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Report for 01/30/06
Blunt Vs Burglar
Contact Music reports: Singer JAMES BLUNT fought off a burglar who broke into his hotel room by assaulting him with the Best Newcomer award he had just won.

Blunt woke to find a man in his room at the exclusive Martinez Hotel in Cannes, France, just hours after he was presented with the prize at the NRJ Radio Awards on 21 January (06).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Singer Flips Off Judge
Contact Music reports: Rocker PETE DOHERTY escaped an additional prison sentence yesterday (27JAN06) after sticking his middle finger up at the judge who jailed him.

The BABYSHAMBLES rocker made the gesture when he was told he would be held in custody until he is sentenced for possession of drugs on 8 February (06).[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Floyd Semireunion
Gigwise reports: Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright is uniting with Dave Gilmour on his forthcoming tour.

Wright contributes Hammond organ on Gilmour's record �On An Island' and now he is set to take that sound on the road in April and May.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Arctic Monkeys Make History
BBC reports: Arctic Monkeys sell more than 360,000 copies of their album, making it the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hopes Smashed
FMQB reports: It looks like the recent rumor of an impending Smashing Pumpkins reunion has been squashed. XTRA/San Diego's Marco Collins tells The Chicago Tribune that Reprise, Billy Corgan's label, said the band would not be a part of this year's Coachella Festival, as has been rumored for the past week. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Norah Jones Sued
MTV reports: Norah Jones has good cause to sing the blues � her former accountant and manager is suing her for unpaid royalties. Shell White claims in a lawsuit filed this week in New York that Jones owes her nearly half a million [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Led Pearl Jam
Reuters reports: As Pearl Jam nears completion on its new studio album, the group has finalized the track list for its upcoming holiday single, sent annually to members of its Ten Club fan organization. This year's single will feature a live cover of the Elvis Presley-popularized "Little Sister" with Robert Plant, taped last October in Chicago[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bryan Adams To The Rescue
Reuters reports: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams thrilled 10,000 fans at a concert in Karachi on Sunday, the first big show by a Western singer in Pakistan in decades, to help students affected by country's October 8 earthquake.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Smiths Reunite
Gigwise reports: Founding members of The Smiths Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke came together on stage for the first time in almost 20 years on Saturday night.

Performing at the Manchester vs Cancer charity event at the Manchester MEN arena, the guitarist and bassist delighted fans by performing classics such as 'How Soon Is Now' and 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out', with Rourke joining Marr's band The Healers on stage, according to virgin.net.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Grandaddy is Dead
Mammoth Press reports: Pitchfork has broken the following news this morning: The California band Grandaddy will be calling it quits after their next record, Just Like The Fambly Cat.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New Amsterdams Story
Mammoth Press reports: The New Amsterdams will be releasing Story Like A Scar on March 21st as their follow-up to 2003's Worse For The Wear and this year's sleau of internet released EPs, songs and b-sides. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Vader Banned
Blabbermouth reports: Polish death metal veterans VADER have posted the following message on their official web site:

"VADER is on the list of 228 metal bands banned in Islamic Malaysia. The National Fatwa Council issued the religious decree against the 'black metal cult,' citing practices in which members stamp on the holy Koran, drink alcohol and freely engage in sex. Council chair Shukor Husin said the cult's practices, based on U.S. rock band METALLICA which has used symbols including an inverted cross, went against the teachings of Islam and could propel a Muslim out of the religion. However he said, merely listening to heavy metal songs was not a crime."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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MegaDVD
Blabbermouth reports: MEGADETH has teamed with Capitol Records/EMI Music Catalog Marketing to unleash "Arsenal of Megadeth", a new comprehensive two-disc DVD collection available March 21. A visual career anthology containing 32 previously unreleased clips, "Arsenal of Megadeth" chronicles the rise and evolution of the band, providing fans with a heavy metal armory of music videos, interviews, home video shot by MEGADETH's own Dave Mustaine and hidden tracks. Clocking in at almost three hours, "Arsenal of Megadeth"'s tracklist was personally compiled by Mustaine, ensuring the ultimate head-hammering MEGADETH experience. [see full story for more info and tracklisting]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New Brujeria Lineup
Blabbermouth reports: BRUJERIA have announced the addition of two new members to the group's ranks. After months and months of speculation by fans, press, religious officials and government officials, BRUJERIA will once again further the conquest with the help of two new masked members: Angelito on drums and El Cynico on bass. The complete lineup is now as follows:

Juan Brujo - garganta 
Fantasma - lengua pesado y bajo 
Hongo - guitara 
Pinche Peach - lengua mamon y gritos 
Angelito - bateria
El Cynico - bajo
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Ozzy Sheep
Blabbermouth reports: BBC News is reporting that Ozzy Osbourne has been has been transformed into an animated sheep for the upcoming British Animation Awards (BAA) ceremony, which is set to be held March 9 in London.

The BLACK SABBATH frontman has been turned into a sheep, complete with trademark blue-tinted glasses, for the award's title sequence. [see full story for more including a link to a scary photo of the Ozzy Sheep]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Google Vs iTunes
TuneLab reports: With Google's recent launch of Google Video, and the Internet giant's ever-expanding reach, analyst Robert Peck predicts that Google will debut a music download service of its own within the next three to six months that would take on iTunes and be compatible with all portable MP3 players.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Silvertide Nix Tour
Tunelab reports: Silvertide have cancelled all their upcoming tour dates. Instead the band will return to the studio to begin work on the follow-up to 2004's 'Show and Tell'.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Toadies Reunion
Tunelab reports: The Toadies have announced they will reunite for one show on March 11th. The band will headline the Dallas Observer and Greenville Avenues St. Patrick's Day Parade Concert on Yale Blvd. in Dallas, TX. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Manowar Injury
KNAC reports: Karl Logan, lead guitarist of heavy metal powerhouse Manowar, was injured on Tuesday, January 24th 2006 in a motorcycle accident. Logan sustained severe injuries to his left arm, which will prevent him from performing for an as-yet-unknown period of time. "Manowar will have to reconsider all of our plans, but the good news is that Karl is ok and he'll be back stronger than ever," says Manowar bassist Joey DeMaio.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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