July 26, 2010

Wednesday, July 28 at 5:30pm ET Sharp!

With new album "Hands All Over" due in September, lead single "Misery" scorching up the Hot 100 and a massive world tour starting in just a few days, Maroon 5 has a lot going on this year. We know there are lots of you out there who want to hear about everything directly from the band, so we're hosting a live video Q&A on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 5:30pm ET with none other than frontman Adam Levine and keyboardist Jesse Carmichael. They'll be on camera answering your burning questions. Ask what you want to know by tweeting your questions to @billboarddotcom using hashtag #bblivechat. Bookmark this page; the Livestreamed video chat will appear right here.

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Levine recently told Billboard that "Hands All Over," which was produced by Mutt Lange (AC/DC, Shania Twain), "kind of hearkens back to the spirit behind the first record [2002's quadruple platinum 'Songs About Jane']." The singer said the new album's title track is one of the hardest rocking tracks Maroon 5 has ever recorded while single "Misery" is "the most Maroon 5-sounding song on the album." Also keep an ear out for country-flavored "Out of Goodbyes," which features a guest appearance by Lady Antebellum, and the '60s pop-flavored "Stutter," which Levine said is "not like anything you've heard from us before."

Fans who see the band live this summer will be treated to "a nice handful" of these new tunes, Levine said. "We're just getting back to he roots of what we are, which is just a band. Somewhere along the line we turned into a very successful band, but we're definitely all about the idea now that we just like to go play music, so we're going to do that as much as possible, all over the place."

http://www.mtv.com/videos/maroon-5/533799/misery.jhtml#id=1518071?

June 29,2010

 If we're to believe the tabloids, relationships have been difficult for Adam Levine, lead singer of Maroon 5. So perhaps that's why all of his songs explore the drama and pain of love. "It's good therapy to write about them," Levine recently told MTV News.

Ah, but it's even better therapy (or at least more fun) to act out that romantic angst with spine-cracking stunts and a domineering blonde! In the video for the band's bubbly new single, "Misery," (the first off their new album Hands All Over) Levine stumbles off a building, crashes through plate glass and gets smacked around by supermodel Anne Vyalitsyna. "We decided to focus on violence instead of sex this time around," joked bassist Mickey Madden.

Check out the behind-the-scenes footage for the video below, and keep your eyes peeled for the premiere of "Misery" later this week on MTV.com.

June 25, 2010

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Maroon 5 is kicking off support of its first album in three years with a special benefit show at New York City on July 27. "Fuse Presents: Maroon 5 Live From The Beacon Theatre," presented by Coca-Cola, will be broadcast live that night beginning at 9pm ET in HD on the Fuse network.

The audience will be comprised of supporters of the Garden of Dreams Foundation and charities that Maroon 5 endorses, so no tickets will be sold to the general public. But Billboard.com has you covered; two lucky Maroon 5 fans in the NYC area will win a pair of tickets to the Beacon show. As an added bonus, one more winner will score a pair of tickets to the band's show at the Jones Beach amphitheater in Wantagh, NY on Aug. 11. Fill in the entry form below on this page to enter to win tickets to either event.

"Hands All Over," Maroon 5's 15-track, Mutt Lange-produced follow-up to 2007 smash "It Won't Be Soon Before Long," isn't due until Sept. 21, but the band is hitting the road three days after the special Beacon show. As previously reported, the North American tour begins July 30 in Saratoga Springs, NY and hits points in the midwest, south and on the east coast before winding up in Pittsburgh, Penn. on August 29. Opening acts include Kris Allen, Owl City and Guster. Full dates and ticket on-sale information is available on the band's website, Maroon5.com.

The Maroon 5 Beacon broadcast joins a number of other "Fuse Presents" live TV specials by artists including Jay-Z, Dave Matthews Band and Kanye West.

Want to win a pair of tickets to see Maroon 5 at the special Beacon Charity show or at Jones Beach in Wantaugh, NY? Two fans will each win a pair of tickets to the July 27 show at New York's Beacon Theatre and one fan will win a pair of tickets to the Aug. 11 Jones Beach show. Just fill in the form completely by Wednesday, July 14, 2010 to enter to win.

June 22, 2010

By Carla Durham

Maroon 5 fans got a pleasant surprise when the band's new single Misery was briefly available for digital download on Monday morning. The first single from Maroon 5's upcoming album Hands All Over was reported to hit radio stations on June 28. Monday, June 21st maroon5.com posted a reminder that the single would be released digitally on Tuesday but some fans had discovered that the single was already available on iTunes and Amazon.com very early Monday morning. The song was eventually removed from online stores but it was already circulating on the Internet, including on YouTube.

Misery is already a hit with fans. Maroon 5 didn't seem upset about the leak as band members Adam Levine and James Valentine took to Twitter, glad that fans liked the song and that the leak hadn't come sooner.

As It Won't Be Soon Before Long seemed like a departure from Maroon 5's debut album Songs About Jane, fans didn't know what direction the music might take on the next album. Putting legendary producer Robert "Mutt" Lange into the mix created bigger expectations. Misery has delivered, containing the best of hits This Love and Makes Me Wonder, funky bass lines, unforgettable melodies, lovelorn lyrics and a catchy chorus. Misery has the potential to be this summer's pop hit and could launch Hands All Over as another platinum selling album.