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Full Report for 05/24/06
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Idol Winner
antiMusic reports: The latest round of America's favorite karaoke contest is over and the winner is!!! Fox's ad sales department. The winner of the TV contest was Jordin Sparks who beat out Blake Lewis for the Idol crown. The show reportedly logged a record 74 million votes this time around as 17-year-old Sparks became the youngest winner in the show's history. The finale brought on some heavy weights to close out what many considered the "worst season yet". 

The two finalist took a backseat to performers like Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett, Gladys Knight, Kelly Clarkson and Green Day performing John Lennon's "Working Class Hero". Gwen Stefoni also performed to show the nation again how she lost most of her No Doubt fan base. 

So there you have it. This season's American Idol comes to a close and Fox's rating will return to their regularly schedule low numbers until the karaoke returns next season for six months of audition episodes.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Smashing New Lineup
TuneLab reports: Smashing Pumpkins made their long-awaited return to the stage Tuesday in Paris and unveiled the new members of the band. Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin were backed by new members Jeff Schroeder (The Lassie Foundation) on guitar, Ginger Reyes (The Halo Frendlies )on bass, and Lisa Harriton on keyboard.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Linkin Park Tops The Chart
PR reports: Multi-platinum Grammy® award-winning Linkin Park returns to the top of the charts this week with their third studio release, Minutes To Midnight (Warner Bros / Machine Shop Records). Landing at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart with sales of 622K, this marks the highest first-week sales of the year. 

Minutes To Midnight has shipped over 2.7 million worldwide. One week after its international release, the album has debuted #1 in the UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Norway, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Philippines, Italy, Sweden, Austria, and Ireland and is certified platinum in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Austria, Switzerland, and France. It has also been certified gold in Czech, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and UK. 

Linkin Park has added two more dates to their already confirmed Projekt Revolution tour: the tour opener July 25th in Seattle, WA at the White River Amphitheatre and July 31st in San Diego, CA at the Coors Amphitheatre. The incredible tour package includes Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo and Julien-K on the Main Stage and Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled, Styles of Beyond and Madina Lake on the Revolution Stage. For more information on Projekt Revolution, please visit the full story link. 
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Prince Dinner Theater in LA
Contact Music reports: Pop superstar Prince is set to play a seven-week residency at the Los Angeles Roosevelt Hotel.

According to the Los Angeles Times, pending contract negotiations, the Purple Rain singer will play seven Friday-night performances as part of a dining and musical experience.

Special guests will join the musician as the hotel closes off its lobby area at 21:00 and gives itself over to a Prince concert from 23:30 until the early hours.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bidding War for EMI?
FMQB reports: On Monday, EMI announced that its board of directors accepted an offer from private equity group Terra Firma to purchase the major label for $4.7 billion. The deal was worth 265 pence per share, or 2.4 billion pounds in total. But just 24 hours later another bidder emerged, as the New York Post reports that private equity firm Corvus Capital and former EMI chief executive Jim Fifield were preparing a bid of 278 pence per share yesterday. EMI's board will now have to consider the offer from Corvus or risk being sued by shareholders who may claim that the deal with Terra Firma undervalues their shares.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Megadeth Top 10
Blabbermouth reports: MEGADETH sold around 54,000 copies of its latest CD, "United Abominations", in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 8 of the Billboard chart. This is more than the 46,000 first-week tally registered by its predecessor, "The System Has Failed" (which debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200 chart)[see full story for more and to see how it did in other parts of the world]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Steve Vai's String Theories
Blabbermouth reports: Legendary guitarist Steve Vai has announced the formation of his new band, dubbed STRING THEORIES. It is as follows:

Steve Vai - Guitar 
Jeremy Colson - Drums
Dave Weiner - Rhythm Guitar 
Bryan Beller - Bass
Alex DePue - Electric and Acoustic Violin, Keyboards 
Ann Marie Calhoun - Electric and Acoustic Violin, Viola, Banjo and Keyboards
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DIY Navarro
Contact Music reports: DAVE NAVARRO's band THE PANIC CHANNEL are recording and releasing their next album without the help of a record label. The former Jane's Addiction rocker is keen to break free from record company "slavery". Navarro says, "Our plan is to write, record, mix and make the music available online, DIY-style. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Elvis Songwriter Ben Weisman Dies
Contact Music reports: BEN WEISMAN, who helped write nearly 60 songs for ELVIS PRESLEY, has died. He was 85. Weisman died on Sunday (21May07) at a long-term care hospital in Los Angeles from complications of a stroke and pneumonia. He was lovingly dubbed "the mad professor" by Presley, and wrote many songs for the music legend including Rock-a-Hula Baby and Crawfish.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Belly Winehouse Duet?
Contact Music reports: KELLY OSBOURNE has hinted at a possible collaboration with her singer pal AMY WINEHOUSE. Osbourne is planning to record a third album following her 2002 debut Shut Up and 2005's follow-up Sleeping In The Nothing. While Osbourne is yet to name which famous friend she will be singing with, she is regularly spotted partying with fellow Brit Winehouse[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Is KISS The New Ikea?
Contact Music reports: Rockers KISS have come up with another wacky way to get cash out of the fans - a new custom-made dinner table. After selling Kiss condoms and coffins to devotees, the supergroup are now offering their 'Kiss Army' a new 'Rock And Roll Over' dinner table via their official website. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Marky Free Adema Finish CD
TuneLab reports: Adema have announced the title of their upcoming new studio album to be 'Kill The Headlights'. They are in the process of booking a slew of summer tour dates and will announce them shortly. They expect some international dates such as Europe and Japan to be included on these dates as well. The album will be in stores on July 24th[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sleep Terror Lose Their Voice and Their Beat
Lambgoat reports: Sleep Terror has announced the departure of both singer Tim Richardson and drummer Dave McGraw. According to Sleep Terror founder Luke Jaeger, "Tim has declined vocal duties due to relocation issues, and Dave is no longer playing to standards and performing as cleanly as expected."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rap Still Alive on Simpsons Soundtrack
punkbands reports: The Simpsons Movie soundtrack has been locked down after months of closed door, bi-partisan deliberation. Could the tracklisting hold any clues as to the hidden secrets of one of the most highly anticipated animated films of the year? Probably not. It's just a freaking soundtrack. E

U Can't Shine Like Me- Lil' Romeo
If You Let Me Go - Jay-Z featuring Omarion 
So Emotional - 1 Chance
High Away from You - Lifehouse 
I Don't Wanna Understand - Jennifer Lopez featuring Three 6 Mafia 
I Believe You - Lyfe Jennings 
The Way You Roll With Me - T.I. 
Dancing Machine - Maroon 5 featuring Lil' Flip 
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