digg

Join DiggAbout

Discover and share the best of the web!
Learn more about Digg by taking the tour.

Foo Fighters slam McCain for unauthorized use of "My Hero"

prefixmag.com — In a preamble to an official statement issued by the Foo Fighters, they talk of McCain using “a number of unauthorized theme songs” during his presidential bid, and mention how no permission was sought from “the band, its management, record label or publisher.”More… (Music)

487 Comments

Blink 182' Travis Barker hurt in plane crash

msnbc.msn.com — 4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes More… (Music)

579 Comments

Rick Astley shortlisted for MTV award

news.bbc.co.uk — "Eighties pop singer Rick Astley has become the surprise contender for best act ever at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards in Liverpool. The winner, chosen by fans online, will be unveiled at the show on 6 November." If the poll is online... I think I know who's going to win.More… (Music)

448 Comments

Weird Al Yankovic - Whatever You Like

therapup.uproxx.com — Weird Al Yankovic has just released a hilarious parody of T.I.'s chart-topping single, "Whatever You Like."More… (Music)

240 Comments

Oops I voted for Rick Astley 961 times

latimesblogs.latimes.com — Wasting no time in getting their man elected "Best Act Ever," the large and mostly anonymous under-culture of Rick Astley fans has already deployed a device to defraud the voting on MTV Europe's website. The "RickVoter" is a very basic utility that simply navigates to MTV's voting page and votes for Astley...over and over and over. More… (Music)

365 Comments

Wasilla Band Proud to be Anti-Palin

losangeles.metromix.com — "When she came into office, they made this big deal out of her firing all the corrupt people. So who gets the jobs that were just all opened up? It ends up, it’s all people from her church. They get the jobs at the hospital and they get abortion out of the hospital; [they] pretty much enforced their own rules."More… (Music)

111 Comments

Australian man (and Digg user) 'Rickrolls' MTV

theage.com.au — At last count, Astley had an astonishing 99.98% of the 20 million votes cast on MTV's online poll — but the washed-up warbler's nomination is no bizarre error: MTV has simply been "Rickrolled".More… (Music)

151 Comments

The 10 Worst Songs That Hit #1

spike.com — You would think if a song went to #1 on the charts it would have some kind of redeeming quality. Even if it wasn’t your favorite genre of music, I’m sure you could find one reason why everybody was raving about it so much. So how do songs that have with no originality or creativity what so ever hit it big with the masses? My only guess is stupidityMore… (Music)

360 Comments

Vote for Rick Astley for Best Act Ever!

bestactever.com — Rick Astley is up for Best Act Ever at the MTV Europe Music Awards this November. A script in this page will vote automatically for him as long as you keep it open... let's Rickroll the EMAs!More… (Music)

223 Comments

7 Music Trends Whose Return Must Be Stopped

cracked.com — Like fashion, music trends go in cycles. Artists get nostalgic for the stuff they listened to as kids and try to bring it back. That's why there are music fads from the 80s and 90s due to jump back on center stage at any moment. Ladies and gentlemen, there must be a way to stop them.More… (Music)

163 Comments

Radiohead Reveal Success of 'In Rainbows' Download

nme.com — The statistics behind the pay-what-you-like release of Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' album, released on October 10 last year online, have been revealed today.More… (Music)

171 Comments

Led Zeppelin Are Set for a Reunion Tour in Summer of 2009

thesun.co.uk — Rock legends Led Zeppelin are set for a reunion tour after singer Robert Plant finally caved in and agreed to join them. Guitarist Jimmy Page, 64, bassist John Paul Jones, 62, and drummer Jason Bontam, 42, had resigned themselves to touring without Plant.More… (Music)

156 Comments

Wal-Mart Gives Number 1 Reason Why DRM Isn't The Answer

readwriteweb.com — The music industry is struggling to gain a foot-hold in the battle with online piracy. The options available for music lovers to grow their music collection digitally is tremendous and free. So much so that music companies and publishers have struck up agreements with some of biggest names offering digital music: iTunes, Last.FM., Amazon & WallmartMore… (Music)

101 Comments

Top 100 Albums of the 1990s

pitchforkmedia.com — Our perception of that decade are different now, our personal tastes have expanded, and our knowledge of the music has deepened. Revisionism ushers in new classics which had simply been forgotten or altogether undiscovered.More… (Music)

435 Comments
« Previous12345Next »