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Mars Volta- Cursed- Deadsy- Iron Maiden |
Day in Rock reports: The Mars Volta's new
album 'Amputechture' is now scheduled to hit stores a week later than originally
expected. You'll be able to legally purchase it on August 22nd. * Family/health
issues have caused Cursed to pull the plug on their European tour plans
for next month. * Deadsy have been added to the Family Values Tour 2006.
* [AP} Hoping to save a piece of hometown history, Willie Nelson has bought
the Methodist church where he honed his musical skills as a boy. * Eddie
is going to war. Iron Maiden have released the cover art to their forthcoming
album 'A Matter of Life and Death'. You can check it out at the full story
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| Black
Eyed Brawl |
Gigwise reports: The Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am
is being investigated for a fight in Germany this week – but it’s got nothing
to do with football.
Police are looking into the singer’s conduct
after a fight broke out at a nightclub in Berlin’s 40seconds nightclub
in the early hours of Thursday morning.
According to reports the group’s bodyguard
got involved in a fight with the club’s doorman, who was pictured with
a bloody head. Both men, along with will.i.am – real name William Adams
– were taken in by police for questioning on possible serious bodily harm
charges, before being released.[see full story for more]-
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| Singer
Attacked |
Gigwise reports: A man has been arrested in
connection with the attack which left Les Incompetents singer Billy Leeson
fighting for his life. Police have confirmed that a man was held after
going to a police station on Sunday (July 2) and still remains in custody.
As previously reported, Leeson was punched
in the face in Kentish Town, London causing him to fall over and hit his
head. The incident is believed to have happened after a man made "advances"
towards Leeson's girlfriend as they travelled home on the number 29 bus.
The singer since had an operation to remove
a piece of skull putting pressure on his brain. [see full story for more]-
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| Lohan
Injured |
Wenn reports: Singer/actress LINDSAY LOHAN
was left with 14 stitches in her leg and a damage bill after borrowing
rocker BRYAN ADAMS' London home. The 20-year-old was staying at the SUMMER
OF 69 singer's luxury pad in Chelsea during a stay in the British capital.
She says, "I had a big accident making breakfast. I fell up the staircase.
(I) scraped my bacon and egg sandwich off the floor, ate it, then fell
asleep." After Lohan woke up she discovered she'd spilled four pints of
blood on his bed through a gash in her leg. [gives a new meaning to Adams'
song "Cuts Like a Knife"...see full story for more]- Click
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| Axl
Ransomed |
antiMusic reports: Axl Roses' manager Merck
Mercuriadis has said the actions of Swedish police following the singer's
arrest last month was "tantamount to being held for ransom". Rose was arrested
following an incident at a hotel where the Guns N' Roses frontman reportedly
bit a security guard in the leg.
Mercuriadis told the BBC, "We are in the
middle of a tour. The Swedish authorities were very aware of this, yet
continually threatened us over a 12 hour period with between five days
and three weeks incarceration without bail if Axl did not 'co-operate'."
"They were fully aware that there were
millions of dollars at stake, not to mention the hopes of tens of thousands
of fans who had paid for tickets to see Guns N' Roses. [see full story
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| Jurassic
5 UK |
Gigwise reports: Jurassic 5 have announced
details of a UK tour this autumn.
The legendary hip-hop collective play seven
dates around the UK, kicking off in Bristol on September 26.
The band will be airing material from their
new long-player ‘Feedback’, out on July 24. [see full story for dates]-
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| Rolling
Stone Pathetic |
Blabbermouth reports: Zakk Wylde didn't mince
words when Metal Edge asked him his opinion of Rolling Stone's puzzling
Top Guitarist issue. Even though a few years have passed since that issue
hit the stands, Zakk still holds strong feelings about it.
Zakk: "Oh, God… That thing was pathetic.
I mean, dude, I think they had Eddie Van Halen at, like, 70-something,
Randy Rhoads almost didn't even make the list. I was like, 'You gotta be
kidding me!' Then they had Kurt Cobain, he's like, 12??? God bless his
soul, Kurt was a great songwriter - you know what I mean? - who happened
to be playing guitar. He would have been laughing his balls off, above
Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads. Yngwie wasn't even on the friggin' list!
Steve Vai wasn't on the list. I don't even know if Slash was on the list,
and we're not even talking about rock guitar players. Danny Gatton, Albert
Lee, none of these guys were on that list. I mean, I don't know who figured
out that list." [see the full story link to read what Zakk has to say about
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| Ratts
Reunited |
Blabbermouth reports: Original RATT singer
Stephen Pearcy and RATT bassist Juan Croucier have announced plans to tour
together starting in late August. "There is no 'lack of communication'
between these two rodents as Stephen and Juan will hit the road with their
own bands and then take the stage together to perform some of the great
RATT classics," reads a posting on Pearcy's web site.[see full story for
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| Producer
Pardoned |
AP reports: Dubai's ruler pardoned American
R&B producer Dallas Austin on Tuesday, hours after he was sentenced
to four years in prison for possession of cocaine, two of the producer's
lawyers said.[see full story for more]- Click
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| It
Dies Tomorrow |
TuneLab reports: The new album from It Dies
Today entitled 'Sirens', which had been scheduled for a September 5th release,
will now see an October 3rd release via Trustkill. The band had been scheduled
to take part in the Warped Tour from June 30th through July 15th, but have
canceled the dates due to a vocal injury to front-man Nicholas Brooks.
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| RIAA
Insurance |
Boing Boing reports: P2P insurer will pay
your fines if RIAA sues: $19/year! ..."Apparently, a company in Sweden
is offering file-sharing insurance - they'll pay your fines if you're sued
by the RIAA. The /. submitter translates the link as follows: 'For a mere
140 SEK ($19 USD) per year, they will pay all your fines and give you a
t-shirt if you get convicted for file sharing.'" [see
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| Dam
Ozzfest Problem for SYL |
antiMusic reports: Strapping Young Lad's July
4th Ozzfest set in New Mexico was 'dammed' due to traffic laws. The band
missed the stop on the tour and quickly posted the following explanation
for their disappointed fans.
"Our sincerest apologies to our fans in
Albuquerque… we had some trouble making it to the venue in time and thus
were too late to make our set." Jed Simon wrote on the band's MySpace page
Tuesday afternoon. "We lost alot of time on the trip when we had to backtrack
around the Hoover dam...we were coming from an 'off-show' in Vegas, and
our driver wasn't aware that bus traffic was not allowed across the dam...and
we were all asleep...so again...sorry everyone."
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| Mastodon
Tease |
antiMusic reports: Mastodon fans have been
eagerly awaiting the band's major label debut 'Blood Mountain,' which should
hit stores later this year. But the fans don't have to wait that much longer
to get a taste of the album. They announced on their MySpace page that
they will be previewing a brand new song this week. "This Friday, July
7th everyone will get to hear 'Crystal Skull' off our forthcoming album
Blood Mountain [on MySpace]" they write in a blog. "The song features additional
vocals from our good friend Scott Kelly (guitar/vocals) of Neurosis."
And while they are using their MySpace
page to reach fans they haven't forgotten about their official online presence.
They concluded the message with this announcement, "We'll also be launching
our new website this week at www.mastodonrocks.com keep checking for that."
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| Supernova
and Friends |
antiMusic reports: Supernova, the supergroup
put together for the second season of CBS's Rock Star will be getting a
little help from their friends when it comes to judging the aspiring singers
in the television contest. Dave Navarro, host and an executive producer
of the show revealed to Tara Merrin of the Calgary Sun that he's personally
calling on some friends to guest judge this season.
"We are going to have a weekly guest judge
that I'm bringing from my own personal Rolodex -- Macy Gray, Slash, Rob
Zombie and Moby," says Navarro. "They are going to give their opinion of
who they think should stay and who should go."
He also warns that the hopefuls better
keep in mind which band they are trying out for, "What they chose and how
they perform it will say more to Supernova than if they had to do one of
their songs because if someone picks a Duran Duran song, I am simply going
to say, 'You want to join Tommy Lee, Jason Newsted and Gilby Clarke and
that's the song you choose?'" [click the full story link for the entire
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