Game With Fame: Thriving Ivory

Check out this video on the band's love of gaming and NHL 09:

If you're an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Thriving Ivory, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (2:30 P.M.) the Game with Fame session starts on Monday, December 8, 3:00 P.M. ET.

* Thriving GWF

Thriving Ivory is a California rock quintet consisting of Clayton Stroope (vocals), Scott Jason (keyboards), Drew Cribley (guitar), Bret Cohune (bass), and Paul Niedermier (drums). Their self-titled debut album just released earlier this year on Wind-up Records, and its signature song, "Angels on the Moon," is getting significant airplay from rock music stations. The album's personal and deeply felt emotional music has a strong appeal to fans everywhere. Song writer and keyboardist Jason says, "We want our songs to be something that will stand the test of time." That shouldn't be a problem.

Be sure to visit Thriving Ivory's Music Showcase page:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/musicshowcase/thrivingivory/default.htm

If you get a chance to play with Thriving Ivory, Xbox wants to hear about it! Send an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: "GWF - Thriving." Be sure to include your Gamertag and hometown.

Date: Monday, December 8, 2008

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST (Noon - 2:00 p.m. PST)

Game: NHL 09

Gamertags: Thriving GWF

Link: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/1208-thrivingivory.htm

New Xbox Experience: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/nxe

        

ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE
FIFTH ANNUAL ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS TOUR
 

 
 
2009 TOUR TO INCLUDE:
 
THURSDAY
 
BRING ME THE HORIZON
 
FOUR YEAR STRONG
 
PIERCE THE VEIL
 
CANCER BATS
 
WINTER’S BIGGEST & LOUDEST TOUR NOW AN EVEN BETTER VALUE WITH NEW LOWER TICKET PRICES
 
TOUR KICKS OFF FEBRUARY 14 IN LOS ANGELES
 
PRE-SALE BEGINS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 AT 10AM
 
 ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK, ERNIE BALL, ALTERNATIVE PRESS, MYSPACE MUSIC, NAMM, www.DiNGLIFE.com ARE ANNOUNCED AS
SPONSOR/MEDIA PARTNERS
 
December 2, 2008—ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK TASTE OF CHAOS continues to stake its claim as the preeminent winter rock package tour. Always an explosive, in-your-face affair, ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS features today’s biggest and on-the-verge of stardom hard rock bands. Blaring, boisterous and brutal, this year’s tour will be no different. Heralded by Florida’s Backstage Pass as “delivering some of the best known acts in the rock 'n roll world," past RTOC performers have included a who’s who of this decade’s most popular rock bands including My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Rise Against, Deftones, Killswitch Engage, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Used and over three hundred more.
 
Tour co-founder Kevin Lyman, always with his ear to the street and his hand on the scene’s pulse, chose this year’s cutting edge lineup after watching many of these same bands explode on the 2008 Van’s Warped Tour. By taking fan feedback to heart and personally handpicking artists that he feels will be breaking out in ’09, the lineup includes headliner THURSDAY, as well as BRING ME THE HORIZON, FOUR YEAR STRONG, PIERCE THE VEIL (all of whom will rotate their spot on the bill throughout the tour), and CANCER BATS. In addition, one local Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands winner will open the show at each stop.
 
“After listening to what fans had to say during Warped Tour and watching many of these bands with thousands of fans watching them perform,” Lyman explains, “these are the bands rock fans want to see. And I believe they’re all on the brink of breakout success.”
 
Last year, the Asbury Park Press praised Lyman for his forward looking approach to the tour, writing: "No wonder the Rockstar Taste of Chaos is known as the 'Winter Warped Tour.' Much like the highly successful summer rock jaunt, Rockstar Taste of Chaos is affordable and offers a wide range of bands. Lyman, who assembles the Warped Tour lineup, goes out of his way to put together a package of punk, hard rock and true alternative acts for the bill."
 
This year, fans can expect a low ticket price (between $20-25 per ticket) as well as the return of the fun-filled concourse offering a bevy of fascinating distractions in between sets guaranteeing that the pandemonium will begin as soon as fans enter the venue.
 
Tour co-founders, John Reese, Lyman and Darryl Eaton state: "We are very excited about the great bands and concourse activities planned for the 2009 North American Tour. ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK has been a great partner helping us bring fans a great package and a big show at a very fan-friendly entrance price. We’re really proud that the RTOC has become an important event on music fans’ calendars in the long, cold winter in the U.S. and Canada."
 
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK Marketing Director Mike Kelso states, “Live music is very important to ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK and for the past four years the worldwide success of ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS has been instrumental in the success of our brand.”
 
With nearly 300 worldwide dates over the past fours years, playing in over 20 countries including the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, Japan, France, Mexico, New Zealand and Italy among others, ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS, the only worldwide lifestyle festival tour, is back with another onslaught of winter dates in the U.S. and Canada.
The ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS pre-sale begins Friday, December 12th, at 10AM in each market. Please go to www.rockstartasteofchaos.com for all on sale information, ticketing links, and concert dates.
 
Head over to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtM6bwcOOgQ to view a ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS EPK featuring all of this year’s acts.
 
For the last decade, headliner THURSDAY has released groundbreaking, essential albums like 2001’s fan-favorite Full Collapse and 2003’s breakthrough War All the Time, while always playing riveting shows garnering hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide. As the band approaches its tenth anniversary, it has dug deep to recapture the original fervor and fire to make its most honest and sincere record to date. Hailing from New Brunswick, New Jersey, the band recently signed with Epitaph Records and will see its fifth studio release, Common Existence, in stores February 17. The record was produced by former Mercury Rev member Dave Fridmann who has also produced The Flaming Lips, Weezer, Ed Harcourt, Café Tacuba, Phantom Planet, and OK Go. THURSDAY frontman Geoff Rickly says of the new album: "This is the first time I've looked at a lot of life's events from an adult perspective." Pioneers of modern punk, THURSDAY is one of the biggest influences and leading bands in the emerging post-hardcore scene. Election Day 2008 also saw the band release a limited edition split LP with the band Envy. www.myspace.com/Thursday 
 
British metalcore outfit BRING ME THE HORIZON’S latest release, Suicide Season is now out on Epitaph Records. It’s not often scene kids, screamo fans and metal-heads can agree on a band, but after BMTH’s explosive rise in popularity, culminating in their breakout performances at Vans Warped Tour this summer, fans of all three genres have found their new favorite band. Hailing from Sheffield, England, Oliver Sykes (vocals), Matt Nicholls (drums), Curtis Ward (guitar), Matt Kean (bass) and Lee Malia (guitar) formed BMTH in 2004 and began setting the UK ablaze with blistering performances across the country. By 2006 the band had already won Kerrang!’s "Best British Newcomers" award and toured with groups like Killswitch Engage, Aiden, and Bleeding Through. Later that fall the group unleashed their debut album, Count Your Blessings, which further cemented their place among the metalcore elite. BMTH explore the limits of its sound and abilities, resulting in tracks that will make you think as much as bang your head. Suicide Season is the perfect soundtrack to a life spent on the edge, where the rules don’t apply and darkness rules. www.myspace.com/bmth
 
Calling Worcester, Massachusetts home, FOUR YEAR STRONG has been making a name for itself as one of Alternative Press’s “100 Bands You Need To Know in ‘08” and Rolling Stone’s “40 Bands You Need To Know”. Frequenting the Smartpunk Top 10 sales and Purevolume’s “most played” charts, the band has garnered nearly 2 million plays on MySpace by simply making music the way they want it to be made. The band’s debut full-length, Rise or Die Trying, on I Surrender Records continues to generate an excited buzz across the Web, catching the ears of Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz. Earlier this year the band announced its partnership with Decaydance Records, joining the ranks of bands like Panic at the Disco, The Academy Is…, and Gym Class Heroes. Equal parts melody and mayhem; however, its true talent lies in the ability to use these parts to create one exciting, infectious whole. www.myspace.com/fouryearstrong
 
San Diego’s PIERCE THE VEIL is a progressive post-rock quartet whose debut A Flair For The Dramatic on Equal Vision Records incorporates elements of fractured hardcore, prog-rock and metalcore into a unique amalgam of heavy music that is bound to turn heads and blow minds. Recorded by Casey Bates (Portugal The Man, Gatsbys American Dream) in Seattle, Washington, Pierce The Veil’s debut is a labor of love that the band put every ounce of creativity into.  www.myspace.com/piercetheveil
 
Toronto’s CANCER BATS is fueled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder and have more fun than any other band. Mixing hardcore, southern metal, and punk rock into a lethal rock & roll explosion, the four-piece has never rocked as hard as it does on its sophomore release Hail Destroyer. Co-produced by Eric Ratz (Big Sugar, Theory Of A Dead Man, Billy Talent), Kenny Luong (Billy Talent), and Greg Below (Alexisonfire), and recorded at Vespa Studios, the album features an edgier, much heavier, and finely tuned collection of songs. Featuring guest vocals by Cancer Bat bro’s Ben Kowalewicz (Billy Talent), Wade MacNeil (Alexisonfire), and Tim McIlrath, the no-holds-barred tracks on Hail Destroyer will definitely get the ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS party off on the right earsplitting note.  www.myspace.com/cancerbats
 
Back as the title sponsor, ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK will once again be sampling its products, in addition to coming up with some great surprises for concert goers. Other sponsors include Ernie Ball, NAMM, DiNG and MySpace Music, as well as Alternative Press who will produce the Official Tour Program.
 
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK is the world's most powerful energy drink. Enhanced with the potent herbal blend of Guarana, Ginkgo, Ginseng and Milk Thistle, ROCKSTAR is scientifically formulated to provide an incredible energy boost for those who lead active and exhausting lifestyles - from athletes to rock stars. ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK is available in eleven amazing flavors: Original, Sugar Free, Zero Carb, Juiced, Guava, Pomegranate, Punched, Punched Citrus, Roasted Mocha, Roasted Latte, and Roasted Light Vanilla, all of which are available at convenience and grocery retail outlets across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, Finland, and throughout the United Kingdom.
 
Ernie Ball’s 4th Annual ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS Battle of the Bands returns! Attention unsigned bands, sign up for the once in a lifetime opportunity to play live on the main stage of the 2009 ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS TOUR! Play alongside Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Year Strong, and Cancer Bats for the ultimate career-altering opportunity. Signups go live December 15th at www.battleofthebands.com, the premier website that gives your band limitless opportunities to play live.
 
NAMM joins RTOC as a 2009 sponsor and is on a mission to educate RTOC fans on what an amazing tool music can be in all of our lives. NAMM is an information source for music retailers and helps fans discover music performance.

Joining us again in 2009 are Peta2 and Shirts For a Cure. As the world's largest youth animal rights group, Peta2 has been a non-profit sponsor of ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS since its inception in 2005. Stop by the Peta2 booth to make a difference for animals by signing the "Meat's Not Green."
 
Shirts For A Cure is also a fifth-year sponsor and will be onsite selling new and exclusive t-shirt designs from bands like Thursday and more. All proceeds from the sales go directly to providing financial assistance to women who cannot afford the expense of the fight against breast cancer.
 
Also back in 2009 is the RTOC Label Tent, where fans can get the newest info, artist releases and promotions from the likes of punk rock staples Epitaph Records and SoCal upstarts Old Shoe Records.  Canadian clothing retailer D-TOX will be back as a sponsor on all Canadian dates. Dominic LaFortune, D-Tox Marketing and Promotions Director says, “D-Tox is very proud to be a part of the ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS in Canada for the third year in a row. We’re looking forward in seeing you all and we’re preparing tons of cool stuff for you so make sure to pass by and check us out.”
 
This year, ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS has teamed up with Buzznet.com to create the “Official Buzznet Taste Of Chaos Community.” The ultimate backstage pass, the community will give fans the most personal and in-depth look at the tour through exclusive photos, videos, interviews, contests and more. Each of the RTOC bands will be carrying a Buzznet phone which they’ll use to post candid photos and videos from the road in real-time, so fans won’t miss a beat. A Buzznet blogger and photographer will also be hitting the road to follow the entire tour and provide daily updates. In addition, fans can join the conversation by contributing their own photos, videos and blogs from the tour to the community, where they’ll not only be seen by millions, but could also be specially featured on Buzznet.com.
 
MySpace Music, a landmark joint venture among MySpace, EMI Music, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony ATV, aims to empower major, independent, and unsigned artists to monetize their content through multiple revenue streams. By allowing the MySpace community to freely stream premium content in an ad-supported environment, purchase MP3s and ringtones, create and share playlists, and ultimately buy merchandise, concert tickets, and other digital and physical goods.  MySpace Music also connects artists and fans in the offline arena through various concert series and live events including Secret Shows, MySpaceLIVE!, Transmissions, The Release, Front to Back and The List. MySpace Music centers around the more than five million major, indie, and unsigned artists that use their MySpace music profiles to communicate and intimately connect with fans and friends. As one of the most popular and most trafficked music platforms in the world, MySpace Music has evolved into an offline experience by connecting bands and fans around the world through various concert series and live events.
 
DiNG holds the world's largest catalog of artist and music related artwork with over 200 artists and 130 devices at www.DINGLIFE.com. A DiNG is a custom-fit, full-color, device-specific decal, that is easily applied to over 100 devices including cell phones, MP3 players, laptops, gaming systems and controllers.
 
RTOC 2009 Tour Dates:
 
SAT  2/14/09Los Angeles, CA Palladium

SUN 2/15/09San Jose, CA San Jose Civic Auditorium

MON 2/16/09 Chico, CA Senator Theatre

WED 2/18/09San Diego, CA House of Blues

THU 2/19/09Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre

FRI 2/20/09Las Vegas, NV House of Blues

SAT 2/21/09Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue

SUN 2/22/09Denver, CO Fillmore

TUE 2/24/09Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom

WED 2/25/09Cincinnati , OH Bogart's

THU 2/26/09Rochester, NY Armory

FRI 2/27/09Worcester, MA Palladium

SAT 2/28/09Hartford, CT Webster Theatre

MON 3/2/09Providence, RI Lupo's

TUE 3/3/09Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights

WED 3/4/09New York City, 

THU 3/5/09Sayreville, NJ Starland

FRI 3/6/09Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
 
SAT 3/7/09Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live

SUN 3/8/09 Columbus, OH Newport

MON 3/9/09Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre

TUE 3/10/09Detroit, MI Fillmore

WED 3/11/09St. Louis, MO Pageant

THU 3/12/09Chicago, IL Aragon

FRI 3/13/09Minneapolis, MN Myth

SAT 3/14/09Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club

TUE 3/17/09Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution

WED 3/18/09Orlando, FL Hard Rock

THU 3/19/09Atlanta, GA Tabernacle

        

LEGENDARY AND BLACK TIDE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION
 
Fans Create Warriors of Time Video Using Game Footage and Live Concert Clips to Win Huge Prizes
 
Gamecock Media Group and Interscope Records today announced that they have brought together heavy metal stars Black Tide with Spark Unlimited, developer of the acclaimed action game of mythic proportions, Legendary, for a contest that puts fans in the director’s seat.

By visiting www.blacktidemusic.com/legendary, fans of Black Tide and Legendary will be able to combine live concert footage of the band with clips from the video game to create a music video for the song Warriors of Time. Once completed, videos are uploaded to YouTube with links to the video posted to the competition website.
On February 22nd, 2009 the best videos will be chosen by Black Tide and Spark, and a bevy of prizes will be awarded. Prizes that will be given to the winners include:

Grand Prize:
- Gaming Computer, Schecter Guitar, Original Game Artwork, a copy of the game, T-shirt + CD + Poster

Runner Up (2) Prizes:
-T-shirt + CD+ Poster and a copy of the game


The deadline for entry is February 22nd so be sure to go to the website and start creating your masterpiece right away!
For a mashup of gaming and rock, check out the video example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew5XFpiEqEw.

        

Stephen Colbert has declared war on Kanye West!

  


Kanye's new album, 808s & Heartbreaks currently sits at #1 on iTunes. Stephen is not taking this news lying down and declares "Operation Humble Kanye" to be launched on Wednesday, December 5th at 5pm (eastern).
 
At that time, he's calling for everyone in the Colbert Nation to buy his Christmas album, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All . Effectively toppling both Kanye's ego and album by putting Stephen where he belongs…at #1 on iTunes, making him "the voice of this generation of this decade…"
 
Join the fight! There's only one way to stop Kanye's arrogance, and that's with Stephen's arrogance!
 
Here's the official word from Stephen.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/211966/december-01-2008/operation-humble-kanye
 
 
Purchase A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=296547775&s=143441

        

STEVE WINWOOD
RECENTLY NAMED ONE OF ROLLING STONE'S 
"100 GREATEST SINGERS OF ALL TIME" --
CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR WITH
SELECT EAST COAST CONCERT PERFORMANCES
IN JANUARY 2009

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Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Steve Winwood, recently named one of Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Greatest Singers of All Time," will ring in the New Year with a series of East Coast concert performances in January.  Winwood's upcoming East Coast concert dates mark the first U.S. headline tour since 2007 for the legendary rock superstar, who last toured the states with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in the summer of 2008.
 
Winwood is currently enjoying the success of his most recent album, Nine Lives, which entered the Billboard 200 at #12 last May, bringing the artist his highest chart debut, and best first week's sales, of the SoundScan era.  Eric Clapton, Winwood's former bandmate in Blind Faith, rock's original "supergroup," lent his signature guitar work to "Dirty City," the album's first single, which held the #1 added single spot for three weeks in a row and peaked at the overall #2 spot on AAA Radio.
 
Nine Lives has also earned Winwood some of the most laudatory press of his stellar career:
 
"The miracle of Steve Winwood's voice in the Sixties, on his churning R&B hits with the Spencer Davis Group and in the bucolic psychedelia of the first Traffic records, was that a white English teenager could sound so black and adult," wrote Rolling Stone's David Frick.  "The wonder of … his new album, is that Winwood, almost 60, sings the fighting words with the ecstatic force of his youth. His voice is a deeper, huskier shade of British blues, but it's consistent in its strength and optimism all over Nine Lives."
 
"Winwood’s bluesy, soulful voice has lost none of its power," raved Paste magazine's Andy Whitman, praising Nine Lives as "…a warm, expansive slow burner of an album, and a welcome return to classic form."
 
"Winwood's voice retains its choirboy resonance and spiraling wind power throughout the disk. His trademark Hammond B3 organ exudes tenderness and fire," observed Jim Farber in the New York Daily News noting that Nine Lives offered "…an amiable and engaging example of a master back in his element."
 
Released April 29, 2008, Nine Lives is the first full-length Steve Winwood studio album since the artist released About Time on his own independent label, Wincraft, in 2003.
 
Each of the nine tracks on the aptly-titled Nine Lives paints a musical portrait of spiritual transformation as Winwood continues the exploration of soul, rock, blues and world music which began in 1957, when, at the age of 9, he played guitar in his father's band in Birmingham, England.
 
Nine Lives arrived in the wake of a transcendent live collaboration between Winwood and Clapton at the Chicago Crossroads Guitar Festival in July 2007.  The pair's staggering on-stage chemistry in Chicago led to three historic Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton concerts at New York's fabled Madison Square Garden in February 2008.  All three of Winwood's MSG shows with Clapton sold-out within minutes.
 
"Steve Winwood has had a most successful solo career for over a quarter century, beginning in 1981 with Arc of A Diver through 2003's About Time," wrote Doug Collette in Glide magazine (April 25, 2008). "Yet no album has so accurately reflected his versatile talents or vividly echoed the pinnacles of his past as Nine Lives."
 
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Winwood (who turned 60 on May 12, 2008) was perhaps the youngest member of the original British pop music invasion of the mid-1960s.  A prodigious guitarist and keyboard player in the Birmingham R&B scene by his mid-teens, Winwood cut his musical chops as a back-up musician for an impressive array of American rock & roll and blues pioneers -- including Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley -- during their UK tours.
 
In 1962, Steve and his older brother, Muff Winwood, began playing with Spencer Davis and drummer Pete York in The Rhythm & Blues Quartet, an ensemble which would eventually morph into the Spencer Davis Group.  An intensely powerful and emotional vocalist and formidable songwriter, Steve Winwood launched an enormously influential "blue-eyed soul" movement with hits like "Keep On Runnin'," "Somebody Help Me," and, especially, the massively successful pop-soul anthem, "Gimme Some Lovin'." Originally released in 1966, "Gimme Some Lovin'" entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1996.  Winwood left the Spencer Davis Group in 1967 to form the groundbreaking jazz-rock ensemble Traffic.
 
In 1966, as "Gimme Some Lovin'" transformed the pop landscape, the 18-year-old Steve Winwood entered into his first collaboration with Eric Clapton, recording three songs -- "Steppin' Out," "Crossroads," and "I Want To Know" -- as the Powerhouse (a group which also included future Cream bassist Jack Bruce).  Winwood and Clapton would join forces again in 1969 to create Blind Faith, one of pop music's first bona fide supergroups, with drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Rick Grech.
 
Following the break-up of Traffic in 1974 (they would reform and successfully tour in the 1990s), Steve Winwood launched a successful solo career which reached an apogee in the mid-1980s with the release of four classic albums in a row: Arc of a Diver (1981, platinum); Talking Back To The Night (1982); Back In The High Life (1986, 3x platinum), which featured the #1 smash, "Higher Love," which earned Winwood a trio of Grammys including "Record of the Year"; and the #1 Billboard chart-topping "Roll With It" (1988, 2x platinum).
 
Through his unparalleled five-plus decades career, Steve Winwood has remained an in-demand session player, contributing his signature sound to an amazing variety of projects for artists including Jimi Hendrix (Electric Ladyland), Joe Cocker (With A Little Help From My Friends), Leon Russell (Leon Russell), Lou Reed (Berlin), George Harrison (Dark Horse, George Harrison), Toots & the Maytals (Reggae Got Soul), Marianne Faithfull (Dangerous Acquaintances), David Gilmour (About Face), Tina Turner (Break Every Rule), Billy Joel (The Bridge), James Brown (Gravity), Rosanne Cash (King's Record Shop), Jimmy Buffett (Hot Water), Phil Collins (But Seriously), Etta James (Right Time), Paul Weller (Stanley Road), and Christina Aguilera (Back To Basics), among many others.
 
The private Steve Winwood is an outdoorsman who loves hiking and walking, and a dedicated family man who spends his Sundays playing the organ and singing in his church choir.
 
With Nine Lives and his upcoming concert tour, Steve Winwood opens up his world and gives his fans, old and new, a cornucopia of reasons to celebrate the life and music of this ageless, and still prodigious, musical treasure.
 
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Steve Winwood - US Tour - January 2009
15, 16 - New York, NY - United Palace
17 - Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
19 - Baltimore, MD - Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
20 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre
22 - Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre
23 - Niagara Falls, NY - Seneca Niagara Casino Theatre
24 - Kingston, NY - Ulster Performing Arts Center

        

HOPELESS RECORDS NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION SUB CITY ANNOUNCES THE 2009 TAKE ACTION! TOUR- WITH HEADLINER CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR- ALONG WITH MEG & DIA, BREATHE CAROLINA, EVERY AVENUE, AND ANARBOR

THE ANNUAL CHARITY TOUR ENCOURAGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE WORLD AND WILL AGAIN BENEFIT NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DOSOMETHING.ORG

TOUR DATES, TICKET INFORMATION FOR THE FEBRUARY & MARCH '09 TOUR TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

 
DECEMBER 1, 2008- Hopeless Records, through their non profit organization Sub City is pleased to once again organize and present the Take Action! Tour. The 2009 lineup will feature headliner CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR, along with MEG & DIA, BREATHE CAROLINA, EVERY AVENUE, and ANARBOR. The annual nationwide charity tour, now in its eighth year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action, and for the second straight year Take Action has chosen not-for-profit organization DoSomething.org to benefit from the funds raised and to help spread the message of action to young people across the country.

DoSomething.org is a national not-for-profit that believes that young people have the power to make a difference. They inspire, empower and celebrate a generation of doers: young people who recognize the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action.
DoSomething.org CEO Nancy Lublin says of the not-for-profit teaming up with Take Action! Tour: "Music has always moved generations. We're psyched to partner with Take Action! We believe that there is a lot of creativity and passion in generation Z (kids under age 25). Their idea of getting involved isn't writing a big check or attending a charity dinner--they actually do stuff."

Each Take Action tour stop is a unique experience where fans are exposed to a great show along with encouragement and information from the bands, charity partners, and sponsors about how they can get involved with causes that are important to them. In addition to the good time and inspiration, 10% of the ticket price from each ticket sold is donated to DoSomething.org, which makes each fan in attendance an active participant in financially supporting non profit action. To date Sub City, with the help of hundreds of thousands of young people, has raised over $550,000 through the Take Action initiative. The tour has previously featured many future stars including: The Plain White T's, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Paramore, Every Time I Die, Jimmy Eat World, Avenged Sevenfold, Hawthorne Heights, Chiodos, Thrice, Anti-Flag, Silverstein, Dillinger Escape Plan, and many more.

This year's headliner CUTE IS WHAT WE AIM FOR, touring in support of its second full-length release Rotation, is one of the brightest bands in the current music scene. Hailing from Buffalo, lead singer Shaant Hacikyan says of being on the Take Action! Tour: "It's an awe inspiring opportunity to be a part of such an empathetic tour and cause. It has endured the years and has remained a staple based on its brilliant fuel: consideration. Knowing that we are able to do what we love and simultaneously lend a helping hand is a beautiful thing. We are beyond thrilled to be a part Take Action!"

A band on the brink of mass crossover appeal, Utah's MEG & DIA is thrilled to be onboard as part of the Take Action! Tour. "All five of us in Meg & Dia are very excited to be part of a tour that supports making ones community a better and more beautiful place," Dia Frampton declares. "Many non-profit organizations get buried and do not receive the attention they deserve. We hope we can help point out the many places people can go, and hopefully will go, to donate time and money for good causes." Meg Frampton adds: "We are so excited to be part of a tour promoting not just one particular organization or charity, but the single notion of how important it is to get out there and "do something" to help out with any part of the world that you feel passionately about and you feel is in need of a helping hand."

Denver's BREATHE CAROLINA, a two-piece band fusing elements of electronica and punk/post hardcore, touring in support of its latest release It's Classy, Not Classic on Rise Records, is also quite aware of the impact the Take Action! Tour has. "I'm very excited to be a part of the Take Action! Tour because it promotes a positive message," notes David Schmitt of Breathe Carolina. "I'm also pumped to make new friends and Cute Is What We Aim For has been a long time favorite of mine and to be able to share the stage with them will be amazing."
Marysville, Michigan natives EVERY AVENUE have taken 2008 by storm with the release of their debut, full length record Shh, Just Go With It, endless touring, and the release of their new music video for, "Think Of You Later (Empty Room)."  They are excited to look ahead into 2009 and kick off the year on the Take Action! Tour.  "Using music to promote a good cause is something we are honored to be a part of.  Take Action! highlights the importance of how little things can make huge impacts," says vocalist Dave Strauchman.  "We can't explain how much it means to us to be involved with DoSomething.org. They are a great non-profit organization and the Take Action! Tour is a unique opportunity for bands and fans to come together and move forward to make changes in their community. It goes to show the significance that even one person can have." 
 
Hopeless Records’ ANARBOR hail from Phoenix, Arizona and the early buzz on the band’s recent digital release, The Natural Way, indicates that big things are in store for the pop-rock four-piece. Speaking of their involvement, front man Slade Echeverria explains, "When we first heard that we were going on Take Action tour, we were all so excited to be a part of the amazing line up. The best part of Take Action is the charity aspect.  We're so proud to be supporting Sub City and DoSomething.org by playing our music and are honored to be chosen to represent the Hopeless/Sub City family on this tour."

About Hopeless Records and Sub City: Founded in 1993, Hopeless Records is a Southern California independent record label home to breakout artists All Time Low, There For Tomorrow, Anarbor, The Human Abstract, and many more. Throughout the 15 year history of Hopeless Records the label has released over 100 albums and launched the careers of Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, and Melee. In 1999 Hopeless Records formally started supporting non-profit organizations under the Sub City name with charitable albums, tours, and events. Now itself a registered 501c3 non profit organization, Sub City continues this mission of raising funds and awareness for worthy causes and to date has raised over $1.5 million dollars for over 50 non-profit organizations.

Tour dates and ticket information for the 2009 Take Action! Tour will be announced shortly along with information about the annual Take Action! compilation

www.takeactiontour.com
www.dosomething.org
www.cuteiswhatweaimfor.com
www.meganddia.com
www.myspace.com/breathecarolina
www.myspace.com/everyavenue
www.anarbor.net

        

Punisher: War Zone Soundtrack Artists Play Halo 3

The much-anticipated Punisher: War Zone movie releases December 5 and to celebrate four of the hottest musical bands who appear on the movie soundtrack from Lions Gate Records will be on Xbox LIVE®. They'll play Halo® 3 with Xbox LIVE members on Thursday, December 4.

If you're an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with members of the bands Hatebreed, Seether, Senses Fail, and 7 Days Away, send a friend request to the following Gamertags and be online half an hour before (2:30 p.m.) the Game with Fame session starts on Thursday, December 4, 3:00 p.m. EST.

- HatePUN GWF
- SeetherPUN GWF
- SensesPUN GWF
- DaysAwayPUN GWF

Hatebreed
Hatebreed contributed the song "Refuse/Resist" to the Punisher: War Zone soundtrack. They've released five full-length metalcore albums and will have a new release out in the early part of 2009. Hatebreed consists of Jamey Jasta (vocals), Frank Novinec (guitar), Sean Martin (guitar), Chris Beattie (bass), and Matt Byrne (drums).

Seether
South African band Seether's track "Fallen" is showcased on the movie soundtrack. This quartet has released four major albums (and one previous album when they were known as Saron Gas). Their latest album, Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces, was featured on this site's Artist of the Month showcase. Band members include Shaun Morgan (vocals, guitar), Dale Stewart (guitar), Troy McLawhorn (guitar), and John Humphrey (drums).
Check out Seether's Artist of the Month page: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/artist/seether.htm

Senses Fail
Senses Fail has released three albums on Vagrant Records, and their contribution to the movie is the song "The Past Is Proof." Based out of Ridgewood, New Jersey, the band consists of James "Buddy" Nielsen (vocals), Garrett Zablocki (guitar), Heath Saraceno (guitar), Jason Black (bass), and Dan Trapp (drums). Senses Fail can now be considered a three-time veteran of the Game with Fame process, having played Grand Theft Auto IV(TM) and Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare(TM) previously on Xbox LIVE.

7 Days Away
New band 7 Days Away scores big with their track "Take Me Away" on the Punisher: War Zone soundtrack. They were hand-picked by Shaun Morgan of Seether to win the contest among thousands of unsigned bands to be on the soundtrack. They've released two hard-rocking albums (Death Cannot Separate and Stigmata) and will be on tour in early 2009. The band features Jay Bales (vocals), Skylar Nichols (guitar), Blake Snoddy (bass), Zach Jackson (guitar), and Trey Sturgeon (drums).

If you get a chance to play with any of these bands, Xbox wants to hear about it! Send an e-mail to xlmail@microsoft.com with the subject: "GWF - Punisher." Be sure to include your Gamertag and hometown.

 

Date: Thursday, December 4, 2008

Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. EST (Noon - 2:00 p.m. PST)

Game: Halo 3

Gamertags: HatePUN GWF // SeetherPUN GWF // SensesPUN GWF // DaysAwayPUN GWF

Link: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/1204-punisher.htm

        

AMAZON.COM AND MYSPACE EXCLUSIVELY PREMIERE NEW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SINGLE AND MUSIC VIDEO, "MY LUCKY DAY"; SINGLE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ONLY ON AMAZON MP3 AND MYSPACE MUSIC FOR ONE WEEK

Bruce Springsteen's new song "My Lucky Day" - from the album 'Working on a Dream' (January 27 / Columbia Records) -- will be available on AmazonMP3 and MySpace Music for one week starting today.

Amazon.com, Inc. and MySpace today exclusively debuted the music video for "My Lucky Day," the first time that the two sites have collaborated on streaming video. Fans can visit the Amazon Bruce Springsteen Artist Store and the MySpace Bruce Springsteen Artist Profile page to watch the video and download the new single. As an added bonus, fans can also check out an extra two-minutes of behind-the-scenes footage of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band preparing to record the song.

        

Check Out  blessthefall On DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show
Tonight At 7pm PST!!!


 
Beau Bokan the new singer for blessthefall will be in studio and bassist Jared Warth will be joining him live via webcam!
Check out the show live on www.Stickam.com.
 
Fans can IM questions to “dj rossstar08.”
 
Watch for a new blessthefall full-length in 2009!
 
For more info visit¨ www.myspace.com/blessthefall.

        

Collective Soul announces the re-release of their 8^th studio album, Afterwords, on December 9^th to all retail and digital outlets.  The album was originally released in August 2007 via exclusive deals with Target and iTunes. This brand new edition includes for the very first time three solo songs by songwriter and singer Ed Roland; “An Evening With,” “Ain’t That Enough” and “Give.”  The physical album also included a year’s membership to the band’s fan club, The Collective Souls.  The digital album includes a Deluxe Edition with a 7 minute video diary from the band’s trip to Peru in early 2008.

 

Afterwords debuted in the Top 25 of Billboard’s Album Chart and on the iTunes Top 10 when it was originally released last year. At the same time, the disc’s first single, “Hollywood,” was used in commercials by American Idol throughout their lengthy audition process.  By sheer coincidence winner David Cook was a big fan, performing Collective Soul’s classic hit, “The World I Know,” on the show’s finale, causing Entertainment Weekly to note that Cook “staked his entire Idol career on a Collective Soul cover,” and won.   Songs from Afterwords have also been featured in television shows The Hills, 90210, Celebrity Apprentice, Womens Murder Club, Brothers and Sisters and Shark.

 

Currently, Collective Soul has a song featured in the new blockbuster film Twilight as well as the accompanying chart topping soundtrack.  The soundtrack held the #1 positions on both iTunes and the Billboard charts the week it was released. 

 

Collective Soul have released a total of 8 studio albums in their 14 year career, with nineteen singles landing in the Billboard charts, seven of those reaching the #1 spot on the magazine’s radio charts.

        

Lenny Kravitz has just unveiled the video for “Dancin’ Til Dawn,” the third single off his 8th studio album, It Is Time For a Love Revolution. The video was shot and directed by seminal French photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino who has helmed videos for Madonna, David Bowie, Sting, Bjork and more. The single, “Dancin’ Til Dawn” comes across as the materialization of a career that has spanned almost two decades of classic rock, old-school soul and gritty funk sculpted into a contemporary rock smash.
 
The fourteen tracks that complete It Is Time For A Love Revolution were written, recorded and produced by Lenny Kravitz himself. The album is available in stores and at digital retailers now. 
 Lenny Kravitz Official Video Playlist

        

Columbia Records and iTunes have helped kick-off the holiday season with cheer by offering two great Christmas tunes for free this week.  Tony Bennett’s “Winter Wonderland” and Harry Connick, Jr.’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” can be downloaded free of charge on iTunes beginning today, Tuesday, November 25th through Monday, December 1st. 
 
Found on the iTunes homepage, Tony Bennett’s rendition of “Winter Wonderland” can be found on his first holiday record in forty years, TONY BENNETT: A SWINGIN’ CHRISTMAS Featuring The Count Basie Big Band.  Featuring 11 tracks, Tony swings such classics as “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,’ and the CD introduces his daughter, Antonia, who duets with Tony on “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm.” Phil Ramone, who has worked with Bennett on several of his recent outings including the multi-platinum, “Duets: An American Classic,” produced the CD.
 
Download Tony Bennett’s “Winter Wonderland” Here:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=297597422&s=143441
 
Download TONY BENNETT: A SWINGIN’ CHRISTMAS Featuring The Count Basie Big Band Cover Art here:
http://www.columbiarecords.com/artist/tonybennett/albumcoversmall.jpg
 
Tony Bennett Official Website:
http://www.tonybennett.net
 
Additional Tony Bennett Websites:
http://www.benedettoarts.com
http://www.exploringtheart.org
 
Preferred Buy Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Swingin-Christmas-Tony-Bennett/dp/B001EYGOG0/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1
 

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Harry Connick, Jr. celebrates the holiday season once again with What a Night! – A Christmas Album, where Connick’s new version of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” can be found. Connick is one of the few contemporary artists who have created his own holiday traditions.  Beginning with "When My Heart Finds Christmas," his triple-platinum seasonal album of 1993, through "Harry for the Holidays," his chart-topping sequel from 2003 that included "The Happy Elf" (the inspiration for a new family musical), he has brought vitality, sincerity and unmatched musicality to the celebration.  What a Night! – A Christmas Album was created in the same spirit, with new takes on old favorites as well as four of Connick's own compositions.
 
Download Harry Connick, Jr.’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” Here:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=297595526&s=143441
 
Download What a Night! – A Christmas Album cover art and press release here:
http://www.columbiarecords.com/artist/harryconnickjr/prassets.zip
 
Harry Connick, Jr. Official Website:
http://www.harryconnickjr.com
 
Preferred Buy Link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001EYGOHE?ie=UTF8&tag=columbia%5Frecords-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001EYGOHE

        

Alternative Addiction (www.alternativeaddiction.com) has announced the release of the site's first-ever Christmas compilation, An Alternative Christmas. In addition to showcasing the site's most well known tracklist on a compilation to date, it's also their first charity disc.
 
One of the keystone songs on the album is the original Christmas song, "She's A Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas" from Long Island's Patent Pending. The song showcases the band's trademark, high energy, high fun form of pop punk rock as they put a humorous take on the classic Christmas idea that anyone can change for the better, including those with questionable ethics.
 
An Alternative Christmas is available for download on www.alternativeaddiction.com and can be purchased digitally on both iTunes and Amazon.
 
"Most holiday seasons come with an abundance of holiday music. There's a lot of it- it's just a lot of the same stuff," says Alternative Addiction's Ryan Jones. "What makes this album so unique is the original and distinctive songs that are on the track list. There are classic songs on the album, some newer classics and there's also original material on this album that was written and/or recorded for this holiday season. You always have holiday music available, but not often do you have legitimately new holiday music."
 
Perhaps the best part of the Christmas themed compilation is that all of the profits from its release will be donated to charity. The circumstances of the donation are a little odd, however. "We originally started working on this compilation thinking we would be working with the charity that we're donating the money to," Said Jones. “But as things progressed, we got some great music that was also a little risqué. So what ends up happening is we're still donating the money to charity but we can't directly work with the organization because of it's reputation with kids. We put the music before the marketing - something that's always hard to do, and something that can make sales suffer, but we feel the final product is worth it."

This is a limited edition special issue that will only be available until January 31, 2009.
 
 
Patent Pending's 'She's A Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas" Video

 
Purchase On AlternativeAddiction.com
http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/downloads/altchristmas.asp
 
Purchase On iTunes.com
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=268876966&s=143441
 
Purchase On Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/An-Alternative-Christmas/dp/B001LLYUVW/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1227480649&sr=8-14
 
 
An Alternative Christmas Track List
1.     Thriving Ivory- Our December
2.     SafetySuit- Anywhere But Here
3.     Lifehouse- Silent Night
4.     Ernie Halter- Angels We Have Heard on High
5.     Better Than Ezra- Merry Christmas Eve
6.     Honor By August- Happy Holidays
7.     NEEDTOBREATHE- Go Tell It On The Mountain
8.     Honeyhoney- The Naughtiness of Me
9.     Shinedown- Happy X-Mas (War is Over)
10.  Ryan Star- River
11.  Patent Pending- She's a Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas
12.  Kill the Alarm- Winter Wonderland
13.  Schaeffer- Last Christmas
14.  Negative Space- I’ll Be Home
15.  Evans Blue- Oh Holy Night
16.  16 Frames- For Christmas (only available through Alternative Addiction )

        

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN SINGLE "WORKING ON A DREAM" DEBUTS IN THE ITUNES STORE AND BRUCESPRINGSTEEN.NET TODAY
 
ALBUM 'WORKING ON A DREAM' OUT JAN. 27 ON COLUMBIA RECORDS
 
Bruce Springsteen's single "Working on a Dream" will become available in the iTunes Store and on BruceSpringsteen.net today. Free downloads will be available through both sites today. The track will be a paid download in the iTunes Store from tomorrow exclusively through December 9.
 
Springsteen's new album 'Working on a Dream' has been set for January 27 release on Columbia Records. 'Working on a Dream' was recorded with the E Street Band and features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus two bonus tracks. It is the fourth collaboration between Springsteen and Brendan O'Brien, who produced and mixed the album.
 
http://www.brucespringsteen.net

        

The All-American Rejects have announced they will be gaming with fans on November 24th, from 6PM to 8PM (EST), as they challenge worthy opponents in Frogger and Rock Band 2. Those who want a chance to play with the band can send a friend request to Gamertag AAR GWF(make sure to include a space between AAR and GWF) and be online half an hour before (5:30pm ET/2:30 PST) the Game With Fame session starts.
 
The following morning, Tuesday, November 25th, the Rejects will perform on NBC’s “Today Show” and the band is looking for AAR fans to come out in force. Special VIP passes will be given to hardcore AAR fans who would like to get as close to the action as possible. Get there early if you want to rock out, VIP’s​ will be asked​ to arrive​ no later​ than 6:00 AM to West 48th St, New York,​ NY 10112​.​ If you would​ like to be a VIP, pleas​e inclu​de “VIP”​ in the subje​ct line for the email​ you send to AARTo​daySh​ow@​gmail​.​ com
 
The new album from The All-American Rejects, When The World Comes Down, is now available to pre-order on iTunes! The album will be available in both Standard and Deluxe versions on iTunes. By Pre-Ordering the Deluxe version, you will receive the song "Mona Lisa (When The World Comes Down)" immediately. If you pre-order any version you will receive the song "Here I Sit (demo)" and the iTunes Exclusive Bonus track "On The Floor (demo)" on release day. Additionally, the Deluxe Version will include 5 demo tracks, track by track with Tyson and Nick, and the “Mona Lisa” Video.
 
When The World Comes Down, which features the hit single "Gives You Hell", will be available Everywhere on 12.16.08.
 

Game With Fame link: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/calendar/gamewithfame/2008/1124-aar.htm
 
iTunes Deluxe Pre Order: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=Ewg5bHnsCSQ&offerid=78941&type=3&subid=0&u1=interscope.com&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=296543327&s=143441
 
iTunes Standard Pre Order: http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=Ewg5bHnsCSQ&offerid=78941&type=3&subid=0&u1=interscope.com&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%3A//phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=291699757&s=143441
 

        

The excitement is in the air! Or is that just be the buzz of commerce with people lining up to experience STEPHEN COLBERT and his Christmas extravaganza?

 

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! debuts this weekend!

 

Now is your chance to preview clips from the show, which airs on Comedy Central this Sunday, November 23rd at 10pm and check out the new eCard.

Preview the video for "Another Christmas Song". I'm so excited I'm sporting a Yule log!

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

A Colbert Christmas: Preview - Another Christmas Song

Ron Paul Interview
Bob Barr Interview

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

 

 Preview video "May I Interest You In Hannukah". It's a sensible alternative to Christmas, and last for seven-for you? Eight nights.

 

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

A Colbert Christmas: Preview - Jon Stewart

Ron Paul Interview
Bob Barr Interview

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

Preview "Nutmeg". Serving eggnog without nutmeg is like serving turkey without a duck and a chicken inside.

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

A Colbert Christmas: Preview - John Legend

Ron Paul Interview
Bob Barr Interview

Green Screen
Bill O'Reilly Interview

 

Tracklisting for A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! EP (available for digital download November 25th)

 

1 "Another Christmas Song" – Stephen Colbert
2 "Have I Got A Present For You" – Toby Keith
3 "The Little Dealer Boy" – Stephen Colbert and Willie Nelson
4 "Can I Interest You In Hannukah" – Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart
5 "Nutmeg" – Stephen Colbert and John Legend
6 "Please Be Patient" – Feist
7 "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In" – Stephen Colbert and Elvis Costello
8 "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" – Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend and Willie Nelson
9 A Cold, Cold Christmas (album-only track)

 iTunes Retail Link For A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! EP

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=296882832&s=143441

 
Retail Link For A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! DVD

http://shop.comedycentral.com/detail.php?p=76445&SESSID=7e9c9b0dfc4899e7f3d35ab91783a0f1

 

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A great American holiday tradition will be born this year, joining the classics that have preceded it…Stephen Colbert will make Christmas his own. He's taking ownership for the Colbert Nation. Stephen decided to ignore tradition start the Christmas holiday before Thanksgiving, putting him a step ahead of the competition.

 In order to fully dominate the Christmas season…Colbert style, the Colbert Report anchor is unleashing his lethal 1-2 punch of both a TV special and holiday album at the same time.

The Christmas special. A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! is a one-hour original musical holiday special. It premieres on Sunday, November 23 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on COMEDY CENTRAL. The musical companion EP of the same name will be available on iTunes.

In the special, Colbert is on his way to meet with Elvis Costello in New York City but is snowed-in at his cabin in upstate New York (bear country). He weathers through the storm with help from his friends Feist, Toby Keith, John Legend, Willie Nelson and Jon Stewart. A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! features original songs written by David Javerbaum (executive producer, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) and composer Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), with the exception of "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" which was written by Nick Lowe. The songs were produced by Schlesinger and Steven M. Gold. Theme music and score also by Schlesinger and Gold. The bonus features on the DVD include a book burning Yule log, video advent calendar, alternate endings and more.

 

Both the digital-only EP and DVD will be available on November 25th!

 

Proceeds from the sales of A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All! will go to www.feedingamerica.org

 

        

THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS READY SOPHOMORE ALBUM, LONELY ROAD, FEB. 3