November 24, 2008

Quick Cuts - Kanye, The Killers Online Preview, 'Chinese Democracy' Breaks Myspace Records, and More!

By News Desk

Fall Out Boy Bassist Becomes A Father

Many congratulations to Fall Out Boy's bassist Pete Wentz, who welcomed a baby boy, Bronz Mowgli Wentz, with wife Ashlee Simpson-Wentz last week.

The full happy report here.


Kanye West and The Killers Preview Latest Albums Online

Kanye fans out there, listen up. The wait for his new album might just be over.

The rap superstar has put up his entire album 808s and Heartbreak online days before the scheduled official release later this week. The songs can be found streaming from his Myspace page.

Another band following suit is The Killers, who have previewed their latest album Day & Age, also on their Myspace page.


Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Breaks Myspace Records

The online release of Guns N' Roses' highly anticipated new album saw a phenomenal number of listeners visit the site.

Chinese Democracy was released days ago on their Myspace has attracted the largest amount of listeners ever for an album launch on the site to date. A day after the release, 3 million plays had been received, averaging a whopping 25 listens per second.

The latest Guns N' Roses album has taken 14 years to produce but does not feature guitar legend Slash.


Travis Barker Sues After Plane Crash

Drummer Travis Barker has retaliated against the airline company that he feels was responsible for the infamous crash in September.

Check that out here.


T.I. Testifies In Murder Trial Of Philant Johnson

Rapper T.I. was in court last week, testifying in the murder trial of his best friend, Philant Johnson.

Full details on that here.