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B Sides for 01/03/2012


Santana Rocks Beatles Classic With Justin Bieber
(hennemusic) Justin Bieber pulled out a classic Beatles song for his New Year's Eve performance in New York City's Times Square.

Bieber teamed up with guitar legend Carlos Santana for their version of The Beatles classic "Let It Be."

"New York, with all you've been through, your spirit's never been broken," said Justin, introducing the tune. "We all do the best we can each year - learn from our past, to be better in the future. What's happened has happened, what will be will be." Check out video here.

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Guns N' Roses' Bumblefoot Releases Pink Panther Theme Recording
(Gibson) Guns N' Roses' Ron Thal (a.k.a. Bumblefoot) has a holiday gift for you. It is a studio recording of "The Pink Panther Theme." It's a tune GN'R performed on the band's 2009-11 tours.

You can learn guitar from this also. Via Bumblefoot's website you can get a "Player Pack" that has "a transcription of the entire lead guitar track as a PDF file � musical notation, TAB, fingers, picking, and helpful hints. Included with the transcription is a 'Backing Track' mix and a 'Boosted Lead Guitar' mix, in both WAV & MP3 formats."

The "Producer Pack" adds even more, containing "48kHz/24-bit Stereo WAV files of the mix 'stems' � individual files of drums, bass, rhythm and lead guitars in a bundle that you can load into your multi-track software to play with levels, make your own mixes, and hear every nuance of each instrument's performance on its own track." more on this story

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Metallica Release Final 30th Anniversary Show
(hennemusic) Metallica are now offering fans audio of the 4th and final night of their recent 30th Anniversary shows at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

For the December 10 show, the band were joined by former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, producer Bob Rock, Lloyd Grant, Ron McGovney, Hugh Tanner and Black Sabbath legends Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler.

Metallica rocked a 20-song set that included material from various points in their career, including a heavy dose of tracks from their 1983 debut, "Kill "Em All," and the band offered up the fourth previously-unreleased "Death Magnetic" track, "Rebel Of Babylon." more on this story

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Van Halen Release Tour Promo Videos
(hennemusic) Van Halen have released raw, text-free versions of the promo videos that announced their 2012 tour last week.

VH will announce the first wave of shows on January 3, with tickets going on sale on January 10.

The group are gearing up for their forthcoming world tour in support of their new album, due February 7. The first single, and video, arrive January 10. Check out the videos here.

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Steven Tyler Gives Oprah Home Town Tour
(hennemusic) On New Year's Day, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler was the first guest on "Oprah's Next Chapter," a new series by the talk show legend.

The show takes Oprah on the road and into the personal spaces of celebrities, providing a more relaxed environment for an extended conversation.

This past September, the road took Oprah to Sunapee, New Hampshire, for a personal tour of the town and an extended sit down session with the rock legend. Tyler spent his childhood between New York City and Sunapee, where his family owned and operated a small resort. Read more and check out video here.

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X Factor's Drew Releases New Video
(popmusiclife) Former X Factor contestant Drew has released a new music video on YouTube.

The singer covers "Skinny Love" by Bon Iver, following feedback from her fans.

"It's been requested by a lot of people," explains Drew, "so I decided I'd give a shot at doing it, and I hope you all like it." more on this story

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Ozzy Osbourne Development Award Winner Announced
(hennemusic) Birmingham City University has presented its second annual Ozzy Osbourne Development Award.

The Birmingham Mail reports 23-year-old Helen Crothall received the honor from her tutors at the school for passing her degree against all odds.

The BA Media and Communications student achieved a 2:1 in her BA Media and Communications (Music Industries) degree, despite losing her stepfather during her second year of her course. Helen was also diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, a form of autism, while at university. more on this story

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Oz Star Opens Tattoo Parlor In Massive Bank Vault
(TMZ) Former "Oz" star and Hells Angel badass Chuck Zito is opening the tattoo parlor equivalent of Fort Knox -- decking out a massive, real-life bank vault in New York with tattoo chairs, neon lights, everything.

The old bank in Monroe, NY was built in 1915 -- and Chuck tells TMZ, he's already invested over $100,000 converting the vault into a 21st century skin ink workshop.

It's pretty intimidating ... the vault door weighs 70 tons -- 140,000 pounds -- and when it's closed, it creates an airtight seal ... so Chuck had to install a special emergency ventilator.

Random fact: Monroe is the birthplace of Velveeta cheese. The more you know. more on this story

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Kryoman Vs Fake Kryoman?
(TMZ) Kryoman -- the popular club music icon who dances on stage in an electronic suit -- claims another act has stolen his trademark outfit ... and he's filed a new lawsuit to establish giant lighted robot supremacy!

According to a lawsuit filed this week in Florida, Andrew Moore began performing in the Kryoman in 2005. He claims he copyrighted the suit -- which is described in the lawsuit as being "9 feet tall, covered in color-changing lights, wielding a gun in each hand."

Moore claims he built up quite a reputation as Kryoman, performing with the likes of David Guetta, the Black Eyed Peas and Nicki Minaj.

According to the lawsuit, Moore claims Dayglow -- a company that stages electronic music parties all over the world -- approached him about appearing at one of their shows in Miami. Moore says he declined.

Moore claims Dayglow than did "nothing more than construct a replica of the Kryoman suit" and began using it at their shows (see below, taken from a video shot from a video in July).

Moore is suing for copyright infringement and is asking for damages -- plus $30,000 per violation if the court feels Dayglow did it by accident ... and $150,000 if they feel Dayglow "willfully infringed Moore's copyright."

Calls to Dayglow were not returned. more on this story

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Baseball MVP Ryan Braun To Address Drug Allegations
(TMZ) MLB superstar Ryan Braun -- the 2011 National League MVP -- says he will not hide from allegations he used performance enhancing drugs ... telling TMZ, "My day will come."

TMZ broke the story ... MLB sources say Braun's dirty test was caused by medication for a private medical issue.

Braun arrived at LAX last week -- and when we asked about the situation ... the Milwaukee Brewers star told us, "I can't get into it man ... trust me, I want to ... my day will come."
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