I heard Seether’s Cover of Wham’s Careless Whispers a few weeks ago and then was reminded again about it by Musicgoat.com. I heard it again on the radio today and I don’t feel ashamed at all when I sing along to…Seether’s version. I probably heard this a thousand times coming from my sister’s room in the early 80’s. Seether make it, well, sound like Seether covering Aha. Is it better than the original? Well, I can’t really say that I liked the original, but this one works for me. This isn;t the best quality sound but it will give you the gist of it. You can find this single on iTunes and such. Enjoy.

Endless Hallway are streaming their new album Autonomy Games on Rapsody right now. Endless Hallway are currently on tour and will be on tour with Vast, starting on May 15th. Your dates after the fold.

I had a chance to check out Endless Hallway last week. Unfortunately I showed up way too early and couldn’t sit through the first three bands and left after the second song of the second band. I don’t remember the name of the band but all I could think of was the line from Sublime’s song Garden Grove, where he’s talking about why his “Soul is unsound” and says “Sittin’ Through a Shitty Band,”. I just couldn’t stick around and I might have missed a good show, considering that I’m not familiar with these guys so I can really say anything negative about them. Here are the tour dates.

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Braveword.com is reporting that EMI may be facing legal action from one of their most profitable assets. Pink Floyd, I’m not sure which members are actually representing the band, are taking legal action claiming that EMI is “Miscalculating” their royalty payments.

The unprecedented legal claim is a glimpse at the fraught relationship between EMI, under the ownership of Guy Hands’s Terra Firma, and some of the label’s leading acts. The new owner’s arrival in 2007 was blamed for the departure of acts such as Radiohead and Paul McCartney.

The report also goes on to say that the legal action may have come about due to royalty payment negotiations that have been ongoing for the last couple of years since Hand’s acquisition of the company.

As far as my opinion on this matter goes, the record company owes their bands royalties from record sales. Regardless of cutting costs, the bands that already get royalty checks are due their money. I feel that they’ll have to find other ways to cut costs instead of ripping off the artists anymore than they already are.

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Green Day have announce a summer tour in support of their upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown.

Reprise Records’ Grammy®Award winning rock band Green Day have announced that they will hit the road for their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years beginning July 3^rd in Seattle, WA. The first leg of the tour will cross North America through the summer and finish up with two shows in Los Angeles on August 26^th.

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British rockers The Pretender have been around for over 30 years and have released 9 studio Albums to include 2008’s Break Up The Concrete. Though various line-up changes and even deaths may have plagued the band throughout the years, they have persevered and continued on despite sometimes being referred to as a Pretenders tribute band. Original members Pete Farndon and James Honeyman-Scott, both died of unfortunate drug related causes within a year of each other. They aren’t the first and only band to endure these perils of rock and roll, but nonetheless chose to carry on doing what they love.

If there’s one thing that legendary Pretender’s front woman Chrissie Hynde swears by, it’s a good Fender Telecaster. Now’s your chance to enter to win this one of a kind autographed guitar from LP33.tv and the Pretenders. You can enter once a day, so the more you come back–the better your chances. The contest ends on May 13th.

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Souther rock legends, Lynyrd Skynyrd released their second album, Second Helping 35 years ago, yesterday. So how do you follow up a debut album with such amazing southern rock anthems as Simple Man, Free Bird and Tuesday’s gone? You release another album with more classic songs such as Swamp Music, Sweet Home Alabama, The Ballad Of Curtis Loew, Don’t Ask Me No Questions and Call Me The Breeze. See this was back in the 70’s when rock bands had to release albums with great songs instead of one single and an album full of filler.

Skynyrd didn’t establish themselves in the rock and roll world with glitz and glamour, they played songs that people could relate to. Bluesy, country rock that people loved and still love today. The Johnny Van Zant fronted version of Skynyrd will be on tour with Kid Rock this summer.

The Veer Union out of Canada are set to release their new album, Against The Grain on April 21st. The new single, Seasons, has been named the official theme song for the WWE Backlash Pay-per-view and is available in iTunes. They’ll be on tour with Hinder, Theory Of A Deadman and Blackstone Cherry. You can view their new e-card at the link below to learn more about the band.

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Green day will release a new video for the first single from their upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown. The video for Know Your Enemy will go live on MTV on April 24th. The video for Know Your Enemy was directed by Mathew Cullen and was shot in Los Angeles You can watch a behind the scene video after the fold and follow the links to view the lyrics from the album. 21st Century Breakdown will hit stores on May 15th. Behind the scenes video, tracklist and lyric links after the fold.

Read More - Green Day Post Lyrics To Their Entire New "21st Century Breakdown" Album

The Dave Mathews Band is set to release their new album entitled Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King on June 2nd. This will be the first album since the death of their Saxophone player LeRoi Moore, who died of complications from an ATV accident last August. The albums name GrooGrux King was Moore’s Nickname. It will also be the first album that guitarist Tim Reynolds has played on since 1998. The new album was produced by Rob Cavallo whom has also produced for Greenday, MCR and The Goo Goo Dolls. Dave Mathews, himself designed the entire new packaging of the album.

You can download the new single, Funny The Way It Is, from the new album free for one week at www.rcarecords.com/dmbfreedownload. The band will be on tour starting tonight (April 14th) at Madison Square Gardens and will continue on until the beginning of October. Check http://www.davematthewsband.com for full touring schedule. Below is a trailer/teaser of the new album.

Read More - Dave Mattews Offer Free Download Of new Single For One Week

Chickenfoot, the super-group that features Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Chad Smith is hitting the road for a handful of shows in May. I reported back in October that the band was recording and they have planned to release the album early this summer. Below are the confirmed dates as of right now.

• May 14 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA
• May 15 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
• May 17 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA
• May 19 - The Roxy Theatre - West Hollywood, CA
• May 22 - Park West - Chicago, IL
• May 24 - The Mod Club Theatre - Toronto, ON
• May 26 - Middle East Upstairs - Cambridge, MA
• May 28 - The Fillmore NY Irving Plaza - New York, NY
• May 29 - TLA - Philadelphia, PA

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