Pilot Warned of Travis Barker Crash- Miley Dancing With the Stars- KISS Sinks Stock Market- Megadeth Jury Duty- The Deluxe Sword- Korn Head on LA Ink and more was a top story for this week. Here it is again: (antiMusic) Here is today's round up of quick music new stories: The pilot of a private jet warned air traffic controllers that his plane was "going off the end" of a runway before it crashed, killing him and three others and injuring celebrity DJ AM and former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. moreThose with an IQ over 100 can skip this story. Miley Cyrus will be performing on Dancing With The Stars at the end of the month. The teen poptart will entertain fans on the season 7 finale November 25th on ABC. more
Poor Gene Simmons. On the day he gets to ring the bell to open the New York Stock Exchange the markets take a nose dive with the down sinking below 8000 for the first time in five years. Ouch! Ee can't blame Gene for this but still the irony of the man that signs his signature with a dollar sign ringing the bell on a doomed market is something to note. Watch the video
Megadeth's frontman Dave Mustaine once sang "what do you mean I don't support your system? I go to court when I have to." He will now have to live up to those words when he reports for jury duty this coming May. more
On November 25, The Sword will release a limited edition CD set that includes both Age Of Winters and Gods Of The Earth. This special package will be available at all of their live shows (both headlining and Metallica support dates) as well as on Amazon
Kristin Andreassen, solo artist and guitarist/vocalist/clogger with the acclaimed stringband Uncle Earl, will be performing live on the nationally syndicated popular radio program A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keilor on Saturday, November 22. Andreassen will also participate in a live performance of the program on November 21. more
Lil Goonie has teamed up with America's favorite guilty pleasure, Girls Gone Wild, as part of the new "Hollywood Gone Wild" campaign. The campaign will feature Lil Goonie's single "Girlz Gone Wild" in a series of commercials and infomercials, to be run on major networks such as SpikeTV, Comedy Central, MTV, and FUSE.
Book Of Black Earth are proud to announce their involvement in the January / February 2009 Killing 'Til Oblivion Tour with Cattle Decapitation, Psyopus, Book of Black Earth, and Gigan in support of the band's second full-length and Prosthetic Records debut 'Horoskopus.'
Former Korn guitarist turned solo artist, Brian "Head" Welch, will be a featured guest star on the December 4th episode of L.A. Ink. The segment was filmed earlier this summer and Head got a new tattoo on the show.more
Joe Stump (Holyhell, Reign Of Terror) will be bringing his brand of guitar showmanship to Europe in November and December with his "allstar" bands which features Ian Parry (Elegy, Consortium Project) on vocals, Jay Rigney (HolyHell, Reign of Terror, Joe Stump solo) on bass and Vengeance drummer Erik Stout. more
Neil Diamond is about to embark on the final leg of his world tour, but he's already put his next album in motion. Diamond and Rick Rubin will meet on January 12 to start planning the follow-up to his recent chart-topping "Home Before Dark." more
Order Of Ennead has been added to the lineup of Winterfest 2009, a European tour that also features the likes of Decide, Vader, Samael, Devian and The Amenta.
50 Cent plays a ruthless loan shark in the London gangland movie "Dead Man Running," which began shooting today (Nov. 19). Also cast are Brenda Blethyn ("Secrets And Lies") Tamer Hassan ("Layer Cake"), Danny Dyer ("The Business"), and Monet Mazur ("Stoned"). more
Kerrang says "Its official - Lostprophets HAVE lost their drummer Ilan. We already knew that he was going to be working with Nine Inch Nails - now he's confirmed he's leaving the welsh outfit completely" - more
