Dane Cook fanatics will get to watch the ISolated INcident comedy tour finale Saturday Feb. 6 via a Pay-Per-View webcast for $5.00.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- After the release of their next album (Sting in the Tail, release date: March 23rd, Universal Music Enterprises) and a three-year mammoth tour, which will take them across five continents, one of the most successful rock bands in the world, SCORPIONS, will be ending their career. The band broke the news on their website on Sunday.

The Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival will feature KORN and Rob Zombie beginning July 10 in San Bernardino, CA. The tour will hit 24 cities in the U.S. and Canada and feature Lamb of God and Five Finger Death Punch on the main stage. More than 600,000 rockaholics flock to the festival every year.

Without a doubt, Korn fanatics will be happy to see the band as they return to the road in support of their 9th studio album titled, Remember Who You Are. Pairing the tour with the album release, Jonathan Davis says the band has never been tighter. "It's the perfect mix," says Davis, "and Mayhem is the perfect place to set it off. We can't wait for the fans to hear it!"

Same goes for Rob Zombie fans who will get to welcome Rob as he returns to the stage after a 10 year hiatus. "It's been over a decade since my last tour with Korn, so this pairing is long overdue. Mayhem will be one amazingly destructive way to spend the summer. " Rob is preparing for the debut of his album titled, Hellbilly Delux 2, which will be released on Feb. 2.

Who Else is Performing?
The Jagermeister stage will feature Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Winds of Plague and the Jagermeister Battle of the Bands Winner. On the second stage: Atreyu, Norma Jean, In this Moment and 3 Inches of Blood.

The tour will also feature Metal Mulisha, a motocross team featuring death-defying motorcycle stunts, along with Beacher's Madhouse, a costume party combined with a variety of acts, beautiful dancers and scantily clad women.

For those interested in attending the rock-fest, presale tickets go on sale April 2 and tickets go on sale to the general public on April 16th at Livenation.com For more information, visit www.mayhemfest.com 

Beatles fans will now be able to distinguish their "Inner Beatle" with a new book titled, Beatleology: A Magical Mystery Tour to Discover Your Inner Beatle by Adam and Roger Jaquette. Comprised from a collection of personality tests, Beatlemaniacs can find out whether they match the iconic personalities of John, Paul, George or Ringo.

Beatleology is geared to be the new astrology. Fans will learn how each Beatle influences personalities and how it's shaping their lives. Readers will be able to pinpoint their inner Beatle with questions like:

Are you creative, contemplating and charming, with a slight tendency towards insanity? John is your inner Beatle.

Are you energetic and optimistic, with a highly competitive disposition? You might be a Paul.

Are you spiritual and reserved, but often jealous of others? You're a George at heart.

Are you social and loyal, but lacking patience? You're probably a Ringo.

A DAY TO REMEMBER will be on the road this Spring touring North America on the “Tour Sick” tour. Label mates Silverstein and special guests August Burns Red and Enter Shikari will also be performing. Veara and Go Radio will play on select dates.

Full list of dates are as follows:
3/31 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
4/1 Tampa, FL @ The Ritz

Japan’s Polysics will be in the U.S. for a headline tour in support of their new CD titled, Absolute POLYSICS starting January 28 in San Francisco, CA and culminating February 16 in Washington DC at the Rock and Roll Hotel.

The electro-rock band delivers high energy synth-music, fast punk drum beats and intense guitar riffs. Notable songs on the Absolute POLYSICS album include, "Time Out," and "Beat Flash," two instrumental tracks that are reminiscent of Nintendo video game soundtracks circa 1990.

Another notable track includes, "Cleaning," an upbeat, poppy song that is different from the other songs on the Absolute POLYSICS album. Without a doubt, the band produces an eclectic mix of sounds sure to surprise any listener.

Band members include:

HAYASHI (Hiro)-Voice / Guitar / Programming

KAYO
Synthesizer / Voice / Guitar / Vocoder

FUMI
Bass / Voice / Synthesizer

YANO
Drums

Notable songs include, "Time Out," and "Beat Flash," two instrumental tracks that are reminiscent of Nintendo video game soundtracks circa 1990.

Another notable track includes, "Cleaning," an upbeat, poppy song that is different from the other songs on the Absolute POLYSICS album. Without a doubt, the band produces an eclectic mix of sounds sure to surprise any listener.


For a sneak peak of what to expect from the Japanese group, here's some live footage:



Tour Dates:

■Jan-28-10　Bottom of the Hill
San Francisco, CA

■Jan-29-10　The Roxy Theatre
Los Angeles, CA

■Jan-30-10　Casbah
San Diego, CA

■Feb-02-10　Plush
Tucson, AZ

■Feb-03-10 The Rhythm Room
Phoenix, AZ

■Feb-05-10 The White Rabbit
San Antonio, TX

■Feb-06-10 The Independent
Austin, TX

■Feb-07-10 The Loft
Dallas, TX

■Feb-10-10 Double Door
Chicago, IL

■Feb-11-10 Magic Stick
Detroit, MI

■Feb-12-10 Musica
Akron, OH

■Feb-13-10 The Gramercy Theatre
New York, NY

■Feb-14-10 Middle East
Cambridge, MA

■Feb-16-10 The Rock and Roll Hotel
Washington, DC

JAY-Z has added dates for his BP3 2010 U.S tour. He will make a hometown appearance on March 2nd when he returns to Madison Square Garden. He has also added a date at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville on March 5th. R&B singer Trey Songz will join JAY-Z and Grammy-nominated rapper Young Jeezy on the nationwide tour. Tickets for the newly announced dates go on sale at LiveNation.com beginning on Friday, January 15th, with all other dates on sale now.




JAY-Z BP3 TOUR 2010
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Feb 20 Sunrise, FL Bank Atlantic Center
Feb 22 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Feb 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Feb 25 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Feb 27 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Feb 28 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Mar 02 New York, NY Madison Square Garden*
Mar 03 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Mar 05 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
Mar 06 East Rutherford, NJ Izod Center
Mar 07 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
Mar 11 Boston, MA TD Garden
Mar 12 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
Mar 14 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar 16 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
Mar 18 Chicago, IL United Center
Mar 19 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Mar 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
Mar 22 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Mar 24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Mar 26 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

* Tickets on sale Friday, January 15th.

Hit-maker Timbaland will begin touring on January 15th in support of his latest album titled Shock Value II. The tour will kick off in Virginia and will culminate at the House of Blues in Dallas, TX on February 3rd.

Special guests will appear alongside Timbaland via moving digital imagery that will be projected onto a full-size screen, creating an interactive performance experience between Timbaland and his guests, who include Drake, Katy Perry, and Brandy. In addition, New Jersey pop-rock band Honor Society will open several dates on the tour.

"I'm so excited to come and give my fans an intimate, up-close and personal experience of my music," Timbaland says. "I want everyone to leave feeling like they never stopped dancing the entire time."

The set-list for the tour will feature songs from throughout Timbaland's illustrious career, including the Shock Value II singles "Morning After Dark" (featuring Nelly Furtado and French singer-songwriter SoShy), "Say Something" (featuring Drake), and the latest, "Carry Out" (featuring Justin Timberlake), as well as tracks from Timbaland's multi-platinum 2007 album Shock Value. The latter album spawned several No. 1 pop singles, including the Grammy-nominated "Give It To Me" (featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake) and "The Way I Are," (featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.).

Timbaland's Shock Value II Tour dates are as follows:

1/15 Norfolk, VA -The Norva
1/16 Washington, DC- 9:30 Club
1/17 Baltimore, MD -Rams Head Live
1/19 Boston, MA -House of Blues
1/20 New York, NY -The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
1/22 Toronto, ON -The Sound Academy
1/23 Columbus, OH -Newport Music Hall
1/24 Chicago, IL -House of Blues
1/26 Denver, CO -Gothic Theatre
1/28 San Diego, CA -House of Blues
1/29 Los Angeles, CA -House of Blues
2/02 Houston, TX -House of Blues
2/03 Dallas, TX -House of Blues

For more information, visit: www.timbalandmusic.com.

Slayer's Tom Araya is scheduled for back surgery and as a result, the band is rescheduling tour dates for later this year. "Tom gave various medical treatments more than a fair shot," said Slayer's manager Rick Sales, "but they just haven't handled the problem, so he's biting the bullet and is scheduled for back surgery at the end of this month."

This difficult decision made by the band's bassist/vocalist Tom Araya means the cancellation of Slayer's immediate tour plans that include the American and Canadian Carnage Tour dates that were set to kick off on January 18, as well as the band's UK/European headline tour scheduled for March and April. Booking agents for both Slayer and Megadeth are already hard at work rescheduling the tour dates; tickets already purchased for these shows will be honored at the rescheduled dates.



The headbanging Araya, known for aggressively swinging his long mane of hair while performing, began experiencing back problems while on the band's Australian/New Zealand/Japanese tour last October. In spite of his rapidly increasing pain and discomfort, he carried on with the tour, but immediately upon returning home saw an orthopedic specialist who diagnosed a Cervical Radiculopathy. The rocker initially did not want to take the major surgery route, so the specialist recommended a series of minimally-invasive procedures. While those procedures have resulted in some improvement, Araya continues to deal with intermittent bouts of severe pain, numbness and muscle spasms. The surgical procedure that Araya will undergo, called an Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Fusion, is a relatively routine practice and the recovery rate is excellent.



Sales added, "As unfortunate as this is for so many people - the Megadeth and Testament camps, the concerts' promoters, and, of course, the fans - Tom's health is the number one priority, and this has to happen."

Disarray Magazine interviewed Slayer's own Dave Lombardo a few months ago about the band's oddest fan experience, upcoming plans and the latest buzz on the band's newest release. Check it out here: http://www.disarraymagazine.com/2009/11/were-good-to-go-with-dave-lombardo.html

When you combine Crush Club's smooth vocals, pop-electrofunk styles and fast rap flows, you get a musical concoction  that resonates with "cool kids" and dance-party fanatics everywhere. Hailing from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, Crush Club has coined themselves as a "Hip-POP" group delivering bona fide catchy hooks and robo-party beats.


Their debut album titled, Clothesline, Vines and Digital Love contains a handful of upbeat songs that will surely be a staple in everyone's playlist. Put it this way, if Chromeo, N.E.R.D,  Kanye and Gym Class Heroes had a love-child, they'd name it: CRUSH CLUB.


Disarray Magazine caught up with Dave Sack and Bryce Ross-Johnson to discuss the band's beginnings, their first album and their plans for the future. Check it out:

Bryce: Well, we all go to school together at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Me and our guitar player are the only people that still play what they came to the school for. [Points to Dave] He got in for trumpet, I know that’s really lame, and Nick got in for drums and he hasn’t played drums at all. Let’s see. I walked by Nick’s room, the other lead singer in the band, he makes all the beats. My first semester at Berklee and I heard some music blasting from his room, knocked on the door and I was like, “Hey man, what song is that? I really like it.” He’s like, “Oh it’s something I made.” I’m like really? He invited me in. I was trying to make this Paper Planes remix – it sucked and he started to help me. That’s how we got started making music. Then, Nolan came in and started playing guitar solos because we wanted to do something interesting like hip-hop, electronic music with a little bit of guitar in there, you know? Like N.E.R.D. Then, Dave just finished off the whole thing by playing the music for us. He’s the pause and play button [laughter].

: Nicholas Shanholtz :

Vocals, Beats, Production

(Source: DJ Cobo via Crush Club photos)



: Bryce Ross-Johnson :

Vocals, Melodies, Two-Cents




Also Including

: Nolan Lambroza :

Guitar, Backing Vocals, Graphic Design




: David Sack :

DJ, Turntables, Mixing

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About the Author

Formerly an editor and writer at Citysearch, The Examiner, LA Youth Newspaper and proofreader at The Los Angeles Daily News, Christy Buena decided to start Disarray Magazine because she missed writing what she wanted. From hiring writers, to contacting publicists and making assignments, Christy is responsible for the editorial strategy of Disarray Magazine.
Questions, comments or suggestions? Contact Christy@disarraymagazine.com
Twitter.com/ChristyBuena

Andrew W.K. spoke to ongoing allegations that he is neither part of a conspiracy or a victim of a huge spider's web of corporate entertainment plots. In an unedited personal statement (also available on his website at: http://www.andrewwk.com/index.php?page=page.php?id=64), Andrew has stated the following in response to the claims made against him:



"Since 2001, I have been accused of being part of a conspiracy in which I knowingly entered into a contract with creative directors called Steev Mike, who proceeded to invent a new identity for me to perform under. I'm here to say this is simply not true and a gross exaggeration of easily explainable and common-place music industry practices. Of course I work with people who choose not to include their whole names or real names in the credits, or who aren't on stage with me during my shows - but taking advice and guidance from other people doesn't mean I'm a victim of mind-control. That's like science fiction! Andrew W.K. is about partying and doing what you want! We want fun, and that really is what I am about.

These lies have unfortunately been with me since my career started - critics were saying I had to be a fake puppet for the record industry because I appeared over night. These simple untrue allegations have grown over the years to the point now where I have to defend myself. I have done many interviews and talks where I have explained the nature of how I got into music, and I admitted that I did work with people. But people have still taken what I said and tried to call me a liar and a fake. What alarms me most about these accusations is that they remind me of witch trials: The kind of people who accuse me of being a talking head for some secret conspiracy to corrupt people's morals are the same people who claim MTV and Cartoon Network are owned by secret rulers of the world out to poison kid's brains, or that pop stars like Beyonce or Lady Gaga are part of some occult society, or that companies like McDonald's, Coca-Cola, or Hollywood are secretly promoting hidden plans. Or that the President of the USA is just a figure head and reading a script given to him by a secret world power. Come on!

We're working in a business where there are different ends and different means. No one controlled Frank Sinatra or told him how to sing. No secret group of managers has been telling someone like Jay-Z what to do or how to look. And no one tells me what to do, except me and the people who believe in me. I am a real person who thinks for himself and am not the victim of anyone or group of people trying to influence my career or life. I take responsibility for everything in my life, including who I work for and what happens to me because of it. Just because a person has mentors or advisers doesn't mean they don't have their own brain and soul. And just because I work with other people who advise me doesn't mean that I am a puppet for an evil cult or a have some sort of master plan. I make party music - plain and simple. In fact, it is me who is the innocent victim of a conspiracy of critics and haters who don't believe in the power of music and pure true fun. It is us artists who are the victims. It's crazy that still today, brand new artists like Lady Gaga have already been dealing with the same sort of paranoid allegations that I've has been dealing with since 2001. It just doesn't stop! We are not puppets, we are human beings.

Musicians are not acting, we are real people. We are not part of a conspiracy! It's really intense when people are telling you who you are, so I'm going to tell them who THEY are! On behalf of all musicians, the entertainment industry, and everyone else who's ever been falsely accused, YOU ARE NOT HURTING US AND YOU ARE NOT STOPPING THIS. The party will continue! We will endure! It has become too common for musical artists and performers to be labeled as part of some global scam to control the world, or that we're puppets for a larger agenda designed to hurt people. That's why I'm speaking out and loudly declaring: I am not evil and neither are any of my other fellow members of showbusiness. We are here to bring fun and light into the world, not doubt and darkness. I have been accused of having people design my image, tell me what to say in interviews, design my clothes, the way I look and talk, and of course my music. It's true I do work with people, but not to accomplish anything bad, just the basics that any person does in this business and with this opportunity to live out my dreams.

I have always admitted that I worked with people and I have confessed that time and time again, even if the critics twisted what I said. I did this hoping it would quiet people up and put an end to all the speculation and exaggeration. I was never an actor and the partnerships I made with friends, family, and the companies I've worked with have all been to promote entertainment, excitement, and fun - to give people something fun to focus on and to occupy our thoughts, instead of a bunch of fear or negativity.

I will always keep my focus where it matters most:

1) On being grateful for the incredible people who believe in the feeling I work to create

2) And on that magical feeling itself: BEING ALIVE!

Long live music and long live life. PARTY HARD!"

- Andrew W.K.

Check out Disarray Magazine's interview with Andrew W.K.

Andrew W.K. speaks about his new album, club and piano performances