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Report for 12/09/05

Editorial: Fatal Club Shooting

Versus The Mirror reports: Greetings Everyone. My name is Gabe and I play guitar in a band called Versus The Mirror. I write to everyone in a complete state of disbelief. There was a shooting at a hardcore show (Hoods, Shattered Realm, Donnybrook) here in Tucson, AZ that resulted in a death. The show was held at our main all ages venue and arts center, Skrappys. After a huge fight broke out inside the venue, the brawl kept going outside until shots were fired. A few people were also said to be fighting with hammers. Nuts. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who was involved or witnessed this tonight.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Babs Has Fit

AP reports: Barbra Streisand has canceled her subscription to the Los Angeles Times over the firing of the paper's liberal columnist. 

The newspaper dropped Robert Scheer and several other columnists last month; Scheer speculated he was let go because the Times had tired of his politics.[But what is she doing in LA? Wasn't she going to leave the US if Bush was re-elected? Those crazy Divas will do anything for press. see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Junkie Jacko?

Gigwise reports: Michael Jackson's family are concerned that the crazy popstar may be addicted to prescription drugs.

Relatives of Jackson's are said to be flying out to his Bahrain hideaway in a bid to stop him from popping the pills.

Speaking to the New York Daily News, a source said: "Michael is bingeing again. Grace basically said she can't handle him alone..."

However, a spokesperson for Jackson, Raymone Bain has claimed that families story is a lie, he said: "He is clear-headed and articulate. He is not on drugs. It's false."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Mariah Carey, Kanye West, John Legend Lead Grammy Noms

antiMusic reports: The nominations are in for the 48th annual Grammy® Awards a.k.a. Rap/R&B Awards a.k.a. the music establishment's answer to an ASB election. Kanye West, John Legend and Mariah Carey lead the decline of popular music with nominations in eight categories. Of course, they had a wealth of categories to qualify in (see list below).

Coming in with six nominations: 50 Cent, Beyonce Knowles and Stevie Wonder. Followed by Missy Elliott, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, Gwen Stefani and U2 with five nominations. Common, Destiny's Child, Jermaine Dupri, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, Neptunes, Brad Paisley and Gretchen Wilson all snagged four nominations.

Surprisingly, 50 Cent who had the best selling album of the year did not snag nominations in the major categories (album, record, etc), Coldplay was also shutout of the major categories, because we all know that Hollaback Girl was the seminal recording of the year if not the century!

The main awards ceremony will take place on February 8th at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. [see full story for a list of noms in the leading categories ]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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3rd Franz

Xfm reports: While Franz Ferdinand may have just played to a quarter of a million of fans over four nights at Alexandra Palace, it hasn't stopped one of the hardest working bands in the UK already pushing on with their third album. 

"We're already writing some new tunes," frontman Alex Kapranos told Lauren. "We've got a practice room set up at Ally Pally and we're writing some new tunes. we've got two or three�"

"Then we'll see how many songs we've got together but we're talking about going into the studio at the end of January. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Aimee Mann 06

liveDaily reports: Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann has rescheduled several Florida shows canceled in the wake of Hurricane Wilma, and has announced several additional concert dates. 

Mann will tackle her Florida make-up shows at the end of her current tour schedule, which kicks off with a New Year's Eve appearance in Milwaukee with her husband, singer Michael Penn.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sprint Jovi

FMQB reports: Bon Jovi's December 17 concert in Washington, D.C. will be streamed in its entirety through Sprint's wireless video delivery service.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Snoop Radio

MTV reports: Snoop Dogg has been tapped to be the executive producer for XM Satellite Radio's hip-hop channel the Rhyme, home to his show "Welcome to Da Chuuch With Big Snoop Dogg." "I will play music that people have never heard and music that they haven't heard in a long time," Snoop said in a statement.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Lennon Remembered

AP reports: Some met John Lennon in person, others knew him from the television, still others never knew him at all. On Thursday, they gathered by the hundreds in Central Park's Strawberry Fields to remember the pacifist rock star murdered 25 years ago by a deranged Beatles fan.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Foo Fighting Illness

Gigwise reports: The Foo Fighters have had to drop out of hosting the 6 Music Selector after Dave Grohl fell ill. 

The excesses of perennial touring have taken their toll on the ex-Nirvana drummer meaning he's quit all commitments until the end of the year. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Blur Recording

Gigwise reports: Blur are definitely set to make another album together according to bassist Alex James and will head into the studio later this month.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Tom Green Turns Rapper

Jam! Music reports: Canada's Tom Green, the comedian who loves to shock, has a new in-your-face project on the go. 

This time, it's a rap album, Prepare For Impact. The 34-year-old comic-turned-actor, whose hip-hop career began in the early '90s as part of the Juno-nominated Canadian rap group Organized Rhyme (remember Check The O.R.?), leaves none of his familiar hot-bed issues untouched on the new project. 

He takes aim at teachers, Hollywood, parents, cancer, his high-profile "ex-bitch" (aka Drew Barrymore) and of course, the media. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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2 Year Toto Tour?

Melodic Rock reports: Toto will kick off on February 25, a 2 year long World Tour. Dates confirmed so far include:
25 February 2006 - Hammersmith Apollo, London (UK) 
26 February 2006 -Zenith, Lille (France) 
01 March 2006 - Icehall, Helsinki (Finland) 
03 March 2006 - Ishallen, Stockholm (Sweden) 
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Dork Dumps Kelly

Ananova reports: [For those that give a damn]Kelly Osbourne has flown back to LA after being ditched by her pop star boyfriend.

Son Of Dork guitarist David Williams told the 21-year-old their fledgling relationship was over, reports the Mirror.

The paper quotes a friend of Kelly as saying: "She's very upset as she thought she'd found someone she really liked. David even had dinner with Sharon and Ozzy the other weekend.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Ozzy A&E

Blabbermouth reports: According to Ozzyhead.com, an Ozzy Osbourne biography is scheduled to air on the A&E Network on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 10:00 p.m., with a repeat airing slated for Saturday, January 7 at 2:00 a.m. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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