Slightly Stoopid Week: Day 5

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AC/DC To Make Big Announcement?

antiMusic reports: Someone claiming to be employed by AC/DC's record label (but uses a free email service) sent us over another PR. Here it is: Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams and Phil Rudd will make a Breaking Announcement next Friday, Aug 1st, in a special video message on ACDC.COM. That will be the official start of the "Dirty Rhythm" promotion.

AC/DC's brand new album "Dirty Rhythm" is set to be released October 28 of this year and will be sold exclusively through Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The first single "Run Away From Black Ice" will be released next month, on Aug. 24. - more on this story

Rolling Stones Vs Lil Wayne

antiMusic reports: What? A rapper stole music from real musicians? Wow! Reuters has the tale of grand theft audio: A musical publishing company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones' song "Play With Fire" sued U.S. rapper Lil Wayne on Thursday, saying he released an altered version of the song without permission.

Abkco Music Inc accused Lil Wayne, his artistic collaborators and his record company, a unit of Universal Music Group, of copyright infringement and unfair competition.

Lil Wayne's "Playing with Fire" is a clear derivative of the Rolling Stones song with the original lyrics and music altered in a recognizable way, Abkco said in its lawsuit.
- more on this story

Miley Cyrus Up for Auction on eBay

Hecklerspray reports: You can win a date with Miley Cyrus if you successfully buy her on eBay. It sounds a bit like human trafficking or something, which several border-authorities have expressly told us is quite illegal. Be careful - that's all we're saying.

All Headline News says of the auction: The Disney teen star is auctioning off a date on eBay, with the highest bidder being able to attend the premiere of Cyrus's Disney animated film "Bolt," which opens November 26.

The highest bid for the night-on-the-town with the Hannah Montana star, 15, currently stands around $2,000. The auction kicked off Tuesday night and ends July 29. The auction is benefiting the Cyrus family's charity, Pappy Cyrus Family Foundation, named for Miley's grandfather, which supports underprivileged children."
- Wait - don't get too excited. The whole thing sounds a lot less date-like when you read about it on the actual eBay site

Smashing Virgin Legal Fight

TMZ reports: Two members of The Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records America, claiming the label has screwed them out of ringtone fees and other stuff.

James Yoshinobu Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown claims in 2005, five years after the band broke up, Virgin negotiated a deal solely with frontman Billy Corgan for electronic transmissions (ringtones, download computer files, etc), without ever getting the consent of Iha or Wretzky-Brown.

In the suit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, the plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages. - more on this story

Cosmic Fashion From Sammy Hagar

Blabbermouth reports: Sammy Hagar revealed (see video at the link) during his July 22, 2008 concert at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey that his next solo album will be titled "Cosmic Universal Fashion".

The CD, which has apparently been recorded, is tentatively due late summer/early fall.

As previously reported, one of the tracks on the album will be entitled "Loud" and it will feature guest appearances by Velvet Revolver/Ex-Guns N' Roses drummer Matt Sorum, original Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony and guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult. - more on this story

GZA Sets Release

PR reports: One of the most continually relevant hip-hop emcees of all time, GZA returns August 19th with his long awaited fifth solo album, Pro Tools.

An original member of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, GZA has established himself as a perennial force in hip-hop over the last two decades. On this first-leaked track, "Paper Plate" - when he's taking on a certain Vitamin Water mogul - GZA infuses his flow with vivid imagery and metaphorical symbolism, with the reference to "Paper Plate" connoting the disposability of certain emcees' rhymes and their questionable long term career prospects. - more on this story

Gnarls Barkley Got Milk

Atlantic reports: Gnarls Barkley collaborate with celebrated director Chris Milk for their new video "Who's Gonna Save My Soul." The video will premiere online this week at MTV.com, followed by its broadcast premiere on TRL. It's the third video from the new Gnarls Barkley album The Odd Couple.

Gnarls Barkley have amassed a remarkable number of groundbreaking, unforgettable videos, including "Crazy", "Going On", "Smiley Faces", "Who Cares?" and "Run." The clip for "Gone Daddy Gone," also directed by Milk, received a Grammy nomination.

Milk is known for his work with U2, Kanye West, Green Day, Modest Mouse and others. In 2008, the Music Video Production Association named him "Music Video Director of the Year." - The video can be seen on MTV.com

Chiodos Team Up With Motion City Soundtrack for Fall Tour

MSO reports: Chiodos has announced their latest tour, a co-headlining fall U.S. trek with Motion City Soundtrack.

Set to kick off September 22 in Louisville, KY, the band will bookend the tour with headlining shows across the continental U.S., Alaska and Mexico.

Chiodos have also announced they will release a special edition of BONE PALACE BALLET due out this fall; the CD will include brand new songs and a 30-minute teaser of their upcoming concert DVD, title TBA, coming in early 2009. - more on this story

Ozzy, Leppard, Whitesnake To Be Honored with Another Useless Award

House of Rock reports: This year's Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Award nominations were announced today on the UK based magazine's web site, and there are a slew of artists up for awards this year. Legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne is to be granted official Living Legend status at the 2008 event, at which the other winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Monday, November 3 at London's Park Lane Hotel.

The nominations for the '08 ceremony were announced this afternoon by shock-rock legend Alice Cooper at a launch event held at the Borderline in central London. Previous recipients of the Living Legend award include Jimmy Page, Lemmy and Cooper himself.

Def Leppard and Whitesnake are both nominated for Album Of The Year, Band Of The Year and jointly Event Of The Year for their recent double-header tour. - more on this story

Eagles of Death Metal Album and Tour Coming

Filter reports: The Eagles of Death Metal are set to drop their new album, Heart On, with Downtown Recordings on October 21st.

Not wasting a minute, the band has also announced a slew of September tour dates with fellow rock icons, The Hives.

Keep a watchful eye out for an EODM headlined world tour closer to the album release.
- Grab the Sept dates

Isis Working on New CD

Lambgoat reports: Isis has revealed that they are currently writing a new album. The group comments: "We've been working hard on the new record. All five of us sweating away in a small windowless room in downtown Los Angeles.

"We're making good progress and will have more (and more exciting) news about that to report soon!"

Meanwhile, the band also had the following to say: "Aaron Turner has a new project he's been working on with James Plotkin and Tim Wyskida. The album is done and has no name as of yet.
- more on this story

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