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NME reports: The body of Ra Ra Riot drummer
John Pike has been found.
Pike, 23, went missing after attending
a party in Massachusetts on Friday night.
The band played a show in Providence, RI
on Friday night and afterwards attended a party in Fairhaven, MA.
The search began on foot and by air yesterday
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Gigwise reports: Police drummer Stewart Copeland
has trashed his bands performance at one of their recent comeback shows.
Copeland posts an in depth critique of
the bands Vancouver gig the second stop on their comeback tour - on
his official website after a slew of miscues and mishaps resulted in what
he describes as an "ubeLIEVably [sic] lame" show.
He mocks bandmate Sting for a mistimed
dramatic leap, observing that he looked like "a petulant pansy instead
of the god of rock." [see full story for more]- Click
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Contact Music reports: Hip-hop star KANYE
WEST is releasing his third album Graduation early, to avoid a sales war
with rival rapper 50 CENT. 50 Cent has delayed the release of his disc
Curtis from 26 June to 4 September (07), claiming the quality would be
affected if it was released in the summer. The new date coincided with
West's album, and MTV reports Graduation will now hit stories in late August
- several weeks before its original release date.[see full story for more]-
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AP reports: Nevada on Thursday became one
of at least a dozen states to enact laws against fake groups promoting
themselves as famed musicians.
The new law requires performing groups
to have at least one member of the recording group that they claim a connection
to, or label the production a "tribute" or "salute." Otherwise, claiming
a connection would be considered a deceptive trade practice.[see full story
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CMJ reports: EMI Music, Google and YouTube
have announced an agreement that gives users complete access to all videos
and recordings by EMI Music artists. Hoping to enhance their presence in
the realm of digital media, the agreement marks the first time EMI has
made such copyrighted material legally available to a wide audience.[see
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Jam! reports: Rev. Al Sharpton has brought
his campaign to clean up hip-hop lyrics to Motown, and organizers hope
to collect thousands of bars of soap as symbols of the effort.
Sharpton and Rev. Horace Sheffield III,
pastor of New Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, talked about the campaign
Saturday outside the Motown Historical Museum. [see full story for more]-
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KNAC reports: Poison's Rikki Rocket tells
KNAC.COM that it is official; White Lion has been removed from this Summer's
Poison/Ratt co-headlining tour.
Sweden's glam-rock revisited band Vains
of Jenna have been selected to step into the opening slot on the tour.
White Lion (a.k.a. Mike Tramp) was reportedly
removed due to a threat of legal action by former White Lion guitarist
Vito Bratta over the use of the White Lion name. [see full story for more]-
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SMN reports: ABORTED will team up with POINT
BLANK RAGE for the following Canadian tour dates starting next month:
July 26 - Halifax, NS @ The Speakeasy
July 27 T.B.A.
July 28 - Jonquiere, QC @ Pub Extreme
July 29 - Quebec, QC @ lAnti
July 30 - Ottawa, ON @ Rainbow Bistro
July 31 - Toronto, ON @ Metal Bar
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SMN reports: NIGHTWISH, who recently announced
the identity of their new singer, Anette Olzon, have now also confirmed
new tour dates:
October 6 - Tel Aviv, Israel @ Hangar 11
November 11 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ KB
Hallen
November 30 - Göteborg, Sweden @
Lisbergshallen
December 1 - Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
December 2 - Oslo, Norway @ Sentrum Scene
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SMN reports: OBITUARY have posted the following
update:
There is so much going on! The most important
thing is the recording/mixing of the new CD and that is going amazing!
These new songs are so heavy and we are happy and lucky to announce that
Ralph Santolla (ex-DEICIDE, DEATH, ICED EARTH) is helping us with some
of the guitar work. To have someone like Ralph working with us is totally
new to OBITUARY and I cant tell you how excited we are. This new album,
Xecutioners Return, is just coming to life!
...Not only is Ralph recording with us,
but he will also be going with us to Europe in July and on our U.S. tour
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punkbands reports: The soundtrack to the film
'Kurt Cobain About A Son' will feature tracks from Bad Brains, Death Cab
For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, Iggy Pop and David Bowie as well as several
other bands that reportedly influenced the Nirvana frontman.
The soundtrack, due out in the US on September
11 via Barsuk. The film, due out in late 2007, features several rare interviews
with the singer, as well as footage of sites in the Pacific Northwest that
played a major role in his life. [see full story for the full tracklisting
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Tunelab reports: Korn have titled their new
album 'Untitled' which is due out on July 31st. According to Billboard,
the album is more experimental with keyboards, organs, psychedelic undertones
and industrial dance grooves and is the bands "most musically serious work
since 2002's 'Untouchables'".[see full story for access to the first single]-
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Sleazeroxx.com reports: Coming soon to a TV
near you will be the weekly 30-minute metal program, 'Rocknation.' Put
together by the Perris Records label, the program will air weekly Saturday
night at midnight, and will feature only the best metal videos - of artists
from other labels as well as on Perris. The show will be made available
on both Time Warner and Comcast, The Show will be viewed online worldwide
also at www.rocknation.us
Cities confirmed thus far to carry 'Rocknation'
include Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Tyler, Oklahoma City, Atlanta, and
Omaha, with more to soon follow. The first artist to be featured on 'Rocknation'
will be none other than the legendary voice of Judas Priest, Rob Halford,
also 3 Legged Dogg (which features members of Black Sabbath/Heaven and
Hell, Dio, David Lee Roth, and Quiet Riot) and Lamb Of God, Nickleback,
Megadeth, Shadows Fall, Triump, Machinehead - with others to soon be confirmed
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Earvolution reports: With the Strokes taking
the year off, Albert Hammond Jr. has kept himself busy with his solo act.
However, he apparently still has time on his hands. The guitarist is reportedly
going to switch gears a bit and work on a screenplay.
Hammond is said to be adapting the the
novel Pulp by Charles Bukowski. WENN reports that Hammond already has some
actors in mind for casting, but will not direct the film. [see full story
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Earvolution reports: Jack White may be busy
touring in support of the new White Stripes record and he, of course, has
his famous side project the Raconteurs. Now, according to a report by WENN,
he has added yet another project to his plate. The report says White is
set to play the King in a comedy called Walk Hard set to be released next
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