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LISTEN UP JANE’S ADDICTION & TEQUILA FANS! In celebration of Dobel Tequila and Perry Farrell’s partnership, we are giving one lucky U.S. reader a Perry Farrell signed bottle of Dobel Tequila and a special edition photography book from legendary music industry photographer Danny Clinch featuring amazing photographs shot at the inaugural Lollapalooza Festival in Sao Paolo, Brazil with Perry Farrell and Dobel Tequila.
To enter for the giveaway, please be 21+, and live within the United States, and sign in via Facebook in the widget below. Only individuals that “Like” Maestro Dobel Tequila will be eligible.
All entries MUST be submitted by midnight on December 31st. The final recipient will be chosen at random.
And don’t forget, once you have “liked” the Dobel Facebook page, you can then download Jane’s Addiction’s latest album, The Great Escape Artist, FOR FREE courtesy of Dobel Tequila and the band’s legendary front-man Perry Farrell.
Good luck and Merry Christmas from Q101!
Here for their annual Christmas single, are The Killers! The band recorded “I Feel It in My Bones” featuring Ryan Pardey on vocals, on a day off during their U.K. tour. The Killers will release “I Feel It in My Bones” on December 4th on iTunes. All sales from the song will benefit RED, a charity to fight HIV.
Hear it HERE!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-killers-rock-for-charity-on-i-feel-it-in-my-bones-premiere-20121201
See it HERE:
Have you heard about the amazing concerts and events happening in Chicago in the coming days and weeks? A pretty solid lineup:
Of Monsters and Men: The Riviera, December 16 SOLD OUT (Where there’s a will there’s a way: Stubhub tix HERE)
Of Monsters and Men: The Riviera, December 17 SOLD OUT (Where there’s a will there’s a way: Stubhub tix HERE)
Grouplove: The Rivera, December 21, BUY TIX
The Killers: UIC, December 21, SOLD OUT (Where there’s a will there’s a way: Stubhub tix HERE)
Kill Hannah w/Dot Dot Dot, House of Blues, December 22 BUY TIX
Third Eye Blind w/Mutemath, House of Blues, December 31 BUY TIX
Green Day, January 8, 2013, Allstate Arena BUY TIX Postponed due to Billy Joe’s, uh, recovery. Get well bro!
Morrissey: Chicago Theater, January 26th, 2013 BUY TIX
UFC On Fox at The UC, January 26th, 2013 BUY TIX
The Darkness: The Riviera, January 27th , 2013 BUY TIX
Soundgarden: The Riviera, January 29th, 2013 SOLD OUT (Where there’s a will there’s a way: Stubhub tix HERE
Soundgarden: The Riviera, January 30th, 2013 SOLD OUT (Where there’s a will there’s a way: Stubhub tix HERE
¡Quatro! pulls back the curtain and takes fans inside the world of Green Day, from the various spontaneous live performances in select cities across the U.S. to the chronicling of their creative process while conceptualizing and recording their current trilogy of albums: Green Day ¡Uno!, Green Day ¡Dos!, Green Day ¡Tré!
¡Quatro! will premiere on VH1 on Wednesday, November 28th, followed by airings on MTV2 during 120 Minutes on November 30th and on Palladia the same day. ¡Quatro! is directed by Tim Wheeler and produced by Tim Lynch for Farm League.
READ MORE
http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/musicnews/article/2893/Green-Day-to-Premiere-Highlights-from-Documentary-on-VH1
Everybody needs to relax once in awhile. But this is bad news for Coldplay fans: The band announced it’s taking a massive break at a gig in Brisbane, Australia on Wednesday.
Frontman Chris Martin told concert attendees that the group wanted to make the performance their best ever. “This is the last big show for three years or so,” Martin said. “I don’t want to stop.”
Coldplay now moves on to the U.S. for a trio of arena dates culminating in a New Year’s Eve pairing with Jay-Z at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
http://www.billboard.com/events/coldplay-lights-up-brisbane-in-last-big-1008026362.story#/events/coldplay-lights-up-brisbane-in-last-big-1008026362.story
Blink-182 have announced the release details of their upcoming, independent EP, dogs eating dogs. The EP, which is set for release December 18, is available for pre-order at the band’s official site , and ordering options include 3 bundles ranging in price from $19.99 to $99.99 (the latter includes a limited edition print by Brandon Heart, a holiday T-shirt, holiday wrapping paper and a Blink-182 holiday card.)
http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/blink_182_announce_dogs_eating_dogs_ep
Who says you have to eat this bird, the turkey, on Thanksgiving? It IS a free country, so it should mean Americans are free to choose whatever the heck they want to eat on this most excellent four day weekend holiday (for some).
Skip the turkey altogether and opt for a non turkey Thanksgiving. Food blogger Simply Recipes has many great options to choose from.
It’s a good chance this meal would be on Ted Nugent’s Thanksgiving table: Venison Sauerbraten. All you need to do is bag a deer first, preferably BEFORE Thanksgiving Day. Sauerbraten, a classic German pot roast, was, apparently, originally designed for venison. It is not a “simple” alternative by any means, but you aren’t looking for the easy way out, right? Get the Venison Sauerbraten recipe by Simply Recipes.
If killing just ain’t right, no matter WHAT the holiday, take the road the Smiths did all those years ago with a ‘killer’ vegetable lasagna. Meat IS Murder, no two ways about it. Morrissey would be proud to serve this at his table at Thanksgiving. That is, if he was American and IF he celebrated Thanksgiving. You can brood and pout around your kitchen, reflecting on the burdens of your past or doomed relationships while making this Vegetable Lasagna.
For more recipes of tasty alternative Thanksgiving food, READ HERE.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/hearty-vegetable-lasagna/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/09/non-turkey-thanksgiving-_n_2093511.html?ir=Taste
Soundgarden’s King Animal marks the group’s return a full 15 years after their initial breakup and, in the video for the album cut “Been Away Too Long,” the alt-rockers rage again with neck-breaking authority. The clip’s story is intriguing, too: a young girl in a straitjacket rises from bones and runs from mysterious men and attack dogs but gets trapped in isolated, snowy buildings. She eludes capture, though she may not be human.
King Animal will be out November 13th. CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/soundgarden-rise-again-in-been-away-too-long-20121109
So THAT’S what he’s gonna be doing while the Foo Fighters take a break. Dave has returned to Queens of the Stone Age, the alternative band fronted by former Kyuss guitarist Josh Homme that he drummed for in 2002.
This is Grohl’s second stint with Queens of the Stone Age. He played on one album, ‘Songs for the Deaf,’ which is their most commercially successful album to date, having sold close to 1 million copies and spawned two hit singles, ‘No One Knows’ and ‘Go With the Flow.’
Grohl has stated that he remains committed to the Foo Fighters, even though they are currently taking a hiatus of indefinite length.
http://diffuser.fm/dave-grohl-back-with-queens-of-the-stone-age/
Can you identify with this poor dad? Have you “lost your touch”? Thankfully, there’s now help for you. Jimmy Kimmel Live and Travis Barker have recently teamed up to star in a spoof PSA titled “Helping Parents To Rock.”
It’s quite generous for a star of this caliber to donate his valuable time to help educate, promote, and share such a private “problem” with us “little folk”. You see, it doesn’t matter where you are in your journey in life, people are all the same. SEE PSA. Thank you, Jimmy and Travis.
http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/travis_barker_stars_in_spoof_psa_helping_parents_to_rock
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