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Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Crash
Metal Underground reports: Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza wrecked their van last week while touring in Texas. The group remains on tour but is currently seeking monetary donations. The following statement has been issued:

"After we played Lewisville, TX Thursday night we were involved in an accident with a minivan and it left us without a tour van. We just got the van for this tour and we are still making payments.

"We left the van in a graveyard in Lewisville and a great friend 'Lina Dykes' from Plano, TX was so kind to tag along with us and let us tour in her van. So the wreck has not stopped us deilvering the charttopping hits. - more on this story

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The Futureheads Don't Need No Stinking Record Co
PR reports: The UK post-punk outfit The Futureheads are back, but this time without a major label. "This Is Not The World" will be released this Spring on NUL Recordings. Get it? No Recordings, they are releasing this one themselves.

You can get your first taste of the record with the single 'The Beginning Of A Twist' which dropped on March 10th in the UK with a #20 placing in the Top 20 chart.

The physical single in the UK is available as two vinyls and one cd, along with the download-able version and 10 live versions of the song recorded at different cities on their most recent tour. This Is Not The World will release in the US this May. - Check out their open letter to fans about doing it on their own via YouTube

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Warrior Reunite
Blabbermouth reports: The Los Angeles, California-based '80s classic heavy metal band WARRIOR has announced its reunion with original vocalist Parramore McCarty and guitarist Joe Floyd.

The complete 2008 reunion WARRIOR lineup is as follows: Parramore McCarty (Vocals) Joe Floyd (Guitars) AC Alexander (Guitars) Rob Farr (Bass) Dave DuCey (Drums). WARRIOR is currently recording its fifth album at Silvercloud Studios with guitarist Joe Floyd behind the controls.

Commented McCarty: "I, for one, am very excited to have WARRIOR back in motion. It is great fun and challenging to be writing and recording with Joe and Dave again! At this point, we have a few rhythm tracks done and they are kicking my ass hard! I know in my heart there is a certain magic that shines through anytime Joe and I work together. So get ready all you metal freaks, because here we come!" - more from the band

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Diddy Denies Tupac Conspiracy
AP reports: Sean "Diddy" Combs has denied a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance.

"The story is a lie," the hip-hop mogul said in a statement Monday. "It is beyond ridiculous and completely false. Neither (the late rapper Notorious B.I.G.) nor I had any knowledge of any attack before, during or after it happened.

"I am shocked that the Los Angeles Times would be so irresponsible as to publish such a baseless and completely untrue story." The Times said its story was based on FBI records, interviews with people at the scene of the 1994 shooting. - more on this story

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The Wedding Present Return
PR reports: The Wedding Present will be releasing its first new full length in over three years on May 20. Titled El Rey, the album was recorded in early 2008 in Chicago by Steve Albini, marking the band's first record with the noted producer since 1991's renowned Seamonsters. Manifesto Records will be the U.S. record label.

Written while frontman David Gedge was living in Los Angeles, El Rey burns with West Coast sunlight; Hollywood seen through the eyes of a gritty British Northerner. Speaking about El Rey in MOJO Magazine recently, Gedge said: "I've been living in West Hollywood for the last year or so, and while I'm not going to claim that this is my 'L.A.' album, there are some references. I suppose the themes are lust, jealousy, betrayal, regret, obsession, super-heroes. the usual. We chose to record with Steve this time because the new songs were sounding very guitar-ry and quite dark. It's been good. As you'd imagine, really; Albini knows his stuff."

TWP returned from an eight-year hiatus in early 2005 with the release of Take Fountain. - more on this story

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Black Halos Robbed
punknews.org reports: The Black Halos are the latest band to find themselves the victims of theft. At a recent Montreal show, someone made off with the band's van and trailer as well as everything found inside. They are asking for the publics' help in finding the stolen equipment, merchandise and vehicle.

"Last night in Montreal our van and trailer was stolen with all our our gear, merch and CDs. None of these items are insured. Below is a list of gear that was stolen. Please watch for any of these items on the internet or at pawn shops.

"Please also note we had close to 400 CD..s stolen with our merch. IF YOU SEE THE CD..S ("WE ARE NOT ALONE") FOR SALE ON ANY WEBSITE OTHER THAN HISTORY MUSIC, PEOPLE LIKE YOU OR ACETATE SITES PLEASE E-MAIL US."

- But Michael Moore told us they didn't have crime in Canada. Read more from the group here.

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We Are Scientists Set Release
Filter reports: After three long years, Brooklyn-based indie rockers We are Scientists have announced a date for the U.S. release of their second album Brain Thrust Mastery, the highly anticipated follow-up to their well-received debut With Love and Squalor.

The punk-funk duo seem to have evaded the dreaded sophomore slump with their mildly danceable single "After Hours" racing up the U.K. charts at a not-to-shabby #15 spot.

The band will launch a European tour later this month with a U.S. tour currently in the works. Brain Thrust Mastery drops May 13 via Astralwerks. - more on this story

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Lili Haydn On Leno and Playing with Roger Waters
PR reports: Lili Haydn makes her debut on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Monday, March 31 on the eve of the April 1 release of her PLACE BETWEEN PLACES album via Nettwerk Music. The singer, songwriter and violinist extraordinaire will perform the album's first single "Strawberry Street," a transcendent slice of alternative and pop. The album marks her first release for the label and third overall.

In other news, HAYDN has been invited by Roger Waters to perform with him at Coachella on Sunday, April 27; she'll be singing and playing violin. Called "the Jimi Hendrix of violin" by Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton. She will uphold her "Hendrix" moniker on April 2, as she plays and sings the national anthem for the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. - more on this story

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Wrestlemania Theory
PR reports: Rev Theory will perform live at Wrestlemania XXIV at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando on Sunday, March 30th. Having already penned "Light It Up," this year's official theme song for Wrestlemania, Rev Theory will bring their hard-rocking live show to the stage for the more than 60,000 fans from around the world expected to attend.

"Music is an integral component for the World Wrestling Entertainment brand and in the case of Rev Theory, we've chosen "Light It Up" as one of the theme songs for WrestleMania 24," says Neil Lawi of the WWE. "The band and the song exude the excitement and emotion we look for to accompany sports-entertainment's pinnacle event and the band has crafted an anthemic song for an anthemic event."

For wrestling fans looking for more Rev Theory, the band's upcoming Interscope debut album featuring "Light It Up" comes out June 2008. Rev Theory have also just announced they will join Seether and Flyleaf on the road this April. The hard-rocking Rev Theory will kick off their leg of the tour on April 8th in Denver, Colorado and wrap up April 23rd in Las Cruces, New Mexico. - Tour dates are here

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Hannah Montana Now Legally Hopeless
TMZ reports: Don't call her Destiny Hope! TMZ has obtained official documents filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court requesting Destiny Hope Cyrus' name be officially changed to Miley Ray Cyrus.

The documents, filed by Hannah Montana's parents Leticia and Billy Ray, indicate the reason for the name change as "Destiny Hope Cyrus has been commonly known as Miley Cyrus since she was a young child. The Change of Name is requested to make her commonly used name the same as her legal name." [They left out that is also rights the cruel injustice of her silly birth name.]

It had been previously reported that her name was officially changed -- not so. In addition to filing these documents, she must publish a public notice of the change. Then she can officially start signing checks as Miley Cyrus. - more on this story

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The Latest Stupid Idea: Web Tax To Save The Music Biz
idolator reports: South by Southwest--or any occasion when industry types and hanger-ons get together--can be the source of a number of bad ideas, but the most buzzed idea to circulate post-Austin this year seems to be the flat fee to download whatever music you please legally.

Like most completely implausible concepts, this one has its ups and downs, but no one actually believes this is ever going to happen, right? Well, Washington Post blogger Kim Hart actually sees some future in the idea.

The new idea on the table: Internet service providers would tack a small fee ($5 for example) onto monthly bills for broadband connections. The money would then go to the music industry to help compensate labels, performers, song-writers and other artists for music shared online. - more on this story

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Cell Phone Grammy Tour
PR reports: T-Mobile USA, Inc. and The Recording Academy have announced the 50th GRAMMY Celebration Concert Tour presented by T-Mobile Sidekick. The tour will provide music and Sidekick fans exclusive access to a concert tour featuring a broad lineup of GRAMMY-nominated and -winning artists.

The five-city tour will kick-off on April 3 in Chicago with a performance by five-time GRAMMY winner John Legend and will continue onto New York then Miami. The tour will make its final stops in Dallas and Los Angeles. Details on the scheduled performers, who will include artists in rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop, country and Latin, and the confirmed performance dates will be revealed in March via www.sidekick.com and www.grammy.com.

A limited portion of tickets for the performances will be available only through special, in-store contest giveaways at select T-Mobile retail locations in the five concert cities. Consumers will also have the chance to enter to win a VIP concert package online at the official Sidekick homepage. No purchase is necessary to enter or win the VIP concert package. For information on the contest, participating T-Mobile retail locations and how to obtain tickets, please visit - www.sidekick.com

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The Britney Attorney Retirement Plan
antiMusic reports: There seems to be a new retirement plan for attorneys in Los Angeles: the Britney/K-Fed plan. That's the only conclusion we can reach when you see how much the sharks are bilking the poptart for. TMZ has the story: So we just read the order forcing Britney to pay $375,000 for K-Daddy's legal bill. Here's what jumped out at us.

In the order issued by Commish Scott Gordon, he notes that disso queen Laura Wasser charged Brit $164,972 in legal fees. Remember, Wasser handled the case for 10 months. She's the one who handled the divorce and fought for joint custody and dealt with Brit during the meltdown.

Check this out. After Wasser quit, Brit Hired Trope and Trope to rep her. On Tropes watch, Brit lost custody and visitation. Their bill for five months -- $685,985.22 (the 22 cents is a killer). In fairness, Brit's craziness made it impossible for the Commish to do anything but strip her of custody. But seriously, $685,985.22???!!! - more on this story

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Senses Fail Begin New CD
PR reports: Senses Fail will return to the studio on April 1st to begin work on their third full-length and follow up to 2006's Still Searching. The band will once again be working with producer Brian McTernan - this time at his Salad Days studio in Baltimore, MD. The as-yet-untitled disc is tentatively scheduled for a September 2008 release.

"There is a real sense of urgency in the songs we've been writing," says singer James "Buddy" Nielsen. "We're just now starting to find the direction for this record and you're definitely going to hear a more aggressive side of Senses Fail. The songs have a lot of grit and power and remind me of how I felt when we wrote From The Depths of Dreams. We are all very excited to get in the studio with Brian again and make the best music we've ever made."

Nielsen, along with guitarists Garrett Zablocki and Heath Saraceno and drummer Dan Trapp, will be making their next live performance on Sunday, May 4th at The Bamboozle in East Rutherford, NJ.
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The Loose Acoustic Trio Soph
PR reports: Back porch-modern jug band The Loose Acoustic Trio announced today that their sophomore CD, Sorrow Be Gone, will be released by Big Book Records, distributed via Burnside Distribution, on May 20, 2008.

The Loose Acoustic Trio proudly hail from Sacramento, CA., an island of Middle America in the far out west. Wielding accordion, upright bass, guit-jo, bedpandolin (you heard right), and tight three part harmonies, the Trio are as challenging as any upstart punk or new folk outfit. LAT have honed their defiantly all acoustic, truly unplugged sound outdoors under the hot San Joaquin Valley sun, serenading farmer's markets, festivals, and fairs�and occasionally ducking indoors for college coffeehouses and their big concert appearances at The Palms Playhouse theater in rural Winters, CA. The Loose Acoustic Trio thrives on the margins, like the best of modern Americana.

Sorrow Be Gone, the band's second release, is spearheaded by a grin-inducing interpretation of The Who's classic rock cornerstone "Pinball Wizard," which will likely focus 15 minutes worth of attention on the band. Which is hopefully enough time for the band's thoughtful original songs to sink in. - more on this story

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Harp Magazine is Dead
PR reports: Guthrie, Inc., the company that publishes Harp magazine, announced today that it has discontinued publishing Harp, effective immediately. The last issue sent to subscribers and newsstands was the March/April issue with Dave Grohl on the cover.

Founded in 2001 by editor-in-chief and art director Scott Crawford, the magazine entered into a partnership with the owners of JazzTimes in 2003. The result was a sophisticated rock and pop magazine that was critically acclaimed and well-respected in the music industry for its candor, style and breadth of coverage.
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.... Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
Sia has just as much smarts as soul. Many people suffer with real problems, it's true, but few artists have as much talent as Sia. This is the kind of CD that just might make you forget about your real problems for a little while. (4 stars) - Read the full Sia - Some People Have Real Problems review

.... Bachman Cummings - Jukebox
Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings were the Lennon and McCartney of the North. Their band, The Guess Who, seemingly came out of nowhere (apologies to Winnipeg, Manitoba) and put Canada on the world stage. (5 stars) - Read the full Bachman Cummings - Jukebox review

.... Arson Anthem
Arson Anthem contains Mike Williams of Eyehategod on vocals, Phil Anselmo former Pantera and Superjoint Ritual frontman and current Down singer on guitar, Hank Williams III of Assjack and Superjoint Ritual on drums. - Read the full Arson Anthem review

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