MILEY CYRUS’S brother is glad the public loves his band, Metro Station, as much as his sister. The band formed on the set of Miley’s show Hannah Montana and Trace Cyrus said: “It’s weird with all my family being so lucky being able to do music andentertain the world. I’m happy as many people are taking an interest in my music as they have in my sister.”
Source- California Chronicle
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TRACE Cyrus, big brother of 16-year-old megastar Miley, is breaking the Disney mould by modelling his band on gloom popsters Depeche Mode.
The tattooed 20-year-old, who is the frontman of American foursome Metro Station, said: “Depeche Mode are amazing. They’re a major influence.”
In Malta to perform at the Isle of MTV Festival, Trace said Jacko’s untimely passing has highlighted the power of pop music. He said: “There are people who say, ‘It’s just pop,’ that it’s temporary and doesn’t matter. But it’s so important in people’s lives. We’re not ashamed to be a pop band.”
And Trace said the boyband have as many male fans as girls, “because they know there are chicks at our shows!”
Source- Daily Star
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Trace Cyrus, the older brother of Miley Cyrus and son of Billy Ray Cyrus has caused a mini-frenzy in the capital.
The 20-year-old brother of the teen star was in town with his band Metro Station to perform and Dublin’s Olympia Theatre last night.
Die-hard fans had been queuing to watch the gig from 9am.
Trace formed the chart-topping band after he hit it off with another founding member Mason Musso during a ‘blind rock date’ organised by their mothers.
Mason’s brother also stars along side teen sensation Miley in her Hannah Montana show.
The Californian quintet are set to perform with Miley later this year when she hits Dublin in December.
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The Hannah Montana star’s December gigs at the Dublin O2 sold out within minutes.
Aiken Promotions is organising the two shows at the O2 on December 16 and 17 and confirmed that tickets have completely sold out, meaning that, at just 16, Miley has become one of the fastest-selling acts in the history of live Irish music.
A total of 20,000 tickets to her O2 concerts were snapped up in just 10 minutes as Irish kids and parents embarked on a frenzied mission to book their place at her first concerts here.
The hype surrounding her appearance was bigger than anything seen here in years — dwarfing pop phenomenons like Britney Spears, Take That and Beyonce.
Source- Herald
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Metro Station have promised that they will perform a “child-friendly” show during their support slot on Miley Cyrus’s upcoming tour.
The ‘Shake It’ rockers, who include Cyrus’s older brother Trace, are scheduled to open for the Hannah Montana star across the US and UK later this year.
Speaking to Billboard, Trace said: “[Miley] definitely has some younger kids that come to her shows that wouldn’t come to our shows, but we’re making music for all listeners.
“We’re definitely gonna try to be child-friendly on that tour. We’re gonna try to make it our audience as much as we can. I feel like our music can definitely speak to those kids.”
He added that he “couldn’t be more excited” about hitting the road with his sibling, saying: “It’s my dream come true. I’m gonna have everyone I love out on the road with me. It’s gonna be great.”
Metro Station will also play this year’s T4 On The Beach festival on July 19.
Source- Digital Spy
A foreign band found itself surprised by Pinoys’ good reception to its music. A solo Filipino singer felt the same when he finally heard his album being played at a record bar!
Metro Station, one of those American pop rock bands who didn’t stay long underground, recently dropped by the country and mesmerized their growing legions of fans with a three-day mall show series. The group, which includes the brother of world-famous young star Miley Cyrus, Trace, performed at three Ayala Malls and attracted its cult following and surprised lucky shoppers.
The band behind the hit songs “Seventeen Forever” and “Shake It” is one of today’s musical units making synthesizer and programmed sounds as effective tools in showcasing music. Their 10-track self-titled debut album has successfully delivered that, with the first four numbers managing to reach the market at large as singles. Tracks 2 and 3, “Control” and “Kelsey,” were the first releases while the fourth one, “Shake It” turned out to be the breakout song which peaked in the top 10 of three US charts when it was released in mid-2008. The youth cry “Seventeen Forever” then topped the Unsigned Charts on MySpace Music.
Apart from Trace Cyrus who plays guitar and sings, too, others forming Metro Station are lead vocalist/guitarist Mason Musso, drummer Anthony Improgo, and programmer Blake Healy.
“Surprisingly they sounded good even in acoustic setup,” says a colleague during their meet-the-press moment at Hard Rock Makati last June 10. They performed later that day at the Glorietta Activity Center, then went to Trinoma and Alabang Town Center the next two days.
Other songs in the album are “Wish We Were Older,” “Now That We’re Done,” “True To Me,” “Tell Me What To Do,” “California” and “Disco.”
In the other tale, singer Reuben Laurente recounted how surprised he was to hear his latest album “Heart Blends” being played on a record bar as he was going around looking for CDs to buy. He wasn’t expecting to hear it considering some technicalities that caused delay on the album’s release date which he recorded many months back. Fortunately, MCA Music has agreed to distribute the album.
“Nasa loob ako ng record bar when I heard a familiar track and realized it was from my album. Sa sobrang tuwa ko nilapitan ko ‘yung guwardiya at masaya kong sinabing ako po ang kumanta niyan,” Reuben told the Manila Bulletin, sounding as if he was a newbie recording artist who found out for the first time that his CD is finally on record outlets.
Reuben is not new in the scene. He was lead singer of The CompanY for 14 years and as solo he already put out a fair share of solo CDs. It takes a true dedicated professional to keep that excitement high.
Nevertheless, it is perplexing that no label seemed interested to distribute “Heart Blends” months ago. The covers choices are all classics (originally sung by female singers) while the renditions were properly done and not difficult to admire. The 15-track package was originally 13. “Waiting Game” and “Love Makes No Promises” were add-ons of an album loaded with tuneful love songs like “Out Here On My Own” and “All At Once.”
Reuben did duets with topnotch and rising lady singers in Anna Fegi (“I Honestly Love You”), Diane Elise (“Miss You Like Crazy”), Sabrina (“Love Makes No Promises”) and Bituin Escalante (Words Get In The Way”).
Source- Manilla Bulletin
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