Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine is launching a fashion line. The This Love singer is launching a debut collection entitled 222, and he admits his foray into style has been a long time coming. He said: “I’m passionate about fashion. I think it says something about yourself and, whether you care about clothes or not, what you wear reflects some kind of attitude towards style.” Adam is working alongside his father Fred on the range, which will be sold at the family’s boutique chain of shops M. Fredric, which have been run by Fred for 30 years. Levine added to WWD: “This is a family affair. What I wanted to avoid was the typical pitfalls that someone in my position can fall into. “This is something grassroots. Most importantly, it’s something that I work on myself. I collaborate on and approve every single piece of clothing in the lin. It’s not just hawking out something because I’m in a famous band.” Discussing the range, the 31-year-old singer confesses it will not be one for people who enjoy dressing up. He said: “It’s very simple and pure and durable. Jeans, T-shirts and a leather jacket. That’s all I need. I think it’s always fun to be the most underdressed person in a room. There will be no bedazzling in this collection. I like subtlety in design.”

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In taking it in another direction, “Gotten“, with Maroon 5 vocalist Adam Levine, is a beautifully constructed ballad. When it comes to pop radio, this one will easily garner the most airplay, even more so than the Fergie infused”Beautiful Dangerous”. “Gotten” and “Saint Is A Sinner Too“ (with Rocco Deluca) are pleasant mellow additions to an album that’s pretty rocked up otherwise, proving that the hard rock and pop music platforms are often closer than some people might think.

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Think you can rock out better than Adam and James? Well here’s your chance! “Maroon 5’s “This Love” is featured in the brand new iPhone/iPod Touch game Six-String that just came out! Visit www.six-stringapp.com to go directly to the app store to pick it up and play along to see how good you really are.

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Elvis Costello, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine, Mary J. Blige and Sheryl Crow are set to appear in the season finale of hit television show 30 Rock. The NBC comedy series, which stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, is set to air on May 14 at 9:30pm EST/PST and 8:30pm CST. The episode is called Kidney Now! and will also feature other surprise musical guests.

Operation Aloha – the musical project featuring members of Gomez, Phantom Planet and Maroon 5 have announced their first and only scheduled show in celebration of the release of the record.
Tuesday – May 12th
Operation Aloha Record Release Show
The Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA
With The Parson Red Heads & All Spots To Black
For more details and to purchase tickets please visit www.troubadour.com
Don’t forget to add Operation Aloha on Myspace here.