Sola Rosa’s Andrew Spraggon has been forced to rest up ahead of the release of new single Promise. “I had a [hand] injury years ago when we were playing at Splore, which progressively got worse over time, and eventually needed an operation which I had last year,” Spraggon says
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My Chemical Romance is over
The chemistry is over: rock outfit My Chemical Romance has disbanded.
Album review: House on Fire – Jeff Healey Band
HOUSE ON FIRE Jeff Healey Band (Shock) If you were around at the time, probably the most enduring memory of blind Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey was his small part role as Cody the leader of the house band in the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie Road House.
Review: Glen Hansard in Auckland
Glen Hansard March 13 – Auckland Town Hall “He’s the one from that movie.
Darkness, Joan Jett tour cancelled
The upcoming Auckland show featuring The Darkness and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts has been cancelled due to illness of
Do Belly Blankets Protect Unborn Babies from Radiation?
I’m seven and a half months pregnant, and I’m a wireless-gadget addict. So for the past two weeks I’ve been testing out new products called Belly Armor, which promise to protect my baby from 99% of nonionizing radiation from mobile products, such as my iPhone and iPad
How to Make More Egypts — and Fewer Iraqs
It was a beautiful, sun-splashed Cairo morning, and a brass band was playing in Tahrir Square. The musicians, about two dozen in all, wore driven-snow white trousers and red military jackets with gold tassels
In Britain, a Pop Star and a Politician Fuel Debates over Freedom of Speech
There’s usually not much common ground between a boy band singer and a far-right politician who would like to ban Muslim immigrants from his country. But in Britain this week, both have been at the center of fierce debates over freedom of speech.
Report: Boyzone member dies in Spain
Singer Stephen Gately, a member of the Irish band Boyzone, died Saturday while vacationing on the Spanish island of Majorca, the group’s Web site said Sunday.
Zooey Deschanel gets married
Five hundred days of summer — plus one day of marriage.