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Hell Story
MTV reports: Seminal punk icon Richard Hell was essential in defining New York's '70s scene with tenures in Television, the Voidoids, the Neon Boys, the Heartbreakers and Dim Stars, so Rhino Records is going to give him his due with Spurts: The Richard Hell Story on August 2. Spanning Hell's career from 1973-2004, the 21-track retrospective is remastered[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Eu Music Biz?
Gigwise reports: The European Commission has put forward a proposal for a Europe-wide copyright and Licensing system for online music which aims to help European based online music services compete with those in the US.

Currently anyone interested in selling music downloads has to deal with 25 different licensing bodies in 25 different countries and as a result sales have lagged behind those in America. Last year, people spent an estimated 207 million euros (US$248 million) on music downloads in the US, compared to 27.2 million euros (US$32.5 million) in Europe.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Thrice Dates
punkbands reports: A small portion of dates have been announced for Thrice's upcoming fall run with Underoath, The Bled and Veda, they are as follows:
October 04th Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
October 05th San Diego, CA - SOMA
October 07th Irvine, CA - Bren Events Center at UC- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Lacuna Coil UK
SMNnews reports: �An Evening With �.' will be the first UK tour for Italian's LACUNA COIL, whose previous UK shows included several sold-out performances in London and a stunning set at this years Download Festival

�An Evening With �' will see LACUNA COIL perform two separate sets each night � the first performance leading us gently into the night will be an acoustic set bringing to the forefront the ethereal and emotional qualities within Cristina Scabbia's vocals. Whilst their second performance of the night will be the spectacular and powerful live performance showcasing the formidable musicianship that has taken LACUNA COIL to top of their genre.[see full story for more including dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Manowar DVD
SMNnews reports: On September 13th MANOWAR will unleash part 4 of their storied HELL ON EARTH DVD series, which will take you on through the entire "Warriors Of The World" tour and follows MANOWAR through 35 cities around the globe. The DVD contains over four and a half hours of footage[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Symphorce Finish CD
metal blade reports: Symphorce have finished the recordings for their new album entitled GodSpeed together with producer Dennis Ward (Angra, PinkCream69) at the renowned House Of Music Studios in Winterbach, Germany. The disc will be released through Metal Blade Records on September 6th. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Euro Gorerotted
metal blade reports: Some great news is we've landed the co-headline/main support slot on the 3 week Decapitated European tour in September, that's gonna be a cool tour and more updates on that when we have them. Due to the Decapitated tour hitting Scotland we've postponed our Glasgow show on August 13th to a later date. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Goatwhore OK
metal blade reports: We all know many rumors have been born over the past 8 months about what had happened to us. Just to let everyone know that everything is perfectly fine and that we are working hard on new material for our debut release under Metal Blade Records. In the meantime we will be doing a few weekend shows on and off from now until the end of the year. As soon as we get closer to entering the studio we will post as much information about it as possible. For now, come out to any of the shows that may pop up in the tour section. As the months progress we will also be adding in new material- Click Here for the Full Story 

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McMahon Recovering With Something Solo
Cornerstone reports: For those of you familiar with SOMETHING COROPORATE, Jack's Mannequin is Andrew McMahon's new band. As some of you may know Andrew is battling Luekimia and had to abrubtly stop touring due to his condition. Fortunately he was just released from the hospital late last week and is successfully recovering at home.

The Jack's Mannequin album, Everything in Transit, will be released August 9th on Maverick Records. Everything in Transit is a dreamy, ethereal concept album that basically tells a tale about Andrew's summer. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rock Star Kick Off
CBS reports: Fifteen hopeful rock and roll performers move into the rock star mansion with the hope of becoming the new lead singer of the band INXS when ROCK STAR: INXS premieres with a special one-hour episode tonight, July 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

ROCK STAR: INXS will air the next performance show Tuesday, July 12 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) followed by the second elimination show on Wednesday, July 13 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT). Beginning the following week, ROCK STAR: INXS will be seen regularly on Mondays (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT), Tuesdays (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) and Wednesdays (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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High Holy Roth Support
reader submission reports: High Holy Days will be playing an acoustic performance on the mainstage at this years Sarnia Bayfest, on Friday, July 15th opening for Diamond David Lee Roth. Marc Arcand (vocals) and Dave Thompson (guitars) will be performing selected tracks from their debut album 'All My Real Friends' and from their forthcoming album acoustically. 

High Holy Days formed in the fall of 2000 and quickly went from playing local bars around their home base of North Bay, Ontario, to clubs and festivals around the country. They have toured with Theory of a Deadman, Three Days Grace, The Headstones, Default and countless others, catching the attention of concert-goers and music industry types alike.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fall of Troy Warped
Equal Vision reports: The Fall of Troy has just confirmed that they will be performing on the Ernie Ball stage of Warped Tour for some select US and Canadian dates! The shows start this Sunday in Portland, OR and ends up in Denver, CO on the 17th of July. Be sure to come out and support The Fall of Troy on these last minute Warped dates! New album "Doppelgänger" in stores August 16th!

07/10 - Portland, OR @ Columbia Meadows
07/12 - Vancouver, BC @ Thunderbird Stadium
07/14 - Calgary, AB @ Race City Speedway
07/15 - Bozeman, MT @ Valley Ice Garden
07/16 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Utah State Fairgrounds
07/17 - Denver, CO @ Invesco Field
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BRMC Fall Tour
antiMusic reports: The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has announced plans to hit North American venues this Fall. The band is touring in support of their forthcoming album "Howl" which hits stores on August 23rd. They will be taking along Mark Gardner of Ride as their opening act. 

BRMC Fall tour dates are:
09/12 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, Ca
09/13 - Doug Fir - Portland, Or.
09/14 - Neumos - Seattle, Wa
09/16 - Club Sound - Salt Lake City, Ut
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