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Super Breast and Streaker
AP reports: For the humdrum New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers, putting on a show to match the glitz, glitter and star power of the rest of Super Bowl Sunday was no easy task. 

Typical of America's biggest unofficial holiday, the game was only the icing on an over-the-top extravaganza. There was a gleaming new $450 million stadium to show off, a slew of pricey new ads, and Beyonce, Janet Jackson and P. Diddy to share the field. 

The biggest cliffhanger of the week wasn't who would win, but whether Janet's brother, Michael, would show up. He didn't, but Justin Timberlake did, as the surprise guest at the halftime show. 

Then came another halftime surprise: A streaker trotted out to the middle of the field before the third-quarter kickoff. While the CBS cameras focused elsewhere, police gave chase. New England linebacker Matt Chatham leveled the man, who was hogtied and carried off the field. - Click Here for the Full Story 

So much for the Van Hagar reunion but a part of Janet's anatomy made a special appearance. 

Official Responses to Justin's derobing of Jackson during the half time flash dance

CBS: "CBS deeply regrets the incident," said CBS spokeswoman LeslieAnne Wade. "The moment did not conform to CBS' broadcast standards and we would like to apologize to anyone who was offended." 

Justin Timberlake: "I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl," Timberlake said in a statement. "It was not intentional and is regrettable." 

NFL: We were extremely disappointed by elements of the MTV-produced halftime show," Joe Browne, NFL executive vice president, said. "They were totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the content of the show. It's unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime." 

MTV said that the incident was "unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional." 

Well, how do you top the kiss? We know now.

Linkin Park Sucks?
Blabbermouth reports: Chris Riemenschneider of Minneapolis' Star Tribune reviewed LINKIN PARK's concert at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Saturday night (Jan. 31). 

"The Southern California sextet is not yet a convincing arena-rock headliner," he wrote. "Even at a short 90 minutes, its set was still only about half-great. For every one of the group's ecstatically received radio hits, there was another tune that dragged and/or showcased the melodramatic aspects of its misery-loving catharsis rock. 

"Not only did LINKIN PARK come up short with many of its not-so-famous tunes, it stumbled by playing several dullards during the show's one long encore."- Click Here for the Full Story 

Ok, it's not news but I couldn't resist that headline. 

Def Jam Scam
Reuters reports: Def Jam is being accused of manipulating Nielsen SoundScan's sales data in a $22 million lawsuit filed by a former music executive. 

In the suit, filed Jan. 26 in the Supreme Court of New York County, sales executive Theressa Rossi says she was coerced to serve as "front woman" for Giaco Entertainment, a New York marketing firm hired by Def Jam. 

Rossi, a Billboard charts manager from 1986-1994, alleges that Giaco artificially inflated sales figures reported to SoundScan, resulting in distorted computerized reports. Rossi claims Def Jam offered free CDs to independent retail stores in exchange for their agreeing to repeatedly swipe the CDs across scanning machines to boost sales figures. 

"Def Jam provided Giaco with free records for independent retailers to scan more records than actually sold," the complaint states. It says Giaco allegedly threatened to delay album shipments to non-complying retailers. 

Named as defendants are UMG, Def Jam, Giaco president Joe Giaco and Def Jam execs Kevin Liles and Mignon Espy. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Yes, but metal still out sold rap, even with the books cooked. You wouldn't know that from watching a certain music television station.

Adema Dropped
siN's metal news reports: ADEMA has been dropped by Arista Records! It's 100% official that the band no longer has any label support coming in. On top of this recent news, guitarist Mike Ransom has also left the band. ADEMA have no plans to break up, and will be carrying on without Ransom for the time being.- Click Here for the Full Story 

Classic Alternative
Rolling Stone reports: A hot new radio format -- "classic alternative" -- has hit the FM dial. Stations in Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta and Seattle have started to replace the rage rock of the past few years with early-Nineties nostalgia. Limp Bizkit, Korn and Godsmack are out; Nirvana, the Pixies and Pearl Jam are in. - Click Here for the Full Story 

That's the second time this week that Nirvana has been refered to as classic. See siN's for the other. 

Classic Alternative
Rolling Stone reports: A hot new radio format -- "classic alternative" -- has hit the FM dial. Stations in Boston, San Francisco, Atlanta and Seattle have started to replace the rage rock of the past few years with early-Nineties nostalgia. Limp Bizkit, Korn and Godsmack are out; Nirvana, the Pixies and Pearl Jam are in. - Click Here for the Full Story 

That's the second time this week that Nirvana has been refered to as "classic". See siN's for the other. 

MegaReunion?
Metal Underground reports: Even before singer Dave Mustaine spoke of a reunion recently, it wasn't hard to imagine Megadeth regrouping. After all of the recent speculation, Mustaine has posted an audio clip, complete with new music teaser and a message from Mustaine regarding the band's return. He talks about returning to the classic sound and that the only official news will come from the Megadeth site.-Click Here for the Full Story 

Alien Ant Tour
Digital Noise reports: Alien Ant Farm have announce a number of tour dates beginning next week. 

Dates are as follows:
February 5th - Sacramento, CA @ The Boardwalk (w/Skeleton Key, Wagner) 
February 6th - Petaluma, CA @ Phoenix Theatre (w/Skeleton Key, Wagner) 
February 7th - San Francisco, CA @ Swig Gym (w/Skeleton Key) 
February 8th - Palo Alto, CA @ The Edge (w/Skeleton Key, Wagner) 
February 10th - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour (w/Skeleton Key, Wagner) 
February 11th - Santa Barbara, CA @ Coach House (w/Skeleton Key, Wagner) 
February 12th - Tucson, AZ @ The Rock (w/Skeleton Key, Wagner) 
February 13th - Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre (w/Skeleton Key, Wagner) 
February 14th - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre (w/Skeleton Key, Tripside) 
February 16th - San Antonio, TX @ TBA (w/Skeleton Key, Tripside) 
February 18th - Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Ballroom (w/Skeleton Key, Tripside) 
February 19th - Austin, TX @ Stubbs (w/Skeleton Key, Tripside) 
February 20th - Galveston, TX @ Mardi Gras 2004 
February 21st - College Station, TX @ Hurricane Harry's - Click Here for the Full Story 

NZ dates available by clicking on the full story link

Rolling Stone Doesn't Matter To Yngwie 
Blabbermouth reports: Legendary Swedish axeman Yngwie Malmsteen recently spoke to Classic Rock Revisited about Rolling Stone magazine's much-criticized list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Asked for his reaction to the list, and more precisely his not being on it, Yngwie said, "I get that question every day. When somebody votes for me then that is beautiful and if they don't then that is okay too. I don't understand how that was compiled. I don't need to pat myself on the back. You should see my living room. It looks like I am a f***ing golf player. I have all the awards that you could shake a stick at. I have been voted the #1 guitar player in Japan more than any other living guitar player. It does not matter to me. If I wake up and I don't play good that day, then that is what matters. What I have done before is not the point. The point is that I have to know that I have done my best. I need to know that I played a good solo, or wrote a good song or played a good show � that is how I look at it. I have been nominated for Grammys and it is all great but that does not matter so much to me. I am not at all upset at Rolling Stone. At the same time, if I win something then it is very nice but if I don't then tomorrow is another day. This is not a sport." - Click Here for the Full Story 

Great White Fire Suit
Blabbermouth reports: The Associated Press is reporting that nearly $6,000 raised at a concert to benefit victims of The Station nightclub fire is sitting in a Boston bank account while the Massachusetts attorney general's office reviews a lawsuit disputing who should receive the funds. 

The parties involved in the lawsuit now agree that the money should be distributed to all Massachusetts residents affected by the fire. But while the suit is being reviewed, the funds cannot legally be distributed. 

The suit, filed by Arthur "Jamie" Conway, a 22-year-old freelance pianist who suffered burns and lung damage in the fire, claims the March 8 concert at a Marshfield, Mass., nightclub was staged to raise money for his medical costs. 

But DRAW THE LINE, the Boston-based rock band that headlined the show, said the event was intended to benefit all Massachusetts victims of the Feb. 20 blaze that killed 100 people and injured more than 200 others.- Click Here for the Full Story 

McLachlan Summer
Chart Attack reports: Some time has passed since she's been on the road, but Sarah McLachlan is ready to pack her stuff into a tour bus and play for the people. McLachlan will launch her first tour in five years this summer and it's going to be a long one. 

McLachlan will start her tour in Seattle on July 5 at the Key Arena. The songstress will spend most of the summer touring through the States before coming up to Canada in mid-August for a trio of shows in Ontario and Quebec. After that, she'll duck back down stateside before ending the tour with four shows in Western Canada. - Click Here for the Full Story 

We're Not Gonna Take It Again
BW&BK reports: TWISTED SISTER are reportedly in the planning stages to redo their legendary Stay Hungry album from 1984. Although the band had released two records prior (1982's Under The Blade, 1983's You Can't Stop Rock N' Roll), it would be Stay Hungry that make the Long Island, NY five-piece a household name. Stay Hungry hit #15 in the U.S. (selling over 2 million copies) and #34 in the UK. The first single, �We're Not Gonna Take It' went to #21 on the Billboard singles charts and turned the band into an MTV sensation.- Click Here for the Full Story 

Click the full story to read original producer Tom Werman's thoughts on this idea. =)

Browne Out
Billboard reports: Two seminal rock 'n' roll veterans have left their longtime labels. 

Jackson Browne has left Elektra and is talking to several labels; Patti Smith is preparing to release her first album for Columbia after 29 years on Arista. 

"I've had conversations with a couple of different people, but it's still not time" to make a decision, Browne says. "I have such difficulty talking to record companies before there's music to be played." Browne's contract was up with Elektra after the release of 2003's "Night Ride Home," which has sold 139,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 

"The fact that I was basically on one label for my entire career used to be something I was proud about, but I don't necessarily think it's something" to strive for again, he says. "There were times when you were about to release an album, and then there would be some corporate shift and the five or six people you were working with were gone. It would have been easier to go through the process of finding a new label each time." 

He expects to announce his new affiliation by year's end. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Labels Want to Crack DRM codes?
Billboard reports: The music industry is pushing bitter technology rivals -- most notably Microsoft and Apple -- to shake hands in the interest of promoting digital downloads, Billboard has learned. 

Hardware makers and digital format developers, including many traditional adversaries, are engaged in private talks aimed at meeting the music industry's goal of compatibility among competing digital music devices by 2005. 

Executives with knowledge of the talks say much of the focus is on transcoding -- the process of converting a file from one format to another.

It is impossible right now for consumers to directly convert a file protected by one type of digital rights management (DRM) into another type of secure file. 

"Everyone is motivated to crack this," says Amanda Marks, senior VP of Universal Music Group's eLabs division. "We have to throw whatever weight we can into this issue." 

While this is not specifically an Apple and Microsoft matter, many of the practical issues center on compatibility between the two tech giants. 

Music from Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store -- the leading seller of digital tracks -- cannot be transferred directly to any portable device other than the iPod. Those who compete with iPod by and large support Microsoft's Windows Media Audio (WMA) format. 

At the same time, tracks from every other legitimate service -- a field that includes Napster, MusicMatch, RealNetworks, Wal-Mart and Sony -- are incompatible with the iPod - Click Here for the Full Story 

Oh the sweet irony, labels pushing to make it easier to copy digital music. 

Hole Lotta Love
Billboard reports: A week away from her solo debut, Courtney Love is still making headlines -- but not for her music. 

It has been six years since her former band Hole's last album. She subsequently has sued her former label parent, Universal Music Group, and the members of her deceased husband's band, Nirvana. 

Love has testified against major-label practices before the California Senate, disbanded Hole, made some movies, been arrested a few times, gone to rehab and, not incidentally, made her first solo album. 

"America's Sweetheart" comes out Feb. 10 on Virgin Records. 

The next day, Feb. 11, Love is headed back to court: She faces two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance. 

The question remains whether her cult of personality has eclipsed her musical career. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Man at Work
AP reports: The man is back at work. Colin Hay, the frontman for the 1980s Australian band Men at Work, said he is launching his longest North American solo tour in more than a decade. 

The series of more than 60 concerts started in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., on Thursday with plans to run through October, hitting cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, New York and Nashville. 

Hay showcases his new songs along with old hits like "Down Under," "Overkill" and "Who Can It Be Now?" in acoustic-heavy performances that blend music with comedy and storytelling. - Click Here for the Full Story 

We tried to get into his show on Thurs to do a review but his publicist just smiled and gave us a vegemite sandwich. We sent it to UCLA to try and identify what the hell it is but we do know it's high in carbs.

Manilow Hospitalized
AP reports: Barry Manilow was hospitalized after suffering from chest pain due to stress, his publicist said. 

Manilow, 57, was hospitalized Saturday after returning to his home from New York, where he and co-writer Bruce Sussman had taken part in "two of the most grueling days of arbitration" in a lawsuit over rights to the musical "Harmony," publicist Jerry J. Sharell said. 

"Harmony" was supposed to run in Philadelphia but was canceled in November because it fell short of its capitalization. A 1997 production at the La Jolla Playhouse in California also faltered and closed after mixed reviews. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Green Day Fight The Law
Loud Planet reports: Green Day have recorded a version of 'I Fought The Law (And The Law Won)' for a series of new Pepsi commercials. The adverts will feature sixteen real life teenagers who were sued by the recording industry for illegally downloading music from the Internet and promotes the Pepsi i-Tunes 100 Million Song Giveaway � a free and legal way to download music. Green Day's version of 'I Fought The Law (And The Law Won)' is only available for purchase on-line at i-Tunes. Green Day are currently working on a new studio album, the follow-up to 2000's Warning, which is due for a summer release. - Click Here for the Full Story 

The cover appeared in the Super Bowl Pepsi ad featuring the girl that got all the press after the RIAA sued her. 

Blink USO
Net Music Countdown reports: Blink 182 are among the ranks of entertainers who will travel to points beyond to entertain the troops. 

Armed Forces Entertainment has been giving troops in over 200 areas world class entertainment. 85 shows last year were in Iraq. 

Other big name celebrities who have contributed their time include Bruce Willis, Collective Soul, Drew Carey, David Letterman and shows by World Wrestling Entertainment. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Matchbox Twenty-1
Net Music Countdown reports: Billboard has named Matchbox Twenty the #1 Adult Top 40 Artist and #1 Modern AC Artist of the year. According to the Billboard Airplay Monitor, "Unwell" was the #1 most played song of the year at both Adult Top 40 and Hot AC radio stations across the United States. 

The song topped the Billboard charts for an amazing 20 weeks. (Insert your own Matchbox 20 Weeks joke here). 

The video for the song was also #1 on VH-1's year-end countdown. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Matchbox 20 had an album out? 

Jack White Leeds Readings 
Ananova reports: The White Stripes have announced they will be appearing at this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals. 

Jack White revealed the news after performing at the NME Awards show at London's Brixton Academy. 

NME.com reports Jack thanked the crowd and said he'd see them at the August 27-29 weekender. 

The White Stripes had to pull out of Reading and Leeds last year after Jack injured his hand in a car crash. - Click Here for the Full Story 

Top Albums of All Time?
Ananova reports: Rolling Stone magazine has revealed its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 

The Beatles come out on top with four albums in the top ten including Sgt Pepper's at No 1. 

Revolver was third, Rubber Soul was fifth and the White Album at No 10 in the list. 

English groups took more than half of the top ten with the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street seventh and The Clash's London Calling at No 8. 

The Rolling Stone's top 50:
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
3. Revolver, The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling, The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles - Click Here for the Full Story 

Click the full story link for the Top 50.