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 Papa
Roach Rehab |
Blabbermouth reports: PAPA ROACH drummer Dave
Buckner is not on the road with the band at the moment due to what a press
release called "personal matters," and singer Jacoby Shaddix checked in
to give Launch the straight story. "Dave, he went to rehab and went to
go clean his act up 'cause he was out of his f***ing mind," Shaddix explained.
"We were kind of tripping for a minute, but we were like, 'You know what?
The best thing is for our friend to just get healthy, you know, get right.'My
boy D-Boy's just gotta do a little soul-searching, you know?[see full story
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| Ozzfest
Rape Arrest |
Blabbermouth reports: Illinois' DailySouthtown.com
reports that bail was set at $35,000 for a Crest Hill man accused of sexually
assaulting a 20-year-old woman at the Ozzfest concert in Tinley Park last
year.
Patrick Miller, 33, was arrested Friday
(April 27) and charged with one count of criminal sexual assault, Tinley
Park police said today.
Miller is accused of sexually assaulting
the woman as she was leaving the concert at the First Midwest Amphitheater
in Tinley Park on July 16, 2006, police said.[see full story for more]-
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| Sugababes
Assault |
BBC reports: Sugababes singer Amelle Berrabah
has been arrested over allegations she assaulted an 18-year-old woman in
a Guildford bar on Saturday night.
Surrey Police confirmed a 23-year-old female
was arrested following an "incident in a bar".
The Daily Mirror reported the pop star
spent the night in a cell, before being released on bail to join her bandmates
on a flight to the US. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Saosin
Singer Hospitalized |
punkbands reports: Cove Reber of alt rockers
Saosin was rushed to hospital minutes after leaving the stage at London's
Give It A Name festival over the weekend. Reber began to vomit profusely
and was urgently treated for gastro-intestinal problems.-
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| GNR
Sued |
TMZ reports: TMZ has obtained a lawsuit filed
in a New Jersey court against the members of Guns N' Roses, claiming they
have not paid the logistics company hired for their 2006 tour.
Starlift Logistics alleges they were hired
to provide transportation and touring services for the band by Black Frog
touring and LL Management -- both companies that arrange touring on behalf
of Guns N' Roses. Starlift also supplies sets, stage production items and
musical instruments.
According to the court document, founding
members Axl Rose, Dizzy Reed and others owe Starlift over $107,000 in unpaid
bills. [see full story to read the documents] - Click
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| Shadows
Fall Join Sounds of the Underground |
PR reports: Technical metal pioneers Shadows
Fall have been added to this year's Sounds of the Underground Tour. The
band will play the final co-headline slot, alternating with already announced
bands Chimaira and Every Time I Die and headliners GWAR.
Shadows Fall vocalist, Brian Fair states,
"It is going to be another summer of insanity for the boys in Shadows Fall
and we couldn't be more stoked. Not only are we looking forward to partying
with our friends in Darkest Hour, Every Time I Die, Chimaira and Gwar,
but also to check out some killer music at one of the summers most diverse
festival tours. We are planning on playing a set that will include songs
from the early days of Shadows Fall up to our new album threads of life
and leaving a wake of devastation behind. So bust out the sun screen, put
the beers on ice and get ready to rock cuz the SHADS are coming back to
town".
Tickets for the Sounds of the Underground
Tour are NOW available through a special PRE-SALE! Fans can preorder tickets
via Artist Arena at a discounted price for a limited time! A portion of
the proceeds generated from the pre-sale will be donated to Cure Autism
Now! Buy your tickets now at the full story link.[see full story for more]-
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| Linkin
Park, Social D Weenie Roast |
Day in Rock reports: Saturday, May 19th, its
the KROQ Weenie Roast at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Linkin Park, Social
Distortion, 30 Seconds To Mars, The Bravery, Peter Bjorn & John, The
Killers, Interpol, Bad Religion, Silversun Pickups, Tiger Army, Korn, Queens
Of The Stone Age, Rise Against, Tim Armstrong and Plain White Ts
Tickets go on sale this Saturday at Noon
at Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster.com and Charge By Phone. The station will
also be giving away tickets on air. See the full story for more details.
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| Clear
Channel Clone Myspace? |
FMQB reports: Clear Channel is entering the
social networking world, with 12 new Web sites tied into their stations
around the country. Created by CC's Online division, the initiative launched
today with seven CHR and Top 40 stations.
The sites echo MySpace and other popular
social networking sites, with photos, videos and blogs for both airstaff
and listeners alike. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Jesus
and Lemmy for Meltdown |
BBC reports: Motorhead and The Jesus and Mary
Chain are among the musicians who will appear at London's 2007 Meltdown
festival.
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has put the
line-up together as artistic director of the two-week event, which is taking
place at the Southbank Centre in June. [see full story for more]-
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| Britney
Ditches Comeback |
Contact Music reports: BRITNEY SPEARS has
reportedly cancelled her trio of comeback performances planned for Southern
California's House of Blues venues this week (beg30Apr07). The TOXIC singer
was billed to perform under the moniker THE M+M'S in San Diego, Anaheim
and Los Angeles. But, after missing one scheduled performance last week
at Los Angeles club Forty Deuce, the pop star has now scrapped the other
planned shows, which were slated to begin tonight (01May07), according
to Internet reports.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Metallica
Mobbed |
Contact Music reports: Security at the Los
Angeles Forum were called in to protect METALLICA stars JAMES HETFIELD
and LARS ULLRICH [sic]when the rockers were almost mobbed at a Heaven +
Hell concert last week (25Apr07). The duo were spotted by rock fans at
the sound desk just before Black Sabbath offshoot Heaven + Hell took to
the stage. Website Blabbermouth.com reports Hetfield and Ullrich were chatting
to Alice In Chains star Mike Inez when fans spotted them and swarmed. One
fan says, "Word got out and they were almost mobbed. Security had to go
over and form a line across the sound area to prevent anybody getting in.[see
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| 60s
Stars Join RockWalk |
Contact Music reports: Sixties supergroup
the MAMAS + THE PAPAS, soul great OTIS REDDING and rocker AL KOOPER have
been announced as the latest inductees on the Rock Walk in Hollywood. The
stars will join the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Jerry Lee Lewis
on Sunset Boulevard's RockWalk next week[see full story for more breaking
news why you ponder why these stars are being inducted after Ryan Seacrest
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| TRL
To Become YouRL? |
Idolator.com reports: Just when we thought
MTV was getting back to its senses, they have to go and do things like
this:
MTV has narrowed in on a name for its struggling
Total Request Live show, or TRL: the more Web-friendly YouRL.
Oh, we love it! It's so zeitgeisty, only
for, you know, the zeitgeists of 1999 and 2006. If only the MTV powers
that be had gone the retro route, and decided to rebrand the thing 976-RLRL.[see
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| Love
To Auction Off Cobain's Belongings |
Jam! reports: Courtney Love, widow of Nirvana
singer Kurt Cobain, says she plans to sell most of his belongings.
"I'm going to have a Christie's auction,"
Love, 42, tells Spinner.com. "(My house) is like a mausoleum."
"My daughter doesn't need to inherit a
giant ... bag full of flannel ... shirts," says Love, former frontwoman
of the rock band Hole. "A sweater, a guitar and the lyrics to '(Smells
Like) Teen Spirit' - that's what my daughter gets. And the rest of it we'll
just ... sell."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Green
Day Preview John Lennon Cover |
punkbands reports: A preview sample of Green
Day's cover of John Lennon's Working Class Hero can be found at the full
story link. The song will be released on April 30th, and will be available
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| The
Explosion Implode |
punkbands reports: After nearly nine years
of rocking and rolling with you all, we The Explosion have decided to disband.
We would like to thank each and every one of our fans who have supported
us through this time. We made some great friends along the way, a few mistakes,
but all and all we had one hell of a great time doing it. Thanks again!
Look forward to a last show or two this
summer. Also look out for the release of our final studio recording, "Bury
Me Standing" on some label or another. - Click
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