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Rooney Preview
Total Assault reports: Favorite indie pop band from The O.C., Rooney, is getting ready to release Calling the World, their sophomore album out July 17th! The first single "When Did Your Heart Go Missing?" is ridiculously catchy� preview it on Myspace at www.myspace.com/rooney as well as another new track, "Don't Come Around Again." Every song on the new album pays homage to favorite rock and pop bands of the 70s and 80s but with a totally modern twist.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Lovedrug Supporting Sparta and Straylight Run (With Edward Scissorhands inspired music?]
PR reports: Lovedrug has snagged the sole support slot on the Sparta/Straylight Run national tour, kicking off May 28 in Tempe, Ariz. This comes immediately after a handful of headlining dates following their extensive tour with the Plain White T's, supporting their acclaimed LP, EVERYTHING STARTS WHERE IT ENDS (The Militia Group).

[Interesting side note. We received this email from a reader last week: "I was talking to some of the guys from the fairly popular indie rock band Lovedrug and they mentioned that their album is based on the Tim Burton movie Edward Scissorhands and that their music fits up to the movie perfectly. Here is the kicker though...it matches up best when the cd/ipod is on shuffle. They mentioned that you can even better the experience by
turning on repeat so it plays for the whole movie. That's how perfect it is." We haven't tried it out but sounds pretty cool -see full story for tour dates] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Nelly Furtado US Tour
PR reports: International superstar Nelly Furtado will bring her Get Loose Tour to the United States for 17 concerts, starting May 30 in Hollywood, Fl, close by where she recorded most of her five-million-selling hit album LOOSE.

The Get Loose Tour started in Europe with 23 shows over five weeks. The next leg crossed her native Canada, starting in Victoria, B.C. where the mayor's office proclaimed March 21 as Nelly Furtado Day. 

Get Loose U.S. Tour dates are:
May 30 -- Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
May 31 -- Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live.
June 1 -- Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre.
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Meat Loaf Sprouts Another Leg
PR reports: Grammy® Award winner and one of the top-selling artists of all time, Meat Loaf, announced today dates for the "Three Bats Tour" beginning on July 18 in New York, NY at the Madison Square Garden Theatre. This is the continuation of his sold-out and critically acclaimed Bat Trilogy tour which includes songs from all three Bat Out of Hell albums.

Meat Loaf is scheduled to make several national television appearances in the coming months including Biography on the Biography channel (April 23), Dancing with the Stars on ABC (May 1), and History Rocks on the History Channel (May 29/30). A concert DVD that was shot earlier in the year will be released this October on Universal. 

The "Three Bats Tour" will hit the following cities: 
July 18 New York, NY MSG Theatre 

July 20 New York, NY MSG Theatre 
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Arctic Monkeys Preview
PR reports: You can preview the entire Arctic Monkeys' CD Favourite Worst Nightmare at their Myspace page. The CD hits stores Tuesday. Hear it now at the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ex-Translator Steve Barton Sets Release
PR reports: You have heard Steve Barton on Translator's huge hit "Everywhere That I'm Not." The veteran San Francisco alt-rock outfit recorded four albums on 415/Columbia, and toured with R.E.M., Gang of Four and David Bowie. And Translator lives on to this day, soon to announce new recordings, rarities and reissues. However, in Barton's other, more day-to-day life, he's the vocalist/songwriter/guitarist in Steve Barton & the Oblivion Click, whose new album, Flicker of Time, will hit the streets on June 12. The album is on the Sleepless label, distributed through Redeye Distribution.

The new album, Flicker of Time, presents a more varied musical palette, the result of Barton's band of two years � Oblivion Click � road-testing the material before they hit the studio. The band contains Casey Dolan, guitar; Derrick Anderson, bass; and Robbie Rist, drums. (As an inevitable footnote, Rist is known to many as Oliver in "The Brady Bunch" television series and has accrued many Google-able TV, film and indie music credits since then.) Bassist Anderson contributed a photograph to the album's surreal cover graphic.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Charlie Daniels Band Jam on DVD
PR reports: On May 1, Eagle Eye Media will release Volunteer Jam, the 1976 two-hour+ feature film taking the viewer back to �75 for one of the greatest of the Charlie Daniels Band's greatest Jams. Filmed at the band's annual Tennessee homecoming, this 30-year tradition has consistently infused a country honky-tonk appeal with a jolt of rockin' electricity. From the swizzle-stick of Daniels' fiddle, from which he mixes the melting genres, to the guest artists who blend their oversized personalities down to achieve a puree of thick Southern greasiness, these Jams bring out the best. And this one, '75-style, might be the granddaddy Jam of all. 

The CDB�singer/songwriter/guitarist/fiddler Daniels, guitarist Tom Crain, organist Taz DiGregorio, bassist Charlie Hayward and drummers Fred Edwards/Don Murray�was riding high in '75. "South's Gonna Do It (Again)" and "Long Haired Country Boy" were ubiquitous, catching the souls of Northern teens as well as wanna-be cowboys all over America. Pre-dating the fashion-conscious Urban Cowboy craze by five years, the CDB was showing America how cool country could be, especially when booted in the behind by some straight-out rock'n'roll.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Black Cobra To Strike the US
PR reports: Black Cobra will return from the shores of Europe to start another tour of the U.S. This tour will see them do a bunch of dates with At A Loss alumni, Rwake. 

B.C., will be also appearing at this year infamous Emissions From The Monolith episode 9. EFTM 9 will have a ton of kick ass bands such as Kylesa, Blue Cheer, Keelhaul, Minsk etc...!!!! If you have not heard they moved it to Austin, TX and Emos. They then continue their U.S. trek by going it alone until they reach their new base of operations in San Francisco.[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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America's Worst Nightmare Not Over Yet
PR reports: Sanjaya Malakar, the most recent contestant eliminated from "American Idol," presents the Top Ten List on the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, April 23 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Malakar, 17, cultivated a popular following and strong fan base during this season's edition of "Idol," and despite lack of critical acclaim, managed to become one of the top seven finalists before being voted off the show Wednesday, April 18. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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The End of the World
PR reports: THE END has announced more "Elementary World Tour" dates, including a Canadian tour with BLEEDING THROUGH and CANCER BATS as well as an extensive European run with FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES and HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW. 

THE END are currently concluding their US tour with POISON THE WELL, FBTMF and HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW. Immediately following, the band will meet up with FJORD, PSYOPUS, DON CABALLERO respectively for a string of mid-west and east coast dates. 

In August, the band will head to Europe for the first time since the release of their earthshaking Elementary album. The tour will run through Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as include a performance at the heralded Pukklepop Festival.[see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kaddisfly Get Warped
PR reports: Hopeless/SubCity Records up-and-comers Kaddisfly have signed on to play the entire second half of the Vans Warped Tour this summer. Beginning on July 28th in Chicago, IL, the progressive art-rock group will be one of the premier acts on the SmartPunk Stage.

Having recently finished their stint on the Take Action! Tour, Kaddisfly are continuing to turn heads with their live show. The band will be touring this spring with Ozma in support of their much-acclaimed album Set Sail The Prairie, which was released March 6th.

Kaddisfly Warped Tour Dates:

07/28/07 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Tinley Park, IL

07/29/07 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN
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Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band
PR reports: Although the Beatles certainly had some 'heavy' moments ("Helter Skelter," "Revolution" or "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," anyone?), they are certainly not considered a metal band. And on the other side of the coin, Metallica is not considered a pop band. But then along comes Beatallica, and the lines between both acts have been erased - as heard throughout their first official, 'Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band'. Comprised of members Jaymz Lennfield (vocals, guitar), Grg Hammettson (guitar), Kliff McBurtney (bass), and Ringo Larz (drums), Beatallica has been converting naysayers into believers for years by this point - having made fans throughout the world, and also with such renowned headbangers as Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy and Anthrax's Scott Ian.

Originally coming to the attention of Headbangers everywhere with their initial Internet phenomenon story, the quartet has signed on with Oglio Records, to release 'Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band' on July 10th. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Metalmania DVD
PR reports: Metalmania 2006 will be released on DVD on 06/05/2007. Metalmania is the biggest and the most prestigious metal festival in Central-Eastern Europe. Every year the main stage plays host to the top metal bands from around the world (DVD), while on the side stage there's a preview of the young Polish metal scene (CD). The 2006 DVD features the best fragments of performances of such renowned artists as Moonspell, Anathema, Therion, Acid Drinkers, Nevermore, Vesania, 1349, Hunter, and Hieronymus Bosch. The DVD includes detailed info about all bands (biographies, discographies, web links), photo gallery, festival history, 4 downloadable desktop images, and short interviews with all main stage bands featured on the DVD.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Neurosis Preview
PR reports: Neurosis -- the Bay Area's legendary masters of behemoth, psychedelic operatic guitar girth -- has influenced a wide array of artists and nearly singlehandedly defined vast extremes of heavy music popular today. Now in its third decade, Neurosis announces the release of yet another groundbreaking album which finds the group's sound transforming yet again so dramatically that even to diehard fans, Given To The Rising might seem starkly different, a stunning reintroduction.

To give fans and press a taste of the disc slated for worldwide release on May 30, the influential sextet has posted the track listing and an MP3 of the track "Water Is Not Enough" for free download on the band's web site [see full story for that]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fall Out Boy Behind the Scenes
PR reports: Fall Out Boy has just released a four-part behind-the-scenes special from the making of their video THKS FR TH MMRS featuring never-before-seen footage and hilarious outtakes with Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley and a slew of monkeys exclusively at friendsorenemies[see full story for that]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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