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for Clear Channel |
FMQB reports: After the news broke last month
that Clear Channel Communications was possibly on the sales block, new
reports are saying that bids for the company were supposed to be due today.
Two private equity groups were expected to make offers in the range of
$17 billion, according to Reuters. One group of bidders consists of Providence
Equity Partners, Blackstone and KKR, while the rival group consists of
Bain Capital, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Texas Pacific Group. The Blackstone
team is reportedly considered the frontrunner because it was the first
to approach Clear Channel, according to a Bloomberg report. [see full story
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| TI
Wins The Bet |
BBC reports: Rapper TI won three prizes at
the first Black Entertainment Television (BET) Hip-Hop awards, held in
his home city of Atlanta.
The star, who had been nominated for eight
awards, took best CD and hip-hop video for What You Know. [see full story
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| Hungry
Like a Timberlake |
Ananova reports: Duran Duran are working with
Justin Timberlake and producer Timbaland on tracks for their new album.
Simon Le Bon told the BBC: "We've got some
good stuff happening.
"We've done three tracks with Timbaland.
We've collaborated in a writing and production manner on one of those tracks
with Justin Timberlake."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Paul
Weller Box |
Filter reports: Paul Weller is due to release
a career-spanning retrospective entitled Hit Parade in late January. The
four disc box set will be released in the US via Yep Rock, and will feature
music from Weller’s days in The Jam, The Style Council and his solo work.[see
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| Frosty
Hit |
PR reports: Rising pop star Whitney Wolanin’s
(pronounced WO-Lan-in) holiday season is off to a great start! Her rockin’
single “Frosty The Snowman”, from her new album Christmasology, was the
#1 Most Added Christmas song on the FMQB AC Chart the week of November
5, 2006.
“Frosty The Snowman” will be played in
over 1,300 AMC, Regal and Cinemark movie theaters and in over 200 AMC and
Loews theater lobbies in December. Whitney will have people decking the
halls and dancing in the aisles when she is heard by over 1.34 million
moviegoers.[some one some where cares so we posted it]-
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| Sacrifice
Sigh |
The End reports: SACRIFICE frontman/guitarist
Rob Urbinati has contributed a guitar solo to the song 'Dies Irae/The Master
Malice' for the forthcoming SIGH album 'Hangman's Hymn' due out in 2007
on THE END RECORDS.
The groundbreaking Japanese act recently
finished recording their 7th studio album and are currently mixing it at
Studio Moopies with engineer Takamichi Osada. About Urbinati's involvement
on the new album, SIGH frontman/leader Mirai Kawashima comments: "SACRIFICE
is one of my all-time favorite thrash bands and I had the chance to see
the band reunite in September at Day of the Equinox 2 in Toronto. They
were awesome and still had the fire! I met Rob and told him how much of
a fan I was and about the new SIGH album, how it was going to be fast and
full of speed and hatred." He adds, "We kept in contact after the show
and I told him I would be honored if he would be able to provide a guitar
solo for one of the tracks. And he did. The guitar solo is awesome! It's
such a killer solo!" [see full story to preview a pre-production quality
medley of material from the forthcoming album]- Click
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| Fair
to Midland Tour |
PR reports: Fair to Midland will be supporting
Japanese rock act Dir En Grey on their upcoming U.S. headlining tour, Tour07
Inward Scream. The trek begins in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on February 1st and
tickets go on sale this Thursday, November 16th. The dates for the tour
run as follows:
Tour07 Inward Scream
February 1st Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
February 2nd Lake Buena Vista, FL - House
of Blues
February 3rd Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
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| Norah
Jones Tracks |
PR reports: On January 30, 2007, Blue Note
Records will release Norah Jones' third studio album, 'Not Too Late.' The
album features thirteen new songs, all written or co-written by Jones.
'Not Too Late' was produced by Lee Alexander, Jones' songwriting partner
and bassist. 'Not Too Late' features many of Jones' longtime collaborators
including guitarists Adam Levy, Jesse Harris, Kevin Breit and Robbie McIntosh,
drummer Andy Borger, and singer Daru Oda. Other album guests include singer
M. Ward, organist Larry Goldings, and Kronos Quartet cellist Jeffrey Zeigler.
'Not Too Late' was recorded in 2006 at various locations in Manhattan and
Brooklyn, including Jones and Alexander's home studio.
'NOT TOO LATE' TRACK LISTING:
1. Wish I Could
2. Sinkin' Soon
3. The Sun Doesn't Like You
4. Until The End
5. Not My Friend
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| Shiny
Toy Guns Sounds |
PR reports: Shiny Toy Guns are heading out
on tour with The Sounds!
11/22/2006 Boston MA Axis w/The Sounds
11/23/2006 Philadelphia PA North Star
w/The Sounds
11/24/2006 New York NY Webster Hall w/The
Sounds
11/26/2006 Chicago IL Metro w/The Sounds
11/28/2006 Englewood CO Gothic Theatre
w/The Sounds
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| Ataris
find Sanctuary |
PR reports: Sanctuary Records Group North
America is pleased to announce the release of The Ataris’ new CD on Sanctuary/Isola
Recordings, the band’s own imprint. The Ataris, whose last CD, So Long
Astoria, sold over 1 million copies worldwide and spawned two top-ten hit
singles, will release Welcome The Night in February, 2007. The band’s amazing
first single, “Not Capable of Love” is going to radio mid November and
will debut online this week on their Myspace page[see full story for more]-
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| The
Pierces |
PR reports: Lizard King Records US, the new
branch of the UK label which signed The Killers in 2004, is ready to launch
their roster of new artists. Alabama-born-neo-New Yorkers The Pierces (sisters
Catherine and Allison) are the first artists to make their debut on Lizard
King Records US. They will launch their new album by supporting Albert
Hammond, Jr., whose solo excursion from The Strokes is getting great reaction
in the UK with this sold-out tour.
The Pierces new album “Thirteen Tales of
Love and Revenge” was produced by Roger Grenawalt (Ben Kweller, Adam Green)
and will be released in February 2007 on Lizard King Records through ADA
Distribution. When The Pierces were invited to join this tour, the sisters
used their network of friends in New York to assemble a live band to be
envied. Lending their talents for this short tour are Russell Simins of
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Shannon Ferguson of Longwave, Sammy James
Jr. of Mooney Suzuki and Ben Bromley of Fischerspooner.[see full story
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| Plain
White Panic |
PR reports: Plain White T's have been added
as a last minute addition to Panic! At the Disco's "Nothing Rhymes with
Circus" arena tour from 11/13 to 11/27.
11/14/06 - New York, NY - Theatre @ Madison
Square Garden
11/16/06 - Toronto, ON - Ricoh Coliseum
11/17/06 - Rochester, NY - Gordon Field
House @ RIT
11/18/06 - Lowell, MA - Paul E. Tsongas
Arena
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| Apples
in Stereo Holiday |
PR reports: The Apples in Stereo are getting
in the “Holiday Mood” with the release of their first ever holiday song
via Yep Roc’s new Digital Singles Club, an online forum for exclusive,
unreleased music. Written by Apples frontman Robert Schneider, “Holiday
Mood” will be the first track available through the Digital Singles Club
which launches on November 14th. To purchase “Holiday Mood,” visit www.digitalsinglesclub.com.
Based on the singles clubs of the early
eighties, where unheard songs were quickly pressed onto seven inch vinyl
and distributed throughout independent record stores, the Digital Singles
Club has updated the practice by taking advantage of the internet, as well
as Yep Roc's access to mass quantities of unheard music, to make new music
available in a quick and easy way. Each week, the Yep Roc A&R department
will chose one song, regardless of whether the band is signed to Yep Roc
or not, to be posted on the Digital Singles Club webpage. All tracks can
be purchased for just $ 0.99.- Click
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| Styx
Orchestra DVD |
Kayos reports: Eagle Rock Entertainment, through
its wholly-owned Eagle Vision subsidiary, will release One With Everything
on DVD by Styx with the 115-piece Contemporary Youth Orchestra (+ 60-voice
chorus) on November 21. All musicians in the Orchestra are between 13 and
19 years of age. This magic night was taped in Cleveland on May 26, 2006
and included many of the band's well-worn and most beloved material, as
well as newly written originals.
One With Everything is the first all-new
Styx concert video in over five years. Its release will be timed with an
HD-Net broadcast on Nov. 19 at 9:00 pm and a full-scale stateside tour.
Thirty minutes of extras include drummer Todd Sucherman's "Quake Cam,"
two new Styx Christmas songs filmed at the same concert ("All I Want" and
"Ring The Bells"), an interview with the band, and a photo gallery. The
140-minute show is in 5.1 Dolby Stereo.[see full story for tracks and no
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| Blue
Shows on the Nile |
PR reports: The Blue Nile's Paul Buchanan
starts his intimate UK tour on Sunday November 19th at London Theatre Royal
Drury Lane. Ticket Hotline: 0870 735 5000, Online Booking:
November 2006 Tour Dates:
* Sunday 19th - London Theatre Royal Drury
Lane
* Tuesday 21st & Wednesday 22nd -
Dublin Vicar Street
* Friday 24th - Aberdeen Music Hall
* Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th - Edinburgh
Usher Hall
* Monday 27th - Perth Concert Hall
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