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Maiden Hit
SMN reports: IRON MAIDEN have made a stunning appearance and a triumphant return to the UK's Top 40 Singles Chart. Appearing at #3 with their track 'Different World', the band is crunched in between come-back popstars TAKE THAT and rapper AKON.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ratt in a Box
sleazeroxx.com reports: Ratt founder/vocalist, STEPHEN PEARCY, has recently agreed to a management agreement with the California based Jeff Keller Management LLC (management home for Herman Rarebell, Jaime St. James/Black 'N Blue, American Heartbreak, and Omen). With this agreement, Jeff Keller will represent Pearcy for his solo endeavors, as well as assisting with development for Pearcy's label, Top Fuel Records. "I am extremely excited to be working with a rock n' roll icon like Stephen. His contributions to hard rock history are undeniable," Jeff Keller said of the signing. 

Upcoming plans include the release of a Stephen Pearcy historical box set, which will include many previously unreleased rarities from Pearcy's history including Mickey Ratt, Ratt, Arcade, Vicious Delite, Vertex, and solo material. A DVD will also be included. An early summer release is expected. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Atreyu Go Back To School
PR reports: MTV Favorites and Orange County-based rock band ATREYU will be playing a private show at Hollywood's Musicians Institute on Friday, January 12th at 8pm with a Q&A to follow. Student band Stella Vicarious (www.myspace.com/stellvicarious) will be opening for Atreyu at 6:45pm. 

Atreyu exploded out of Orange County in 2002. Previously unknown to the rest of the world, the band released their stunning debut album, Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses, grabbing the attention of a wide spectrum of music fans by demolishing the barriers between rock, melodic hardcore and metal. The band's original, unique music hit like a lightning bolt in hard music circles, energizing audiences and redefining the hardcore sound Southern California was known for. Critical raves poured in from publications like LA Times, Guitar World, and Metal Maniacs, who commented, "�the Southern California five-piece brings new definition to overnight success." Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses has scanned 230,000 units and shows no signs of slowing down. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bury Your Dead Lose Singer
Lambgoat reports: Bury Your Dead singer Mat Bruso has reportedly left the band. Consequently, the group has apparently dropped off their January UK dates with Killswitch Engage and The Haunted. Bury Your Dead has confirmed the departure of Bruso, releasing the following statement:

"We are sorry to say that Mat Bruso will not be singing for Bury Your Dead anymore. He has decided that he has come to a point in his life where he must focus on more important things like going back to school to become a teacher and his upcoming marriage.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Timabland Wants to Rock?
FMQB reports: Producer extraordinare Timabland is set to release a Rock/Hip-Hop compilation in March, titled Timbaland Presents Shock Value. According to MTV.com, the disc will feature tracks from Fall Out Boy, Dr. Dre, The Hives and 50 Cent, as well as a collaboration between Timba and She Wants Revenge. "I don't think that anybody's heard anything like it," SWR singer Justin Warfield said of their new song.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Prince The Magazine
CMJ reports: Despite the fact that it's really hard to roll up a laptop and swat flies with it, print magazines, especially music-related ones, have been on the decline for years. So it's worth noting that, according to WWD, Prince is in the development stages for his own music-centered periodical, 3121 Magazine.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Death/Blood Tour
CMJ reports: Boston moshcore heavyweights Death Before Dishonor kick off the Death/Blood tour this Friday with fellow brutes First Blood, Bloodlined Caligraphy and Dead Hearts. Be sure to thank mom for the gym membership and ju-jitsu classes she got you for Christmas because this tour is going to induce more trips to the emergency room than a clearance sale at Dave's Quality Meat.

DBD will be playing songs from their new album, Count Me In, their first full-length for Bridge 9, which is due later this spring. [see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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V Killers
Ananova reports: The Killers are to headline this year's V Festival. 

Las Vegas' biggest rock export will perform at both legs of the festival in Chelmsford and Staffordshire in August.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Queen Top The Beatles
BBC reports: Rockers Queen have beaten The Beatles to be crowned greatest British band of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners. 

They pipped the Fab Four in a live contest, trouncing other finalists The Rolling Stones, Oasis and Take That. 

The bands were judged on song-writing, lyrics, live performances, originality and showmanship. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Breaking Benjamin 07 Dates
PR reports: Breaking Benjamin will be touring throughout the winter, with a string of headlining dates followed by a run with Nickelback and 3 Days Grace. Check out the full list below:

Headlining
2/6 - Lynchburg, VA - Cattle Annie's 
2/7 - Binghamton, NY - Magic City Music Hall 
2/9 - Youngstown, OH - Wedgewood Entertainment Center 
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Emerson Drive To End Hunger
PR reports: Midas Records Nashville and the band Emerson Drive will partner with America's Second Harvest � The Nation's Food Bank Network, the largest hunger relief organization in the United States, to raise awareness for feeding those in need. Inspired by the lyrics of "Moments", the second single from their album Countrified, and the storyline of its music video, the group sought an organization that can help people that have fallen on hard times.

Food banks with the Second Harvest Network will staff information tables and collection receptacles that will be present at Emerson Drive concert venues next year. The group will also appear in public service announcements for the organization.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Paolo Nutini US Tour
PR reports: Paolo Nutini has announced details of his first full-scale tour of North America. The headlining itinerary heralds the U.S. release of the Scotland-born singer/songwriter's acclaimed debut album, "THESE STREETS." The album - which includes 'New Shoes' - lands in stores on January 30th. Nutini is also slated to make a number of major TV appearances in support of "THESE STREETS", starting on January 30th with a visit to NBC's Today Show plus an appearance that evening on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien. The appearances follow Paolo's two recent performances on his fellow Scotsman Craig Ferguson's nightly CBS talker, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

The 20-year-old Nutini will kick off his Stateside tour in Chicago on January 25th, with dates continuing through March. Among the trek's highlights are much-anticipated shows at New York City's Bowery Ballroom on January 31st and Los Angeles' legendary Troubadour on March 23rd. [see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Young Love Goes West
PR reports: Young Love West Coast Dates Added w/ Lady Sovereign.

1/4 Las Vegas, NV @ Empire Ballroom 
1/8 San Francisco, CA @ The Mezzanine 
1/9 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues 
1/10 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Close's Virtual Drummer
PR reports: Even though the Close's resident drummer Keefe Justice was unable to tour with his band mates on their recent jaunt up the east coast, his projected image kept time right along with them, nailing every beat in cities across North Carolina, Philadelphia, and New York. The tour went off without a hitch, and The Close's front-man Brooks Meeks tells us that the stunt was very well received by its audiences. Every show ended with the Close exiting the stage, and the projection showing Justice's band members helping him take down his drums, which earned quite a few laughs. Some might call it cheating, but we call it a comeback. The proof is in the projection at the band's tour kickoff show at the EARL in its hometown of Atlanta. Watch it at YouTube at the full story link- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hinder 07 Tour
PR reports: Hinder, rock's biggest success of 2006, has announced the next leg of their tour in support of the band's just-certified double platinum debut release, Extreme Behavior (Universal Republic). The Oklahoma City quintet has been touring aggressively since the 2005 release of the debut. The next round of dates began with an Orange Bowl appearance on January 1st, with early 2007 dates including stops in Seattle, Chicago and New York 

Jan. 13 Ketchum, ID Ski Tour Tent � Sun Valley Resort Area
Jan. 14 Spokane, WA Big Easy Concert House
Jan. 16 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
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Greg Kihn's Big Rock Beat
PR reports: Greg Kihn, San Jose's #1 FM Radio Morning Man, who launches his new nationally syndicated radio program, Greg Kihn's Big Rock Beat, in Q1 of 2007, has retained radio industry sales, marketing and promotions veteran, David Wohlman as the Director of Kihndication. Mr. Wohlman will handle the overall supervision of the development and national syndication of Greg Kihn's Big Rock Beat.

Greg Kihn, the 1980's recording artist known for his chart-topping songs and MTV videos, "Jeopardy," and "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em Like That)," has been the Bay Area's #1 radio morning man reigning supreme on San Jose's KFOX 98.5 FM Classic Rock radio with a daily listening audience that includes greater San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley. In 2007, Greg celebrates his tenth anniversary on the Bay Area airwaves. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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