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Rock 2/24: PETA Vs p.diddy- Osbourne Heist- Jacko Jury Set- QOTSA Illness-
Vinnie Paul Performs- Pixies- Boss to Induct U2- Metallica Game?- Motley
Vs Hanoi - T. Rex DVD- Libertine Solo Deal- Mellencamp- Ray No 1- Retro
Maiden- Rock Never Stops- Hades- Korn- Kings of Leon- Finch- More NIN Dates-
Into Eternity- Usher NBA Team?- Mo Game- Leftover Crack- Blink Split- Priest
Leaked- more
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 PETA
Vs p.diddy |
MuchMusic reports: P. Diddy has pissed off
PETA with a pack of penguins. According to witnesses, Diddy's party planner
placed six penguins on a floating platform in the pool at the opening of
Florida's Hotel Victor last Friday night.
Meanwhile, PETA itself has come underfire
from the Beastie Boys. The boys claims on their official web site that
the animal rights organization wrote an unauthorized letter to KFC on the
band's behalf protesting the treatment of chickens. [see full story for
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| Osbourne
Heist |
Reuters reports: British rock star Ozzy Osbourne's
son Jack had jewelry worth 200,000 pounds ($382,000) stolen from a suitcase
during a flight from Los Angeles to London, the Sun newspaper reported
on Thursday.
The valuables, which included two
watches, were probably stolen from the case before it was put in the cargo
hold for the flight, the paper said. [see full story for more]-
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Bling ain't gonna help Jack. Was this the family emergency that kept
Ozzy from that benefit?
| Jacko
Jury Set |
AP reports: In surprisingly quick time, a
jury was selected Wednesday that will decide Michael Jackson's fate on
charges that he molested a teenage boy at his Neverland Ranch.
"We have a jury," Judge Rodney S. Melville
announced. The judge then began the process of selecting eight alternates
for a trial projected to last six months.
The panel consists of four men and eight
women, ranging in age from 20 to 79. [see full story for more]-
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Let the book deals begin!
| QOTSA
Illness Stalls Tour |
Punkbands reports: Queens Of The Stone Age
have pulled the rest of their European dates, as Josh Homme has been taken
seriously ill. The band started touring Europe last week, and were planning
to play three shows in one night in London next Thursday (March 3). However,
the remaining shows have all been postponed after Josh began coughing up
blood in his hotel room. The band insist the dates will be rescheduled.
The band's management issued the following
statement: "Queens Of The Stone Age were forced to halt their mini-tour
on Tuesday, February 22nd after singer Josh Homme began coughing up blood
in his Paris hotel room. What doctors in Amsterdam initially diagnosed
as the flu was found to be a serious lung infection. This resulted in his
immediate return to the United States." [see full story for more]-
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| Pixies
Lead WA Fest |
Pitchfork reports: Tickets go on sale this
very weekend for the Sasquatch! Festival, taking place at the Gorge Amphitheatre
in George, WA over a portion of Memorial Day weekend. Pixies, Kanye West,
and Modest Mouse share top billing for the event, with Wilco, the Arcade
Fire, Bloc Party, and U.S.E. among the others playing the main stage; smaller
stages at the festival boast bands exactly like Joanna Newsom, A.C. Newman,
the Frames, Smoosh, and Aqueduct. The schedule has all the music taking
place on Saturday, May 28, but the aforementioned camping passes are available
for both Friday and Saturday night if you want to make a vacation out of
it. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Boss
to Induct U2 |
AP reports: Bruce Springsteen is returning
the favor to Bono. U2's talkative frontman, who gave memorable stream-of-consciousness
speeches inducting Bob Marley and Springsteen into the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame, will be saluted by Springsteen when the Boss inducts U2 next month.
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| Vinnie
Paul Performs |
Blabbermouth reports: PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer
Vinnie Paul joined ANTHRAX and DISTURBED onstage during Wednesday night's
(Feb. 23) benefit show in memory of Vinnie's brother, slain DAMAGEPLAN/PANTERA
guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. Vinnie performed PANTERA's "A New Level"
with ANTHRAX and he also played the PANTERA signature song "Walk" with
headliners DISTURBED, with many other musicians joining in.
The benefit concert, which took place at
Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, will help cover bereavement costs for the family
of DAMAGEPLAN security guard Jeffrey "Mayhem" Thompson, who was also killed,
and medical expenses for DAMAGEPLAN crew members John "Kat" Brooks and
Chris Paluska, who were injured during the Dec. 8, 2004 shooting spree.
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| Metallica
Game? |
Blabbermouth reports: ContactMusic.com is
reporting that METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has confirmed the heavy metal
band will be immortalized in a computer game.
Poking fun at last year's METALLICA documentary
"Some Kind of Monster", Ulrich has also made it clear there will be no
group therapy levels in the game.
The 41-year-old says, "With the computer
game, there is definitely truth to that (appearing).
"It won't just be a game where you have
to get Lars and James and Kirk through the tour without breaking up, or
any of that horses***." [see full story for more]- Click
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| Motley
Vs Hanoi Round... |
Blabbermouth reports: Wisconsin-Music.com:
[HANOI ROCKS guitarist Andy McCoy] has recently gone on the record claiming
that certain things that happened in "The Dirt" are "pure lies."
Nikki Sixx: (laughs) You know what I love
about that? You've got a has-been that never was, just f***in' grabbing
at straws to get attention. I mean, c'mon, man. And nothing he says makes
any f***ing sense! You ever read the interview where he said that his band
sold more records than our band? I was like, 'Dude, are you crazy!' [mimics
McCoy] 'We sold fifty million records and they sold forty, we were a bigger
band than them.' And I'm like, 'Dude, why to you care about my ass so bad?
You won't stop talking about it.' He's got a f***in' crush on me or something.
(laughs) f***in' fag.
Wisconsin-Music.com: The only way I've
actually heard of HANOI was through everything that happened with Vince.
Nikki Sixx: Sure. It's a very sad thing
to happen, but dude, stop already trying to get attention for yourself.
He's like the drunk chick at a party, that won't stop splashing everybody.
But she has bad tits. Stop! (laughs) No one's gonna f*** ya, no matter
� Andy, no matter how much you talk about MÖTLEY CRÜE, your band
still isn't gonna make it! Figure it out! I mean, go talk about Keith Richards,
maybe that will give you another f***in' one album sale. (laughs)[see full
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Source: Blabbermouth
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| T.
Rex DVD |
Reuters reports: It's been a long time coming
for T. Rex fans, but the group's Ringo Starr-directed 1972 film, 'Born
To Boogie,' will make its DVD debut in May via Sanctuary.[see full story
for more]- Click
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| Libertine
Solo Deal |
Aversion reports: Libertines front man Carl
Barat will soon be starting a career as a solo artist.
Barat, half of The Libertines' songwriting
unit, inked a deal with Vertigo, a Mercury Records imprint. Vertigo is
the British home to Razorlight and The Rapture. A still-untitled debut
is scheduled for a late 2005 release. [see full story for more]-
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| The
Day in Rock |
ArrowFM reports: 62 years ago Beatle George
Harrison is born. Until his 40s, Harrison thought he was born on February
25th. (1943)
29 years ago "The Eagles -- Their Greatest
Hits" becomes the first album in history to be certified platinum by the
R.I.A.A. [more]1976)
24 years ago John Lennon's "Double Fantasy"
LP wins a Grammy posthumously for Best Album. (1981)
7 years ago Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee
is arrested and charged with hitting his wife Pamela Anderson Lee. (1998)
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| Mellencamp
Reissues |
ArrowFM reports: John Mellencamp kicks off
a big re-issue series with new versions of five of his early albums on
March 29th. The albums: "A Biography" (1978), "John Cougar" (1979), "Nothin'
Matters And What If It Did" (1980), "American Fool" (1982) and "Uh-Huh"
(1983) will be re-mastered and include bonus stuff. The rest of his catalog
will be released throughout the year. [see full story for more classic
rock news]- Click
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| Ray
No 1 |
liveDaily reports: Riding the wave of its
eight Grammy wins earlier this month, the Ray Charles duets album "Genius
Loves Company" shoots to the top of the U.S. album chart, up from No. 15
the previous week. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Retro
Maiden |
BW&BK reports: According to Rte.ie, IRON
MAIDEN's first four seminal albums (1980's Iron Maiden, 1981's Killers,
1983's The Number Of The Beast and 1984's Piece Of Mind) and their subsequent
tours will be the theme for their new stage production and their set will
feature a number of songs that the band have not played in many years.
[see full story for more]- Click
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| Rock
Never Stops Dates |
BW&BK reports: More dates have surfaced
for the 2005 edition of the Rock Never Stops Tour featuring CINDERELLA,
RATT, QUIET RIOT and FIREHOUSE.
Confirmed dates are as follows:
June
18 - Kelseyville, CA at Konocti Harbor
Resort & Spa
22 - Lemoore, CA at The Palace Indian
Gaming Center
23 - San Manuel, CA at SM Casino [see
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| Hades
Reissues |
BW&BK reports: According to a press release,
on Tuesday, May 10, Rock Ridge Music will reissue two albums from the '80s
heavy metal band, HADES. The two recordings, Resisting Success and If At
First You Donít Succeed, each include a newly-recorded, previously
unreleased track. Hades was formed by guitarist Dan Lorenzo back in 1978,
playing around local rock clubs in New York and New Jersey. The band went
on to open for groups such as TWISTED SISTER, OVERKILL, ANTHRAX, MEGADETH,
TESTAMENT and more, touring in the States and Europe until their eventual
break-up in 1989.[see full story for more]- Click
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Source: BW&BK
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| Korn
Won't Replace Head |
IAYM reports: KoRn are not planning to seek
out a replacement for their recently departed guitarist Brian "Head" Welch,
and will instead remain as a 4-piece in the live setting. -
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| Kings
of Leon Extend UK Tour |
NME reports: The KINGS OF LEON have announced
three more dates for their UK summer tour due to exceptional demand.
The band, who release new single �King
Of The Rodeo' on April 11, have added extra Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff
shows to the jaunt. [see full story for more, including all the dates]-
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| Finch
Dates |
The PRP reports: Finch have scheduled a bunch
of dates in support of their upcoming new album "Say Hello To Sunshine"
(due June 07th), here's where you can see them:
April 16th Tucson, AZ - Coconuts
April 19th Oklahoma City, OK - Green Door
April 21st Columbia, MO - Blue Note
April 23rd Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection
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| More
NIN Dates |
The PRP reports: nine inch nails have firmed
up a number of new overseas dates, here's the latest:
June 02nd Mexico City, MEX - Palacio De
Los Deportes
June 10th Scheesel, GER - Hurricane Festival
June 12th Neuhasen, GER - Southside Festival
June 14th Vienna, AUT - Arena
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| Into
Eternity Dates |
The PRP reports: Into Eternity will be hitting
the road in April with a couple of other as-yet to be decided bands, the
schedule is as follows:
April 01st Bellafonte, OH - Blue Cat
April 02nd Dayton, OH - Elbo's
April 03rd Battle Creek, MI - Planet Rock
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| Usher
NBA Team? |
FMQB reports: One of Pop music's top stars,
Usher is buying a minority ownership in the NBA franchise Cleveland Cavaliers,
which boasts one of the NBA's top stars in Lebron James, reports the Bloomberg
News and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Usher, whose full name is Usher Raymond,
is reportedly part of an ownership group led by Dan Gilbert, who recently
agreed in principle to buy the Cavs for $375 million. [see full story for
more]- Click
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| Mo
Game |
AP reports: The Game's major label debut,
the Documentary, has sold more than 1.2 million copies since it was released
last month, and now JT The Bigga Figga will be releasing an album of material
he recorded with the rapper before the Game signed with Dr. Dre's Aftermath
Entertainment label. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Leftover
Crack on Hold |
Punkbands reports: Leftover Crack has announced
that they are planning to take a break for the forseeable future. Stza
posted this on their message board: The crackparty is over... at least
for a while. You know we had some problems last year.[see full story for
more]- Click
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| More
on Blink Split |
Rockdirt reports: A music industry insider
tells The New York Daily News reports that blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus,
guitarist Tom Delong and drummer Travis Barker were tired of feuding over
who would get songwriting credit, money, and the "musical direction", prompting
Tuesday's announcement that the trio were on indefinite hiatus. "Officially
they are claiming they are on an 'indefinite hiatus'," a source said. "But
they are done." - Click
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| Priest
Leaked |
Day in Rock reports: Judas Priest's long awaited
new album "Angel of Retribution" hits stores next Tuesday but you don't
have to wait to hear it. VH1 is featuring the CD as this week's "leak".
Click the full story link to listen in full streaming glory. -
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| Dry
Kill Logic Kill Dates |
press release reports: Due to personal and
health issues, DRY KILL LOGIC will not be on the (HED)P.E. tour from 2/22
- 2/27. The band in a released statement said, "We apologize for any inconvenience
and promise to reschedule the shows asap. Thanks for understanding."-
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| Soilwork
CD/Tour |
Chipster PR reports: In just a few years,
SOILWORK's success has catapulted from a diminutive, yet promising, melodic-
metal band to one of the most popular and audacious bands on the circuit
today.
On March 8, 2005, they will solidify this
status with the release of Stabbing The Drama through Nuclear Blast Records.
To support the release of Stabbing The
Drama, a North American tour with Hypocrisy, Mnemic and Dark Tranquillity
will begin in the Spring. SOILWORK will be in good company as they once
again cause thousands of fans to drop their jaws and bang their heads in
2005. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Beyond
The Flesh Set Release |
Chipster PR reports: Beyond The Flesh to Release
'What The Mind Perceives' on Screaming Ferret Wreckords/Escapi Music on
March 29, 2005
The new breed of metal has arrived. Rocketing
out of New Jersey with a devastating sound and an impressive local fanbase,
Beyond The Flesh have quickly gained a foothold in the heavy music scene
of today. After their 2001 debut, Spawned From Flesh and Bone, the band
became legendary in the Garden State, drawing curious metal fans from far
and wide and leaving a trail of converted followers in their wake. With
a sound that not only borrows from all that is and once was great in metal,
while still standing well on their own eight feet, Beyond The Flesh have
carved an upwards swathe through the metal scene. [see full story for more]-
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| Jam
Band Supergroup Acetate |
Sanctuary Records reports: Sanctuary Records
announces the debut release of Athens, GA based band Acetate with This
Band Makes Me Feel, to be released on March 22, 2005. Acetate is Dave Schools
(Widespread Panic, Stockholm Syndrome) on bass guitar and vocals, Kevin
Sweeney (Hayride, Sunshine Fix) on guitar and vocals, and Ben Mize (Counting
Crows, Cracker) on drums and vocals. Three longtime chums from Athens who
got together in 2003 to jam and found they had rediscovered the meaning
of 'garage band,' and the simple pleasure of playing music without rules
or expectation.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Life
of Agony CD/Tour |
Epic Records reports: Epic Records has announced
a May 31st release for BROKEN VALLEY, the highly anticipated new album
from New York rock quartet LIFE OF AGONY. Fans have waited eight long years
for a new LOA studio album and the reunited band doesn't disappoint. Produced
by Greg Fidelman (Jet, Audioslave, Slipknot), BROKEN VALLEY is a potent,
poignant and perfectly paced rock album from a band whose creative spark
is still smoldering.
LIFE OF AGONY will preview BROKEN VALLEY
during a much-buzzed-about spring tour opening for headliners/Epic labelmates
Mudvayne. The seven-week trek begins March 29th at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium
in St. Paul, Minnesota. Also appearing on the bill will be openers American
Head Charge and bloodsimple. [see full story for more]-
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| Will
Diehl Release |
press release reports: Will Diehl, Singer/Songwriter
from Gloucester, MA will release "From The Vine" on February 29. Recorded
in California at The San Francisco Folk Festival and The Placerville Folk
Festival, the album's 10 live acoustic tracks capture a snapshot of one
of Will's solo tours. Diehl has been compared to Jimmy Buffet, The Replacements,
REM, Peter Gabriel and The Eagles, among others.[see full story for more]-
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