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July 2008
Local news: Out’n the Cold stays hot
I recently spoke with Red Swain, banjo picker for local bluegrass/country/rock/eclectic band Out’n the Cold. He says the band will be doing a gig at North Carolina State’s Darton arena in Raleigh on Sept. 5. They will be playing for the North Carolina State opening home game. Swain says the band has received over 7,500 hits on their MySpace page and have sold over 350 of their latest CD. Drummer Martin Parker says that 350 is about at the ‘cardboard’ level. Next, they’ll hit aluminum and eventually gold when they sell their first 100,000 copies.Speaking of Martin Parker, Swain says he will be going on the road with country star Patty Loveless for about two months. Sounds like a good gig to me. Hey Martin, does she need a good bass player?
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Music News: Nickelback signs with Live Nation
Live Nation, a live events company based in Beverly Hills, Cal., with acts like Madonna, Shakira and Jay-Z on its fledgling record label (a U2 deal is still in the works), have added yet another act - Nickelback. Nickelback have been known since their inception in 1996 as a relentlessly touring band, and have signed a ‘long-term global partnership’ with Live Nation worth somewhere in the vicinity of $50 million to $70 million. They are contracted to complete three touring cycles and three albums on the record label started in 2007 with founding artist Madonna. As of now, the band still has two albums left on its Roadrunner record contract. I think they’ll be pretty much set for an early retirement. Though most of the info is secret, Britney Spears will evidently be appearing in video form on Madonna’s latest tour - a ‘virtual’ appearance, as its being called. Madonna will begin her U.S. tour in October. The band Live recently recorded a live gig in Amsterdam, and will be releasing a CD / DVD package of the performance this fall. Tenacious D, the band fronted by actor Jack Black, will be putting out another CD “sometime before we die,” according to co-founder Kyle Glass, and Dashboard Confessional is set to release its new CD sometime in the fall. Gorilla Zoe of Boyz N Da Hood will be releasing his sophomore album Don’t Feed Da Animals on Sept. 23. Atlanta’s DJ Greg Street will be releasing a compilation CD of artists such as Lil Wayne, Game, Soulja Boy and others on Interscope Records in August. The album title will be Greg Street Certified Worldwide.
