Roundup: Billy Corgan Wants You to StreamThe New Pumpkins-And Then Buy It

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No Doubt have announced the title of their long awaited new album is Push and Shove. The band has decided to kick their series of webisodes off with the recording of the title track.

Billy Corgan is encouraging fans to go to iTunes to stream Smashing Pumpkins new album for free. Oceania is available for official download/purchase on June 19th.

Slash will be honored next month with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame reports Guitar World.

Morrissey and NME have settled their differences reports Pollstar. The settlement came just in time to avoid the singer’s libel case going to trial thanks to a public apology from the magazine declaring that Moz is not a racist.

Common is auctioning off some one-on-one time, and the proceeds are going to 826 LA, an organization dedicated to supporting students with their creative and expository writing skills.

News of the weird: Andrew W.K. is set to be a motivational speaker at than the My Little Pony convention this fall.

In case you missed this one Rolling Stone reported Joan Jett took the stage with Against Me! earlier this week at Terminal 5, joining singer Laura Jane Grace for a cover of the Replacements’ 1984 track, “Androgynous.”

 

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Pat Ferrise grew up loving ”the punk rock” and “new wave.” His years at one of the nation’s top college radio stations ultimately led him to a 15-year run as music director of alternative music icon WHFS Washington/Baltimore. Rolling Stone magazine named him of the most influential programmers of the 90s. He’s recorded two albums under the moniker Trampoline for the now defunct SpinArt label. He lives in Baltimore and takes no credit for writing this bio.