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By X Intern: Lauren Fusco
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It looks like Florida boys A Day to Remember are pairing up with The Devil Wears Prada and Dreamer On Dreamer for their Right Back At It Again Australian tour. Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday at 9am.
To stay updated on everything ADTR, head over to their official website.
By X Intern: Lauren Fusco
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In a public statement last week via Facebook, Nine Inch Nails bassist Eric Avery announced that he will be leaving the band. He writes “Its with very mixed emotions I tell you all that I’m pulling out of NIN. I know. It’s been a tough call and I don’t know if it’s the right one. But I really want to focus on my musical life here in la, on film work in particular. As the tour dates kept growing… I just got overwhelmed. I just got home from a year of heavy travel with garbage, the idea of leaving town for another year and a half, and with all the intensity that nails demands… fortunately my friend Trent understands all this and appreciated my pulling the plug now instead of deep into 2013 and 14. Go get em gentlemen."
NIN have yet to announce who will fill in for Avery, but they have added guitarist Robin Finck to their mix of versatile musicians. To see all tour dates for NIN head over to their website.
Fun. and the Lumineers both made the top five of the Official Charts Company's Most Streamed Artists of the past 12 months. Fun.'s hit "We Are Young" took the top spot, while "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers took the three spot. ; A total of 4.405 billion streams were recorded from several streaming services including Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Zune, Omnifone, Bloom and We7. ; "The huge number of streams that have been delivered in the first year of the Official Streaming Chart is proof positive of the huge and growing popularity of music streaming," a rep for Spotify told the BBC. ; Carly Rae Jepsen came in number two with "Call Me Maybe," while Swedish House Mafia ("Don't You Worry Child") and Rihanna ("Diamonds") rounded out the top five.
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“It was a “light bulb moment”. I was miserable, this accounting stuff was not for me. It was like -ding!- and I was off to be a DJ.” - John DeSantis
In high school: John was the public address announcer over the loudspeakers
Favorite Beer:
Pacifico
John DeSantis goes on air Monday through Friday from 3pm to 7pm. DeSantis has been doing radio for over 20 years, and he knew since a young age that the industry was his calling. When he's not at the station, he enjoys being a family man. John also enjoys spending time with the other jocks at the X, which he believes sets them apart from other stations.
A Typical Day at the X:
John comes into the station every weekday between 10 and 11 AM, “with his Program Director hat on”, which entails scheduling music and working with the Director of Marketing and Promotions. Then at 3PM, he begins his show which incorporates great giveaways and X favorites like HAPPY HOUR filled with games like “Match the Mouth”, and “John’s Jukebox”.