Sire Records’ recording artist Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin, will guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tomorrow, Thursday, November 19th. Andrew will be joined by Jack’s guitarist and backing vocalist Bobby Raw for a rare solo performance of their latest single “Swim” from their current album The Glass Passenger. In addition, McMahon will sit down with Stewart to discuss his recently released documentary Dear Jack, which chronicles McMahon’s own personal fight against leukemia. Check local listings for broadcast time in your area.
The Dear Jack DVD was released by Sire Records on November 3rd and quickly became the No. 1 Music Movie on iTunes. In addition to being available for digital download through iTunes, the film is currently for sale in stores and on Jack’s Mannequin’s website www.jacksmannequin.com. Sire Records has also released
The Dear Jack EP (featuring four previously unreleased tracks), which climbed to No. 17 on iTunes Overall Album chart.
Jack’s Mannequin will hit the road in December as very special guests of Weezer. They will also be part of an exclusive WRXP show along with Phoenix and Manchester Orchestra on December 2nd at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. In addition, Jack’s Mannequin will launch their own headlining tour of the U.S. in February 2010.
And finally, McMahon will join Stand Up To Cancer’s team of celebrity ambassadors, which also include Mandy Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Ethan Zohn, Marcia Cross, and many more, beginning in December 2009. The Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) initiative funds groundbreaking research aimed at getting new treatments to patients faster, and aims to rally the public around the fight against the disease.
As always, keep an eye on www.jacksmannequin.com for news, information, tour dates, merch, and much more.
A new trailer for SAW VI has come out. This one explains a bit more about it and reveals Jigsaw as being alive. There goes that spoiler. The last Saw I saw he was dead!
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood.
It hits theaters on October 23rd.
Also try out the cool SAW VI game on the official website. It’s called the Wheel of Death. You go to the site and check out the red band clip from the film and then via Facebook Connect, choose 6 of your friends to place on the wheel of death. But beware – you will have some tough choices ahead of you…
The new one minute Gamer trailer has been released. Gamer comes out on September 4th and stars Gerard Butler and Michael C Hall. This trailer gives you more of a story than the other ones. You wonder just how involved this ‘game’ really gets and if the boy will be able to get him out alive. Will Kable have to play to live? Also check out the website for really neat extras.
I am still high from talking to Greg Grunberg the other day on the radio but I finally got to see Band From TV on the Jay Leno Show. Greg has been talking about how amazing it would be on Twitter at least once a day. And you know he was right. It was neat to see Hugh Laurie playing the piano again and singing … and Greg was on the drums singing away too. It was great! I can’t wait to see more from them!
