This year is the five-year mark since North Carolina rapper J. Cole‘s breakthrough mixtape The Warm Up dropped. He’s escalated quickly in fame since then, working alongside modern greats like Eminem, Justin Timberlake, and Kendrick Lamar. To honor the anniversary of that release, J. Cole stopped by Sway last weekend to shoot a 30-minute special of […]
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J. Cole Shares Heartfelt Letter About ‘The Warm Up’ Turning Five, “Lights Please” Music Video, Tour Dates
June 16th, 2014 
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Taking Back Sunday Post Message to Fans
January 15th, 2014 Rebecca Docter The band announced yesterday that it would be releasing a follow-up to 2011’s self titled, and today brings a message from the band to its fans. In the love note, the Long Island boys declare their excitement for the upcoming Happiness Is; they also briefly describe the recording process for the record. Happiness Is will hit shelves […]
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Joe Trohman Blogs About Fan Expectations
June 25th, 2013 James Shotwell Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman has written a new blog addressing the expectations fan set for bands beyond delivering great performances. Rarely one to make headlines with his thoughts, the latest blog from Trohman is a well-written piece that examines what he perceives as an ongoing problem while simultaneously trying to relate to those […]
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Kevin Devine Updates Fans On Kickstarter Success
January 16th, 2013 Grant Trimboli Kevin Devine has updated his fans on the huge success of his recent Kickstarter pledge. Devine is planning to record, release and tour the next two records. His seventh album (solo with Rob Schnapf producing) and album number eight (GDB with Jesse Lacey producing). Read what he has to say below and get ready for […]
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WATCH: Chiodos Teach Fans How To Dance “Gangnam Style”
November 1st, 2012 James Shotwell Psy’s crossover hit “Gangnam Style” has gone from meme to Billboard hit and now it’s infiltrating the world of alternative rock with a new video uploaded to Chiodos’ official YouTube account this morning. In the clip, Craig Owens and crew teach a group of fans who attended a recent meet and greet to dance “Gangnam […]
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4Chan Members Fabricate Justin Bieber Cancer Scare; Fans Shave Heads To Show Support
October 26th, 2012 James Shotwell Well played, 4Chan. The internet’s deepest rabbit hole of filth and violence has again made headlines for doing something quasi-good. Last night, a group of users from the popular image-based message board devised a campaign around the notion that Justin Bieber had developed cancer and was forced to shave his head. The pranksters covered their […]
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Tool Guitarist Adam Jones Tells Fans To Relax
July 20th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Tool’s Adam Jones is not exactly thrilled at the fact that tons of fans keep asking him if their new album is close to being done. Below are two quotes from the artist’s Facebook politely telling us all that Tool plan on releasing this material when it is ready, from the band’s standpoint. Would you […]
Tony Iommi Updates Fans On Cancer Treatment
March 27th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi has released his first statement since being diagnosed with lymphoma, back in January, and can be read by simply looking below. The type of cancer treatment he is going through is brutal on the human body but we hope Tony recovers and makes it back to the stage soon. UTG […]
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Say Anything Defines “Anarchy” For Fans
February 25th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Say Anything frontman Max Bemis decided to write an entire essay on his definition of what “Anarchy” means to him. This is in reference to the band’s upcoming record, Anarchy, My Dear, that has an official release date March 13 of through Equal Vision Records. Read a snippet from the essay right here and the […]
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Tyga Fans Riot In San Diego
January 17th, 2012 Grant Trimboli 1,200 angry fans rioted after rapper Tyga failed to appear at his January 6 show, at the World Beat Center, in San Diego, CA. Tyga apparently did not think of mentioning to the ticket-holders that he would be late and people went on destroying everything from floors, walls and much more. He is now permanently […]
Tyler “Telle” Smith Updates Fans On The Word Alive
January 6th, 2012 Grant Trimboli Tyler “Telle” Smith and The Word Alive crew have had an action-packed 2011, full of extreme ups and downs, and are looking to continue making great tunes this year. Telle took some time to compose his thoughts and update fans on the writing process for TWA’s upcoming release. He discusses the heartache of losing loved […]
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Person L Update Fans On Status
January 3rd, 2012 Grant Trimboli We didn’t hear much from Person L in 2011 and the band has decided to break their silence. They wrote an update for fans recently, explaining what each member did throughout both 2010 and 2011. Some updates included new musical projects and other ventures. You can check out the official update by clicking past the […]