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Cream DVD/CD

NME reports: CREAM are to release a live album and DVD of their ROYAL ALBERT HALL shows in May this year, which saw the band reunited for the first time after almost 37 years.

Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker played in Cream for little over two years and three albums, but they remain one of the most influential bands of the 60s.

The album and DVD will be released on October 10.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Doherty Drug Bust

NME reports: BABYSHAMBLES missed their main stage appearance at Norway’s OYA festival this weekend after singer PETE DOHERTY was detained in OSLO airport for carrying drugs.

An Oslo police officer, Harold Holmsen said: “I can confirm two British citizens were stopped by the customs on Friday at around 4pm.”

He added: “One of them had 1.7g of coke, the other had 1.5g of heroin. They both received 8,000 krone (£700) fines and were released several hours later. It will not go to court as they accepted their fines but it will be registered as a criminal offence in Norway.”[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Damned Plans

punkbands reports: The Damned are reporting that due to unforeseen difficulties the Get Lost Weekend Festival will not be going ahead. The fest was originally set to take place from the 26th to the 28th of August at The Farm in Lincolnshire, UK. The Damned were scheduled to headline two nights and appearances were confirmed by the Vibrators, Electric Prunes and others. Tickets purchased online should have since been refunded by the vendors. More info can be found on the band's website.

On a more positive note the Damned will hit the studio in September and tour extensively in the UK in November and December performing new material.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Tour Factory

siN's metal news reports: It appears as if FEAR FACTORY's previously announced tour with SHADOWS FALL will not be happening, and instead FEAR FACTORY will be hitting the road with SOILWORK and STRAPPING YOUNG LAD.- Click Here for the Full Story

Ozzfest Uranium Invasion

press release reports: Prepare yourself for an ass kicking when Uranium invades Ozzfest 2005! Juliya takes you deeper than you've ever been - she gets kinky with The Haunted in their trailer, watches porn with Trivium, shares thong stories with Wicked Wisdom and busts in on an exchange of licks between As I Lay Dying and Mastodon. The madness doesn't stop there - Uranium also catches The Black Dahlia Murder getting hauled away by cops, as lead singer Trevor Strnad screams, “this is an outrage!” Follow all the drama and craziness on Ozzfest 2005: Uranium Invasion when it premieres on Friday, August 19th at 9pm EST. For more information on upcoming Fuse shows, including Uranium’s inside look at Ozzfest 2005, log on to www.fuse.tv. Al! so, log on to our site to find out where you can tune into Fuse in your neighborhood or, if you’re connected to satellite tv, you can catch us on DirecTV 339 and EcoStar 158. - Click Here for the Full Story

McCartney Chaos

Buzztone reports: Paul McCartney Set To Release First New Studio Album In Four Years "Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard" And In Record Stores September 13th

"Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard," Paul McCartney's 20th studio recording since The Beatles, marks an end to a nearly four-year hiatus since his last studio recording, 2001's platinum certified "Driving Rain." The new 13-track album is produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis and Beck) and was recorded in London and Los Angeles over the course of the past two years. Its release coincides with the September 16th launch of McCartney's all new 37-city "US" Tour, his fastest selling concert tour ever. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Rob Thomas Tour

MTV reports: Rob Thomas is hitting the road for his first full-scale solo tour. The two-month trek kicks off October 5 in Albany, New York, and wraps December 10 in Detroit.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Horror Songs

press release reports: On October 18, Immortal Records will release the soundtrack to the highly anticipated Masters of Horror series, a 13 episode anthology directed by today's most renowned horror directors. The specially-priced, extravagantly packaged, double disc CD will be comprised entirely of brand new and previously unreleased material from over 25 of today's top rock, metal, punk, and emo artists, including Mudvayne, Buckethead featuring Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Thursday, Shadows Fall, Andrew WK, Norma Jean, and more. The series will debut in October on Showtime, with IDT Entertainment, Industry Entertainment and Nice Guy Productions producing. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Mardo Home Movies

press release reports: Swaggering hard rockers Mardo are pulling out all the stops for "Anyone but Me," the relentlessly rousing second single from their self-titled debut CD on House of Restitution Records which will be released on August 23, 2005 - including a new video that is as hot as the day it was shot in the gritty concrete jungle of Downtown LA. Mardo's first-ever music video is an energizing, captivating and controversial assault on the senses that is impossible to take your eyes off of and the accompanying behind-the-scenes footage will show you the another side of these snarling rockers. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Tommy Lee TV

press release reports: Don't forget to go back to school with Tommy as TOMMY LEE GOES TO COLLEGE premiering - TONIGHT TUESDAY August 16th on NBC.

The University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL) welcomes a motley new student to its campus - notorious rocker Tommy Lee. At the age of 19, Tommy formed "Mötley Crüe," sending him on a meteoric rise to fame and fortune - who had time for college? Tommy was busy touring the world and living the fast life for two glorious decades. Cut to Tommy Lee today - twice divorced and the single father of two boys. Most men in their midlife crisis buy sports cars and date young women. Tommy wants something different, something money can't buy - he wants academic redemption. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Adolescents Come Home

press release reports: 2005 is the 25th Anniversary of one of Orange County's premier punk bands - The Adolescents. Finger Records (also based in the OC) has released the bands first CD of new material since 1988 entitled OC CONFIDENTIAL.

The band has been on the road on a national tour for the past month (their first since 1989) and will be coming back to Orange County this Saturday:

8/15 Live interview on KXLU's Noise Pollution (88.9 FM) w/ The Ads Steve Soto and Tony Cadena
8/20 @ House of Blues, Anaheim, Ca.
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The 88 Soph

press release reports: On September 20, The 88 will officially release their follow-up CD OVER AND OVER (EMK/Mootron Records). With glowing praise on their debut CD KIND OF LIGHT which culminated in an appearance on The Jimmy Kimmel Show in late 2004, The 88 are back at it again with their first live performance in over 8 months. The band will be playing new material off their latest CD and fans of The OC should be on the lookout for their music on the season premier on Sept. 8th. More big news coming soon......[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Pilotdrift Debut

press release reports: Texarkana, Texas, quintet PILOTDRIFT will release its debut album, WATER SPHERE, on September 20 via Good Records Recordings. Pilotdrift has won over audiences while supporting artists including The Polyphonic Spree, Eisley and Mike Doughty. Pilotdrift is the first band signed to Good Records, the label owned by The Polyphonic Spree's Tim DeLaughter and Julie Doyle, which has previously only released music by DeLaughter's own projects.

WATER SPHERE's nine-song odyssey marks a remarkably ambitious debut from the East Texas band. Already drawing comparisons to Radiohead, Muse and Grandaddy, Pilotdrift's adventurous compositions can swing from anthemic rock to sinister carnival romps to elegant chamber music -- sometimes all within the same track, as with the complex "Jekyll & Hyde Suite."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

MC O.C.

Audible Treats reports: Former D.I.T.C member O.C. recently signed with indie hip-hop conglomerate Hiero Imperium and will release his fifth solo album entitled Smoke & Mirrors on November 1, 2005.

When people talk about MC's who are under-appreciated, O.C.'s name is always mentioned. His history of under-promoted albums and music industry drama has plagued him throughout his career. Despite releasing four critically acclaimed solo releases and having tracks on a dozen movie soundtracks, O.C. has remained largely unnoticed by the masses. Armed with Smoke & Mirrors and backed by one of the most espected independent hip-hop labels, Hiero Imperium, "King of the Underground" O.C. is ready to finally get the recognition he deserves. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Bobby Womack DVD

MVD reports: Music Video Distributors and Cherry Red are pleased to announce the home viewing release of Bobby Womack - Soul Seduction Supreme for North American distribution on DVD October 4, 2005.

Bobby Womack was also known as black music's master showman and Soul Seduction Supreme proves why this is so. From 1962's "Lookin' For A Love" and the legendary "It's All Over Now" to hits of the '80s and beyond, the intensity level never drops for a minute as Bobby weaves his web of magic. Also included are highlights of his career, from the classical jazz of his Crusaders collaboration "Inherit The Wind" to the country-meets-soul of "Harry Hippie" and much more. Her are nine classic slices of soul served up red hot and steamin' - the Womack way![see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

2 Legit 2 Quit Tour

press release reports: 2 Legit 2 Quit Tour: w/ The Mile After, Madison, & Suicide Pact

8/11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Lo-Fi Café
8/13 - Bakersfield, CA @ Montgomery Ward Plaza
8/18 - Indio, CA @ Tropical Paradise
8/19 - Hollywood, CA @ The Knitting Factory
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