Ours Week: Day 3 "Ran Away To Tell the World"

Here is Jimmy with today's song: Ran Away To Tell the World was the heart of the record as we all saw it. It was the main inspiration for us to even make this record, and what we came back to anytime we started to lose focus. It actually took 1 year to get the mix to where I was happy with it. - The album is in stores this week, but you can listen to this song right here

Jane's Addiction Reunion

PR reports: After much speculation in the previous week, ERIC AVERY has agreed to join former band mates Jane's Addiction for a one-night-only performance at the first-ever U.S. NME Awards.

The iconic foursome will be crowned with the Godlike Genius Award during the ceremony and performance, to take place at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, April 23. Jane's Addiction is joining the likes of The Clash, New Order, Primal Scream and Manic Street Preachers, who are among the acts to have picked up the Godlike Genius prize at the UK awards.

Avery has continually declined offers to reunite with the band and instead focused on his musical endeavors, most recently, a debut solo LP, "Help Wanted," released last week on Dangerbird Records. - more on this story

Colossal Summer HairMetal Tour Announced!

antiMusic reports: HairFest 08 is coming! This was the colossal tour announcement you have been waiting for and now it's finally here! Warrant, Lynch Mob, Cinderella and Lynam are teaming up for one of the most important tours of the year.

Forget the overpriced Motley Crue HypeFest, this is the hairmetal tour to catch this summer! Did we hype it enough? Here is Sleazeroxx with the real announcement:

The reunited Lynch Mob, with pairs Dokken's George Lynch with singer Oni Logan again, have announced the following tour dates, with more to come. Joining Lynch Mob on tour will be Warrant (with vocalist Jani Lane), Cinderella and Lynam - Grab the dates here

Axl November Rains on Reality TV Rumor

antiMusic reports: Del James wrote the short story that inspired the "November Rain" video but this week he wrote something far sadder. Del took to the official Guns N' Roses site to dash our hopes and dreams.

It was far worse then telling us "Chinese Democracy" won't came out this year. We expected that, but he tells us that the rumored Axl reality TV show isn't happening!

Del reports: Despite rumors floating around the Internet, Guns N' Roses will not be appearing on any reality TV program to promote their forthcoming album, Chinese Democracy, or for any other reason.

The reality TV rumors started a little while ago and have taken on an Internet life of their own, but there is no truth to any of this. -

Get Baked with AC/DC's Singer

PR reports: AC/DC and stoner fans, get fired up and ready to laugh-out-loud as Salient Media brings the hilarious stoner comedy Totally Baked to DVD on April 22nd.

Totally Baked is the hilarious, totally offbeat, cannabis comedy in the tradition of Half-Baked – guaranteed to give you the munchies. Totally Baked spoofs the legalization of Marijuana with an uproariously funny tone guaranteed to please audiences. Executive produced by AC/DC's Brian Johnson, Johnson also lended his talent to produce three original songs for the film's soundtrack.

It's hysterical and informative at the same time, "A Cult Classic!" says John Merriman from the Austin Film Festival. The film features some of today's biggest stoner comedians who will do anything to save their bud including: Craig Shoemaker, Doug Benson, Mark Cohen, Dan Gabriel, Jason Gillearn, Rich Hardesty, Al Madrigal, Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling, Henry Phillips, Jasper Redd, Tom Rhodes, and Ron Schock. - Watch the trailer at www.totallybakedmovie.com. 10% of all direct sales through the website will be donated to NORML (The National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws).

Bon Jovi Announce Tour Finale

Band Statement reports: Bon Jovi has confirmed that their long-running, highly successful Lost Highway World Tour will finally come to an end with a pair of explosive shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden on July 14th and 15th.

Joining Bon Jovi will be opening act All American Rejects, who have previously warmed up the stage on two Lost Highway World Tour dates, including Bon Jovi's 10-night run and grand opening of the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ in November 2007.

With two shows to accommodate overwhelming fan demand, these performances mark the final milestone in the superstar band's Lost Highway World Tour. - more on this story

Ted Nugent Drummer Commits Suicide

BW*BK reports: Police are investigating the apparent suicide of a former drummer for Michigan rocker Ted Nugent.

Corporal Brandon Gurley with the Paulding County Sheriff's department says 59-year-old Clifford Davies was found dead from a gunshot wound in his suburban Atlanta home Sunday.

Reed Beaver, who owns Equametric Studio in Marietta where Davies was a chief engineer, confirmed Davies was a drummer for Nugent and played on the recording of his trademark song 'Cat Scratch Fever'. Beaver says Davies called him Saturday "extremely distraught" over money for medical bills. - more on this story

Scars on Broadway (System of a Down) Announce Live Debut

antiMusic reports: Scars on Broadway (Daron and John from System of a Down) will make thier official live-performance debut at this year's Coachella Festival and are mixing their debut album with an eye towards a late July release.

Here is what the press release had to say: Scars on Broadway is the long-awaited collaborative effort between guitarist-frontman Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, both best known for their work in the multi-Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning band, System of a Down. With Malakian sitting in the producer's chair, the two have been in the studio since last September recording their self-titled debut expected to be released in late July. More than two-dozen songs were recorded and some twelve-to-fourteen tracks will make the final album. Currently, the album is in the final stages of mixing. - more on this story

John Mellencamp and Lucinda Williams To Tour This Summer

PR reports: John Mellencamp will begin his summer tour this July on top of the release of his 23rd career album, Life, Death, Love and Freedom. Lucinda Williams will be on the concert bill for most of the upcoming Mellencamp dates.

The greatly anticipated tour kicks off on Tuesday, July 8th at Philadelphia's Mann Music Center with more dates to follow that will bring John and the band to play on both coasts as well as the middle of the country over the course of almost four weeks on the road. It's the iconic artist's first tour since his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month.

In keeping with a policy that started more than ten years ago, members of the official John Mellencamp fan club, Club Cherry Bomb, will be offered early access to premium concert tickets and concert ticket packages via an internet pre-sale available through John's website - more on this story

Get Underneath Alanis

antiMusic reports: Wondering what the new Alanis Morissette CD sounds like? It's supposedly quite a bit different from her past efforts. We have info about that and also a stream of the track "Underneath" for you to check out. First her is the a little PR info on the new CD: Her forthcoming album, Flavors of Entanglement, is due in 2008 from Warner Bros. Records.

Serving as her newest sherpa guide is British electronica producer Guy Sigsworth (Björk, Imogen Heap), who co-wrote and produced the album with Morissette. Nearly two dozen songs were born from writing sessions in London and Los Angeles, a baker's dozen selected for the final cut of Flavors of Entanglement. While hewing to a familiar process -- creating songs as snapshots of her life -- Morissette found cathartic support during a big transition in her life. "I often write in retrospect, but this time all was written in real time," she says. "This record helped me through some fragile moments. Every song was like a life raft."

Her penchant for eclecticism, whether musical, spiritual or otherwise, brought new sounds and styles into this latest effort, her first original studio album in four years. Eastern percussion and strings blend with electronic hues in the opening track, "Citizen of the Planet," a poetic narrative of her life story and transnational perspective. Morissette's yin/yang view of the microcosmic self being evidenced in the macrocosmic world extends to lead single "Underneath," which reflects Mahatma Gandhi's notion that "You must be the change you want to see in the world." - Does it work? Listen to "Underneath" to decide

Avril Lavigne Crossed With Melissa Etheridge A Psycho Bitch?

antiMusic reports: Jive Records seem really excited about their latest pop-rockin' songstress Lesley Roy. According to their email "her Debut album Unbeautiful (out Q3 2008) is produced by Pop super-producer Max Martin, and most of the record was co-written by Lesley. She also plays guitar on the entire record." But that wasn't what kept us reading.

The publicist described her to us as 21 year old from Dublin, Ireland who "can be described as a cross between Avril Lavigne and Melissa Etheridge." Normally that would lose our interest quicker then sending a press release that includes a review quote from Pitchfork, but the words "Psycho Bitch" caught our eye.

You see "Psycho Bitch," is one of the songs from the album that they sent us a stream for. While Jive is obviously concentrating on the single "I'm Going, I'm Gone," which was apparently featured on something called "The Hills" last week, we figured "Psycho Bitch" would be more fitting for the spotlight here, so grab a listen and decide is the label's excitement is justified or if it's just your typical label jive. - Stream it here.

Amy Winehouse 007

antiMusic reports: Remember back when it was a big deal who recorded the James Bond film theme? We don't either but some people care about such things and it looks like the new theme may just come courtesy of Amy Winehouse.

Gigwise has the story: Amy Winehouse is currently recording the theme tune for the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, according to reports.

Despite being linked to the role increasingly over recent months producers have refused to confirm who would be singing the theme tune. - a view to kill for more details here

Linkin Park Make It With Busta Rhymes

Gigwise reports: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington will guest star in the video for Busta Rhymes new single 'We Made It', it's been revealed.

The song will be the first to be taken from the US rapper's new album, 'Blessed', which is due to be released on June 16th.

Shinoda has also helped to produce the rapper's new album alongside Cool & Dre. - more on this story

Austin City Limits Lineup

PR reports: The 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival will rock Zilker Park for the seventh time with a diverse
showcase of 125-plus acts over three magical days, September 26-28. Leading the charge this year are Foo Fighters, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Beck, Manu Chao, John Fogerty, David Byrne, The Raconteurs, The Mars Volta, Gnarls Barkley, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, and N.E.R.D.

In the tradition of the TV show from which the Festival was born, the three-day event has always aimed to offer musical discovery for the fans. The 2008 edition serves up a collection of acts from rock to hip-hop, blues to country, singer-songwriter to avant-garde, and all sounds in between including Tegan and Sara, Iron & Wine, G. Love & Special Sauce, Neko Case, Band of Horses, The Swell Season, Silversun Pickups, Gogol Bordello, Gillian Welch, The Black Keys, Against Me!, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend, Slightly Stoopid, Duffy, and many more.

Austin City Limits Music Festival fans will also get a healthy dose of Lone Star State artists this year including Erykah Badu, Robert Earl Keen, Patty Griffin, Eli Young Band, Kevin Fowler, Flyleaf, Roky Erickson, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Black Joe Lewis & the Honey Bears, and White Denim. - more on this story

Motley Crue's HypeFest Announced

antiMusic reports: Remember that colossal announcement Motley Crue was gonna make? The one that was going to be the biggest announcement in the history of mankind? That was going to bring a thousand years of peace, where cats and dogs would live together in perfect harmony? Well, they made it Tuesday and suddenly the sky opened up and the thunderous voice of God shouted down, "That's it? You gotta be kidding me?" And then the ground opened up and Satan said in a soft--somewhat bored--voice, "That's nice."

Here is what Mostly Thru's publicist promised us about Tuesday's announcement, "all four ORIGINAL band members of America's [self proclaimed] most notorious rock band will make a colossal announcement in Los Angeles on April 15. This will by far be one of the biggest music announcements of the year!!". Now here is what they actually announced, "Motley Crue, the [self proclaimed] world's most notorious rock band, has revealed that this summer they, along with Buckcherry, Papa Roach, SIXX:AM and Trapt, will head out on the road for what will undoubtedly be the hottest ticket of the year for rock fans - 'Crue Fest '08'. The tour, produced by Live Nation, kicks off on July 1st and will hit over 40 major North American and Canadian cities by the end of August.... Mötley Crüe also announced the upcoming release of Saints of Los Angeles, their first new studio album recorded with all of the original band members in over a decade, hitting stores on June 17th "

Exciting huh? More important than a cure for cancer! Almost as thrilling as learning that the New Kids were back on the block. But colossal? In a molehill--we haven't had a gold record in a decade and had to get people to pay attention somehow--kind of way. On the brighter side, Buckcherry has a recent platinum album. Why they aren't headlining is a head scratcher, but Nikki is in charge of the label now after all.

We interviewed Satan shortly after the announcement to get more of his reaction - more on this story

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