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 Avril
Acts? |
MTV reports: She's gone from acting like a
teen skate punk to a grown-up seductress in her videos, so it makes sense
that Avril Lavigne would try her hand at some big-screen emoting. The singer,
who recently wrapped a world tour, is taking a break from music for a part
in "The Flock," an upcoming Richard Gere/ Claire Danes movie
Lavigne will be in New Mexico this week
to film her handful of scenes[OMG Richard Gere is so like punk rawk! see
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| Sabbath
Vs KFC |
KNAC reports: What do Geezer Butler, the long-time
bassist of heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath, and Bobby Ingram, the frontman
of the venerable Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, have in common besides
making legendary music? Both rockers have joined PETAs boycott of KFC
until the company ends the worst abuses of chickens raised and killed to
fill its buckets. Geezer and Bobby have prominently displayed links on
their respective Web sites (GeezerButler.com and MollyHatchet.com) to PETAs
KentuckyFriedCruelty.com site, where visitors can learn how KFC torments
the more than 850 million chickens raised and killed for the company each
year.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Silly
News: Viagra Ozzy |
The Gauntlet reports: Ozzy Osbourne pops Viagra
so he can satisfy Sharon every night of the week. The ageing rocker has
been complimented by his wife for his sexual appetite - which is helped
by the little blue pills - widely used to help men get and maintain an
erection [That explains the drinkin' and druggin' all those years. see
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| Pete's
Crack Bust |
Contact Music reports: Troubled British rocker
PETE DOHERTY has been arrested in London on suspicion of possessing crack
cocaine.
The former LIBERTINES singer, 26, and his
musician friend PETER WOLF were stopped by police after driving "erratically"
through west London in the early hours of yesterday morning (30NOV05),
only two days after Doherty returned from Arizona, US, where he had quit
a drug rehabilitation clinic. [see full story for more]-
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| Vedder
Almost Drowned |
Contact Music reports: PEARL JAM star EDDIE
VEDDER was rescued from a drowning death when Hawaiian fishermen spotted
the rocker bobbing about in the waves.
The ALIVE singer was paddling an outrigger
canoe between the islands of Oahu and Molokai with local singer/songwriter
JACK JOHNSON's dad when the vessel overturned in rough seas, leaving Vedder
trying to stay afloat miles away from land.[see full story for more]-
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| Spitzer
Vs Sony |
FMQB reports: In the latest chapter of the
ongoing story of Sony BMG's flawed copy-protection software, New York Attorney
General Eliot Spitzer is calling for retailers to immediately pull the
albums off their shelves. Spitzer also chided stores for not yanking the
CDs before the Christmas shopping season began.
According to Business Wire, Spitzer's office
sent investigators out to buy the specific CDs in question after Sony BMG's
recall had been enacted. The investigators were easily able to purchase
the albums at all of the largest music retail stores. [see full story for
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| DMX
Sentenced |
AP reports: DMX was slapped with a seven-day
sentence by a Bronx judge who said the rapper is "a violation waiting to
happen."
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded
guilty Tuesday to driving with a suspended license in the Bronx last April
after his sport utility vehicle struck a car that in turn hit a police
car. He was also fined $500.[see full story for more]-
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| Keys
and Bono Duet |
AP reports: Alicia Keys and Bono are hoping
to save the lives of children through song. The two superstars have collaborated
on "Don't Give Up (Africa)," and will donate all proceeds to Keep A Child
Alive, which provides medicine to families infected with AIDS and the HIV
virus.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Tony
Meehan RIP |
Gigwise reports: Former Shadows drummer Tony
Meehan has died aged 62 after sustaining head injuries from a fall.
Meehan was a founding member of the group
and played on hits such as Apache between 1958 and 1961.
The Shadows guitarist Bruce Welch told
the BBC: "It is so tragic. Tony was a hugely influential drummer and a
very clever arranger." [see full story for more]- Click
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| Baby
Stripe |
Gigwise reports: It has been confirmed that
Karen Elson the wife of White Stripes main man Jack White is up the duff!!!
According to Star magazine the baby is
expected next spring.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Isle
of Placebo |
Gigwise reports: Placebo and Goldfrapp are
the latest headline acts confirmed for next years Isle of Wight festival.
Brian Molko and co. will joint headline
the opening Friday night with the previously announced The Prodigy. [see
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| Jacko
Not Daddy? |
hecklerspray reports: Michael Jackson's kids
aren't his, or so go the recent allegations of his ex-wife and children's
mother Debbie Rowe. Oh where to begin...
The headline-prone Michael Jackson's (CDs)
ex-wife Debbie Rowe spilled the dirt on the mighty Jackson's so-called
posterity: Both children, Prince Michael Jr and Paris are said to be conceived
from anonymous sperm obtained at an unnamed sperm bank.
She says: "Michael knows the truth - that
he is not the natural father of Prince Michael Jr and Paris. He has to
come clean. I have no information whatsoever about the identity of the
semen donor for either child as such (semen) was obtained anonymously from
a semen bank under an agreement of confidentiality." [see full story for
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| MC5
Win Name Case |
Aversion reports: A District Court judge ruled
that the surviving members of The MC5 did not violate trademark laws as
alleged by the band's singer's widow.
Judge John J. Feikens of the Eastern Michigan
court district dismissed a suit against the band filed in the name of its
founding singer, Robert Derminer (real name: Rob Tyner). Tyners widow,
Becky Derminer, alleged that the band, which reformed last year after a
33-year breakup, infringed upon copyrights and the MC5 trademark[see full
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| Daniel
Johnston Hospitalized |
Aversion reports: Daniel Johnston has spent
the past week in a hospital, suffering from what may be lithium poisiong.
The lo-fi singer/songwriter was taken to
a hospital in his hometown of Waller, Texas suffering from an inability
to walk or speak coherently. [see full story for more]-
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| A.F.I.'s
Big Day In |
Aversion reports: A.F.I. won't be making to
Australia's biggest music festival as originally planned.
The Goth-punk band flip-flopped its original
decision to play The Big Day Out this year, instead choosing to stay home
and work on the follow-up to Sing the Sorrow [see full story for more]-
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| Aeromitzvah |
Blabbermouth reports: According to The Boston
Globe, AEROSMITH singer Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry made some
easy money playing a big-bucks bat mitzvah in New York the other night.
The Daily News reports that the dynamic duo were paid $2 million by Long
Island defense contractor David H. Brooks to gig at his daughter's after-party
Saturday (Nov. 26) at the Rainbow Room. [see full story to see who else
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| Deep
Purple DVD Box |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Deep-Purple.net,
BMG will be releasing two full shows from guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's
last tour with DEEP PURPLE recorded in Stuttgart and Birmingham in October/November
1993 on "The Battle Rages On" trek as a four-CD box set. Both shows will
be completely unedited[see full story for more]- Click
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| SOAD
No 1 |
Audio Aggression reports: For the third time
in their career, and the second this year, System of a Down's latest album,
'Hypnotize', is at the top of The Billboard Top 200 selling more than 320,000
copies. Former Creed front-man Scott Stapp's solo debut, 'The Great Divide',
came in at number 19.[see full story for more]- Click
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