The official full trailer for the upcoming Notorious B.I.G. biopic, Notorious, has debuted. The film is out January 16 and the trailer can be viewed below:
Another week, another Led Zeppelin reunion rumor. John Paul Jones spoke at a Q&A session at the Manson's Guitar Show in England over the weekend and again floated the possibility of some sort of Zep reunion, with or without Robert Plant singing. Jones reportedly said, "As you probably know, Jimmy [Page], Jason [Bonham] and I are actually rehearsing and we've had the odd singer come in and have a bash. As soon as we know — which we don't — we will let you know. But we really hope that something is going to happen soon because we really want to do it and we're having a lot of fun just rehearsing. Jason is actually tremendous... And what we've done so far sounds absolutely fantastic. When it does come, it will come, and you'll know about it. We really wanna do something and Robert doesn't want to do this, at least for the moment. I don't really know what his plans are. He really doesn't want to make loud music anymore. We do. I mean, I love acoustic music, but it doesn't stop me from turning something up." Jones also suggested their reunion show from earlier this year could be released on DVD.
Common will release his new album, Universal Mind Control, on December 9. Billboard reports the album will feature cameos from Kanye West on "Punch Drunk Love" and Cee-Lo of Gnarls Barkley on "Make My Day." The album was originally expected out in July.
Congratulations to Foo Fighters main man Dave Grohl, whose wife Jordyn is expecting their second child, according to People magazine. The couple's first child, daughter Violet, was born in April 2006.
Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Merl Saunders has passed away at the age of 74 from complications resulting from a stroke he had six years ago. Saunders began playing with The Jerry Garcia Band in 1970, joined the Dead for 1971's self-titled disc and contributed his Hammond B-3 organ to countless jam bands later on, including Phish and Blues Traveler.
Bad Brains have added more dates to their brief upcoming tour. The D.C. Punk legends will play in their hometown on Election Night at the 9:30 Club, then November 5 and 6 in New York City. Two West Coast dates have been added for Los Angeles on December 6 and San Diego on December 7.