December 20th 2004 - Today is the first birthday of The Long Road Of Nickelback: Part 1 and to celebrate this, I have started The Long Road Of Nickelback: Part 3! This is to thank all those Nickelback fans that have ever visited The Long Road Of Nickelback: Parts 1 & 2 for supporting both sites so well! Thank you!
December 19th 2004 - VH1 gave Nickelback's Figured You Out from The Long Road, second place in their pole of "The Worst Songs Of 2004!" This is unbelievable, especially because it done well everywhere as a single other than England, where it was cancelled!
December 12th 2004 - On December 8th 2004, there was a tragic loss in the music world, as Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed by a mad man during a show with his new band Damage Plan in Columbus, Ohio. Dimebag Darrell was also a part of the band Pantera. For those of you like myself, who are not familiar with Dimebag Darrell's music, he collaborated with Nickelback last year on Nickelback's cover version of Elton John's Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting. Dimebag Darrell is credited on the inside sleeve of The Long Road: Limited Edition Version, as Dimebag Darrell's Guest Guitar Solo appeared on this version of the album, aswell as the Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle Soundtrack!
Also, tragically, 3 other lives were lost on December 8th! Jeffrey "Mayhem" Thompson was Damage Plan's Head Of Security; Erin Halk an employer of the club; and Nathan Bray an audience member. There were 2 people injured too! Chris Paluska a member of Damage Plan's management team who was serving as Tour Manager is in critical, but stable condition; and John "Kat" Brooks Damage Plan's drum tech was released from Hospital on December 10th! As a tribute to Dimebag Darrell, I have added the lyrics to the Pantera song Cowboys From Hell, which Nickelback covered earlier on in the year in a live show!
Dimebag Darrell - August 20th 1966 to December 8th 2004.
December 9th 2004 - It has been confirmed that Chad Kroeger will marry his girlfriend Marianne this month! Congratulations to Chad and Marianne!
December 3rd 2004 - All of the footage for Chad Kroeger's MTV Cribs appearance has been shot in late October at Chad's home in Vancouver, Canada! Chad's appearance on MTV Cribs will not be aired until 2005! However, there is not too long to wait as it will be aired most likely in January 2005!
November 28th 2004 - Despite talk in the NBForum that Nickelback: The Videos (Re-Release) was released on November 23rd, it is actually released on November 30th in Canada! Go to my DVDs page to see all the tracklisting and where you can buy it!
November 26th 2004 - Nickelback released a new DVD on November 23rd! Although, if you haven't heard the details, then you'll be surprised to see it isn't a live DVD, but instead a Videos/Documentary DVD! The latest DVD is a re-release of Nickelback: The Videos, but this DVD now includes 2 music videos (Feelin' Way Too Damn Good & Figured You Out) that did not make the first release of this DVD, aswell as brand new documentaries! Including: The Making Of The Long Road and apparently this DVD chronicles the releases from The State, through Silver Side Up and The Long Road! This is the best documentary DVD of Nickelback yet! I can say that comfortably, even though I don't have the DVD yet! As of yet, I am still trying to find out where I can buy Nickelback: The Videos (Re-Release)!
November 18th 2004 - On Monday, Chad Kroeger's 30th Birthday, Nickelback won an award at the SOCON Awards! Nickelback won the International Achievement Award, while Chad Kroeger won the Rock Music Award for Best Rock Song for his collaboration with Carlos Santana for the song Why Don't You And I?! What a great present for Chad Kroeger's 30th Birthday, although Nickelback did not attend the SOCON Awards held in Toronto, Canada!
November 14th 2004 - Nickelback have been nominated for Favourite Band in the Pop/Rock category at the American Music Awards (AMAs)! Nickelback are up against Evanescence and Outkast! The AMAs will be broadcasted live tonight between 8 and 11PM (Eastern and Pacific time) on the ABC channel!
November 4th 2004 - In late October, MTV visited Chad Kroeger's home in Vancouver, Canada to shoot for MTV Cribs! The air date is yet to be confirmed!
October 28th 2004 - Although Nickelback, unfortunately did not win any awards at the NBC Radio Music Awards, they did win an award at the 2nd Annual Western Canadian Music Awards for Outstanding Album for The Long Road in early October!
October 24th 2004 - It looks as if Nickelback will be performing tomorrow at the NBC Radio Music Awards! Adding to this is six award nominees for Nickelback! The six nominees are for: Artist Of The Year in Rock Radio; Song Of The Year in Modern Adult Contemporary Radio for Some Day; Song Of The Year in Rock Radio for Figured You Out; Song Of The Year in Rock Alternative Radio for Figured You Out; Song Of The Year in Top 40 Radio for Some Day; and Cingular Artist Of The Year! To add to this, Carlos Santana's song Why Don't You And I? which Chad Kroeger wrote the lyrics for has also been nominated for Song Of The Year in Modern Adult Contemporary Radio! The NBC Radio Music Awards will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on October 25th at 9/8PM! Visit the official site here!
October 14th 2004 - RoadRunnerRecords have decided to cancel all of Nickelback's singles and the DVD this year in Australia and Germany! This comes as a huge surprise as The Long Road went officially triple platinum in Australia around 1 year on from being released! I'm hoping RoadRunnerRecords don't do the same to the UK Nickelback Fans! After all...Maybe they will surprise everyone by releasing singles and the DVD everywhere in 2004...I'm hoping that they will!
October 9th 2004 - The message on The Official Nickelback Site in the Tour Diary states that Nickelback will take the rest of the year off, before starting on the 6th album in early 2005! After the 6th album is released Nickelback will do an extensive world tour! Read the full message here!
October 1st 2004 - Although it is very later than advertised a new feature has been started, but not on Part 1, but Part 2 instead! The new feature is Set Lists. I know it is just over 2 months late, but I knew I couldn't add Set Lists onto Part 1 as the Bandwidth had ran out, only to be renewed the following week, so therefore I knew I couldn't add any new feature on Part 1. So now you can go to Part 2 and take a look at Set Lists! The first Set List added is from September 20th 1999 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada at Convention Centre!
September 30th 2004 - Chad Kroeger revealed to a Guitar Magazine in an interview that I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE LEAVING ME is infact wrote as the sequel to How You Remind Me! I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE LEAVING ME is the song that I added this week to the Lyrics Page of The Long Road Of Nickelback: Part 1! The lyrics to I LOVE THE WAY YOU'RE LEAVING ME are in the Unreleased Songs/Singles/Collaborations section, which is at the bottom of the Lyrics page! So go and take a peake! Get it??? Peake!
September 17th 2004 - For all Australian Nickelback fans make sure to set your video recorders and to watch the music video for See You At The Show which will be on Rage between 6:30am and 7am on Saturday morning!
September 16th 2004 - Nickelback have already started writing songs for the follow-up album to The Long Road! I wonder if the sixth album will include the long-time unreleased, but performed live Across The Tracks, I Love The Way You're Leaving Me and Next Contestant!!!
September 6th 2004 - The very rare debut EP by Nickelback - HESHER is available on Ebay right now, but only until 00:50AM (another 5 hours and 4 minutes), so go and make a bid if you want it! BUY IT HERE!
August 31st 2004 - The message on The Official Nickelback Site states that Nickelback will be taking well earned time off after their last concert to promote The Long Road on September 5th, but then Nickelback will begin on their 6th album I would predict in about March! Nickelback already have 3 songs wrote for this album that have never been released as a studio recording, but have been performed live in concerts: Across The Tracks, I Love The Way You're Leaving Me and Next Contestant! You can find the lyrics to Across The Tracks and Next Contestant in my Lyrics section with the only known lyrics (6 lines) to I Love The Way You're Leaving Me coming soon! Read the full message here!
August 24th 2004 - The new single to be released in the UK from The Long Road is now confirmed to be Should've Listened! Should've Listened will be released in September 2004! Capital Radio started playing Should've Listed on August 17th after 9:30PM. Schooly has also played it on the Hot Biscuits Show!
August 18th 2004 - Nickelback are on Planet Rock Profiles very early tomorrow morning on ITV at 3:30am!
August 7th 2004 - Josey Scott has recently claimed in an interview with VH1.com that he was paid $75,000 less than what he agreed for his services on the smash-hit Hero, off 2002's Spider-Man soundtrack! He claims that a deal was reached that he shook hands on $40,000 for his studio time and $40,000 for his time in the video, however he only received $5,000! Read the full interview here!
July 24th 2004 - Over on The Long Road Of Nickelback: Part 2...My June 14th, Manchester Carling Apollo Concert Review is now available to read! I have one picture up for it so far, with more coming soon! Also, on The Long Road Of Nickelback: Part 1 expect a new feature - Setlists, coming on the week starting July 26th!
July 21st 2004 - Chad Kroeger will be appearing on Virgin Radio tonight at 7PM! To tune into Virgin Radio you can pick it up on 1215AM on Sky, Telewest, NTL and DAB Digital Radio in the UK and 105.8FM in London! Click here to visit the Official Virgin Radio Site!
July 14th 2004 - Voting for the Kerrang! Awards has begun! Click here to vote!
July 7th 2004 - Figured You Out is playing on Kerrang! number 791!
June 25th 2004 - Happy 32nd Birthday to Mike Kroeger!
June 22nd 2004 - Unfortunately, Nickelback did not win any of the 2 nominations they were up for at the MuchMusic Video Awards 2004!
June 21st 2004 - Nickelback's 3rd single to be released in the UK from The Long Road - Figured You Out is released today!
June 17th 2004 - People who visit The Long Road Of Nickelback: Parts 1 & 2 can now vote for it online at The Celebrity Portal!
June 15th 2004 - I went to see Nickelback play live in Manchester last night! Expect a concert review by me on The Long Road Of Nickelback: Part 2 and a new feature Setlists on The Long Road Of Nickelback: Part 1 coming very soon! Possibly even this week! It is bigger than any of the other setlists sections I have seen on any other site!
June 7th 2004 - Make sure to vote for Nickelback next week in the MuchMusic Awards 2004! Nickelback are up for 2 nominations - MuchLOUD Best Rock Video and Favourite Canadian Group! Vote here next week for Nickelback!
May 9th 2004 - Happy 29th Birthday to Ryan 'Nik' Vikedal!
May 3rd 2004 - Nickelback to release Figured You Out as a single in the UK on June 21st!
April 26th 2004 - 4 new UK Tour Dates confirmed for June 2004! Check the Tour Dates section of this site for all the confirmed Tour Dates!
April 14th 2004 - Nickelback have extended the Australian Tour Date by 1 concert. In Adelaide Entertainment Centre, the concert will take place on May 10th! Tickets go on sale on April 16th 2004!
April 10th 2004 - Nickelback have setup a new ticket sale system exclusively to all online Nickelback fans! Click here!
April 10th 2004 - Nickelback USA Tour Dates are confirmed! Check the Tour Dates section of this site for all the confirmed Tour Dates!
April 5th 2004 - Nickelback walked away from JUNO Awards 2004 with 2 awards for Group Of The Year and Fan's Choice!
April 5th 2004 - Nickelback and 3 Doors Down will co-headline 2004 Summer Rock Tour! Opening acts have yet to be announced. Tour Dates and ticket information will be announced next week! Read the full article here!
April 1st 2004 - Flat On The Floor (the first song on The Long Road) is featured on a soundtrack to a new Playstation 2 Baseball game, called MLB Major League Baseball 2005!
April 1st 2004 - Nickelback's 3rd single from The Long Road - Feelin' Way Too Damn Good, crashed out of the Top 40 UK Singles Chart in it's 2nd week! I stand by what I said below (March 23rd 2004) it isn't getting played enough anywhere in the UK and I think that is a disgrace!
March 23rd 2004 - Nickelback's new single (Feelin' Way Too Damn Good) entered the Top 40 UK Singles Chart on Sunday at number 39! This is probably the lowest entry for a Nickelback single in the UK. I would put it down to not having any live videos recorded for chart shows including BBC's Top Of The Pops and ITV's CD:UK, alongside the fact that I myself have only heard Feelin' Way Too Damn Good played only once on BBC Radio 1 (a few weeks ago) and once on Virgin Radio (this morning)! If the single has more radio play this week then I would guess it could improve it's position in the Top 40 UK Singles Charts!
March 16th 2004 - Nickelback say yes to Juno Fan Fare! Read the full article here!
March 14th 2004 - According to this article Chad Kroeger did a drum solo at a concert in London (Canada)!
March 12th 2004 - Because Of You is confirmed as being Nickelback's follow up single to Feelin' Way Too Damn Good. Because Of You is expected to be released around this summertime...This is according to Nickelback Fans!
March 10th 2004 - 4 new Australian Tour Dates have been confirmed...Go and look in the Tour Dates section of this site to see when they are!
March 8th 2004 - Gorilla Post have recently completed over 140 visual effects shots for Nickelback's new video Feelin' Way Too Damn Good. Read the full article here!
March 3rd 2004 - Nickelback's booking agent - Ralph James of The Agency Group has said that the ticket sales of Nickelback's tour of Canada (to promote The Long Road) has been nothing short of phenomenal. He also said that Nickelback are thinking of touring Japan and Australia in late April/May, then touring Europe in June and back to America for the summer.
March 1st 2004 - Happy 31st Birthday to Ryan Peake!
March 1st 2004 - Feelin' Way Too Damn Good video can be selected on The Box (Channel 449) and Kerrang on number 528!
March 1st 2004 - Slow Motion will be featured on the soundtrack to the forthcoming film "The Punisher". The soundtrack is due out March 23rd.
February 29th 2004 - Chad Kroeger got on stage with Carlos Santana to perform the song "Why Don't You And I?" live at GM Place on November 14th 2003!
February 27th 2004 - Nickelback will be performing Feelin' Way Too Damn Good live at the JUNO Awards 2004!
February 27th 2004 - Nickelback's new single Feelin' Way Too Damn Good will be released on March 8th 2004!
February 23rd 2004 - Nickelback have been nominated for 5 JUNO Awards! The ceremony will be broadcast live from Rexall Place in Edmenton. It will air across Canada on Sunday April 4th 2004 at 8pm (9pm in Atlantic Canada) on CTV and will be repeated at 12 midnight. Nickelback's nominations include: Single Of The Year for Some Day, JUNO Fan Choice Award, Album Of The Year for The Long Road, Group Of The Year and Rock Album Of The Year for The Long Road!
February 16th 2004 - Nickelback were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards: Best Rock Song and Best Rock Album! Unfortunately, they didn't win any...Better look with the 5 nominations for the JUNO Awards 2004!