WEEZER are the latest band to appear on the hippest kids' show around, Nick Jr.'s Yo Gabba Gabba!  The show, which begins its new season Monday, has already welcomed acts like MGMT, THE TING TINGS and THE SHINS, and Tuesday, Weezer will appear, performing a new songs called "All My Friends Are Insects."  RIVERS CUOMO and the guys dress like spiders and praying mantises to sing the catchy ditty, which features lyrics like, "I have a friend and it's an earthworm/it burrows underground deep within the soil" and "These are my friends, even though they are bugs/They have a role in our world, even though they're bugs."

Entertainment Weekly's website has an exclusive video of the band's performance, which you can watch at EW.com/YGG.
SOURCE: ABC RADIO NETWORK



An impressive and eclectic list of artists will take part in the Beale Street Music Festival, which is slated for April 30th through May 2nd in Memphis. This year’s lineup includes ALICE IN CHAINS, JEFF BECK, LIMP BIZKIT, 30 SECONDS TO MARS, THE FLAMING LIPS, BRET MICHAELS, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and BOOKER T. AND THE MG’S. For a complete artist itinerary and ticket info, go to MemphisInMay.com.
SOURCE: ABC RADIO NETWORK



The new issue of Rolling Stone features a lengthy interview with BILLY CORGAN. The SMASHING PUMPKINS leader -- whose latest project, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, is made up of 11 separate four-song EPs -- discusses a variety of subjects ranging from the band’s breakup to his new friend, pop star and actress JESSICA SIMPSON. Here are some excerpts:

On his critics: “Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do. I’ve been too productive for too long, and despite what anybody wants to strip away from me, I am influential.”

On the Pumpkins’ breakup: “Rather than break up the band... I should have just said to [drummer] JIMMY [CHAMBERLIN], ‘You go to rehab, and we’ll continue, and [guitarist] JAMES [IHA], get the f*** out of here.’ Instead, I fell on my sword for James, for what I thought was a friend.”

On Jessica Simpson: “If I go, ‘Oh, we’re just friends,’ then it’s like, ‘Did they go out, did he dump her or she dump him, what happened?’ It has nothing to do with any of that... My goal in life is to love whoever I think is worth loving, and I think if people knew her like I know her, they would love her like I do.”
SOURCE: ABC RADIO NETWORK



Under Great White Northern Lights, the highly anticipated documentary of THE WHITE STRIPES’ 2007 Canadian tour, will make its U.S. premiere March 12th at the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas. The film, which was directed by EMMETT MALLOY, will screen at 10:00 p.m. that night at the city’s Paramount Theater.

As previously reported, Under Great White Northern Lights will see an official DVD release on March 16th. That same day, it will arrive in theaters across the country. For a list of these theaters and more information, head over to the Stripes’ official website.
SOURCE: ABC RADIO NETWORK



THE FOO FIGHTERS are preparing to head back into the studio in the near future. DAVE GROHL and the boys don’t have a firm release date for their seventh album, though early fall looks likely. The disc -- which follows the Foos’ 2007 release, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace -- will be recorded in Grohl’s garage and produced by BUTCH VIG. Among his many other credits, Vig produced Nirvana’s 1991 smash album Nevermind. Grohl tells Rolling Stone, “I think this could be our heaviest album yet.”

In the meantime, Foos drummer TAYLOR HAWKINS will release the sophomore set by his side project THE COATTAIL RIDERS on April 20th.
SOURCE: ABC RADIO NETWORK