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Report for 05/09/06

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Pumpkins Have Fans Arrested

Idolator.com reports: Smashing Pumpkins die-hards are in a tizzy--and some may even be in legal hot water--after allegedly stolen artwork from the band's forthcoming album, Zeitgeist, made its way to the Internet (UPDATE: the band has released a statement, which can be found at the full story link). According to a Pumpkins chronicler at rateyourmusic.com, this is how it went down: 

Two fans snuck into the SP rehearsal space and took copies of some promotional photos that haven't been released. They posted one on this forum, and someone got into their photobucket, and viola, they were leaking all over the net. '

Now, the person who unwillingly leaked the photos is being held in the 18th precinct in Chicago. The Pumpkins/Their Management/The Record Company, someone, is pressing FELONY charges on them. For petty theft of a few pictures.
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George Michael Guilty

hecklerspray.com reports: George Michael knows more about hard work more than anyone else who has ever lived, so it's only to be expected that occasionally his work-frazzled brain will shut down completely, leaving him slumped over the wheel of his car at midnight.

That's more or less what George Michael admitted earlier today in court as he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while unfit through drugs. Somehow, however, George Michael managed to make it sound like he passed out at the wheel of a car at a junction in Cricklewood because he works too bloody hard all the time and not because he'd been busy throwing prescription drugs down his gobhole like Pac-Man at an all-night rave. And quite right too - putting out a string of underperforming singles for a decade can really take it out of a man, you know[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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GNR Live Earth?

Blabbermouth reports: According to GnrDaily.com, GUNS N' ROSES are among the rumored artists that will perform at the Live Earth series of concerts which will be staged at various locations around the world on July 7. The event will be hosted by Al Gore. Hamburg Magazin and Radio Hamburg are reporting that GUNS N' ROSES will play at the German location of Live Earth, which will take place at the AOL Arena in Hamburg. Other artists that are scheduled to perform in Hamburg include SHAKIRA and PINK.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Verizon Hangs Up on Gwen

BBC reports: The main sponsor of the North American leg of singer Gwen Stefani's world tour has withdrawn in a dispute over the support act. Verizon pulled out after footage of rap artist Akon dancing provocatively on stage with a girl - reportedly in her teens - was posted on the internet. 

The incident did not take place during one of Stefani's concerts. 

Billboard magazine quoted Stefani's management as saying they were "surprised and shocked" by the move. [see full story for more� looks like Gwen will have to sell more hag bags to keep her bling lifestyle on the road�] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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50 Years of Bad Taste to be Immortalized in LA

AP reports: The Grammy, coming up on its 50th birthday, is finally getting a home of its own. 

A Grammy museum, now under construction [in Los Angeles], is scheduled to open in September 2008, across the street from the Staples Center, where next year's 50th annual Grammy Awards will be staged. [see full story for more. We're most looking forward to the Milli Vanilli Vocal Training Will Win You a Grammy Expo and the exhibit that celebrates Jethro Tull's "metal" years] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dog Bite Blues for Country Star

AP reports: A manicurist who claims she was attacked by country singer Tanya Tucker's dog is suing the singer for $300,000. 

Danielle D. Hobbs alleges in a lawsuit filed last week that the dog ran from a bedroom at Tucker's home and began biting her without any warning.

Hobbs said she was attacked May 2, 2006, by a dog named Bella while she was at Tucker's home near Nashville to give her a manicure.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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WMG Adopt Digital Focus

FMQB reports: Warner Music Group (WMG) announced its second quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, and like most record companies, WMG is seeing a decline in CD sales while digital music revenue is increasing. The company posted total revenue of $784 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2007, which is down 2 percent from the prior-year quarter. Digital revenue increased to $111 million, accounting for 14 percent of total revenue in the quarter. That number is up 23 percent from $90 million in the prior-year quarter and up 11 percent sequentially from the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

WMG also said that it will continue restructuring, cutting about 400 jobs and focusing more on its digital distribution system, according to Reuters.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Prince Plans 21 Date Stand in London

BBC reports: US performer Prince is to play 21 concerts in London this summer, his only European dates of the year. 
He is to spend a week at the O2 arena - formerly the Millennium Dome - with tickets priced at £31.21, a reference to his album 3121. 

He will also play at a number of far smaller venues to make seeing him "affordable for everybody". 
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Susperia Drop Off Edguy Tour

Blabbermouth reports: Due to logistical problems, Norway's SUSPERIA will no longer be part of the EDGUY North American tour, which will launch on Tuesday, September 11 in Hartford, Connecticut. Replacing SUSPERIA on the bill will be Bay Area thrashers LIGHT THIS CITY. The trek will also include Canada's INTO ETERNITY.
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Kyuss Won't Reunite

Blabbermouth reports: Writer Joel McIver recently interviewed QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE/EAGLES OF DEATH METAL's Josh Homme for Music Mart magazine's June issue. Excerpts from the chat follow: 

On the frequent offers from concert promoters to reform his previous band, KYUSS: "The offers come in all the time. They're getting more and more expensive, and more and more elaborate. The money is crazy, but I've never been tempted � I don't really care about the money, I never have. That's not what KYUSS was about, so to punctuate the end of our sentence with that would be blasphemy. KYUSS fans are so f***in' rad, they're f***in' badass � but to me, reunions are just not necessary. It's not what it was, it's what it is, and KYUSS was a really magical thing � and if you weren't there, well, you weren't. That's just the luck of the draw. I don't feel the urge to do it for somebody who didn't have the opportunity to see us, or just didn't take the opportunity to see us. I'll let other bands alter their great legacies. KYUSS has such a great history that it would be a total error. I like that nobody saw KYUSS, and that it was largely misunderstood. That sounds like a legend forming to me. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Maiden Summer Tour

BW&BK reports: In acknowledgement of the 25th anniversary of the release of their seminal album, The Number Of The Beast, and the tremendous international success of their recent album, A Matter Of Life And Death, IRON MAIDEN's forthcoming June dates in Europe will go under the banner of, A Matter Of The Beast Summer Tour '07. The band will be playing five songs from each of these albums plus other fan favourites and will be taking out a full-on stage production which will include the final appearances of Eddie's notorious tank. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Falling Labels

Idolator.com reports: Yesterday, news that Warner Music Group would be making substantial staff cuts spread around the music world; today, Jossip is claiming that Def Jam is getting in on the personnel-shedding act as well: 

Is Def Jam floundering? That's what one tipster claims, bringing (unverified) word that some 40 people were laid off today at the record label - home to Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Fabolous, Bobby Valentino, and Young Jeezy - with a number of executives fleeing last week. "Jay-Z, L.A. Reid and Jermaine Dupri are still getting paid millions ... and running the company into the ground," says a source.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sworn Enemy Get Maniacal for new CD

Lambgoat reports: Taking their sound to raised levels of brutality, Sworn Enemy are currently recording their new album that will be released this fall through Abacus Recordings. Sworn Enemy's unabashed talent and heavy-hitting rhythms have caught the attention of both Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying) and Joey Z. (Life Of Agony) who are co-producing the band's new album that is going to be entitled "Maniacal" and slated for a release date this fall. Tim Lambesis and Joey Z are both taking a very hands-on approach to this album, producing what is sure to be Sworn Enemy's finest work to date.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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BleedingTiger Army

punkbands reports: Bleeding Through's Brandan Schieppati and Ryan Wombacher will both be making guest vocal appearances on Tiger Army's new album "Music From Regions Beyond", which will see a June 05th release date. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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No Avail for Tim Barry on the road

punkbands reports: Punk/country troubadour Tim Barry of Avail is hitting the road again for another round of dates, this time with Suburban Home labelmate Josh Small and Roanoke VA's The Wading Girl. The shows will be preceeded by a one-off gig opening a farewell show for Boy Sets Fire. Dates, as always, are below. Barry is also promising a full U.S. tour in September.

In the meantime, Punkbands.com recently recieved final approval for a live track to be exclusively heard on the Punkbands.com Volume 2 Mixtape, "Truth Doesn't Make A Noise." Look for that right here on May 11th.

6.09.07 Philadelphia, Pa @ Trocadero / Boy Sets Fire, Tim Barry
6.10.07 Trenton, NJ @ Championship Bar and Grill / Tim Barry and many more[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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