MySpace Music Announces Secret Show Featuring Mastodon!

MySpace Music is pleased to announce an upcoming Secret Show featuring Mastodon at LaunchPad on Wednesday, April 15. The Secret Show performance will be held exclusively for MySpace users, who were notified via MySpace Music’s Secret Show profile . Doors for the concert will open at 8:00 PM. Special guests Kylesa and Intronaut will be opening the show.

MySpace Music recently premiered, "Crack the Skye", the fourth full-length album from the Grammy-nominated band. Continuing to employ a conceptual framework to their songwriting, Mastodon's new album is an apt successor to its widely-received, genre-crossing "Blood Mountain" album of 2006, marrying mythology with mathematical Metal to stunning results. “Crack the Skye” was produced by Brendan O'Brien (Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, AC/DC). In addition to the band’s charting success, Mastodon will also be performing this year as part of the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA, on Saturday, April 18, 2009. For more information about Mastodon, visit their official MySpace Music profile page at: http://www.myspace.com/mastodon.

MySpace Music Announces Secret Show Featuring MSTRKRFT

MySpace Music is pleased to announce an upcoming Secret Show featuring the Canadian duo MSTRKRFT at Co-Prosperity Sphere in Chicago, IL, on April 2. The Secret Show performance will be held exclusively for MySpace users, who were notified via MySpace Music’s Secret Show profile . Doors for the concert will open at 8:00 PM.

Comprised of Death From Above 1979's Jesse Keeler and DFA1979's producer, Al-P, MSTRKRFT (pronounced "master kraft") made their debut in 2004, remixing NYC band Panthers' "Thank Me With Your Hands," which landed on various compilations and quickly became an underground dance hit. Since then, the two Toronto-based producers have been remixing everyone from The Kills to Bloc Party to Wolfmother to Annie. Released on March, 17, 2009, "Fist Of God" (Dim Mak/Downtown) is the highly-anticipated follow-up to their massively successful 2006 debut "The Looks" and features contributions from N.O.R.E., Ghostface Killah, Bay Area hip-hop icon E-40, Freeway, Lil' Mo and John Legend. Most recently, the group performed their single "Bounce" on Jimmy Kimmel Live with N.O.R.E and Isis from Thunderheist. Touring North America throughout April, the duo will also be making an appearance at this year's Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA, on Saturday, April 18.

For more information about MSTRKRFT, visit their official MySpace Music profile page at: www.myspace.com/mstrkrft.

MySpace Music Announces Secret Show Featuring The Gaslight Anthem and Fake Problems!

MySpace Music is pleased to announce an upcoming Secret Show featuring the much buzzed about band The Gaslight Anthem at Common Grounds in Gainesville, FL on Monday, March 9. Opening for the band in this intimate venue will be Fake Problems. The Secret Show performance will be held exclusively for MySpace users, who were notified today via MySpace Music’s Secret Show profile (http://www.myspace.com/secretshows). The doors open at 8:00 PM.

New Jersey natives, The Gaslight Anthem released The ’59 Sound through SideOneDummy in August 2008. The album was lauded mightily in the press, including a rave 8.6 review in Pitchfork to extremely positive write ups in places like New York Times, Rolling Stone, Q Magazine, and Alternative Press. EMusic named it album of the year, and performances on last year’s Rise Against/Alkaline Trio Tour solidified a major national fan base. In addition to sold out shows in New York City, LA & Chicago, the band has become a worldwide phenomenon, recently selling out shows Australia, UK and the Netherlands. For more information about The Gaslight Anthem, visit http://www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem.

Openers, Fake Problems recently received a 4 out of 5 review from Alternative Press and a perfect 5 star review from punkbands.com for their album It’s Great To Be Alive released through SideOneDummy. To find out more information about Fake Problems, visit http://www.myspace.com/fakeproblems.

Lily Allen at the Bowery Ballroom in New York

MySpace Music, the world's premiere online music portal, held a special Secret Show concert with Lily Allen on Tuesday, February 10 at The Bowery Ballroom in New York. The performance took place exclusively for MySpace fans who were notified via the Secret Show community Secret Shows on 3 continents headlined by Lily and also celebrated the release of her new album, "It's Not Me, It's You," which hit stores on February 10th. Her upcoming Secret Show performances are scheduled for Tokyo and London. During her show, Lily thanked MySpace by saying "God knows they've helped me considerably in my career."

For more on Lily Allen, visit her MySpace Music official profile at http://www.myspace.com/lilyallen.

MySpace Music Announces Secret Show Featuring Fall Out Boy Presented By TurboTax

MySpace Music is excited to announce an upcoming Secret Show featuring Fall Out Boy presented by TurboTax® Federal Free Edition

As Florida gears up for the Super Bowl, they have another reason to celebrate with a free, intimate concert by the band on Wednesday, January 28 at State Theater in St. Petersburg. The Secret Show performance will be held exclusively for MySpace users, who were notified via MySpace.

As an added bonus, MySpace users who friend TurboTax’s Freeloader Nation (http://www.myspace.com/turbotax), and make TurboTax one of their top friends, have a chance to be one of 15 people to receive free VIp tickets and be among the first to enter the show. They must print out a copy of their profile and bring it to the event to be eligible for this extra perk

Recently Fall Out Boy premiered their latest album, Folie à Deux, exclusively to their MySpace Music fans days before their album hit stores. “America’s Suitehearts” the current single from the new album has already made an impression. After premiering on The N and Yahoo Music on Jan 1, the video has now been added to all MTV platforms and Fuse. Also, it is currently airing in over 5,000 national movie theaters.

The multi-platinum band Fall Out Boy has built up a loyal following through relentless touring; they have performed over 1200 shows since their inception in 2000. The band's 2007 release “Infinity On High” debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and followed-up “From Under The Cork Tree,” their Island debut of May 2005, which spent 72 weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart. They have won three MTV Video Music Awards and have received a Grammy nomination as well.For the latest music, concert information and more on Fall Out Boy, please visit www.myspace.com/falloutboy or http://www.falloutboyrock.com/.

MySpace Music Presents Metro Station And Hey Monday Playing a MySpace Secret Show Presented By TurboTax

MySpace Music is excited to announce an upcoming Secret Show presented by TurboTax® Federal Free Edition featuring Metro Station and Hey Monday as the opening band. The intimate concert will take place on Tuesday, January 20 at 7 pm at Soma Sidestage in San Diego. Both bands are touring with Fall Out Boy and this show marks their only scheduled appearance in the San Diego area. The Secret Show performance will be held exclusively for MySpace users, who were notified today via MySpace.


Metro Station is a rapidly rising Hollywood-based electro-pop/rock quartet. The band’s first single from their eponymous debut, “Shake It,” was a top 5 pop radio hit and reached platinum status. The video for the single was viewed almost a million times on its MySpace page.

Opening the Secret Show will be the invigorating new pop/punk band Hey Monday, who recently released their debut album Hold On Tight and are signed to Pete Wentz’s (Fall Out Boy) Decaydance Records through Columbia Records. Led by 19-year old female vocalist Cassadde Pope, the band is quickly drawing a big following, and their debut video for the track “Homecoming” pulled in over 600,000 video plays during its premiere week on MySpace Music.

MySpace Music has organized nearly 200 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like The Cure, Gnarls Barkley, The Offspring, Neil Diamond, Slayer, Franz Ferdinand, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing in cities around the world. Users must friend the Secret Shows profile page in order to receive advanced notice of the special, free concerts. From there, they will find more information about the artists and upcoming schedule. Visit the MySpace Secret Shows profile at http://myspace.com/secretshows for all show details.

TurboTax’s (http://www.myspace.com/turbotax) sponsorship of MySpace Secret Shows takes place throughout the early part of 2009. TurboTax is the nation’s No. 1-rated, best-selling tax preparation software from Intuit Inc. TurboTax is also sponsoring free music downloads on MySpace Music and enabling MySpace users to share the songs with their friends. Users have up to 7 days to accept a shared music stream and once downloaded, the songs will not expire in playlists. Co-branded TurboTax ads will be promoted throughout the MySpace MyMusic page, the MySpace Personal Music Player, and MySpace Video.

MySpace Music Presents Rise Against Secret Show On October 7th At TT The Bears in Boston!

Band is asking all fans to donate food to The Greater Boston Food Bank as part of their admission order to get into the show!

MySpace Music announces that one of the most respected names in punk rock Rise Against (www.myspace.com/riseagainst) will be playing a club show at TT The Bears in Boston on October 7 as part of MySpace's Secret Show series. The Secret Show is a free, exclusive performance for the MySpace community. Rise Against and MySpace are asking fans to donate food which will go The Greater Boston Food Bank for entry into the show. The band has also partnered with Peta2 for the show who will be distributing literature inside the show. This is the first ever Secret Show in which MySpace have partnered with a charity. After talking with the band, the program realized this was the perfect band to do this with and an incredible way to kick off the release of their new album.

For their fifth studio album, "Appeal To Reason," Rise Against teamed up with Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendants) and Jason Livermore to record at the Blasting Room in Ft. Collins, CO-- the same production team and studio used for "The Sufferer & the Witness" and "Revolutions Per Minute." First single "Re-Education (Through Labor)" is already a top 5 Modern Rock hit.

Rise Against are vocalist Tim McIlrath, bassist Joe Principe, drummer Brandon Barnes and guitarist Zach Blair. In spring 2001, the band released their debut CD The Unraveling on Fat Wreck Chords. After two years of solid touring, Rise Against recorded Revolutions Per Minute (2002), followed by Siren Song Of The Counter Culture produced by Gggarth Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Melvins, Sick Of It All). The Sufferer & the Witness was released in 2006 and debuted at #10 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

The Greater Boston Food Bank's mission is to help end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. To achieve its mission, The Food Bank feeds more than 320,000 people annually in nine counties in eastern Massachusetts. MySpace Music has organized more than 150 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like Gnarls Barkley, The Offspring, Neil Diamond, Slayer, Fran Ferdinand, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing in cities around the world. For more information about the artists and upcoming schedule, visit the official MySpace Secret Shows profile at http://myspace.com/secretshows.

MySpace Music Presents Critically Acclaimed Duo "The Kills" In An Intimate Club Show October 6th In Baltimore!

MySpace announces that beloved rock duo The Kills will be playing an intimate performance at The Ottobar in Baltimore, Maryland on October 6th as part of MySpace Music's Secret Show series. The co-ed group recently released their third album, "Midnight Boom," and have spent the summer performing with The Raconteurs. The Secret Show is a free, exclusive performance for the MySpace community.The Kills formed in London in 2000 and is comprised of Alison "VV" Mosshart and Jamie "Hotel" Hince. Over the past decade, their raw and engaging sound has allowed them to become on of the most critically acclaimed bands in the world. When discussing "Midnight Boom" this past March, the much respected British magazine Mojo raved "The Kills sound and feel like no other band" while Uncut heralded the album as "a revelation."Recently the track "Sour Cherry" off of "Midnight Boom was heavily featured in the hit CW show "Gossip Girl." As previously stated, the Kills have spent the last month playing large outdoor venues with the Raconteurs.

This MySpace Secret Show is easily the most intimate performance they will stage during this current US run, making it that much more special.MySpace Music has organized more than 150 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like Gnarls Barkley, The Offspring, Neil Diamond, Slayer, Fran Ferdinand, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing in cities around the world. For more information about the artists and upcoming schedule, visit the official MySpace Secret Shows profile at http://www.myspace.com/secretshows

Myspace Secret Show Presents The Hold Steady

MySpace Secret Shows is pleased to announce that The Hold Steady, one of the most critically lauded bands of the last decade, will play a small intimate show at The Railyard in Billings, MT on Thursday, July 24. The Secret Show featuring Hold Steady is a free, exclusive performance for the MySpace community and is one of the only shows of this nature that the band will play on their current U.S. tour in support of Stay Positive, the new album released July 15 on Vagrant Records.

Opening for The Hold Steady is the hook-heavy punk rock band from Philadelphia the Loved Ones who released their latest album, Build & Burn to glowing reviews on Fat Wreck Records this past February.

The Hold Steady celebrated the release of the Stay Positive by appearing on Late Show with David Letterman playing a song as well as taking part in a comedy skit. Rolling Stone recently opined, “Right now, no band displays the ranting soul, haunted heart or diseased liver of the American rock myth with more truth and empathy than the Hold Steady.”

Tokyo Police Club To Perform MySpace Secret Show in Baltimore, April 27th

Tokyo Police Club (http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub) celebrate the release of their debut album Elephant Shell in Baltimore Sunday, April 27 at a free MySpace Secret Show at The Talking Head. The Canadian band, signed to indie Saddle Creek, is a critics darling with Rolling Stone opining, “If only all young guitar bands were smart enough to rock out this fast, banging out seven first-rate mod-punk party starters in barely more than sixteen minutes.” Elephant Shell was released on April 22, and the band is currently on tour to support the release, with the secret show being by far the smallest most intimate venue Tokyo Police Club will play. The band was recently featured on MTV’s Discover and Download program and their new single, “Tessellate,” is being played on such influential radio stations as Indie 103 in Los Angeles.

MySpace Music has organized more than 100 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like Rilo Kiley, Fran Ferdinand, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Ray LaMontagne performing in cities around the world. For more information about the artists and upcoming schedule, visit the official MySpace Secret Shows profile at http://myspace.com/secretshows.

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MOBY TO PERFORM SPECIAL DJ SET AT MYSPACE SECRET SHOW IN CHICAGO, APRIL 22

Moby (http://www.myspace.com/moby) -- one of the pioneering musicians of the last 20 years -- will perform a DJ set with DFA Associates Holy Ghost!, Justin Miller and Jacques Renault at a free MySpace Secret Show , Tuesday, April 22 at Smart Bar in Chicago. The show starts at 9 PM.

Moby recently released his latest album Last Night on April 1, through Mute Records. Alternating between hands-in-the-air anthems, old school hip-hop and end-of-the-night ambience, Last Night is a dance music tour de force that looks back at Moby’s deep roots in the club scene while simultaneously embracing the future.

The album has been hailed by various music outlets, including Rolling Stone who, in a four star review declared, “it’s exciting to hear this forty-two-year-old vegan blogger return to form.” Likewise, Moby’s DJ sets are not to be missed. As Pitchfork noted after a recent appearance in Austin: “If you ever get the chance to see Moby DJ at a warehouse party, do it. Think what you will about Moby, but dude knows how to rock a dancefloor.”

MySpace Music has organized more than 100 Secret Shows since the franchise launched in February 2006 with artists like Rilo Kiley, Fran Ferdinand, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Ray LaMontagne performing in cities around the world. For more information about the artists and upcoming schedule, visit the official MySpace Secret Shows profile at http://myspace.com/secretshows.