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Activision Publishing/RedOctane's latest entry into the world of music based video games expands on the concept of their flagship brand, Guitar Hero, and brings the club scene to your gaming console with DJ Hero, the latest title

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/29/babelgum_launches_global_premiere_of_gor_1 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 115951@http://www.starpulse.com/news Babelgum announced today that Ceri Levy's Bananaz, about virtual cartoon band Gorillaz, has been selected to screen on the new, Flash-driven Babelgum website as the first ever global, on-line

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/30/the_good_the_bad_aamp_the_queen_may_retu Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:30:00 EST Entertainment News 85910@http://www.starpulse.com/news Damon Albarn has given hope to fans of his supergroup, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a week after bandmate Paul Simonon revealed they had split.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/05/fascinating_facts_144 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 70156@http://www.starpulse.com/news Leighton Meester has dismissed speculation she's dating her Gossip Girl co-star Chace Crawford, insisting they're just "really happy people." While Meester admits the pair shares "the same views on life", she insists they are not romantically involved.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/29/grammy_award_winners_to_host_my_night_at Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:07:49 EST Entertainment News 69442@http://www.starpulse.com/news Two-time Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge, five-time Grammy Award winner Faith Hill and nine-time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys will host "My Night At The Grammys,"

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/26/now_that_s_what_i_call_music_vol_26_and_ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:29:44 EST Entertainment News 68967@http://www.starpulse.com/news The world's best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That's What I Call Music!, will ring in the holiday season with the November 13 release of two scorching collections of today's hottest tunes.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/08/gorillaz_d_sides_set_for_release_novembe_20 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:50:50 EST Entertainment News 67192@http://www.starpulse.com/news D-Sides, an assortment of B-sides from Gorillaz multi-platinum second album Demon Days, early demos and previously unreleased tracks compiled together for the first time, has been confirmed for a November 20 U.S. release on Virgin Records.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/10/blur_confirm_reunion Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:26:08 EST Entertainment News 59311@http://www.starpulse.com/news Blur are reuniting with guitarist Graham Coxon next month, five years after the guitarist left the band. Coxon parted on bad terms with the group in 2002, while Blur were recording the album Think Tank.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/12/pet_shop_boys_to_release_concert_dvd_cub Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:35:25 EST Entertainment News 51356@http://www.starpulse.com/news Burbank, Ca - Pet Shop Boys: Cubism In Concert -- A glittering 27-track live performance DVD will be released in the U.S. by Rhino Entertainment July 24. A true Pet Shop Boys celebration of pop, the concert was filmed in High Definition on November 14th, 2006, in Mexico City at the Auditorio Nacional.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/02/standing_ovation_for_damon_albarn_s_oper Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:06:17 EST Entertainment News 49660@http://www.starpulse.com/news Damon Albarn's opening night fears were laid to rest on Thursday when his circus opera was met with a standing ovation. The former Blur star's self-penned work Monkey: A Journey To The West premiered in Manchester, England last week, and Albarn was terrified the ambitious show would be a disaster.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/28/damon_albarn_terrified_by_opera_debut Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:21:40 EST Entertainment News 49258@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former Blur star Damon Albarn is so terrified by the debut performance of his self-penned opera, he's been having nightmares about the opening night. The singer, whose opera Monkey: A Journey To The West premieres in Manchester, England on Thursday, is worried the show will be a disaster.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/27/gorillaz_team_and_chinese_director_set_t Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:20:44 EST Entertainment News 49183@http://www.starpulse.com/news LONDON (AP) - Director Chen Shizheng found the hero of his latest opera while groping in the darkness. It was the height of the Cultural Revolution in China and when shots rang out in the streets, Chen, then an 8-year-old boy, would often hide under his bed. It was there that he accidentally discovered a lacquer jewelry box stashed beneath the floorboards.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/18/update_gorillaz_had_nothing_to_do_with_v Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:50:50 EST Entertainment News 47667@http://www.starpulse.com/news Cartoon band Gorillaz are shocked by false claims they are releasing a range of vibrators. A report last week alleged the band have teamed up with adult company Jimmyjane to create the sex toys - but the project is the brainchild of Gorillaz co-founder, artist Jamie Hewlett, and nothing to do with the band itself.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/18/gorillaz_to_be_immortalized_as_vibrators Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:02:24 EST Entertainment News 47536@http://www.starpulse.com/news Virtual band Gorillaz are appealing to their older, female fans by releasing a range of vibrators. Artist Jamie Hewlett - who created the band with Blur frontman Damon Albarn - has created the sex toys with adult company Jimmy Jane.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/05/blur_to_reform Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:54:41 EST Entertainment News 45493@http://www.starpulse.com/news British guitar band Blur are reportedly 'reforming', and are expected to start recording new material in November. The famed band, who had hits in the 90s with Parklife and Song 2, have never officially split but haven't made an album since 2003s Think Tank.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/11/damon_albarn_hates_first_aamp_fourth_blu Fri, 11 May 2007 13:24:28 EST Entertainment News 42159@http://www.starpulse.com/news Blur frontman Damon Albarn is amazed the band became British pop legends - because their first two albums are "awful." With rivals Oasis, hitmakers ruled the UK charts in the 1990s, but Albarn insists he hates 1991 LP Leisure and 1995's The Great Escape.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/11/pink_floyd_s_fractured_tribute_to_syd_ba Fri, 11 May 2007 13:05:39 EST Entertainment News 42139@http://www.starpulse.com/news Feuding former Pink Floyd band mates Roger Waters and David Gilmour failed to reunite for a tribute to the late Syd Barrett in London last night. The pair - whose famous rift caused the band to split in the 1980s - both took to the stage at the concert at the capital's Barbican Center, but performed separately.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/20/gorillaz_to_go_separate_ways_after_film Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:31:47 EST Entertainment News 38999@http://www.starpulse.com/news Grammy-winning animated rockers Gorillaz will quit after appearing in a movie, to be directed by Terry Gilliam and scored by frontman Damon Albarn. Albarn has confirmed Gorillaz have released their last ever album and will go their separate ways when the film is released.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/02/damon_albarn_writes_music_for_opera Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:33:16 EST Entertainment News 32528@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gorillaz and Blur star Damon Albarn is writing the score for an opera called "Monkey: A Journey To The West." The British singer-songwriter has urged fans to buy tickets for the show, insisting it will open their eyes to a side of the arts that may never have interested them before.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/07/notable_quotables_37 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:00:00 EST Entertainment News 25308@http://www.starpulse.com/news "I want to be the first black woman to win an Oscar, a Grammy and a Tony." Beyonce Knowles is an ambitious all-rounder. "We are experienced warriors. Grown men. We are not spotty 17-year-old kids any more who have nothing to show apart from their desire to make noise, let alone experience."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/07/gorillaz_damon_albarn_still_angry_over_9 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 14:30:00 EST Entertainment News 25305@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gorillaz' Damon Albarn has blasted former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, branding his antics during Michael Jackson's performance at the 1996 Brit Awards "disturbing". Jackson was performing Earth Song at the awards ceremony surrounded by worshipping children when the Common People hitmaker famously invaded the stage to protest against his "Christ-like" poses - but Albarn thinks he went too far.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/05/hot_british_aamp_international_pop_for_2007 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:58:59 EST Entertainment News 25219@http://www.starpulse.com/news 2006 was packed with fresh talent. New artists like Corinne Bailey Rae, The Arctic Monkeys and The Feeling stormed the UK, as well as the international music scene, bringing with them new sounds and never-before seen achievements.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/31/2006_year_in_music_pt_2 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24637@http://www.starpulse.com/news ...In April, Billy Corgan announced that Smashing Pumpkins will reunite and begin recording a new album... Rihanna released her sophomore disc, Unfaithful, featuring the single S.O.S., which includes a sample of Soft Cell's Tainted Love... and Cee-Lo and DangerMouse's collaboration, Gnarls Barkley took the U.S. by storm, as their hit single Crazy stormed the charts and took off as one of 2006's most popular tunes.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/02/gorillaz_autobiography_hits_stores_today Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:09:54 EST Entertainment News 20393@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gorillaz, the multi-platinum phenomenon that the Guinness Book of World Records named the "World's Most Successful Virtual Band," release their official autobiography today. "Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre" features 296 pages of full-color illustrations detailing the band members' lives.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/27/angels_aamp_airwaves_wins_woodie_of_the_ Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:42:34 EST Entertainment News 19857@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former Blink-182 star Tom Delonge's new band Angels & Airwaves was the toast of the annual Woodie Awards in New York Wednesday night after claiming the event's top prize. The group claimed the Woodie of The Year award at the event, held to honor college students' favorite emerging artists and music.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/20/damon_albarn_s_new_supergroup_the_good_t Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:09:18 EST Entertainment News 19316@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Good, The Bad and The Queen is a new project featuring Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz), Paul Simonon (The Clash), Tony Allen (Fela Kuti/Africa 70) and Simon Tong (The Verve). The first seeds of the endeavor can be traced back to 2002, when Damon Albarn first worked with Tony Allen. Two years later Tony and Simon Tong (The Verve) would join Damon at Aphrodisia studios in Lagos for two weeks of recording.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/20/gorillaz_release_new_dvd_autobiography_e Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:08:57 EST Entertainment News 19315@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gorillaz have confirmed U.S. release dates for Four more components of the world-conquering Demon Days multi-media experience. First up: This Halloween sees the release of the Phase Two - Slowboat to Hades DVD. Following up the fantastically successful Phase One - Celebrity Takedown DVD companion to Gorillaz' self-titled 2001 debut, Slowboat to Hades rounds up the Demon Days era's award-winning videos, hi-tech performances, inventive animated shorts, acceptance speeches and more.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/10/19/check_out_latino_pop_superstars_rbd_s_tu Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:37:38 EST Entertainment News 19199@http://www.starpulse.com/news "Tu Amor," the first single released to U.S. radio by Virgin Records international pop phenomenon RBD, is proving itself to be a mainstream smash -- in a matter of days, not weeks.

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