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Blink Only Worth $1
BAversion reports: This time, money is no excuse not to see Blink 182: The band announced a series of shows with a $1 ticket price. 

In preparation for the release of its self-titled album, due out Nov. 18, Blink 182 will play 10 shows at mid-sized venues whose tickets will cost only $1. 

"The venues have been awesome and helped us out a lot," Tom DeLonge said in a statement. "So all those little clubs, the cool clubs in the cities, the kids should be stoked on and [we] thank them for letting us do this with them." 

Most of the $1 tickets will be available through Mtv.com starting Oct. 23. 

Blink's OneDolla Tour is: 

Nov. 6 - Avalon, Boston
Nov. 7 - Electric Factory, Philadelphia
Nov. 8 - 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C.
Nov. 9 - Irving Plaza, New York
Nov. 12 - St. Andrews Hall, Detroit
Nov. 13 - House of Blues, Chicago
Nov. 14 - Quest, Minneapolis
Nov. 17, 18 - Avalon, Los Angeles
Nov. 21 - SOMA, San Diego
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Metallica Scratch World Tour
Blabbermouth reports: METALLICA have cancelled their previously announced South American tour due to "physical and mental exhaustion," it was announced today. The group's Japanese trek, which was to follow immediately the South American dates, is also believed to be affected by the cancellation. 

According to the band's Argentine promoter, CIE Presenta, an official announcement will be made on Monday (October 20) as to whether the South American dates will be rescheduled of if they will be postponed indefinitely. 

The affected dates are as follows:

Oct. 25 - Buenos Aires, ARG @ River Plate Stadium 
Oct. 28 - Santiago, CHI @ Pista Atletica 
Oct. 30 - Rio de Janeiro, BRA @ ATL Hall 
Nov. 01 - Sao Paulo BRA @ Pacaembu Stadium 
Nov. 06 - Tokyo, JAP @ Yoyogi Taiikukan 
Nov. 07 - Tokyo, JAP @ Yoyogi Taiikukan 
Nov. 09 - Sapporo, JAP @ Ice Arena 
Nov. 11 - Tokyo, JAP @ Saitama Arena 
Nov. 13 - Osaka, JAP @ Osaka Castle Hall 
Nov. 14 - Nagoya, JAP @ Rainbow Hall 
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Lars found out they have a strange law barring him from bringing his pots and pans on the airplanes. 

MTV Clones iTunes 
siN's metal news: MTV's online offshoot is launching a paid service for consumers to buy digital music files, the first such system with the cooperation of all five major record labels. The new service, a partnership between MTVi and RioPort.com, will make about 10,000 music files available starting later this month through the Internet radio sites, Radio MTV.com and VH1 atWork Radio. Each of the labels - BMG Entertainment, EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group - will offer files to download, said Nicholas Butterworth, president and CEO of the MTVi Group.

The venture lets MTV, with a successful television network and Web site, enter music retailing. Butterworth said MTV's television networks would not discriminate against artists whose songs are not made available for sale, but they will more heavily promote those whose works are available.

He predicted that by the end of the year, about half of the music played on MTV networks would be available for download.
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I could be wrong but I believe there are other services with licensing from all 5 major labels. 

Limp Bizkit's Behind
Launch reports: The second single from Limp Bizkit's new Results May Vary album is an already controversial cover of the Who's "Behind Blue Eyes." Mike Smith, Limp Bizkit's new guitarist, says it was important to singer Fred Durst that the group's version wasn't a carbon copy of the Who's.

"He really made it his own, I think," Smith said. "I tell him all the time, I'm like, 'Dude, that song was written for you to sing.' The Who's version is awesome, obviously--you know, it's the original version. But Fred, when I hear that version, I'm just, I just get chills, man, 'cause I think he did a wonderful job, and I think it does relate to him. And I think that's something he wanted to share with people."
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Yeah the DJ scratching add so much depth to the song. The Limp version does induce a feeling but it's not the chills. 

Manson Exorcised 
Much Music reports: Earlier this week, about one hundred evangelical Christians prayed for Marilyn Manson's soul in Monterrey, Mexico during a protest against the rocker's scheduled appearance there on November 5. Monterrey City Council also received a petition from 3,000 citizens objecting to the concert. The city's mayor says the concert will go ahead as planned.. Click Here for the Full Story

Godsmack Literate
Blabbermouth reports: The Leadership and Literacy Foundation, a non-profit organization created to promote community and corporate literacy education and training initiatives, is partnering with Boston-based hard rock band GODSMACK to raffle off eight tickets to their sold-out concert at Boston's Orpheum Theater on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 at 8 p.m. The band are also providing an exclusive lunch with bass player Robbie Merrill for the lucky winners. Raffle tickets for this event go on sale on Friday, October 24 through Thursday, November 20, 2003 and can be purchased by calling Melissa Hubert at 978-682-5553.

Raffle tickets will sell for $5 each and can also be obtained for free for those interested in donating one hour of their time reading to children at an approved Naeyc-accredited early education center. Four winners will be drawn on Friday, November 21 at 3 p.m. and will receive two (2) tickets to the sold-out concert at Boston's Orpheum Theater and lunch with Robbie Merrill. 

All proceeds from the event will be used for educational tools such as literacy kits, libraries, family resource rooms, literacy-enriched environments and training on literacy for childcare professionals, educators and corporations in the northern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire regions.. Click Here for the Full Story

What about the Missy Elliot Literacy Foundation? 

DMB Live CD/DVD
Launch reports: The Dave Matthews Band will release the Concert In Central Park on November 18. The material was recorded at the band's open-air concert in New York City on September 24, and will be sold as a double DVD and triple CD. More than 30 high-definition cameras captured the band's once-in-a-lifetime performance, which took place in front of 90,000 fans. Highlights of the show included a 12-minute version of the group's "Too Step," as well as a guest appearance from Gov't Mule singer-guitarist Warren Hayes.

The tracklisting for both the CD and DVD versions of the Concert In Central Park includes: "Don't Drink The Water," "So Much To Say," "Too Much," "Granny," "Crush," "When The World Ends, "Dancing Nancies," "Warehouse," "Ants Marching," "Rhyme & Reason," "Two Step," "Help Myself," "Cortez The Killer," "Jimi Thing," "What Would You Say," "Where Are You Going," and "All Along The Watchtower." .- Click Here for the Full Story

Korn Preview
siN's metal news reports: KoRn have put up a sampler of their upcoming CD online. . -Link

Fozzy Get Real?
Blabbermouth reports: FOZZY, the brainchild of former WWE champion Chris Jericho and ex-STUCK MOJO mastermind Rich Ward, have decided to do away with their "SPINAL TAP of '80s hairspray metal scene" gimmick and record an album consisting 100% of original material. The band's follow-up to last year's "Happenstance", which contained four original songs alongside a host of classic metal covers, is tentatively due next spring.

"You can consider this the beginning of the true FOZZY dynasty," the group's webmaster Eddie Dibergi writes on their web site. "Yes, the band will continue to put on the most entertaining and powerful show in rock but the gimmicks will be retired. Love 'em or hate 'em, the music and performances will stand on their own with nothing to get in the way. And we're sure that the legend built touring the world these past three years will continue to grow as new fans witness first-hand the machine that is FOZZY. .-Click Here for the Full Story 

You mean Fozzy wasn't really held hostage all those years in Japan and didn't really write all those songs? I'll be damned!

Rockin' TV
Rockdirt reports: Rock acts on television this week include Saves the Day, who performs on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday; Fuel, who performs on the Sharon Osbourne Show on Tuesday; Something Corporate, who perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday; and the Rapture, who perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday. - Click Here for the Full Story

Snider For Halloween
Billboard reports:  When you hear music at a Halloween party or a haunted house, it usually consists of creepy noises and bloodcurdling screams. Appropriate, but not something you would play at home to put you in a spooky mood. 

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider (news) figures there are plenty of Christmas soundtracks -- why not one for Allhallows Eve? 

So he put together Van Helsing's Curse (VHC), a rock orchestra that debuted Oct. 7 with "Oculus Infernum" on Koch. 

Snider explains, "I'm a huge fan of Halloween. It's a big holiday at my house" -- especially when one of his children was born Oct. 31. But the idea of creating a musical accompaniment took hold after he saw Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO), the rock extravaganza that tours at Christmastime. 

Snider was "completely blown away by the whole rock-orchestra thing. I just said, 'Wow! I wanna do something like this; what can I do?"' 

Halloween was the obvious choice. Describing it as "woefully undersupported with music," Snider likes that he can "bring in elements that, things that I've always been very comfortable with, and that's costuming and makeup. Our string section looks like Anne Rice goths, our electric section looks like Manson goths, and our choir are druids, so it's a much more visual presentation.".- Click Here for the Full Story

Avenged Sevenfold Drop Vans Tour
siN's metal news reports: AVENGED SEVENFOLD has dropped off vans off the wall tour:

Attention Everyone: Avenged Sevenfold has unfortunately had to cancel the first half of the Sick of It All "Vans Off the Wall" Tour dates due to an injury Zacky acquired during the Take Action Tour. Zacky slightly fractured his hand and has been playing through it in pain. After seeing a doctor in California it was decided to avoid permanent damage A7X would have to take a couple of weeks off for his hand to fully heal. Avenged Sevenfold will begin touring again on November 2nd with the AFI show at the Bren Center and then complete the second half of the Vans Tour with the Suicide Machines on the East Coast. All dates that are being canceled will be made up as soon as possible. We are very sorry to all the kids that were looking forward to these shows.
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Rocktober Song of the Day

**Press Releases**
Snippets from some of the press releases that have come in over the past 24 hours

DANZIG & JUGULUR HALLOWEEN 
Jugular, one of our favorite So Cal bands is gonna be rockin with Danzig and the Murder Dolls for Halloween in So Cal. and we got the hook-up for discount tickets.

Discount tix limited amount available thru JUGULUR @ $25 each - Fans can e-mail [email protected] to get them. antiMUSIC will be hand and we'll you full report on the show for those who can't make it (or live too far away). 

Here is the show info

NATIONAL ORANGE SHOW aka ORANGE PAVILION
689 South E Street, San Bernardino, CA 92412 909-695-5088
ALL AGES GENERAL ADMISSION FESTIVAL STYLE SEATING
KETTLE CADAVER, JUGULUR, ATREYU, & MURDER DOLLS will open for DANZIG on 10 31 03
Ticketmaster.com has tix for $33. 

More info see Jugular.com

Bang Your Head USA

For immediate release:

The time is near and the hours, minutes and seconds on the clock are ticking away fast...

The 2003 BANG YOUR HEAD USA festival will be invading the West Coast of the United States for the 1st time ever at the 4th and B venue in Downtown San
Diego, California on Sunday October 19, 2003. 

The American version of the Germany based and yearly held BANG YOUR HEAD metal festival will feature an all guns blazing line-up to include the phenomenal return to the concert stage of the all-mighty KING DIAMOND in the headlining slot.

KING DIAMOND will be touring in support of his new terror filled new cd THE PUPPET MASTER.

Other international metal acts scheduled to make an appearance will be ENTOMBED, PISSING RAZORS and CAGE.

In addition, national metal acts SINGLE BULLET THEORY, NOCTURNE and local San Diego metal acts STRETCHER, DOWNSPELL and WITHER will also grace the stage.

Tickets are $25.00 Dollars at the door or through TICKETMASTER.

Doors open at 3pm.

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