US boy band The Jonas Brothers are to host a special music lesson for 200 pupils at a Tyneside school.

Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas will visit Ryton Comprehensive School in Gateshead later to pass on tips on learning guitar and song arranging.

The visit is part of the government’s Tune In – Year of Music campaign which aims to inspire young musicians.

The three brothers said they were excited to be given the chance to share their “passion” for the subject.

Kevin Jonas said: “We hope to inspire kids to pick up an instrument if they have never done so before or to practice more if they already know how to play.”

The clean-cut band, which has so far failed to break into the UK top 10 singles chart, has attracted a large teenage following by staring in Disney films such as Camp Rock.

Steve Williamson, head teacher at the school, said “We are very proud to have The Jonas Brothers come to our school today.

“Ryton runs a number of extra-curricular music activities and I hope that The Jonas Brothers coming to the school will inspire more children to get involved in music.”

The group is set to play at Newcastle Metro Radio Arena following the visit.

Source: BBC News

World Premiere Performance of Nick Jonas & The Administration Added to Line-up for “The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night®”

SANTA MONICA, Calif — An exclusive performance by Nick Jonas & The Administration has been added to the line-up for “The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music’s Biggest Night®,” a one-hour special which takes place live on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at Club NOKIA in Los Angeles. Nick Jonas, one-third of the GRAMMY-nominated Jonas Brothers, and his new side project will be introduced by his brothers Kevin and Joe. Previously announced performers include three-time GRAMMY winners the Black Eyed Peas, six-time GRAMMY-nominated Maxwell, and GRAMMY winner Sugarland, with two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J set to host. The show will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network from 9 – 10 p.m. ET/PT. Additional performers and presenters will be announced shortly. The special also marks the second time nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards will be announced live on primetime television. For updates and breaking news, please visit The Recording Academy®’s social networks on Twitter and Facebook: www.twitter.com/thegrammys, www.facebook.com/thegrammys.

Source: Earth Times

Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas will kiss…in the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock 2.

Jemi fans who have been waiting for a real-life pairing will just have to hold out.

According to Disney Dreaming, Nick Jonas will also have a love interest in Camp Rock 2–Chloe Bridges, a good friend of Demi Lovato. There is no word on a love interest for Kevin, though given that he is happily engaged, I wouldn’t worry about him.

Will you be watching Camp Rock 2? And are you looking forward to seeing Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas kiss on camera?

Source: The Examiner

Monday, November 16, 2009
Power Of Youth – WIN TICKETS
Hey everyone!

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Thanks for your support!

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People who eat Yoplait Go-Gurt® Can get a Free music download from gogurt.com The Code is in the box… Artists are Demi Lovato, Jonas Brothers, Metro Station, Miley Cyrus, Honor Society, KSM and More Artists too.. [Thanks Ashz]

From Blog Girl:

The Jonas Brothers may be busy filming Camp Rock 2 in Toronto, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have time to check in with some of the most IMPORTANT people in their lives: their fans! Kevin, Nick and Joe wrote a letter and posted it on their MySpace page today letting all of YOU know what this month’s been like for them. “It’s been quite an eventful couple of weeks,” they spilled, “Starting with Nick’s birthday where we got to spend some time with our family and some great friends!” They’re also having a WONDERFUL time in Toronto. “We have to say it’s been great being up here in Toronto,” they continued, “We’ve taken in all that Toronto has to offer from the Royal Ontario Museum, to a U2 concert at the Rogers Center (amazing!!!!!) and the Kings Of Leon at Hamilton (also incredible) to just walking around the city with a cup of coffee our friends in a stellar city.” Awesome, guys! We’re so GLAD to hear that you’re having a blast and we can’t wait to hear MORE about it!

Source: TigerBeat & Bop

Monday, September 28, 2009
YOU in Camp Rock 2
Hey everyone!

Do YOU want to be a part of Camp Rock 2?!

Now is your chance

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Hope we get to see you there

JB

Monday, September 28, 2009
Toronto UPDATE
Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to check in with all of our fans and get you all in the
loop. Even without being on the road it’s been quite an eventful
couple of weeks. Starting with Nick’s birthday where we got to spend
some time with our family and some great friends! In fact quite a few
of our friends made the journey up here to Toronto to hang with us and
make it such an incredible night, and we truly thank them for that.

We’ve also had a bunch of other things in the pipeline now, as you’ve
seen we have a really cool YouTube challenge going on…. And the
Verizon kickball game is just around the corner (we love our games!)
And a show! Yes it always comes back to the shows! That’s what we’re
all about. Getting to do what we love and what you’ve all made it
possible for us to do year round… Getting in front of our fans and
playing our music. In a couple of weeks we get to go back to the
States and play a show at Mohegan Sun, so we’re pretty stoked about
that.

Though we have to say it’s been great being up here in Toronto. We’ve
read your comments to our blogs and totally agree that we’ve had the
chance to unwind and just chill while we’ve been up here. We’ve taken
in all that Toronto has to offer from the Royal Ontario Museum, to a
U2 concert at the Rogers Center (amazing!!!!!) and the Kings Of Leon
at Hamilton (also incredible) to just walking around the city with a
cup of coffee our friends in a stellar city.

Until next time!

JB

Kevin, Joe & Nick

Disney Dreaming is giving you a chance to win a JONAS dog. Read below and enter:

Starting today at Build-A-Bear Workshops you can build your very own JONAS dog inspired by the Jonas Brothers Disney Channel Show.

The super cute stuffed animal dog is soft and cuddly with a JONAS print design and a JONAS dog tag necklace!

The JONAS dogs start at $25, but you can add fun accessories to them as well – like handkerchiefs and guitars!

And guess what’s really exciting? We have 4 of these awesome JONAS dogs from Build-A-Bear to give away. Just fill out the form below and in a few weeks we will send you an email if you are a winner!

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Monday, September 07, 2009
NIAGARA FALLS!

Hey Everyone!

Just got back from a mini-family vacation! All we have now are 6 more Wonders of the World to see.

It was nice for us to get away together as a family and enjoy the beauty that nature has to offer on this incredible weekend, but we can’t wait to get back into the swing of things. We’ve already started to count the days until we kick off our winter portion of the tour!

We also want to thank all of our fans last night that checked out our premier of the “Keep it Real” video. It meant so much to us getting the feedback we did last night on our Say Now line, and getting to talk one on one with our fans… You guys are the greatest!!!

JB
Kevin, Joe, Nick

Sep 4, 2009

Nick Jonas is only 16 years old, but he’s already been a pop star for years. He’s also had type 1 diabetes for nearly four of those years. When he spoke to journalists at the National Press Club recently, he was one of the youngest guests ever invited to speak there.

Nick told the audience that before he was diagnosed with type 1, he didn’t know anything about it and had never met anybody else with diabetes. That’s all changed now, however. Young people with diabetes are among his most passionate fans, and he has even written an inspiring song, “A Little Bit Longer,” to share his experience with the disease.

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Saturday, September 05, 2009
TOMORROW – KEEP IT REAL VIDEO PREMIERE ON DISNEY CHANNEL
Category: Music
TOMORROW – The Jonas Brothers NEW VIDEO for “KEEP IT REAL” Premieres on Disney Channel at 8:55pm on Sunday, 9/6!

Tue, 18 August 2009

One of the Jonas Brothers is going to be a guest judge on American Idol!

FOX News reports that reality show Pop Tarts has spilled the beans and revealed that one of the three musician JoBros will join forces with the first American Idol Kelly Clarkson at next week’s audition series as celeb judges to find the next singing sensation.

Other guest judges on the audition circuit for Season 9 include country sensation Shania Twain, Jennifer Lopez, Victoria Beckham and Mary J. Blige.

ETA: It’s Joe!

TELL JJJ: What do you think of Joe judging the singing comp?

Source: Just Jared Jr.

Nick Jonas was briefly mention on Alexa Chung on Aug. 12th around 1:00-1:15 [Thanks Allison]

The Jonas Brothers: Growing larger, smarter, adventurous

By John J. Moser | Of The Morning Call
July 11, 2009

When it comes to their albums and tours, the Jonas Brothers say they want to be on the cutting edge.

That’s why the group’s world tour, which plays Tuesday and Wednesday at IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J., and July 23 and 24 at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, has a 140-feet-long, 30-feet-wide in-the round stage, a giant crane levitating over the audience and a one-of-a-kind circular water screen that not only makes it rain indoors, but projects lyrics and band silhouettes onto the cascading water.

But when it comes to music, the Jonases say they found inspiration for their chart-topping new disc, ”Lines, Vines & Trying Times,” in Neil Diamond’s music from the 1960s and ’70s. The disc, which this week dropped to No. 2 on Billboard’s Hot 200 chart after debuting at the top two weeks ago, features heavy horns and strings on several of the tracks.

The Jonases — Nick, 16, Joe, 19, and Kevin, 21 — even cover Diamond’s ”Sweet Caroline” in concert.

Nick says they were ”inspired” by Diamond after performing his song ”Forever in Blue Jeans” in a pre- Grammy Awards MusiCares Foundation tribute to him in February.

”It really got us pumped about all that he’s done in his career and how amazing he is,” Nick says. ”We were sitting in the audience watching people play all of his songs and really realizing how amazing his career has been and being inspired by his band. So we tried to infuse that in some of our sounds.”

Kevin adds, ”I think we hope to bring music that hasn’t been heard in pop music in a while. There are a lot of horns in this new record. There are a lot of new strings and there are a lot of different musical instruments that are going to add and build to the sound that we already have.”

Diamond wasn’t the only inspiration. Nick also cites Stevie Wonder — with whom the group performed at the Grammys — Prince, Kings of Leon, English indie rockers The Zutons and his favorite, Elvis Costello.

”We are always trying to grow our music libraries and learn as much as we can on this musical journey that we’re on,” Nick says. ”Our musical evolution continues to be about discovering new music … This album is taking steps and just trying to learn as much as we can and continue to grow.”

Growth may be a necessity for the Jonas Brothers. While they’ve sold more than 8 million records worldwide and nearly a million tickets to this tour, starred in their own concert movie and have a hit Disney Channel TV show, they also are pushing the typical shelf life of boy bands. ”Lines, Vines & Trying Times” is the fourth CD for the Jonas Brothers; the popularity of boy bands ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys lasted three albums each.

The brothers are also at the age when teen idol status soon no longer fits. Kevin last week, for example, became engaged to Danielle Deleasa, 22.

”I think we’re always trying to grow and I think our audience is growing as well and I think that it would be good to grow with the audience,” Nick says. ”As far as a limited shelf life, we’re doing what we love and we know that our fans will grow up with us. And although this has been said before, we believe in our fans and believe in their commitment and their loyalty to us and we appreciate that.”

An added concern is that the Jonases are in an age when the traditional record industry is faltering.

”You think about that every day as an artist in this generation,” Kevin says. ”Just 10 years to 15 years ago, the Britney Spearses and the ‘N Syncs of the world were selling a million records in the first day of their album release and they were selling arenas out. … But no one’s selling 10 million records anymore. I think everyone wants to take new steps toward new ideas and new technologies that will allow music to get out there.”

And this tour gives fans a spectacle to remember. With a stage that’s surrounded by seats and slowly rotates, ”there’s not just one row of 20 seats that are in the front row — they are over the entire bottom half of the arena plus the upper deck is essentially a front row ticket,” Kevin says.

The circular water curtain, Kevin says, ”is a production element that we are very excited about. It’s only been done a certain way where it’s been completely just a straight line. We’ve developed a new way to do this and I don’t want to give too much away about it, but it will add a very interesting effect. Especially in the round, it will feel like you’re in a whole other world once you enter into the arena that night.”

Now coming up on five years in the business, the brothers are asked where they see themselves five years from now.

”We hope to be still you know doing this, of course — touring, playing music,” Kevin says. ”At the same time we hope to be making music for other people and doing lots of different things like that.”

They already are. This week they announced they’ve started their own record label, and have signed the tour’s opening act, Honor Society, with whom they’ve also written. They also have written for Disney star Demi Lovato, who’s signed to their management group.

Says Nick Jonas: ”We’re continuing to learn as much as we can and really enjoying every moment. This has been an amazing ride we’re on and we’re learning a lot every day and we’re so thankful to have the opportunities that we do have.”