antiMUSIC's Day In Rock 1/24: Gay Alanis?- Fiddy Song Thief- Janette Carter RIP- Velvet Weezer- U2 Cashcow- Jay-Z Snags Nas- Doherty Fights Fan- more

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Report for 01/24/06

Gay Alanis?

Launch reports: Alanis Morissette may be engaged to Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, but that doesn't mean she didn't experiment with women during her teens and twenties. In a recent interview with Out magazine, Morissette revealed that although she considers herself heterosexual, she has been involved with women in the past, saying "I had my years of experimentation, which were very lovely and I'll highly recommend to anyone. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Fiddy Song Theft

Contact Music reports: LATEST: LUTHER CAMPBELL denies he is suing 50 CENT for stealing lyrics from his 1994 track IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY - insisting music mogul JOE WEINBERGER is behind the filing.

The 2 LIVE CREW singer is eager to distance himself from the copyright infringement suit lodged at Florida's Miami Federal Court last week (ends21JAN06) by attorney RICHARD C WOLFE.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Janette Carter RIP

Contact Music reports: JANETTE CARTER, the last surviving member of legendary country music institution the CARTER FAMILY, has died of Parkinson's disease and other health complications. She was 82.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Velvet Weezer

FMQB reports: Weezer drummer Pat Wilson has revealed that he and guitarist Brian Bell will be playing Velvet Underground members John Cale and Lou Reed in the upcoming film Factory Girl, about Andy Warhol's scene in the 1960s.[see full story to see who else will be in the film]- Click Here for the Full Story

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U2 Cashcow

MTV reports: U2 topped the list of Billboard's Money Makers chart, raking in more dough than any other musical act in 2005 with over $225 million in album and digital sales and box-office receipts. [see full story to find out who was 2nd and 3rd]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Hank III Goes Straight To Hell

conqueroo reports: Hank III’s forthcoming album Straight To Hell (BRUC Records), complete with Parental Advisory sticker, is a 13-song thrill-ride into a life of sin. The album was produced by Hank himself, and made on a $400 Korg D-1600 digital recording apparatus — a piece of equipment he feels every musician ought to own as it empowered him to record on his terms and schedule, and on a budget of next to nothing.

Speaking to why Straight to Hell is a two-CD set, Hank says, “We should have had ten albums out by now. I have so much music. Tape sticks around longer than I will, and I’ve got to put out as much music as I can.”

Asked to describe the two discs, Hank explains, “one’s done right, the other’s done wrong.” Which is to say that the first disc features “super pickers, the ones I can’t afford to take on the road.” And the second disc? “It’s just us — me and my road band — living it up, doing everything you’re not supposed to do and having fun.” The second disc is actually one long track that contains Hank’s first-ever Hank Williams cover (“I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You”) along with a Wayne “The Train” Hancock tune and some surprises. The disc is stripped down and spontaneous — much like Hank III’s legendary live shows — in spots even a little psychedelic. “Put it this way,” he says, “it’s nothing at all like you see comin’ out of Music Row.” [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Korn "See You on the Other Side" Tour

antiMusic reports: Details are in for Korn's "See You on the Other Side" North American tour. The tour will kick off on Feb 24th in Bakersfield. Mudvayne and 10 Years will be along as support.

Dates:
02/24 - Bakersfield, CA - Rabobank Arena
02/25 - Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
02/26 - San Jose, CA - Event Center [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Jay-Z Snags Nas

MTV reports: After years of verbal jousting followed by a shocking public truce, bitter rivals Jay-Z and Nas have sealed their peace with a recording deal. Nas has signed to Jay-Z's Def Jam Recordings, The New York Times reports.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Top of the US Pops

AP reports: Boy-band hitmaker Lou Pearlman told The Associated Press Monday that he and the BBC have nearly completed a deal to jointly produce an American version of "Top of the Pops."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Doherty Fights Fan

Gigwise reports: Pete Doherty got involved in a fight on Thursday during a Babyshambles live show.

The band were performing at The Rhythm Factory in London when a fan threw water at Doherty and apparently shouted abuse.

Pete allegedly reacted by jumping in to the crowd and started punching the man. [more fun to be had at the full story link]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Stereophonics Nix tour

Gigwise reports: After cancelling their free show in Glasgow at the weekend Stereophonics have confirmed they have also been forced to pull their support slots with Oasis in Europe due to a family illness.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Franz Chat

Gigwise reports: Franz Ferdinand will be taking part in their first ever live webchat late this Wednesday evening.

The chat takes place in Sydney where the band are currently gearing up for their performances at Big Day Out in Australia and New Zealand. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Waits Wins!

Aversion reports: Tom Waits has won a Spanish court case where he sought action against an advertiser for deliberately using a singer to mimic his voice.

Waits won an intellectual property case against Volkswagen-Audi and a commercial television production company, winning the right to squash sound-alike music that mimics his songs to be used in commercials. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Sigur Ros US tour

CMJ reports: Icelandic ambient-rockers Sigur Rós will bring their bowed guitars and androgynous falsetto vocals to the US in February for a 17-date tour, followed by shows in England, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand in March and April. [see full story for more including dates!]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Thursday Shirts for a Cure Tour

Thursday reports: We [Thursday] are so excited to announce that after over a year of writing and recording our new record we are finally hitting the road again. We've teamed up with Shirts For a Cure and will be heading out on a full U.S. tour beginning in March! We will be playing some smaller venues on this run so it should be lots of fun. On the road with us this Spring will start off with Minus the Bear, The Number 12 Looks Like You, and We're all Broken. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Lemmy Anthology

Blabbermouth reports: Sanctuary Records has set a February 6 release date for "Damage Case: The Lemmy Anthology", a unique career overview of the MOTÖRHEAD mainman Ian Fraser Kilmister — otherwise known as Lemmy. The two-CD compilation pulls together a wild and oft-unlikely range of tracks from right across his recording pantheon[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Aqua Teen Hunger Peart

Blabbermouth reports: Last September, while on the SS Professor tour, Lorne Wheaton, RUSH drummer Neil Peart's tech, stated that Neil will be making an appearance on "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" sometime in the future. It turns out that Peart won't just be appearing in an episode, but in fact will appear in the big-screen movie coming later in 2006.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Candlebox Reunion

Audio Aggression reports: The original Candlebox members have announced they will reunite for a three month summer tour. The sixty date tour is expected to kick off on July 1st. Exact dates have yet to be announced.- Click Here for the Full Story

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