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Today's Full Report and Breaking Stories for 03/18/2008
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Black Tide Week: Day 2
antiMusic reports: Don't let the youth of Black Tide fool you, these kids actually bring some credible old school metal to the plate with their major label debut, "Light From Above". The disc hits stores this week, so we thought it would be a good time to ask the band to pick their favorite tracks from the offering and tell us a bit about them. Here is Steve with today's song:

"Light From Above" is a song that was written while we were in the studio. It's one of the newest songs on the album. One night while I was playing the piano, Gabriel grabbed his guitar, and we spit out a cool jam session. It eventually turned into "Light From Above".

I recorded the piano part on our producer's grand piano and layered it with a keyboard to get a unique sound. When I wrote the part, I never imagined that I'd be playing it live, but it turns out that I can. "Light From Above" is one of my favorite songs.

Check out some tracks from the album, grab some tour dates, and learn more about the band - right here

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Velvet Revolver For Zeppelin Tour
Blabbermouth reports: Duff McKagan has revealed to HotPress.com that VELVET REVOLVER is in pole position to support LED ZEPPELIN if the legendary rock act decides to go ahead with a full-blown reunion tour.

"I understand that we have it, although I imagine there will be plenty of bands prepared to kick and punch us out of the way for the privilege!" said McKagan. "I would so love to have been at their London gig before Christmas, but we had dates of our own that obviously took precedence.

"What made up for it was running into Jimmy Page at an awards ceremony and him not only knowing who I was, but also saying he'd caught a couple of VELVET REVOLVER shows. No way did I think in 1977 when I saw LED ZEP in Seattle that one day I'd be hanging out with the guitarist. Things like that I still pinch myself!" - more on this story

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Abba Member Dies From Gardening Accident
antiMusic reports: The man that provided the beats to the global Abba sensation of the 70s was found dead in the garden of his home in Spain. Police reportedly believe that Ola Brunkert died from fatal cuts on his throat after a gardening accident.

Gigwise has some more details: Sixty-two-year-old Ola Brunkert played with the band on their first single 'People Need Love' and toured with them in 1977, 1979 and 1980. He is the only musician, alongside bassist Rutger Gunnarsson, to be credited on all of the group's albums, and retired to Majorca after the break-up of the band twenty-five years ago.

The BBC reports that police believe Brunkert hit his head on a glass window on Sunday afternoon, sustaining fatal neck wounds from broken glass. He managed to wrap a towel around his neck and stagger through the garden in search of help before collapsing. - Read the full Gigwise story

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Reshuffled Van Halen Dates
antiMusic reports: Van Halen has announced the rescheduled dates for their North American tour. The original dates were postponed because Eddie Van Halen was being treated for an undisclosed illness.

The Van Halen released this statement when the original dates will nixed: According to Eddie Van Halen's physician, he is undergoing a battery of comprehensive medical tests to determine a defined diagnosis and recommended medical procedures.

The new run of dates will start on April 19 when the band will performs at Tiger Wood's Tiger Jam XI, at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and run through June 2 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. - jump here for the dates

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Mills Wins the Beatle Divorce Lottery
antiMusic reports: There are only a few ways to get an instant $50 million dollar payday. You can win the lottery, you can win a lawsuit against a tobacco company, or you can marry a Beatle then divorce him four years later. Heather Mills opted for that last option and walked out of court Monday with $48.6 million dollars courtesy of Sir Paul McCartney.

Maybe now Paul will remember what he was thinking when he wrote "Can't Buy Me Love". Here are some details about the judge's decision from an AP report: A document released by the Family Court said the judge awarded Mills a lump sum of $33 million plus the assets she currently holds worth $15.6 million.

McCartney, 65, and Mills, 40, went to court last month to decide on Mills' share of his fortune, which had been estimated at as much as $1.6 billion... Mills [originally] sought almost $250 million, while McCartney had said she should receive $31.6 million, including her own assets, which the court assessed at $15.6 million. - AP also published the full text of the settlement

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Boston Hire Stryper Singer
Blabbermouth reports: The legendary band BOSTON will headline the outdoor festival at Marina Park on Friday, June 6 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, at one of the Canadian stops of the Great Race 2008. The 'round-the-globe motor sports event will be making a pit stop in Thunder Bay as a part of its centennial anniversary. The show kicks off a summer of stadium, concert and festival dates that will span the United States and Canada.

BOSTON will be bringing two new recruits on tour this year. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Michael Sweet, the veteran STRYPER frontman, will both sing and trade riffs with Gary Pihl and Tom Scholz on guitar.

Unexpected phenomenon Tommy DeCarlo, the fan that posted his BOSTON covers on his MySpace page and ended up on stage, will also be belting out the classics that skyrocketed the band to worldwide fame. - more on this story

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Motley Crue Make Big Announcement About A Colossal Announcement
antiMusic reports: Stop everything you are doing! Motley Crue have made a major announcement about their plans to make a major-earth shattering-announcement on April 15th. This announcement promises to dwarf major announcements of the past like the Normandy invasion, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Spice Girls reunion.

This announcement about the announcement is a bit short on details. All they told us is that Motley Thru will make a "colossal announcement in Los Angeles on April 15 (location tbd). This will by far be one of the biggest music announcements of the year!!" They'll also fly out some contest winners to be at the press conference to hear this history changing announcement in person! We'll give you the link later on.

The last time we heard such a big announcement about a big announcement was last year when Sharon Osbourne announced that she would make a significant announcement about Ozzfest. That turned out to be about last year's "free fest" scheme, which in the end turned out that people have lost so much interest in Ozzfest that they couldn't give tickets away. - What could this momentous announcement be? We are not sure, but here are our best guesses

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Counting Crows in Apples Stores
PR reports: Join Counting Crows as they perform songs from Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, their first studio album in five years, at the following Apple store locations. Space is limited, so be sure to arrive early.

Dates and Times:
Thursday, March 27, 7:00 p.m. Apple Store, SoHo (New York)
Thursday, April 3, 4:00 p.m. Apple Store, The Grove (Los Angeles)
Sunday, April 6, 4:00 p.m. Apple Store, San Francisco (San Francisco)
Wednesday, April 9, 6:00 p.m. Apple Store, North Michigan Avenue (Chicago)

The album comes out on March 25, but you can grab a taste - right here.

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Animate Radiohead
PR reports: Aniboom, the premiere independent animation network and TBD Records have launched a contest inviting all creators and Radiohead fans from across the globe to produce an animated music video for any one of the songs from the band's latest album, In Rainbows.

The contest, to be separated into four stages, will culminate with the selection by the members of Radiohead of a winner who will be awarded a $10,000 prize to produce a full-length animated music video. Aniboom's contest will be announced on television for the first time tonight on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's programming block for young adults, and will be promoted on Adult Swim and on MySpace, where fans will be able to vote for their favorite video.

The first stage of the competition begins today and continues through April 27, inviting all artists, animators, writers, character designers and more, to submit storyboards that may range from basic sketches with words to more complex submissions in video formats, using the song of their choice from In Rainbows. Artists have the option to compete solo or to ask Aniboom to match them with other entrants whose talents complement their own. - more on this story

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Rocker Robbed At Bus Stop
Blabbermouth reports: Last Friday (March 14), bassist Mike Kaufmann of the San Francisco thrashers DEFIANCE was robbed at gunpoint by six guys at the West Oakland BART station (Bay Area Rapid Transit; rail service which connects San Francisco with the East Bay).

Commented Kaufmann: "I was barely able to escape and I'm VERY lucky to be alive. It was their intent to take everything I had and then kill me. The Oakland police caught them about an hour later and I made a positive identification.

"[Local TV station] Channel 7 will be doing a story about it because the crime was witnessed by BART police and they were too afraid to help me. I'm pretty much a wreck right now and I haven't slept much at all. What the ---- is this world coming to?" - more on this story

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Security Attack Every Time I Die
punknews.org reports: Every Time I Die have addressed the "incident" which took place between the band and security at the band's recent performance in Houston. "I got into the habit of inviting kids on stage during the last song of our set because getting fans of hardcore music in front of other fans of hardcore music is kind of like watching certain animals court each other. A lot of recursive gesticulating and weird sounds. We have fun, the kids have fun, its harmless. SOME clubs have gotten wind of this and have made it known prior to our performance that this is not acceptable.

"The club in Houston was one such club, but the word was not passed down to me. Ignorant of any preparations taken by security to handle the "melee" if such did occur, when Jordan went to the barricade to help people over, he was tackled by security (an action which exerted far more force than was required) and his guitar was broken. Seeing his guitar in shambles, I grabbed the mic stand and jumped in the security guards direction with every intention of using it violently and or sexually.

"The next part is a blur. I BELIEVE as I was jumping off the stage, a security guard grabbed the stand from behind and pulled me to the ground where I split my head on the barricade. I shook it off as best I could and went after the ENORMOUS security guard that was on top of Jordan, hitting him in what the jerky boys once called 'the face, breast, chest, neck and head'. - more of the story here

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Green Day Hot Tub CD Release
punknews.org reports: Foxboro Hot Tubs, the 50s-style garage band made up (alledgedly) by members of Green Day have a release date for a physical copy of their previously downloadable debut album, Stop Drop And Roll. The record is set for release on April 29, 2008.

The band seems to be following the trajectory of previous "secret" Green Day side project, The Network, which first released their album independently before being "upstreamed" to Green Day's major label home.

Though no details have been made available about the record itself, it looks to be priced as a full length despite the band's free release being only a six-song EP. - more on this story

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Rock Band Game Gives You Earache
PR reports: EARACHE Records is pleased to announce its participation with Massachusetts video game developers, HARMONIX to provide exclusive downloadable content for ROCK BAND, the 'extremely innovative' million-plus selling title for the Playstation 2 & 3 and Xbox 360.

Tomorrow, March 18, EARACHE Records will debut the ROCK BAND "Thrash Pack," one of many exclusive downloadable content packs to come from the label. Consisting of 3 of the fastest and hardest-hitting tracks from EARACHE's past and present, the "Thrash Pack" is perfect for ROCK BAND players eager for the challenge of what many consider to be the game's 3 toughest tracks, players who are looking to add more metal to their ROCK BAND experience and/or ROCK BAND completists.

EARACHE's exclusive ROCK BAND "Thrash Pack" download consists of: AT THE GATES - "Blinded By Fear" (from 1996's SLAUGHTER OF THE SOUL)* EVILE - "Thrasher" (from 2007's ENTER THE GRAVE)* THE HAUNTED - "D.O.A." (from 2003's ONE KILL WONDER)* - more on this story

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Paramore Not Knocked Up or Broken Up
antiMusic reports: Today's lesson is "be careful what you write in a blog because people will read into them whatever they want". That was the hard lesson Paramore's Hayley Williams learned after posting a blog about a cancelled tour and blaming it on internal issues. She had no sooner lifted her finger off of the submit key when suddenly the band had broken up. Then a couple days later she ended up knocked up. Hayley spoke with MTV at length about both rumors and how they came about.

Here is what she had to say about the real reason they cancelled the tour: "We tried to be as honest as we could with it, without giving our life stories, and it definitely did come back to bite us, but in the end, it was the best thing for us to do, to communicate with our fans that we needed time. We needed time to come home and catch our breath," Williams said.

But what about that baby Paramore that Haley supposedly has in the oven?: "Well, as you can see, I am still a twig. Nothing in there but last night's dinner," she laughed, patting her stomach. "It's really funny how that pregnancy thing came up. It's happened before too. Someone said I was pregnant with some dude in some band's baby, like two years ago. It's hilarious, really." - A lot more from Haley in the full MTV article

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Mikey Dread RIP
idolator reports: Mikey Dread--the Jamaican producer and DJ renown for his decades-long devotion to spreading reggae, dub, and dancehall--passed away in Connecticut on Saturday following a year-long battle with a brain tumor.

Yet another Jamaican engineering student drawn to the country's pop scene, Michael Campbell's "Dread At The Controls" show on JBC radio quickly became essential listening during reggae's '70s heyday, so much so that word of Dread's reputation soon reached reggae fans who had never even stepped onto the island.

The show's grass-roots appeal at home and abroad helped launch his own influential career as an artist and producer after unsuccessfully wrangling with JBC higher-ups over his dub-focused playlists. - more on this story

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