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antiMusic reports: Egotistical proclamations
aside, Kanye West didn't get his wish as Bono and company took home the
Album of the Year honors at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards on Wednesday
for their album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. In total U2 took
home 5 awards to add to their collection. Record of the year went to Green
Day for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams".
Mariah Carey was the favorite going into
Wed night, but U2 made her settle for 3 awards. Ironically the same number
of awards that same U2 album won at last year's awards. To add insult to
injury she was awarded her 3 Grammys off camera.
System of a Down took home the Hard Rock
Performance Grammy for "B.Y.O.B." while Slipknot nabbed the Metal one for
"Before I Forget". Meanwhile The White Stripes' "Get Behind Me Satan" won
for Alternative Music Album. [see full story for a list of all the winners]
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| Sex
Pistol Vs Green Day |
Contact Music reports: SEX PISTOLS frontman
JOHN LYDON has lashed out at rockers GREEN DAY, accusing them of stealing
the term 'punk'.
The singer - who performed as JOHNNY ROTTEN
- claims the American band has reduced a political movement into a simple
musical style.
He says, "Don't try and tell me Green Day
are punk. They're not, they're plonk and they're bandwagoning on something
they didn't come up with themselves. I think they are phony."[John was
in rare form, see the full story for more of his rant]-
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| Pink
Floyd RIP |
Ananova reports: Pink Floyd are "over" and
will never play again, according to guitarist and co-frontman Dave Gilmour.
There have been rumours they would reform
for a tour after their successful reunion at Live8 last summer.
But Gilmour told Italian newspaper La Repubblica:
"The band? It's over. Reunited because of the good cause, to get over the
bad relationship, and not to have regrets.[see full story for more]-
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| No
Charges For Spears |
Contact Music reports: Officials don't plan
to press charges against pop star BRITNEY SPEARS after she was photographed
driving with her infant son on her lap.[see full story for more]-
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| Spitzer
Vs Radio |
FMQB reports: ABC News is reporting that the
focus of the two-year-long payola investigation by New York attorney general
Eliot Spitzer is turning to the nation's nine largest radio conglomerates.
In an interview with ABC News correspondent Brian Ross, which will air
on Primetime Live Thursday night, Spitzer says that evidence he has gathered
clearly shows some of the radio conglomerates have participated in the
illegal practice of accepting payments from record companies and middlemen
in exchange for airplay.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Manilow
Tops Chart |
Reuters reports: Barry Manilow topped the
U.S. pop charts for the first time in nearly 29 years Wednesday with an
album of pop evergreens released in time for Valentine's Day.
"The Greatest Songs of the Fifties" (Arista),
featuring versions of such tunes as "Unchained Melody" and "Love is a Many
Splendored Thing," sold 156,000 copies in the week ended February 5, according
to Nielsen SoundScan data. [boomers really will buy anything. see full
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| Marley
Monument |
Gigwise reports: Bob Marleys home is set
to be made a national monument in an official ceremony. The home is currently
being used as a music studio with many tourists flocking to it every year,
but as the BBC reports, plans are under way to make it an official shrine[see
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| Doherty
Gets Off |
TMZ reports: Pete Doherty, the troubled former
boyfriend of Kate Moss, was sentenced to 12 months of community service
Wednesday for possessing drugs.
Doherty, 26-year-old front man of the group
Babyshambles, had earlier pleaded guilty to the charges.[That'll teach
him.. see full story for more]- Click
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| Noise
Pop |
Mammoth Press reports: The Flaming Lips, Minus
the Bear, Rogue Wave and Thursday are some of the bands announced for this
year's Noise Pop Festival The festival will run from from March 27th through
April 2nd in San Francisco, CA.[see full story for a full list of artists]-
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| Foo
Queens |
Blabbermouth reports: QUEENS OF THE STONE
AGE will be second on the bill at FOO FIGHTERS' massive gig at Hyde Park
in London on June 17. Also scheduled to play at the concert are MOTÖRHEAD.
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| Cannibal
Wacked |
Blabbermouth reports: Long-running death metallers
CANNIBAL CORPSE have issued the following statement:
"We regret to announce that we have to
cancel our appearance at the Wacken Open Air in 2006. The cancellation
is due to a scheduling conflict with a large tour in the USA that we will
be appearing on. We have now been told that the USA tour (more details
about this tour will be released on February 15th) [see full story for
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| Priest
Recording |
Blabbermouth reports: JUDAS PRIEST management
co-ordinator Jayne Andrews has posted the following message on the group's
official web site:
"All of the band took a well deserved break
over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Having been touring for nearly
two years, they were badly in need of recharging their batteries! Now they
are raring to go and are starting work on their new studio album. For this
reason, they have decided not to do any touring this year but to work straight
through on the new album! Once we are further down the line with it I'll
give you some updates![see full story for more]- Click
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| KISS
Perfume |
BW&BK reports: At last nights annual
Clive Davis pre-Grammy party PAUL STANLEY told The Canadian Press that
KISS is putting the finishing touches on a line of perfumes and colognes.
"They're unrepentantly sexy and a little naughty."[Next thing you know
they'll be selling KISS Kondoms.. oh wait.. see full story for some info
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| Metallica
Fests |
Metallica.com reports: We had such a great
time when we did this back in the day in '95, which was . . . eh, like
we had planned for '06, a year dedicated to nothing but writing and recording
. . . Oh well how the best laid plans can change. So when we were asked,
we figured why not do it again!!! Escape from the studio once more and
spend our summer vacation hanging out at the coolest live music festivals
on the planet.
6/3 - Nurburgring, Germany at Rock Am Ring
Festival
6/4 - Nurnberg, Germany at Rock Im Park
Festival
6/8 - Arnhem, Holland at Gelredome
6/10 - Donington UK at Download Festival
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| Who
06 |
KNAC reports: The Independent Online in the
UK has posted the follow report about The Who:
Their generation may be middle-aged but
this year, four decades after they burst on to Britain's Mod scene, The
Who are back.
With a world tour and their first new studio
album in nearly 25 years, 2006 has already been branded the year of "The
Who return" by Mojo magazine.[see full story for more]-
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| Boy
Sets Warped |
punkbands reports: The Smartpunk stage at
this years Warped Tour was announced today. Set to play is: Boy Sets Fire,
Emery, Eighteen Visions, It Dies Today, Chiodos, As Cities Burn, Gatsbys
American Dream, Remembering Never, Soteysay, I Am The Avalance, Classic
Crime[see full story for more]- Click
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