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| U2
Church |
Contact Music reports: Irish rockers U2 have
become the unlikely inspiration behind a US campaign to boost church attendances.
A string of parishes are holding 'U2 Eucharists' in a bid to make their
services more appealing to young people interested in rock music and global
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| Kornfest |
Blabbermouth reports: KORN will complete its
current North American tour tomorrow (Tuesday, April 4) in Toronto, but
the band has already announced that it will return for another trek this
summer. Guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer told Launch that the group has
some big plans in mind. "We're trying to put together something similar
to, like, a Family Values kind of a thing," he said. "We don't know if
we're gonna call it that or not, but we wanna put together something sort
of a festival feel, where there's four bands on the main stage and then
there's four or five bands on a side stage. We want to make our own Kornfest
type of thing."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Emo
Metallica |
TuneLab reports: Kerrang! have posted samples
of their upcoming tribute to Metallica's 'Master Of Puppets', check em
out below:
1. Machine Head - "Battery"
2. Trivium - "Master Of Puppets"
3. Mendeed - "The Thing That Should Not
Be"
4. Bulletin For My Valentine - "Welcome
Home (Sanitarium)"
5. Chimaira - "Disposable Heroes"
6. Fightstar - "Leper Messiah"
7. Mastadon - "Orion" (instrumental)
8. Funeral For A Friend - "Damage, Inc."
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| Spitzer
Vs FCC |
FMQB reports: New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer has claimed the federal government is undermining his ongoing investigation
into the music industry and payola allegations, by negotiating their own
deals with the record labels. Newsday reports that Spitzer has said the
settlement amounts that are being considered by the FCC would undo his
own investigations into the matter.[see full story for more]-
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| Gorillaz
Flop |
Reuters reports: Things did not go well for
the so-called "virtual band" Gorillaz at Harlem's Apollo Theater Sunday.
The first of five sold-out shows at the historic New York venue was marred
by technical problems. Visuals were scrapped, reducing the production to
a mediocre revue of the multiplatinum album "Demon Days" (Virgin).[see
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| Pirates
Plead |
Reuters reports: Two men involved in what
U.S. authorities called the largest bust of pirated music CDs and computer
software in America each pleaded guilty to five criminal counts on Monday,
law enforcement officials said.
The pair, Ye Teng Wen, 30, and Hao He,
30, both of Union City, California, pleaded guilty on five piracy-related
charges to manufacturing 200,000 illegal CDs, much of it Latin music, said
Kevin Ryan, U.S. Attorney for Northern California. [see full story for
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| Leeds
Jam |
Gigwise reports: The first raft of acts including
the headliners have been announced for 2006s Carling Leeds and Reading
weekend at a special event in London - and Gigwise was there to bring you
all the news.
Headlining this years main stage will
be Franz Ferdinand, Muse and Pearl Jam with support from Kaiser Chiefs,
Audioslave, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle & Sebastian, The
Streets, Feeder, Placebo and My Chemical Romance.[see full story for more]-
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| Madonna
Tour |
liveDaily reports: The initial itinerary has
surfaced for Madonna's summer tour behind last year's platinum-certified
"Confessions on a Dance Floor." The veteran performer kicks things off
May 21 in the Los Angeles area and is so far scheduled to makes stops at
arenas in about a dozen cities, including Chicago, Boston, San Jose, the
Phoenix area, Fresno, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Miami, Montreal
and New York.[see full story for more including dates]-
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| Junos
on Fire |
CMJ reports: On April 2, the Junos, Canada's
answer to the Grammys, were handed out in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Though
it was British Columbian crooner Michael Bublé who won the most
awards (with 4), indie rock darlings Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene
were also feted. Montreal's Arcade Fire won Songwriter Of The Year for
tracks off their 2004 debut, Funeral. Broken Social Scene won the coveted
Alternative Album Of The Year award, an honor they also took home in 2003,
for their self-titled third record.[see full story for more]-
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| New
Radiohead Terrifying |
The Tripwire reports: The good folks over
at NME were granted an interview with Yorke, during which he discussed
the progress made on the new album. Rather following in the footsteps of
the political topics found on Hail To The Thief, the new material will
be much more about daily lives. "It's about that anonymous fear thing,
sitting in traffic, thinking, I'm sure I'm supposed to be doing something
else. Interestingly enough it's similar to OK Computer in a way. It's much
more terrifying. But OK Computer was terrifying too - some of the lyrics
were," said Yorke. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Rebel
Meets Rebel May Tour |
Blabbermouth reports: Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN
drummer Vinnie Paul recently spoke to MTV.com about the upcoming debut
album from REBEL MEETS REBEL a collection of a dozen tracks of countrified
metal featuring controversial country singer David Allan Coe and the guitar
prowess of Paul's late brother, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott.... Even without
Dime around to play guitar, Paul said there's a chance REBEL MEETS REBEL
could tour so long as he can tap someone gifted enough to tackle the
riffs. "I have a couple of people in mind that were really close to Dime
and would be perfect for it," he said. "But we're just going to put out
the record first and see how that goes.[see full story for more]-
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| Blue
Oyster Art |
Blabbermouth reports: Eric Bloom, a founding
member of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, has announced the opening of www.EricBloomGuitars.com,
through which he is offering one-of-a-kind guitars, each interpreting a
different BÖC song.
What makes these guitars unique is Eric's
vision of "playable art." Working with master airbrush artist Phillipe
Renaudin, Eric has created six one-of-a-kind guitars in Art Series 1 that
look as good as they play.[see full story for more.. waiting for the custom
cow bells]- Click
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| Downlord
Hire Ex |
Blabbermouth reports: Despite rumors to the
contrary, DOWNLORD the Denmark-based death metal act featuring former
members of BOLT THROWER/BENEDICTION, INIQUITY and SACRIFICIAL will NOT
be utilizing the services of drummer Reno Kiilerich (DIMMU BORGIR, VILE,
PANZERCHRIST, DEW-SCENTED) for their upcoming dates as the support act
for BOLT THROWER. "We did ask him, but he had other commitments already,
and is currently out touring with VILE," DOWNLORD frontman Dave Ingram
said. "Our ex-drummer, Rasmus Schmidt (who played on our first demo), has
kindly agreed to step in for these gigs[see full story for more]-
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| Not
Slashed |
Metal Sludge reports: VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS
N' ROSES guitarist Slash spent time at a Los Angeles recording studio on
Friday (March 31) laying down a guest guitar solo on an album from an up-and-coming
female singer that is being produced by one-time GUNS N' ROSES producer
Mike Clink, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. When asked about
his current status in VELVET REVOLVER, Slash reportedly responded that
as far as he knew he was "still in the band," despite rumors to the contrary.
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| Stereo
Fuse Delay |
TuneLab reports: The new album from Stereo
Fuse has been delayed once again. The disc titled 'All That Remains' will
now see a May 30th release date via Toucan Cove. The band released their
self-titled debut in 2002 on Wind-Up records[see full story for more]-
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