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Gigwise reports: Kelly Rowland worried fans
when she took a fall during a show in Lagos, Nigeria.
The former Destinys Child singer, currently
touring to promote her second solo album, Ms. Kelly, was performing at
the This Day Music Festival when she collapsed from dehydration.
Kelly was treated at a local hospital and
is back on her feet and in good condition, her rep tells ET.-
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Contact Music reports: Former ATOMIC KITTEN
singer KERRY KATONA was held hostage at her home by armed robbers on Monday
(16Jul07). Three masked men armed with a sledgehammer, crowbar and knife
burst into her home in Cheshire, England at the early hours of Monday morning
- and held a knife to her throat.
Her husband and their five-month-old daughter
Heidi were also in the house at the time. They were taken downstairs by
one of the robbers, while the other two carried out the burglary.
They escaped with two televisions, an Xbox
and a Playstation 3 gaming consoles, jewelry and watches.-
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Gigwise reports: Morrissey has launched a
verbal attack over Madonnas fondness for wearing fur during a recent gig
for PETA.
Morrissey was playing at Norfolk, Virginias
Norva venue (July 9th) in America when he made the angry comments.
He told the audience: "I wouldn't be surprised
if she made that African boy she adopted into a coat and wore him for fifteen
minutes, then threw it away."
- Ouch!
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PR reports: German industrial metal powerhouse
Rammstein lost their voice on Friday the 13th when Till Lindemann announced
he was leaving the group. He reported decided to leave over "increasing
inharmoniousness within the band."
The other members of the band didn't waste
anytime in finding a replacement. Today they announced that former KMFDM
frontman En Esch will be taking his place.
Rammstein founders Richard Kruspe and Christoph
Schneider issued a statement about the changes. "We all will miss Till
Lindemann who gave us many years of joy," they said. "Please welcome the
talented En Esch - Till's footsteps are big, but maybe he can dry our tears
rapidly."- more
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PR reports: When you are apologizing to fans
of a band it is usually a good idea to spell the name of the band correctly.
UK metalheads were a bit miffed at the BBC coverage of Live Earth because
the producers decided to cut away mid-song from Metallica's performance
at Wembley stadium in favor of Crowded House in Sydney. In other words,
the network upset some of the very few people that actually tuned in to
the "world changing" event.
The move prompted protest from a few hundred
Metallica fans, so the BBC issued an apology and explanation for this decision.
According to the Guardian "The BBC was at pains to point out that the decision
was not taken out of 'prejudice about heavy metal music or any other music'."-
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punkbands reports: A band called Deli from
Turkey (not to be confused with a turkey sandwich bought from a deli),
is facing 18 months in jail for a song they wrote lashing out against a
state exam high school students must take to gain entry into college.
They're being charged with insulting their
homeland and will be in court Thursday to defend themselves.
The song is called "OSYM" and contains
the lyrics "Life should not be a prison because of an exam/I have gotten
lost/You have ruined my future/ I am going to tell you one thing:/ Shove
that exam...''- no
child left behind
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PR reports: It seems that people are opting
for classic hard rock and metal CDs over most generic "new" music. This
according to a report by the Associated Press. While record companies try
to fathom reasons why people aren't buying their "new" product, by ignoring
the most logical explanation and looking to court tweens to help pick up
their bottom lines, it appears that music from other eras where A&R
people took chances on bands that didn't sound like everyone else and bands
were allowed to develop a fanbase over several albums is still attracting
a lot of buyers.
Twenty-Seven years after its release, AC/DC's
Back in Black is still selling almost enough copies a year to qualify for
a gold record. Last year while we were treated to dozens of sound-alike
emo bands that didn't sell many CDs, AC/DC's landmark album managed to
sell 440,000 copies in the US.
While [insert silly multi-worded name here]
was struggling to attract the attention of TRL girls, other albums from
long-ago were also moving pretty heavy numbers. Metallica's jump to the
commercial mainstream, aka The Black Album was added to the CD collections
of 275,000 US music fans last year and Guns 'N Roses debut which broke
records when it was released in 1987 is still a hot seller, welcoming 113,000
more people to the jungle last year. And the album that killed "hair metal"
and touched off the grunge trend of the early 90s (Nirvana's Nevermind)
is still going strong with 143,000 copies sold last year.-
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what top seller from the past isn't doing so well now?
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PR reports: North American fans fret not as
it looks like your favorite singer from Iceland has escaped from the giant
teddy bear and is coming to our shores this fall. Bjork announced a handful
of North American dates with some speculation that more are to come.
Bjork is touring support of her latest,
Volta, which his stores in May. Right now it looks like the American run
will kick off with an appearance at the Virgin Festival in Toronto on September
9th and conclude on the 24th at Madison Square Garden.
Before she hits the New World, she has
a string of dates spaced out all summer in Europe starting this week in
Spain and other dates in Italy, Switzerland, France, Ireland and Scotland.
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Contact Music reports: GIRLSCHOOL founder
KELLY JOHNSON has died following a six-year battle with cancer. The British
guitarist passed away from complications caused by cancer of the spine
on Sunday (15Jul07).
Johnson quit Girlschool after the release
of the band's fourth album Play Dirty in 1984.
She rejoined the group in 1993, before
quitting the music business in 2000.- more
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Rockdirt reports: Rock acts on television
this week include Mute Math, who perform on 'The late Show with David Letterman'
on Tuesday; underOATH, who visit 'The Sauce' on Monday; Ryan Adams, who
performs on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Tuesday; Bright Eyes, who
performs on 'The Late Late Show' on Tuesday; The Cribs, who perform on
'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Tuesday; Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground,
who perform on 'Last Call with Carson Daly' on Tuesday; As Tall As Lions,
who perform on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Tuesday; Puddle of Mudd, who perform
on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on Thursday. - Wait
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punkbands reports: There are many releases
coming out this week - the release schedule for this week is as follows:
Yellowcard - Paper Walls
MXPX - Secret Weapon CD/DVD
Underoath - 777 DVD
Abandoned (Ger) - Thrash Notes
All-American Rejects - Tournado DVD
Birdflesh - Mondo Musicale
Blood Stain Child - Idolator
Sublime - Ultimate Bundle (Triple Disc)
CD/DVD
Venom - Resurrection-
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Gigwise reports: P Diddy has received thousands
of job applications to be his personal assistant after advertising the
role online.
As we reported last Friday (July 13th),
P Diddy advertised the job on his Myspace page asking applicants to submit
a three minute video via the website youtube.
Although its only been four days, the
rapper has already received over ten thousand applications for the role.
[will they get dogfur coats for a Christmas bonus?]- a
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PR reports: Rock band Seether have announced
the release of their third studio album via Wind-up Records. The new album
titled FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPACES will be released on October 23,
2007.
Once out of the studio, the band will join
Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin for an arena tour which will take
them through the release of FINDING BEAUTY IN NEGATIVE SPACES.-
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Blabbermouth reports: Massachusetts-based
metallers HELL WITHIN have announced the addition of singer Brian Roy to
the group's ranks. Roy joins the band as the replacement for Matt McChesney,
who left HELL WITHIN in June to front Daytona Beach, Florida's THE AUTUMN
OFFERING.
Commented HELL WITHIN in a statement: "Tony,
Isaias, Joe and Derek are still friends and brothers with Matt, as we always
have been. We wish him the very best with his new project and future endeavors."-
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