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Recap of top stories for the week of March 3rd, 2008

Top 3 stories for this week

Zeppelin Tour Offer Rejected

Blabbermouth reports: Sunday Mirror reports that Robert Plant has turned down an extra £100 million (approximately $200 million) fortune to take LED ZEPPELIN on a world tour.

The rock legend wants to concentrate on his new partnership with country singer Alison Krauss... spelling the likely end of the famous band. A band source reportedly said: "Despite the enormous offer, the decision did not come down to money. 

"They always said they would do the one-off show and then see how they felt. Jimmy [Page] had enjoyed the concert in December enough to want to tour. He argued they still had something to offer. He likes the idea of another chapter in the band � the grown-up tour. John [Paul Jones] sided with Jimmy. He loved making music with the others again. But Robert wanted to leave last year's concert as their legacy.- more on this story

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Ticketmaster Taxes Reach Absurd High: 75 Percent!

antiTorial reports: My backside is stinging a bit having just been raped by the Ticketmaster monopoly. The problem with their monopoly is glaringly apparent when you are charged 75% over the face the value of tickets after Ticketmaster gets done adding all of their various fees. 

I logged on to their site at 10:00 am hoping to score orchestra seats to Iron Maiden's upcoming concert in Irvine. Of course by 10:00:25, after filling out all the fields on the form, all of the orchestra seats were gone. (Check scalper sites later today for those) Since the orchestra seats were the same price as the lodge and lower terrace, I opted to get two $20 lawn seats since you can still see pretty well on the lawn at Irvine Meadows (I refuse to call it by it's corporate sellout name). 

So I submit my order and the screen with all the various Ticketmaster monopoly taxes comes up and low and behold my $40 worth of tickets had suddenly become $70.45. If you failed math that's 75% in additional charges (I opted for the free mailing). To add insult to injury they tried to sell me insurance on top of what they already bilked me for. - more on this story

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Van Halen in Rehab?

Metal Underground reports: [We're including this on the off chance it may be true. But read with a pound of salt.] According to Pr-inside.com, sources tell the National Enquirer [Eddie Van Halen] checked himself into a clinic near San Antonio, Texas, so he could detox for a week after a furious backstage bust-up in Florida with his 17-year-old son and bandmate Wolfgang.

An insider says, "It was the big what-if of the tour - whether Eddie could stay sober. Wolf hates it when his dad drinks. He knew Eddie was drunk onstage that night, and was acting cold to him, which set Eddie off. Eddie went beserk and started yanking guitar cables from the pedal boards and throwing cigarettes around onstage.

"At the end of the concert, Eddie was so mad at Wolf, he punched the amp speaker, knocking it over." Van Halen enjoyed a stint in rehab last year (2007), which delayed plans for the comeback tour.- more on this story

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Monday

Maxim's Fake Reviewer Blames Mag Editors

idolator reports: As week one of Crowesgate draws to a close, we've heard from a lot of people regarding Maxim's decision to run "previews" of upcoming Black Crowes and Nas albums as actual reviews despite those albums being unavailable to critics and just plain unfinished, respectively. 

Going on record with the LA Times, [the author of said "previews"] Peisner claims his Maxim higher-ups did assign him to write previews, and he only found out they had been bumped to the reviews section when the issue hit the stands.

While anyone who writes professionally knows how little control you can have over your own words once they're in the hands of an editor, the Times does note that the "previews" Peisner was purportedly contracted to pen were written in a voice that sounded kinda like opinion, opinion rendered by someone who had at least given the albums a desultory spin or two, rather than a guy issuing an "educated guess."- more on this story

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Juvenile's Daughter Murdered

TMZ reports: Cops in Georgia have arrested a 17-year-old boy Friday and and charged him with killing his mother, who was a local sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters. One of those little girls was the daughter of rapper Juvenile.

Anthony Tyrone Terrell Jr. allegedly gunned down his mother, Gwinnett County Sheriff's Deputy Joy Deleston, 39, and her two daughters, Micaiah, 11, and Jelani, 4. Jelani was Juvenile's daughter. In 2003, the rapper, whose real name is Terius Gray, was arrested for abandonment of a dependent child after a DNA test determined he was the father.

Terrell, a sophomore at Central Gwinnett High School, has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of aggravated assault- more on this story

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Wal-Mart Want To Slash CD Prices?

Reuters reports: The major music companies have been resistant to lowering their price on CDs, but now they may be dragged to that point: Wal-Mart, the largest retailer of music with an estimated 22 percent market share, has proposed a five-tiered pricing scheme that would allow the discounter to sell albums at even lower prices and require the labels to bear more of the costs. 

According to sources, the Wal-Mart proposal would allow for a promotional program that could comprise the top 15 to 20 hottest titles, each at $10. 

The rest of the pricing structure, according to several music executives who spoke with Billboard, would have hits and current titles retailing for $12, top catalog at $9, midline catalog at $7 and budget product at $5.- more on this story

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Killing Joke Reunion

Gigwise reports: The original line-up of Killing Joke will play their first gigs together for 26 after reuniting for a new tour and album. 

The post-punk icons will release a new album this summer, but will play their back catalogue in its entirety with a series of two night residencies across the globe. 

The four piece - Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Paul Ferguson and Martin 'Youth' Glover - will play their first two albums on the first night, following up with 1994's Pandemonium and their singles collection on the second.- more on this story

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Jagger Assassination Plot

AP reports: A new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary claims Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels. 

A program to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Monday says the rock star was the target of the plot following a purported dispute with the motorcycle gang over concert security. 

Jagger had vowed not to use Hells Angel members as bouncers following the death in December 1969 of an 18-year-old fan at a notorious free performance at Altamont Speedway in Northern California- more on this story

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Tuesday

Linkin Park Have Given Up

PR reports: The video for Linkin Park's newest single, "Given Up," premiered exclusively on the LP Network Widget Monday as the band announce new dates and release a new live EP. See the link at the end of this article for the widget.

In addition, on Tuesday, March 4th, Linkin Park's Live from SoHo EP will be released via iTunes. This recording comes from their recent intimate performance at the Apple Store in SoHo, New York City, and includes the tracks "Wake," "Given Up," "Shadow of the Day," "My December," "In Pieces," and "Bleed it Out."

New tour dates in Europe & Canada have recently been announced, with additional Europe dates to be released soon. 

June 6 � Rock in Rio, Lisbon, Portugal
June 7 - Festimad Sur 08 Festival, Madrid, Spain
June 13 � Provinssirock Festival, Seinajoki, Finland 
June 14 - Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden 
July 12 � Edgefest '08 � Toronto, Canada
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Jack Johnson North American Tour Plans

Jambase reports: Jack Johnson, the Hawaiian- born musician, filmmaker and surfer announced today the U.S. leg of his World Tour in support of his worldwide #1 record, Sleep Through the Static. 

With 23 dates already confirmed in the U.S. and Canada, this tour is one of the most highly anticipated tours of the summer. Tickets for most shows will be available starting March 15. 

Jack will be supported by several artists, varying by city, including Rogue Wave, Mason Jennings, Neil Halsted, Money Mark, and Culver City Dub Collective featuring Paula Fuga.- more on this story

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Nine Inch Nails Seeing Ghosts

antiMusic reports: Nine Inch Nail's Ghosts I-IV was released 6:00 p.m. PST March 2, 2008 via NIN.com: a four volume collection of 36 untitled instrumental tracks, nearly two hours of music, recorded over a 10-week period last fall.

Ghosts I-IV was conceived as an experiment: Following the conclusion of 2007's Year Zero album, alternate reality game and touring campaign, Trent Reznor enlisted Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder with help from Alessandro Cortini, Adrian Belew and Brian Viglione to create spontaneous, impulsive soundtracks to daydreams with no agenda or release date, only a self-imposed 10-week time limit. Rob Sheridan collaborated with Artist in Residence (A+R) to create the accompanying visual and physical aesthetic.

The end result is a wildly varied body of work released in its entirety with no label-imposed limitations--musical, physical or otherwise. - more on this story

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Muse Set HAARP Release

PR reports: British trio Muse will release a live CD/DVD titled HAARP on April 1st. Filmed at London's Wembley Stadium on June 17, 2007, the DVD captures the exuberant spectacle of the band performing in front of a sold-out crowd of nearly 75,000 ecstatic fans, while the CD features audio from the band's show on the previous night, June 16th. 

Both discs include tracks from their latest album, Black Holes and Revelations, including Modern Rock chart hits "Knights Of Cydonia," "Starlight," and "Supermassive Black Hole." 

Muse's electrifying shows at Wembley demonstrate the raw power and ambition of one of Britain's most successful bands. The shows were heralded by the U.K. press: Kerrang! said of Saturday's show: "What a gig. What a night. What a band," while The Guardian suggested that "few are more suited than Muse to take on what Pele described as the 'cathedral of football.'" Muse was the first band to play the recently rebuilt stadium, which had previously played host to a number of prestigious musical events over the years, including Live Aid in 1985 and the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in 1988.- more on this story

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Jeff Healey RIP

Sleazeroxx reports: Legendary blues and jazz guitarist Jeff Healey has died, his publicist said Sunday. The Canadian musician had battled cancer his entire life. "It was something he fought with considerable bravery," his publicist, Richard Flohil, told Newsnet late Sunday. 

Healey, 41, had lost his eyesight to a rare form of the disease, Retinoblastoma, at the age of one. The musician had performed with such acclaimed guitar players as B. B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and George Harrison. 

His full name was Norman Jeffrey Healey and he passed away Sunday in the city of his birth, Toronto, at St. Joseph's Hospital.- more on this story

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Winehouse Infected

sfgate.com reports: Amy Winehouse has been forced to take time off work after she was diagnosed with impetigo, a highly contagious skin condition. [According to wikipedia: Impetigo (sometimes impetaigo) is a superficial bacterial skin infection most common among children age 2�6 years]

The troubled star sparked rumors she may have been involved in a fight after she was photographed on Friday with a painful-looking swelling on the side of her face.

But the 24-year-old's representative has now confirmed her swollen face is down to a bout of impetigo and the singer will have to spend time in isolation to stop the infection spreading. - more on this story

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Van Halen Illness Sidelines Tour

antiMusic reports: The Van Halen camp have finally given us a small clue as to why a string of shows have been canceled. Their statement suggests that Eddie Van Halen is suffering from some kind of illness that has yet to be fully diagnosed. Eddie has successfully battled cancer in the past, however the statement is short on details. 

As a result a number of shows have been "postponed" including the shows scheduled for this week. There was some speculation the entire tour was axed and TMZ quoted unnamed sources on Sunday saying the band had pulled the plug on the run. Here is the band statement: The Van Halen concerts in Dallas, Cincinnati, Raleigh, and Baltimore have been postponed. According to Eddie Van Halen's physician, he is undergoing a battery of comprehensive medical tests to determine a defined diagnosis and recommended medical procedures.

The March 3rd Dallas concert at American Airlines Center has been rescheduled for Thursday, April 24, 2008; Cincinnati's March 5th concert at U.S. Bank Arena has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 22nd; Raleigh's March 7th concert at RBC Center has been rescheduled for Sunday, April 13th; and Baltimore's March 9th concert at 1st Mariner Arena has been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 15th.
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