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Tesla’s Forever More Receives Vinyl Release Posted: 14 Jan 2009 10:50 AM PST Tesla’s recent release Forever More will be getting a vinyl issue limited to 1000 LPs. Band members will be at the Sacramento, California R5 Records on January 27th with 300 copies available for autographing. Tesla’s Forever More came out on October 7th of last year. I wrote a review of it that can be seen here. Forevermore sold over 16,000 copies in it’s first week and dropped in to the Billboards at #33. Tesla will also debut their new video for the single Fallin’ Apart on January 27th during the signing event as well. Image: Amazon.com News Source: Blabbermouth Tags: Fallin Apart video, Forever More, Tesla Share This

The Eagles Top Rock Ticket Sellers Of 2008 Posted: 14 Jan 2009 08:34 AM PST The top 20 ticket sellers of 2008 are in and there are 11 bands/artists that can be considered rock. Even though I would consider Coldplay to be more Pop music than rock, we’ll give it to them here. The Eagles took #4, selling 90.7 million dollars in tickets. The Eagles released their first studio album since 1979 with The Long Road Out Of Edin which sold over 7 million copies in the U.S. and was sold Exclusively through Walmart and Sam’s Club for the first year of it’s release. AC/DC wasn’t too far behind in the #5 spot selling $82 million in tickets…and that’s only in the last 4 months of the year! AC/DC’s Black Ice, also released exclusively through Walmart and Sam’s has sold millions and millions of copies worldwide. I’m telling you, Walmart is the way to go if you’re an established and respectable band Coldplay sold $81.6 million to win them the #6 spot. Bon Jovi sold 81.4 million to land them in #7. Of course Bon Jovi ticket prices are insultingly expensive. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street band sit happy in #8 with a cool $79 mil. I imagine with the new record , this years ticket sales will land them in the top 10 again this year. Neil Diamond sold $70.5 million to land him in the #11 spot right behind Rascal Flats. Metallica, even though they were touring most of last year and released an album mid 2008, still only sold $56.4 million. With all consideration though, their ticket prices probably aren’t as inflated as most of the band/artists on this list. The complete list reads as follows. List compiled by the L.A. Times via Blabbermouth 1. Madonna - $120.1 million 2. Celine Dion - $106.8 million 3. Kenny Chesney - $95.7 million 4. The Eagles - $90.7 million 5. AC/DC - $82 million 6. Coldplay - $81.6 million 7. Bon Jovi - $81.4 million 8. Bruce Sp[ringsteen And The E Street Band - $79 million 9. The Jonas Brothers - $77.9 million 10. Rascal Flatts- $77.1 million 11. Neil Diamond- $70.5 million 12. Taylor Swift- $62.2 million 13. Michael Buble- $59.5 million 14. Metallica - $56.4 million 15. Carrie Underwood - $54.9 million 16. Dave Mathews Band- $51.6 million 17. The Polics- $51 million 18. Lil Wayne - $50.8 million 19. Tom Petty - $50.5 million 20. Kid Rock - $50. 2 million You can read more about this list over at Latimes.com Image: Newscom.com Tags: ac/dc, bon jovi, bruce springsteen and the e street band, coldplay, metallica, the eagles, Top Tickets sellers of 2008 Share This

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