WEEKEND ^DATE: FEB 27 & 28

Hey heya...BACK IN THE DAY WEEKEND is on...tossing in some fun 90's and early 2000's requests from YOU!

This Chad Kroeger in Salem deal has been kinda crazy...earlier this week, I saw that searching "Chad Kroeger in Salem" brought up THIS VERY BLOG as the top result! Crazyness!
Initial story is below, here's a little video too. Went to Salem and talked to Nate, the bartender at Spanky's, who served Chad Kroeger that night...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sPgBFVH8nA



Here's some other stuff....








WHAT'S COCO UP TO?
Because of his deal with NBC, CONAN O'BRIEN is unable to launch a new TV show until this September, as you know...but that doesn't mean he's planning on vanishing until then.

The Associated Press reports that an anonymous source told them that Conan is considering a comedy tour to keep him busy until he works out a return to TV. The tour could target college campuses and / or Europe.

Reps for Conan wouldn't comment.

Naturally, we'll let you know if we hear any more details on the potential tour...including cities, dates, and what kind of content he'll be unleashing.

CONAN TWEETS!!!

The twitter tracker is tracking CONAN...he officially opened a Twitter on Wednesday. Follow him here: http://twitter.com/ConanOBrien








THE LIFE OF GAGA...
LADY GAGA claims she doesn't have money or a house...because she puts everything back into her music.

She tells "More" magazine, quote, "I live right here in the moment. I live on stage. I don't own a house. I don't spend money on those things. I live out of a suitcase and I make music and art and I spend every dollar that I make on stage...that's it."

GAGA also officially had her debut album, "The Fame", certified DIAMOND on Friday. She's moved over 10 MILLION copies of it!

She'll be in the upcoming issue of COSMO....here's a little taste....
"I ate (crap) for so long. Being told I didn't fit the mold...I've always been delusionally ambitious to the point where people don't understand me."

She also tells a story about a less-than-supportive boyfriend she had back before she made it big.

She says, quote, "I had a boyfriend who told me I'd never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song and that he hoped I'd fail.

"I said to him, 'Someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the (effing) deli without hearing or seeing me'."

And she was right. Determination and drive. GO GAGA!!!








SPEAKING OF BIG SELLERS...
LADY ANTEBELLUM'S second album, "Need You Now", is still doing kickass sales numbers. In fact, it's now the FIRST album to move a million copies so far this year. And it's only been out four weeks.









WHAT WOMEN *REALLY* WANT....MAYBE....
This survey took place in the UK. And while we can't say for certain that the results would be similar here, on behalf of all men, I really hope they are.

According to a new survey from a website called OnePoll.com, TWO in THREE women say they prefer a man with a hairy chest.

63% prefer a guy who gets ready quickly instead of fussing over how he looks.
58% prefer a guy who eats whatever he likes, even if he's a little overweight.
And 56% say they prefer men with a little bit of stubble over someone who's clean-shaven or has a beard.

Other turn-ons include guys who have a slightly geeky personality, guys who read a lot, and guys who cry during sad movies.

And overall, 91% of women say they'd prefer to be with a guy who has a few flaws over someone who's "perfect."

By the way...if you're wondering why you've never heard any of this before, it's because ONE in FIVE women would never admit to their girlfriends what they REALLY find attractive in a man.








RIHANNA'S CRAZY BIRTHDAY-NESS....
RIHANNA turned 22 last Saturday, and her not-boyfriend/eff buddy, MATT KEMP of the L.A. Dodgers, threw her a party in Phoenix.

Without question, the highlight of the festivities was a lap dance Rihanna received from BRIDGET THE MIDGET.

Please don't direct any Sarah Palin-type fake outrage at me for using the word "midget". Bridget the Midget is the woman's actual stage name. I didn't make it up.

She's a little person...AND a porno starlet (slash) prostitute. You don't have to look too long to find HARDCORE videos of her on the web...and you may also have seen her on HBO's documentary series "Cathouse".








U2 TOURING...
Since it IS a Back In The Day weekend, I'll hit ya with some U2 news....
U2 announced that LENNY KRAVITZ, THE FRAY and INTERPOL will open for them on their North American tour this summer.

But they won't ALL be at every show. Lenny will take the opening duties for the first four shows...then The Fray will take a few shows...and then Interpol will take over. (That leaves the last three shows without an opener at this point.)

The North American portion of the tour will run from June 3rd in Salt Lake City through July 19th in New York City. For all the dates, hit up this link...

http://www.u2.com/tour/index/

East Lansing, Michigan is the closest to us. I know it's a BIG deal to them in that town!!









T.I. OUT OF THE SLAMMER...
On Monday night, T.I. made his first public appearance since being released from prison on December 22nd. (He is currently serving the remainder of his sentence at a halfway house in Atlanta.)
He and his fiancée TAMEKA "TINY" COTTLE were at an Alzheimer's research fundraiser in Atlanta. He said, quote, "I am very well, very happy to be seen."









TSUNAMI!!!
If you haven't yet heard, there was a HUGE earthquake in Chile this morning, a magnitude 8.8, which makes it one of the top 5 strongest EVER.
It set off a HUGE tsunami wave heading towards Hawaii and due to be there around 4pm our time this afternoon. We'll keep ya posted on that....







JOHNNY DEPP...WHY DO WOMEN LOVE HIM SO MUCH?!
JOHNNY DEPP may be one of the sexiest men alive, but you might not think that if you were standing downwind from him. And the same goes for his girlfriend, VANESSA PARADIS.

Because neither one of them has terribly good hygiene.

A so-called "source" says, quote, "Johnny usually smells because he rarely showers. He isn't big on personal cleanliness and Vanessa isn't much different.

"They found their perfect match in each other. It's hard to be around them. Their personal hygiene is not their priority."









KE$HA, ON BEING A PARTY GIRL OR NOT???
"I've gotten drunk before but never gotten a DUI. I don't go to clubs. I try not to let my vagina hang out. I don't do drugs, but I think I'm a walking good time and I talk kind of funny, so people think I'm messed up all the time. I'm not."










B.I.T.D. MUSIC NEWS: AEROSMITH
Aerosmith is back together. That's all.






B.I.T.D. MUSIC NEWS: SUBLIME
The surviving members of SUBLIME have renamed the band SUBLIME WITH ROME. The new name is a reference to ROME RAMIREZ, the singer they added to replace BRADLEY NOWELL, who died of a heroin overdose back in 1996.

Sublime changed the name after being sued by Nowell's estate. They didn't think the band should continue as Sublime without him. The estate is reportedly fine with the new name.







B.I.T.D. MUSIC NEWS: MILEY DUET WITH BRET MICHAELS....
POISON singer BRET MICHAELS has released a new song called "Nothing to Lose", which features MILEY CYRUS on back-up vocals. Seriously.

If that isn't bizarre enough, there's also some "controversy" about the content of the song, which is a little risqué. Not for Bret...unless he's singing with a 17-year-old, which is how old Miley is.

They share the lines: Quote, "Won't you fall down on me / So close I can feel you breathe / Tonight in the darkness with nothing to lose / If the truth is all we can see / If I fall for you, could you fall for me?

"Yeah we both know better than this, still we can't resist...slowly get undressed."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ3M-OpI7yA