KATY PERRY'S "I KISSED A GIRL" IS THE MOST BUZZED ABOUT HIT OF THE SUMMER!
June 9, 2008 - Hollywood, CA - "I Kissed a Girl," which songwriter Katy Perry says is "about the magical beauty of a woman," is currently the No. 1 best-selling pop track on iTunes (& the #2 best-selling track overall on iTunes) and the #1 most-downloaded iTunes Ringtone. It is also the No. 1 most-requested song at multiple Top 40 stations nationwide, including New York's Z100 but also at Modern Rock stations like Los Angeles' KROQ."
Recently, MySpace launched an exclusive album premiere for One of the Boys and within one week, close to half a million people had logged on for a listen to the album. Aside from "I Kissed a Girl", other notable tracks include "Thinking of You", which was recently heard on MTV's The Hills and "Hot N Cold," a track that Blender Magazine calls a "spunky climate-controlled kiss-off."
The sexy, eye-popping video for "I Kissed A Girl", shot by Kinga Burza (Kate Nash, The Thrills), premiered on MySpace on May 21st and racked up more than 2 million views within two weeks - making it the site's second-highest ranking premiere ever. The clip is already sizzling on VH1 (in large rotation), MTV Hits, Fuse and Music Choice, and has been featured on the Fuse network's Steven's Untitled Rock Show and Logo's "New Now Next" music-video series. MTV will introduce the video this Thursday on TRL during their "Spankin' New Music Week."
"I Kissed a Girl," which was produced by in-demand hitmaker Dr. Luke (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne), is the lead-off single from Katy's debut album, One of the Boys, which will be released by Capitol Records on June 17th. A witty, pop-rock gem that showcases Katy's sharp, candid lyrics, big voice, and feisty, girl-power swagger, as well as her appealing vulnerability, One of the Boys is the full-length follow-up to her debut digital EP, Ur So Gay (available on iTunes since last November), which has already earned the 23-year-old Santa Barbara, CA, native a legion of devoted fans. Those fans include the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna, who recently gave Katy shout-outs on two morning radio shows, calling "Ur So Gay" her "favorite song."
Three days after One of the Boys is released, Katy Perry will kick-off this summer's Vans Warped Tour, appearing on the Hurley.com Stage for the tour's entire coast-to-coast run from June 20th to August 17th, 2008. You can also catch the raven-haired dynamo on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless. The episode, airing June 12th, features Katy as herself doing a photo shoot for the cover of Restless Style magazine (soon to be available at www.restlessstyle.com). Other upcoming television includes two appearances on TRL, one on June 12th for MTV's "Spankin' New Music Week," and one on June 16th with Katy-booster Perez Hilton. Katy will also perform "I Kissed a Girl" on Spike TV's Guy's Choice Awards, which airs on June 22nd.
For more on music's new "It Girl," including photos, streaming video, and Katy's blog, visit her official website www.katyperry.com or MySpace page www.myspace.com/katyperry.
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EXTREME ANNOUNCE FIRST NEW ALBUM IN THIRTEEN YEARS
(June 9, 2008) New York, NY – This summer, EXTREME will release Saudades de Rock (pronounced "sow-dodge"), their first studio album in thirteen years which will coincide with their first world tour in over twelve years. Saudades de Rock will be released on August 12th on Open E Records and distributed by Fontana.
The iconic rock foursome - vocalist Gary Cherone, guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, bassist Pat Badger and new drummer Kevin Figueiredo – recorded their fifth studio offering at NRG Studios in Los Angeles with Bettencourt at the helm as producer and mixer. Saudades de Rock boasts 13 tracks, including the infectious roar of "Star," the groove-laden, swagger of "King", a raw funk rock anthem called "Learn To Love", and the expressive ballad "Ghost."
"'Saudades' was always a beautiful word to me," Bettencourt explains about the Portuguese album moniker. "It expresses a longing; an underlying sadness for something or someone that's been missing in your life, and never quite sure if it will ever return. In this case, for us, it's Rock and Roll. Saudades de Rock."
Gary Cherone adds, "I like how it expresses that longing we've been feeling to play for our fans and be together again."
The multi-platinum, Boston-bred band's 2008 'TAKE US ALIVE' world tour gets underway on July 29th at The Chance in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. and will be anchored by a hometown gig two days later at the Bank of America Pavilion. In advance of the tour, Extreme will be a co-headliner on July 11th at the five day Rocklahoma Festival in Pryor, OK.
To date, the Grammy-nominated EXTREME has released four albums, plus a greatest hits set—selling over 10 million records worldwide. On the strength of multiple world tours, they also achieved a #1 hit single, "More Than Words"—from their 1990 multi-platinum album Extreme II: Pornograffitti—on the Billboard Hot 100, which they followed with the Top Five "Hole Hearted." Although these two acoustic hits brought the band great mainstream success, it overshadowed the band's trademark sound: a mix of hard rock funk in the spirit and style of their predecessors Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Queen and Van Halen—fueled by BETTENCOURT's signature guitar flights and CHERONE's resonant vocals—and matched with a social consciousness in their lyrics.
OPEN E RECORDS is a new label that is distributed by Fontana. A portion of Open E Records profits will be donated to Music Drives Us, a foundation created as a way to support music in New England. The Foundation also gives scholarship money for individuals who desire to continue their musical education. www.musicdrivesus.com.
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SICK PUPPIES JOIN SEETHER FOR SUMMER TOUR
NEW YORK - Concert fans seeking a healthy dose of punchy, melodic, and painfully, liberatingly honest modern rock this summer will find it onstage with SICK PUPPIES, the RMR / Virgin Records debut trio, who will join Seether on a month of national tour dates this summer.
The new single "What Are You Looking For," taken from Dressed Up As Life, the Australian band's North American debut album, is off to a fast start, ranking as the second-most-added track at modern and alternative rock radio stations nationally.
In a reminder of the way that the massively-popular homemade video of "All the Same" ignited a worldwide viral wave of interest in SICK PUPPIES, the band is launching a "make-a-video" contest on their official on-line home pages (URLs below). The contest winner will receive a signed electric guitar, an iPod Touch, and a Sick Puppies prize pack, including band merchandise, and a meet-and-greet opportunity at a future show date.
In recent times, SICK PUPPIES (Shimon Moore, guitar and vocals, Emma Anzai, bass, Mark Goodwin, drums) completed a two-month headline tour, and a series of gigs supporting Evanescence, Deftones, Velvet Revolver, Chris Cornell, Flyleaf, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven.
SICK PUPPIES was originally formed in their hometown high school, in Sydney, Australia. They relocated to Los Angeles in search of a record deal after earning immediate praise as "Best Live Act" at the Australian Live Music Awards, and "the most dynamic new band in the country" (Rolling Stone Australia), among other enthusiastic notices.
Made as a personal gesture of sympathy to Juan Mann, whose offer of "Free Hugs" in a Sydney (Australia) mall became an international cause celebre, a video starring Mann, set to the Sick Puppies song "All the Same," unexpectedly caught fire, eventually generating 27 million YouTube views. The band signed to RMR/Virgin Records and completed their first album in a process described by Anzai as "grueling, but character building." Vocalist/songwriter Moore adds: "I think the songwriters who really connect with people are the ones who are willing to release their deepest, darkest secrets…regardless of how embarrassing or frightening it might be. And I think when you give in to that, it can be very liberating."
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