The soundtrack for Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 1, curated by Lorde, has been revealed!

Already back in July it was announced that Lorde would be the curator of the soundtrack for the new Hunger Games movie ‘Mockingjay Part 1’, and Monday night the tracklist was revealed by iTunes.

The tracklist consists of 14 songs including songs from CHVRCHES, Tove Lo, Charli XCX, Raury and The Chemical Brothers.

Lorde herself will be featured in 4 songs including Stromae’s “Meltdown” and Kanye West’s remix of her own “Yellow Flicker Beat“, which was the first song from the soundtrack to be released (September 29).

Here’s what the full tracklist looks like:

1. Stromae – Meltdown (feat. Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip & Haim)
2. Chvrches – Dead Air
3. Tove Lo – Scream My Name
4. Charli XCX – Kingdom (feat. Simon le Bon)
5. Various Artists – Track 5
6. Raury – Lost Souls
7. Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat
8. Tinashé – The Leap
9. Bat For Lashes – Plan the Escape
10. Grace Jones – Original Beast
11. Lorde – Flicker (Kanye West Rework)
12. XOV – Animal
13. The Chemical Brothers – This Is Not a Game (feat. Miguel)
14. Lorde – Ladder Song

“Ladder Song” will be a cover of Bright Eyes’ original.

With the release of “Yellow Flicker Beat“, the first-revealed song from the soundtrack, Lorde wrote: “it’s my first offering from what i hope will be a soundtrack you love. it’s my attempt at getting inside her head, katniss’. i hope you like it.”

Here’s what the artwork for the soundtrack looks like:

Director, Francis Lawrence have also talked about Lorde in an interview, saying: “Her immense talent and keen understanding of Mockingjay’s characters and themes not only have enabled her to create a song of her own that completely captures the film’s essence, but her insight and passion for our project make her the perfect creative force to assemble the other songs on our soundtrack.”

The full soundtrack will be released on November 17, which is just four days before the premiere of the movie on November 21.

Listen to “This Is Not A Game (feat. Miguel)” – the newest revealing from the soundtrack here:

Watch the trailer for the movie here:

Coldplay announce new live DVD ‘Ghost Stories Live 2014’!

Following the release of their fifth studio album, Ghost Stories, which was released earlier this year, the band have now released a live DVD from their tour this year.

The DVD will feature live-footage of the bands concert in the amphitheater at Sony Studios in Los Angeles in March filmed by Paul Dugdale, who also filmed their live DVD in 2012 for their Mylo Xyloto tour.

About the show, the frontman, Chris Martin said: “The ‘Ghost Stories’ show at Sony Studios was a very special moment for our band. The magic theatre built by our incredible crew with the 360 [degree] screens was literally a dream come true. And it was the first time anyone outside of our studio had heard the new songs. This film is basically our original vision for the ‘Ghost Stories’ album.”

Here’s the album cover:

The release also features a CD with audio recordings of their shows in London, Sydney, Paris, Cologne, New York and Los Angeles between April and June.

Ghost Stories went to the top of the iTunes sales in around 100 countries, when it was released in May 2014.

Watch the trailer for the DVD here:

The DVD which will be Coldplay’s fifth live album will be released on November 24.

Both the DVD and the CD will feature the full tracklist from their studio album.

DVD:
Ghost Stories Live 2014
1. Always In My Head
2. Magic
3. Ink
4. True Love
5. Midnight
6. Another’s Arms
7. Oceans
8. A Sky Full Of Stars
9. O

Music videos:
1. Midnight
2. Magic (Extended Director’s Cut)
3. A Sky Full Of Stars
4. True Love
5. Ink (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
6. All Your Friends
7. Ghost Story
8. Always In My Head (Artwork Animation)

Alternate Live Takes:
1. Always In My Head
2. Oceans

CD:
1. Always In My Head (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London)
2. Magic (Live at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney)
3. Ink (Live at Le Casino de Paris, Paris)
4. True Love (Live at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney)
5. Midnight (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London)
6. Another’s Arms (Live at the Beacon Theatre, New York)
7. Oceans (Live at E-Werk, Cologne)
8. A Sky Full Of Stars (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London)
9. O (Live at Royce Hall, Los Angeles)

Sam Smith announces North American Tour in 2015!

In addition to his ‘In The Lonely Hour Tour’, Sam Smith just announced a new tour in North America in 2015.

Back in May the british pop singer Sam Smith released his debut album In The Lonely Hour, which has been at the top of the charts in a lot of countries. He’s currently touring UK, but will make it to US in January 2015.

Here are the dates:

09.01.15 – Atlanta @ Fox Theatre
10.01.15 – Nashville @ Grand Ole Opry House
12.01.15 – Washington DC @ Patriot Center
13.01.15 – Philadelphia @ The Liacouras Center
15.01.15 – New York @ Madison Square Garden
17.01.15 – Boston @ Agganis Arena
19.01.15 – Montreal @ Bell Centre
20.01.15 – Toronto @ Bell Centre
22.01.15 – Detroit @ Masonic Temple
23.01.15 – Chicago @ UIC Pavilion
24.01.15 – Saint Paul @ Roy Wilkins Auditorium
26.01.15 – Denver @ 1st Bank Center
30.01.15 – Los Angeles @ The Forum
31.01.15 – San Francisco @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
02.02.15 – Seattle @ KeyArena
04.02.15 – Vancouver @ Rogers Arena

Sam Smith will also return to Europe in March 2015 as well as New Zealand and Australia.

Listen to ‘Stay With Me‘ here:

Angels and Airwaves frontman Tom DeLonge reveals new song ‘Paralyzed’ on Rolling Stone!

It’s been around two years, since we last heard from Angels and Airwaves, but today, October 6, the frontman Tom DeLonge revealed the track ‘Paralyzed‘ from their upcoming album ‘The Dream Walker’ in a phone-call with Rolling Stone.

This is what DeLonge said about the song: “Lyrically, the song is about sleep paralysis. I think we needed something that would turn heads and ignite a fan base of post-hardcore punk-rock kids that might still be lingering there from my earlier years.”.

The Dream Walker has been made by one question: “How do we do something that is a left turn from what people know of Angels and Airwaves?”. DeLonge explains, that they “needed something that would turn heads and ignite a fan base of post-hardcore punk-rock kids that might still be lingering there from my earlier years.”

The lead singer also revealed, that there’s another song on the album called ‘Tunnels‘, which was made in memory of his dad, who passed away earlier this year. After getting the call about his death and coming back from the hospital, he wrote the chorus for the song, which is about the doubt of gods existence. Musically he describes it as “a little Motown or it sounds folky but anthemic.”

On October 1, the band posted a photo from the recording process on Instagram with the caption: “Decisions decisions decisions @tomdelonge #angelsandairwaves #tomdelonge”.

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The Dream Walker will be released on October 31. On the same day, DeLonge’s label, To The Stars, will begin to release some of the music videos, animations, comic books, a novel and feature film from the multimedia project Poet Anderson: The Dreamwalker.

Source: Rolling Stone

Lorde releases new song ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Soundtrack!

Today, September 29, Lorde released the first track for the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1. 

On July 31st, Lorde was announced to be the curator of the soundtrack, following her contribution with ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World, which was a part of the soundtrack for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. 

‘Yellow Flicker Beat‘ was just released as the first song from the soundtrack, and was made by herself. On Tumblr, she made a post, where she described the song with: “it’s my first offering from what i hope will be a soundtrack you love. it’s my attempt at getting inside her head, katniss’. i hope you like it.”

Here’s the artwork:

Earlier this week she also teased a part of the lyrics, “and the scars that mark my body, they’re silver and gold. My blood is a flood of rubies, precious stones”, by writing it on two photos she posted on her social media accounts.

Director, Francis Lawrence talked about Lorde in an interview saying: “Her immense talent and keen understanding of Mockingjay’s characters and themes not only have enabled her to create a song of her own that completely captures the film’s essence, but her insight and passion for our project make her the perfect creative force to assemble the other songs on our soundtrack.”

The full soundtrack will be released on November 18, which is just three days before the movie premiere (November 21).

Lorde also recently topped Billboards ’21 Under 21′ list with 5 Seconds Of Summer and Justin Bieber as the second and third.

Listen to ‘Yellow Flicker Beat‘ here:

Sam Smith announces new tour in 2015!

Today, 8 September, Sam Smith announced a new tour around the world, which will begin in 2015. 

The british pop/soul singer Sam Smith just announced that he will be touring again in 2015, where he will be visiting Europe, UK, Australia and New Zealand. The tour will begin in 1 March in Brussels and will end in May in Perth, Australia. 

Sam Smith just went to number #1 on the charts again with his album ‘In The Lonely Hour‘, after the british rock duo Royal Blood claimed it. 

Anyways, here are the tour dates:

01/03 – Forest National @ Brussels, Belgium
02/03 – Heineken Music Hall @ Amsterdam, Netherlands
04/03 – Kesselhaus @ Munich, Germany
05/03 – Palladium @ Cologne, Germany
07/03 – Capitol @ Offenbach, Germany
09/03 – Alcatraz Club @ Milan, Italy
10/03 – X-Tra @ Zurich, Switzerland
16/03 – O2 Academy @ Glasgow, UK
17/03 – O2 Academy @ Glasgow, UK
19/03 – O2 Apollo @ Manchester, UK
20/03 – O2 Apollo @ Manchester, UK
22/03 – Civic Hall @ Wolverhampton, UK
23/03 – Civic Hall @ Wolverhampton, UK
25/03 – O2 Academy Brixton @ London, UK
26/03 – O2 Academy Brixton @ London, UK
23/04 – Vector Arena @ Auckland, New Zealand
25/04 – Riverstage @ Brisbane, Australia
27/04 – Hordern Pavillion @ Sydney, Australia
30/04 – Margaret Court Arena @ Melbourne, Australia
01/05 – AEC Theatre @ Adelaide, Australia
04/05 – HBF Stadium @ Perth, Australia

Meanwhile Sam Smith will visit iTunes Festival tomorrow, 9 September, and then go to the US before heading back to Europe later this year.

Listen to ‘I’m Not The Only One‘: 

Maroon 5 announces upcoming world tour!

Today, 2 September, Maroon 5 announced that they will play a lot of concert around the world on their upcoming world tour in 2015. The tour will begin in February and end in June with more than 35 concerts included. The first half of the tour will include dates in US, and the second half in Europe. Maroon 5 released their fifth album entitled ‘V‘ last week as follow-up on their successful album ‘Overexposed‘ with monster hit ‘Moves Like Jagger‘ and ‘Payphone‘. Also the second single, ‘Animals‘, from the new album, was also released recently. You can find all the tour dates on their website. The ticket sale will begin on 13 September with pre-sale on 8 September. The band will also play at the iTunes Festival on September 11 as well as Matthew Koma and Nick Gardner on the same date. Listen to ‘Animals‘ here:

Prince announces two new albums and single ‘Clouds’!

Today, 25 August, the legendary disco singer, Prince, announced two new albums.

The first album ‘Art Official Age’, which will be his 37th solo album, will be released on 26 September. The album will contain songs like his new single ‘Clouds‘ and previously released single ‘Breakdown‘. The second album he will release this year is called ‘PLECTRUM-ELECTRUM’. This will be released with his band 3rdEyeGirl as a collaborative album. 

The tracklist for ‘Art Official Age’ is as following:

01. Art Official Cage
02. Clouds
03. Breakdown
04. The Gold Standard
05. U Know Prince
06. Breakfast Can Wait
07. This Could Be Us
08. What It Feels Like
09. affirmation I & II
10. Way Back Home
11. FunkNRoll
12. Time
13. affirmation III

Here’s the artwork for ‘Art Official Age’:

The second album he will release this year is called ‘PLECTRUM-ELECTRUM’. This will be released with his band 3rdEyeGirl as a collaborative album. 

Another exciting thing for Prince fans was revealed in June, when Prince announced that he would re-sign with his earlier record label Warner Bros Records after a break of 18 years. Song like ‘Purple Rain‘ was released through Warner Bros Records.

Listen to ‘Clouds‘ here:

Gavin DeGraw announces new single ‘Fire’ and album ‘Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw’!

Today, 12 August, the american singer Gavin DeGraw released his new single ‘Fire‘, as well as he announced his best of album ‘Finest Hour: The Best of Gavin DeGraw’, which is set to be released on 7 October. The tracklist and album artwork hasn’t been revealed yet. Fire artwork: He recently released another new song called ‘You Got Me‘, which was made for the movie Dolphin Tale 2. Gavin DeGraw is meanwhile on tour around US in August and will come to Europe in September. Check his website for more information. Listen to ‘Fire‘: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbbYPqgSe-M

Lorde to curate soundtrack for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’!

After gaining loads of success with her song ‘Royals‘, Lorde announced yesterday, 31 July, that she will curate the soundtrack for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1‘, as well as singing the lead single, which is set to be released this Fall. On her facebook page she wrote: “i am so pleased and proud to have been announced the sole curator of the soundtrack for the next hunger games instalment, MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (!!!) i also wrote the first single off the soundtrack. currently jumping up and down on my hotel room bed — i can’t wait to share more of this project with you. lots of love.” She also contributed to soundtrack for the second movie ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire‘ with her song ‘Everybody Wants To Rule the World‘. Other artists like Coldplay, Imagine Dragons and Ellie Goulding also showed up on the soundtrack. Lorde has also announced that she has begun writing material for her next album, which will be “totally different” from her first album in both writing and musical style.