• 'Pitch Perfect 2' Soundtrack Sales Up, Snoop Dogg 'Bush' Numbers Down

    'Pitch Perfect 2' might not have a "Cups" yet (technically Anna Kendrick does perform her song on the new soundtrack but it's not a Hot 100 smash anymore) but it still managed something that the previous film's song collection didn't: topping the albums charts. The record, boosted by medleys featuring dozens of hit songs, won the sales battle this week by moving 91,000 copies.

  • Soundtracks Dominate Billboard 200 as 'Pitch Perfect 2' Debuts on Top

    Another week and another soundtrack atop the Billboard 200, as the song collection from 'Pitch Perfect 2' grabs the no. 1 spot by moving 107,000 equivalent albums sold. The original film's soundtrack peaked at no. 3 on the Billboard 200, although its single "Cups" was a smash on the download charts. The current film already out-earned the first installment, which brought additional attention to the album as well.

  • Incubus, Deftones, Death From Above 1979 Announce Summer Tour

    Incubus and the Deftones will join forces for a summer tour that kicks off July 22 in Clarkston, Michigan, and wraps Aug. 30 in San Diego. Death from Above 1979 will tag along for all but one of the dates in addition to support band The Bots. Major stops include the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood in Atlanta and Red Rocks in Morrison.

  • Incubus Rocks Out in 'Absolution Calling' Video, 'Trust Fall (Side A)' Is Due March 24 [WATCH]

    Incubus returned with "Absolution Calling" in February after a four-year recording hiatus. The single is off the group's upcoming Trust Fall (Side A) EP, which is due out Mar. 24. That collection of songs will be followed by Trust Fall (Side B) and together they will make up the band's eighth studio effort. Incubus dropped a video for "Absolution Calling" in advance of the EP's release.

  • Incubus Releasing Two EPs in 2015, Signs with Island Records

    Alt-rock band Incubus has not released a new album since 2011's "If Not Now, When?," but according to guitarist Mike Einziger, the band has some new music on the way for 2015. In an interview with "Billboard," Einziger revealed that Incubus has signed with Island Records, but instead of releasing a full-album, they will be releasing two new EPs in 2015."We're hoping to have the first one in February or March," Einziger says, "then the summer."These EPs will be Incubus's first releases since parting ways with Epic Records in 2012 and were recorded without any idea of how they would be released."We didn't have any plans to make this record," Einziger says. "Just having no horizon to look at was important to us. We needed that."As to how the music on these EPs compares to their previous releases, Einziger says that most of it is "high energy" though still fairly eclectic.

  • Lawsuit Brought Against Producer Of Canceled 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Tour

    The New York Times reports that the canceled production of Jesus Christ Superstar, which was originally scheduled to tour North America this summer, is now the subject of a lawsuit, brought against the show's promoter Michael Cohl by Andrew Lloyd Weber's production company the Really Useful Group. The lawsuit claims that the production's cancellation was solely the decision of Cohl, and resulted in a tremendous financial loss for the Really Useful Group, which is seeking payment to "satisfy outstanding payments."
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