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Rock 9/22: Metallica Sellout- Jacko Dismissed- McCartney Vs. Photographer-
Quiet Riot Silenced- Slipknot- Solofly- Sharon Made Ozzy Do It- Pop-Punk
Xmas- Crash Test Return
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Metallica
Sellout
Billboard reports:
Making a case for hard music, stadium tours in general and Metallica's
own status as a headliner, Summer Sanitarium 2003 goes down as a winner,
taking in $46.4 million and drawing 683,472 headbangers to 19 dates.
The tour reaffirms
the box-office clout of Metallica, which is currently in the planning stages
of an extensive headlining tour next year, tentatively set to begin in
March.
Metallica last toured
in 2000, taking in $40.5 million from only 20 shows. About a dozen of those
concerts were Summer Sanitarium dates, featuring Kid Rock, Korn and others.
This year's Summer
Sanitarium lineup featured Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Mudvayne and the Deftones,
in addition to Metallica, and was one of only two stadium tours for 2003.
(The other was Bruce Springsteen (news) & the E Street Band on a limited
run.)
While the Sanitarium
lineup was powerful, Metallica was clearly the linchpin act in a summer
crowded with multi-act hard-music tours. Whether the competition was Ozzfest
($23 million) or Lollapalooza ($14 million), Sanitarium easily came out
on top, according to Billboard Boxscore.
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Metallica is popular and all but Billboard should give a little credit
to the other bands on the bill, most of whom are headliners in their own
right, or have been in the recent past. Then again it would interesting
to find out how many people went solely to boo Limp Bizkit off the stage.
Jacko
Dismissed
AP reports: A judge
dismissed two parts of pop star Michael Jackson's lawsuit against Universal
Music Group that claims the world's largest record company owes him royalties
for the rerelease of songs he made in the 1970s.
The lawsuit, filed
in May, accuses Universal of violating a 1980 agreement to pay Jackson
royalties from recordings he made with the Jackson 5 and as a solo artist
from 1969 to 1976 for Motown Records, which was acquired by the company.
On Friday, Judge
Emilie Elias tossed out Jackson's claim that Universal had a fiduciary
duty to make sure he received the best financial deal possible. She also
dismissed his conversion claim, which argued that Universal had improperly
used the music in licensing.
Eight of Jackson's
claims remain in the lawsuit, including breach of contract.
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McCartney
Vs. Photographer
AP reports: Paul
McCartney was involved in a scuffle Friday when a photographer tried to
take his picture near the site of illusionist David Blaine's latest stunt.
McCartney spokesman
Geoff Baker said the former Beatle fired him when he learned that Baker
had informed the photographer that McCartney would be visiting the site
on the River Thames. Blaine is trying to live there without food for 44
days while suspended from a crane in a plastic box.
Baker later said
he'd been reinstated, and described reports of a "fracas" as exaggerated.
London's Metropolitan
Police, however, said they were investigating two counter-allegations of
common assault following a dispute near Blaine's stunt between a photographer
and a group of friends early Friday morning. The police didn't name anyone
involved in the incident.
Baker issued a statement:…
"One of the lads tipped off the press, who were watching a man in a sleeping
bag in a box, that Paul was passing," the statement said. "Paul then continued
to joke by telling his mate, who is his publicist, that he was fired.
"Paul then got into
a car and went home. Reports that this was a fracas or anything other than
a group of friends on a night out are heavily exaggerated."
The Evening Standard
newspaper said its photographer, Kevin Wheal, claimed he was hit after
trying to take McCartney's picture. The paper said the star's friends told
police they were assaulted during the incident-
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Quiet
Riot Silenced
Roadrun.com reports:
QUIET RIOT have officially split up, drummer Frankie Banali has confirmed.
In an e-mail to Metal
Sludge, Banali wrote, "To be honest with you, I am [singer] Kevin [DuBrow]'s
friend and will always be his friend. I don't want to get on the 'he said,
you said" roller coaster that is always generated in these types of situations
which are all so common with bands. It's pointless, it serves no one. The
fact remains that the QUIET RIOT which included all original 'Metal Health'-era
members Kevin DuBrow, Rudy Sarzo, Carlos Cavazo and myself has ceased to
exist. This lineup was the most successful one during the early 80's and
during the latter part of the 90's to date and we had a great and lengthy
run."
QUIET RIOT's long-delayed
DVD, titled "Quiet Riot Live In The 21st Century - 20 Years of Metal Health",
is still believed to be on schedule for release on October 7. .-
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Interesting but it would be even more interesting to see if an official
announcement comes out of this, not just an email to Metal Sludge. The
way that this is worded the group could still be together but just not
with the original lineup. That is until they want to come on and feel the
noise again.
Slipknot
Gets Neighborly.
Roadrun.com reports:
SLIPKNOT's "Welcome To Our Neighborhood" home video will receive a DVD
release on November 18 through Roadrunner. The disc will contain all the
original content plus about seven minutes of special additional concert
footage of the track "Scissors", filmed during the band's appearance at
Ozzfest 1999. Additional behind-the-scenes material will be included as
well.
SLIPKNOT are currently
working on the follow-up to 2001's "Iowa", tentatively due in early 2004
through Roadrunner. In the meantime, SLIPKNOT percussionist Shawn Crahan
(a.k.a. The Clown) will release the debut self-titled effort from his new
project, TO MY SURPRISE, on October 7.. -
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Solofly?
siN's metal news
reports: It appears that Roy Mayorga, Marcello D. Rapp and Mike Doling
have all left SOULFLY. Rumors are that they had problems with the bands
frontman Max Cavalera..-
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Sharon
Made Ozzy Do It
Roadrun.com reports:
Sharon Osbourne defended husband Ozzy for mangling "Take Me Out to the
Ball Game" Aug. 17 at Wrigley Field, telling Barbara Walters on ABC's "20/20"
last week that the former BLACK SABBATH singer simply didn't know the words.
"First of all, Ozzy has never watched a sports game in his life. He didn't
know the song, and I just said, 'Come in and help me out. Don't let me
go and do it by myself,' So he came in, and he's going, 'Game, peanuts,
uh.' And then he's like going, 'Can we go home now?' "Click
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Ozzy really should learn how to tell Sharon NO! Maybe she gets off
in some perverse way in making him look like a fool in public?
Pop-Punk
Xmas
Launch reports:
Blink 182, the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones, and New Found Glory are among
20 artists set to appear on the Santa Clause '03, a Christmas-themed benefit
album scheduled for release on November 11, according to Billboard.com.
Blink 182 will perform "I Won't Be Home For Christmas," while New Found
Glory's contribution will be called "Ex-Miss." The Bosstones' track, "This
Time Of Year," was previously available only as a giveaway to people who
attended the band's hometown Christmas shows in Boston.
Other acts slated
to appear on the record include Something Corporate, MxPx, and a collaboration
between Deftones singer Chino Moreno and the now-defunct band Far.
All proceeds from
sales of the album will go to the Pediatric AIDS (news - web sites) Foundation.
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Just want we needed a Christmas album filled with songs that sound
like the singer needs to blow his nose.
What
Are They Up To Now Special: Crash Test Return
Chart Attack reports:
The Crash Test Dummies may not have had a hit of the magnitude of "Mmm
Mmm Mmm Mmm" or "Superman's Song" in some time, but the band, driven by
the duo of Brad Roberts and Stuart Cameron are still going strong. Their
brand new album, Puss 'N' Boots will be released in Canada and the U.S.
on October 21. - Click
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No official announcement yet but rumor has it they will be teaming
up with Hanson this spring for the "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Bop" tour.
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