Rap icon Ludacris is coming to Claremont, that's right I said Claremont!  He is going to be putting on a performance for the Claremont Colleges at the Bridges Auditorium.  The Bridges Auditorium is much smaller than most of the venues Ludacris plays, so an opportunity to see him their is one not worth missing.  The concert is for Claremont College students as well as the public.  Tickets are available on Ticketmaster for $45.00 plus Ticketmaster charges.  You can get your tickets here.  Ludacris just recently dropped a new record entitled "Theatre Of Mind" which is well worth a listen.  For more information on Ludacris check out his Myspace here.

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Last night, the legendary Mike Ness completed his solo tour with a performance at Pomona's Glasshouse.  I had the privilege of attending the show.  Seeing Social Distortion (Mike Ness's main band) is always a treat but being able to see him perform his solo work is something every Social D fan should experience.  He opened the show with a twangy version of Social D's "Reach for the Sky" and then jumped into songs from his two solo records.  Brent Harding and Johnny "two bags" Wickersham from Social D backed up Ness on guitar and bass as well as Dave Raven on drums and Chris Lawrence on pedal steel.  Ness played songs spanning his solo album and his solo cover album which were both released in the late nineties as well as a couple countrified Social Distortion songs.  The show not only complemented Ness's superb talent but also showed off his love and respect for the older generation of American Rock.  Being able to see Ness and his band perform at such an intimate venue was a real treat as well.  Next time Ness comes around, I highly recommend attending.

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Taste Of Chaos is coming to southern California for it's fifth time.  The line up for 2009 is Thursday, Bring Me The Horizon, Four Years Strong, Pierce the Veil and Cancer Bats.  The show is on February 14th at the Hollywood Palladium.  Tickets are $24.50 plus Ticketmaster charges and go on sale to general public on December 20th.  KROQ is having a ticket pre-sale starting tomorrow (December 19th) at 10:00 AM. You can get your tickets here, the password is KROQCHAOS. The pre-sale lasts until 10:00 PM tomorrow night so if you miss out, you can still try and get some the following day when they are on sale to the general public.  For more information on Taste Of Chaos, check out their website here.

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Myspace is hosting a free show featuring pop-punk band The All American Rejects.  The concert is on Wednesday, December 17th at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim.  The show is completely free and tickets are one a first come first serve basis meaning that to guarantee a ticket, you should get there pretty early to wait in line.  The doors open up at 8:00 P.M. and the show goes until around 11:00 P.M.  The Chain Reaction is a pretty small venue, so being able to see such a big band in that setting is pretty rare.  The All American Rejects also have a new album coming out on December 16 entitled "When The World Comes Down". For more information, visit their Myspace here.

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A few months back, Coheed and Cambria put on a four day concert called "Neverender", where each night they performed one of their albums in its entirety.  They did this a few times in different parts of the world.  For those unable to attend, Coheed has announced that they will be releasing a box set entitled "Neverender: Children of the Fence" containing a DVD with the entire Neverender Performance.  Included in the box set will be a CD version of the show, A DVD documentary on the band, A hardcover photo book and a Dragonfly keepsake.  The box set does not release till March, however; Coheed is taking pre-orders now.  If you do pre-order the box set before December 16th,  The band will put your name in the thank you section of the book and the first 3,000 copies sold will be hand signed by all the members of the band.  The box set runs for $110.00 but is well worth the price for all that's included.  For more information on the box set, visit Coheed and Cambria's website here.

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Ohio Hardcore band, The Devil Wears Prada, is headlining a full U.S. tour this March with A Day To Remember, Sky Eats Airplane and Emarosa.  On April 23rd, They will be playing at The Glasshouse in Pomona.  Tickets do not go on sale to general admission for another week but can be purchased through pre-order here.  You will have to sign up for the website service which only takes a few minutes.  The tickets are $20.00 which is cheaper than Ticketmaster and are only available until they go on sale for general admission, (meaning you will have to use Ticketmaster).  For more information on The Devil Wears Prada, visit their Myspace here.

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Metalcore band Underoath has teamed up with fashion designer Paul Frank to bring the fans a limited edition wallet based on the art work from the cover of Underoaths latest release entitled "Lost in the Sound of Separation".  The wallet comes in a limited edition box set.  The box set includes the wallet, a copy of "Lost in the Sound of Separation", Underoath guitar picks and headphones.  There are two options for the box set.  The first option is the box set with a regular copy of  the new album for $85 and the second is the box set with the deluxe version of the CD for $90.  The box sets are kind of expensive, but well worth it because these are only being distributed once.  After they sell out the only way you will be able to get this item is by paying an absurd amount of money for it on Ebay. You can get your Paul Frank Underoath wallet box set by clicking here.  For more information on Underoath, visit their Myspace here.

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Live Nation made a scene this past year when they announced that they would no longer be selling tickets to their shows through Ticketmaster and instead selling them through their very own Live Nation provider.  Before this announcement Ticketmaster had been the main way to purchase tickets to shows online or via phone.  Ticketmaster has also been known to have an absurd amount of extra charges on it's ticket stub.  For example, a ticket listed on Ticketmaster for the price of $40.00 really ends up being around $55.00 after convenience charges, taxes, etc.  Live Nation acknowledges the outcry from many consumers and decided to cut Ticketmaster out and provide tickets with very low extra charges.  Many major artists have already signed with Live Nations new venture such as Madonna, Jay-Z and U2.  This past week, Live Nation made an announcement that they have recently partnered up with Blockbuster and will be providing tickets for sale at many local Blockbuster locations starting in 2009.  This new venture that Live Nation has taken goes to show that they are proving to be a worthy opponent to Ticketmaster.

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Tom Morello, The former guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave is currently on tour with his latest project The Nightwatchman which is a political Folk alter-ego created by Morello.  Also on the tour, Morello plays some new songs for a project that he was been working on with Boots Riley entitled Street Sweeper.  This act consists of more Rap and Rock put together with Morello on guitar and Riley doing vocals.  Morello is stopping by the House of Blues in Anaheim to do a show on the 12th of December, which is this Friday.  House of Blues is offering two tickets to his show for the price of one, which in my opinion is a pretty good deal.  In order to take advantage of this deal, you will need to sign up for their mailing list, which only takes a few minutes. You can do all of that here.  For more information on Tom Morello, you can visit the website for his latest project, Nightwatchman here.

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The masked metal band, Slipknot is going on a full U.S. tour in support of their latest album entitled "All Hope Is Gone" which came out earlier this year.  Progressive rock group, Coheed and Cambria have jumped on the tour as one of the opening acts.  The bands will be coming to Southern California to play two shows.  The first show is going to be at the Forum in Inglewood on Saturday March 7th.  Tickets range from $25.00 to $45.00 and are available now.  Tickets for that date can be found here.  The second show is at the brand new Citizens Bank Arena in Ontario on Tuesday March 10th.  Tickets for this show range from the same cost as the previous one and can be found here.  These shows are likely to sell out, so if you are planning on going I would recommend purchasing them asap.  For more information on Slipknot, visit their Myspace here. and for more information on Coheed and Cambria visit their Myspace here.

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Hip-Hop icon Lil Wayne is currently on tour and is stopping by So Cal to play two shows.  He will be performing at The Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City.  The shows are being held on Sunday December 21st and Monday December 22nd.  Both shows start promptly at 7:30 PM.  The opening acts are Keyshia Cole, T-Pain, Gym Class Heroes and Keri Hilson.  Lil Wayne was originally only going to put on one show but due to the high demand and how quickly the first night sold out, he added on another.  Tickets for the December 22nd show go on sale today at noon.  You can get your tickets here.  For more information on Lil' Wayne, visit his Myspace here.

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As I Lay Dying front man, Tim Lambesis has a side-project that goes by the name of Australian Death Machine.  With the exception of a Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonator singing back up on some of the songs,  Lambesis does all the vocals and plays all of the instruments in this parody metal core band.  As I Lay Dying is currently on tour throughout the United States, but Lambesis is taking a short break to play four shows as Australian Death Machine. The Chain Reaction in Anaheim is hosting one of these shows.  The show is at 7:30 on Saturday December 27th and tickets cost $12.00 at the door.  For more information on Australian Death Machine, check out their Myspace here.

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Mike Ness, The frontman for the infamous Social Distortion is currently doing a solo tour.  He has been playing a slew of California dates and selling out just about every one of them.  The solo Mike Ness strays from the classic Social D sound and burrows into a more country feel.  He rarely tours as a soloist so getting the chance to see him is one not to miss. Just last week it was announced that Ness will be playing The Glasshouse in Pomona.  The Glasshouse is a much smaller venue than most of the ones he has been playing so the performance will a lot more intimate.  Tickets are $30.00 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster here.  For more information on Mike Ness solo work, visit his Myspace here.

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A lot of new things have been going for the infamous alternative rock group, The Smashing Pumpkins with some new songs, a full U.S. Tour and plans to release a new album. The Pumpkins are keeping busy and have released a new music video.  The video is for their latest single entitled "G.L.O.W." and was released exclusively on their Myspace this past week.   "G.L.O.W." is not related to the new studio album that the Pumpkins have planned and is solely just a single.  For More information on The Smashing Pumpkins, visit their Myspace here. To watch the new video please click here. Enjoy!

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Metalcore group, Bleeding Through is going on tour in support of their latest album "Declaration" and  is playing at The Glasshouse on February 14th.  Yes, that's right Valentines Day with Bleeding Through!  The opening acts are Impending Doom, As Blood Runs Black and The Acacia Stream.  Tickets are $15.00 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster or at the The Glasshouse Record Shop.  For more information on Bleeding Through, visit their Myspace here.

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Last night I was able to see The Smashing Pumpkins perform at the Rimac Arena on the UCSD campus in San Diego.  The Pumpkins have been celebrating their 20th anniversary by doing a full U.S. Tour which if you know anything about them, is a really rare experience these days.  The show was nothing short of amazing.  The band came on promptly at 7:30 P.M. with no opening acts and played for two and half hours straight.  The set list varied songs from the entire past discography, Songs like "Bullet With the Butterfly Wings" and my personal favorite "Eye". They also had tracks from their latest album and latest E.P. and they even threw in a few progressive jams in between it all.  The Smashing Pumpkins are still playing two more shows at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City and a few tickets are still available at the box office.  I recommend going, it is unclear when they will be back again. For more information visit their Myspace here.

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