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Report for 01/19/06

The Day in Rock will be on vacation tomorrow but will return Monday. 
 

Clarkson Snubs Idol
AP reports: Singer Kelly Clarkson, who vaulted to fame as the first "American Idol" winner in 2002, is not letting any of her songs be used by new contestants on the show. 

"I think that by ignoring the show you're ignoring the audience who put you there," Cowell said Tuesday.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Slipknot Reject Ozzfest
siN's metal news reports: In a new MTV.com article, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor announced that the band turned down the chance to headline this year's addition of Ozzfest, and instead he'll be focusing on his other band, STONE SOUR. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Isaac Hayes Hospitalized
E! reports: Who's the man who's all tuckered out? Isaac Hayes. The silky smooth soul legend checked himself into an undisclosed Memphis hospital on Tuesday to be treated for exhaustion, according to published reports. [You can find the meaning of life in an episode of South Park. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Feds Clear Jacko
E! reports: He may be a lot of things, but Michael Jackson is not a orangutan abuser. So says the Department of Agriculture inspector sent to check up on the critters residing at Neverland Ranch following a complaint last month from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. 

PETA went on the Jacko attacko after seeing a European tabloid report claiming Neverland's exotic menagerie was kept in substandard conditions while Jackson absconded to the Middle East. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Reminder: Raven's Heart Benefit
antiMusic reports: Just a reminder that the 2nd Annual Raven's Heart Benefit will take place tonight (Thurs 1/19) at Fais Do-Do in Los Angeles. Since we first posted about this event, a few new performances have been booked. The latest according to the promoter include an all-star Led Zeppelin tribute featuring current/past members of Brides of Destruction, Motley Crue, Ratt and Great White. As well as an all star tribute to Thin Lizzy featuring members of Thin Lizzy, Andrew W.K., White Snake, Ted Nugent and more. As scheduled to play: Rigormortis (Ministry, Gwar, Speed Dealer), Deconstruct (Danzig), Hookers N Blow (Guns N Roses, Beautiful Creatures), Matthew Nelson, plus an all star jam to cap off the night. More performances and details can be found at the full story link. Should be a great night of music, for a very good cause! Hope to see some of you there.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rhapsody Leak
Chipster reports: Another surprise for the Rhapsody fans ! It will be possible to listen to the entire album online without paying for it ! This streaming is online only for 24 hours, so make sure you'll be online !

This unique event will take place at : Saturday, January 21, 2006 You can listen to the album between 0:00 CET till 23:59 CET at the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Smashing America
Reuters reports: Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and Fountains Of Wayne/Ivy principal Adam Schlesinger have signed on to produce a new studio album from enduring soft rock act America.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Universal Digital
Reuters reports: More than 100,000 out-of-print European tracks recorded by such artists as Marianne Faithfull, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Nirvana and Chris de Burgh, will be made available exclusively via Internet digital download, Universal Music Group International said Wednesday.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Aretha Bowl
AP reports: Aretha Franklin will join New Orleans singer Aaron Neville in performing the national anthem at next month's Super Bowl. They will be accompanied by another veteran New Orleans musician, pianist Dr. John.[we can only hope for no malfuction in the clothing dept. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Leif Garrett Drug Bust
AP reports: Leif Garrett, a 1970s singing teen idol, was charged Wednesday with possessing heroin after he was arrested for allegedly trying to ride the subway without a ticket. 

If convicted, he probably would avoid jail time under a law that sends some convicted drug users to treatment, authorities said.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fiddy Not Violent
Gigwise reports: 50 Cent has defended his film �Get Rich Or Die Tryin' saying that it condones gun crime and violence. 

The flick has received a lot of criticism for its apparent violent themes and the advertising poster which featured Fiddy holding two guns. 

But speaking to BBC six o'clock news, the rapper said: "No way was it in my head to capture a film that glorifies violence."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Placebo Return
Gigwise reports: Placebo are to return this year with a new single and album they have confirmed.

Placebo's fifth album, the follow up to 2003's �Sleeping With Ghosts', is to hit the shops on March 13 via Virgin Records.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Idol Paula
hecklerspray reports: Great news: American Idol is back. Not great news for fans of good music or good TV, but great news for people who enjoy being confused by Paula Abdul. And, let's face it, that includes you.

Watching Paula Abdul on American Idol is like watching a masterclass in giving badly thought-out platitudes and general middle-distance vague giggling. Sadly, TV writers in America weren't able to witness Paula's bizarre behaviour first-hand, as she skipped out on a recent American Idol Q&A, citing an 'eye infection'. [Maybe it was an "I" infection? see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fagen Solo
liveDaily reports: Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen will undertake the first solo tour of his long career in March to support the release of his new album. Fagen will begin his trek with a March 1 appearance in New Brunswick, NJ, the first of 18 dates on the singer's tour. [see full story for more including dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Graham Coxon 6th
CMJ reports: Multi-talented ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon is set to release his sixth solo record, Love At Illegal Speeds, in Europe March 13. As with his previous releases, Coxon plays almost all the instruments on the record. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Joan Jett Warped
Day in Rock reports: Aiden and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts have been added to the Warped Tour. Plus the official site for the tour announced... 
2006 Vans Warped Tour Dates
(Venues are still being confirmed)
6-16 columbus
6-17 milwaukee
6-18 minneapolis
6-19 kansas city
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Coheed and TRL
Mammoth Press reports: This Thursday, January 19th, Coheed and Cambria will perform live on MTV's Total Request Live for "Spankin New Music Week - Rock." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Panic Mixed
Blabbermouth reports: THE PANIC CHANNEL, the new band featuring three quarters of the most recent lineup of JANE'S ADDICTION (guitarist Dave Navarro, drummer Stephen Perkins, and bassist Chris Chaney) and former SKYCYCLE vocalist Steve Isaacs, have finished mixing seven songs for their debut album, tentatively due late spring via Capitol Records.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Metal Movie
Blabbermouth reports: Seville Pictures has announced that "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", directed by Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen and Jessica Joy Wise, will be released on February 24 across Canada.

The documentary follows Sam Dunn, a professional anthropologist, long-time heavy metal fan and practitioner through his own band, as he searches for the source of the mythology surrounding this music maligned and cursed by some, but adored by millions worldwide who cling to it like the cross itself. Over the course of his worldwide trek, he examines metal's obsession with some of life's most provocative subjects � sex, religion, violence and death � and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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