Black Holes and Revelations, the latest studio album from Muse, has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, having shipping 500,000 units. It is the British rock trio’s second gold album in the U.S., following 2003’s Absolution, which was certified gold last year. Both albums have also recently been certified gold in Canada.
Metallica has won this year’s “Inspiration” Award, given by British hard-rock weekly magazine, Kerrang!. The band were present at the ceremony in London on August 21st to receive the award, which “honors the band that is still setting the standard by which all heavy metal bands aspire to.”
A7X won "Best Album" at the Kerrang! Awards in London on August 21st for their self-titled, self-produced album.
American Bang starts its fall tour tomorrow, August 15 in Knoxville, TN.
Visit www.americanbangrock.com for more tour dates and info.
Hey folks...
I just wanted to pass along the news that my album is coming out digitally TODAY via Warner Bros Records! It's my first record on a major label and I'm beyond excited about it. And since you've all been so amazing on the road so far, we also added a bunch of new tour dates this August/September. I'll be winding along the old road again with Tyrone Wells so come out and sing with us...or dance...or stand however you please.. ;)
Have fun and be loved...
-j.
New Tour Dates!!! I’ll be playing the following cities w/ Tyrone Wells:
8/28 - Café Du Nord - San Francisco, CA 8/30 - Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA 9/3 - Aladdin Theatre - Portland, WA 9/5 - Velour - Provo, UT 9/7 - B-side Lounge - Boulder, CO 9/9 - Walnut Room - Denver, CO 9/11 - Santa Fe Brewing Company - Santa Fe, NM 9/12 - Clubhouse - Tempe, AZ 9/13 - The Glass House - Pomona, CA 9/14 - SOMA - San Diego, CA 9/25 - Club Congress - Tuscon, AZ
Hope to see you out there..!!
(photo credit: Jill Augusto)
Click to see Jason acoustically perform "You In A Song" from his new album "The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (And Other Frightening Tales)."
Get ready to rock!
10/21 Glendale, AZ Jobing Arena with Down
10/23 Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum with Down
10/25 Kansas City, MO Spring Center with Down
10/26 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena with Down
11/1 Portland, OR Rose Quarter with Down
11/3 Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena with Down
11/4 Denver, CO Pepsi Center with Down
11/6 Omaha, NE Qwest Center with Down
11/8 Moline, IL iWireless Center with Down
11/9 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center with Down
11/17 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center with Down
11/18 Tulsa, OK BOK Center with Down
11/20 Houston, TX Toyota Center with Down
11/22 Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena with Down
11/23 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena with Down
12/1 Seattle, WA Key Arena with Lamb Of God
12/2 Vancouver, BC GM Place with Lamb Of God
12/4 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome with Lamb Of God
12/7 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place with Lamb Of God
12/12 Ontario, CA Citizens Bank Arena with Lamb Of God
12/13 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center with Lamb Of God
12/15 San Diego, CA Cox Arena with Lamb Of God
12/17 Los Angeles, CA The Forum with Lamb Of God
Join Taking Back Sunday at www.takingbacksunday.com or www.myspace.com/takingbacksunday on August 12th @6pm EST for a live video broadcast with your favorite five band members. TBS have partnered with Ustream to set up a place on their websites to go whenever the band wants to hop online and say hello. TBS can’t wait to fill you in on everything that is going on in the studio as they work on songs for their new album.
The band has been known to be slightly funny in the past so you should probably watch.
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