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 Lindsay
Lohan Hospitalized |
antiMusic reports: Lindsay Lohan was hospitalized
on Monday night following an asthma attack. The pop singer/actress was
in Miami after hosting a New Year's Eve party and is being treated in an
area hospital according to her publicist.
Lohan's publicist Leslie Sloane Zelnick
told MTV that Lohan had been diagnosed with bronchial asthma as a child
but has not had an attack in several years. [see full story for more]-
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| 50
Cent Protest |
Gigwise reports: The UK Advertising Standards
Authority has ruled that a poster of 50 Cent for his film ‘Get Rich Or
Die Tryin’ condoned gun crime.
The industry watchdog made the ruling on
the poster which depicts the rapper holding a gun and a baby after complaints
from people saying it was irresponsible or offensive.[see full story for
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| Pissed
Peas Fans |
Contact Music reports: The promoters of a
cancelled New Year's Eve (31DEC05) street party in Los Angeles are being
sued by disgruntled BLACK EYED PEAS fans who feel the show should have
gone on.
Organisers of the Giant Village event were
forced to scrap the multi-stage show due to torrential rain.
A group of music fans who were left with
no party to go to on New Year's Eve are planning to file a class action
lawsuit, claiming promoters promised them the show would go on "come rain
or shine." [torrential rain in L.A. is usually like drizzle anywhere else.
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| Foxx
Tops Chart |
Contact Music reports: Oscar winner JAMIE
FOXX looks set to have another amazing year after toppling MARY J BLIGE
to claim the US album chart's number one spot.
The RAY star's new R+B album UNPREDICTABLE
debuted at number two last week behind Blige's release THE BREAKTHROUGH,
but the two albums swap places on the latest Billboard chart.[see full
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| RHCP
Double |
FMQB reports: The Red Hot Chili Peppers have
revealed some more details about their anticipated new record, Stadium
Arcadium. According to an e-mail sent to fans today, the veteran Rock band's
new release will be a double album, the first of their career.[see full
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| Clear
Channel Vs City |
FMQB reports: Clear Channel Entertainment
must go to court in California over charges of racketeering and claims
of improper usage of funds at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View,
CA. According to the Bay Area newspaper the Mercury News, the concert division
of Clear Channel (recently spun off as Live Nation) will go to trial over
the city's claims, ruled Judge William Elfving. The case will be heard
at a civil trial on February 6.[see full story for more]-
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| Rotten
Radio |
FMQB reports: Finest City Broadcasting heritage
Modern Rocker XTRA (91X)/San Diego have a new on-air ambassador for the
station - John Lydon, a.k.a. “Johnny Rotten,” of the Sex Pistols
He will become the new voice of 91X and
share “Rotten Moments,” with the audience. “I am pleased and pleasantly
surprised that 91X -- which used to be a stunningly good radio station
-- is now going to be a stunningly good radio station once again,” Rotten
says. “I’ve had good bleedin’ memories with (91X) and I’m telling you,
it just might have a chance to be as good as it once was.”[see full story
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| Sony
Settles Spyware Suits |
MTV reports: Sony BMG has tentatively settled
more than a dozen consumer class-action suits brought against the company
over its use of copy-protection software on its CDs. The company is awaiting
the approval of the settlement of the 15 suits, which is expected on Friday.
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| Arctic
Monkeys Remixed |
Gigwise reports: Arctic Monkeys are reportedly
considering commissioning a number of hip hop remixes of songs from their
debut album.
“They’re in talks with a number of producers
with a view to releasing some hip hop mixes."[see full story for more]-
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| Townshend's
Warning |
Gigwise reports: Pete Townshend has warned
music lovers that listening to excessively loud music on your headphones
may cause hearing loss.
The Who rocker believes that his hearing
problems weren’t caused by live concerts but by using headphones in the
recording studio. [see full story for more]- Click
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| BRMC
Tour |
Aversion reports: The Black Rebel Motorcycle
Club is getting set to hit the road once again.
Feb. 5 - Gothic Theater, Denver
Feb. 7 - Fine Line Music Café,
Minneapolis
Feb. 8 - Metro, Chicago
Feb. 9 - Bogart’s, Cincinnati
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| Keane
Soph |
Aversion reports: Keane's long-awaited sophomore
album may pop up in a few months.
Although the act has yet to make an official
announcement about the follow-up to 2004’s Hopes and Fears (Interscope)
(read Aversion’s review at the full story link), the act’s still-untitled
effort will surface in May, according to the fan site Keane.at.
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| Damage
Control |
Blabbermouth reports: Former AC/DC /ASIA drummer
Chris Slade has joined DAMAGE CONTROL, the new band featuring UFO/WAYSTED
bassist Pete Way and Robin George. Slade will be joining Pete and Robin
in the studio to work on DAMAGE CONTROL's debut album, "Raw", tentatively
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| Single
Bullet Theory Add One |
Blabbermouth reports: Philadelphia-based metallers
SINGLE BULLET THEORY have announced the addition of drummer Darrin Patrick
to the group's ranks. "Darrin is best known for his work with progressive
band ETERNITY X as well as North Jersey's SMOTHER THERESA," the band write
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| Motley
Movie In The Works |
Blabbermouth reports: MÖTLEY CRÜE
is back on the road and planning to record a new studio album this year.
But the CRÜE's other major project, a film adaptation of its 2002
autobiography, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock
Band", is still in the works. Bassist Nikki Sixx told Launch the movie
is making significant progress. "The movie is getting some legs," he said.
"The script's done. I mean, the people in Hollywood, the movie companies,
are just freaking out over the script. They love it. Rick Wilkes wrote
it, who wrote the 'XXX' movie."
There's no word yet on when the film version
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