Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction

The Jane’s Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza architect gives ARTISTdirect.com offers up his playlist in this exclusive feature…

A Taste:

Artic Monkeys, Santigold, Animal Collective, Hercules and Love Affair

“The groups that I think are amazing right now happen to be at Lollapalooza this year,” laughs Perry Farrell with a big smile. “I keep pumping Lollapalooza because I’m excited!”

Perry has every reason to be thrilled. This year’s installment of the festival has an epic lineup including Tool, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Jane’s Addiction, Ben Harper, Lou Reed, Depeche Mode and many more. It goes down in Chicago’s Grant park once more from August 7th until August 9th.

For this exclusive ARTISTdirect.com feature, Perry shared his iTunes playlist. Check it out below and don’t miss Lollapalooza 2009!
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Channing Tatum of “G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra”

The G.I. JOE star shares his playlist with ARTISTdirect.com in this exclusive feature…

A Taste:

Black Eyed Peas, Linkin Park, Adele

In order to tackle Cobra in G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra, Channing Tatum had to find the right tunes.

Music can be crucial on set, so Channing cranked DMX and Kanye West to get primed for his big action sequences. Watching the pulse-pounding final product, he definitely made the right choice. His Duke is always ready to kick some serious ass, and the music certainly helped.

Channing shared his playlist with ARTISTdirect.com in this exclusive feature. Check it out below and catch G.I. JOE: The Rise of Cobra in theaters Friday!

Channing Tatum’s Playlist:

1. Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”

I’ve been listening to a lot of Black Eyed Peas lately. For some reason, I can’t stop playing the song “I Gotta Feeling” [Laughs]. Every time I hear it, I just feel good immediately. I think Black Eyed Peas are doing it really, really well.
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