Red Elvises & other: August 2008

Friday, 22 August 2008

Murs Campaigns For Presidential Seat With Tour & New Album

Los Angeles rapper Murs will be embarking on a two month national tour called the "Murs For President" tour to support his major label debut album of the same name.

Murs' term of enlistment will launch in San Francisco on October seventh and will conclude on December eleventh in Los Angeles.

Prior to hitting the road, Murs will do and share in activities at� the Democratic National Convention in Denver on August twenty-third to August 29th.

Murs For President, the album, hits shelves on September 30th via Warner Bros Records.

Following are Murs' tour dates:

10/7/2008�� The Independent�� San Francisco
10/8/2008�� Tonic�� Reno
10/9/2008�� WOW Hall�� Eugene
10/10/2008�� Hawthorne Theatre�� Portland
10/11/2008�� Nectar��&nb

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10/12/2008�� The Other Side�� Missoula
10/14/2008�� Nutty's�� Sioux Falls
10/15/2008�� The Waiting Room�� Omaha
10/16/2008�� Vaudeville Mews�� Des Moines
10/17/2008�� 7th Street Entry�� Minneapolis
10/20/2008�� High Noon Saloon�� Madison
10/21/2008�� The Abbey�� Chicago
10/22/2008�� Blind Pig�� Ann Arbor
10/23/2008�� The Basement�� Columbus
10/24/2008�� Beachland Ballroom�� Cleveland
10/25/2008�� Shadow Lounge�� Pittsburgh
10/28/2008�� Paradise Rock Club�� Cambridge
10/29/2008�� Bowery Ballroom�� New York
10/31/2008�� North Star Bar�� Philadelphia
11/1/2008�� Rock and Roll Hotel�� Washington DC
11/2/2008�� Bedrock�� Baltimore
11/3/2008�� Cat's Cradle�� Carrboro
11/5/2008�� Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall�� Charlotte
11/6/2008�� New Brookland Tavern�� Columbia
11/7/2008�� Mercy Lounge�� Nashville
11/8/2008�� Masquerade - Hell Stage�� Atlanta
11/10/2008�� Cafe 11�� St. Augustine
11/11/2008�� Churchill's Pub�� Miami
11/13/2008�� Platform 809�� Tallahassee
11/15/2008�� Common Grounds�� Gainesville
11/17/2008�� One Eyed Jacks�� New Orleans
11/18/2008�� Emo's�� Austin
11/19/2008�� Hailey's�� Denton
11/21/2008�� The Record Bar�� Kansas City
11/22/2008�� Fox Theatre�� Boulder
12/11/2008�� El Rey Theatre�� Los Angeles

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Tuesday, 12 August 2008

Obtest

Artist: Obtest

   Genre(s):
Metal
   Metal: Pagan

Discography:

Is Kartos I Karta

Year: 2005
Tracks: 8

Auka Seniems Dievams

Year: 2001
Tracks: 10

997

Year: 1998
Tracks: 3

Pries Adura

Year: 1995
Tracks: 5

Oldness Comming

Year: 1995
Tracks: 3

Path Of Golconda

Wednesday, 6 August 2008

Dizzee Rascal chalks up fourth week at Number One

Dizzee Rascal's collaboration with Calvin Harris and Chrome has secured the Number One touch for the fourth week running tonight (July 27).

'Dance Wiv Me' held off competition from Kid Rock's 'All Summer Long', which rose to second position this week.

Other artists riding high in the singles chart included The Ting Tings, at Number Six with 'Shut Up And Let Me Go' and at Number 13 with 'That's Not My Name', and Noah And The Whale, at Number 14 with '5 Years Time'.

Coldplay return to the Number One bit in the album chart, with 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends' driving lowest week's chart-topper, Basshunter's 'Now You're Gone � The Album', into the Number Two position.

Primal Scream's new album 'Beautiful Future' enters the graph at Number Nine, patch CSS' second album 'Donkey' is a new submission at Number 32.

The Top 10 Singles are:

1. Dizzee Rascal Ft. Calvin Harris And Chrome � 'Dance Wiv Me'
2. Kid Rock � 'All Summer Long'
3. Jordin Sparks Ft. Chris Brown � 'No Air'
4. Ne-Yo � 'Closer'
5. Basshunter � 'All I Ever Wanted'
6. The Ting Tings � 'Shut Up And Let Me Go'
7. Gabriella Cilmi � 'Sweet About Me'
8. Ironik � 'Stay With Me'
9. Rihanna � 'Take A Bow'
10. Madonna � 'Give It 2 Me'