MySpace Music, the world’s premier music community, is excited to announce six exclusive album debuts within days of each other. MySpace users can find the highly anticipated albums from Eminem, Tori Amos, Lionel Richie, Busta Rhymes, Method Man & Redman, Kate Voegele and Phoenix available only on MySpace Music. Fans are able to stream the albums in their entirety days before they hit store shelves.

Eminem
The highly anticipated new album, ‘Relapse’ from hip hop artist Eminem made its official debut on MySpace Music on Friday, May 15. Additionally, tune into FOX’s Family Guy on Sunday, May 17, 2009 for more MySpace news pertaining to the hip hop star. Visit the official MySpace Music profile of Eminem to stream his entire album for free: Eminem MySpace

Tori Amos
Multiplatinum and Grammy nominated recording artist Tori Amos will premiere her brand new album titled ‘Abnormally Attracted to Sin’ exclusively on MySpace Music in the U.S. beginning on Saturday, May 16. Visit the official MySpace Music profile of Tori Amos to stream her entire album for free: Tori Amos MySpace

Lionel Richie
The new album from legendary artist Lionel Richie is currently available for free streaming exclusively on MySpace Music. ‘Just Go’ marks the singer’s ninth studio album. Check back to MySpace Music for more exciting news about the singer in the coming weeks. Visit the official MySpace Music profile of Lionel Richie to stream his entire album: Lionel Richie MySpace

Busta Rhymes
Grammy nominated rapper Busta Rhymes debuted his eighth studio album ‘Back on My B.S.’ exclusively on MySpace Music on Friday, May 15. To celebrate the release of his new album, Busta will also perform for his MySpace fans at a special MySpace Music The Release show on Monday, May 18 in New York City. Visit the official MySpace Music profile of Busta Rhymes to stream his entire album for free: Busta Rhymes.

Method Man and Redman
Hip Hop and rap duo Method Man and Redman are set to debut ‘Blackout 2′, the highly anticipated follow up to their platinum selling 1999 release ‘Blackout’, exclusively on MySpace Music beginning on Saturday, May 16. The duo will perform in a special MySpace Music The Release concert on Thursday, May 28 in Los Angeles. Visit the official MySpace Music profile of Method Man to stream their entire album for free: Method Man MySpace

Kate Voegele
Singer/songwriter Kate Voegele premiered her second full length studio album ‘A Fine Mess’ exclusively on MySpace Music. The singer is currently on tour and providing her MySpace fans with exclusive content. Visit the official MySpace Music profile of Kate Voegele, sponsored by University of Phoenix, to stream her entire album for free and to access exciting videos and blogs especially for her MySpace friends: Kate Voegele MySpace

Phoenix
French alternative rock band Phoenix will debut their new album ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’ exclusively on MySpace Music beginning on Monday, May 18. The band consists of Thomas Mars, Deck D’Arcy, Christian Mazzalai, and Laurent Brancowitz. Visit the official MySpace Music profile of Phoenix to stream their entire album for free: Phoenix MySpace

On March 3rd, 2009, legendary hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash releases ‘The Bridge’ on Adrenaline City Entertainment via Strut, his first high profile studio album since his final recordings for Elektra back in 1987.

Grandmaster Flash on amazon.com

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“As a DJ, I’ve been blessed to see many different people, places and styles. The album title represents all the bridges I’ve crossed worldwide,” explains Flash. “The bridges of time, cultures and colour, the bridges of hip hop, funk, pop, rock, jazz, punk, disco and R&B.”

Recorded at Flash’s own Adrenaline Lab studio in New York during 2007-2008, the over-riding theme of the album is the global language of hip hop. “Wherever I travel as a DJ, I see the incredible power of this artform,” Flash explains. “I am constantly amazed by it. That’s the line that runs through the album – we speak many languages and come from many cultures but, wherever I go in the world, there is one universal culture of hip hop.”

Based on this theme, Flash features the track “We Speak Hip Hop” as a centrepiece, bringing together a multi-national tag team consisting of four MCs rapping in their own languages. KASE-O (from Spanish crew Violadores Del Verso), MACCHO (from Ozrosaurus, Japan), ABASS (Senegal) and AFASI (from Afasi & Filthy, Sweden) trade verses for the first track of its kind. “I used one of my main battle breaks from back in the day for this one and I chose MCs who had the right flow,” continues Flash. “It wasn’t about finding the biggest names – some of the guys are known widely in their own country, some are more underground. It was more about the right chemistry. KRS ONE glues this one together with the main hook and the final verse.”

Throughout the album, Flash mixes up the flow and features some heavyweight guests and intriguing collaborations. Familiar faces appearing on the album include BUSTA RHYMES on the X-rated special, “Bounce Back”, A Tribe Called Quest frontman Q-TIP, alongside Will Smith collaborator KEL SPENCER and JUMZ on the poetic “Shine All Day” and SNOOP DOGG alongside mixtape hero RED CAFÉ and LYN CARTER on the bumpin’, mid-tempo swayer, “Swagger”.

The original hip hop teacher KRS-ONE imagines a world without hip hop on the hilarious and insightful “What If?” – “No Will Smith, no Queen Latifah / There’d only be tight jeans and black sneakers!”

BIG DADDY KANE gets funky with hot new female Philadelphia MC HEDONIS DA AMAZON on the steamy mid-tempo jam “When I Get There”; on “Those Chix”, Flash sets up an all-female soundclash between MTV favourite BYATA, HEDONIS DA AMAZON and electro queen PRINCESS SUPERSTAR for a Miami bass-style party joint; he presents his son, J-FLO on his debut recording alongside Def Jam MC LORDIKIM ALLAH and ALMIGHTY THOR on the raucous “I Got Sumtin’ To Say”; and Lost Boyz’ MR. CHEEKS teams up with old skool heroes GRANDMASTER CAZ of Cold Crush Brothers and TITO of Fearless Four swapping bars on “Can I Take You Higher”.

For all fans of his turntable work, Flash features two DJ tracks: “I have one called ‘Here Comes My DJ’ featuring DJ KOOL who barks out commands,” explains Flash. “Kool goes way back – he was by far the first to do that full volume party MC style. I also have a track with SUPERNAT called ‘Tribute To The Breakdancer’ which is a party break. It’s one for the floor and I read out a roll call of the real pioneers of the artform right at the start of the track. Some of those guys never get mentioned in the history books.”

“As well as making an album for hip hop fans, I want this release to set the record straight,” says Flash. “There’s still confusion about who I am and what I do. A lot of people still think that I’m an MC – I am a DJ and a producer. This album contains a lot of the elements from the many countries and cultures I have experienced from pop to underground, from alternative to mainstream.”

Grandmaster Flash is one of the undisputed pioneers of hip hop. He is recognized worldwide as the first DJ to make the turntables an instrument, famously developing his ‘Quick Mix Theory’ mix techniques during the ’70s which are now used by DJs the world over.

Through his fabled block parties and, later, live shows and releases with The Furious Five, Flash was responsible for recording the first live DJ mix to be committed to wax and for masterminding groundbreaking live sets that lifted the bar for hip hop. Through his work, hip hop was first taken seriously as a sustainable artform that could both pack a lyrical punch and pull audiences on a par with traditional mainstream rock and pop acts.

In June 2008, the autobiography ‘The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats’ was published by Random House, written by Flash himself and top author David Ritz. The book provides a valuable insight into Flash’s early years growing up in the Bronx and his personal experience at the advent of hip hop culture.

Flash was inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall Of Fame during 2007. He endorses and uses the Tractor Scratch digital vinyl system – “the analogue inventor has gone digital”.

Album:
Grandmaster Flash – The Bridge
Label: Adrenaline Entertainment / Strut
Release date: March 3rd, 2009
www.strut-records.com

‘The Bridge’ Track Listing:

1. INTRO
2. SHINE ALL DAY feat. Q-Tip, Kel Spencer & Jumz
3. WE SPEAK HIP HOP feat. KRS One, Afasi, Kase-O, Maccho & Abass
4. HERE COMES MY DJ feat. DJ Kool & DJ Demo
5. BOUNCE BACK feat. Busta Rhymes
6. SWAGGER feat. Red Café, Snoop Dogg & Lyn Carter
7. WHAT IF feat. KRS-One
8. INTERLUDE
9. TRIBUTE TO THE BREAKDANCER feat. Supernat
10. CAN I TAKE YOU HIGHER feat. Mr Cheeks, Grandmaster Caz & Tito
11. GROWN & SEXY feat. Lordikim Allah
12. WHEN I GET THERE feat. Big Daddy Kane & Hedonis Da Amazon
13. INTERLUDE
14. I GOT SUMTHIN’ TO SAY feat. Lord Ikim Allah, J-Flo & Almighty Thor
15. UNPREDICTABLE feat. Syndee & Big Daddy Kane
16. THOSE CHIX feat. Byata, Princess Superstar & Hedonis Da Amazon
17. BRONX BOMBERS feat. Lordikim Allah, Almighty Thor & Mann Child
18. OUTRO
19. OH MAN (Intro)
20. OH MAN feat. Syndee & Natacha Atlas

Grandmaster Flash Official Website

After a triumphant summer of festivals and four spectacular dates with R.E.M., the perpetually inventive Guillemots return this Autumn with an ambitious national tour.

Beautifully fusing film and music in sixteen of the of the UK’s most intriguing alternative venues, November’s ‘Fishbone For A Drink’ tour confirms Guillemots’ reputation as pop’s true trailblazers.

As well as theatres and concert halls, the Brit and Mercury-nominated quartet will perform in a Cornish cave, Lancaster’s main public library and a converted cinema right in the heart of Edinburgh – a unique program of events such as only Guillemots could offer.

Fyfe said, “We want to get to places that are off the usual touring circuit that’s reeled out, and really mix around the type of venues we’re at each night. It makes it more fun for us and audiences too. And the set will be different as well. We’ll definitely be trying out something we’ve never played live before.”

The ‘Fishbone For A Drink’ tour also reunites the band with film events company Future Shorts. Building on their successful re-scoring of David Lynch’s ‘Eraserhead’ at this year’s Latitude Festival, each show will commence with a selection of short films re-scored live by the band – adding an entirely new audiovisual dimension to the Guillemots live experience.

These unmissable November dates are preceded by a colourful new double A-side single, “Kriss Kross” / “Clarion”, released September 22nd, 2008 on Polydor. Available as digital download and strictly limited edition numbered vinyl, the single brings together two of the stand-out tracks from the band’s inspired second album ‘Red’.

Led by Fyfe Dangerfield and featuring the talents of Magrao, Aristazabal Hawkes and Greig Stewart, Guillemots are one of the most inventive voices in UK pop.

In addition to their full UK tour, the band headline Orange Rockcorps alongside Busta Rhymes later this month.

Guillemots November 2008 tour dates and booking information:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

Fri 7th BIRMINGHAM, Custard Factory * gigbeth.com 0844 8883883
Sat 8th BATH, Pavilion Theatre * seetickets.com 01225 330 304
Sun 9th YORK, The Duchess * ticketweb.co.uk 08700 600 100
Tue 11th INVERNESS, Eden Court gigsinscotland.com 0844 499 9990
Wed 12th MIDDLESBROUGH, Empire * seetickets.com 08700 600 100
Thu 13th EDINBURGH, Picture House gigsinscotland.com 0844 499 9990
Sat 15th LANCASTER, Lancaster Library seetickets.com 01524 580712
Sun 16th SHEFFIELD, Plug the-plug.com 0114 241 3040
Mon 17th BRADFORD, St Georges Hall seetickets.com 01274 432 000
Wed 19th LISKEARD, Carnglaze Caverns * seetickets.com 0871 2200260
Thu 20th FALMOUTH, Princess Pavilion * seetickets.com 0871 2200260
Fri 21st PORTSMOUTH, Pyramids Centre seetickets.com 023 9282 4355
Sat 22nd BRIGHTON, St Georges ** ticketweb.co.uk 01273 606312
Mon 24th DERBY, Assembly Rooms * seetickets.com 01332 255 800
Tue 25th CAMBRIDGE, Junction livenation.co.uk 01223 511511
Wed 26th LONDON, Barbican *** barbican.org.uk 0845 120 7536

Tickets Onsale Thursday 18th September 9am
£14 unless otherwise stated. *£15; **£16.50, *** £13/£18/£22.50

For music, videos and more information, go to:

Guillemots Official Website