kings find themselves up against juggernauts like Lady Gaga, Muse, Linkin Park and, uh, Ozzy Osbourne, which means that, honestly, they're pretty much expecting to go home empty-handed.

See, it's true: All famous people do talk to each other. And if you're thinking that the Followills are just displaying the same modesty that fellow EMA nominees 30 Seconds To Mars demonstrated when MTV News asked them about their chances of taking home an award, well, you'd be right, to some degree. A moment later, Caleb Followill — showcasing the swagger that made KOL international sensations and which they showed off during a Saturday rehearsal of their hit "Radioactive" — looked at his brothers, cracked a wry smile and let his true feelings be known.

On the red carpet, mere minutes before the show kicked off, the Kings of Leon promised that their 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards performance would probably be the first time they played "Radioactive" on this scale. And in a way the song felt both epic and intimate, if that's what they meant.

The group hit the stage, filling the giant scale of the room with their rockness. They didn't miss a note as third big act of the night, following up Shakira's hip-shaking performance and 30 Seconds to Mars' collaboration with Kanye West at the preshow.

With nothing but a few spotlights on them, Caleb Followill and his band brought some good old American Southern hospitality to the show. The guys were up for two awards at the big show, including Best Live Act and Best Video, but they didn't show any nerves as they let their song speak for itself during their performance.

The song's general rocking capabilities made the performance epic, but at the same time, the sparse lighting gave it the intimacy of a club gig, despite the fact that they were playing the Caja Magica for an awards show. Perhaps there were no evident show-night jitters because the Kings of Leon didn't think they had any chance of winning. "I think our chances are slim to more than slim," KOL frontman Followill laughed. "And slim just left," drummer (and brother) Nathan added. "So we're not going to win at all."

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RIP Michael Jackson

Took me a while, I think I've come to terms with it now. The first concert I ever took my sister to. What else can be said that hasn't already. I'll remember him like this, one of the greatest performances ever (amongst so many):



Make the world a better place.

Michael Jackson