The Boss’ new album out in March

Bruce Springsteen 17th studio album “Wrecking Ball” (Columbia Records) has been set for a March 6 release, as confirmed by Doctor Music.

The new record will include 11 new tracks and has been produced by the own Springsteen and Ron Aniello with the band’s longtime manager Jon Landau as executive producer.

Landau said: “Bruce has dug down as deep as he can to come up with this vision of modern life.

“The lyrics tell a story you can't hear anywhere else, and the music is his most innovative of recent years. The writing is some of the best of his career and both veteran fans and those who are new to Bruce will find much to love on ‘Wrecking Ball’.”

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band will be touring the US and EU during the whole 2012. The UK tour is set to kick off on June 21 in Sunderland’s Stadium of Light. The band will also perform at the Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park on July 14 and the Isle of Wight Festival, Newport, on June 23.

What follow is “Wrecking Ball” tracklist:

1.  We Take Care of Our Own
2.  Easy Money
3.  Shackled and Drawn
4.  Jack of All Trades
5.  Death to My Hometown
6.  This Depression
7.  Wrecking Ball
8.  You’ve Got It
9.  Rocky Ground
10. Land of Hope and Dreams
11. We Are Alive                                 

Enter Shikari on tour at HMV

Post-hardcore band Enter Shikari will be signing copies of their new album “A Flash Flood of Colour” at HMV stores.

Rou Reynolds and his troop will be meeting fans at Leicester HMV in High Street today at 5pm and will come home to St Albans tomorrow at the same time.

Their self-released third album which was released on Monday has already outsold the rest of the Top 10.

The Hertfordshire quartet will commence its UK 2012 tour on March 17 in Edinburgh and will be supported by Young Guns and other guests to be confirmed.

For more information about the tour dates and how to get your ticket click here.

“A Flash Flood of Colour” tracklist:

1. System…
2. …Meltdown
3. Sssnakepit
4. Search Party
5. Arguing With Thermometers
6. Stalemate
7. Gandhi Mate, Gandhi
8. Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here
9. Pack Of Thieves
10. Hello Tyrannosaurus, Meet Tyrannicide
11. Constellations

New images from Burton’s “Frankenweenie”

It seems the development of Tim Burton’s new animated flick has been masked in secrecy, but a new set of pictures from “Frankenweenie” (Disney) has been released to pique your curiosity.

On one way protagonist we see protagonist Victor checking to make sure his worse-for-wear but beloved dog Sparky is in his rightful place under the bed, animator Jens Gulliksen bringing Victor to life on the Pet Cemetery set, assistant art director, Barry Jones, set dressing the Classroom set, and Matias Liebrecht animating the little boy on the Attic set.

“Frankenweenie” is a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments.

The movie, which is being filmed in black and white and will later be rendered in 3D, will hit theaters on October 2012.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” trailer unveiled

Say hello once again to ‘little people’, elves, bearded wizards and other creatures from the Middle-earth because Warner Bros via their social networks and the film’s official blog has uncovered the trailer for Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” one year ahead of its release.

The movie based on another J.R.R. Tolkien classic fantasy novel travels back in time to immerse the spectator in an epic journey to the Lonely Mountain where hobbit Bilbo Baggins accompanied by a group of dwarves is in the search for a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug.

The new episode reunites part of “The Lord of the Rings” fellowship with Sir Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Orlando Bloom and Andy Serkis reprising their roles, and some new faces like comedian Stephen Fry, Martin Freeman as a young Bilbo, and lostie Evangeline Lilly.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is set to hit the silver screen on December 14. The adventure will conclude with the arrival of “The Hobbit: There and Back Again” on 2013.

What follows is the film trailer.

 

“[REC]” video game on its way

Film company Filmax has signed a deal with Tonika Games to develop a video game based on the horror blockbuster “[REC]”, which will be released during the first quarter of 2012. 

Developed on Unity3D, designed to focus on creating tools for different platforms, it will recreate scenes from the movie and will have four worlds (levels), any representing a opposite section of a “[REC]” franchise. Players will feel the fear playing the two first episodes and in the future they will have the chance to do so when the next couple of films come out.

The game, based on first-person shooter mode where players will have an array of different weapons at their disposal, exploits a possibilities of a 3D engine to yield a actor with an immersive knowledge in initial chairman whose idea is to accommodate modeled scenarios unbroken missions from a strange locations of a films.

“[REC]” the video game will be accessible for download for iOS, Android, Blackberry and PC.

“Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol” London premiere

Film hero Tom Cruise joined stars on London red carpet last night to present “Ghost Protocol” (Paramount Pictures), the fourth instalment of the action-packed spy franchise “Mission Impossible”.

Cruise, who once again plays IMF agent Ethan Hunt, accompanied by co-stars, Paula Patton, Lea Seydoux, A list British actor/comedian Simon Pegg, director Brad Bird and producer Bryan Burk, attended the media, posed for photographers and chatted with fans, who gathered at the BFI IMAX entrance.

Other guest attending the premiere included X-files actress Gillian Anderson, Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond, top model and reality TV celebrity Caprice and former pop star Sinitta.

On this occasion, blamed for a terrorist attack on the Kremlin, Ethan Hunt and the entire IMF agency are disavowed by the U.S. government when the president initiates the “Ghost Protocol.” Forced to go off the grid and left without resources or backup, Hunt must somehow clear the agency’s name and prevent another attack. Complicating matters even more, Ethan must undertake this impossible mission with a group of fellow IMF fugitives whose true motives are suspect.

The new “MI” flick, which was the 8th Dubai International Film Festival opener, is first showing on Wednesday December 21.

If you want to watch the official trailer, have a look at set photos and other curiosities about the film click here to visit the website at your own risk.

The Pink Elephants give first taste of debut album “We Hate You”

Fasten your seatbelts because punk rockers The Pink Elephants’ first album entitled “We Hate You” will hit stores this Friday.

The band has posted a video teaser of the new track called Say Goodbye on their website and we have to confess the song has left us breathless and with the fuck yeah expression on our faces, so we thought we had to share this precious moment with you lot so you can start your week with energy and headbanging all the way through.

The album, which will include 13 tracks and a kicking-ass artwork (just have a look at the design of the new website and you will know what we are talking about), will be available on CD and for digital download.

If the snippet of “We Hate You” has aroused your curiosity, you may consider visit the band’s official site here.

Give the sample (Say Goodbye) a listen for yourself by clicking the video below.