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The Dropkick Murphys, known for their complex distillation of classic punk rock, Celtic folk and American rock 'n roll, have captured the intensity and camaraderie of their annual Boston hometown St. Patrick's Day shows on Live on Lansdowne, Boston MA -- a CD and DVD set for release March 16, 2010 via the group's own Born & Bred Records (ILG). Live on Lansdowne features 20 fan favorites, and was recorded at seven Boston shows in March 2009. It will...

Guitar Hero (GH) is offering a great selection of new downloadable tracks to celebrate the new year. Fans can look forward to music by Vampire Weekend, Creedence Clearwater Revival, up-and-coming blues artists Tyler Bryant, Joe Bonamassa and Scott McKeon and metal bands Shadows Fall, Amon Amarth and Dethklok.

Brandon, Zach, Adam and best friend Keenan, known as The Architects, have barely slowed down from the Vans Warped Tour that ran this past summer.  They've already scheduled another one!  The Hard Way is the group's 4th album, drawn from songsmiths like Johny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Tom Petty, with inspiration from bands like The Clash, AC/DC and The Who. The Green 17 Tour will have the boys touring with Flogging Molly and Frank Turner beginning February 9,...

The Texas-based singer Jason Castro is touring the country beginning January 20, running through February, in support of his debut CD, scheduled to be released on Atlantic Records at the end of March. He is working with Grammy award-winning producer John Fields (Lifehouse, Switchfoot, Soul Asylum), and such acclaimed songwriters as Kara DioGuardi (Kelly Clarkson, Jewel, Santana), Martin Terefe (Jason Mraz, KT Tunstall), Sacha Skarbek (James Blunt, Jason Mraz), Guy Chambers (Robbie Williams) and Jason Reeves...

Three Days Grace will begin a co-headline tour with Breaking Benjamin in Peoria, IL on January 15 at the Peoria Civic Center.The band's most recent release, Life Starts Now, debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 charts, making it the highest debut ever for the band. They've sold over four million albums worldwide -- which is nothing to sneeze at. The Toronto-based rock band is comprised of Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums,...

Visceral Games, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, announced that the award-winning Dead Space franchise will continue to frighten gamers with its upcoming sequel, Dead Space 2. Hero Isaac Clarke returns for another heart-pounding adventure, taking the fight to the Necromorphs in this thrilling action-horror experience. New tools to gruesomely slice and dismember the Necromorphs complement Isaac's signature Plasma Cutter, empowering him as he meets new characters, explores epic Zero-G environments, and fights against a relentless...

Finally, Eureka for super heros! Syfy will be serving up 13 episodes of the supernatural drama series Haven, based on the novella The Colorado Kid, from author Stephen King. Haven will be the first show to be produced for Syfy Pay channels around the globe (excluding Canada and Scandinavia). Filming will most likely begin in early 2010, with an anticipated air date some time in 2010. "Haven is the quintessential Stephen King town, full of complex,...

Alice in Chains just released a trailer for their upcoming video, Your Decision. The clip features William DuVall, Mike Inez, Jerry Cantrell, and Sean Kinney dressed in suit and tie. The band teamed up once again with Director Stephen Schuster, who also did the video for the song "A Looking In View". The video premieres on iTunes December 1. "Your Decision" is the new single off of the hugely successful album, Black Gives Way To Blue,...

Wish you had that nice blu-ray version of your favorite film to go with your bright and shiny new Blu-ray DVD player? Well, now you might be able to trade up without a monstrous hole in your wallet. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group launched DVD2Blu.com, a site that allows consumers to upgrade the movies they already own on DVD to Blu-ray disc. Consumers can select from over 50 of Warner Home Video's most sought-after titles...

Iconic rock band Weezer is back with a new album, Raditude, in stores now. To celebrate this new release, Weezer is going to be performing a very special show at one very lucky college campus. Exactly which campus this show will take place at, however, is still yet to be determined. The T-Mobile Motorola CLIQ Challenge is a competition to see which college has what it takes to get Weezer to their campus. And it all...