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[News] B.o.B Discusses Upcoming Rock EP, Names Wish List Of Rock Collaborators

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B.o.B preps the release of an upcoming album and Rock EP.

B.o.B only recently dropped off his sophomore album Strange Clouds, but he’s already to branch out for his next project. During an interview with Shade 45′s Sway in the Morning, Bobby Ray spoke on his upcoming Rock EP that he plans to drop in 2013 and says that he’s been working on it for some time.

“Man, 2013, I would expect an album from B.o.B and a Rock EP as well,” he said. “My Rock EP is like… I take pride in my work and I’m not going to do something just to say that I can do it if I ain’t really passionate about doing it. I’m very passionate about my music. Sometimes I take it too seriously. But this Rock EP, I’ve been working on it for a long time actually. Because that type of music, you gotta let it marinate for a minute. You can’t just deep-fry that.”

Though he’s collaborated with a few Rock artists in the past, the Grand Hustle signee says that he has a wish list of artist with whom he’d like to hit the studio.

“I can tell you who I’d like to work with as far as Rock legends. Definitely Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters. Of course Linkin Park. Actually, I already worked with Travis Barker on a couple of things. Gotta let the drummer get some. Possibly Paramore, Hayley Williams. We collaborated before [on 'Airplanes'], but I want to collaborate on the Rock side.”

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Blink-182 Cancel Dates After Travis Barker Medical Emergency

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TheBlink-182 reunion tour has hit a snag. On Wednesday, the group announced that it was cancelling a string of live dates this month due to a medical emergency involving drummer Travis Barker.

“Blink-182′s drummer, Travis Barker, required an urgent tonsillectomy with a recovery period expected to extend beyond the scheduled tour dates,” read a note on their official site. “The band apologizes for any inconvenience as a result of these cancellations and thanks their fans for their ongoing support.
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Though two upcoming dates at the Winstar Casino in Thackerville, OK have been rescheduled for September 13 and 14, the other six dates on their itinerary will not be rescheduled. Those dates include:

» 5/15 — Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross Arena
» 5/17 — Manchester, NH @ Verizon Wireless Arena
» 5/18 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun
» 5/19 — Asbury Park, NJ @ The Bamboozle
» 5/20 — Bethlehem, PA @ Sands Bethlehem Event Center
» 5/22 — Quebec City, CA @ Colisee Pepsi Arena

Refunds will be available for each show at the point of purchase, except for the Bamboozle gig, where no refunds are being offered. New Jersey natives My Chemical Romance have stepped into the breach and will take over Blink’s headlining slot at the May 19 Bamboozle gig.

“Blink-182 will be greatly missed, and all of us here with Travis a speedy recovery,” the show’s promoters said in a statement about what would have been Blink’s debut Bamboozle appearance. Other acts on this year’s three-day Bamboozle roster include: Foo Fighters, Skrillex, Bon Jovi, Gaslight Anthem, Mac Miller, Incubus and DJ Pauly D.

The band is slated to kick-off a two-month European tour in June and at press time Blink’s Facebook page said those shows have not been affected.

Adam Yauch: Remembering A Beastie Boy’s Life And Career

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With the world still reeling from the news of Adam Yauch’s death on Friday (May 4), MTV News took to the airwaves with the one-hour special “Adam Yauch: Remembering a Beastie Boy” to honor the life and impact of the influential artist, one of the founding members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted rap trio.

MTV‘s own Sway Calloway began the tribute by reading celebrity reactions to Yauch’s death from artists including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Travis Barker, Weezer and Jack Black, all of whom expressed feelings of sadness and respect for the influential MC.

“Adam Yauch brought a lot of positivity into the world, and I think it’s obvious to anyone how big of an influence the Beastie Boys were on me and so many others,” Em said in a statement to MTV News. “They are trailblazers and pioneers, and Adam will be sorely missed. My thoughts and prayers are with his family, Mike D., and Ad-Rock.”

The tribute then turned toward Yauch’s indelible impact on the music industry, beginning with a look at one of the Beastie Boys‘ most famous and critically acclaimed music videos, “Sabotage,” directed by Spike Jonze, followed by the group’s festive performance of “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)” on MTV‘s New Year’s Eve show in 1986. Other clips featured in the 60-minute special included their 1998 VMA performance of “Intergalactic,” the year the group took home the Video Vanguard award, as well as more of their iconic music videos, including “Hey Ladies.”

Sway touched on the evolution of Yauch’s spirituality throughout his career, which led to his founding of the Tibetan Freedom Concert, the first of which drew influential acts like the Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine. We dug through our archives to find the Beastie Boys‘ performance of “Root Down” at the 1996 concert in San Francisco, followed by their star-studded, 2011 VMA-nominated music video “Make Some Noise,” which earned Yauch an award for Best Director. The tribute closed with a few more celeb tribute tweets and the Boys’ 2004 MTV Movie Awards performance of “Ch-Check It Out.”

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