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Day In Rock 4/07: Osbourne Cancer- Green Day Ban- Stern Vs Viacom- NAACP Back C Murder- Weiland Clean Slate- Bono Vs AIDS- 50 Beats Beck- Clutch- dredg-Post Spineshank- Korn - Bravery Vs Killers Pt 2- Plourde- Vegas Rainbow- Plant Tour- Hunter's Big Send Off- Kataklysm- Velvet Leno- More Carling Acts- MTV Broadband- QOTSA Less One- Mars Volta Party- 3 Doors Platinum- more

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Osbourne Cancer Scare

Blabbermouth reports: Scotsman.com is reporting that Ozzy and Sharon's daughter Aimee has been treated for a breast cancer scare, it was revealed today.

The pair pulled out of West End show "The Vagina Monologues" last Friday saying only that Aimee was suffering from an undisclosed illness.

But Sharon said today that Aimee, 21, had a lump removed from her breast and is now having more treatment in Los Angeles due to "complications."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Green Day Ad Ban

Punkbands reports: Who knew that Green Day was too hot for the Marriott Marquis? The Independent Film Channel had booked an outdoor wall of the Times Square hotel to advertise IFC's year-long association with the popular punk band on a 28-by- 43-foot billboard. But Marriott execs immediately balked when they saw the billboard's cartoon image: a heart-shaped grenade gripped by a bloodied hand.

"We have the right to review all advertising that goes on our buildings," a Marriott spokeswoman told me, "and if we feel it has any political, pornographic or inappropriate content, we have the right to reject that ad." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Stern Vs Viacom

FMQB reports: Calling it a "slam dunk" for Viacom, syndicated morning man Howard Stern was pleading today to be let out of his contract. "I am begging Viacom, openly, over these airwaves, to fire me," said Stern this morning as he discussed the comments made by U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) that those who flagrantly violate FCC indecency standards should be subject to criminal prosecution rather than a regulatory process.

"Infinity should get me out of here," said Stern. "They're holding me to the contract and I'm afraid to break the contract, because I don't want to ever do anything illegal or wrong. I'm very, very clear on that. I'm a pretty honest guy. I try to live by the laws, but it seems like I'm being set up." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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NAACP Back C Murder

Baton Rouge Advocate reports: Louisiana NAACP officials have filed a lawsuit on behalf of convicted killer Corey Miller, alleging that his civil and constitutional rights have been violated.

The lawsuit, filed in 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, asks that Gov. Kathleen Blanco overturn a decision from the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal that denied Miller a new trial.

Miller, 34, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2003 in the death of Steve Thomas, 16, at a nightclub in suburban New Orleans. He is serving a life sentence without parole in the Jefferson Parish Prison. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Weiland Clean Slate

Contact Music reports: Rocker SCOTT WEILAND is impressing lawmakers in Los Angeles so much with his new-found sobriety, they're set to dismiss the drug charges against him.

Now clean and sober, Weiland was told in court on Monday (04APR05) that he has only three more drug tests between now and July (05) and, if he passes them, his probation will be terminated. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Jesus Tool heh heh

MTV reports: [MTV puts this one to rest]You'll recall that on Tuesday, in the course of looking into Internet rumors that Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan had found Jesus and was leaving the band, we e-mailed Keenan and put the question to him directly. His response was: "i did, in fact, find jesus. More news to follow. God bless ya."

After contemplating this communication, with its lowercase "j" for "Jesus" and its oddly breezy "God bless ya," we began to wonder: Was MJK pulling our leg, yanking our chain — in a word, lying to us? We e-mailed him again and asked flat-out. His response this time: "heh heh." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Bono/Pitt Vs AIDS

MTV reports: Bono and Brad Pitt brought their star power to the kickoff of the One Campaign on Wednesday, calling on people to come together to fight the global crises of AIDS, hunger and poverty.

Explaining that "it's not a cause, it's an emergency," Bono said thousands of people die every day in Africa from preventable causes. He called upon the young people of today to make the fight for third-world relief their generation's movement, much like the youth of the 1960s fought for civil rights in America.

....The campaign isn't seeking individual donations, but rather wants people to visit One.org and sign a declaration that calls for directing more resources to the basic needs of the world's poorest countries.[see full story for a lot more]- Click Here for the Full Story

50 Beats Beck

AP reports: Different week, same story — 50 Cent still sits atop the album chart.

"The Massacre" sold approximately 211,000 copies for the week ending Sunday, according to figures released Wednesday. That makes a total of 2.8 million copies sold since its release last month.

Beck was his closest competitor; the rocker's "Guero" album sold 162,000 copies in its first week to debut at No. 2. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

More Priest Dates

antiMusic reports: Judas Priest released more dates on Wednesday for their forth coming summer tour with Queensryche.

Here are the latest:
06/01 - Xcel Energy Center - Minneapolis, MN
06/03 - Tweeter Center - Chicago, IL
06/04 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI [see full story for more dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Clutch in June

Day in Rock reports: Clutch announced that their new album "Robot Hive/Exodus" is set for a June 21st release. The band is currently mixing the effort but are offering fans a preview of the new music via a quicktime flick on their official website. Click the full story link to check that out!- Click Here for the Full Story

Catch dredg

antiMusic reports: The wait for the new dredg album is almost over! The new album reportedly titled "Catch Without Arms" will most likely hit stores on June 28th.

An unconfirmed tracklisting has shown up online for the album. See the full story to check that out.- Click Here for the Full Story

Post Spineshank

Audio Aggression reports: Ex-Spineshank vocalist Johnny Santos' new band Silent Civilians have finished 13 songs for their debut "very very heavy" album. The release date is unknown, but the band will be recording a 2-song demo shortly for posting online, in addition to the track "Force Fed" which is already available. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Korn Recording

Audio Aggression reports: According to frontman Jonathan Davis, Korn entered the studio on April 5th to begin recording their first studio album since 2003's 'Take a Look in the Mirror.' [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Bravery Vs Killers Pt 2

NME reports: THE BRAVERY have hit back at recent suggestions from THE KILLERS BRANDON FLOWERS that the NEW YORKERS have been riding on his band’s coattails.

Flowers recently said in an interview: “Look at a band like The Bravery. They're signed because we're a band", but speaking to San Francisco radio station Live 105 The Bravery have dismissed his claims.

Talking about Flowers, singer Sam Endicott said: “The poor little guy, he’s very scared. I mean I feel bad talking bad about him because it’s like hitting a girl. It’s like picking on a kid in a wheelchair because he has no personality and no sense of humour at all. So what can you say to that?”

Guitarist Michael Zacharin added: “If you’ve seen them live… they’re incredibly boring. They look like wax figures.” [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Plourde Site

Day in Rock reports: A memorial site has been launched for Derrick Plourde, one of the most respected musicians in the modern punk scene who committed suicide last Wednesday (March 30).

Over the past decade and half Plourde amassed an impressive resume including working with Lagwagon, The Ataris, The Mad Caddies and Bad Astronauts.

Click the full story link to check out the new site and learn more about Derrick - Click Here for the Full Story

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