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Red Hot Chili Peppers Announce USA Tour Dates

MUSIC NEWS- The Red Hot Chili Peppers will launch the North American portion of their I'm With You World Tour in January 2012. Tickets for the first round of six shows go on sale on December 3 (see below for itinerary) with additional shows and ticket on-sale news to be announced in the coming weeks. The 2012 arena tour will be the band's first full-scale tour of the USA since 2007 when they hit the road to support 2006's Stadium Arcadium.  The band is currently touring Europe through mid-December .

FLAMING LIPS Announce NEW YEAR'S FREAKOUT 5

MUSIC NEWS - As Wayne Coyne tweeted earlier today, THE FLAMING LIPS have announced they will perform two shows to celebrate the New Year at the Bricktown Events Center in Oklahoma City, OK on December 31 and January 1, 2012. The band promises to pull out all the stops with MORE of everything! More confetti, more balloons, massive volume, and maximum weirdness for its NEW YEAR'S FREAKOUT 5, which also features very special guests YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND. Tickets go on sale today, Friday Nov 25th, and are priced at $100 per night or available at a special package price of $150 for both nights. 

Rolling Stone Names Best Guitarist- EVER !

MUSIC NEWS - Legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix has been named the greatest guitar player of all time today by Rolling Stone magazine and tops their list of guitarists that was compiled by music experts and top guitar players.

"Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be: He manipulated the guitar, the whammy bar, the studio and the stage," said Grammy-winning guitarist Tom Morello in the magazine's upcoming issue, citing Hendrix's "Purple Haze" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" as key tracks. Hendrix tops the Top 10 listed that includes Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend (full list below).

 

The panel was recruited to vote for their favorite guitar players includes musicians like Lenny Kravitz, Eddie Van Halen (who was named #8), Brian May and Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), along with a group of Rolling Stone's senior writers and editors. The experts also weighed in on their top picks, with Pearl Jam's Mike McCready saying Eddie Van Halen is the "a master of riffs" and Joe Perry praised Jimmy Page's "vision of how to transcend the stereotypes of what the guitar can do."

The full list will be featured in a special issue of RS with four special covers of Van Halen, Clapton, Hendrix and Page, and will be on newsstands and online this Friday.

Rolling Stone's top 10 greatest guitarists follow:

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. Eric Clapton

3. Jimmy Page

4. Keith Richards

5. Jeff Beck

6. B.B. King

7. Chuck Berry

8. Eddie Van Halen

9. Duane Allman

10. Pete Townshend

As with all lists of this type there's room for discussion. So, do you agreee? Who do you feel should be on the list?

HEARTLESS BASTARDS Ink Partisan Records Deal, Announce "Arrow"

MUSIC NEWS - Partisan Records came to us with news that they have signed Austin's Heartless Bastards. Partisian already has indie luminaries Deer Tick, Dolorean and Middle Brother, among many others, so Heartless Bastards is a great addition to the artist-friendly, Brooklyn-based label.

 

The band's new record, Arrow, is due to be released on February 14, 2012. Arrow was produced by Spoon drummer and co-producer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi home studio in Austin. Said to be filled with confidence and creativity, Arrow sees Heartless Bastards pushing their distinctive sound forward with their most eclectic, energetic collection thus far.  Marked as ever by singer/guitarist/songwriter Erika Wennerstrom's voice; at turns primal and pleading, heartfelt and heroi, it expertly captures the Austin, Texas-based band's multi-dimensional rock in all its strength and spirit.

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Announces Ghostory

MUSIC NEWS-  School Of Seven Bells have announced news of with their third release, Ghostory, out February 28 on Vagrant Records/Ghostly International. The anticipated album finds the band’s lineup has evolved along with their music.  Formerly a trio, they are now a duo: guitarist/producer Benjamin Curtis and vocalist Alejandra Deheza.

Recorded in-between tours, Ghostory is said to exemplify a fervent progression of School of Seven Bells (SVIIB) growth as artists, preserving the common themes found on their last two releases but exposing them in different fashions. The familiar ethereal and enigmatic tones are omnipresent, surrounded by layers of influences from ‘80s pop, shoegaze and ambient electronic sounds. However, Ghostory comes with a story in mind; the tale of a young girl named Lafaye and the ghosts that surround her life.

Scott Weiland's New Christmas Album Releases

MUSIC NEWS - Two-time Grammy winner Scott Weiland just debuted his new, retro-inspired video for “Winter Wonderland," which has him channeling the signature sound that Bing Crosby brought to the song nearly 50 years ago. The song is the first release from Weiland's new Christmas album The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.