IN THE NEWS:
Fresh off the Warped Tour, metalcore purveyors The Devil Wears Prada have announced the "Dead Throne Tour: North America 2011," the first North American leg of the band's 2011-2012 world tour.
Mike Hranica, frontman of The Devil Wears Prada, laughs when reporters ask him how the Warped Tour is going. After all, this is the third year the metalcore band has played the Kevin Lyman-founded traveling festival.
The 17th annual Vans Warped Tour officially got underway less than two weeks ago, and will visit 43 cities across North America when all is said and done.
Paramore will be joining The Vans Warped Tour from July 14 through July 20, as well as the Aug. 9 show in the San Diego area.
With the nation's No. 1 single already secured, Katy Perry shoots straight to the top of the album-sales chart this week. Perry's "Teenage Dream" sold 192,000 copies during the week that ended Aug. 29, enough for her first No. 1 album, according to data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
The Devil Wears Prada frontman Mike Hranica admits he was on a "zombie kick" last fall.
The Devil Wears Prada might be obsessed with the undead lately -- after all, their "Zombie EP" is set to be released on Aug. 24. But the Ohio metalcore band's popularity is alive and kicking.
