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 Stones
and Friends |
punkbands reports: The White Stripes Jack
White, Christina Aguilera and Buddy Guy all joined The Rolling Stones onstage
at their New York City theatre show last night (October 29). The special
guests helped out the rock veterans at the first of their two nights at
the Beacon Theater.
White joined Mick Jagger on vocals for
a version of 'Loving Cup' from the Stones' 1972 classic 'Exile On Main
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| From
First To Atreyu |
punkbands reports: Update from Atreyu addressing
the From First To Last "issue." Read on: "Greetings from tour. A ton has
happened recently... First off: On Oct. 21st, Alex lost a close family
member. He would like to send both his apologies and his thanks to everyone
for being so supportive during this difficult time. A BIG thanks goes to
Woster, MA, and everyone else, who made the show a fun time while Alex
was absent attending services back home.
Now to address the FFTL issue: We are adults
and do not feel the need to drag anyone's name through the mud. We wish
Sonny a speedy recovery and hope his voice is not permentaly damaged. As
for those of you who think you know "the story" becasue "so and so told
you about it," you dont know s*** and need to get over it. They couldn't
perform as FFTL and are no longer on this tour. End of story.[see full
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| Benedictum
Drummer Switch |
KNAC reports: San Diego power metal band BENEDICTUM
have parted ways with drummer Blackie Sanchez due to musical differences.
"We wish Blackie the best of luck in his future endeavors - we had some
great times together but over the last few months it became apparent that
we were moving in different directions", said the band in an official statement.
"We are happy to announce that we have found an awesome new drummer named
Paul Courtois who we've been jamming with and things have never been better.
We're gelling beautifully on a musical level and we're having more fun
than ever; we're currently in the early pre-production stages for our second
album [see full story for more info and tour info]- Click
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| $2
Game |
PR reports: MTV2 announced today that the
latest edition of its popular $2Bill Concert Series will feature hip-hop
recording artist The Game. The concert will take place on Monday, November
6th at The Music Box at Fonda Theater in Los Angeles, California with doors
opening at 8 PM. Tickets for the show will be on sale beginning Thursday,
November 2nd at The Music Box at Fonda Theater Box Office and on Ticketweb.com.
The show is 18 and over with ID, with a limit of 4 tickets per person.
Power 106 (KPWR) listeners will also have the chance to win their tickets
by tuning in beginning this Saturday, October 28th. MTV2's $2Bill Concert
with The Game will premiere on MTV2 November 26th at 8 PM ET / PT.[see
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| John
Mayall Boxset |
Kayos reports: Blues fans in the know are
already salivating for what is easily the most adventurous overview yet
of the career and music of British Blues Legend John Mayall. On November
6, Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned Eagle Records subsidiary,
and in conjunction with Pinnacle Records, will release Essentially John
Mayall, five CDs of pure blues'n'boogie from the man who gave Eric Clapton�and
so many others�their starts.[see full story for more]-
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| Nickelback
Arena |
PR reports: One of the world's most successful
touring acts, Nickelback will embark on a North American headlining Arena
tour from February 18th through March 19th with Three Days Grace and Breaking
Benjamin as support. For information about tickets including pre-sales,
please log onto www.nickelback.com. The tour will swing through markets
such as Seattle (WA), Chicago (IL), New York (NY), Philadelphia (PA) and
more and will be the band's final tour in support of All The Right Reasons.
Tue/Feb-20 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
Thu/Feb-22 Spokane, WA Spokane Arena[see
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| Rock
Ridge Free |
PR reports: The Rock Ridge Music label has
just launched a site to share its artists' music for free: www.rockridgefree.com.
One song from eight different artists will be featured at any given time
on the site; debut artists for the launch include: Redding, Tony Lucca,
Five.Bolt.Main, Psychostick, Travis Mitchell Band, Blanco Diablo, The Accident
Experiment, and Boy Hits Car. Music fans can sign up to receive email notification
when the site offerings are changed. Initially, plans are in place to rotate
available songs once a month, but more frequent content rotation is planned
after the Christmas holidays so that folks can load up their brand new
iPods.
Rock Ridge Free was created in an effort
to assist in building artist careers. "We like to share tastes of the musical
offerings from our talented artists, so that music fans can be exposed
to them and decide for themselves if they like them," say label principal
Jason Spiewak. "They can be judge and jury on the artist's success." While
the initial offerings will be from frontline label releases, Rock Ridge
plans to open the service to their online marketing clients who wish to
participate as well. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Slayer's
Eyes of the Insane |
HER reports: The visual madness and horrors
of war are the threads running through the just-completed promo video for
Slayer's "Eyes of the Insane," set to debut at MP3.com/Gamespot (http://wwwascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time.com/)
today. The song is on the band's newest album, Christ Illusion (American
Recordings) which was released August 8 and debuted at #5 on Billboard's
Top 200 Albums' Charts, the band's highest-ever debut.
Directed by Iranian filmmaker Tony Petrossian
(Slipknot), "Eyes of the Insane" is a first-person narrative about the
horrors leading up to the final moments of a solder at war. The entire
video is a single, long and tight close-up of the soldier's eye with images
clearly reflected within his pupil and iris and perfectly choreographed
with the rhythm of the music. Reflected are disconcerting images of para
trooping into enemy territory, gunfire, helicopters and tanks, explosions,
poignant flashbacks of his wife and child and home, and the images of his
death. Two endings were filmed - one where the soldier dies from his combat
injuries, and the other where he commits suicide.- Click
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| Bee
Gee's Box |
Special Ops reports: Rhino Entertainment will
release The Bee Gees' The Studio Albums 1967-1968 box set on November 7.
The Studio Albums 1967-1968 is the definitive collection of the five-piece
Bee Gees lineup that rocketed to fame in the late 1960s: singing siblings
Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb, and Australian instrumentalists Vince Melouney
and Colin Petersen. The quintet's albums Bee Gees 1st, Horizontal, and
Idea have been brilliantly revitalized, with remastered CDs of stereo and
mono mixes of each title paired with second discs of rare and unreleased
recordings from the period - the first time The Bee Gees have opened their
vaults for extensive archival exploration. The Studio Albums 1967-1968
will be available at physical and digital retail outlets and at www.rhino.com
for a suggested list price of $74.98. [see full story for a listening party
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| Lionel
Richie Tour |
PR reports: As his new album COMING HOME arrived
in stores this week, featuring the #1 Billboard Adult R&B chart hit
"I Call It Love," legendary singer, songwriter, producer and five-time
Grammy award-winning Island recording artist Lionel Richie announces a
headlining 4-week North American tour. Lionel's 17-city schedule �in support
of The United Way � will open on October 27th at the Music Hall in Detroit,
and wrap up at the Paramount in Oakland, CA on November 25th.
Oct. 27 Detroit, MI Music Hall
29 Chicago, IL Sears Centre
30 Toronto, Ont Roy Thomson Hall
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| Bif
Naked Video of the Year |
PR reports: Bif Naked captured Video of the
Year honors for the groundbreaking "Let Down", directed by Peter Karroll,
at the 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards, held at the Burton Cummings
Theatre in Winnipeg on October 22. Along with that accolade, Bif Naked
was also honored to be nominated for Outstanding Rock Recording for "Superbeautifulmonster".
Bif Naked is bound for several more successful
endeavors, including her current role as the host of BodogFight, a mixed
martial arts reality TV series being aired in over 40 million homes in
America and soon to be offered to Canadian and European viewers. Episodes
of the series can also be seen at www.bodogfight.com. Also, Bif will host
Bodog Music's premier entertainment showcase and party at this year's CMJ
in New York City on November 1.[see full story for more]-
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| 2Cents
Tour |
PR reports: Unlike today's scads of posturing
pretty boys trying to cram the Extreme back into extreme music, the guys
from 2Cents (frontman/drummer extraordinaire Adam O'Rourke, bassist Jesse
Fishman and guitarists Dean Woodward and Dave O¹Rourke [Adam's older
brother]) can play. The unhinged abandon bulging from 2Cents' Gotizm/Atlantic
debut, "LOST AT SEA", isn't just a product of talent, but relentless passion
and commitment. The band isn't content with merely paying homage to the
sordid sounds of their youth, but doing something original with them. You
can hear it in the delay-soaked spaghetti western stomp of "The Mark of
My Pen." Or the technical metalcore-nodding picks of "Wired," which careen
into breakneck punk chugging before the outfit ignites a triumphant chorus
that's all their own. 2Cents are set to hit the road with Killswitch Engage
beginning November 9th. [see full story for dates]- Click
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| Nissan
Live Sets on Yahoo! Music |
Yahoo reports: Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO)
and Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced a new partnership
with the debut of "Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music," creating the definitive
online destination for live music. With bi-monthly performances in front
of a live studio audience on a sound stage created by Yahoo! Music, "Nissan
Live Sets on Yahoo! Music" kicks-off November 15 with its inaugural performance
by Grammy-award winning artist, Christina Aguilera, performing hits from
her new album, "Back to Basics." Multi-platinum alternative rock group
Incubus is also slated to perform songs from their upcoming album, "Light
Grenades." "Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music" significantly expands the
scope of original music content available on the web and brings fans and
artists together through fully-integrated online and offline channels.
Recordings of the live shows are broadcast
on Yahoo! Music at music.yahoo.com/nissanlivesets or can be found by searching
for "Nissan Live Sets" on Yahoo!. As the sole sponsor of the site, Nissan
will integrate a variety of online advertising such as streaming video,
flash animations and game units. [see full story for more]-
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| MrNorth
EP |
PR reports: Irish quartet MRNORTH is slated
to release a five-song digital EP on the Rock Ridge Music label on November
7th. Entitled "Sleeping Dogs," the EP serves as an appetizer for the New
York City-based band's full-length album, "Fear & Desire," which will
hit shelves in early 2007. The five-song virtual platter was recorded at
the same time as the forthcoming album, and both came together in three
different spats of creativity over the last 6 months. They were recorded
and mixed at Stratosphere Sounds in New York and the state-of-the-art RED
Studios in San Francisco. The band enlisted the production and engineering
prowess of Steve Lyon (Depeche Mode, The Cure) and co-mixer Keith Hilldebrant
(Nine Inch Nails), and the result is a sonic departure in that the band
finally achieved what they've wanted to for years - a record that fully
captures the massive sound and energy that pervades their dynamic live
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| Rolling
Rock and Roll Show Tour |
PR reports: The "raw, rambunctious" (Hollywood
Reporter) Rolling Rock and Roll Show tour goes into the home stretch with
an outrageous final line up this November. Marking their first national
tour in over 30 years, glam rock pioneers The New York Dolls will headline
the final 20 shows of this "musical extravaganza" (San Diego Union Tribune).
Underground Garage favorites Supersuckers, The Chesterfield Kings, and
The Charms all headliners themselves, along with the famed Garage Girls
A Go-Go dancers.
Each show opens with a winning band from
Little Steven's Battle of the Bands.
Nov. 6 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up
Nov. 7 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
Nov. 8 - San Francisco, CA - Independent
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| Dinosaur
Jr. Tour CD/DVD |
PR reports: Dinosaur Jr., with the original
line-up of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murphy has long been celebrated as
alternative rock's most significant pioneers. The trio recently announced
plans to release their first ever DVD and their first studio recording
since the indie classic Bug, recorded eighteen years ago. Both the DVD
and the studio album are slated to hit streets in Spring 2007.
But first, this fall Dinosaur Jr. will
do a quick east coast jaunt into intimate venues in Portland (ME), Boston
and Northampton (MA), and New York, before crossing the Pond for All Tomorrow's
Parties' "Nightmare Before Christmas," the UK's Concorde 2, and other European
dates. [see full story for tour dates and info on the upcoming DVD]-
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| Gridiron
Chief |
PR reports: Kansas City Chiefs' offensive
tackle Kyle Turley recently spoke to Sports Illustrated writer Michael
Silver about GridIron Records, the label he founded with Ex-Snot/Soulfly
guitarist Mikey Doling. An excerpt from the interview is as follows:
Silver: "Speaking of cash, what's up with
your music career?" ** Turley: "Well, I've started a record label, Gridiron
Records, and I'm planning on kicking some ass. I had a lot of downtime
when I was out for those two years, and I'd made a lot of friends in the
music industry. I hooked up with this guy named Mikey Doling, who had founded
a band called Snot out of Santa Barbara. They had played Ozzfest and were
gonna be huge but the singer got in a car crash and died, and that was
that. Mikey's a killer guitarist, and he and I would see these phenomenal
bands in Hollywood that were still unsigned, and that set the wheels in
motion: 'Dude, we need to start a label.' So, now we have our own MySpace
page at www.myspace.com/gridironrecords , and we're signing three kinds
of bands: rock, hard rock and super-heavy. We have this band called Harebrain
Scheme that sounds sort of like death metal mixed with the Beatles, 311-style
reggae and Queen. "[see full story for interview]
In the meantime, Doling has finished recording
with his new project Invitro, which also features ex-members of Los Angeles
based The Wizards. The band recently uploaded samples from their forthcoming
debut album at www.myspace.com/invitrorules and have also announced their
debut live performance November 1st, 2006 at the Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood,
CA with Bieler Bros. recording artist Ankla (ex-Puya).-
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| Four
Seasons Revisited |
conqueroo reports: Throughout the '60s, there
was rarely a moment that the Four Seasons didn't have a hit record on the
radio. With songs like "Sherry," "Rag Doll," "Walk Like a Man" and "Working
My Way Back to You," the Four Seasons brought their New York/New Jersey
street-corner doo-wop roots into the rock 'n' roll mainstream, and found
ways to keep the sound exciting and fans entranced - even at the height
of Beatlemania. Now that the quartet has been immortalized in the Tony-award-winning
Broadway hit musical "Jersey Boys," Collectors' Choice Music seems to have
chosen the perfect season in which to reissue 11 Four Seasons albums -
from hits to outright oddities - on four single-CD releases and two double-CD
releases. Street date for the rollout is January 9, 2007.[see full story
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