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 U2
Vs France |
Contact Music reports: Campaigning rocker
BONO is planning a showdown with French President JACQUES CHIRAC, because
the leader's agricultural policies are affecting his battle for fair trade
in Africa.
"France is one of the biggest problems
in reaching a trade deal.
"People are worried that dismantling the
common agricultural policy (CAP) in Europe will really affect small French
farmers. We don't think it should.[see full story for more]-
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| Metallica
Ozzfest |
TuneLab reports: Metallica and System Of A
Down are strongly rumored to have secured the "headliner" and "special
guest" slots at this year's Ozzfest, "industry insiders" have allegedly
told blabbermouth.net
The Ozzfest organizers are expected to
announce the official lineup for this year's festival sometime in March.-
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| GNR
Return.. as well as Alice in Chains. |
antiMusic reports: Guns N' Roses fans are
getting what Axl promised; they will hear new music this year. The band
has been officially booked to headline several music festivals in the coming
months including Rock in Rio and Novarock Fest. Rumors are circulating
that the band will also take part in the Download Festival, Rock am Ring,
and the Gods of Metal Festival.
Novarock festival will take place on June
15 through 17th in Burgenland, Austria and GNR will join the line-up that
also includes Metallica, Tool, Placebo, Opeth, Avenged Sevenfold, Massive
Attack and interestingly enough Alice in Chains, according to the official
website.
The fans made it happen in Rio. According
to the Rock in Rio official site, "Guns n' Roses was the most requested
band by the official site users, amongst all bands, by all fans, whether
Portuguese or international." And organizers have confirmed GNR as the
headliners of the second day of the festival on May 27th. [see full story
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| Sounds
of the Underground 06 |
Adrenaline PR reports: The organizers for
this year's Sounds of the Underground Tour; Paul Conroy and Carl Severson
of Ferret Music, Tim Borror, Larry Mazer of Entertainment Services, with
National Promoter House of Blues along with partners Metal Blade, Trustkill
and Prosthetic Records, The Syndicate, Music Choice, and tour sponsors
Hot Topic, Revolver Magazine, Eulogy Records are Proud to announce the
official lineup of the sophomore national tour engagement: The Sounds Of
The Underground 2006 with As I Lay Dying, In Flames, Trivium, Cannibal
Corpse, Gwar, Terror, The Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth, The Chariot and
Through The Eyes Of The Dead.
In order to keep concertgoers charged and
focused and grant them more exposure to the bands on the bill, Sounds of
the Underground has reduced the size of its lineup and increased the length
of the set times. As a result, each performance will be more like a mini-concert
instead of a variety show appearance. [see full story for more]-
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| Holy
Diver Live! |
antiMusic reports: Get ready to Stand Up and
Shout once more to Dio's classic debut album, except this time you'll be
able to experience the 1983 album live on DVD! Dio took the stage at London's
Astoria in the Fall of last year to perform Holy Diver in its entirety,
the event was caught on film and will be released on April 17th as a double
DVD from Eagle Records, according to the official Dio site.
Disc One features the live Holy Diver
performance and Disc Two sports some classic Dio, Sabbath and Rainbow favorites.[see
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| Anonymous
Supergroup |
Equal Vision reports: Anonymous supergroup,
The Sound of Animals Fighting, will be releasing their second full- length
album, entitled "Lover, The Lord Has Left Us..." through Equal Vision Records
this spring.
"Lover, The Lord Has Left Us..." is a 13-song
journey which pushes musical boundaries to their fullest. The album was
produced by Rich Balling and Matthew Embree, and was recorded and mixed
by Ryan Baker.[anonymous? animals fighting? Could it have something to
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| More
Rotten BS |
Contact Music reports: Former SEX PISTOLS
star JOHN LYDON has slammed New York punk bands, including THE RAMONES,
citing them as repetitive, tatty and spoilt.
Lydon, also known as JOHNNY ROTTEN, insists
his transatlantic punk contemporaries lacked the original talent of British
bands and were deprived of the chance to prove themselves by wealthy parents.
He says, "The Ramones to me were more like
STATUS QUO.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Keane
Soph |
Gigwise reports: All hail and rejoice the
return of the bed wetters for Keane have finished their second album and
cant wait for us to hear the new material!
With the new songs done and dusted piano
player Tim Rice-Oxley says the three piece are itching to get back on the
road.
"Towards the end of last year we were all
kind of completely brain dead and exhausted. I think we all felt like we
really wanted to have a break from touring, but it's funny how you have
a few weeks off and you start to get twitchy." [see full story for more]-
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| Flaming
Leaks |
Gigwise reports: Its a day of leaks in the
music world; first up we had Guns n Roses, now The Flaming Lips are joining
the party.
The bands new album At War With The Mystics
has appeared on file sharing site a whole six weeks before its official
release.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Oxegen
Fest |
Gigwise reports: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The
Who, The Strokes and Franz Ferdinand have all been confirmed for 2006s
Oxegen Festival.
Also on the bill will be Arctic Monkeys,
Kaiser Chiefs, Primal Scream, The Magic Numbers, Sigur Ros, Richard Ashcroft
and Damien Marley.[see full story for more]- Click
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| K-Fed
Backlash |
hecklerspray reports: As if Britney Spears
didn't have enough on her plate lately, what with all that dangerous driving
business. Now she has to put up with her husband talking cack to serious
magazines, too.
Because Kevin Federline, husband to Britney
Spears and father to Sean Preston, has been talking to Newsweek magazine.
And K-Fed says that he's fully expecting a backlash over his new job as
a stunningly bad white-boy rapper. Backlash? No, Kevin. A backlash only
comes when some people liked you in the first place.[see full story for
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| Bee
Gees Reunite |
hecklerspray reports: The Bee Gees, famous
for singing songs like castrated infants and getting all narky on a chatshow
a few years ago, have reunited for a charity concert. Sort of - two thirds
of them reunited at least.
The show, a private concert to raise money
for diabetes, was the first time Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb have performed
together onstage since the death of third Bee Gee Maurice three years ago.
The terrifying reality of a new Bee Gees album just became a little more
terrifying, people.
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| Lost
Radiohead Song |
NME reports: Radiohead are working on a song
in the studio that they've not been able to get right for almost ten years.
The track, 'Nude' was played on the tour
to promote 'OK Computer', but never properly recorded. [see full story
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| Glitter
Trial Set |
TMZ reports: British glam rocker Gary Glitter
will go on trial March 2 on charges of committing obscene acts with two
underaged girls in Vietnam, the presiding judge said Monday.
The trial is expected to last two days,
said Hoang Thanh Tung, who will oversee the trial in southern Ba Ria Vung
Tau province.[see full story for more]- Click
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