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Category: Band Breakup

  • A-Ha is coming to Los Angeles on Monday, May 15, and Tuesday, May 16, at Club Nokia for a farewell tour, as mentioned earlier in the week. This is the band’s last tour ever, celebrating the 25th anniversary of debut release Hunting High & Low. The Club Nokia show is the last of four shows…

  • One of our favorite music videos of the '80s definitely has to be A-Ha's "Take On Me." We never get tired of seeing A-Ha race through animated sequences to escape violent thugs while trying to save the girl. Decades later, we now have the chance to catch A-Ha live in a rare North American tour!…

  • Mika Miko are finally hanging it up for good! After six years together, the band has decided to call it a day and move on. Some band members are going back to school while others are moving on to other projects. Mika Miko though has decided to end it all right were they started it all,…

  • Blur has recently announced that they will be releasing a documentary feature length film, No Distance Left To Run, due for release in the UK on January 19th, 2010. No Distance Left to Run was filmed throughout the band’s rehearsals and recent reunion tour of 2009. No word yet on the US release date of Blur's…

  • October 30, 2002 is still a day that lives in infamy for one of the groups that has greatly influenced us here at The Scenestar growing up. That's when the legendary hip-hop DJ Jason Mizell AKA Jam Master Jay of Run DMC was gunned down in his Queens studio in the Fall of 2002. The…

  • Bad news The XX fans. Looks like the buzz band of the moment is on hiatus. Guitarist/keyboardist Baria Quereshi decided not to play their show at the Village Underground at Shoreditch while The XX continued on with the show and played as a threesome. They announced to the crowd ""Obviously this has been a really tough few…

  • Bad news this morning for Rakes fans anticipating their Halloween show at The Roxy. The Rakes have announced today on their website that the band has split effective immediately. This means all their upcoming US shows are cancelled including their Halloween show on October 31st at The Roxy. We're sorry to hear about the split…

  • Sorry to those of you that camped out the past few days at the Henry Fonda Music Box. During last night's performance at the Hollywood Palladium, Trent Reznor mentioned that he wasn't feeling too well during a blistering set that featured Downward Spiral in its entirety. Nine Inch Nails didn't sound or look the part…

  • Looks like what most fans thought would be inevitable has finally happened. Noel Gallagher has left Oasis following an altercation with his brother Liam Gallagher backstage where Liam smashed Noel's guitar today at Paris's Rock En Seine according to eyewitnesses. This was one minute before Oasis were set to take the stage. The band then proceeded to cancel their second…

  • Scenestar favorite Los Campesinos will be playing a few shows locally this weekend on keyboard player Aleks' last tour with the band. Aleks is leaving the band upon completion of their new album and this current tour to continue with her studies. This is one of your last chances to catch her doing her thing with Los…