Author: Hip Online

  • PAUL MCCARTNEY SETS RECORD FOR FASTEST EVER SELLING SHOW

    Macca mania has hit the streets of Mexico City! Paul McCartney’s forthcoming show at the Foro Sol Stadium on Thursday May 27th is set to be a wild night. The people of Mexico have made it clear to their musical hero that they are desperate to see him and can’t wait to be rocked. Tickets…

  • Megadeth and Slayer cornerstone of “American Carnage” tour

    Megadeth and Slayer, who last toured the U.S. together nineteen years ago on the “Clash of the Titans” extravaganza, have confirmed that they will each perform, start to finish, their 1990 releases – Slayer’s world-wide, million-selling Seasons In The Abyss and Megadeth’s Platinum Rust In Peace – on the upcoming Canadian and American Carnage Tours.…

  • Linkin Park to release “Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion”

    Two-time Grammy winning rock band LINKIN PARK, game developer Artificial Life, Inc. and Warner Bros. Records announced today the launch of the LINKIN PARK 8-BIT REBELLION! App for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Created by Linkin Park and Artificial Life, Inc., the LINKIN PARK 8-BIT REBELLION! App is a heightened app experience for music fans…

  • Owl City sells a million copies of “Ocean Eyes”

    Universal Republic Records’ artist Owl City continues to garner accolades at an unprecedented pace in 2010, with the RIAA awarding his smash album Ocean Eyes platinum certification this week for selling more than a million units of his Universal Republic debut. Owl City aka Adam Young has fast become the self-starter role model of music’s…

  • B.o.B. announce tour for “The Adventures of Bobby Ray”

    B.o.B has announced a flurry of activity surrounding the upcoming release of his hugely anticipated debut album. “B.o.B PRESENTS: THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY” – which includes the #1 hit single, “Nothin’ On You (Feat. Bruno Mars)” – arrives in stores and at all online retailers on April 27th. “Nothin’ On You” is currently the…

  • Passion Pit announces tour with Muse

    Having turned in an ecstatic singalong sunset performance for an estimated 30,000 revelers on the opening day of this year’s Coachella festival, Passion Pit’s 2010 tour has been extended through the fall with the addition of a series of arena dates supporting Muse. The Muse tour will follow Passion Pit’s summer swing through their largest…

  • Cypress Hill announces tour with Slightly Stoopd

    Cypress Hill celebrated yesterday’s release of new album RISE UP with a special performance in front of a packed-house crowd at The Warfield in San Francisco. Those that couldn’t make it in shouldn’t worry; the legendary hip hop group has announced a summer tour with Slightly Stoopid that begins July 16 at the Verizon Wireless…

  • Video: Gin Wigmore “Oh My”

    Gin Wigmore has just released the video for powerful, soul-stirring song “Oh My.” Instrumentation on that song, as well as the rest of the album, is courtesy of The Cardinals (as in Ryan Adams and….). This rising New Zealand starlet is currently on tour in the US opening for Citizen Cope, and The Cardinals are…

  • Gin Wigmore biography

    Once you’ve heard Gin sing, you won’t forget the name. For the uninitiated, here are the basics on the sublimely talented Gin Wigmore. Gin is 23, a Kiwi, a gifted songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and she sings like you’ve never heard anyone sing before. Gin was born in Auckland, lives in Sydney and has just recorded her…

  • Esmee Denters biography

    Esmée Denters is undoubtedly on her way to musical stardom, with her debut album filled with songs she co-wrote with a host of top-notch hit-making producers. Esmée is one of the first artists signed to Justin Timberlake’s Interscope imprint Tennman Records, but a mere two years ago, this Dutch 20-year-old was just a pancake house…