We Give The Gift of Coldplay
If you’re reading this, it probably means you aren’t in Denmark to see Coldplay headline the the Roskilde Festival this weekend either. Don’t be too bummed out though, there are lots of Coldplay treats for fans worldwide this weekend!
On Sunday, Coldplay are doing a live blog from backstage at the Roskilde Festival! They’ll be posting behind-the-scenes photo and video updates as they happen. Go to Coldplay.com to join in the fun! You can also enter to win a signed something-or-other from the band by simply sending your name and mailing address to competitions@coldplay.com.
Finally, Chris Martin and company must really be feeling the Christmas-in-July spirit because Coldplay are also offering a free download of their live EP, LeftRightLeftRightLeft. Get your very own here!
Marcy Playground Album Stream!
Tuesday, July 7th is when Marcy Playground’s new album Leaving Wonderland…In A Fit of Rage hits stores, but you can listen to it now in this awesome widget.
There are buttons built in to the widget making it easy for you to add the stream to your Facebook, MySpace or blog - make your page the place to hear advance music!
Spread some Joy - it’s FREE!
French electro-duo, Air, are celebrating the upcoming release of their fifth studio album, Love 2, by rewarding fans with a FREE download of their new track “Do The Joy.”
Visit aircheology.com, you can preview the track, send it to your friends, and register for your free download now!
Iron Maiden Flight 666 Contest
Metal fans rejoice! You know Scot McFayden and Sam Dunn’s film Iron Maiden: Flight 666, documenting the gods of the metal hierarchy as they fly around the globe in a 747 piloted by none other than Bruce Dickinson himself, playing 23 sold-out shows around the world in just over a month? Well, it’s now available on limited edition DVD and Blu-Ray, and Exclaim!, in partnership with EMI, is giving ‘em away! Head to exclaim.ca/contests and enter to win copies of each, along with a Flight 666 iPod skin, mounted movie poster and small-scale model of Dickinson’s aircraft!
Online Moby Goodness
Hey Moby fans, here’s a couple of great new online goodies for you to check out.
The first is a cool widget for your MySpace or Facebook page, you can grab it here.
The other is a free preview of Wait For Me, the brand new album from Moby, brought to you by The Leak over at MTV.ca.
Beastie Vids
Fresh off the ‘tube (YouTube, that is), check ch-check check check out these classic videos from the boys from NYC.
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Free Jet? You Bet!
Okay, terrible rhyming blog titles aside, here’s some great news for fans of Jet (or fans of free things). Head over to the InMusic MP3 Store to grab your free download of “She’s A Genius”, the newest single from Jet.
“Stampin’” Tom Connors
Stompin’ Tom Connors may be headed towards your mailbox this summer, located on the upper right corner of your mail. That’s right, a postage stamp in Tom’s honour, released as part of the “Canadian Recording Artists” series from Canada Post.
Here’s what Canada Post says about this particular release:
Beyond Canadian borders, when you hear a Stompin Tom record, you can’t wait to get back home. A staunch supporter of Canada, this singer-songwriter, fiddler and guitarist has spent most of his live capturing our heritage in song.
“I am delighted, humbled and overwhelmed at this wonderful recognition that Canada Post, and indeed all Canadians, have given me with this great honour.”
Before being discovered in Timmins, Ontario, Charles Thomas “Stompin’ Tom” Connors spent many years travelling across the country, working and writing songs along the way. Today, 300 songs and 50 albums into his career, Connors remains mindful and proud of his humble roots.
Flight 666 lands at No 1 …Globally!!
Following on from the hugely successful screening of Iron Maiden’s award-winning film Flight 666 in over 500 digital cinemas in 42 countries worldwide in April, the recent release of Flight 666 on DVD has secured another global triumph for the band by flying into the music DVD charts at Number One in 22 countries already, including Canada, the U.S. and the UK with many more charts yet to come in!
- In Canada it rocketed into the No.1 position outselling the No.2 DVD by over 6:1.
- In the U.S. it was not only the No 1 debut, but also the highest selling first week sales of any music DVD so far in 2009! This release closely followed the US TV Premiere of the movie on Palladia/ VH1 which was watched by over three million people, the highest viewing of a music documentary on the channel so far this year.
- In the UK first day’s sales were over twice the total combined sales of every other DVD in the Top 50!!
- In Sweden Flight 666 is currently at #1, #3 and #4 on Sweden’s leading online retailer Discshop chart with the deluxe, standard and Blu ray formats respectively!
- In Australia it not only debuted at No.1 but was certified Platinum within its second week of release.
- In India, as well as being the No.1 music DVD, it entered at #6 in the mainstream DVD Movie chart, placing it that week ahead of such international blockbusters as “Slumdog Millionaire” and many Bollywood movies!
- In Brazil, where 70% of the market is dominated by local repertoire, it debuted at No.3 in their National chart and is fully expected to reach No.1 by next week. It was a new entry at No.1 in Brazil’s International Chart.
- Once again No 1 in Arabia.
The countries in the five continents where Flight 666 flew in at No. 1 were Australia, Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil int, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan int, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the U.S. Elsewhere in the world it entered at No.2 in Spain and Portugal, and at No.3 in France and Hungary and 4 in Holland. With more charts still to come from many other Latin American territories who will release the DVD this week, well over 30 countries and expected to achieve No 1 for Flight 666.
And after four weeks of sales in Europe, Flight 666 is still holding strong at No.1 in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Norway and Italy, making this Iron Maiden’s most successful DVD release to date and proving yet again the unswerving, ever-growing support of Maiden fans young and old, from every corner of the globe, and the unstoppable resurgence of Heavy Metal. .
Flight 666 covers the first leg of Iron Maiden’s “Somewhere Back In Time Tour” which began Feb 2008 and encompassed 23 sold-out stadium and arena shows in Asia, Australia and North, Central and South America in just 45 days, covering 5 Continents and 13 countries, travelling almost 50,000 miles. All this made possible because of the unique method of travel; the band’s specially customized Boeing 757 plane, Piloted by Maiden vocalist and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson and christened Ed Force One by Maiden fans, the plane (CALL SIGN 666) carried band, crew and 12 tons of equipment across the globe for the most adventurous tour in rock history. Directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of award winning Banger Productions, (‘Metal; A Headbanger’s Journey’ and ‘Global Metal’) and shot in spectacular High-Definition with thunderous 5.1 surround sound, Flight 666 takes you right inside the Maiden family with almost total access to the band, something which they have never allowed before.
Flight 666 was released through EMI Music in Canada on June 9. It is available on deluxe double DVD with a special 28 page booklet, standard DVD, alongside a double-CD soundtrack album and extended Blu-ray, along with The Soundtrack in Double CD and a limited edition double-vinyl picture disc. Both DVD and Blu-Ray include bonus footage of the full concert shot of 16 songs shot in 16 different cities.
Iron Maiden are currently taking time off before getting together later in the year to start work on a new album planned for release in 2010.
Coldplay Calgary Show Reviews
Check out a couple of the reviews following Coldplay’s phenomenal arena show at the Saddledome in Calgary last night.
Calgary Herald
“Coldplay in Calgary hot from the get-go”
Read the review
Calgary Sun
“Coldplay lives up to reputation”
Read the review
