antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 10/06: Ashlee SNL II- Drunk Halen- Danzig Slams Ozzfest- RIAA Vs Innocents?- Wyclef Sitcom- U2 Late Night- more

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Report for 10/06/05

Ashlee SNL II

FMQB reports: Ashlee Simpson is finally returning back to Saturday Night Live after her notorious SNL "incident."

The singer will be making a guest appearance on the show this Saturday (October 8) to redeem herself from her last appearance when a mix up revealed Simpson was lip-synching along to the live performance.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Drunk Halen

Metal Hammer reports: Eddie Van Halen was interviewed on US radio, and the only thing that he makes clear is that he is utterly trolleyed. This audio interview includes a story - drunkenly related - about how sprinklers ruined his garage door, how many cars he has, what wine he likes, and a whole lot of other slightly hard to understand stuff.[see full story for a link to an mp3 of the interview]- Click Here for the Full Story

Danzig Slams Ozzfest

Blabbermouth reports: DANZIG mainman/namesake Glenn Danzig recently spoke to MTV.com about the band's current "Blackest of the Black" tour... "It's something I've been working on for a long time, and we're finally getting to take it all over the place," Danzig said. "But I don't want it to be like Ozzfest. It's for bands that get ignored by radio and television but sell out venues that are either the same size or bigger than venues that, say, bands that get played a lot on the radio can't sell a ticket to save their lives. It's exactly like when DANZIG and SLAYER came up. No one would play us, but we would go in and sell out venues, to everyone's shock. The Ozzfest is a corporate buy-on, and this is my answer to it.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

RIAA Vs Innocents?

FMQB reports: According to a new article from Wired, legal experts are saying that many of the file sharing lawsuits filed by the RIAA are being waged against innocent victims. The RIAA has sued more than 14,000 people since beginning its litigation campaign in September 2003. So far, more than 3,300 parties have settled out of court, which the RIAA says proves that the majority of those summoned are guilty. However, attorneys representing some of these people say their clients are being bullied into settling as the cheapest way to get out of trouble, and that they're being harassed to pay thousands of dollars for claims that they know nothing about.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Wyclef Sitcom

Reuters reports: Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean, frontman of the Grammy-winning rap trio the Fugees, has cut a deal with HBO to produce and star in a comedy series loosely based on his life.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

U2 Late Night

AP reports: Conan O'Brien will turn over his entire show to U2 on Thursday, which is in New York for seven sold-out engagements at Madison Square Garden.

"We were able to offer them something to feel enough like an event for them to do the show," Pitt said. "It's basically `Late Night with Conan O'Brien,' the U2 edition."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Big Day Out 06

Reuters reports: The White Stripes, Iggy & the Stooges and Franz Ferdinand lead the initial list of performers for the 2006 Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New Zealand.

The event will begin January 20 in Auckland and move on to Australian shows in Gold Coast (January 22), Sydney (January 26), Melbourne (January 29), Adelaide (February 3) and Perth (February 5).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Eminem Cell Suit

Gigwise reports: Eminem and his publishing companies have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop his tunes from being used as mobile phone ring tones.

The lawsuit, filed in Detroit, is seeking a court order to stop five individual companies from selling ring tones on the internet. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Lennon Memorial Concert

Gigwise reports: Yoko Ono is to hold a memorial concert to mark the 25th anniversary of John Lennon’s death.

The event will be held at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan Hall this Friday (October 7) where Beatles songs will be played to a vast audience by local musicians.

The Beatles played the exact same venue almost 40 years earlier in 1966. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Mike Gibbins RIP

MTV reports: Mike Gibbins, the drummer for defunct Welsh rock act Badfinger, died in his sleep on Tuesday from undisclosed causes, according to a posting on the late musician's Web site. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Morrissey 06

Gigwise reports: Morrissey has released the first details of his next album which is due to be completed by the end of October.

The record is entitled ‘Ringleader Of The Tormentors’ and is being produced by Tony Visconti, most famous for working with T-Rex, in Rome.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Lemmy IS God

Ananova reports: Motorhead frontman Lemmy received a Living Legend award at the inaugural Classic Rock 'n' Roll Of Honour awards.

Lemmy's award coincided with his 60th birthday and Motorhead's 30th anniversary and a host of stars paid tribute.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Aeropoll

Blabbermouth reports: Launch Radio Networks reports: AEROSMITH is asking fans to help with something special on their upcoming tour. The band is thinking about doing two of their albums live at the shows, and they want to know which ones you'd prefer. Go to the fan club web site Aeroforceone.com and vote for your favorites from throughout the band's career. The poll is open until October 15[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Testament Pull Tour

Blabbermouth reports: San Francisco Bay Area thrashers TESTAMENT have announced the cancellation of their appearance at the Live 'N' Louder Rock Fest, set to take place October 12 at the Estádio do Canindé in São Paulo, Brazil.

After pulling out of the October 15 concert in Porto Alegre, Brazil, the band have now decided to call off their entire Latin American/Mexican tour, which was to include stops in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. The reason for cancelling the tour, according to the band, is that a new guitar player was not found in time for rehearsals, and all options were exhausted. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Atheist Reunion?

BW&BK reports: ATHEIST frontman Kelly Shaefer has announced via the band's official forum that reunion dates are possible next year. Says Shaefer: "It's very likely that we will play a few select festivals next year with the original UP lineup (including bassist Tony Choy, drummer Steve Flynn, guitarist Rand Burkey) but we need the right situation in order to do it. We would love to hit the stage with these tunes one last time and do it correctly, so hopefully we will find the right situation, and place to reunite, and put together a string of shows in 2006. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Aborted Suffocation

The Gauntlet reports: Cryptopsy, Aborted, Despised Icon supporting Suffocation

10/06 Launch Pad- Albuquerque, NM
10/07 The Clubhouse- Tempe, AZ
10/08 Soma- San Diego, CA
10/11 House of Blues- Anaheim, CA
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Chimaira Tour

The PRP reports: Chimaira have announced a number of new dates, here's the latest:
October 31st Salt Lake City, UT - Lo-Fi Cafe
November 01st Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
November 02nd Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Live
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Papa Roach DVD

The PRP reports: Papa Roach are planning a tentative November 22nd release date through Geffen for their new live DVD "Live And Murderous In Chicago". [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Vadar Scented

The PRP reports: Dew-Scented will be touring through North America with Vader and Decapitated starting early next month, here's where you can catch them:
November 08th Cleveland, OH - Peabody's Down Under
November 09th Chicago, IL - Joe's
November 10th Minneapolis, MN - Ascot Room @ Quest Club
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