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Sued for Murder |
hecklerspray.com reports: There's a very strong
chance that Michael Jackson thought the worst was over - he'd been cleared
of fiddling with boys, he'd been cleared of making giraffes wallow in their
own blood and he'd even stopped running around dressed as a woman all the
time. Neverland's for sale, there's a new Michael Jackson album in the
pipeline and everyone now thinks of Jermaine Jackson as the lovely calm
one from Celebrity Big Brother instead of the man who tried to sell a book
about how Michael Jackson likes to touch boys on the winky. Everything
was looking rosy for Michael Jackson again.
But the feeling didn't last for long, because
Michael Jackson is now being sued by the family of a woman that Michael
Jackson apparently helped to kill. Back during his molestation trial, Michael
Jackson held proceedings up because he was suffering from a flu-like condition
and he was taken to the Marian Medical Centre in Santa Maria for treatment.
But when he was there, the family of Manuela Ruiz allege that their sick
mother - who had suffered a heart attack earlier that day - had her life
support switched of and was bumped out of her trauma room so that Michael
Jackson could be looked at. [see full story for more]-
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| Korn
Killer Charged |
Blabbermouth reports: According to The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Michael Scott
Axley (photo from Korn.Simpol.net), 25, of Douglasville, Georgia on felony
murder and aggravated assault charges for allegedly punching and killing
a man at a KORN concert in July after they got into an argument over a
hat.
According to witnesses, Axley punched Andy
Richardson, 30, after the two exchanged words and Axley took Richardson's
cap during a KORN concert at Hi-Fi Buys Ampitheater last July.
Richardson fell unconscious onto a concrete
sidewalk and Axley allegedly punched Richardson again. Richardson suffered
skull fractures and severe head injuries. He died two days later at Grady
Memorial Hospital. [see full story for more metal news]-
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| James
Brown To Finally Rest in Peace |
AP reports: The children of James Brown and
his former partner have decided on where the soul singer should be buried
nearly two months after he died, a lawyer said on Tuesday.
"The children and the wife, my client Tomi
Rae Brown, have come to an agreement and they have decided that he will
be buried in a decent place but it's going to be kept confidential," said
attorney Robert Rosen.
"Assuming a court order is signed he could
be buried in the next few days," Rosen said in an interview[see full story
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| Spandau
Ballet Reunion? This Much Isn't True |
Gigwise reports: Eighties pop act Spandau
Ballet have done something un-heard of in the last few months, by confirming
that they will NOT be re-forming.
Although the likes of Duran Duran and The
Police have all recently hit the comeback trail Tony Hadley said: "I'm
doing great without the band"
"I know you should never say never and
bands in the past have said hell would freeze over before they got back
together, but in our case I think hell is frozen and we still wouldn't
do it." He added. [the band member love story can be found at the full
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| Van
Halen Tour Officially Kaput |
Rolling Stone reports: [We never heard back
from the VH publicist but Rolling Stone confirmed the reunion is off with
the tour promoters, here is their report] It looks like David Lee Roth's
first tour with Van Halen in twenty-three years won't happen, after all.
Over the weekend, employees of tour promoters Live Nation were informed
that "the Van Halen tour has been shut down." It's not yet clear what went
wrong: Just last week, the band released their first official photo of
their new line-up to Rolling Stone. At the time, Roth told us that he was
thrilled about the tour, and that the reunion could be permanent [see full
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| Post
Darkness |
BBC reports: Rock group The Darkness are reforming
- but without lead singer Justin Hawkins. The three remaining members of
the rock act, from Lowestoft, Suffolk, have announced that they have begun
work recording a new album.
The new material will be released by the
band under a different name. [see full story for more and find out who
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| Adema
Won't Die |
Blabbermouth reports: According to the band's
official MySpace page, ADEMA has signed a deal with Immortal Records for
the release of the band's fourth album, tentatively due later in the year.
Audio samples of three new demo tracks � "Human Nature", "Out Alive" and
"Los Angeles" � can be heard at [their myspace page � see the full story
for more including who is fronting the group these days. No Marky Mark
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| Yawn�
Britney Leaves Rehab Take 2 |
TMZ reports: TMZ has confirmed that Britney
Spears has left rehab -- again.
As we first reported, the singer checked
into Promises treatment center yesterday. But she just couldn't deal with
it and left for home. It's the same story as last week, when Britney was
in and out of rehab within 24 hours.
"EXTRA" is reporting that Spears tried
to get into a tattoo parlor before going home but it was closed. [see the
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| Fall
Out Drop |
TuneLab reports: Fall Out Boy's reign at No.
1 was short. Sales for their latest album 'Infinity on High' fell 54% dropping
the album to No. 5. Daughtry has lost their grip on the No. 3 slot on this
weeks Billboard Top 200 chart. The bands self-titled debut fell to No.
9 despite a 34% sales increase at 102,000 units. The Red Hot Chili Peppers
jumped from No. 39 to No. 12 with a 154% sales increase with their latest
'Stadium Arcadium'.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Purdue
Ignores RIAA |
idolator.com reports: The AP reports that
the Recording Industry Association of America is focusing its gaze on music
swappers at colleges, where fat pipes allow illegally downloaded songs
to travel even faster:
Purdue, which has received 1,068 complaints
so far this year but only 37 in 2006, said it rarely even notifies students
accused by the RIAA because it's too much trouble to track down alleged
offenders. Purdue said its students aren't repeat offenders.
"In a sense, the (complaint) letter is
asking us to pursue an investigation and as the service provider we don't
see that as our role," spokesman Steve Tally said. "We are a leading technology
school with thousands and thousands of curious and talented technology
students." [see full story for more]- Click
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| Police
Sellout |
punkbands reports: As expected, initial on-sales
for the upcoming Police reunion tour sold out in minutes and more shows
were quickly added. The band will also soon announce shows for Dodger Stadium
in Los Angeles on June 23, and McAfee Stadium in Oakland on June 13. [see
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| P.O.D.
Reform |
SMN reports: San Diego based rockers P.O.D.
have announced the reformation of their original lineup, that includes
guitarist Marcos Curiel, as well as their signing to Colombia Records/INO.
Currently in pre-production, the band will release their new disc sometime
in late summer.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Jager
Ozzfest |
SMN reports: A longtime sponsor of Ozzfest,
Jägermeister will roll out its own state of the art mobile stage for
the summer's biggest heavy metal festival. All second stage acts will play
on the Jägermeister stage, a fully self-contained stage hauled cross
country by a custom Showhauler toter home, complete with a full audio sound
system provided by JVC Mobile and amped by one whopping generator. The
stage measures 34' long, 16' deep, and 20' high. The entire PA system,
provided by Peavey Electronics and Schecter Guitars, will be hung for optimum
sound. The stage will include state-of-the-art lighting by Chauvet. "Jägermeister
has been kicking around this idea for a long time. The fact that we've
spent a year designing and building this stage proves our dedication to
music," says Rick Zeiler, Director of Marketing and Brand Development for
Jägermeister. "We can't wait to showcase it at Ozzfest."[see full
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| Metallica
To Begin Recording |
SMN reports: METALLICA will begin recording
its new album with producer Rick Rubin on March 12, according to a recent
post on its Web site. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2003's "St. Anger"
has been in pre-production for several months.
"We really have to feel secure about the
music and know it's good," Rubin told Billboard in December about the process.
"Then in the studio, we're free to only worry about performance and not
worry about writing a song. Hopefully, we've done our homework."
Meanwhile, METALLICA has lined up seven
summer shows in Europe as part of its semi-annual Sick of the Studio tour
[see full story for more including dates
- no word yet if Lars will auction off his pots and pans on eBay but we'll
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| Classic
Case Go East |
Lambgoat reports: Classic Case will tour the
East Coast briefly with The Transit War next month. Here's the schedule:
3/1 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
3/3 Lemoyne, PA @ Champion Ship
3/4 South Hackensack, NJ @ School of Rock
3/5 West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
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| Mars
Volta Take The West |
PR reports: The Mars Volta Announce West Coast
US Dates
3/31 � Berkeley � Berkeley Community Theater
4/3 � Los Angeles � Orpheum Theater
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