Looks like one singer won't be enough for the upcoming Boston tour, their first since the death of original vocalist Brad Delp. We've already told you that ex-Stryper Michael Sweet would be on board, but Tom Scholz (who is Boston, for all intents and purposes), will also bring along Tommy DeCarlo, a fortysomething Home Depot credit manager and father of two. DeCarlo posted a tribute to Delp, " A Man He'll Always Be," on his MySpace page, along with several Boston covers. And Scholz heard.
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Latest by Whigged: I am by no means a huge fan of Boston, but did attend the tribute show last year, and was amazed at both Sweet and DeCarlo. This really is a case of there being two great choices and not more »
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"Police are searching for a man accused of shoving an electric guitar in his pants and walking out of a store in Lewiston, Maine.... One of the men shoved a Fender Stratocaster in his pants and pulled a sweatshirt over the top. The other two acted as lookouts. All three can be seen on footage from video surveillance. Strangely enough, the music shop has seen the method before. A man did the same thing in 2006 but was caught as he tried to walk out." I really want to see this tape, just to confirm my hunch that the guy responsible for lifting the guitar was wearing Zubaz. [AP; HT Balk / Photo: Getty]
This particular line of work can expose you to a number of tedious press releases. Someone has signed to a label you've never heard of. An artist you've long since forgotten about is touring somewhere. However, occasionally someone comes through with a little nugget of editorial gold. More »
Attention readers attending the SXSW festival this year/fans of TV chefs with obnoxious accents and giant teeth: "We are also reaching out to offer Battles a slot as one of the five bands in the 'Feedback' showcase" supposedly hosted by the Food Network's own Rachael Ray. "Battles music has long been enjoyed by Rachael and is a staple of her iPod." Given the blog in question, I suspect Internet prankery at work with this "leaked memo," but would be happy to be proven wrong, especially given how weird the first 31 days of 2008 have been. [Earl Boykins via Paper Thin Walls]
The next Disney Channel movie/mega-marketing event, Camp Rock, will star the oh-so-adorable teen troupe the Jonas Brothers and debut on the tween-focused channel next summer. But the important part of this story, aside from the fact that the Brothers may finally see some Miley Cyrus-level record sales, is that the flick's music is going to be written by Julie Brown, a.k.a. Just Say Julie Brown, a.k.a. the woman who was pretty much my No. 1 funny-lady hero of middle school. Julie, if you can get some evil-girl foil type to warble her way through "'Cause I'm A Blonde" as part of this production, I will not only watch the movie the night it premieres, I'll buy the soundtrack album, full price. (OK, OK, you'll probably have to clean up the lines about loving to "jiggle," but come on.)
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Looks like one singer won't be enough for the upcoming Boston tour, their first since the death of original vocalist Brad Delp. We've already told you that ex-Stryper Michael Sweet would be on board, but Tom Scholz (who is Boston, for all intents and purposes), will also bring along Tommy DeCarlo, a fortysomething Home Depot credit manager and father of two. DeCarlo posted a tribute to Delp, " A Man He'll Always Be," on his MySpace page, along with several Boston covers. And Scholz heard.
More »
"Police are searching for a man accused of shoving an electric guitar in his pants and walking out of a store in Lewiston, Maine.... One of the men shoved a Fender Stratocaster in his pants and pulled a sweatshirt over the top. The other two acted as lookouts. All three can be seen on footage from video surveillance. Strangely enough, the music shop has seen the method before. A man did the same thing in 2006 but was caught as he tried to walk out." I really want to see this tape, just to confirm my hunch that the guy responsible for lifting the guitar was wearing 
