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| Monday |
| Wife
Slashed |
Sleaze Roxx reports: Slash has filed for divorce
from his second wife, Perla.
The couple filed for divorce in Los Angeles
on Thursday, April 27.
Slash met Perla after the divorce of his
first wife Renee in 1997. The couple became engaged in 2000 and married
in Maui later that year. The couple had their first child, London Hudson,
in 2002 and then along came Cash Anthony Hudson in 2004. [see full story
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| ABBA
Vs Taxman |
Gigwise reports: Former ABBA star Bjorn Ulvaeus
has been told he owes the Swedish government $13 million.
The countrys tax authorities have claimed
he owes the money, money, money for unpaid taxes, fees and interest rates.[see
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| Not
So Free Bird |
AP reports: Rock bands Cheap Trick and The
Allman Brothers Band are suing Sony Music, claiming they are being shortchanged
on royalties for songs downloaded legally over the Internet.
The suit, filed at a federal court in Manhattan,
claims Sony has failed to live up to a contract requiring that it pay its
musicians half of the net revenue it receives from licensing songs to download
services like iTunes and Napster.[you can have "Free Bird" but you're gonna
have to pay for it..."see full story for more]- Click
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| Candlemass
Loss Voice |
Blabbermouth reports: CANDLEMASS vocalist
Messiah Marcolin contacted BLABBERMOUTH.NET today (April 28) to reveal
that he has left the Swedish doomsters and that it's 100 percent definite
that he will not return. "We could not agree on how to do the new album,"
he said, but would not further elaborate on his sudden departure.[see full
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| Tuesday |
| Rapper
Shot in the Ass |
Contact Music reports: US rapper GRAVY was
shot outside notorious New York City radio station Hot 97 when he arrived
to give an interview on Wednesday (26APR06). The 28-year-old - real name
JAMAL WOLLARD - suffered a bullet wound to his buttocks when a group of
men exited a vehicle and opened fire outside Hot 97's offices in SoHo.[see
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| Slipknot
Robber |
Blabbermouth reports: Eyewitness News Memphis
is reporting that four armed and dangerous gunmen including one wearing
a replica of a mask worn by SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison stormed into
a Memphis supermarket Saturday (April 29) and stole money from the store's
cash registers and the First Tennessee Bank inside the store. One of the
robbers shot a store employee in the face. A surveillance camera captured
it all. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Nevermore
Kidney failure |
SMN reports: According to a post on the official
NEVERMORE forum, "NEVERMORE guitarist Steve Smyth has been recently diagnosed
with end stage kidney failure, the result of a congenital birth defect.
Says Smyth: I have been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, and have
been advised to preserve my health as much as possible at this time, as
I am facing complete renal failure within six months, and ultimately,
a transplant. Due to my recently diagnosed condition, I have decided not
to join the band on the IN FLAMES U.S. tour. I want to be fair to the fans,
and be able to give them a show I know I can deliver night after night.
I will, however, join Nevermore on all four of the European festivals on
our itinerary in early June[see full story for more]-
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| Final
Johnny Cash Recordings |
Press Release reports: In the months leading
up to his passing on September 12, 2003, JOHNNY CASH had been recording
new material with producer Rick Rubin. On July 4, 2006, "American V: A
Hundred Highways," the all-new Johnny Cash album taken from those sessions,
will be released on the American Recordings label through Lost Highway.
It will include the last song Cash ever wrote.
Cash and Rubin began recording the songs
that would find their way onto "American V: A Hundred Highways" in 2002,
specifically on the day after they finished "American IV: The Man Comes
Around" which was released that November. Johnny feared that "American
IV" might be his last release, so Rubin suggested that he immediately begin
writing and recording new material. Over the next eight months, songs were
cut at Rubin's Los Angeles studio and in Nashville at Johnny's main home
and at his fabled cabin located across the road. Due to Cash's frail health,
Rubin arranged for an engineer and guitar players to always be on call
for the days that Cash felt strong enough to work.[see full story for more]-
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| Radiohead
American Tour |
antiMusic reports: North American Creeps listen
up, Radiohead is coming. That's right the Brits are going to make their
way to American shores next month. Don't fret our Canadian friends; they
are playing the requisite shows in Toronto and Montreal. So far it looks
like the show will run for a month and hit key markets across North America
with two night stands at local theatres (not movie theaters, concert theatres.
AMC couldn't afford em. ) The fun kicks off on June 1st in Philly at the
Tower Theatre and concludes on June 30th in Los Angeles. Additionally lucky
creeps in Boston, the afore mentioned Canadian cities, NYC, Chicago, Peoples
Republic of Berkeley and San Diego will have a chance to see them. (note:
After the shows sellout quick, try that ticket link below for reasonably
priced premium tix). [what you want the dates? click the full story link]-
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| Wednesday |
| 98
Degrees Arrest |
TMZ reports: Former 98 Degrees band member
Jeff Timmons was busted April 23 for alleged drunk driving and driving
without a valid license.
Timmons, who sang alongside Nick and Drew
Lachey in the popular 90s boy band, was pulled over by deputies from the
Brevard County, Fla. sheriff's office for going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone,
after he left a celebrity softball game.
According to the police report, Timmons
was driving with two "very intoxicated" passengers, one of whom Timmons
identified as Mitch English, host of the syndicated tv show "The Daily
Buzz." The police report indicates that English said he was "unable to
drive because he had way too much to drink."[see full story for more]-
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| Rapper
Killed |
AP reports: Big Hawk, a rapper whose 2001
album reached No. 45 on Billboard's rap chart, was shot to death, police
said Tuesday.
Hawk (real name: John Edward Hawkins) was
a member of the late DJ Screw's rap collective the Screwed Up Click and
brother to rapper Fat Pat, who was killed in 1998.[see full story for more]-
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| RHCP
North American Tour |
antiMusic reports: Red Hot Chili Peppers have
announced summer and fall tour dates supporting their new CD Stadium
Arcadium, which hits stores next Tuesday (May 9th). The double album
contains 28 new tracks.
08/11 - Portland OR US Rose Garden
08/15 - Boise ID US Taco Bell Arena
08/16 - Salt Lake City UT US Delta Center
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| Sevendust
Injury Forces Tour Delay |
Press Release reports: Due to a broken bone
in the left hand of guitarist John Connolly, Sevendust has been forced
to forgo its initial U.S. tour dates in early May. The group will resume
its performances May 13th in Corpus Christi, TX. [see full story for confirmed
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| Thursday |
| T.I.
Murder |
MTV reports: One person has died and three
others were shot during a gun battle involving members of rapper T.I.'s
crew and unidentified shooters early Wednesday morning (May 3) in Cincinnati.
Police have identified the man killed as 26-year-old Philant Johnson, T.I.'s
friend, personal assistant and an employee of his Grand Hustle Records.
Police identified the other three victims
in the shooting as members of T.I.'s crew: Janice Gillespie, 22, who was
admitted to the University of Cincinnati Hospital and is in stable condition,
and T.I. security guard Ronald Hausley, 40, and Elijah Edwards, 31, who
were both treated and released. T.I. was not injured.[see full story for
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| AC/DC
Scam |
Blabbermouth reports: Dylan Welch of The Sydney
Morning Herald is reporting that AC/DC producer and former EASYBEATS guitarist
George Young (Malcolm and Angus' older brother) was the victim of identity
fraud that has seen aspiring musicians in the U.K. fleeced of thousands
of dollars.
A man befriended a series of people at
a pub in London, convincing them he was George Young and claiming he managed
and produced AC/DC.
But the industry hopefuls ended up with
only empty bank accounts and stolen IDs after the fraudster skipped the
country after extracting all he could.[so much for doing those dirty deeds
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| SOAD
On Hold |
The Gauntlet reports: System of a Down are
not breaking up. But if you'd like to catch them live, you may want to
consider buying an Ozzfest ticket.
"We're not breaking up," Malakian insisted.
"If that was the case, we wouldn't be doing this Ozzfest, because we're
a little nervous" about trying to fill Ozzy Osbourne's shoes. Ozzy will
be headlining just 10 of this year's Ozzfest dates, with System topping
the bill on Ozzy's off days. "We're going to take a very long break after
Ozzfest and do our own things," he added. [see full story for more]-
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| Warner
Reject EMI |
AP reports: Warner Music Group Corp. has rejected
a $4.2 billion cash-and-stock offer from its larger rival EMI Group PLC
the latest development in a long-running bid to unite the companies.[see
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| Friday |
| Exploding
Goo |
AP reports: MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - A failure
in an underground electrical line apparently caused a series of gas explosions
that sent utility hole covers flying and forced cancellation of a Goo Goo
Dolls concert, officials say. The blasts Wednesday afternoon forced evacuation
of part of the downtown for several hours. The blasts caused some property
damage but no injuries, said Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel.[There are
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| Piracy
worse than child porn |
Inquirer reports: THE NEW look Digital Millenium
Copyright Act (DMCA) seems to be giving the world an unusual moral code....
It appears that the DMCA will have a maximum sentence of ten years inside
for the crime of software and music piracy. It will also give the FBI the
powers to wiretap suspected pirates.... assaulting a police officer will
get you five years, downloading child porn will get you seven years, assaulting
without a weapon will get you ten years and aggravated assault six years.
So in other words if you copy a Disney
CD and sell it you will be in the same league as a paedophile who is distributing
pictures of sexual attacks on children. [the Feds can't control the border
but they want to wiretap DVD and CD pirates? see full story for more on
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| REM
Plot Return |
Gigwise reports: REM are to return from their
hiatus at the end of 2006 to record a new album according to drummer Bill
Rieflin.
The band are currently taking time out
after two years of touring which finished last July in London.[see full
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| Club
Fire Update |
Blabbermouth reports: A former rock band tour
manager being sentenced next week for his role in a nightclub fire that
killed 100 people asked a judge to show mercy Thursday by imposing community
service rather than sending him to prison.
Daniel Biechele, 29, the former tour manager
for the band GREAT WHITE, will be sentenced next week to serve up to 10
years in prison for igniting the pyrotechnics that sparked the deadly 2003
fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick. He pleaded guilty in February
to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter that accused him of igniting
the pyrotechnics without the required permit. [see full story for more]-
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