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Kid Cudi announces W Z R D album release date

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This week rapper Kid Cudi took to Twitter to make a major announcement: his next album is coming out January 30, 2012 to coincide with his 28th birthday. He also made a change to his group’s name. He and producer Dot da Genius are now collectively known as W Z R D (short for WIZARD) and 2 Be Continuum is no more. Cudi was not ready to spill the beans on the album’s title yet. However he did go on to say that the album “does not contain any profanity or the usage of the word “nigga”.” The former lonely stoner calls it “a universal album for everyone.” Also, he says “WZRD is bringin Punk Rock back with a whole new energy and sound.” Not really sure what he means by that? We’ll have a taste of what’s in store soon as Cudi promises that a snippet of the first single is on its way. “Ladies, your gonna have something to shake those booties to,” he teases.

Kid Cudi renames his band, gives one to new label

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This week Kid Cudi kicked off his Cud Life Tour in Hollywood and then brought his talent to New York City where he made back-to-back-to-back live appearances at the Roseland Ballroom. I happened to attend the second NYC show, and it was during this set that Lonely Stoner (no more) made two big announcements concerning his future plans. First, he decided to change the name of his band. As any Cudi fan should know by now, the rapper’s teaming up with producer Dot Da Genius to form a rock/rap band for his next album. Originally Cudder named the band Wizard but just recently he made a change. Henceforth the Cudi/Dot collab band is to be referred to as 2 Be Continuum. At the concert Cudi explained, “When I went into iTunes and I put in Wizard there was like five bands named Wizard. I needed something more original, something different.” Though the original name has been scraped Cudi promises his music is “still wizardry at its finest.” We can expect the first sampling from 2 Be Continuum to drop later this summer. During the same break in song, Cudi announced the name of his new label and that’s called Wicked Awesome Records. But of course! And now you can peek after the break to watch Cudder drop all the details himself. Continue reading Kid Cudi renames his band, gives one to new label →

Conan’s band gets named, fans “voting” for first guest

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Conan’s late night house band has gone through a couple names in recent years.  The Max Weinberg 7 stuck for a whole 16 years during Conan’s tenure at Late Night with Conan O’Brien.  The Tonight Show Band didn’t last nearly as long for reasons you should be aware of.  And it then changed to The Legally Prohibited Band this year when Conan brought the band with him on The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.  Today the house band gets a brand new name that will hopefully stick for years to come: The Basic Cable Band.  It’s got a nice ring to it, huh?  As we already know, drummer Max Weinberg has left the band and guitarist Jimmy Vivino will take over as band leader.  He will be joined by returning band members Scott Healy (keyboards), Mike Merritt (bass), Mark Pender (trumpet), Richie “LaBamba” Rosenberg (trombone), Jerry Vivino (saxophone, woodwinds, and vocals), and James Wormworth (drums).

Yesterday it was announced on the TeamCoCo blog that the fans will have the power to decide the TBS late night show’s very first guest.  Potential guests include Tom from MySpace, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Jack Nicholson, Pope Bendict XVI, Vladimir Putin, REO Speedwagon, Hassanal Bolkiah (The Sultan of Brunei), Thomas Pynchon, Gerhard Ertl, Arlene Wagner, and the full cast of the live-action “Fat Albert” movie (not including Kenan Thompson).  Click here and get your vote on!  You are restricted to one vote per day, but you can vote as many times as you want and for how ever many people you want.  Take heed of this disclaimer, though: “None of these people have actually been booked on our show. For one reason or another, we haven’t contacted any of these people – In fact, we’re kind of hoping that, if someone on this poll starts getting a lot of votes, these folks will actually feel a bit guilty and will agree to be our first guest!!”

Conan premieres November 8 at 11PM on TBS.

[Via Deadline; TeamCoCo]