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More Bands Wacked
SMN reports: More bands have been announced for next year's installment of the Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place August 2nd-4th in Wacken Germany. Bands currently confirmed to play are:

Immortal, Moonspell, In Flames, Blind Guardian, Saxon, Stratovarius, Grave Digger, [more, more, more�.. you know where to get em]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Stoopid Pepper Dates
SMN reports: SLIGHTLY STOOPID and PEPPER have announced the following dates as part of the Jagermeister Music Tour:

October 9 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall 
October 19 - Anaheim, CA @ The Grove of Anaheim 
October 20 - Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome 
October 21 - San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre 
October 22 - Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre 
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The Frog is Growing
music.tinfoil reports: SpiralFrog, the new music download destination, has signed an agreement with EMI Music Publishing, the world's leading music publishing company, to authorize SpiralFrog's use of EMI's vast catalog of musical compositions available for legal downloading in the United States via SpiralFrog's advertising-supported service.

The agreement with EMI Music Publishing, whose catalog is the largest in the world, is the first agreement SpiralFrog has signed with a global music publishing company. It follows SpiralFrog's ground-breaking agreement with Universal Music Group, announced last week. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Thumbscrew W.H.O.R.E Tour
PR reports: Thumbscrew will hit the road this fall to promote their recently released album "Within Hearts of Redemption" or "W.H.O.R.E" (Imagine It Records). 

They will team up with friends GAZA (Blackmarket Activities) and THE NETWORK along the way.[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Def Lep in 07?
Launch Radio Networks reports: DEF LEPPARD have been famous for taking years to make a new album, but that might not be the case for their next project. The band was working on new material while recording their covers project "Yeah!", and according to a message from lead singer Joe Elliott on the official DefLeppard.com web site, "Although it's way too early to make promises... we're gonna try and get a new album done in time to tour in 2007."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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River City High Soph
PR reports: Virginia-based rockers River City High recently inked a deal with Takeover Records to become the ninth band signed to the label. Their second LP, Not Enough Saturday Nights, is slated for a November 14th release. Says label owner Ben Harper (Amber Pacific, ex-Yellowcard) of the signing, "River City High is a band that has worked really hard for several years, and they definitely bring the rock. We're proud to have them as part of the Takeover family."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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She Wants Monsters
PR reports: Monsters Are Waiting have had a very busy summer supporting Editors + stellastarr* on their US Tour, selling out their June Residency at Spaceland, selling out the Troubadour twice, playing Sunset Junction, and doing their own headlining US Tour highlighted by two sold-out NYC shows. Monsters Are Waiting will return to San Francisco and New York for some special shows before embarking on a US Tour with She Wants Revenge & Pretty Girls Make Graves.

September 9th Broadway Studios San Francisco, CA 9:30 PM ("Honey Dips & Money Clips" Party) 
October 31st-November 4th CMJ Shows in New York TBA
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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International Man of the Year
TMZ reports: What would you do after being named International Man of the Year? For Justin Timberlake, the answer was to make a move for David Furnish's nipple. 

After Kelly Osbourne and Furnish read Timberlake's name, the "SexyBack" singer tried to reenact the now famous "wardrobe malfunction" with Elton John's husband. During his acceptance speech JT said, "Wow, I'm extremely sick. Either that or I've just hit puberty, so congratulations to me." [you can read more at the full story link but there is absolutely no info on the standards they used for this honor] 
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Twin Diddys
hecklerspray.com reports: Before the end of the year Diddy will become a Daddy, this much we know. However, thanks to his new freakish obsession with posting on YouTube, we now know that Diddy will be the father of twins.

Diddy - real name Sean Combs - has announced that his girlfriend Kim Porter will be giving birth to twins in a horrific Buy One Get One Free rapper baby deal. Diddy won't need telling that having twins will be much harder work than just one baby, but at least this way he can double the audience for the "See this mansion? I got this mumbling over the top of an old Sting record," speech he's got planned for the year 2011[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Reissue
PR reports: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum just reissued their 2001 album Grand Opening And Closing! on THE END RECORDS. The reissue, released in digipak format, has also been expanded with two unreleased songs and a live bonus song recorded by the band's new line-up. The band who are easily one of the most bizarre and truly unique shows you will ever witness in a live environment are currently writing songs for their debut album for THE END RECORDS to surface sometime in early 2007.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Who is Red Sparowes?
PR reports: Who is Red Sparowes? Mysterious underground "supergroup" boasts current and former members of ISIS, Neurosis, Halifax Pier, Pleasure Forever, Angel Hair and The VSS. New album, Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun Coming Soon on Neurot Recordings.

Red Sparowes is made up of several multi-talented musicians with many familiar associations outside of the band. What are they? Now, via a promotional film that deconstructs the concepts behind its latest opus Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun, we not only get to better understand the rich complexity of its music, we get to hear directly from its members. View the Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun promo film via the full story link. 
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The Alrights High School Tour
PR reports: City Canyons Records announces the special limited release of The Alrights new album, HIGH SCHOOL to select online and retail stores beginning the week after Labor Day with national distribution to follow on October 17. The Alrights, based in Duluth, Minnesota will tour extensively in support of HIGH SCHOOL

Current dates on The Alright's tour include: 

Sep 11 2006 10:30P Carmody's Toby/Solo Duluth 
Sep 14 2006 9:00P Pizza Luce' Duluth, MN 
Sep 15 2006 9:00P Kathy's Pub Rochester, MN 
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sexton for Christmas
PR reports: Martin Sexton, called by Billboard "a vocalist of amazing proficiency and sensual conviction," has completed a holiday album titled Camp Holiday, which he recorded in a cabin deep within the Adirondack Mountains. The album, which was."'soft-released" in fall of 2005, will finally reach brick and mortar retail on October 10.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Skinheads Still Scare People
PR reports: S.S.S.P. - Skinheads Still Scare People - 4 track 7" e.p. - 2 good friends who share a mutual love of old school British Oi! and classic hardcore decided to lock themselves in a studio and came up with a set of gritty and relentless hardcore tunes that will kick your sorry ass! A killer blend of skinhead style and blistering punk that aims to bring some truth, integrity and sincerity back to the HC scene! These 2 friends, Mike Delorenzo and Vinnie Value are tireless NYHC veterans who have/still work with Kill Your Idols, Warzone, Celebrity Murders, CR etc. So, if you dig the likes of Agnostic Front, The Last Resort, 4-Skins, Cockney Rejects, YDL, The Business, Madball - you've gotta get your hands on this. AVAILABLE ON 3 DIFFERENT SWEET LOOKIN' COLORED VINYLS! (200 YELLOW/PINK/GREEN SPLATTER...200 PINK/YELLOW SPLATTER...100 CLEAR/BLACK/WHITE SPLATTER) The clear/black/white splatter vinyl looks amazing as it's pressed with no labels and comes with a hand silkscreened plastic bag! Only 100 pressed though and over half have already gone!! - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Five.Bolt.Main Live Album
PR reports: Five.Bolt.Main, who are based in Louisville, Kentucky, will be releasing a live album on October 10th on the Rock Ridge Music label. Entitled "Five.Bolt.Main Live," the songs for the disc were recorded in February at the Bulldog Café in Louisville, Kentucky. Heading up the production were Rock Ridge Music principal Jason Spiewak and Matt Chiaravalle (Warren Zevon, Kittie, Jeffrey Gaines). The album has 10 tracks, including 2 previously unreleased tracks and the band's single "The Gift."- Click Here for the Full Story 

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