Radiohead have announced a series of new North American tour dates for May and June, details can be found here.
Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice Cooper and Young the Giant are among those performing at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The event takes place on June 7th-10th in Manchester, TN. Click here for complete lineup and ticket info.
Two new Radiohead tracks will be released to iTunes on December 19th. “The Daily Mail” and “Staircase” were recorded during their ‘The King of Limbs‘ sessions and will be featured on their in studio performance, ‘The King of Limbs: Live From the Basement‘, which is due on January 31st.
Radiohead have announced their first dates for 2012, details are listed here.
Evanescence are on top of this weeks Billboard Top 200 Chart with 127,000 copies of their new self-titled album sold. Their 2006 album, ‘The Open Door‘ moved 447,000 it’s first week also debuting at No. 1.
Five Finger Death Punch’s ‘American Capitalist‘ sold 91,000 copies debuting at No. 3.
Radiohead’s ‘TKOL RMX 1234567‘ debuts at No. 50.
Other albums in the Top 200 include:
No. 26 Blink-182 – ‘Neighborhoods‘
No. 34 Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘I’m With You‘
No. 54 Switchfoot – ‘Vice Verses‘
No. 56 Chickenfoot – ‘Chickenfoot III‘
No. 68 Staind – ‘Staind‘
No. 70 Nirvana – ‘Nevermind‘
No. 81 Evanescence – ‘Fallen‘
No. 98 Foo Fighters – ‘Wasting Light‘
No. 104 Theory of a Deadman – ‘The Truth Is…‘
No. 128 Five Finger Death Punch – ‘War is the Answer‘
No. 163 Seether – ‘Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray‘
No. 168 Skillet – ‘Awake‘
No. 183 Foo Fighters – ‘Greatest Hits‘
No. 192 Avenged Sevenfold – ‘Nightmare‘
No. 198 Bush – ‘The Sea of Memories‘
Album sales are up 1% from last week and up 3% for the year at 238.84 million.
Digital track sales rose 4% from last week and 10% or the year with 993.66 million downloads.
The following releases are now available:
Single Releases
Chevelle – “Face to the Floor” (Epic)
Lacuna Coil – “Trip the Darkness” (Century Media)
Message to Venus – “Universal You” (Away-Team) – Amazon MP3
Album Releases
Evanescence – ‘Evanescence‘ (Wind-Up) – Amazon MP3
Five Finger Death Punch – ‘American Capitalist‘ (Prospect Park) – Amazon MP3
Mudvayne – ‘Playlist: The Very Best of Mudvayne‘ (Republic) – Amazon MP3
Parlor Mob – ‘Dogs‘ (Roadrunner) – Amazon MP3
Radiohead – ‘TKOL RMX 1234567 (ATO) – Amazon MP3
Thousand Foot Krutch – ‘Welcome to the Masquerade (Fan Edition) (Tooth & Nail) – Amazon MP3
Will Haven – ‘Voir Dire (Bieler Bros.) – Amazon MP3
The Fairchilds – ‘Our Revolution (Vertusent) – Amazon MP3
Stone Temple Pilots front-man Scott Weiland has released a covers album, ‘A Compilation of Scott Weiland Cover Songs‘ on his website. The release includes covers Nirvana, The Beatles, Radiohead and others.
Seether’s new album ‘Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray‘ has debuted at No. 2 selling 61,000 copies. The album is the band’s highest charting album since 2005′s ‘Karma and Effect‘ which debuted at No. 8.
Other albums in the Top 200 include:
No. 20 Foo Fighters – ‘Wasting Light‘
No. 72 Radiohead – ‘King of Limbs‘
No. 73 Aaron Lewis – ‘Town Line‘
No. 84 Kid Rock – ‘Born Free‘
No. 88 Sixx: A.M. – ‘This is Gonna Hurt‘
No. 105 Rise Against – ‘Endgame‘
No. 109 Skillet – ‘Awake‘
No. 119 Avenged Sevenfold – ‘Nightmare‘
No. 122 Queens of the Stone Age – ‘Queens of the Stone Age‘
No. 124 Black Label Society‘ – ‘The Song Remains Not the Same‘
No. 149 Five Finger Death Punch – ‘War is the Answer‘
No. 160 Nickelback – ‘Dark Horse‘
No. 168 Metallica – ‘Metallica‘
No. 170 Sublime – ‘Sublime‘
No. 176 Foo Fighters – ‘Greatest Hits‘
Album sales were down 5% from last week, down 2% compared to the same week last year and down 1% compared to the same point in 2010.
Digital track sales fell 2% from last week, up 10% from the same week last year and up 10% compared to the same point in 2010.
The Foo Fighters move from No. 3 to No. 2 on this week’s Billboard Top 200 Chart with 34,000 copies of ‘Wasting Light‘ sold. Otep debuts at No. 61 selling 7,000 copies of ‘Atavist‘.
No. 44 Radiohead – ‘The King of Limbs‘
No. 53 Kid Rock – ‘Born Free‘
No. 57 Aaron Lewis – ‘Town Line‘
No. 83 Rise Against – ‘Endgame‘
No. 91 Yellowcard – ‘When You’re Though Thinking, Say Yes‘
No. 96 Skillet – ‘Awake‘
No. 121 Five Finger Death Punch – ‘War is the Answer‘
No. 144 Nickelback – ‘Dark Horse‘
No. 166 Foo Fighters – ‘Greatest Hits
No. 167 Avenged Sevenfold – ‘Nightmare‘
No. 179 Linkin Park – ‘A Thousand Suns‘
No. 197 My Darkest Days – ‘My Darkest Days‘
Sales were down 17% from last week, down 2% compared to the same week last year and down 2% for the year.
Digital track sales are down 5% compared to last week, but up 18% over the same week last year. Year to date digital track sales are up 10% from the same point in 2010.
The Foo Fighters have earned their first No. 1 album selling 235,000 copies of ‘Wasting Light‘. ‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace‘ debuted at No. 3 in 2007 and 2005′s ‘In Your Honor‘ debuted at No. 2.
Other rock acts in the Top 200 include:
No. 23 Radiohead – ‘The King Of Limbs‘
No. 45 Foo Fighters – ‘Greatest Hits‘
No. 47 Kid Rock – ‘Born Free‘
No. 59 Aaron Lewis – ‘Town Line‘
No. 64 Rise Against – ‘Endgame‘
No. 122 Skillet – ‘Awake‘
No. 157 Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Greatest Hits‘
No. 159 Five Finger Death Punch – ‘War is the Answer‘
No. 162 Linkin Park – ‘A Thousand Suns‘
No. 182 My Darkest Days – ‘My Darkest Days‘
No. 184 Guns N’ Roses – ‘Greatest Hits‘
No. 192 Nickelback – ‘Dark Horse‘
No. 196 Avenged Sevenfold – ‘Nightmare‘
No. 199 Shinedown – ‘The Sound of Madness‘
Sales were up 8% from the previous week and up 16% compared the the same week in 2010. To date, album sales are down 3% compared the the same week in 2010 at 92.69 million.
Digital track sales rose 4% from last week, 8% from the same week in 2010 and are up 9% compared the same week in 2010.