Music
This Morning In New Music April 7, 2010
by Ciaran Thompson
April 7, 2010
This Morning's new music news; Kanye West's tentatively titled album Good Ass Job expected in June, the diagnosis on the plane crash that injured Travis Barker and former Joy Division bassist will take Unknown Pleasures on tour.
Kanye West is currently in the studio completing his next album tentatively titled Good Ass Job, expected this June. According to Billboard, West has recruited Q-Tip, RZA, Drake and Pete Rock for the upcoming disc. This will be the rapper’s fifth album and first since 2008’s 808s & Heartbreak. [Billboard]
A plane crash 18 months ago that left four dead and seriously injured Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and DJ AM, was caused by under-inflated tires federal investigators said yesterday. Barker and DJ AM finished a concert in Columbia and before takeoff the Learjet’s tires exploded and the plane crashed on the runway. [AP]
And former Joy Division bassist Peter Hook is taking Joy Division’s debut album Unknown Pleasures on tour. On May 18 Hook will play the album in its entirety at Manchester’s FAC251 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of singer Ian Curtis’ death. He’ll also be playing several gigs before across England with a show titled “An Evening of Unknown Pleasures.” [NME]
Tags: Music, News, DJ AM, Kanye West, Travis Barker
