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| Fall
Out Boy Injury |
FMQB reports: First the members of My Chemical
Romance were injured on the set of their video for "Welcome To The Black
Parade." Then Travis Barker of (+44) damaged his arm so badly while filming
"When Your Heart Stops Beating" that he is currently playing his drums
with one arm. Now Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy is the latest Rock video shoot
victim.
Wentz writes in an online post that, "I
wanted to apologize to people who came out to the last couple warm-up shows
- I have done something to my back that makes it hurt for me to even walk."
In a separate post, he added, "I did something to my back while doing a
stunt for the video. I think it will all be worth it when the video comes
out in the end. I hope it is something you're gonna love
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| Oasis
Vs Green Day |
punkbands reports: The perennially jovial
Noel Gallagher has accused Green Day of ripping off Oasis' biggest hit,
"Wonderwall." He says "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is "exactly the same
arrangement." He continues by saying "They should have the decency to wait
until I am dead (before releasing this). I, at least, pay the people I
steal from that courtesy." He also says of Green Day "They consider themselves
to be - and I quote - 'a kick-ass rock 'n' roll band'. They could not be
less kick-ass if they tried."- Click
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| Ahmet
Ertegun RIP |
DiR reports: Atlantic Records founder Ahmet
Ertegun, died in New York on Thursday. Ertegun went into a coma at Weill
Cornell Medical Center in October after he slipped backstage at a New York
concert by the Rolling Stones. He was 83.
Jerry Greenberg, the former President of
Atlantic Records and longtime music industry executive, comments on the
passing of music industry giant Ahmet Ertegun: "As former President of
Atlantic Records, Ahmet and I worked very closely together for over 20
years. It was a father-son relationship sharing great music and making
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| Top
Tours of 06 |
blabbermouth.net reports: Top-grossing tours
of 2006:
01. THE ROLLING STONES ($437 million)
02. MADONNA ($195 million)
03. BON JOVI ($131 million)
04. U2 ($96 million)
05. TIM MCGRAW/FAITH HILL ($88.8 million)
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| New
Sabbath Tracks |
BW&BK reports: HEAVEN AND HELL guitarist
Tony Iommi offered BW&BK a glimpse at the three new tracks the band
has recorded for the upcoming Ronnie James Dio-era BLACK SABBATH compilation,
due out, according to Tony, February or March through Rhino Records.
Well, we've got one for everybody. If
somebody goes, Oh, they're all too slow, we've got a slow one, a mid-tempo
and a fast one. So it should please most of the fans. [see full story for
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| Proof
CD To Be Released |
pr-inside reports: Slain rapper PROOF's record
label will release a new album next year (07), featuring 18 songs he recorded
in a 24-hour period in January (06).
The [rapper], real name DESHAUN HOLTON,
was a close friend of EMINEM. He was shot and killed during a dispute at
the after-hours CCC club in Detroit, Michigan in April (06).
The D12 rapper recorded TIME A TELL after
he was challenged by his friend JULIUS MYERS, also known as DJ JEWELS BABY,
to write and record an entire album in a day.[see full story for more]-
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| George
Michael US Tour |
pr-inside reports: Pop superstar GEORGE MICHAEL
will continue his comeback when he embarks on his first US tour in 15 year
next spring (07). Michael finishes his sold out 16-city European tour 25
Live in London on Sunday (17DEC06). And now sources close to the star tell
US publication People he's on the verge of announcing a major American
tour.[see full story for more]- Click
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| 36
Crazyfists UK |
TuneLab reports: 36 Crazyfists have revealed
plans for a UK tour in April. Dates include:
April 1st in Birmingham, UK @ Barfly
April 2nd in Manchester, UK @ Academy
3
April 3rd in Newcastle, UK @ Northumbria
Uni
April 4th in Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts[see
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| Decemberists
Vs Colbert |
PR reports: Stephen Colbert, of basic cable
television program "The Colbert Report," has formally accepted a counter-counter
challenge from The Decemberists, setting the stage for an epic battle on
par with Ali vs. Frazier, Scopes v. State and Kramer vs. Kramer. The winner-take-all
guitar duel will take place on Wednesday, December 20th at 11:30 pm ET/PT
on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
The first stone was cast on November 29th
when Colbert used the debut of a segment entitled "Look Who's Riding My
Coattails Now" to lambaste the band for their mtvU-sponsored "Re-Animate
the Decemberists" contest.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Snoop
To Take a Diddy on Europe |
DiR reports: Seems that Diddy got tired of
standing around in other people's videos and decided to team up with a
real rapper for a European tour. Enter Snoop Dogg. You can catch Snoop
blowing Diddy off the stage at the following dates:
MARCH
12 Oslo, Norway Spektrum
13 Copenhagen, Denmark The Forum
14 Berlin, Germany Max Schmelling Halle
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| More
Bands Warped |
punkbands reports: Big D and the Kids Table
and K-os have been added to this year's Warped Tour where they'll join
previously announced acts Bad Religion and The Fabulous Rudies. -
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| Agent
Orange Tour |
SMN reports: Punk legends AGENT ORANGE have
announced the following upcoming tour dates:
January 10 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
January 11 - Fort Walton Beach, FL @ Coasters
January 12 - Miami, FL @ Churchill's
January 13 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable
St. Cafe
January 17 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
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| Galactic
Tour |
SMN reports: GALACTIC have announced the following
upcoming tour dates:
December 28 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
December 29 - Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room
December 30 - Houston, TX @ Meridian
December 31 - New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina's
Uptown
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| Yoko
Sexual Harasser? |
pr-inside reports: The driver accused of attempting
to extort $2 million (£1.02 million) from his employer YOKO ONO insists
the Japanese singer/artist is simply trying to prevent him from suing her
for sexual harassment.
Turkish-born KORAL KARSAN, 50, was arrested
on Wednesday (13DEC06) and arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday
(14DEC06) on charges of first-degree attempted grand larceny. Assistant
District Attorney MAUREEN O'CONNOR told the court the driver promised JOHN
LENNON's widow he would release embarrassing recordings and photographs
of her, as well as threatening her, saying "he had people on standby waiting
to kill the victim on his orders" unless she paid him $2 million.[see full
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| Di'n
for Tickets |
Reuters reports: Tickets for a pop concert
to mark the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death sold out in minutes
on Wednesday, organizers said.
The concert, organized by Diana's sons
Princes Harry and William, will take place at the new Wembley stadium in
London next July and feature acts including Elton John, Duran Duran and
Pharrell Williams.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Fred
Marsden RIP |
AP reports: Fred Marsden, the drummer in the
Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers, has died at age 66, his family
said.
Marsden died of cancer Saturday in Southport,
England, according to a family death announcement published Tuesday in
the Liverpool Echo newspaper. The band, fronted by Marsden's brother, Gerry,
was the second group signed by Brian Epstein, whose first band was The
Beatles. [see full story for more]- Click
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