Strange Vacation has launched an Indiegogo for the release of the band's upcoming full-length Thunderstorms. Tracklisting is below and video is in the replies.

Track listing
01) Heaven Must Be A Mess
02) Start Again
03) On And On
04) Sick Cycle (feat. AJ Perdomo)
05) Purpose
06) Come Watch The Sunset
07) Road Trip
08) Thunderstorms
09) Oasis
10) Just Stay

Metro Station have set up an indiegogo campaign for a new EP. I'm not one to usually make jokes about these things ... but shouldn't some of that "Achy Breaky Heart" fuck-you-money help fund this? Or did they boot that guy out of this band? I'm confused. Anyway ... um ... yeah.

Submitted by roddy152

A while back we posted a list of the 30 wealthiest drummers, and there's also a list of the wealthiest lead singers too.

Some Stand-Outs

Dave Grohl - 225 million
Gwen Stefani - 80 million
Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge - 60 million each
Billie Joe Armstrong - 55 million
Zack de la Rocha - 50 million
Chester Bennington - 25 million

They forgot to include Hayley Williams on this list, however, according to another article from the same site, she's worth around 8 million dollars. Fred Durst is on the list for having 8 million dollars (he's #84).

Submitted by mr_raccoon

Today is the last day for artists to claim royalties from SoundExchange that are over three years old, so if you are are a musician, make sure to check here if you have anything unclaimed.

Over the weekend, NPR intern Emily White contributed a blog post where she admitted to rarely buying music and also what she thinks her and her generation are looking for in terms of a modern form of music distribution. Today, a UGA professor wrote a response letter which we think anyone who is a fan of music needs to read.

Invisible Children are auctioning off a Fender guitar from their Silver Series at SXSW that's signed by all 25 bands involved. Find more info, as well as their new Kevin Devine video, here.

Citigroup has taken control of EMI.

Submitted by JordanBuell

Concert ticket sales hit their worst slump in over a decade.

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Maybe soon it'll be down to the Big Three instead of Big Four.

Live Nation and Ticketmaster's merger has been okayed by the Department of Justice.

Arms and Sleepers is trying to raise some money. Donating will get you some cool things from the guys.

Submitted by chooit

Live Nation will be running a one-day promotion on June 3rd (Wednesday) where they eliminate service fees for all of their ticketed ampitheater shows.

Brightwood will be shooting a video for "Swan Song" in June and are asking for any donations to help further the project. More details can be found in the replies.

Last.fm will start to pay royalties to unsigned bands.

Submitted by mattplayscheap

Pitchfork apparently pulls in $5 million a year on ads alone.

Cute Is What We Aim For will be doing an in-store at Vintage Vinyl in New Jersey on tomorrow, June 20th at 7pm (day of record release). They will be performing songs from their debut record The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch. Tell all your friends!

Vintage Vinyl
51 Lafayette Rd
Fords, NJ 08863
732-225-7717

Love Hurts Clothing is having a spring sale and if you use the coupon code "APNETSPRING", you get 10% off your purchase.

Submitted by: timmysavedlatin

As reported by MammothPress.com: According to Fox News, The Killers are being sued for $16 million by their ex-manager Braden Merrick, who filed a suit late Tuesday in federal court in Las Vegas. Merrick says the band ditched him and breached their contract.

"Dirty," who is part of Fall Out Boy's posse, recently got a Pete Wentz tattoo.

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