Hedley Announce “Hello World” Tour

Oct 29, 2015

Juno Award winners and multiplatinum chart-toppers Hedley announce their coast-to-coast 2016 Canadian arena tour in support of their sixth studio album, Hello. Joining Hedley on the 28 dates across the country will be very special guest Carly Rae Jepsen, and Francesco Yates. Tickets will go on sale in all markets on Friday, November 6. Complete tour listing below, and local on sale times are listed here. Check the band’s website October 30 for presale details.

Once again featuring a state-of-the-art stage production, the 2016 tour will be Hedley’s most impressive show to date, with staging elements that will bring the band closer to the fans than ever before. “Playing live is who we are, and going on tour is the ultimate way for us to interact with our fans,” comments frontman and creative force Jacob Hoggard on the upcoming tour. “We’re about to unveil the most spectacular tour we’ve ever embarked upon. We can’t wait to connect with each and every one of our fans, in person…and to pull some pretty amazing tricks out of our sleeves. We have amazing fans and we can’t wait to share this with them.”

Having sold close to 500,000 tickets in Canadian arenas since 2010, Hedley have quickly and quietly become one of the most successful touring acts in the country. In 2013 alone, the Wild Life tour sold 150,000 tickets across Canada.

Hedley have produced five consecutive multiplatinum albums to date – Hedley (2005), Famous Last Words (2007), The Show Must Go (2009), Storms (2011), Wild Life (2013) – explosive hit radio singles, multiple Juno and MMVA trophies and almost a million albums sold. In 2015, they continue along this path of pop music supremacy with the release of their sixth studio album, Hello. The album sees frontman Jacob Hoggard with writing, producing and creative direction credits, and features classic Hedley pop gems along with adventurous new sounds, proving that Hedley are back and ready to once again conquer radio airwaves & arenas coast to coast. The hit single and title track “Hello” is taking over the airwaves as the number one most added pop track at radio three weeks in a row.

Supporting Hedley on the Hello World Tour is multi-platinum GRAMMY® nominated artist Carly Rae Jepsen, whose infectious “Call Me Maybe” was one of the biggest hits in the world in 2012. Returning to the charts in 2015, Carly Rae’s latest album E·MO·TION features the hit singles “I Really Like You” and “Run Away With Me”. Rounding out the incomparable pop lineup, Francesco Yates is only 20 years old but his debut single “Better to Be Loved” has already rocketed him into stardom, and was quickly followed by the swoony ballad “Call”.

VIP packages are available now at hedleyvip.com. The packages include exclusive merchandise, a meet and greet with the band, and for the first time ever, an intimate one song acoustic performance at the meet and greet. VIP package holders will also be entered to win one of ten mysterious and very exclusive “Golden Tickets”. Check the site for details.

HEDLEY HELLO WORLD 2016 TOUR DATES
With special guests Carly Rae Jepsen and Francesco Yates
07-Apr-16 St. John’s, NF Mile One Centre
08-Apr-16 St. John’s, NF Mile One Centre
11-Apr-16 Moncton, NB Moncton Coliseum
12-Apr-16 Halifax, NS Scotiabank Centre
14-Apr-16 Kingston, ON Rogers K-Rock Centre
15-Apr-16 Peterborough, ON Peterborough Memorial Centre
16-Apr-16 Hamilton, ON FirstOntario Centre
18-Apr-16 Barrie, ON Barrie Molson Centre
19-Apr-16 Oshawa, ON General Motors Centre
20-Apr-16 London, ON Budweiser Gardens
22-Apr-16 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
23-Apr-16 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
24-Apr-16 Sudbury, ON Sudbury Arena
26-Apr-16 Windsor, ON WFCU Centre
27-Apr-16 Kitchener, ON Kitchener Memorial Auditorium
29-Apr-16 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
5-May-16 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
6-May-16 Regina, SK Brandt Centre
7-May-16 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
9-May-16 Medicine Hat, AB Canalta Centre
10-May-16 Lethbridge, AB ENMAX Centre
12-May-16 Dawson Creek, BC EnCana Event Centre
13-May-16 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
14-May-16 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
16-May-16 Prince George, BC CN Centre
17-May-16 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
19-May-16 Victoria, BC Save On Foods Memorial Centre
20-May-16 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena

Billy Gibbons, Slash, and Lemmy on the importance of Marshall Amps

Oct 28, 2015

The Marshall Amp is one of the most recognized amplifiers in the world, especially the deep, ‘crunch’ sound. Billy Gibbons, Slash, and Lemmy, among many others discuss how Marshall changed their sound and their perspective on Rock and Roll.

https://youtu.be/V-mjK0bZpHg

Listen To Keith Richards Pick His Desert Island Discs

Oct 28, 2015

This week, The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards appeared on BBC’s long-running ‘Desert Island Discs’ show, picking his eight records to ‘take to a desert island.’

Richards, no surprise, went deep into his record collection, and picked:

Chuck Berry – Wee Wee Hours (1955)
Hank Williams – You Win Again (1952)
Aaron Neville – My True Story (2013)
Etta James – Sugar On The Floor (1978)
Freddie Scott – Are You Lonely For Me (1966)
Gregory Isaacs – Extra Classic (1977)
Nigel Kennedy and the English Chamber Orchestra – Spring from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons (1989)
Little Walter – Key To The Highway (1958)

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/the-rolling-stones/89297#ps0W1Ycy3viktDqh.99

Inside Out Emotions React To Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer

Oct 28, 2015

Disney advertises two of their movies at once. This is synergy at it’s best.

IKEA created plush toys from kid’s designs, and you’ll want them all (and it’s for charity, too)

Oct 28, 2015

This year, IKEA, makers of a lot of stuff in your house, decided to invite children to design the new Soft Toys For Education 2015. From IKEA stores all over the world, we received thousands of funny, original and inspiring drawings. Out of all these, they have selected ten lucky winners, who will become a limited collection for the Soft Toys for Education campaign in 2015, launching in November. Each toy purchase will donate €1 toward children’s education projects via Unicef and Save the Children.

Eminem on his workout plan: “I need someone on the TV yelling to motivate me”

Oct 28, 2015

“When I got out of rehab, I needed to lose weight, but I also needed to figure out a way to function sober. Unless I was blitzed out of my mind, I had trouble sleeping. So I started running. It gave me a natural endorphin high, but it also helped me sleep, so it was perfect. It’s easy to understand how people replace addiction with exercise. One addiction for another but one that’s good for them. I got an addict’s brain, and when it came to running, I think I got a little carried away. I became a fucking hamster. Seventeen miles a day on a treadmill. I would get up in the morning, and before I went to the studio, I would run eight and a half miles in about an hour. Then I’d come home and run another eight and a half. I started getting OCD about the calories, making sure I burned 2,000 every day. In the end, I got down to about 149 pounds. I ran to the point where I started to get injured. All the constant pounding from the running began to tear up my hip flexors.

“So when I was starting to dial back on the treadmill, I tried out some of those workout DVDs you do at home. One of the first ones was Shaun T’s Insanity workout. I know a lot of these DVD guys are wacky, but I’m alone in my gym; I need someone on the TV yelling to motivate me. Besides, some of this shit is entertaining.”

Read Eminem’s feature interview in Men’s Journal here.

These 9 Photos Of A Record Party Will Make You Wish You Were Invited

Oct 28, 2015

Ah, Record Store Day is coming up. It’s hard not to feel weighed down by the past glories of vinyl, and here are 9 great photos of a record party you wish you could have attended.

Beatles records, box marked Dec 64-march 65 35mm

Via

Chris Martin’s Isolated Vocals From Coldplay’s Yellow, Viva La Vida, The Scientist, Fix You and Clocks

Oct 28, 2015

Given the way Coldplay’s career has unfolded, it’s easy to see their pop gift with no real obstacles were in the way towards world domination, except lead singer Chris Martin’s constantly shifting mind wanting to be the biggest band in the world, and hiding from all the attention given.

In December 2014, Spotify named Coldplay the most-streamed band in the world for 2014, and third most-streamed artist behind only Ed Sheeran and Eminem. At that same time, Martin announced in an interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 that Coldplay are in the middle of working on their seventh studio album which will be called A Head Full of Dreams, hinting at the style of the album by saying that the band was trying to make something colourful and uplifting, yet not bombast. He also stated that it will be something to “shuffle your feet” to.

While we’re waiting, here are the best isolated vocals to keep you warm this week.

Yellow:
https://youtu.be/AMf2BxWqh0c

Viva La Vida:
https://youtu.be/Ew4A-0vaab8

The Scientist:
https://youtu.be/GKIya1SaPd8

Fix You:
https://youtu.be/4WdQsfmOgQc

Clocks:
https://youtu.be/navImqPTuNs

Social Media gurus Jay Baer, Jeff Bullas, Mark Schaefer, Neal Schaffer and Scott Stratten discuss how social listening will help your brand

Oct 28, 2015

The insights and data essential to your brand’s success are on social media – you just have to listen for them. But with so many voices on social, who should you listen to…and how?

Drive real results and thrive in today’s marketing world with advice from five top social media marketing minds. Cision’s new e-book by Jay Baer, Jeff Bullas, Mark Schaefer, Neal Schaffer and Scott Stratten will show you how to listen to and leverage the social musings of your most important audiences, including generate business by finding leads on social, finding opportunities for improvement through customer complaints and how to stay a step ahead the competition by understanding their secrets. You’ll also read on how to extend your reach by identifying top industry influencers, and how to boost your brand reputation with the help of employees.

You can download the free e-book here.

Obama Honors US Women’s Soccer Team, Calling Them “Badass” Like A Boss

Oct 28, 2015

President Barack Obama honored the U. S. women’s soccer team at a White House ceremony, saying their 2015 World Cup victory inspired the whole country. And they “taught all America’s children that playing like a girl means you’re a badass.”

Love.