From Brooklyn to Norway.
Jimmy Eat World have told press that fans should expect their new album soon, at least compared to the wait between 2004’s “Futures” and 2007’s brilliant “Chase This Light”. I caught the Arizona band on tour for the third time back in February, and they are most certainly a force to be reckoned with. They’ve quietly worked their way into the hearts and stereos of rock fans all over the world and now that hard work is seriously paying off, with the latest album selling well over 300,000 copies worldwide, making #5 on the US Billboard chart (an impressive feat for an alternative band), and packing out venues on their latest international tour.
In other news Robbie Williams has reportedly been offered the handsome sum of £1.5m to play a 30-minute headline set at a festival in Norway. That’s £50,000 a minute. Although it’s probably the easiest money he’ll ever make, Robbie recently posted in his blog that his last tour “nearly killed him”, and that he has no desire to return to live playing. Perhaps this paycheck will help change his mind a little.
Vampire Weekend are the Hype Band for this week. Although they’re getting a lot of press and radio play, they’re not quite ready to be considered mainstream.. perhaps all that will change after their long list of festival appearances this summer. They live and work in Brooklyn, and recently signed to XL recordings after recieving major internet attention via a series of blogs and demo plays over social networking sites such as myspace. They mix a distinctive NY indie with African beats and Western classical music to make what can only be described as.. Vampire Weekend. Hit the myspace to find out more.
