Maroon 5 checked in with fans on their blog at MySpace on Thursday (July 9) with the following announcement:

Maroon 5 have announced they will be entering the studio this month with legendary producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange for the follow- up of their multi-platinum album, It Won’t be Soon Before Long. The quintessential pop-rock producer has produced blockbuster albums for acts like AC/DC, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams, The Cars, Shania Twain and Foreigner. As a producer, his albums have sold an astounding 110 million records in the US alone and he has also received six Diamond Awards for his work- an industry first for a producer.

Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine was spotted at the arrival area of Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday (March 15) with a drink in hand.

Note: The image provided by Bauer Griffin has since been removed.

Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 checked in with fans on the band’s blog at MySpace on Tuesday (January 13), wishing everyone a Happy New Year and discussing his environmental causes. The keyboardist tells readers:

Hello everyone… happy 2009… I hope it’s been good to everyone so far. We’re getting ready to head out to Washington DC for the Inauguration parties. A very exciting time, nice to feel a lot of enthusiasm and hope around the country… although I hope everyone doesn’t waste too much energy on celebration, cause just having a party alone isn’t going to help fix any of the problems… but it could get people even more excited about what needs to be done… and I’m happy to hear from my sister (who works for a solar power lobbying company) that people on the inside of the political world really are geared up to do the actual work that it’s gonna take to put us in a better place as a country… although it’s much bigger than that, yeah? … in a better place as a human race :)

We all gotta do what we each can though, cause the government isn’t going to just solve all the problems… it’s an individual thing…

Check out the entire post here.

Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 checked in with fans from Brazil on the band’s blog at MySpace on Thursday (November 6). The keyboardist tells readers:

We’re in Rio right now… show tomorrow night… such a beautiful place… amazing mountains… the ocean… trees… birds… people smiling… a lot of poverty… traffic… a lot of traffic all over the world… I wonder if we’ll ever find another planet we can get to safely and live on… wouldn’t that be great… we’d know how to do a lot of things differently… we’d be able to figure out how many people the environment could comfortably and sustainably support… we’d use renewable energy sources like Wind and Solar from the beginning so we wouldn’t have such a pollution problem… and then we’d have more time to figure out why it is that humans have such a hard time getting along…

Read more, including his thoughts on the passing of Proposition 8 in California here.

Maroon 5 updated fans on their blog at MySpace on Friday (October 31), offering details on the upcoming remix project they’ve been working on entitled ‘Call & Response: The Remix Album’. The CD will be out in stores on December 9th, and features tracks by some of the pop rock group’s favorite artists. The full track listing is as follows:

1. “If I Never See Your Face Again” Feat. Cross – Swizz Beats
2. “Wake Up Call” Feat. Mary J Blige – Mark Ronson
3. “Sunday Morning” – Questlove
4. “Makes Me Wonder” – Just Blaze
5. “This Love” – Tricky Stewart
6. “She Will Be Loved” – Pharrell Williams
7. “Shiver” – DJ Quik
8. “Wake Up Call” Feat. David Banner – David Banner
9. “Harder to Breathe” Feat. The Cool Kids – Cool Kids
10. “Little Of Your Time” – Bloodshy and Avant
11. “Little Of Your Time” – of Montreal
12. “Goodnight Goodnight” – Deerhoof
13. “Not Falling Apart” – Tiesto
14. “Better That We Break” – Ali Shaheed Muhammad
15. “Secret” – DJ Premier
16. “Woman” – Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet
17. “This Love” – Cut Copy
18. “If I Never See Your Face Again” Feat. Rihanna – Paul Oakenfold

Maroon 5 checked in with fans on their blog at MySpace on Saturday (October 25) with news on how to get free music from them and other artists – pledging to vote on November 4th. The band writes:

Hey Everybody,

Maroon 5 just helped put together a free music playlist for you to download and we wanted to let you know about it.

A few weeks ago, they were hanging with a friend when they came up with an idea.

They said:
“Let’s get a bunch of bands together and give away free music to people who pledge to vote.

Then after they pledge, we can send them some information that helps them find out everything they need to know about early voting, absentee voting or just finding their neighborhood polling location.”

We contacted the people at Rock The Vote to help run the project, recruited some very talented artists to give away songs and launched the thing this morning.

In less than one minute, you can get Free Music from Maroon 5, Sara Bareilles, Phantom Planet, Michael Franti, Ry Cuming and more simply by visiting:

www.rockthevote.com/pledge

All you have to do is fill out the pledge and then download the music. It’s that easy. Please Rock the Vote. Spread the word to all your friends… Spread the music… Spread the love.

Thank you very much,
Maroon 5 and Friends.

Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5 checked in fans on the group’s blog at MySpace, continuing his efforts to get out the vote next month. He writes:

Hi everyone… Jesse here in Atlanta… Two more shows left on this summer tour… We all just watched the vice presidential debates and were very happy to hear everything put out there pretty clearly by the candidates… The choice should be pretty obvious to anyone who isn’t happy with the way things are going domestically or internationally… Don’t you think? But no matter who you believe is gonna do a better job… Click on this link right now to get registered to vote: WWW.DECLAREYOURSELF.COM Because if you’re gonna get involved and get your voice heard, you’ve got to make sure you’re registered to vote… A LOT OF STATES HAVE AN OCTOBER 4TH DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION… WHICH GIVES YOU JUST ONE MORE DAY… HURRY IF YOU LIVE IN: ALASKA ARKANSAS ARIZONA COLORADO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAWAII ILLINOIS INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MICHIGAN MISSISSIPPI MISSOURI MONTANA NEVADA NEW MEXICO NORTH CAROLINA OHIO PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE TEXAS WASHINGTON. For all those states you have to register 30 days before the election… Your deadline is October 4th (the other states vary between 25 days before november 4th, 15 days, or 10 days in some states, but no matter what state you live in… REGISTER NOW PLEASE!!!) It’s so easy to register… Go to this DECLARE YOURSELF website… WWW.DECLAREYOURSELF.COM and please spread the word… thanks jrc