Jon Bon Jovi’s litigious tantrum about energy drink Mijovi has sent sales of the coffee-based energy drink through the roof. So what’s in this “Angry Rocker” cocktail that was, apparently, inspired by Bon Jovi’s freakout? Mijovi and freshly wrung sweat, finished with a quick spray of Aqua Net? More »
Meet Reggie Stephens, who also goes by the name Famouz; a former player for the New York Giants and the Arena Football League’s Nashville Kats, Famouz became, er, sorta famous today for being the first person to legally sample a Bon Jovi song on a hip-hop track. More »
Normally, we reserve our Tuesday-morning Billboard 200 quarterbacking for sales-total predictions, but this week’s race for No. 1 has three Nashville-born albums vying for the pole position. More »
In an effort to bump up the first-week SoundScans of its forthcoming country crossover album Lost Highway, Bon Jovi is bundling free copies of its forthcoming album, Lost Highway, with tickets to its “open-ended” run of shows at a new venue in Newark, N.J.:
The online presale program will be available exclusively to American Express cardholders beginning June 12 through June 14, and to the general public from June 15 through June 22. Tickets without the digital album download will then be available for purchase by the general public beginning June 23.
– The Smashing Pumpkins’ first reunion-tour stop in North America will be at Toronto’s Virgin Festival, where Billy Corgan is expected to fire and replace the rhythm section in time for the first encore. More »
– McFarlane Toys has announced that it will make action figures in the likenesses of Bon Jovi members Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. Once again, Tico Torres fans get the shaft. [spawn.com] – Panic! More »
