J SHOCK BANDS THE UNDERNEATH & D’ESPAIRSRAY MAKE IMPACT ON THE JUST COMPLETED 2008 ROCKSTAR TASTE OF CHAOS TOUR
April 28, 2008 – Having played to thousands of rock fans on the just completed 2008 ROCKSTAR Taste Of Chaos Tour, breakthrough artists THE UNDERNEATH, and D’ESPAIRSRAY made their presence known on the two-month, 34 U.S. city tour.
Leaders of the burgeoning Jrock movement championed by tour founder Kevin Lyman, THE UNDERNEATH and D’ESPAIRSRAY won over fans on a nightly basis on RTOC, often creating lines of fans throughout arenas waiting at meet-n-greets. Fans at the Long Beach Arena show waited two hours for Jrock artist signings.
In announcing the Jrock Revolution coming to America, Lyman stated, "I felt that the fans across the U.S. would really appreciate a chance to have these bands come to their cities. When I have worked these shows the energy of the bands and the fan involvement is amazing, and is rarely captured at shows in America these days. This is going to be an amazing opportunity for all in attendance."
Video shows worldwide have embraced the heavy, yet melodic, sound of D’ESPAIRSRAY and THE UNDERNEATH, adding the D’ESPAIRSRAY music video for “Squall” and THE UNDERNEATH’S “Gekkoh” to their rotation.
Most recently Canada’s Much Music and MTV Latin America, an international video outlet that gets airplay in 21 Central and South American countries, as well as in the US, with a potential viewer ship of 35 million viewers, have come onboard. Regional outlets throughout the country are also adding the videos, including Los Angeles’ “Notes From The Underground” with its 1.4 million potential viewers, as well as Rochester, New York’s “Video Hits” which is exposing the bands to close to a million viewers in Rochester, Syracuse and Buffalo. Even “TV4OU” airing from the University of Oklahoma is currently playing “Squall” and “Gekkoh.” Other outlets include Blender.com and Yahoo! Music.
Next month, May 3 and 4, D’ESPAIRSAY and THE UNDERNEATH will take part in a two-day memorial concert for former X Japan guitarist Hide, who passed away ten years ago, at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium. Among the 20 other confirmed acts on the bill will be Dir en grey, Lunasea and the world famous, X Japan.
To watch the latest music videos from THE UNDERNEATH and D’ESPAIRSRAY access the J Shock e-card at www.uandrtech.com/Jrock_eCards/Jshock_eCard.
THE UNDERNEATH’S latest release Moon Flower and D’ESPAIRSRAY’S Mirror are in U.S. retail stores now via JShock Records.
For more information on each band see www.myspace.com/despairsray and www.myspace.com/theunderneathjapan.
| 04.30.2008 |
COLDPLAY ANNOUNCES FREE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SHOW & SINGLE DOWNLOAD GIVE-AWAY
"Violet Hill," the first single from Coldplay's upcoming album, Viva La Vida, will be available as a free download from the band's website (http://www.coldplay.com) for one week beginning Tuesday, April 29th, at 7:15 a.m. EDT - a full week before it goes on sale at digital retailers. Viva La Vida will be released in North America on June 17th.
"Violet Hill" also debuts on radio this Tuesday. On the same day, Coldplay will post preliminary details on its website regarding the band's upcoming free show:
June 23rd, New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Please check http://www.coldplay.com beginning April 29th for details on how to win tickets. As this is a free show, no tickets will be available for purchase. Coldplay will also be playing a free show at Brixton Academy in London, England on June 16th.
Viva La Vida was produced by Brian Eno and Markus Dravs. It is the follow-up to the immensely successful X&Y, which has sold 10 million copies worldwide since its release in 2005.
| 04.30.2008 |
KORN'S ORIGINAL SONG FOR UBISOFT'S HAZE VIDEO GAME NOW AVAILABLE
LOS ANGELES, CA - USA - April 23, 2008 - Today, Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, and EMI announced that "Haze," the original song inspired by Ubisoft's upcoming Haze video game and composed by multi-platinum-selling ground-breaking hard rock band Korn, is now available for purchase via online music download sites. The single "Haze" is also included on the enhanced CD version of the KORN untitled album released on April 21st in Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
VIDEO: To celebrate the release of their new single "Haze," we offer this exclusive new video showcasing Korn performing the track LIVE! Cutting-edge video game meets cutting-edge metal as live concert footage of Korn is intertwined with clips from Haze, the game that inspired their original new song.
This trailer must be placed behind an age gate. Official letter included.
You can download the video clip at this address: http://files.us.ubisoft.com/Haze_4.23.08.zip
Korn, who released their debut album in 1994, has sold more than 30 million records worldwide, releasing seven consecutive multi-platinum selling albums. Their latest untitled album was released in July 2007, debuting at #2 on the U.S. album charts and #3 on the European album charts. Lead singer Jonathan Davis has often avowed a love of video games, including games from Ubisoft like Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter® 2.
Developed by shooter experts Free Radical, creators of the critically acclaimed TimeSplitters® series, Haze is scheduled for release exclusively on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system on May, 22nd 2008.
For more information on Haze, please visit www.hazegame.com.
| 04.30.2008 |