Lifestyle FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2015 Rockers Lifehouse go indie and find unexpected fans

ockers Lifehouse have gone indie for With an assist from Facebook to connect on May 26. The tracks include “Hourglass” their latest album. That means a lot with fans, Lifehouse also played the which was a collaboration with prominent Rmore work for the band-but also dis- Philippines in 2012 before a crowd of film composer James Newton Howard. “To covering fans in unexpected places. 17,000 — the largest ever for the band as kind of get outside of the rock/pop genre, Developing a social media presence for the headliners. Lifehouse has sold more than whatever people have put us in over the band’s upcoming album, the Los Angeles- 15 million albums with hits such as last 15 years, to get to do something that is based group found, to its surprise, a signifi- “Hanging by a Moment” and “You and Me,” very cinematic and atmospheric, was really cant following in Brazil. “Either it’s that, or part of the hard-edged but pop-driven a highlight for me,” said Jason Wade, the there are a few hundred people there mak- alternative rock that grew in the 1990s after lead singer and guitarist. Wade said that the band members enjoyed the greater artistic control of releasing the album inde- pendently but discovered the logistics- everything down to driving themselves to radio station appearances-more time-con- suming. “It’s a lot harder as far as the work- load. You have to go and do everything and not rely on that big machine that’s pushing you,” Wade said. But the band members, now in their mid-30s, said they were determined not to fall into a routine that lacks creative challenges. “We still get so excited when you get in the studio and come up with a song that gives you the chills,” Wade said. Lifehouse took part in the inaugural National Concert Day, which Singer/songwriter Mariah Carey performs during the launch Musicians Rick Woolstenhulme, Jr, Jason Wade and Bryce Soderberg of Lifehouse entertainment giant Live Nation hopes of her residency “MARIAH #1 TO INFINITY” at The Colosseum attending a celebration of the 57th annual GRAMMY Awards. — AFP to make an annual event to generate fan at Caesars Palace. — AFP interest and recognize staff at live venues. ing a lot of noise,” bassist Bryce Soderberg Nirvana. The band moved in a folk-influ- The show in New York featured perform- said. “We never knew (about Brazilian fans). enced direction on its previous album, ances by the Heartland rocker Kid Rock and It comes through worldwide networking, 2012’s “Almeria,” and later went on hiatus country stars Florida Georgia Line. — AFP Mariah Carey hits the high and we embrace that,” he told reporters and parted ways with label Geffen. Tuesday at a “National Concert Day” in New The band’s seventh album, the pointed- notes for Las Vegas residency York. ly titled “Out of the Wasteland,” comes out t only took Mariah Carey placing her hand to one ear for everyone inside The Colosseum at Caesars Palace Wednesday night to know Iwhat was coming next. One of Carey’s characteristically piercing high notes was about to be unleashed. For each, and there were Man pleads not guilty in many, the pop icon received cheers and applause from the crowd gathered for the singer’s opening night of “Mariah #1 to Infinity,” her Las Vegas Strip residency. Carey’s show catalogues her 18 number Sandra Bullock stalking case one hit singles in chronological order from 1990 to 2008 capping it off he man accused of breaking into Oscar-winning actress Sandra with the just released breakup ballad “Infinity” and a confetti-cannon Bullock’s Los Angeles home entered a not guilty plea to more explosion into the crowd. than two dozen charges in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday. “You’re going to hear songs that are the soundtrack of your lives T all night long,” said Ken Ehrlich, the show’s director on-stage before Joshua Corbett was charged with stalking, first-degree burglary, pos- session of a machine gun and possession of an assault weapon, the curtain raised. The soundtrack began with “Vision of Love” and among other things. He remained silent as his attorneys entered his Carey, in her first of several glittering gowns, arriving center stage on plea. The judge set a pre-trial hearing for June 8. a moving platform in between two giant butterflies, the singer’s sig- Police found an arsenal of weapons at Corbett’s Montrose, nature. Carey said from the stage that she hit the jackpot with her California, home following his arrest at Bullock’s Beverly Hills resi- near-capacity opening night crowd that gathered for her nearly two- dence in June last year. Bullock was at home during the alleged hour career retrospective. “I love you more, don’t even try it,” she told Rapper Snoop Dogg takes part in the ‘Keynote Conversation break-in and locked herself in her bedroom closet, from where she one audience member, among many, who shouted messages of love with Snoop Dogg’ at the South by Southwest festival in called the police and waited until they arrived. Bullock’s frantic and from their seats. Austin, Texas. — AP fearful 911 emergency call was played during a preliminary hearing in court last month. Corbett’s attorney Steve Sitkoff on Wednesday said Large backdrop his client “really thought he was married” to Bullock, and added, “it Tickets cost $55 to $250 and Carey is scheduled to perform three Texas’ top officer: was a delusion, but he doesn’t think that anymore.”—Reuters nights a week in May and July for a total of 18 shows. She shares The Colosseum’s stage with rotating headliners Celine Dion, Elton John Snoop Dogg a ‘dope and Rod Stewart. Country legends Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn arrive at the 4,300-seat venue for performances in June, July and December On Wednesday, she walked the crowd through her early smoking cop hater’ career from her first ballads to her cover of The Jackson 5’s “I’ll be There,” joined Wednesday night by a recording of Michael Jackson exas’ chief law enforcement official called Snoop Dogg a “dope performing the original and in person by Trey Lorenz who first sang smoking cop hater” before reprimanding a state trooper who the duet with Carey on MTV’s Unplugged program. Later songs were Tposed for a picture with the rapper, according to emails made accompanied by clips from her music videos displayed on a large public Wednesday. Snoop Dogg posted a photo to Instagram with backdrop. Department of Public Safety Trooper Billy Spears in March with the Later she literally walked through the crowd that had its phones comment “Me n my deputy dogg.” It was taken during the South by hoisted high as she sang “Always be my baby,” from 1996. Her on- Southwest music festival, where Spears was working off-duty as extra stage entrances often involved riding in on something be it a pink security. Spears is now suing DPS after being disciplined for taking a 1950’s style car (“Dreamlover”), a jetski (for “Honey”) or a round- picture with a public figure who has several convictions for drug pos- shaped bed (for “Touch my body”) and the exits entailed walking off session. stage right or left still singing as the lights dimmed. A high-energy Emails obtained by Spears’ attorney through open records laws drum solo and later a flamenco-inspired guitar piece accompanied by show that the incident went all the way to DPS Director Steve a lyrical dance filled time between costume changes that necessitat- McCraw, who is best known for overseeing the state’s expansive bor- ed a lengthier interlude. When she needed a minor on-stage der security operations. “Apparently he would rather work the con- wardrobe fix, she took it in stride and joked as she reached for a water Sandra Bullock speaks at the 42nd AFI Lifetime Achievement vention while on a week’s vacation to earn additional money rather bottle and spritzed her throat. “I’m only having a sip, darlings,” she Award Tribute Gala in Los Angeles. —AP than take an additional tour on the border,” McCraw wrote.—AP said. —AP