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Rob at 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-Party (pictures)

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:53:03 +0000

Rob Thomas performs "Sunshine of your Love" with Carlos Santana at the 52nd Annual Grammy Pre-Party hosted by Clive Davis.

Behind The Scenes – Cradlesong Tour – Stand By Me (video + pictures)

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:40:18 +0000

Some amazing Behind The Scenes footage surfaced from Rob’s Cradlesong tour. Here he is with the band playing a special version of Stand By me (The video unfortunately has been removed by the user – see screencaps below instead) Video courtesy of 1023productions

Fall Tour 2009 Setlists

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:44:14 +0000

This page will attempt to list the setlists of Rob’s current tour performances with the help of the generous people posting these on Rob’s board. Thanks to everyone who is sharing :) United States Pre-Tour 09/18/09 Performance Tempe, AZ Tempe Beach Park (festival) North America 09/23/09 Performance Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live 09/25/09 Performance Orlando, [...]

Rob at Fall Frenzy Tempe AZ (videos)

admin — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:34:49 +0000

Yesterday Rob played his first show of this tour being part of the line-up of Fall Frenzy in Tempe, Arizona. Here are some videos from that show. Streetcorner Symphony Courtesy of btnnaz /youtube Little Wonders Courtesy of btnnaz /youtube

Rob sings into an ipod at “Someday” video-shoot

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:00:30 +0000

While shooting the video of his upcoming single “Someday” in downton NYC on September 12, Rob Thomas was teaching a choir his song for the upcoming shoot (isn’t he nice for personally doing that ?!) A few present at the shoot filmed him singing into an ipod. See videos below … Video below courtesy lovekissfilms / youtube Video [...]

A “Someday” extra named Carla

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:32:52 +0000

Carla took part in the Rob Thomas Fanclub sweepstakes and was invited to be an extra on the set of the new Rob Thomas video to his new single “Someday”. Here you can read her story and view her photos from the day. She generously allowed for her report and pictures to be added to [...]

09/25/09 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live – Setlist

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:01:39 +0000

fire on the mountain meltdown real world 09 lonely no more mockingbird sunday morning, new york blue streetcorner symphony natural getting late hard on you ever the same cradlesong someday something to be gasoline little wonders fallin to pieces her diamonds i am an illusion ENCORE 3 am desire (by U2) feel so bad smooth this is how a heart breaks List by Melissa

09/23/09 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live – Setlist

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:33:23 +0000

Fire on the Mountain Meltdown Real World ‘09 Lonely No More Mockingbird Not Just a Woman Streetcorner Symphony Natural Getting Late Hard On You Ever the Same Cradlesong Someday Something to Be Gasoline Little Wonders Falling to Pieces Her Diamonds I Am An Illusion ENCORE Bent – solo acoustic Feel So Bad Smooth – acoustic version This Is How a Heart Breaks List by Tina

Fall Tour Dates 2009

admin — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:41:12 +0000

United States Pre-Tour 09/18/09 Performance Tempe, AZ Tempe Beach Park (festival) North America 09/23/09 Performance Hollywood, FL Hard Rock Live 09/25/09 Performance Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live – Orlando 09/26/09 Performance Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall 09/28/09 Performance Cary, NC Booth Amphitheatre 09/29/09 Performance Charlotte, NC Uptown Amphitheatre at The Music Factory 09/30/09 Performance Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre 10/04/09 Performance Houston , [...]

CNN: Why Rob Thomas avoids the spotlight

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:24:20 +0000

By Denise Quan, CNN LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Rob Thomas is a busy guy — so busy, he apparently hasn’t had much time to check in with his Matchbox Twenty bandmates. We only know this because we ran into guitarist Paul Doucette at the BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills several weeks ago, where he was [...]

Something to Be – An interview with The Advocate

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:48:06 +0000

By Ross von Metzke First he called Pat Robertson the devil. Then he used Huffington Post to call for an end to same-sex marriage bans. Rob Thomas is an ally — one who didn’t sleep with Tom Cruise, but loves that you think he might have. Click the [...]

The Big Gay Chip on My Shoulder

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:50:39 +0000

By Rob Thomas “I am a straight man, with a big gay chip on my shoulder. A while back on my Twitter page (yes, I know how ridiculous it sounds), I mentioned that, if I believed in the devil, Pat Robertson might be him. Being a fairly liberal-leaning guy with either liberal friends or Republican and Christian friends [...]

Rob visits German radio station RPR1

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:20:42 +0000

Rob made another stop at a German radio station this time RPR1. in Ludwigshafen for the show “LarsMittag”. You can see pictures taken during his interview for RPR1. below. You can find a taping of Rob’s interview in the media/radio section.

Rob in RPR1. studio

Rob at German radio station HR3

admin — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:08:58 +0000

Today Rob made a stop at German radio station HR3 in Frankfurt. You can see pictures taken during his interview for HR3 below. The station started airing bits of the interview recently. You can find part 1 the whole podcast in the media section. Images © Miriam Krämer / hr3

Rob Thomas promoting “Cradlesong” in Europe

admin — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:03:54 +0000

Rob will be heading to Good Ol’ Europe today to start promoting his single “Her Diamonds” and album “Cradlesong” which will hit shelves June 30th (June 26th in Germany). One of his stops will be UK’s Absolute Radio’s Hometime Show. Rob will be on the show 7PM GMT / 8PM CET You can listen to the show [...]

Rob to be on next Billboard magazine

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:08:07 +0000

Yes, it’s true. He’s got the cover of the May2nd, 2009 Billboard issue along with an article named “ROB THOMAS: THE ROCK STAR NEXT DOOR” . We will get to read the interview that happend with Billboard during a shoot for the new Lyrics line of Bloomingdales, Rob twittered about.

Rob Thomas Readies New Album

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:29:49 +0000

by Cortney Harding In the midst of a photo shoot for a Bloomingdale’s ad in Manhattan’s West Village, singer-songwriter Rob Thomas overhears a conversation about Twitter. “Dude,” he says, reaching for a new scarf to throw over a faux-vintage T-shirt, “I’ve gotten to the point where I sit around and wait for things to happen so [...]