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Report for 04/04/06
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U2 Church
Contact Music reports: Irish rockers U2 have become the unlikely inspiration behind a US campaign to boost church attendances. A string of parishes are holding 'U2 Eucharists' in a bid to make their services more appealing to young people interested in rock music and global concerns.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kornfest
Blabbermouth reports: KORN will complete its current North American tour tomorrow (Tuesday, April 4) in Toronto, but the band has already announced that it will return for another trek this summer. Guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer told Launch that the group has some big plans in mind. "We're trying to put together something similar to, like, a Family Values kind of a thing," he said. "We don't know if we're gonna call it that or not, but we wanna put together something sort of a festival feel, where there's four bands on the main stage and then there's four or five bands on a side stage. We want to make our own Kornfest type of thing."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Emo Metallica
TuneLab reports: Kerrang! have posted samples of their upcoming tribute to Metallica's 'Master Of Puppets', check em out below:

1. Machine Head - "Battery" 
2. Trivium - "Master Of Puppets"
3. Mendeed - "The Thing That Should Not Be"
4. Bulletin For My Valentine - "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
5. Chimaira - "Disposable Heroes"
6. Fightstar - "Leper Messiah" 
7. Mastadon - "Orion" (instrumental) 
8. Funeral For A Friend - "Damage, Inc." 
[see full story to hear the samples for yourself... the headline is based on Sanitarium....]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Spitzer Vs FCC
FMQB reports: New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has claimed the federal government is undermining his ongoing investigation into the music industry and payola allegations, by negotiating their own deals with the record labels. Newsday reports that Spitzer has said the settlement amounts that are being considered by the FCC would undo his own investigations into the matter.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Gorillaz Flop
Reuters reports: Things did not go well for the so-called "virtual band" Gorillaz at Harlem's Apollo Theater Sunday. The first of five sold-out shows at the historic New York venue was marred by technical problems. Visuals were scrapped, reducing the production to a mediocre revue of the multiplatinum album "Demon Days" (Virgin).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Pirates Plead
Reuters reports: Two men involved in what U.S. authorities called the largest bust of pirated music CDs and computer software in America each pleaded guilty to five criminal counts on Monday, law enforcement officials said. 

The pair, Ye Teng Wen, 30, and Hao He, 30, both of Union City, California, pleaded guilty on five piracy-related charges to manufacturing 200,000 illegal CDs, much of it Latin music, said Kevin Ryan, U.S. Attorney for Northern California. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Leeds Jam
Gigwise reports: The first raft of acts including the headliners have been announced for 2006's Carling Leeds and Reading weekend at a special event in London - and Gigwise was there to bring you all the news.

Headlining this year's main stage will be Franz Ferdinand, Muse and Pearl Jam with support from Kaiser Chiefs, Audioslave, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle & Sebastian, The Streets, Feeder, Placebo and My Chemical Romance.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Madonna Tour
liveDaily reports: The initial itinerary has surfaced for Madonna's summer tour behind last year's platinum-certified "Confessions on a Dance Floor." The veteran performer kicks things off May 21 in the Los Angeles area and is so far scheduled to makes stops at arenas in about a dozen cities, including Chicago, Boston, San Jose, the Phoenix area, Fresno, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Miami, Montreal and New York.[see full story for more including dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Junos on Fire
CMJ reports: On April 2, the Junos, Canada's answer to the Grammys, were handed out in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Though it was British Columbian crooner Michael Bublé who won the most awards (with 4), indie rock darlings Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene were also feted. Montreal's Arcade Fire won Songwriter Of The Year for tracks off their 2004 debut, Funeral. Broken Social Scene won the coveted Alternative Album Of The Year award, an honor they also took home in 2003, for their self-titled third record.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New Radiohead Terrifying
The Tripwire reports: The good folks over at NME were granted an interview with Yorke, during which he discussed the progress made on the new album. Rather following in the footsteps of the political topics found on Hail To The Thief, the new material will be much more about daily lives. "It's about that anonymous fear thing, sitting in traffic, thinking, I'm sure I'm supposed to be doing something else. Interestingly enough it's similar to OK Computer in a way. It's much more terrifying. But OK Computer was terrifying too - some of the lyrics were," said Yorke. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rebel Meets Rebel May Tour
Blabbermouth reports: Former PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul recently spoke to MTV.com about the upcoming debut album from REBEL MEETS REBEL � a collection of a dozen tracks of countrified metal featuring controversial country singer David Allan Coe and the guitar prowess of Paul's late brother, "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott.... Even without Dime around to play guitar, Paul said there's a chance REBEL MEETS REBEL could tour � so long as he can tap someone gifted enough to tackle the riffs. "I have a couple of people in mind that were really close to Dime and would be perfect for it," he said. "But we're just going to put out the record first and see how that goes.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Blue Oyster Art
Blabbermouth reports: Eric Bloom, a founding member of BLUE ÖYSTER CULT, has announced the opening of www.EricBloomGuitars.com, through which he is offering one-of-a-kind guitars, each interpreting a different BÖC song.

What makes these guitars unique is Eric's vision of "playable art." Working with master airbrush artist Phillipe Renaudin, Eric has created six one-of-a-kind guitars in Art Series 1 that look as good as they play.[see full story for more.. waiting for the custom cow bells]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Downlord Hire Ex
Blabbermouth reports: Despite rumors to the contrary, DOWNLORD � the Denmark-based death metal act featuring former members of BOLT THROWER/BENEDICTION, INIQUITY and SACRIFICIAL � will NOT be utilizing the services of drummer Reno Kiilerich (DIMMU BORGIR, VILE, PANZERCHRIST, DEW-SCENTED) for their upcoming dates as the support act for BOLT THROWER. "We did ask him, but he had other commitments already, and is currently out touring with VILE," DOWNLORD frontman Dave Ingram said. "Our ex-drummer, Rasmus Schmidt (who played on our first demo), has kindly agreed to step in for these gigs[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Not Slashed
Metal Sludge reports: VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash spent time at a Los Angeles recording studio on Friday (March 31) laying down a guest guitar solo on an album from an up-and-coming female singer that is being produced by one-time GUNS N' ROSES producer Mike Clink, informed sources have told BLABBERMOUTH.NET. When asked about his current status in VELVET REVOLVER, Slash reportedly responded that as far as he knew he was "still in the band," despite rumors to the contrary. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Stereo Fuse Delay
TuneLab reports: The new album from Stereo Fuse has been delayed once again. The disc titled 'All That Remains' will now see a May 30th release date via Toucan Cove. The band released their self-titled debut in 2002 on Wind-Up records[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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