After news broke that Paramore members Josh and Zac Farro quit the group, the brothers released a statement basically tearing into lead singer Haley Williams, and claimed that they were manufactured by their label and controlled by her parents!
Now, in an interview with MTV News, the remaining members of the band are responding to the allegations, set to air this Friday at 4pm EST!
Check out an EXCLUSIVE first look (above)!
Sounds like they're taking the high road! Impressive!
But we hope that they address at least SOME of the controversy!
Last week, we were kind of shocked to hear about guitarist Josh Farro and drummer Zac Farro's exit from Paramore.
Now, they've released an official exit statement on Josh's blog.
Here are some excerpts, highlighting Josh and Zac's issues with the band:
- I had a statement typed ready to post to you guys but Hayley released one without my permission.
- We didn’t understand why Hayley was the only one signing the contract since we were told this was a “band”, but we were too young to grasp all of this.
- The label received the rerecorded demos and once again tried to fire the entire band, saying we were terrible.
- All the while we still questioned whether or not we were an actual band, but Hayley continued to insist we were, despite our being ignored and pushed around by the label.
- We’ve always been treated as less important than Hayley.
- In reality, what started as natural somehow morphed into a manufactured product of a major label, riding on the coattails of “Hayley’s dream.”
- We truly feel that God is leading us elsewhere and is going to do great things with us.
Want to hear more? CLICK HERE for the full exit statement!
Guitarist Josh Farro and his brother, drummer Zac Farro, have leftParamore.
The band posted this announcement on their official website on Saturday:
"A couple of months ago, Josh and Zac let us know they would be leaving the band after our show in Orlando last Sunday [December 12, at the House Of Blues venue]. None of us were really shocked. For the last year it hasn't seemed as if they wanted to be around anymore.
We want Josh and Zac to do something that makes them happy and if that isn't here with us, then we support them finding happiness elsewhere."
Members Hayley Williams, Jeremy Davis, and Taylor York remain in the band and explained that they will not be splitting up. "We never for a second thought about leaving any of this behind," they wrote. "We really hope that you can be encouraged by the fact that the three of us who are still here are ready to take on another chapter of our journey together."
The band still continues to tour South America in February and March 2011.
Wowsa. They're not even sugar-coating things. Inneresting.
We're a little shocked. What do U think, Paramore fans?
It's so good and it's so awesome/inspiring/uplifting to watch him meet some of his idols, like Katy Perry, Nelly, B.O.B., Taio Cruz, Hayley Williams, Far East Movement and more.
At first, we thought so, after Finn HudsonCory Montieth tweeted this picture of her on the set of the show!
Then, we started having epic visions of Lea Michele and Hayley Williams throwing down a Paramore duet in the middle of the McKinely choir room. (Ignorance, anyone?)
But alas, our dreams were thwarted when we learnED Hayley was only on set to visit with the cast, not to film a cameo. Cue a resounding whomp, whomp!
When sources asked about her visit, she explained how much fun she had seeing the inner workings of Glee, but that she didn't think actually being on the show was for her. She explained:
"A few of the cast members had reached out to me over Twitter a while back. They all seemed really cool and down to earth, so when Cory invited us to come and see the set I was stoked. We don't do a whole lot of TV appearances and their world is a lot different than what we're used to. I just had a good time seeing everyone in their element."
You have no idea how jealous we are that you got to see them in their element. This Christmas, we're asking Santa for our cameo! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!
We sent our "special" correspondent La Coacha to cover the red carpet at KIIS FM's Jingle Ball holiday concert in LA on Sunday night and…
She practically molested Ryan Seacrest, and had some very colorful encounters with Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Nelly, Joey McIntyre, AJ McLean, Taio Cruz, B.O.B., Hayley Williams, DJ Pauly D, David Henrie and more!
You must watch it all (above)!
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone that stopped to talk and have some fun with us!
P.S. What happened with La Coacha and Travie McCoy and his publicist/manager/handler person was OUR FAVORITE part of the video!!! LOL so hard!
Some sneaky sis (or bro!) took a little behind-the-scenes video of Madonna's MDNA tour rehearsal in Tel Aviv this weekend and has shared some incredible footage!
Part of Madge's setlist is her iconic homage to self-love, Express Yourself, but in her 2012 version, she is spicing it up by mashing it with Lady GaGa's similar anthem, Born This Way.
Yeah, you're not going to want to miss this!
Ch-ch-check out the video (above) to hear Madonna sing BOTH Express Yourself and Born This Way!
